From Jan Lechon's description:" There is a well-known aphorism of Marshal Pilsudski that a man learns to swim best when he is immediately thrown into the water. The author depicts the appointment of new people to the government as just such a swimming school. In the picture: Aleksander Prystor, August Zaleski, Marshal Pilsudski, Walery Slawek."
Color lithograph, paper, 38 x 28 cm, signed l.d. on plate "Czermanski". Edition of 500 pcs. Made at the Jacomet factory in Paris.
Zdzislaw Czermanski (1900-1970) - Polish graphic artist, caricaturist. He studied drawing under Professor Kazimierz Sichulski in Lviv. He served in the Polish Legions. After the First World War, he cooperated with various magazines, including the weekly "Szczutek".
He was particularly famous as the author of caricatures of Jozef Pilsudski. Reportedly, the caricatures liked the Marshal so much that he had them hung up in the Belvedere.
