ZEGADŁOWICZ Emil - Powsinogi Beskidzkie - Haunted - Kraków 1925 [cover paintings by Tytus Czyżewski + binding by Robert Jahoda] RRR!

ZEGADŁOWICZ EMIL

POWSINOGI BESKIDZKIE

Printing was completed on the fifteenth of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, with fonts from the Fr. Foltin Printing House in Wadowice. The cover was made by Jan Mrozinski; woodcut on p. 15 by Jerzy Hulewicz. Folded by Edward Kołodziej, embossed by Józef Petrykiewicz.

ENTERTAINED

A ballad mystery in three acts

Printing was completed on the twelfth of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four with the fonts of Franciszek Foltin's Printing House in Wadowice. The cover was made by Ludwik Misky, five hundred pieces were printed. Folded by Edward Józef Kołodziej, embossed by Józef Petrykiewicz.

Two co-edited works.

Cracow 1925

Exlibris by Waclaw Szymczakowski.

Artistic, exclusive binding. Parchment with gilt titling on front face and spine. Gilded tops of pages. High quality linings.

Unique binding! On the front and back cover watercolor paintings by the brilliant artist Titus Czyzewski. - Multicolored beautiful flowers in a blue vase in the center of the front face, single flower on the back. The paintings are signed T. C.

Additionally bound from Robert Jahoda's Bookbinding Company - unsigned binding, was exhibited by the Society of Book Lovers at the Book Binding Exhibition June/July 1925 - this is evidenced by a sticker affixed to the front pastedown.

Tytus Czyzewski - born December 28, 1880 in Bochnia, died May 5, 1945 in Krakow - Polish painter, poet, literary art critic, one of the theoreticians of Formism. He graduated from high school in Nowy Sącz. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Jozef Mehoffer and Stanislaw Wyspianski. Between 1907 and 1912, he studied in Paris. His works participated in Independent Exhibitions. Co-founder of the Polish Expressionists group which in 1919 was transformed into the Formists group. He edited a magazine under the same name. He was an organizer of Futurist clubs: Nutmeg and Catharine. In 1922-1925 he worked at the Polish embassy in Paris. During this time he published in magazines: Zwrotnica, Epoka, Almanach Nowej Sztuki. In 1930 he settled in Warsaw. There he published in magazines: Głos Plastyków, Kultura, Wiadomości Literackie, L'Art Contemprain, Prosto z Mostu. During the occupation he stayed in Warsaw. A volume of poetry that was destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising was entitled "Antidote." He died in Cracow. He created dynamically, multifaceted in geometric forms. He referred to the art of the Podhale region. His works include portraits, still life and landscapes. One of the most famous and sought-after works of Titus Czyzewski is the collection of "Pastorałki" written in the style of folk primitivism.

Robert Jahoda - born. June 1, 1862 in Bochnia - died February 28, 1947 in Krakow - Master bookbinder, author of many impressive artistic bindings, diplomas, founder of one of the best bookbinding workshops in the Second Polish Republic. He was also involved in the conservation of old prints, archival materials, including Jan Długosz's Annales seu Cronicae Regni Poloniae. He learned the profession in Krakow, Vienna and Lviv. In 1887 he passed the journeyman's exam and established his first atelier at 37 Market Square. In 1912 he bought a tenement house at 4 Gołębia Street where he moved his workshop. He participated in more than twenty international exhibitions in Berlin, Leipzig, Lviv, Paris, Poznan or Vienna. Winner of many honors and awards, in 1914 he was awarded at the All-World Exhibition of Book Art in Leipzig, in 1925 he won a gold medal at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris, in 1929 he also won a gold medal at the General National Exhibition in Poznan. In 1937, an exhibition of Jahoda's works prepared for the 50th anniversary of his establishment was held in Cracow.

Very good condition.

Number of pages: 77+115

Format: 25x19 cm

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