Lot 79
Vojtěch Preissig (1873 - 1944) VILLAGE

Around 1905
coloured etching, aquatint, paper
57,5 x 77,5 cm (h x w)
sign. lower right: "Vojtěch Preissig"

Starting price

30 000 CZK
| 1 250 €

Price realized

48 000 CZK
| 2 000 €

price without premium

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Vojtěch Preissig went to Paris after finishing his studies at the art-industrial school, where he got a place in Alfons Mucha's studio. He also gained renown in the United States, where he pioneered linocut and taught other graphic techniques. As a patriot, he immediately joined the editorial staff of the magazine V Boj during the war. Preissig's bravura technique later saved him from the death penalty in the Dachau concentration camp. Here he had to work in the workshop of top counterfeiters, producing fake dollars and pounds for the Germans.