color lithograph, paper 31 x 23 cm (inner dimensions of the passe-partout measuring 42 x 34 cm); signed on the plate, lower left
Zdzisław Czermański (1900–1970)—Polish graphic artist and caricaturist. He studied drawing under Prof. Kazimierz Sichulski in Lviv. He served in the Polish Legions. After World War I, he contributed to various periodicals, including the weekly “Szczutek.”
He became particularly famous as the creator of caricatures of Józef Piłsudski. It is said that the Marshal liked the caricatures so much that he had them hung in the Belvedere Palace.
