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Large format hardcover bound in pictorial cloth, no dust-jacket as issued. 256 pages. Appendix, Bibliographical References, Index, etc. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs, drawings and sketches. First edition, a catalogue published on the occasion of the eponymously named show held at the Orangery of the Belvedere, Vienna, June 3 to October 8, 2017. In addition to acting as an exhibition catalogue this work represent a cross disciplinary study of the relationship between the art of Greek antiquity and the erotic renderings of the painter Gustav Klimt, referencing specifically the 1907 publication of his illustrated edition of Lucian’s ancient work ‘Dialogues of the Courtesans’ and extending the discussion to the full body of his oeuvre. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. As new. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.