Willi Nowak (1886-1977)

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

1922
Complete cycle of 20 original colour lithographs on Japan paper, special impressions (Sonderabzüge), various sizes of the printed areas: 7.8-22x16-18 cm (37x28 cm). Loose sheets matted, in the original half-cloth portfolio with a label on the upper cover. All sheets signed lower right in pencil "Wil(l)i Nowak" and marked with the blind-stamp of the Marées company. Published by the Marées-Gesellschaft, Piper Verlag, in Munich in 1922 as its 39th print, in a total edition of 80 copies, of which 55 were numbered; this copy bears no. 54. Illustrations for the book edition of the libretto of Richard Strauss`s opera of the same name, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Paper of several sheets slightly foxed in places, portfolio slightly damaged.