Josef Váchal (1884-1969)

FREEDOM AND REACTION

1934
Color woodcut on handmade paper 72x44,5 cm (86x53 cm), signed and dated in pencil lower right under the print area "j. Váchal 37", titled lower left "Svoboda a reakce", annotated lower center "Bar. dřevoryt č. tisku 2", signed and dated in print "J. Váchal 34". This is one of the largest loose sheets by the author. The paper is spotted, mainly on the verso. Another copy is in the collections of The Moravian Gallery in Brno titled The Danger of Fascism, inv. no. C 30572