Pussy Whipping Art
Here’s a rather extreme bit of art for you:
Extreme, perhaps, but still classical; it would appear to be an illustration of this scene from The Story Of O:
O’s hands were clutching the edge of the platform – Yvonne having attached them to a ring set in the platform – and her buttocks were thus suspended in mid-air. Anne-Marie made her raise her legs toward her chest, then O suddenly felt her legs, still doubled-up above her, being pulled taut in the same direction: straps had been fastened to her ankle bracelets and thence to the columns on either side, while she lay thus between them on this raised dais exposed in such a way that the only part of her which was visible was the double cleft of her womb and her buttocks violently quartered. Anne-Marie caressed the inside of her thighs.“It’s the most tender spot of the whole body,” she said, “be careful not to harm it. Not too hard now, Colette.”
Colette was standing over her, astride her at the level of her waist, and in the bridge formed by her dark legs, O could see the tassels of the whip she was holding in her hand. As the first blows burned into her loins, O moaned. Colette alternated from left to right, paused, then started again. O struggled with all her might, she thought the straps would tear her limb from limb. She did not want to grovel, she did not want to beg for mercy. And yet, that was precisely what Anne-Marie intended wringing from her lips.
“Faster,” she said to Colette, “and harder.”
Update from the comments: The artist is Paula Meadows.
Another update! I found the uncropped artwork:
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From its style, I wonder whether it was drawn by Paula Meadows. Is a signature visible in the original jpg?
Yrs in pervery, Adrian
No signature, or I wouldn’t have asked, eh? But it doesn’t look like Paula to me — more severe and explicit than her usual style. Of course I could be wrong.
It’s Paula Meadows all right, and can be found in her wonderful 1997 book: The Illustrative Art of Lynn Paula Russell, published by the Erotic Print Society. (Paula Meadows is her pseudonym.) I got a copy from Amazon.com. The book contains 9 Story of O illustrations, apparently commissioned by a collector. It’s less than half CP, however, also containing a lot of explicit vanilla sex artworks.
I first bought and read the Story of O while in college. The book in essence introduced me to the world of spanking, BDSM, etc. It totally captivated me and though there are many parts to the book that I know by heart, the one that has stood out in my mind from the day I first read it is the scene in this picture. There have been two ‘Story of O’ movies produced and both didn’t attempt to recreated this scene. Additionally, Doris Kloster’s ‘The Illustrated Story of O’ also did not attempt a photographic representation of this most famous scene, which I found very surprising considering what she was trying to accomplish with book. Thanks very much to this site for finding and posting this.
Yes, the Story of O imprinted BDSM in my heart too.
There is an excellent Brazilian video version, in English, of the Story of O, which is several hours long, on several DVDs. It features a beautiful actress as O, often naked of course. There are no legs-open shots, it’s softcore nudity like Emmanuelle but it’s the Story of O! So, this particular scene had to be shot from different angles, not the above angle, but it is exciting. The video is available on Amazon.
Also, Gudio Crepax illustrates this scene in his excellent graphic novel version of the Story of O.
I’m glad to know that some of Paula Meadow’s work is available on Amazon, and includes nine illustrations of The Sory of O. Wow, all three slaves are well-marked in this drawing..
It’s a great drawing. Story of O is my favorite all time novel. Does anyone know of any more pictures like the above?
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