Ladislav Sutnar
1938
Book cover for Ladislav Sutnar "Cesko-Slovenskß Armßda" (Prague, 1938)

Book cover
30 x 21 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Bassenge 91. Auction - 19th - 21st Century Photography (June 11, 15.00, 3 PM CET) Lot: 4982
 
44 leafs. With photographical illustrations by Jiri Jenicek and Karel Hajek, among others.
 
First edition of one of the last works of Sutnarin prewar Czechoslovakia, appeared immediately after the so called Munich treaty. Parallel captions in Czech, Russian, German, French and English. A dramatic photographic presentation of the Czech army, in training, a year before the German invasion. The handsome graphic design is by Ladislav Sutnar, then director of the State Graphic School in Prague, a year before his departure for the United States. With his characteristic use of orange in the binding.
 
LL/29124