[Grottger Arthur] Grottger Album. I Paddle of Weeping ("War") [Missing] and III. Lituania [Complete].

[Grottger Arthur]Grottger Album. I Paddle of Weeping ("War") and III. Lituania [Complete], Vienna [1888]. Publisher Fr[anciszek] Bondy, pages of text [6], plates of illustrations 6 (heliogravures) [remaining 5 plates missing], plates of illustrations 6 (heliogravures) [complete]. Dimensions 37 x 41.5 cm. publisher's binding of the 1st cycle i.e. TheFall of Weeping ("War"). Cardboard backings with traces of flooding. Linen portfolio with rich decorations and gilt. Minor discoloration and abrasions. Nice state of preservation.

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Cycle I The Fall of Weeping ("War") was created in 1866-1867, first exhibited in Paris during the Universal Exhibition and purchased by Emperor Franz Joseph. It is composed of works intended to stigmatize war as the greatest misfortune of mankind. 1. "Go into the valley of tears", 2. Bad omens (Comet) [NONE], 3. Drawing of recruits, 4 .Departure for war [NONE], 5. Fire [NONE], 6. Famine [NONE], 7 .Betrayal and punishment, 8 . Strippingthe fallen (Humans or jackals?) [NONE], 9 .Orphans, 10 .Sacrilege, 11. In the artist's studio.

Cycle III. Lituania. The last series consists of works dedicated to the January Uprising in Lithuania. The sketches were created in 1864-1866, they were first exhibited in 1866 in Lviv and Krakow. 1 ) Forest, 2) Sign, 3) Oath, 4) Battle, 5) Spirit, 6) Vision. [COMPLETE]

Heliogravures publisher's glued on cardboard backings. Striking publisher's portfolio in red (signed...), gilt titlepage on the front inscribed in a rich composition with a palette and a painting easel (designed by K. Ströbel), blind-stamped stylized decoration on the back cover.