39½x26½ inches, 100½x67½ cm. Teulings Graf. Kunstinrichting, Amsterdam. Condition A-: small replaced loss in top margin; minor creases in margins and image; unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds. Framed.
In an image suggestive of a stage set, Roland-Holst creates a classic poster advertising a production of Electra. The heroine's story of how she and her brother Orestes took revenge on their father's murderers has inspired many theatrical productions by the likes of everyone from Sophocles to Richard Strauss, who composed an opera based on the story. Here, the title character is portrayed sitting within a symmetrical temple with dark shadows of the demons of her revenge swirling above her. Encyclopedie de l'Affiche p. 264.
