First Folio

VYKOUPENI [REDEMPTION: A CYCLE OF WOODCUTS].

Kotik, Pravoslav.

Prague: Spolecnost pratel grafiky, 1923.

No. 55 of 60 copies. Quarto (13 1/3"). Title bifolium and five large woodcuts. Each cut signed in pencil by the artist and laid loose in the portfolio. Original gray folder with red and yellow title label on cover. Mild wear but VG - woodblocks fine. Item #24372

"Issued as the second publication of the Society of Friends of Graphic Art... Created during Kotik's expressionist phase and published before his move toward Cubist-geometric figuration, this rare suite exemplifies his mastery of the modern Czech woodcut. Stark contrasts and sculptural line convey a spiritual and psychological drama, reflecting wartime and personal loss. Kotik (1889-1970), a member of SVU Manes and later cofounder of the Ho-Ho-Ko-Ko group, stands as a key figure linking early Czech Expressionism to post-war abstraction. Vykoupeni forms a unified narrative sequence (Prologue, I-III, Epilogue), --an early wordless visual meditation on grief and redemption, anticipating the expressive form of the modern graphic [wordless] novel." (Annotation of Daniel Morgan, Morgan Books, Prague, Czech Republic.).

Price: $875.00