Marquet, Pierre Albert

(3/26/1875 Bordeaux-6/14/1947 Paris) (France); aka Marquet, Albert

   Lithographer and illustrator. Pupil of G. Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, and was a friend of Matisse. Worked in a style reminiscent of Andre Masson. Later in his career he focuses on the human body. Best known for erotic drawings in the picture book San Titre. His erotic works tend to show cunnilingus scenes. Created erotic art throughout his artistic career.

   Reproductions: [Cun-nilingus scene]; c1920; lithograph; Dopp, 2003: p. 26 / Dopp, 2004: p. 168 . Girl friends; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 145 . [Heterosexual lovers]; Orgies, 1969: figs. 13-14 [B]. L'academie des dames portfolio; c1925; [20] lithographs; Weiermair,1995: pp. 172-175 [B] / Neret, 2000: pp. 270, 272-273 [B]. [Lesbian cunnilingus scene]; Brusen- dorff, 1960b: p. 61 [B] / Orgies, 1969: p. 103 [B]. [Lesbian lovers]; Orgies, 1969: figs. 7-12 [B]. Mutual friends; Hurwood, 1975: p. 193 [B]. [Nude female masturbating]; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 137 [B].

   [b]Source: "Albert Marquet: beautiful and sensitive pornography," in Pornography in fine art from ancient times up to the present by Poul Gerhard (S.l.: Elysium, c1969); Bene-zit, vol. 9: pp. 323-325; DoA vol. 20: pp. 464-465;ThB XXIV 1930: p. 134; Vollmer III 1956: p. 329.