Vallots/After Dark
Winter Auction
Vallots/After Dark celebrates gay artists of the 20th century and today, through their auctions of male nudes, homoerotic art, photography, and historic ephemera. The upcoming AFTER DARK/WINTER auction will be livestreamed on December 11th at 4 PM PST. You can register, find their catalog along with the live video link, and place pre-bids here.
The final After Dark catalog of the year features giants of male erotic art taking center stage, with numerous works from institutions and private collections by Rex, The Hun, Matt (Charles Kerbs), Stephen Hale, Michael Kirwan, Etienne, and many others. After Dark illuminates the quietest corners and loudest soirees of gay history, art, and culture in the 20th century and beyond! Included here are some highlights from the Winter Auction:
Lot 46: MATT aka Charles Edward Kerbs • ‘Cock Wrestling Championship’ Circa Mid-century • Three original illustrations • Ink, alcohol marker, and graphite on paper
Kerbs was born on August 8, 1940, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He began working professionally while still in high school, painting a mural in the cafeteria of Easton High School, from which he graduated in 1959.
In the 1960s, Kerbs submitted his portfolio to Bob Mizer, who loved Kerbs’ work and published it in Athletic Model Guild. According to Bill Schmeling, Mizer suggested Kerbs adopt the pen name MATT because of his talent for depicting “men-on-the-mats.” Kerbs’ erotic drawings were massively successful, appearing in every issue of Honcho magazine as well as other major leather, S&M, and fetish publications such as Drummer.
Lot 12: Joseph Radoccia • Oil, graphite & collage • 2003
Lot 4: Olaf Odegaard • Man with Horns • Graphite on paper • 1983
Lot 9: Michael Kirwan • Ink and alcohol marker on paper • 2002
Lot 84: Ed Hartley • Graphite on paper
Lot 107: Ed Hartley (2 works) • Graphite on paper, illustration board
Lot 48: REX ‘Leather Boys pg. 77’ • Ink, graphite, and gouache • 1979
Lot 17: REX ‘Chris Rage’ • Ink and graphite • 1985
Lot 72: Jerry A. Mills • Original comic panel for Mills’ series ‘Poppers’
Lot 52: Jerry A. Mills • Original comic panel for Mills’ series ‘Poppers’
Lot 14: Campbell G. Paxton ‘Black Buck Privates’ • Hand-painted polymer clay
Lot 15: Campbell G. Paxton ‘Hot Crossed Arms’ • Hand-painted polymer clay
Lot 23: Kent Neffendorf ‘Bachelor Party’ • Ink, graphite, and acrylic • 2105
Lot 57: Kent Neffendorf • Ink, graphite, and acrylic • 2006
Lot 82: The Hun ‘Anticipation’ • Ink and graphite on paper • 1984
Lot 43: The Hun • GOHR Issue #3
Lot 5: David Eugene Henry • Graphite and white chalk on blue gessoed board
Lot 112: Rod Jenson ‘A Shaymin in ‘98’ • Ink on paper • 1998
Lot 78: Shozo Nagano • Oil on paper • 2004
Lot 79: Etienne (Dom Orejudos) ‘Studs in the Saddle’• Graphite on paper • 1975
