Pierre Molinier

(French, 1900–1976)

Pierre Molinier was a French Surrealist painter and photographer best known for his erotic sadomasochistic imagery. Born on April 13, 1900 in Agen, France, Molinier began his artistic practice as a landscape painter, working in the Fauve and Impressionist styles. Following World War II, he began to explore the eroticism and fetishistic influences that would characterize his later work. In 1955, he developed a correspondence with the Surrealist André Breton, who initially encouraged Molinier’s work—however, the notoriously homophobic Breton later withdrew his support when he became aware of Molinier’s sexuality. In 1965, the artist began to make autoerotic self-portraits and photomontages in his Bordeaux apartment, which he referred to as his boudoir. These photographs feature Molinier and occasionally other models dressed in women’s lingerie and engaged in erotic and sadomasochistic acts. The figures in his works are often collaged into vertical or radially symmetrical configurations. In the 1970s, Molinier’s health began to decline, and he committed suicide on March 3, 1976 at his home in Bordeaux, France.

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Double autoportrait de Molinier, en homme et en...

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Double autoportrait de Molinier, en homme et en...

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Autoportrait, jambes levées sur une chaise

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Autoportrait, jambes levées sur une chaise

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Molinier couché, visage voilé, jambe gauche levée

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Molinier couché, visage voilé, jambe gauche levée

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Molinier couché sur le côté, une jambe levée

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Molinier couché sur le côté, une jambe levée

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Molinier couché, seins nus, jambes levées

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Molinier couché, seins nus, jambes levées

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Molinier couché, jambes levée

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Molinier couché, jambes levée

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Molinier couché avec bouquet, 1968

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Molinier couché avec bouquet, 1968

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Molinier, assis dans son fauteuil, fesses nues

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Molinier, assis dans son fauteuil, fesses nues

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Molinier, couché, jambes levées, bouquet sur la...

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Molinier, variante de la photographie précédente

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Molinier, variante de la photographie précédente

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Molinier assis de profil, avec porte-jarretelles

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Molinier assis de profil, avec porte-jarretelles

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Molinier couché, avec bouquet de fleurs

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Molinier couché, avec bouquet de fleurs

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Mon cul

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Mon cul

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Molinier couché, jambes levées, un bouquet de...

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Molinier couché, jambes levées avec...

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Molinier couché avec porte -jarretelles et loup

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Molinier couché avec porte -jarretelles et loup

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Molinier couché de dos, fesses nues, fétiché

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Molinier couché de dos, fesses nues, fétiché

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Variente de la photographie précédente

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Variente de la photographie précédente

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Molinier debout, nu de dos de 3/4 avec...

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Molinier debout, nu de dos de 3/4 avec...

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A la mémoire de Nicéphore Niépce, 1976

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A la mémoire de Nicéphore Niépce, 1976

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Luciano Castelli, 1975

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Luciano Castelli, 1975

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Oh!...Marie, Mére de dieu, 1965

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Oh!...Marie, Mére de dieu, 1965

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Autoportrait, 1966–1968

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Autoportrait, 1966–1968

Sale Date: May 23, 2006

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Toi, moi, 1968

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Toi, moi, 1968

Sale Date: May 23, 2006

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