Berman Mieczyslaw, Stern Anatol - Mieczyslaw Szczuka [low circulation][Polish Constructivism].

Warsaw 1965/ Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe/ publisher's binding, cloth with paper wrapper /23x27,5 cm/ pp. 192/ black and white and color illustrations in the text/ good condition, minor soiling, rips on the edges of the wrapper, some dust on the upper edge of the pages

A richly illustrated publication devoted to one of the most outstanding representatives of Polish constructivism. Published in a low edition.

The album contains, among other things, material that has appeared in print since the artist's death, reproductions of artistic works, and reminiscences of friends.

Mieczyslaw Szczuka (born October 19, 1898 in Warsaw, died August 13, 1927 in Tatra Mountains) - avant-garde visual artist, representing Polish Constructivism and Productivism. In 1923-1927 he was involved in mountaineering.

In 1915-1918 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw under Milosz Kotarbinski. He had left-wing views, which he tried to combine with plastic art. He was a painter, printmaker and sculptor. He was involved in photomontage, abstract film, theatrical staging, and designed illustrations, book and magazine covers and posters. He experimented in industrial and applied design, moving forms and spatial compositions. He preached extreme utilitarianism, equating art with productive work. In 1924 he co-founded the art group and magazine "Blok," and in 1927 founded the magazine "Dźwignia" (the first issue was published in March of that year). Szczuka was the sole editor and publisher of "Dźwignia," which was backed by the Communist Party of Poland. A note published in the first issue stated: "The task of 'Dźwignia' is to bring together those cultural workers (writers, visual artists, etc.) who stand on the ground of the aspirations of the modern proletariat. [...] The best control of the expediency and effectiveness of our work will be to adhere strictly to the Marxist base. By the artist's death in 1927, four issues of "Lever" had been published.