Lot 98

Josef Váchal (1884 - 1969) THE MYSTICS AND VISIONARIES

The sheets of the series, comprising nine woodcuts in total, represent symbolic and allegorical portraits of Christian mystics from different eras. The work is undoubtedly related to the contacts Váchal maintained with representatives of Catholic Modernism at the turn of the century. The voluminous titles of the individual prints contain spiritualistic and visionary elements of non-Christian origin, probably as evidence of Váchal's later departure from Catholicism. The copy offered is numbered ZP. It is worth noting that the publisher was the author's wife, whom he married in the year of publication. Published by Máša Váchalová and O. S. S. 1913, printed by Politika 1913. Published in 50 copies with Czech text and 50 copies with German text. The size shown is the size of the paper.