Svabinský, Max (1873 Kromenz - 1962 Prague)

Lot 2044 limit € 280

large-format woodcut, The Revelation, from the Paradise Sonata cycle (1917-20), signed in lead on the right below the depiction, framed behind glass in the passe-partout (minor damage), minor signs of age (including evenly browned), depiction c. 78 x 52 cm, with frame approx. 101 x 71 cm, is considered one of the founders of Czech modernism, from 1910 professor at the Academy of Art in Prague, 1945 honorary title as national artist, in addition to painting and graphic design of two glass windows in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague