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== Title == |
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In reference to the origin of its title should be noted that from May 1932, [[Marie Dubas]] was all the rage in a “futuristic” show entitled ''Sex-Appeal Paris 32'' at the [[Casino de Paris]] produced by Henri Varna with sets by [[Paul Colin (artist)|Paul Colin]].<ref>''Paris-Soir'', 17 août 1932, {{p.|6}} — [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k76383199/f6.image.r sur Gallica].</ref> |
In reference to the origin of its title should be noted that from May 1932, [[Marie Dubas]] was all the rage in a “futuristic” show entitled ''Sex-Appeal Paris 32'' at the [[Casino de Paris]] produced by Henri Varna with sets by [[Paul Colin (artist)|Paul Colin]].<ref>''Paris-Soir'', 17 août 1932, {{p.|6}} — [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k76383199/f6.image.r sur Gallica].</ref> It was subtitled for a time “the most Parisian magazine”. Agret notes that <blockquote>In its title, ''Paris Sex-Appeal'' appropriates the Anglo-Saxon concept of sex appeal to turn it into a typically gallic quality [to] conform to the French art of seduction and the capital’s reputation as a city of love and flirtation. The word ‘Paris’ hangs at the top of the cover page where it is repeated nine times, like a flashing neon light. It acts less as an indication of a place than as the guarantee of a certain form of licentiousness. Paris becomes identified with sex appeal which is personified, every month, by a different woman on the cover of the magazine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Agret |first=Alix |url=https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/3847/ |title=The seen, the scene and the obscene: eroticism in photographically illustrated magazines in France, 1931-1939 |publisher=Royal College of Art |year=2019 |edition=PhD thesis}}</ref></blockquote> |
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== Content == |
== Content == |
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Naughty and light, it played on the stereotype of the "Parisian woman" and on the city of Paris, renowned for its "hot spots", to appeal to a male audience.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blower |first=Brooke Lindy |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/639939552 |title=Becoming Americans in Paris : transatlantic politics and culture between the World Wars |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-973781-9 |location=New York |pages=167 |oclc=639939552}}</ref> Its contents were not pornographic. It presented a succession of 'advertorial' articles promoting publications, photographs, films and places referring unambiguously to the world of the night and its pleasures. There are also fictional texts often authored pseudonymously, and illustrated with photographs and drawings, most credited, in which usually athletic women, and some muscular men, appear more or less naked. Never banned or restricted it was available on newsstands as evidenced by its legal deposit<ref>[https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32832949z Notice d'enregistrement : années 1937-1938], Catalogue général de la BNF.</ref> and was distributed by the Nouvelles Messageries de la presse parisienne (NMPP). |
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The magazine provided surrealist artists with material for their collages;<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Agret |first=Alix |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1344538508 |title=Eroticism and Photography in 1930s French Magazines Risqué Shop Windows. |date=2022 |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group |isbn=978-1-000-21357-7 |location=Milton |oclc=1344538508}}</ref> [[Francis Picabia]]’s ''Printemps'' of 1942-3 was for a long time thought to portray Suzanne and Max Romain, but actually ''Paris Sex-Appeal'' was the source of this image, and also as for his ''Les Baigneuses'' of 1942 <ref>{{Cite book |last=Picabia |first=Francis |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40836420 |title=Francis Picabia : les nus et la méthode : 17 octobre 1997-3 janvier 1998. |date=1998 |publisher=Musée de Grenoble |others=Serge Lemoine, Musée de Grenoble |isbn=2-7118-3755-6 |location=[Grenoble] |oclc=40836420}}</ref> |
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== Contributors == |
== Contributors == |
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Among the writers and illustrators credited with their true names on the contents page, are Paul Dufau, Henri Falk, Maurice de Lambert, Pit, [[Paul Reboux]], [[André Salmon]], André Warnod and photographers |
Among the notable writers and illustrators credited with their true names on the contents page, are Paul Dufau, Henri Falk, Maurice de Lambert, Pit, [[Paul Reboux]], [[André Salmon]], André Warnod and photographers Jean Moral, Pierre Boucher, [[Roger Schall]], [[Nora Dumas]], [[André Steiner (photographer)|André Steiner]] and the agencies including [[Schostal]]. |
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== Demise == |
== Demise == |
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Revision as of 07:30, 20 April 2023
 Paris Sex-Appeal, cover, July 1934 | |
| Editor | Henri François |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Henri François |
| Total circulation | unknown |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | French |
| ISSN | 2727-5795 |
Paris Sex-Appeal was a monthly French erotic magazine published in Paris by Henri Francois from 1933 to 1951, though it was suspended during World War II. It featured light French fiction and articles. Illustrations throughout were erotic nudes. Each issue featured a single colour plate.
