Bibrowski, Stephan | Lionel der Löwenmensch

Bibrowski, Stephan 

Lebend. Lionel der einzig echte Löwenmensch der Erde. Hamburg: Lith. Adolph Friedländer, ca. 1922 (no. 7728)

Color lithograph poster (27 7/8 x 37 1/2 in.; 707 x 952 mm). Fold creases with some closed separations. Laid down on linen.

In contrast with poster in the preceding lot, which presented Bibrowski partially clothed and reading Shakespeare in English (one of five languages he is supposed to have known), the present image exploits Bibrowski's "otherness," depicting him in the wild with actual lions in the background. 

The tagline of the poster—the only real lion-man on earth—indicates that Lionel's popularity attracted imitators.