Nov 09, 2023 - Sale 2652

Sale 2652 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

LADISLAV HORAK (1904-?)

CZECHOSLOWACJA. Circa 1930.


37x24 1/2 inches, 94x62 1/4 cm. J. Dolezal, Cerveny Kostelec.
Condition A-: small repaired tears at edges; slight foxing in bottom margin; minor creases in image.

Little is known about Horak, except that in addition to the almost two dozen travel posters he designed in the 1930s and 40s, he was also an architect. The towering rocks of Prachov are the remnants of an eroded sandstone plateau and constitute part of an area known as Cesky Raj (Czech Paradise), a place of exceptional national beauty and wonderful hiking and climbing. This is the Polish version. Alpes 83 (var).