Publisher
The editorial office in Paris was at 47 avenue Philippe-Auguste, Paris. This address is that of the publishing and printing works of Henri François, its manager-administrator, who owned photogravure machines. He published many technical brochures, posters and aviation magazines. The magazine Mon Paris, son visage sa vie ardente, which appeared in November 1935, had the same address and shared contributors and advertisements with Paris sex-appeal appear there.[1].
Title
In reference to the origin of its title should be noted that from May 1932, Marie Dubas was all the rage in a “futuristic” show entitled Sex-Appeal Paris 32 at the Casino de Paris produced by Henri Varna with sets by Paul Colin.[2] It was subtitled for a time “the most Parisian magazine”. Agret notes that
In its title, Paris Sex-Appeal appropriates the Anglo-Saxon concept of sex appeal to turn it into a typically gallic quality [to] conform to the French art of seduction and the capital’s reputation as a city of love and flirtation. The word ‘Paris’ hangs at the top of the cover page where it is repeated nine times, like a flashing neon light. It acts less as an indication of a place than as the guarantee of a certain form of licentiousness. Paris becomes identified with sex appeal which is personified, every month, by a different woman on the cover of the magazine.[3]
Content
Naughty and light, it played on the stereotype of the "Parisian woman" and on the city of Paris, renowned for its "hot spots", to appeal to a male audience.[4] Its contents were not pornographic. It presented a succession of 'advertorial' articles promoting publications, photographs, films and places referring unambiguously to the world of the night and its pleasures. There are also fictional texts often authored pseudonymously, and illustrated with photographs and drawings, most credited, in which usually athletic women, and some muscular men, appear more or less naked. Never banned or restricted it was available on newsstands as evidenced by its legal deposit[5] and was distributed by the Nouvelles Messageries de la presse parisienne (NMPP).
The magazine provided surrealist artists with material for their collages;[3][6] Francis Picabia’s Printemps of 1942-3 was for a long time thought to portray Suzanne and Max Romain, but actually Paris Sex-Appeal was the source of this image, and also as for his Les Baigneuses of 1942 [7]
Contributors
Among the notable writers and illustrators credited with their true names on the contents page, are Paul Dufau, Henri Falk, Maurice de Lambert, Pit, Paul Reboux, André Salmon, André Warnod and photographers Jean Moral, Pierre Boucher, Roger Schall, Nora Dumas, André Steiner and the agencies including Schostal.
Demise
Suspended during the war, Paris Sex-Appeal reappeared in 1950, only to be discontinued the following year.
External links
- Digitized copies of years 1937 and 1938 are accessible via Gallica (BnF) Années numérisées 1937 et 1938, sur Gallica (BNF)
References
- ^ Mon Paris, notice bibliographique du Catalogue général de la BNF.
- ^ Paris-Soir, 17 août 1932, p. 6 — sur Gallica.
- ^ a b Agret, Alix (2019). The seen, the scene and the obscene: eroticism in photographically illustrated magazines in France, 1931-1939 (PhD thesis ed.). Royal College of Art.
- ^ Blower, Brooke Lindy (2011). Becoming Americans in Paris : transatlantic politics and culture between the World Wars. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-19-973781-9. OCLC 639939552.
- ^ Notice d'enregistrement : années 1937-1938, Catalogue général de la BNF.
- ^ Agret, Alix (2022). Eroticism and Photography in 1930s French Magazines Risqué Shop Windows. Milton: Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-000-21357-7. OCLC 1344538508.
- ^ Picabia, Francis (1998). Francis Picabia : les nus et la méthode : 17 octobre 1997-3 janvier 1998. Serge Lemoine, Musée de Grenoble. [Grenoble]: Musée de Grenoble. ISBN 2-7118-3755-6. OCLC 40836420.