Gustaw Rogalski (1887-1939) - Gorgona - complete portfolio of 8 autolithographs, 1933 ["Gorgona" Autolithography: Gustaw Rogalski].
Autolithographs, paper; 45 x 32 cm; black and white autolithographs with title markings on some plates.
Titles after Maria Gronska:
1. Portrait of Gorgonova,
2. Before the court,
3. Isis,
4. I've got it too baj very much,
5. Before the court,
6. Okocim,
7. pace of the day,
8. lex.
A rare portfolio of caricatures relating to the most famous trial of the Second Polish Republic of Rita Gorgonowa, accused of allegedly murdering the daughter of her concubine Henryk Zaremba. For an album of eight caricatures of Hitler, published in 1939, the artist was executed by the Germans in Glinnik-Przegorzaly on Christmas Eve 1939.Lit.: Maria Grońska "Grafika w książce, tece i albumie", Ossolineum , 1994, item 471
Condition of preservation as seen in photos.
