STEVE MASTERS (aka MIKE MIKSCHE 1925-1964) "Now Hear
STEVE MASTERS (aka MIKE MIKSCHE 1925-1964)
"Now Hear This" * Rock Climbers. Together, two original illustrations for unidentified publications. Mixed media and collage on paper, with graphite, wash, gouache, and printed papers. Titled work measures 415x273 mm; 16½x10¾ inches on paper, tipped to 20x14¼-inch board. Signed "Masters `62" in lower right image and titled in lower margin. Second drawing (rock climbers) measures 350x455 mm; 13¾x18 inches. Unsigned. A copy of the book The Art of Steve Masters is included with the artwork. (8vo, illustrated stapled mint green wrappers, Np, circa 1970; two institutional copies recorded) Miksche served as an Air Force flight captain before becoming a fashion illustrator. Under the pseudonym Steve Masters, he created erotic, mostly S&M-centric art. He was commissioned by the Kinsey Institute to appear in films demonstrating sadomasochistic sex acts, mainly with the tattoo artist and writer Samuel M. Steward. After a long battle with depression, he committed suicide in 1965. The bulk of his work is held by both the Kinsey Institute and the Leather Archives and Museum.
Together, two original illustrations for unidentified publications. Mixed media and collage on paper, with graphite, wash, gouache, and printed papers. Titled work measures 415x273 mm; 16½x10¾ inches on paper, tipped to 20x14¼-inch board. Signed "Masters `62" in lower right image and titled in lower margin. Second drawing (rock climbers) measures 350x455 mm; 13¾x18 inches. Unsigned. A copy of the book The Art of Steve Masters is included with the artwork. (8vo, illustrated stapled mint green wrappers, Np, circa 1970; two institutional copies recorded) Miksche served as an Air Force flight captain before becoming a fashion illustrator. Under the pseudonym Steve Masters, he created erotic, mostly S&M-centric art. He was commissioned by the Kinsey Institute to appear in films demonstrating sadomasochistic sex acts, mainly with the tattoo artist and writer Samuel M. Steward. After a long battle with depression, he committed suicide in 1965. The bulk of his work is held by both the Kinsey Institute and the Leather Archives and Museum.
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STEVE MASTERS (aka MIKE MIKSCHE 1925-1964)
"Now Hear This" * Rock Climbers. Together, two original illustrations for unidentified publications. Mixed media and collage on paper, with graphite, wash, gouache, and printed papers. Titled work measures 415x273 mm; 16½x10¾ inches on paper, tipped to 20x14¼-inch board. Signed "Masters `62" in lower right image and titled in lower margin. Second drawing (rock climbers) measures 350x455 mm; 13¾x18 inches. Unsigned. A copy of the book The Art of Steve Masters is included with the artwork. (8vo, illustrated stapled mint green wrappers, Np, circa 1970; two institutional copies recorded) Miksche served as an Air Force flight captain before becoming a fashion illustrator. Under the pseudonym Steve Masters, he created erotic, mostly S&M-centric art. He was commissioned by the Kinsey Institute to appear in films demonstrating sadomasochistic sex acts, mainly with the tattoo artist and writer Samuel M. Steward. After a long battle with depression, he committed suicide in 1965. The bulk of his work is held by both the Kinsey Institute and the Leather Archives and Museum.
Together, two original illustrations for unidentified publications. Mixed media and collage on paper, with graphite, wash, gouache, and printed papers. Titled work measures 415x273 mm; 16½x10¾ inches on paper, tipped to 20x14¼-inch board. Signed "Masters `62" in lower right image and titled in lower margin. Second drawing (rock climbers) measures 350x455 mm; 13¾x18 inches. Unsigned. A copy of the book The Art of Steve Masters is included with the artwork. (8vo, illustrated stapled mint green wrappers, Np, circa 1970; two institutional copies recorded) Miksche served as an Air Force flight captain before becoming a fashion illustrator. Under the pseudonym Steve Masters, he created erotic, mostly S&M-centric art. He was commissioned by the Kinsey Institute to appear in films demonstrating sadomasochistic sex acts, mainly with the tattoo artist and writer Samuel M. Steward. After a long battle with depression, he committed suicide in 1965. The bulk of his work is held by both the Kinsey Institute and the Leather Archives and Museum.
