Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939), Hitherto unknown Slavic God [for Zofia Stryjeńska], 1921

Ink, watercolor, paper; dim. in pp.: 16 x 20 cm; signed on the verso: 19 III 1921 Witkacy; and inscribed and dedicated on the verso: Unknown so far Slavic God shows the new way of Mrs. / Zofia Stryjeńska. Work set into deep pp. Condition: faded colors (effect of exposing the work in the past to direct sunlight). Currently framed in the so-called "museum glass" of the American company TrueVue.

The title of the work refers to the portfolio "Slavic Idols" published in 1918 by Zofia Stryjeńska through the Cracow Workshops, containing 15 color lithographs. Among the deities depicted was a pantheon of Old Slavic gods, including Radegast, Triglav, Marzanna, Warwas of Rügen, and Kupala.