Author: Zakopane School
Title: Skier (ca. 1946)
Technique: birchwood (mountain elm)
Dimensions: 52.5 x 18 x 13.5 cm
Inscribed on the front of the base: "SCOUTING CHAMPIONSHIP | SKIING | IN ZAKOPANE 19.II-24.II.46R. | AWARD | STATE. SZK. PRZEM. TREES | ZAKOPANE."
On the bottom of the base the signature of the State School of Wood Industry in Zakopane: "PSPD" inscribed in the so-called "surprise cross".
More about the sculpture in an article on the Krakow Auction House blog [SEE ALSO]
Thehistory and issues of the Zakopane School are introduced on the Krakow Auction House website [SEE ALSO].
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