Spindelmuhle (Spindlermule; Bohemia) by Max Pollak

Spindelmuhle (Spindlermule; Bohemia) by Max Pollak

Spindelmuhle (Spindlermule; Bohemia)

Max Pollak

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Title

Spindelmuhle (Spindlermule; Bohemia)

 
Artist

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)
Year
c. 1920  
Technique
drypoint, printed chine colle 
Image Size
4 11/16 x 6 9/16" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated; presumed small 
Annotations
pencil titled along lower center sheet edge; Friedl Pollak Collection stamp in lower left sheet corner; stamped on verso, "Made in Austria" 
Reference
 
Paper
thin white wove collaged to heavy buff wove support sheet 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
22614 
Price
$425.00 
Description

Max Pollak, in order to get the delicate drypoint lines to print well, collaged a thin sheet of white oriental paper the size of the plate to a heavier sheet of ivory wove paper. This allowed the optimal printing quality but also added the ability for the viewer to handle the work.

The light 'color' of the snow is created by this thin white paper whereas the margins are the heavier 'support sheet.' In the middle-ground he adds four walking figures, which add a sense of scale, behind them the village of Spindelmuhle, a forest, mountains, and a dark winter sky, all done using drypoint.

This composition is one of a series of prints Pollak did of winter in the Czech Alps around 1920. Spindelmuhle is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It lies in the Giant Mountains and it is one of the most frequented ski resorts in the country.

 

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