(Marchiennes 1905–1982 Neuilly-sur-Seine)

Libidoscaphes dans la baie de Rio. 1962.

Oil on canvas.

Signed lower right: Labisse.
Titled, signed and dated on the reverse: Libidoscaphes dans la baie de Rio / Labisse / 1962.

89 × 116 cm.

Provenance:
- Madam Akston collection, New York.
- Auction van Ham, Cologne, 24 May 2003, lot 346.
- Private collection, Germany, acquired at the above auction.

Exhibited:
- Paris 1956, Gallery Iris Clert.
- Paris 1962, Labisse, Musée Galliéra, May 1962.
- Rio de Janeiro 1963, Galleria Barcinski.
- New York 1964, Felix Labisse, Gallery 63, 26 February–16 March 1964.

Literature:
- Isy Brachot: Labisse, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, 1927–79, Brussels 1979, no. 360, p. 192 (with ill.).
- P. Waldberg: Félix Labisse, Brussels 1970, p. 214 (with ill.).
- Douglas (ed.), in: Fate, Ile de Man, May 1963 (with ill.).
- Dario Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, October 1963 (with ill.).
- Douglas (ed.): Gurdjeff, Ile de Man 1963 (with ill.).
- Planète (ed.): Les chefs d'œuvre de l'érotisme, Paris 1964 (with ill.).
- J.J. Pauvert: Dictionnaire de sexologie, Paris 1965 (with ill.).
- Erotique de l'art, in: La Jeune Parque, Paris 1966 (with ill.).
- Lo Duca (ed.): Dictionnaire de sexologie, encyclopédie francaise de Poche, vol. III, Paris 1972 (with ill.).