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THE PORN SHOW

Phil Foreman

Outsider PORN from the 40'S

These works were discovered in a collection in Philadelphia by artist Mark Wilson and were painted by a presumably self-taught unknown artist who was a foreman at a machine shop. Most of the works are painted on the backs of receipts, work orders and draft paper. The works fall into distinct groups—pencil drawings that are often sexual jokes, explicit watercolor scenes, and drawings on mimeograph paper. Clues to the identity of the artist and the timeframe in which the works were made are embedded in the materials. A search in the company's archives turns up a staff photograph from 1931 listing numerous former employees who might be the author of this erotic cache.

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