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AEDRobert W. Richards (American, 1941-2019)
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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
Untitled (Undressing).
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Signed on the bottom right, "RWR".
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (17.8 x 17.8 cm)
Notes:
Alongside his commercial work in mainstream fashion illustration, Robert W. Richards developed a substantial body of homoerotic art. His drawings appeared in many of the leading American gay-interest publications of the 1970s and 1980s including Mandate, The Advocate, Honcho, Playguy, Torso, Blueboy, and Stallion. Richards worked as correspondent for Manshots, an international review specializing in gay pornography, where he reporting on prominent performers and filmmakers. Many of his sketches from this time, some produced on the sets of adult films directed by figures such as Joe Gage, were the subject of the exhibition Gods of Erotica at the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation in 2003.
Combined with his fashion background, Richard’s skill for rendering clothing, gesture, and anatomy, became a defining characteristic of his homoerotic body of work. Richards primarily worked in Prismacolor pencil, charcoal and watercolors, with a preference of drawing from live models rather than photographic references.Condition
Nothing adverse to note.
For further condition details or additional images, please contact info@vallots.com - Provenance
Property of an American Museum.
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