Vertes, Marcel

(8/10/1895 Ujpest-10/31/1961 Paris) (Hungary / France)

   Surrealist engraver, draughtsman, poster designer, and news illustrator. Pupil of Karoly Fer-enczy. Known for a great number of erotic etchings and drawings, often humorous illustrations. Attributed to him are illustrations to several erotic novels by Pierre Louys, a portfolio of 12 etchings "Le Pays a Mon Gout" (published in Paris in 1912), and the series "L'Heure Exquise."

   Reproductions: A genoux sur le lit du bouge, illustration from Poesies Erotiques py Pierre Louys; 1932; Bonhams, 1987: p. 24 . A Nicholas [lovers kiss while fondling each other]; Dopp, 2000: p. 37 . Cello; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1677 [B]. C'est la valse brune; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1680 [B]. Champignon; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1673 [B]. Cocotte and Madam; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 91 [B]. [Couples having sex]; 1925; etchings; Klinger, 1987b: figs. 211, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222 [B]. [Cunnilingus scene]; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1987b: fig. 48 [B]. [Cunnilingus scene]; 1928; Dopp, 2003: p. 73 [C]. De Denil; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1668 [B]. [Dog mounting scullery maid]; 1921; etching; Naomi, 2000: pp. 30, 31 [C]. Enfant terrible; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1681 [B]. Erotic scene [at the theater]; 1938; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 165 [C]. [Fellatio scene] from Erotic Poetry; 1938; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: pp. 195-196 [C]. [Fellatio scene with one man and four women] from Erotic Poetry; 1938; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: p. 197 [C]. [Girl leads old, blind man by his erection] from The Exquisite hour; 1920; Dopp, 2004: p. 186 [C]. [Girl masturbates man in a suit] from Erotic Poetry; 1938; lithograph; Dopp, 2004, p. 194 [C]. Hum; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1686 [B]. [Illustrations for Poesis Erotiques d'un auteur celebre]; c1938; [32] lithographs; Weiermair, 1995: pp. 22023 [C]. [Illustration for Pybrac by Pierre Louys], [attributed to]; 1920s; Neret, 1994: pp. 672-85 [C]. [Illustrations to works by Pierre Louys]; Neret, 2000: pp. 358-71 [B]. [Ithyphallic old man and crucified naked woman], fr Pays a mon Gout; etching; 1921; Dopp, 2000: p. 193 [C]. [King Henry VIII puts on spiked condom]; etching; Naomi 1998: p. 13 [C]. L'Avengle; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1675 [B]. Le bete noire; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1684 [B]. Le cirque; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1676 [B]. Le pays a mon gout [portfolio]; 1921; etchings; Klinger, 1983a: figs. 1688-96 [B]. Les instrumentes anciens; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1678 [B]. Les vaches; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1679 [B]. [Lesbian cunnilingus scene] from Erotic Poetry; 1938; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: p. 194 [C]. [Lesbian threesome] from Erotic Poetry; 1938; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: p. 197 [C]. [Lovers copulating]; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1987b: 50 [B]. [Lovers in kitchen] from Erotic Poetry; 1938; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: p. 197 [C]. [Man fondles woman's buttocks]; 1938; Thomas, 2008: fig. 875 [C]. [Man masturbates woman] from Erotic Poetry; 1938; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: p. 194 [C]. [Man with phallic peg leg sitting on park bench], fr Pays a mon Gout; etching; 1912; Dopp, 2000: p. 192 [C] / Dopp, 2004: p. 192 [C] / Noami, 2000: pp. 30, 31 [C] / Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 160 [C]. Manon lescaut; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1667 [B]. [Masturbating woman among huge phallic forms] from The Exquisite hour; 1920; Dopp, 2004: p. 189 [C]. Mes baux jours; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1682 [B]. [Mourning woman masturbates] from the Exquisite Hour; 1920; etching; Dopp, 2004: p. 192 [C]. [Nude ballet dancers]; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1987b: fig. 46 [B]. [Nude female]; drawing; Bru-sendorff, 1960c: p. 128 [B]. [Nude woman offers young woman's buttocks to a man masturbating]; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1987b: fig. 47 [B]. [Orgy scene]; 1925; etching; Klinger, 1987b: figs. 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217 [B]. Phantasie; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1672 [B]. Preparatory dance; Brusendorff, 1966b: n.p. [B] / Hill, 1992: p. 146 [B]. Presentation; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 91 [B]. Printemps; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1670 [B]. Prilleas et Melisande; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1687 [B]. Quelle heure est-il?; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1671 [B]. Romance sans paroles; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1669 [B]. [Shadow on wall of woman fellating man]; Dopp, 2000: p. 75 [C] / Dopp, 2004: p. 191 [C] / Naomi, 2000: pp. 30, 31 [C]. She knows something special; Brusendorff, 1966b: n.p. [B]. Sousbois; 1920; etching; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1674 [B]. [Two women and one man in threesome sex scene] from Erotic Poetry; 1938; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: p. 197 [C]. [Waiter carries trays of food and drink, as well as his long penis on a tray], fr Pays a mon Gout; etching; 1921; Dopp, 2000: p. 36 [C] / Naomi, 2000: pp. 30, 31 [C]. [Woman masturbating]; 1920s; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 161 [C]. [Woman masturbating] from The Exquisite hour; 1920; Dopp, 2004: p. 189 [C]. [Woman urinating into skull], from portfolio Pays a mon Gout; etching; 1921; Dopp, 2000: p. 71 [C] / Naomi, 2000: pp. 30, 31 [C] / Dopp, 2004: p. 190 [C]. [Woman watches a group of men urinating] from The Exquisite hour; 1920; Dopp, 2004: p. 188 [C].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 14: pp. 238-239; "Marcel Vertes," in Paris Eros by H-J Dopp (New York: Parkstone Press, 2004), pp. 186-197, col. ill.; Marcel Vertes, The erotic perceptions of Marcel Vertes (Los Angeles: Art Editions, 1972); Vollmer vi 1962: p. 462.