However, Picasso took the liberty of choosing the scenes which suited him the best. His six etchings for the book follow the text very closely. Picasso apparently knew the play perfectly, although he could not have read the English version he had been commissioned to illustrate. Lysistrata, weary of battles in which husbands and sons were slain, incited the Athenian women to leave their conjugal beds until their husbands were ready for peace. The comedy, Lysistrata, was written in 411 B.C., when war between Athens and Sparta had already been raging for 20 years. Indeed, in both Lysistrata and Métamorphoses the same classical style is found, characterized by purity of line and balance of composition. The choice of Picasso as illustrator was certainly influenced by the publication of Ovid’s Métamorphoses in 1931. Picasso had known Seldes since the 1920’s. The audience would be identified with Lysistratas points since they disliked the Probouloi. The association asked Picasso to illustrate Aristophanes’ famous comedy, Lysistrata, a new translation of which had just been completed by Gilbert Seldes. Lysistrata is making fun of the decisions of the rulers with the metaphor of crowbars. This etching (and its five companions) came about due to the initiative of an association of American bibliophiles, the Limited Editions Club, in New York. Titles Include: Cinesias Soliciting Myrrhina Lysistrata Haranguing the Athenian Women Athenians in Distress Lacedaemonian Ambassadors Examination of the.
Plate II of VI illustrating the Gilbert Seldes version of the Aristophanes play Lysistrata, published by the Limited Editions Club, New York, 1934 printed by Roger Lacouriere, Paris.Ĭatalog: Bloch 268 Cramer 24 II Geiser 388B.b
7 years.Original etching printed in black ink on BFK Rives wove paper.Ī superb impression of Geiser’s only state, printed after the steelfacing of the plate, from the book edition of 1500 (apart from the pencil signed and numbered edition of 150). Single territory rights for trade books worldwide rights for academic books. Print and/or digital, including use in online academic databases. Web display, social media, apps or blogs. Personal presentation use or non-commercial, non-public use within a company or organization only. Not for commercial use, not for public display, not for resale. Personal Prints, Cards, Gifts, Reference.
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