ZOFIA STRYJEŃSKA (1894 - 1976), HIGHLANDER FROM THE TATRA MOUNTAINS (RAIN COVER), 1939

Sheet 14 from the portfolio: Polish Folk Costumes. POLISH PEASANTS COSTUMES WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY Dr. THADEE SEWERYN, CURATOR OF ETHNOGRAPHICAL MUSEUM IN CRACOW. PUBLISHED BY C. SZWEDZICKI, NICE 1939.
pochoir, hand coloring in gouache/cardboard, 39.3 x 49.9 cm
signed in composition at bottom: Z. Stryjeńska
on back l.d.: COPYRIGHT BY C. SZWEDZICKI 1939
state of preservation very good
Zofia Stryjeńska is one of the most popular artists of the interwar period and a leading representative of Art Deco in Polish art.
This portfolio published in an edition of 400 pieces numbered and signed by the publisher contains 40 graphics painted in gouache and watercolor with depictions of Polish folk costumes from the Second Polish Republic. The charts were made in the pochoir technique popular for the Art Deco style - printed outlines were hand-painted in gouache and watercolor through a stencil. This makes it possible to obtain a series of almost identical prints.