Pavis, Georges Alfred

(5/11/1886 Paris-1951 Versailles) (France)

   Painter, illustrator, and draughtsman of humorous scenes. Studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in paris under Fernand Cormon. He produced illustrations to books by Hugo and Fevre and contributed to humor magazines like Le Sourire and La Vie Parisienne. He is credited with creating a portfolio of very explicit images detailing the story of Casanova.

   Reproductions: Casanova's memoirs; Hill, 1992: p. 116 . Memoires de Casanova series; watercolor; Klinger, 1987b: figs. 90-137 [B]. [Woman anally fingers Casanova while he copulates with another woman]; Hill, 1992: p. 149 [B]. [Woman fellates Casanova]; etching; Hill, 1992: p. 147 [B]. [Woman mounts Casanova]; 1920; Naomi, 1998: p. 126 .

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 10: p. 1030; Vollmer iii 1956: p. 558.