Svabinský, Max (1873 Kromenz - 1962 Prague)

Lot 2045 limit € 280

large-format woodcut, The Abduction, from the Paradise Sonata cycle (1917-20), signed in the print and dated 1920, signed in lead on the right below the depiction, framed behind glass in the passe-partout (min. dam.), minor signs of age (among other things, evenly browned ), representation approx. 78 x 51 cm, with frame approx. 101 x 71 cm, is regarded as one of the founders of Czech modernism, from 1910 professor at the Art Academy in Prague, 1945 honorary title as national artist, in addition to painting and graphic design of two glass windows in the Vitus Cathedral in Prague