Ex Libris Dr. Joannis Karamitsas
1907
Franz von Bayros, the controversial 'bad boy' of the Vienna Secession, brings his signature Rococo revival to life in this intricate bookplate. A fashionable lady in a towering, feathered hat lounges lazily in a silk hammock, flanked by classical busts of the poets Sappho and Anacreon. Designed as an *ex libris* for Dr. Joannis Karamitsas, this piece was meant to be pasted into books to mark ownership with a touch of decadent luxury. Bayros was famous for pushing boundaries with erotic themes, and his detailed, black-and-white illustrations became highly sought-after collector's items in the early 20th century.
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