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PODHAJSKÁ, MINKA. Mesíce. 18 woodcuts, including 12 in colors, tipped to textured paper; publisher's woodcut device on title-page. 4to, contents loose as issued in original printed boards; contemporary Czech bookplate on pastedown. Prague: Politika, [1919]
number 112 of 200 copies signed by podhajská. Mesíce, or, The Months, features a suite of color woodcuts and six additional black-and-white cuts showing images of the zodiac (two to a sheet). The Viennese born Podhajská was a student at the Kunstgewerbeschule and her work appeared in the movements well-known journals Ver Sacrum, Hohe Warte, and Die Fläche, as well as designing toys for the Wiener Werkstätte and numerous other graphic works during World War I. She moved to Prague in 1919, the year she created Mesíce, and was a founding member of the Czech artists' consortium, Artel.
