Ballivet, Suzanne

(active 1930-55) (France)

   Book and erotica illustrator who lived and worked in Paris in the1930s and 40s. One of the most prolific female erotic artists in the first half of the twentieth century. Known to have illustrated Les Chansons de Bilitis (1943), Les Les Aventures du roi Pausole (1947), Gamiani and La Venus aux Fourrures (1954).

   Reproductions: [Almost nude couple engaged in foreplay on park bench]; 1943; Pochoir print; Journal of Erotica 8 (1994): p. 122 . Illustrations for Initiation Amoureuse; 1943 or 1950; series of 25 aquarelle etchings; [2 reproduced in] Weiermair: pp. 224-25 [C] / Hill, 1996: pp. 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 [C] / EPS, 1996: pp. 17, 19 [C]. [Man performing cunnilingus]; 1943; Pochoir print; Journal of Erotica 7 (1994): 79 [C] / Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 268 [C]. [Nude couple in a field engaged in rear entry sex]; 1942; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 266 [C]. [Seated man, woman atop]; 1943; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 267 [C]. [Woman in a veil atop a man suckling her breast]; 1943; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 269 [C].

   Source: Benezit, vol. 1: p. 1057.