International Women's Day Contest
Name the artist and title!
We have a winner: PsychGuy called it... "Lysistrata" by Picasso
Cumulative results:
Constable: 3
PsychGuy: 1
All others: 0
posted by Grammer @ 7:33 AM
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Name the artist and title!
We have a winner: PsychGuy called it... "Lysistrata" by Picasso
Cumulative results:
Constable: 3
PsychGuy: 1
All others: 0
6 Comments:
I've spent way too long on this one. Some of the women in the background look like they were drawn by Matisse or Picasso, or someone of that era, but the women in the foreground are throwing me. Could I have a hint?
okay, this was a toughie, cause you've been so quick! You are on the right track. Here's some info about Int'l Women's Day:
International Women's Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. International Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. In ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in order to end war; during the French Revolution, Parisian women calling for "liberty, equality, fraternity" marched on Versailles to demand women's suffrage.
Your clue is above!
BTW, it's a series of 6, I believe, in case you come across one that looks similar in style/content.
I give a vote for Pablo Picaso
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Aristophanes (translated by Gilbert Seldes). Lysistrata. Etchings by Pablo PICASSO. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1934, first edition with these ill's, one of 1500 numbered copies signed by Pablo Picasso, illustrated with 6 original hors-texte etchings (""Serment des Femmes"", ""Couple et Enfant"", ""Cinesias et Myrrhine"", ""Deux Vieillards et Voilier, ""Accord entre les Guerriers de Sparte et d'Athenes, and ""Le Festin"") and numerous woodcut reproductions in sanguine. Paper over boards (small very faint water stain in the lower area of spine) in the original chemise (spine slightly faded) and publisher's slipcase (very slight imperfections, but no tears or splits), overall an exceptionally handsome copy, rare in this condition.
You think W would end the war if Laura, like Lysistrata, stopped putting out until he did?
Lysistrata: Make love, not war?
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