Today’s piece of historic erotic art comes to us from India, and while undated, it is consistent with being from the 19th or early 20th century. In this scene, a female couple has fun on a sex swing hanging from a tree on the bank of a pond or gentle stream. (Sex swings were popular in Persian as well as Indian erotic art, and presumably in real life, as well, as the two countries shared a great degree of cultural overlap over the centuries). The lady on the left stimulates her partner’s pussy with her hand while the lady on the right fondles her partner’s breast and touches her stomach as they gaze into each other’s eyes while swinging over a lotus and bird filled body of water.
Today’s piece of historic erotic art is in honor of Veteran’s Day and comes to us from 1947 (1) and is by the prolific (and eventually far more explicit) erotic artist, Tom of Finland. In this scene, a sailor dances groins together with a man dressed in the gay fashion of the day.
REFERENCE / FURTHER READING
(1) Ramakers, Micha. Dirty Pictures: Tom of Finland, Masculinity, and Homosexuality. New York, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000. Print. (p.123)