Die Hetaerengespraeche des Lukian

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Die Hetaerengespraeche des Lukian

Artist Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918)

Publisher Julius Zeitler, Leipzig, 1907

Printer W. Drugulin, Leipzig

Binder Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, from a design by Gustav Klimt

Author Lucian (Greek, about 120-after 180)

Date1907

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 14 7/8 in. (378 mm); W: 11 7/8 in. (302 mm); Depth: 13/16 in. (21 mm).
Book: H: 14 9/16 in. (370 mm); W: 11 5/8 in. (296 mm); Depth: 11/16 in. (18 mm).
Page (partially trimmed): H: 14 in. (356 mm); W: 11 1/4 in. (286 mm).

MediumReproductions: 15 collotypes of drawings on cream japan paper.Text: letterpress in black with gold on ivory japan paper.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.613

Not on View

Label TextWhen not creating paintings for exhibitions and commissions, Gustav Klimt produced over 4,000 personal drawings and sketches. His drawings were frequently highly erotic—even graphic and sexually taboo—in nature. In them Klimt often rejected the decorativeness and detail of his paintings, working instead in a looser and more minimal style. The 15 drawings presented in this publication of Lucian’s Dialogue of Greek Courtesans, chosen by translator and publisher Franz Blei (who, as a writer, was known for eroticism in his work as well), are virtually unrelated to the text, as the dialogue discusses the role of courtesans (i.e. prostitutes) in society. Klimt’s drawings instead portray female eroticism in varying degrees of explicitness, a subject that would bring him notoriety and complaints of obscenity.Published Referencescf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists’ Illustrated Books, London, 1985, no. 23.

Mellby, Julie, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 2003, p. 185.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Classically modern: classical texts with modern prints from the Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb 18 - April 30, 2000, repr. p. 10

Toledo Museum of Art, European Expressionist and Cubist Works on Paper: 1900-1930, December 2, 2011-March 11, 2012 (University of Toledo Student Exhibition).