A. SUCHANEK - The Paris Commune Shipyard in Gdynia. 10 boards. ca 1956

SUCHANEK A[ntoni] - The Paris Commune Shipyard in Gdynia. 10 charts ... [Gdynia, ca 1956]. Folio, plates 10. original cardboard folder.
Tears and folds of folder, small loss of corner of front cover of folder, boards in very good condition. The card with the text and list of reproductions is missing (a reduced copy is attached). Relatively rare portfolio showing the activities of the Gdynia shipyard. Reproductions of black and white drawings (form 22.5x29.8 cm) were pasted by the publisher on cardboard backings (30x38.7 cm). Titles of individual works: Divership 900 tdw. - bottom assembly, Divership 900 tdw. - midship assembly, Divership 900 tdw. - stern section assembly, Divership 900 tdw. - bow assembly, Divership 900 tdw. - prior to launching, Dredger 900 tdw. - in the outfitting basin, Dredger m/s "Dzierżyński" - reconstruction in the dock, Floating dock, Lift - docking unit from pontoons with ship, Fragment of dock work.
A. Suchanek (1901-1982) - painter, pupil of J. Mehoffer and T. Axentowicz, before the war lived in Bydgoszcz and Warsaw, after its end in Gdynia. The main subject of his artistic interests became the sea, and he was a co-founder of the Group of Polish Mariners.