RESERVATION!
SŁOWACKI Juljusz
GENEZIS Z DUCHA
Edited and original woodcuts decorated by Jerzy Hulewicz.
Poznan1918 [ital. 1919], SpółkaWyd. "Ostoja". 4, pp. 53, [3], format 24.5x33cm; broch.
Issued in 1,000 copies, this one #65 signed by J. Hulewicz (full name).
In the text 22 original woodcuts. Published under the inspiration of Stanislaw Przybyszewski.
"Słowacki's text appeared as one of the most beautiful editions
of 'Ostoja', all the more valuable because it presents typography liberated
from Art Nouveau mannerism, closer to the canons of functional typography" (Sowiński II
150).
Hulewicz's engravings for "Genesis from the Spirit" are eagerly reproduced and exhibited, as they are a flagship example of Polish expressionist illustration.
J. Hulewicz (1886-1941) - painter, graphic artist, writer, member of the "Bunt" grouping, editor and manager of the Poznan "Zdrój".
Grosnska 253.
Condition DB/ BDB/ cover edges creases, rust spots [foxing] in places.
