(NOW AVAILABLE as an EBOOK for IPAD $5.99!) 160 colorful pages of the most absurd and beautiful (often at the same time) vintage graphics and advertisements for Mail Order Smut from the Glorious age of Obscenity!
Using the archive of Original mail-order forms from the 1950s and 1960s collected by Victor Minx SMUT BY MAIL: VINTAGE GRAPHICS FROM THE GOLDEN DAYS OF OBSCENITY illustrates some 150 examples of art used to promote and sell soft-core porn.
Today laughable and virtually innocent, at the time the producers of the material were hounded by postal authorities and subjected to numerous censorship cases, which the essay by Jim Linderman discusses. Colorful, vibrant and downright odd, it is another example of formerly lost and forgotten art being brought to attention by Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books. Striking primitive and naive graphics which pre-date the punk esthetic by 20 years. 20 pages of the 2011 book are available for preview HERE. Certainly one of the most unusual and interesting vernacular art books of the year.
About the Author
Jim Linderman BOOKS & DOWNLOADS FOR iPAD
Victorminx
United States
DULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS are unusual, uncommon and authentic Art and Photography Books, MANY available as affordable E-Book Downloads for the I-Pad. DULL TOOL DIM BULB has published TEN books SEE THEM ALL. The Jim Linderman hub site is www.dulltooldimbulb.com and his daily blog is http://dulltooldimbulb.blogspot.com
Jim Linderman's first book "Take Me to the Water: Immersion Baptism in Vintage Music and Photography 1890-1950" was published by Dust-to-Digital and nominated for a Grammy in the Best Historical Release category. MAKE SURE TO VIEW ALL TEN CURRENT BOOKS BELOW!
Publish Date February 01, 2011
Dimensions Standard Landscape 160 pgs
Standard Paper
Category Arts & Photography
Tags Vintage Sleaze, Jim Linderman, Vintage Erotica, Erotic Art, Vintage Advertisements, Good Girl Art, Al Goldstein, Victor Minx, Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books, Bettie Page, history of photography, Design, Graphics, Censorship, Smut, Art, 1950s, 1960s, Advertising, Retro, Collection, Collecting, History, Pornography, Porno, Humor, Nude, Nudes, Women, Sociology, cameras, photography