Special reproduction of a personal photographic album by Jacqueline Onassis dedicated in the original to Ari Onassis, "For Ari/ with love/ J all love," 73 photographic pages, folio (510 x 470 mm), [Skorpios, and on board the "Christina," Greece: probably summer 1969,] divided into 7 chapters beginning with, " Odysseus. Ari as Odysseus ," then " Alkinoos. Ari as Alkinoos ," " Ithaka. Skorpios as Ithaka ," " Nausikaa. Of young girls ," " Penelope and Kalypso. Of Women ," " Telemakhos. Of Sons ," and " The End ," each chapter with intimate family photographs of their life together, with friends children and relatives, and quotations from Homer's Odyssey , both in Greek and English. Bound in red leatherette. AN INTIMATE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM FROM JACKIE TO ARI . Personally assembled by Jackie, this album is one of a few photographic copies made up and given to Ari Onassis's closest friends. This was a personal project by Jackie put together possibly in late 1969 to record their summer vacation in Skorpios, and around the Greek Islands on board the Christina. Jackie likens Ari to some of the mythical characters in Homer's work: " Dear mortal, go in joy: at the turn of the seasons winter to summer, you shall bear me sons; no lovemaking of gods can be in vain. Nurse our sweet children tenderly, and rear them. Home with you now, and hold your tongue, and tell no one your lover's name ... though I am yours POSEIDON, Lord of surf that makes men tremble ." The whole ensemble, the choice of images, the choice of texts, Jackie's copying out of the Greek text, all show the deep love that had developed between Jackie and Ari, and their mutual bond to their children. It has often been said that the marriage of Onassis and Jackie was a business arrangement, she seeking the physical security he could provide after both her husband and brother-in-law had been assassinated, and he seeking a glamorous wife. Although that might well have been the case in the beginning, this carefully and lovingly composed album, combining Jackie's selection of quotes from Homer, with gorgeous family photos, belies that rumor, and is, in many ways, a true love poem by Jackie for Ari Onassis.
Special reproduction of a personal photographic album by Jacqueline Onassis dedicated in the original to Ari Onassis, "For Ari/ with love/ J all love," 73 photographic pages, folio (510 x 470 mm), [Skorpios, and on board the "Christina," Greece: probably summer 1969,] divided into 7 chapters beginning with, " Odysseus. Ari as Odysseus ," then " Alkinoos. Ari as Alkinoos ," " Ithaka. Skorpios as Ithaka ," " Nausikaa. Of young girls ," " Penelope and Kalypso. Of Women ," " Telemakhos. Of Sons ," and " The End ," each chapter with intimate family photographs of their life together, with friends children and relatives, and quotations from Homer's Odyssey , both in Greek and English. Bound in red leatherette. AN INTIMATE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM FROM JACKIE TO ARI . Personally assembled by Jackie, this album is one of a few photographic copies made up and given to Ari Onassis's closest friends. This was a personal project by Jackie put together possibly in late 1969 to record their summer vacation in Skorpios, and around the Greek Islands on board the Christina. Jackie likens Ari to some of the mythical characters in Homer's work: " Dear mortal, go in joy: at the turn of the seasons winter to summer, you shall bear me sons; no lovemaking of gods can be in vain. Nurse our sweet children tenderly, and rear them. Home with you now, and hold your tongue, and tell no one your lover's name ... though I am yours POSEIDON, Lord of surf that makes men tremble ." The whole ensemble, the choice of images, the choice of texts, Jackie's copying out of the Greek text, all show the deep love that had developed between Jackie and Ari, and their mutual bond to their children. It has often been said that the marriage of Onassis and Jackie was a business arrangement, she seeking the physical security he could provide after both her husband and brother-in-law had been assassinated, and he seeking a glamorous wife. Although that might well have been the case in the beginning, this carefully and lovingly composed album, combining Jackie's selection of quotes from Homer, with gorgeous family photos, belies that rumor, and is, in many ways, a true love poem by Jackie for Ari Onassis.
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