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AEDJohn S. Barrington (British, 1920-1991)
About Seller
1155 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02909
United States
Vallot Auctioneers was founded in 2003 as a fine art specialty auction house in Tribeca, and recognized as one of the first fine art specialty auction galleries in Manhattan. Now based in Providence, RI, the auction house continues the excellence in focusing on bringing fresh quality lots to the mar...Read more
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About Auction
LiveOct 29, 2026
Our AFTER DARK/OCTOBER catalog presents an exceptional collection of art focused on the beauty of the male form across the categories of painting, illustration, photography, and more. Selections range from vibrant paintings by artists such as Mark Beard, Robert Bliss, Cornelius McCarthy, and Delmas Howe; homoerotic works by iconic Japanese artists including Sadao Hasegawa, Go Mishima, and Gengoroh Tagame; and an assortment of drawings and ephemera from to iconic gay figures like Paul Cadmus and Sam Steward. Vallot Auctioneers info@vallots.com
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- Lot Description
Portrait of Gian-Carlo Zampetti, ca. 1965.
Oil stick, graphite and incising on gessoed masonite board.
A large-scale portrait of Barrington's lover and frequent muse, Gian-Carlo Zampetti. Barrington and Zampetti met along the Côte d'Azur, France in 1958, after which the two would enter an on-and-off relationship lasting until 1962.
Beginning his career before World War II during the late 1930s, Barrington was a pioneer of homoerotic art, establishing the British physique genre that would later flourish from the 1960s onwards. In 1954, he launched Male Model Monthly, the first British physique magazine. As an artist with a homoerotic and male erotic focus Barrington was the subject of repeated witch-hunt investigations. He was arrested for obscenity and "homosexual indecency" multiple times throughout his career but was unrelenting in the pursuit of his oeuvre.
Board: 24 x 18 in. (60.9 x 45.7 cm)
Frame: 35 1/2 x 28 in. (90 x 72.4 cm)
Auctioneer's Note: This item was offered and acquired in a previous Vallots' sale and entered into a private collection. The collector has since passed, and as per the estate of the collector, this item has been consigned for sale with Vallot Auctioneers.Condition
Minor abrasions along the figure's shoulder on the center left and near the elbow on the lower right.
For further condition details or additional images, please contact info@vallots.com - Provenance
Dreweatts 1759. London, UK. The Erotica Sale - Books, Works on Paper & Photographs. June 29, 2017, lot 99.
Property of a Private New York Collection.
Vallot Auctioneers. Providence, RI. AFTER DARK/SPRING 2025. May 22, 2025, lot 10. Acquired from the above.
Property of a Wisconsin Estate, purchased from the above.
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