Is a painting from Clovis Trouille (1889 - 1975), however that image got famous from lending it's name and being used on the poster of a1972 theatrical play by Ken Tynan.
My first encounter with Oh Calcutta! was at a very young age (6-7 years old), my father had a book of the theatrical play stashed secretly on a top bookself and like most youngsters I loved to explore my dad's 'dirty' literature. Personally I consider it to be one of the most striking and erotic images that I have ever discovered in my whole life!
My heart was pounding with excitement every time I reached that top shelf to grab my 'sacred' book and visually devour the lust emanating from the painted woman with the gorgeous arse, for as long as I could! And although as a very young child, I did not have any visual or physical sexual experience, this very image was exciting my libido like mad!
For as far as i can remember, I was attracted to the the female bottom and feet. And the added luxury of the dark silk and craftily knitted fabrics embracing the harmonic curvature of Calcutta's rubenesque body gave me a visual richness and pure satisfaction from watching and studying her. A gorgeous arse provocatively popping out, in quite an innocent way as in her beauty sleep as the image suggests, but so profoundly inviting to worship that arse, her naked feet and soles and a luxurious dark setting! Perfection! And truly inspiring!
