10 Steinzeichnungen zum Lysistrata des Aristophanes von Ernst Stern [ten lithographs for Lysistrata by Aristophanes, by Ernst Stern]. No printing location indicated. No date. [Germany, ca. 1920].
Portfolio with ten lithographs by Ernst Stern – illustrations for the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, all signed by Stern (in pencil). Title page (a lithograph as well) is numbered – copy no. 4 of only 15 copies.
Ernst Stern (1876-1954), a Jewish-German theater stage-designer, born in Romania, worked for the "Deutsches Theater" in Berlin, directed by Max Reinhardt, and created dozens of stage designs. Moved to London when the Nazis rose to power.
[11] leaves, 66X49 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Some creases and damage at margins of leaves. Some damage to portfolio.