[Snow and Sun in Poland]. “Neige et soleil en Pologne.” Warsaw, 1938; 100 x 62.5 cm.

[Snow and Sun in Poland]. “Neige et soleil en Pologne.” Warsaw, 1938; 100 x 62.5 cm.

Tourist poster signed: “Osiecki – 38” – Stefan Osiecki (1902–1977), architect, mountaineer, skier, graphic artist, and filmmaker; educated at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology; member of KAGR; winner of numerous awards for posters in the 1930s; lived in exile after the war. The poster was printed at “Dom Prasy” in Warsaw, commissioned by the Polish State Railways and the League for the Promotion of Tourism. The design incorporates a photograph by Roman Serafin (1912–1992), a skier, mountaineer, and photographer from Zakopane who collaborated with H. Schabenbeck. Restored (mounted on tissue paper, tears repaired). Rare.
Lit.: A. A. Szablowska, Polish Posters in the Polish Library in Paris, Warsaw 2011, p. 114, item 53, ill.