Original collage on cardboard by Franciszek Starowieyski, page design for the magazine "Ty i Ja", no.7, p.21, pic.5 (marking verso), colored with gouache. Dimensions of the sheet on which the collage was pasted: 32.4 x 23.9 cm. Verso: stamp of "Ty i Ja" magazine with number and page markings, format and order markings (this in blue pen, the rest in pencil), annotation: "photo to be colored according to original", signature: "© Franek Starowieyski".
The cardboard was covered with protective paper(with the inscription in pencil: "Verlane from 1/2 volume top to bottom fading"), additionally an envelope P.P. Dom Książki in Warsaw |Warszawski Antykwariat Naukowy "Logos" described: Franek Starowieyski for "You and I"
Condition: minor soiling, scratches, staining, discoloration.
Franciszek Starowieyski (alias Jan Byk, lived. 1930-2009) - painter, graphic artist, stage designer, co-founder of the Polish school of posters(made about 300 of them). Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studio of Wojciech Weiss and Adam Marczyński (in 1949-52), then continued his studies at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, in the studio of Michał Bylina, where he received his diploma in 1955. Since 1964 he was the artistic director of the magazine "You and Me", quite unique for Polish conditions, published in 1960-1973, modern, dedicated, lifestyle, fashion, art, literature. The monthly was characterized by an avant-garde layout. This was ensured by the artistic supervision of outstanding artists of the Polish poster school (including R. Cieślewicz, H. Tomaszewski, F. Starowieyski) .
