Michael Florian (1911-1984)

COLLECTION OF 7 WOODCUTS

second half of the 1950s - early 1960s
Seven coloured woodcuts on handmade paper, dimensions 21.6-27.1x15-17.5 cm (sheets max. 33x23.5 cm), all signed lower right beneath the image in pencil "M. Florian", 5 pieces numbered lower left (variously, always from an edition of 200), some dated within the print "56", "59", "61". Depicted are: St. Peter, St. Anthony the Hermit, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Adalbert, St. Jude Thaddeus, and Christ Blessing - the Saviour with a Burning Heart and the symbols of the Evangelists. The sheets are slightly creased and soiled at the edges; the sheet with St. Peter is more noticeably damaged.