Official CATALOGUE of the Polish Department at the 1939 New York International Exhibition.

OFFICIAL CATALOGUE of the Polish Department at the International Exhibition in New York 1939.

Warsaw 1939. graphically designed by. Henryk Mund, cover and pasteboard designed by Antoni Wajwód. 8, pp. [2], 505, [1], numerous illustrations in the text and on separate plates (including color), pp. binding, board.
Traces of non. soiling, book block loosened, binding damaged, with losses, underlinings and stains. Catalog of the Polish Pavilion at the Exhibition in New York. Polish-language version of one of the most valuable sources documenting the exhibition, which consisted of 11,000 objects that did not return to Poland after the outbreak of war and remained in the USA, where they are to this day. A similar fate befell most pieces of the catalog, the Polish version of which accounted for only 20% of the edition. The rich art section shows a comprehensive picture of Poland's cultural achievements. The illustrations depict works by, among others: Stanislaw Ostoi-Chrostowski, Tadeusz Kulisiewicz and Janina Konarska. A list of exhibitors, artists and performers is also included.