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Weber / Tscheco-Slovakia (Weaver, Czechoslavakia) by Max Pollak
Weber / Tscheco-Slovakia (Weaver, Czechoslavakia)
Max Pollak
Title
Weber / Tscheco-Slovakia (Weaver, Czechoslavakia)
Artist
Max Pollak
1886 - 1970 (biography)Year
c. 1915
Technique
aquatint with etching
Image Size
9 1/4 x 7 15/16" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
pencil titled along lower left sheet edge; stamped "Made in Austria" on verso; red Friedl Pollak Collection stamp in lower left sheet corner, recto
Reference
Paper
buff wove Van Gelder Zonen
State
proof
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
22668
Price
$350.00
Description
Max Pollak was born in Czechoslavakia and raised in Vienna. A printmaker with a long, productive career his intaglios, which included genre, land and cityscapes, and portraits from throughout Europe, the United States and Latin America.
"Weaver..." is one of Pollak's earliest prints, done around 1915 in proofs only. The viewer peers into a room which includes a large loom with a seated weaver working its mechanical elements. In the background is a spinning wheel, used to create the yarn. The major source of illumination in the room is a small window at the back wall.