Stefan KANIA (d. 1893), "Sketchbook of an Artist" (Munich 1891-1892)

Author: Stefan Kania
Title: Sketchbook of an Artist (Munich 1891-1892)
Technique: pencil, charcoal, sanguine, cardboard
Dimensions of sketchbook pages: 46 x 31.5 cm
17 sketchbook pages (13 with drawings on recto page, 1 with drawing on verso page, 3 with recto-verso drawings) and 7 loose pages (description below).
Cover described and dated p.g.: "Stefan Kania. | 1892. München."; m.g.: "Stefen lassen." and on the verso side m.g.: "Stefan Kania. | 1892. München."
On the inside of the back cover a pencil drawing depicting a landscape and a sketch of a face.

The sketchbook pages depict mainly studies of female and male nudes, but also single portrait and anatomical studies.

Loose drawings:
"Anatomical study of a leg," pencil, cardboard, 45 x 21.5 cm
"Landscape with a cottage and studies of lying dogs," pencil, paper, 26.5 x 20.5 cm
"Man with a saber", crayon, paper, 33 x 21 cm (sheet folded in half; two drawings of figures on it). Visible losses and folds at the edges of the ground.
"Portrait Studies," pencil, cardboard, 20 x 32 cm.
"Sitting Boy" (1891), pencil, cardboard, 36 x 23 cm, described p.d. "Orońsko | 1891"
"Revolution | Vision of a Violinist" (double-sided drawing), watercolor, pencil, ink, cardboard, 22 x 16.8 cm
"Kosynier", pencil, cardboard, 27.7 x 22.3 cm