Pincas, Julius Mordecai

(3/31/1885 Vidin, Bul- garia-6/1/1930 Paris) (Bulgaria / France / USA); aka pseudonym Pascin, Jules

   Painter, draughtsman, engraver, and illustrator. Studied at the Vienna Academy and at the Moritz Heymann art school in Munich. While he began working in the French Impressionist style, he eventually developed a unique surreal approach combined with aspects of his Balkan background. Illustrated for the satirical magazine Simplizissimus and numerous books. Much of his work depicts the seedier sides of life, with scenes of prostitutes, pimps, lunatics, etc. Primarily in the 1920s, he produced several erotic portfolios of prints. His emphasis on scenes of lesbians, young girls, and prostitutes has stirred controversies for decades.

   Reproductions: Brothel with transvestite; etching; Smith, 1974: p. 112 . Caress [female masturbating]; 1925; pencil; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 171 / Dopp, 2004: p. 185 [C]. Chamber maid; etching; Philips, 1979: fig. 256 [B]. Erotic scene, illus. From Erotikon; 1933; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 185 [C]. Erotikon portfolio [9 drawings]; 1933; Weiermair, 1995: pp. 198-201 [C] / Neret, 1994: pp. 660, 661, 662, 663 [B]. [Fellatio scene]; c1928; aquarelle; Weiermair, 1995: p. 196 [C] / Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 173 [C]. [Fellatio scene]; 1928; watercolor; Dopp, 2004: p. 180 [C] / Thomas, 2008: fig. 803 [C]. [Girl fellates boy]; lithograph; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 33 [B]. Girl friends; Bru- sendorff, 1960b: p. 127 [B]. Girl reclining; c1928; Weiermair 1995: p. 17 [C] / Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 163 [C]. [Girl with dildo about to use it on girl]; lithograph; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 34 [B]. Girls among themselves; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 76 [B]. [Heterosexual and lesbian erotic scenes]; 19261928; watercolor; Neret, 2000: pp. 266-69 [C]. Homage to Andre Masson; 1928; watercolor; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 177 [C] / Thomas, 2008: fig. 811 [C]. Homage to Mario Tauzin; 1928; water-color; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 179 [C] / Thomas, 2008: fig. 812 [C]. [Homosexual orgy]; sepia; Kro-nhausen, 1973: pp. 20-21 [B]. [Lesbian cunnilin-gus]; c1928; aquarelle; Weiermair, 1995: p. 197 [C]. [Monocled man with erection stroked while he fondles a young girl]; c1928; aquarelle; Weiermair, 1995: p. [C]. [Multiple lesbian figures having sex, homage to Andre Masson; 1928; watercolor; Dopp, 2004: p. 178 [C]. Nostalgia [female masturbating]; 1928; pencil; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 181 [C] / Dopp, 2004: p. 184 [C]. [Nude girl with old man]; ink; Klinger, 1982c: fig. 245 [B]. [Nude woman]; 1925; lithograph; Klinger, 1987c: fig. 45 [B]. [Older monocled man and small girl], homage to Mario Tauzin; 1928; watercolor; Dopp, 2004: p. 181 [C]. [Orgy in bed]; lithograph; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 35 [B]. [Orgy scene]; c1928; aquarelle; Weiermair, 1995: p. 195 [C]. [Orgy with animals]; lithograph; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 35 [B]. Reclining girl; 1920; watercolor; Dopp, 2004, p. 183 [C]. [Surreal woman with fish in her vagina]; 1925; lithograph; Klinger, 1987c: fig. 44 [B]. [Two women with dildoes], illus. from Erotikon; 1933; Thomas, 2008: fig. 861. Whore family; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 76 [B]. [Young couple at love play]; lithograph; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 34 [B]. [Youthful lovers] from Erotikon; 1933; Dopp, 2004: p. 182 [C]. [Woman on hands and knees fellates man sitting in chair]; 1927; ink.

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 10: pp. 954-958; DoA vol. 24: pp. 223 -24; "Jules Pascin," in Paris Eros by H-J Dopp (New York: Parkstone Press, 2004), pp. 178-186, col. ill.; ThB xxvi 1932: p. 267; Vollmer iii 1956: p. 550; A. Werner, "Lawrence and Pascin," Kenyon Review 23 (Spring 1961): pp. 217-228.