Jan Konůpek (1883-1950)

WOODCUTS FOR GOBSECK

[1925]
4 two-colour woodcuts of similar size ca. 13 × 9 cm on sheets ca. 19 × 15 cm, mounted in passe-partouts of 27.5 × 22.5 cm in the original paper folder. Illustrations for the work of Honoré de Balzac: Gobseck, published by Arno Sáňka in Brno in May 1925 as vol. 4 of the series "200" in an edition of 200 numbered copies. The second series of signed and mounted woodcuts belonged to the deluxe editions on Japon. One passe-partout slightly soiled, otherwise in very good condition. The woodcuts are also held in the collections of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, e.g.: inv. nos. C 14092, C 14097, C 14094.