Földvári Books

Scarce Silesian Periodical with Modernist Illustrations by Stanislav Kolibal

Šajtar, Drahomír

Cislo: revue pro umeni a kritiku. 1 kveten, rocnik I. [Number: The Art and Criticm Review. Issue 1, No. I.]

[Prague-Ostrava]: Slezská literárni skupina, [1946]. First edition. In original wrappers. Loose, as issued. With 5 plates and 2 full-page illustrations. 32, 32 p., 5 plates. Minor tears on wrapper, at extremities. Untrimmed. Inside clean. In very good condition.

The only issue of Čislo, a Silesian, illustrated art periodical.

Originally proposed as a bimonthly, but only the first issue of this post-war art review was published. The journal’s main focus was on Russian culture, presenting translations of works by Boris Pasternak, Alexander Pushkin as well as writings from authors from Silesia, such as Věra Bajnarová, Erich Sojka and Augustin Skýpala.

Illustrated with 5 reproductions of works by modern artists, such as Chagall and Sutin and early, two full-page illustrations by Stanislav Kolíbal.

Extremely scarce, WorldCat locates only two copies in institutional holding, in the British Library, UK and in the BSB, Germany.

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Price: €800.00