Cover of Verve, 1937 ~ Henri Matisse

Sticky Fingers ~  Rolling Stones album, signed by Andy Warhol

Toby Wing ~ Cardwell S. Higgins (1902-1983) Reel Movie Fun cover, November, 1930. Pastel on board.  via

with a half-naked girl in a noose, and the rather discomforting catchline: “If you don’t buy this magazine, we will hang this girl” – considering the targeted public a rather problematic choice…   via

Baroness blue album ~  John Dyer Baizley  via

“Handling Swollen Goods” ~ Ivor Biggun, was released in Oct 2005 on the Stiff Weapon label.  via

jahsonic:

RIP Jean Giraud

Illustration: cover of The Image of the Beast

Update: this is not by Giraud. I will post an image of Giraud later, but I am leaving the above as is, because it is a great example of tentacle eroticism.

Does anyone know who designed this?

Update: Alain Le Saux, tip of the hat to Omer Pesquer! http://www.lewub.com/images.php?id=85

“In Merciless Hands” by Frank Richards. British 1928.  via

Pan ~ Ludwig von Hofmann, 1898.  via

Love Revels ~ Zoe Mozert 1934

Spicy Adventure Stories cover, April 1937 ~ HUGH JOSEPH WARD (American, 1909-1945) Oil on canvas.  via

Ruth St. Denis ~ costume of India, Needlecraft, 1931. via