format:30x21cm(framed),ink,paper,signed p.d.:monogram AU
The work is framed in a wooden frame made of woodchip with black corners.
The work comes from the collection of the artist's daughter.
Uniechowski made several works based on the centuries-old Legend of the Unicorn and they are a great rarity on the antiquarian market.
An excellent draftsman and painter. He studied art in 1924-29 at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. He created mainly book illustrations, characterized by light line pen and ink drawings, lavished with gouache or tempera. In 1945-56 he was associated with the weekly magazine "Przekrój". He gained great popularity with his views of old Warsaw and illustrations of the life of its inhabitants, as well as frivolous scenes created with a light line, full of humor and fantasy. He illustrated classics of Polish and foreign literature. He also did theatrical, television and film set design and designed posters.
