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Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Signed and Illustrated by Picasso, Hits Auction
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A 1934 edition copy of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, signed and illustrated by Pablo Picasso Courtesy of StoryLTD
A limited edition copy of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, signed and illustrated by Pablo Picasso, will highlight an online sale of rare books from June 25th to the 26th.
The book includes six etchings and 34 in-text lithographs created by Picasso exclusively for the 1934 edition, which was only distributed to members of the Limited Editions Club, according to StoryLTD, an India-based auction house handing the sale.
Founded in New York in 1929, the Limited Editions Club published uniquely bound and illustrated books in limited quantities for its members. It also provided employment to many of the world's greatest artists during the years of the Great Depression.
Lysistrata is the comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek city states. It was originally performed in 411 B.C.
The limited edition copy of Lysistrata is expected to sell for between 500,000 and 600,000 Indian rupees (US$7,250—US$8,700).
The 24-hour sale on storyltd.com will offer 107 lots, including books in art, music, politics, literature, and sports.
Other highlights of the sale include first edition copies of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Volumes I and II, with a presale estimate of between INR250,000 and INR300,000. Printed in 1927, the books come in their original binding of green cloth boards, with black lettering on the spine and front panel.
The books offered for sale will be available for public viewing at the Saffronart gallery in Mumbai from June 18th to the 26th (with the exception of Sunday, June 23).