CIEŚLEWSKI SYN Tadeusz - Woodcut in book, portfolio and on the wall. Notes on the graphic raciality of woodcut written [...] Warsaw 1936. Experimental Graphic Workshop. Salesian School of Crafts

CIEŚLEWSKI SYN Tadeusz - Woodcut in a book, portfolio and on the wall. Notes on the graphic raciality of the woodcut written by [...] Warsaw 1936. publishing house of the Society of Polish Bibljophiles in Warsaw.

Pp. 63, [3], Illustr. 37. (15 full-page). Dimensions 25.5 x 18 cm. Booklet binding with ep. E-librises, including those of Maria Grońska, by Stanislaw Luczak (1912-1980), painter and graphic artist associated with Kuyavia.
Minor scratches and folds to cover. Minor pencil scratches on one page. Other than that, a nice, clean piece.

Circulation. 300 copies. Text decorated with prints from 15 original plates and 23 zincographic plates. The text was folded and printed in A. Półtawski in the author's layout in the Experimental Graphic Workshop. Salesian School of Crafts. Edited with funds from the publisher. Leopold Wellisz.

An excellent dissertation by Tadeusz Cieślewski-Syn (1895-1944) on the history and technique of woodcut and its function in books.

Tadeusz Cieślewski-Syn (1895-1944) - Polish graphic artist and painter, son of painter - Tadeusz Cieślewski.
From 1916 he studied sculpture with Edward Wittig at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw, painting with Tadeusz Pruszkowski, graphic design with Władysław Skoczylas and applied graphics with Ludwik Gardowski.
Co-founder and member of the "RYT" grouping. He died during the Warsaw Uprising.