František Tavík Šimon (1877-1942)

TWO VIEWS OF HRADČANY AND A SCENE FROM WORLD WAR I.

1914-1917
Hradčany under the snow. Sheet No. 8 from the cycle of 12 views of Hradčany, 1916. Color etching on paper, 15.5x14.5 cm (mount aperture), sheet 41.5x30 cm, in the lower center of the print and lower left author`s mark, lower right under print signed in pencil "T.F. Šimon". Matted, framed, glazed. Hradčany from Embankment, 1917. Etching on paper, 29.5x30.3 cm, sheet size 49x40.5 cm, signed lower right under the print in pencil "T.F. Šimon", marked lower centre in print "1914 - 1916". Framed, glazed. Compare with the collections of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, inventory no. C 5559. Gouache on paper, 23x15.5 cm (mount aperture), total dimensions with frame 43x35 cm. Matted, framed, glazed.