Ovid: The Art of Love (Ovidius: Ars Amatoria) - Portfolio of lithographs

 

Federico Righi

  1908 - 1986 (biography)

1970  

27 color lithographs; 25 three-color, 1 two-color and 1 single color. 

17 3/4 x 27 1/2 full sheet with text; 17 3/4 x 13 3/4" image 

Plate 1 signed lower right; justification signed, pencil 

Collaborator's copy E/L; reg. ed. 125 + 20 A/P's 

typeset text in English, throughout 

 

Ventura “Aquaforti” paper, Milan 

published 

Roten Galleries, Baltimore, MD 

2022 

$950.00 

Complete elephant folio with original cover. 211 unbound pages with text; plate 1 signed lower right; justification signed. Ancient Roman poet Ovid's 2 BC Ars Amatoria, or the Art of Love is an instructional guide to finding a partner, published in three volumes. Book one was to show a man how to find a woman; book two instructs him in how to maintain a happy marriage, and book three was the same for women looking for a partner. The advice ranges from the basic rules of regard (not forgetting birthdays, spending time apart--but not too much), to ideas that Chistianity later deemed unseemly (suggesting that women try partners of varying ages before settling; advocation of mutual sexual fulfillment).