Pencil and watercolour on paper 230 x 197 mm, pencil ms inscription in the bottom-left “Schule der Aspasia” 1 (2, 3), monogrammed “P” in the bottom-right, and “Erika Plehn” to verso. Apparently, illustrations for ‘
Die Weisheiten der Aspasia’ also known as ‘
Die Dirnenschule der Aspasia’ (Aspasia's prostitute school), an erotic novel by Fritz Thurn (Foregger), privately published in Vienna in 1923.
Artist:
Erika Plehn [née Erika Pinkus] (German, 1904 – 1988)
Author: Fritz Thurn [Foregger zum Greiffenthurn] (Austrian, 1877 – 1938).
Aspasia of Miletus (Greek, c. 464 BCE – c. 420 BCE)