Lafnet, Luc

(1899 Liege-1939 Rueil-Malmai-son) (Belgium / France);

   aka pseudonyms Black, Jim / Viset / O, Lucas

   Painter, draughtsman, engraver, and illustrator. Studied at the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Liege under Adrien de Witter, F. Marchal, and Ubaghs. Specialized in BDSM, enema, spanking, and cross-dressing scenes. His illustrations appeared in such publications as Cuisant Noviciat (1935) and Zoloe: et ses deux acolytes (1926). He was killed early in World War II.

   Reproductions: Bordello scene; c1840; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 104 . Come hither, my dear, illustration to de Sade's Leonore et Clementine ou Les Tartuffes de l'Inquisition; 1930; Bentley, 1984: 163 [B]. Examination of the witch, illustration to de Sade's Leonore et Clementine ou Les Tartuffes de l'Inquisition; 1930; Bentley, 1984: 48 [B]. [Floating woman and ithyphallic pirate], from Gautier's Lettres a la Presidente; 1927; etching; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 26 [B] / Bentley, 1984: p. 163 [B] / Neret, 1994: p. 575 [B]. [Love play in a tavern]; c1900; etching Kronhausen, 1970c: 28 [B] / Neret, 1994: p. 516 [B]. Monks to the brothel, illustration to de Sade's Leonore et Clementine ou Les Tartuffes de l'Inquisition; 1930; Bentley, 1984: 41 [B]. [Phallic cannon and nude female soldiers]; c1900; etching; Kronhausen, 1970c: 30 [B] / Neret, 1994: p. 574 [B]. [Puppeteers copulating during performance]; etching; c1900; Kronhausen, 1970c: 27 [B] / Neret, 1994: p. 577 [B].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 8: p. 290.