Fine Arts. R. I - X (complete).

Fine Arts. R. I - X (complete).

Monthly magazine devoted to architecture, sculpture, painting, graphics and ornamentation. Organ of the Polish Institute of Fine Arts. Editor-in-chief Wł. Jarocki. Cracow. Nakł. Druk. National. Red. Mieczyslaw Treter, Wladyslaw Jarocki.
-. R. I - X (1924 - 1934). 4, pp. VII, 583; VII, 511; VI, [2], 467; V, [1], 451, [1]; VI, [2], 503, [1]; VI, [2], 463; VI, [2], 481, [1]; VII, [1], 367, [1]; VI, [2], 463, [1]; VI, [2], 487, numerous reprod. in the text and on separate plates (including color), numerous rotogravures, illustr. in the form of color pastedowns, publisher's cloth binding.
In 2nd vol: 2 original woodcuts (W. Skoczylas - St. Christopher; W. Weiss - Venus); In the 3rd volume: 2 original woodcuts (W. Wąsowicz - Head of a Hutsul woman; W. Weiss - Mounds of grain); In the 4th volume: 2 original woodcuts (W. Skoczylas - Crucifixion, Madonna); In the 5th volume: 1 original woodcut (T. Cieślewski Son - Baptistery in Florence); In the 7th volume: 1 original woodcut (W. Skoczylas - Motif from Old Warsaw); In the 9th volume: 2 original woodcuts (T. Cieślewski son - Warsaw - Puck; Books-Sobowtory).
The monthly is distinguished by a high level of graphic design, includes articles and dissertations by many artists and art experts, such as Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz, Jan St. Bystroń, Józef Mehoffer, Leon Piniński, Antoni Potocki, Jerzy Remer, Paweł Smolik and Mieczysław Treter. Biographical studies of artists such as Teodor Axentowicz, Olga Boznańska, Józef Brandt, Xawery Dunikowski, Julian Fałat, Wojciech Gerson, Maurycy Gottlieb, Tadeusz Makowski, Stanisław Masłowski, Piotr Michałowski, Józef Pankiewicz, Zbigniew Pronaszko, Henryk Rodakowski, Jan Stanisławski, Zofia Stryjeńska, Stanisław Szukalski, Władysław Ślewiński, Wojciech Weiss, Witold Wojtkiewicz, Leon Wyczółkowski, Stanisław Wyspiański and others. Abrasions, cracks and unsoiled bindings, book blocks (especially in volume 1) loose, several pages loose, pages with traces of dampstaining and soiling.