Item #1529 [LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]. S. Krasauskas.
[LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]
[LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]
[LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]
[LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]
[LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]
[LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]
[LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]

[LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]

Item #1529

Vilnius: Vaga,
1979. [3] pp.+ 16 ills. 40,5x31 cm. In original illustrated folder. Minor
horizontal tears of folder on folds, with their edges chipped, some
soiling of folder, ink note in brochure, otherwise very good and clean.
Third revised edition. Scarce.
A series of autozincography works created by notable
Lithuanian artist Stasys Krasauskas (1929-1977). He first studied at the
Kaunas Institute for Physical Education – he was an excellent swimmer
his all life and a member of the national water polo team. Krasauskas
studied graphic art at the Lithuanian State Art Institute in Vilnius in
1952–1958. He regularly published his caricatures and portraits in
Lithuanian periodicals since 1952. Krasauskas mastered different
engraving techniques and illustrated more than twenty editions.
In this one, zincography prints are preceded by an introductory
brochure with a short essay by writer Mykolas Sluckis and a poem by
Justinas Marcinkevičius. Krasauskas collaborated with them, illustrating
their writings with engravings. The first edition hasn’t included such
a brochure. Texts were published in Lithuanian and Russian. Sluckis
wrote: “I’m not trying anyhow to outline a comprehensive portrait of
the artist but I would love to highlight one of his traits: tenderness.
All works by Stasys Krasauskas are imbued with tenderness, especially
1971-1972 series of zincography etchings ‘Moters gimimas’”.
This series tells a story of a woman’s life, maturing from youth
to motherhood. A woman was drawn as two superimposed figures,
sometimes captured in movement or interacted with nature and a child.

Worldcat shows
copies located in
LoC and University
of Pennsylvania.

Price: $950.00

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