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TOYEN Czechia, 1902-1980
Cache-toi guerre! [Hide, War!], 1944
Portfolio with 9 drawings from 1944, reproduced with an introductory poem by Jindrich Heisler. Published May 1947 in a numbered edition of 300.
30.6 x 39 cm
Uncommon first edition of this album of nine compositions by the Czech painter TOYEN (1902-1980), accompanied by the French translation of a poem by the Czech poet Jindřich Heisler (1914-1953)....
Uncommon first edition of this album of nine compositions by the Czech painter TOYEN (1902-1980), accompanied by the French translation of a poem by the Czech poet Jindřich Heisler (1914-1953).
These drawings were made in 1944 and feature animal skeletons in dreamlike, devastated landscapes, marking the anguish of that troubled time.
These drawings were made in 1944 and feature animal skeletons in dreamlike, devastated landscapes, marking the anguish of that troubled time.
Exhibitions
Butterfly Time, Richard Saltoun Gallery New York, 2024
Organised Killing: 100 Years of War & Genocide, Richard Saltoun Gallery London, 2022
Toyen, Hamburger, Kunsthalle, Germany, 2021/2022
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