Lot 117
RUCE ("HANDS")
1943
Woodcut on paper
20 x 14,5 cm (h x w)
Signiert auf der Druckplatte, letzter Druck darunter in Bleistift „J. Váchal“
| 392 €
| 1 412 €
Thirteen color wood engravings for the verses of Otakar Březina. Published in a limited edition of 1,001 copies by ELK, akc. Spol., Prague in 1943. Of the total edition, the first 100 were printed on Hodomura paper at Müller a spol. Book printers as copies not intended for sale. In Turnov; this copy is numbered 44.
List of prints:
I. Chvíle slávy jsem měl (Moments of Fame)
II. Vedra (Heat)
III. Hudba slepců (The Blind Men)
IV. Ruce (Hands)
V. Zpívaly vody (Thus Sang the Waters)
VI. Kolozpěv srdcí (Roundelay of Hearts)
VII. Dithyramb světů (Dithyramb of the Worlds)
VIII. Stráž nad mrtvými (Guardian over the Dead)
IX. Šílenci (The Madmen)
X. Čisté jitro (Pure Morning)
XI. Místa harmonie a smíření (Places of Harmony and Reconciliation)
XII. Jarní noc (The Spring Night)
XIII. Čas (Time)
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