[KARPIŃSKA Helena]. [Three exlibrises]. Exlibris Helena Karpinska, Cieszyn; Exlibris Helena Karpinska; Ex libris Helena...

[KARPIŃSKA Helena]. [Three exlibrises]. Exlibris Helena Karpinska, Cieszyn; Exlibris Helena Karpinska; Ex libris Helena Karpinska.
Woodcut prints on ark. 5.8x5.5, 7.4x6.8 and 9.7x6.7 cm. Compositions: Constantine M. Sopocki from 1965 (open book with monogram H.K. on binding), anonymous (portrait of the owner), Antoni Jan Golębniak from 1966 (old book with title inscription on front cover). Very good condition.
H. Karpinska (1909-1997) - bookbinder active initially in Warsaw, after WWII in Cieszyn. She learned bookbinding from Zofia Dębicka, and was an amateur bookbinder (the only time between 1952 and 1955 she had her own registered workshop). "She was well known in the bibliophile circle. She made bindings by hand, due to the impossibility of procuring high-quality raw material, she used parchment received as a gift from Jewish books destroyed and profaned during the war. She dyed the bindings in various colors, and paid the greatest attention to decorating them with the traditional technique of hand gilding. From a modest stock of embossing tools, she created unique, very rich compositions referring to Renaissance, Baroque and Classical styles" (E. Pokorzyńska).