Carlo

   Fetish illustrator active in 1930s and 1940s. Probably a pseudonym for a group of illustrators who created images for light S-M novels in the inter-war period. The most talented of the group is most likely a Charleno [which is probably a pseudonym] who seems to have been the group leader. Book dealer C.J. Scheiner has said that he is " [the] most famous fetish illustrator of this [20th] century." Emphasized richly costumed women in humiliating situations. Said to have invented the image of the harnessed human figure. Considered the precursor to such illustrators as Willie, Stanton, Eneg, etc. of the 1940s and 1950s. A collection of almost 200 of the illustrations published in Carlo (Paris, 1978).

   Reproductions: Cover of Modern Inquisitor; 1930s; Neret, 1994: p. 705 . Fantasy [man in suit pets woman whose skirt is hiked up to expose stockinged legs and lingerie underwear]; c1930; Nash, 1995: p. 45 [C]. Illustrations for Triumphant leather; 1930s; Neret, 1994: pp. 704 [C], 706 [C], 707-713 [B]. In the Separee; c1930; Neret, 1994; p. 703 [C]. [S-M illustrations]; c1930; Neret, 2000: pp. 416 -487 [B & C]. [Woman treated like a horse by another woman]; 1930s; Dopp, Erotic Fantasy: p. 126 [C].