Minotaur (a.k.a. Theseus and the Minotaur) by Joseph Anthony Mugnaini

Minotaur  (a.k.a. Theseus and the Minotaur) by Joseph Anthony Mugnaini

Minotaur (a.k.a. Theseus and the Minotaur)

Joseph Anthony Mugnaini

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Title

Minotaur (a.k.a. Theseus and the Minotaur)

 
Artist
Year
1953  
Technique
lithograph 
Image Size
8 1/2 x 7 1/4" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
2 of 20 
Annotations
titled in pencil and editioned 
Reference
illustration for "The Age of Fable: or Stories of Gods and Heros" by Thomas Bulfinch, published by Heritage Press or Limted Editions Club in 1958; Georgetown University 1959, brochure no. 9 
Paper
ivory wove Rives 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
23792 
Price
$400.00 
Description

A lithograph created by Joseph Mugnaini in 1953, working with the California Master Printer, lithographer Lynton Kistler. From a series of mythological themes done in editions of 20. This impression is accompanied by an 'authentication' from Kistler and signed by Mugnaini.

Mugnaini began his long-time collaboration with author Ray Bradbury in 1952, during which time he interpreted and illustrated many of Bradbury's books, including "Fahrenheit 451" through the "Martian Chronicles".

The minotaur was a fabulous monster, half-man and half-bull, that was kept by Minos in a labyrinth created by Daedalus. The minotaur was the offspring of Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, and a white bull sent to Minos by Poseidon for sacrifice. Instead of killing it, Minos kept the bull alive which angered Poseidon so he placed a spell upon Pasiphae which caused her to fall in love with the bull. When Minos' son, Androgeos, was killed by the Athenians, Minos demanded that seven Athenian youths and seven maidens be sent every ninth year to be devoured by the minotaur. When the third time of sacrifice came, Athenian hero Theseus volunteered to go. Minos' daughter, Ariadne, fell in love with Theseus and she gave him a ball of thread to unwind to mark his path in the labyrinth and, after killing the minotaur, he found his way out and they escaped together.

 

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