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The original drawings of one of the most famous beards and other associated hairy bits, the illustrations for the 1972 bestseller The Joy of Sex, to be displayed for the first time at the Institute of Sexology exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London.The original drawings of one of the most famous beards and other associated hairy bits, the illustrations for the 1972 bestseller The Joy of Sex, to be displayed for the first time at the Institute of Sexology exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London.
Later editions of Alex Comfort’s “gourmet guide to lovemaking”, inspired by cookery books of the day, used photographs of a clean-shaven man, but the 1972 original had delicate line drawings and watercolours showing a bearded man, and a woman with pubic and underarm hair, enjoying sex in many positions. Despite being banned in many countries, including Ireland, and booksellers and librarians refusing to stock it in many states in the US, the book sold more than 10m copies.Later editions of Alex Comfort’s “gourmet guide to lovemaking”, inspired by cookery books of the day, used photographs of a clean-shaven man, but the 1972 original had delicate line drawings and watercolours showing a bearded man, and a woman with pubic and underarm hair, enjoying sex in many positions. Despite being banned in many countries, including Ireland, and booksellers and librarians refusing to stock it in many states in the US, the book sold more than 10m copies.
The black-and-white line drawings by Chris Goff were based on photographs he took of a man he knew well: his colleague Charles Raymond, who was responsible for the colour illustrations. They had first tried using paid models, but found them too expensive and inflexible, so Raymond volunteered to pose for the photographs with his wife, Edeltraud. The couple later recalled it as extremely hard work, particularly since the strikes and power cuts of that year meant the lights could go out at any moment. The black-and-white line drawings by Chris Foss were based on photographs he took of a man he knew well: his colleague Charles Raymond, who was responsible for the colour illustrations. They had first tried using paid models, but found them too expensive and inflexible, so Raymond volunteered to pose for the photographs with his wife, Edeltraud. The couple later recalled it as extremely hard work, particularly since the strikes and power cuts of that year meant the lights could go out at any moment.
The exhibition at the Wellcome Collection will have warning signs of “images of a sexual nature”, for any visitors who haven’t worked that out from the title: The Institute of Sexology – Undress Your Mind”.The exhibition at the Wellcome Collection will have warning signs of “images of a sexual nature”, for any visitors who haven’t worked that out from the title: The Institute of Sexology – Undress Your Mind”.
Ken Arnold, head of public programmes at the Wellcome Collection, said it was an exhibition devoted to a subject “always on our minds - or near to it”.Ken Arnold, head of public programmes at the Wellcome Collection, said it was an exhibition devoted to a subject “always on our minds - or near to it”.
The exhibition deals mainly with scientists and anthropologists who specialised in sex, including Sigmund Freud, Alfred Kinsey – one photograph shows him giving a lecture in California that had to be moved to a basketball stadium to accommodate the 9,000 students – and the husband and wife team of William Masters and Virginia Johnson. It includes a 1933 film of the Nazis burning the collection of the original Institute of Sexology, founded by Magnus Hirschfeld, who as an openly gay Jew was an obvious hate figure: in exile in Paris he saw the newsreel of the destruction of his life’s work, and described it as like witnessing his own funeral.The exhibition deals mainly with scientists and anthropologists who specialised in sex, including Sigmund Freud, Alfred Kinsey – one photograph shows him giving a lecture in California that had to be moved to a basketball stadium to accommodate the 9,000 students – and the husband and wife team of William Masters and Virginia Johnson. It includes a 1933 film of the Nazis burning the collection of the original Institute of Sexology, founded by Magnus Hirschfeld, who as an openly gay Jew was an obvious hate figure: in exile in Paris he saw the newsreel of the destruction of his life’s work, and described it as like witnessing his own funeral.
“The study of sex is a hard fought freedom,” Arnold said.“The study of sex is a hard fought freedom,” Arnold said.
• Institute of Sexology: Wellcome Collection hails the masters of sex• Institute of Sexology: Wellcome Collection hails the masters of sex
• The Institute of Sexology, free at the Wellcome Collection, London, until 20 September 2015• The Institute of Sexology, free at the Wellcome Collection, London, until 20 September 2015
• This article was amended on 20 November 2014. The original version gave the artist Chris Foss’s name wrongly as Chris Goff.