OSTOJA-CHROSTOWSKI S. - Smętek. Woodcut. 1936.

OSTOJA-CHROSTOWSKI Stanisław (1897-1947) - Smętek.
Woodcut form. ca. 18x14.5 on ark. 30.3x21.3 cm. Mysterious figure in a dense forest. Composition signed on the woodblock "chrostowski". Under the composition the imprint: "Stanislaw Ostoja-Chrostowski. 'Smętek'. Woodcut for the book by M. Wańkowicz titled 'On the tropes of Smętek'". Work from 1936. small loss of left margin, small folds of sheet.
S. Ostoja-Chrostowski (1897-1947) - painter and printmaker specializing in woodcuts, professor and rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. "He was a specialist in applied graphics - he designed vignettes, securities, postage stamps, telegrams, invitations, Christmas cards, programs, menus, etc., but his greatest passions, which brought him worldwide fame, were book illustrations and ex-librises. Chrostowski-Ostoi's woodcuts are characterized by technical mastery, elegance, finesse and decorativeness" (Wikipedia).