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Illustration and design in Poland, 1917 to 1938


ZDRÓJ, Polish magazine, 1917, cover by Jerzy Hulewicz





ZDRÓJ, Polish magazine, 1918





ZDRÓJ, Polish magazine, 1918, cover by W. Jarocki





ZDRÓJ, Polish magazine, 1918





Aruna, with lithographs by Władysław Skotarek, 1921





Illustration by Jerzy Wroniecki, 1921





Jerzy Hulewicz, illustration for 'Kain,' 1922





Józef Mehoffer, 1923





design by Jan Czychołt, 1923





Winnica, 1924 illustrated magazine





Stanisław MŁODOŻENIEC, Kwadraty. Zamość 1925





Stefan Szuman, 1929, book of rugs from Poland and Ukraine





design, Jan Hrynkowski, 1933





Recepta bibofilska. Kraków, 1934 (Society of Book Lovers)





Jerzy Janisch and Aleksander Krzywobłocki, photomontage, 1934 for book Haley's Comet





Franciszek Bębenek, Flirt na odległość ('flirt at a distance'), 1935


(update: a commenter added: "it seems he was an obscure laundry service owner who devised a system of communicating through touching your face with a pen")


Splacony Dlug, 1935





Hipolit Polański, bookplate for Tadeusz Leszner, late 30s





Alfred Birkenmayer, bookplate for Zygmunt Klemensiewicz, 1938




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