Vintage Visions

George A. Drains (Couperyn)

Date of birth unknown

Georhes A. Drains, Belgian painter and illustrator, is best known by bibliophiles for his work published at Le Sagittaire - Simon Kra :
Les Complaintes by Jules Laforgue, Le Bordel de Venise by the Marquis de Sade, decorated with scandalous and erotic illustrations that Drains signed under the pseudonym of Couperyn

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Le Bordel de Venise Author Marquis de Sade Published in 1921