Mislau by Max Pollak

Mislau by Max Pollak

Mislau

Max Pollak

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Title

Mislau

 
Artist

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)
Year
1914  
Technique
pastel drawing 
Image Size
13 5/8 x 9" image size 
Signature
pencil, lower left 
Edition Size
 
Annotations
pencil titled and dated "Miscau VI.14" in lower left; bears the red Friedl Pollak Collection stamp in lower left 
Reference
 
Paper
toothy cream wove with "1918 England" watermark 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
23691 
Price
$450.00 
Description
Mislau is the German spelling for Myslová, now known as Kostelni Mysolvá in the Czech Republic - though at the time of Pollak's execution of this piece, it was still Czechoslovakia. Many of the drawings Max Pollak did during his time as a war artist for the Austrian Army were during the First World War; as such, names of places, often translated from their original language into German by the artist, are often no longer in use or have been altered to accomodate the drastically changing maps of European boundaries during the 20th century. Judging by their costume, these two women are of Germanic descent. One holds a book and the other a kerchief; they may be on their way to church. 
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