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Fred Strothmann - The Frontispiece Illustration For Clemens's Extracts From Adam's Diary
Original
Auction:
Sotheby's -Jun 19, 2003
- New York
Lot number:
179
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Description:
original ink and wash drawing (9 x 5? in.; 229 x 133 mm), signed "strothmann," being the frontispiece illustration for clemens's extracts from adam's diary, ca. 1904; matted, framed and glazed. in the garden of eden, a.k.a. niagara falls park. for the frontispiece of the first edition, the german-born illustrator fred strothmann depicts the naked adam at work on his diary. he chisels the entries on stone tablets while eve and a host of creatures look on. the menagerie of approving onlookers includes a tiger, a lion, two monkeys, a squirrel, a turtle, a frog, and, of course, a smiling serpent. with: clemens, samuel l. extracts from adam's diary, translated from the original ms. new york: harper, 1904 in 8s (8 x 5? in.; 203 x 137 mm). frontispiece and numerous illustrations by fred strothmann. publisher's red pictorial cloth; minimal wear. publisher's yellow printed dust jacket; some soiling, chipping at extremities. first separate edition. this work first appeared in book form in the niagara book: a complete souvenir of niagara falls containing sketches ? by w. d. howells, mark twain? and others (buffalo, 1893). references: bal 3480; johnson pp. 80?81 together, 2 items