Krakau. A portfolio of 10 woodcuts published in occupied Cracow.

KRAKAU. Krakauer Motive in zehn Holzschnitten ausgeführt von der Abteilung Gebrauchsgraphik der Staatlichen Kunstgewerbeschule in Krakau 1942-1943. Krakau 1943. Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule. 4 podł., p. 12. epoch card binding.
Cover abrasions, spine repaired, covered with paper, folds of protective tissue paper, otherwise good condition inside. Prints publisher's sealed in paper passe-partout, signed and signed in pencil by authors, obscured by protective tissue paper. Woodcuts printed on thin paper, size ca. 25x19.5 cm (light passe-partout). Block tied with string.
Published during the occupation, an album with 10 woodcut views of Krakow's monuments made by students of the Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule Krakau (State School of Arts and Crafts in Krakow). The school operated in the building of the Academy of Fine Arts with the permission of the occupation authorities from October 1939 to March 1943; both German and Polish artists taught there, and many of the students who studied there went on to make their mark in the history of modern Polish art. The album on display includes two woodcut title engravings signed "F. Rychlicki", the following ones depict: Wawel - cathedral towers (signed Zdzislaw Król), St. Idzi's Church (signed I. Hoffman), St. Mary's Church (signed Wicińska Iza), Cloth Hall (signed L. Horbacka), Corpus Christi Church (signed Dorota Cieślińska), ul. Pijarska with Floriańska Gate (signed Daniło Stanisława), Church of the Holy Cross (signed Popel Helena), courtyard of Collegium Maius (signed illegible), Church of St. Barbara (signed K. Starowieyska), Wawel - Kurza Stopka (signed Zofia Kopycińska). .