Title: TABL. 28. the signature from the church in Boronów / "TABL. 28. THE SIGNATURE LAMP FROM THE CHURCH IN BORONOWO (PLATE 27)."
Author: Wiktor Gosieniecki
Description of subject:
Notes: Entire board preserved, only the number is given on the board, the description of the engravings (titles of the engravings) is on a separate sheet of the index of the boards enclosed in the photocopy. The entire portfolio consists of 16 autolithographs (+ one repeated on the portfolio cover), portfolio edition of 500 copies.
The numbering of the plates (Nos. 21-36) follows the numbering of other portfolios in the series (Portfolio 1, Poznan Province - 10 engravings from 1924 (Nos. 1-10); Portfolio 2, Poznan and Pomeranian Province - 10 engravings from 1924 (Nos. 11-20); Portfolio 3, Silesian Province - 16 engravings from 1925 (Nos. 21-36); Portfolio 4 part 1, Wielkopolska manors and mansions - 10 engravings from 1935 (Nos. 37-46) (Zeszyt 4 cz.2 and Zeszyt 5, Kashubia; not published).
Parish church of Our Lady of Sorrows, wooden circa 1621 foundation of Dzierżanowskis; see Pilch 2008 p. 220 with illustration and plan
About the author: Wiktor Gosieniecki (19.12.1876 Strzelno pov. Mogilno - 29.08.1956 Gdansk) painter and graphic artist, also engaged in applied art and stage design, educator. Studied in Berlin and Munich, upon his return settled in Gniezno, and from 1912 became permanently associated with Poznan (with a break for the occupation), co-organized from 1919 the School of Decorative Arts, where he became a professor (later operating as the State Institute of Fine Arts and the State Higher School of Fine Arts), made primarily in the 1920s and 1930s lithographs and color lithographs with architectural motifs, author of several graphic volumes in lithography; see SAP vol. 2 pp. 412-414 and especially Mulczynski 1996 pp. 112-117
Literature: Gronska 1994 item 218
Additional information:
State of preservation:
Item in nice condition, very slight spotting and slight damage to the left corners of the board.
Grading of state of preservation:
- perfect condition: (6) no flaws, no signs of use, like new
- very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
- nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
- quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
- more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), quite insignificant, not very significant defects
- at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
- good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
- less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
- more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
- at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), quite poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
- Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct
The evaluation of the state of preservation and some other elements of the description have some subjectivity, but we make them with our best knowledge and the greatest possible reliability, if in doubt, please refer to the scan of the object or contact us.
