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Lysistrata

Item date(s): 1934

Aristophanes
Pablo Picasso - (illustrated by)
Gilbert Seldes - (introduction by)

Size: 300mm
Binding: Chemise - grey; Matching slipcase - grey
Technique: Etching; Letterpress
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Edition: #1008/1500

Sub-type: Private press

Place publication: New York
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club
Cat. 138 - MM2
Exhibition 2017

Additional notes:
This edition has been designed by George Macy and printed, in Caslon types on Rives paper, at The Printing-Office of The Limited Editions Club, Westport, Connecticut:

Julian E. Berla, manager.

John F. McNamara, pressman.

John T. Logan, stoneman.

With six etchings and numerous illustrations in sanguine.

In a gray chemise with text on spine with matching gray slipcase.

Artists & Books 1900-Present. Ursus Books, New York, 2014. Item 44.

Exhibition notes:
;Item 0138 - MM2 on Booknesses: Artists' books from the Jack Ginsberg Collection.

UJ Art Gallery, University of Johannesburg

25 March to 5 May 2017

Ref: GB/14139