Stryjeńska Zofia- Piasts [Portfolio of 22 prints][Warsaw 1929].

Warsaw 1929/ Publisher J.Mortkowicz, Printing House W. L. Anczyc i Spółka in Cracow/ first edition/ 26,5x 40,5cm/ foreword by by Jerzy Warchałowski, 22 graphics on separate pages/ binding, half leather, gilded title and publisher's signature on spine, pasted original booklet cover/ print, chalk paper, portraits in passe-partout with embossed name of the Piast ruler and publisher's mark (ear and monogram JM)/ very good condition-, slight soiling of binding and side edges of pages, small gluing of passe-partout graphic showing Wladyslaw Laskonogi

Plates in chronological order: Piast, Ziemowit, Leszek, Ziemomysł, Mieszko the First, Bolesław Chrobry, Mieczysław the Second, Kazimierz Odnowiciel, Bolesław Śmiały, Władysław Herman, Bolesław Krzywousty, Władysław the Second, Bolesław Kędzierzawy, Mieczysław Stary, Kazimierz Sprawiedliwy, Leszek Biały, Władysław Laskonogi, Bolesław Wstydliwy, Leszek Czarny, Przemysław, Władysław Łokietek, Kazimierz Wielki.

"The images of the 'Piasts' were created in connection with the intended staging (actually abandoned) of Wyspianski's drama 'Skałka' [...]. The artist tried to make the depicted images resemble messages from history and legends. The likenesses, without unnecessary details and decorative embellishments, are full of noble simplicity and restraint, qualities relatively rare in Stryjeńska" (M. Grońska "Zofia Stryjeńska", Wr. 1991, p. 25, illustr. 51-56). "Warchałowski valued [...] this series, and although he generally exaggerated in his admiration, in this case he was right. 'Piasts' is probably one of the painter's best cannon" (H. Mortkowicz-Olczakowa "Under the Sign of the Spike," War. 1962, p. 175).