WOLKER, Jiri: BALADA O OCICH TOPICOVYCH.
Four full-sided and hand-colored linocuts Jan Sladek.
Moravska Ostrava, Ostravska skupina knihomilu,1938.
8°, unpaginated [20]. Original sewn brochure with cover.
Private print. - Limited edition number 21 of 100 copies on handmade paper Holland Pannekoek. Signature of Jan Sladek on colophon. - As new. Collector's condition. - Language: Czech.
<ID:BIB77116> Price: 2800,- CZK

Jiri Wolker (March 29, 1900, Prostejov, Austria-Hungary - January 3, 1924, Prostejov, Czechoslovakia)
Czech poet, member of avant-garde Art association Devetsil.
Selected bibliography of poetry:
1921, Host do domu
1921, Svaty kopecek
1922, Tezká hodina

Jan Sladek (May 20, 1906, Ostrava, Austria-Hungary - July 30, 1982, Praha, Czechoslovakia)
Illustrator, graphic artist, painter, set designer, costume designer, ...
Study: Patrik Ungermann Painting Studio, Ostrava.
Selected Memberships: Moravskoslezske sdruzeni vytvarnych umelcu, Leva fronta, Vytvarni umelci - Moravska Ostrava, Spolek vytvarnych umelcu Manes.
Selected Solo Exhibitions: 1937, Jan Sladek: Scenicka tvorba, Manes, Praha, 1960, Jan Sladek: Scanicke navrhy, obrazy 1930-1960, Galerie Vaclava Spaly, Praha; 1976-1977, Jan Sladek: Scenicka tvorba, Galerie d, Praha.
Group Exhibitions: Amount of group exhibitions since 1935 up to present.
Selected Collections: Národni muzeum, Praha.
Selected Literature: 1989, Maly slovnik bibliofila, Pamatnik národniho pisemnictvi, Praha; 1993, Novy slovnik ceskoslovenskych vytvarnych umelcu (II. dil; L - Z), Vytvarne centrum Chagall, Ostrava; 2006, Nova encyklopedie ceskeho vytvarneho umeni (Dodatky), Academia, Praha.