Frans Masereel (1889-1972) - Mijn Land (12 houtsneden)

Set of 12 woodcuts from the series "Mijn Land" by Frans Masereel, entitled:

- the Penitential Procession of Veurne
- the home of Guido Gezelle at Verversdijk 20 in Bruges
- the tobacco factories along the Leie in Menen
- celebration of the Belgian National Day in Brussels
- the Meuse Valley
- the caves of Han-sur-Lesse
- the Albert Canal in Liège with the statue of King Albert I
- the Genk lock complex on the Albert Canal
- Mechelen with Opsinjoorke, St. Rumbold's Cathedral and St. John's Church
- the Cité and the cooling towers of the Winterslag coal mine
- the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp
- Resurrection (self-portrait)

In perfect state. Most woodcuts from this series are monogrammed in the block (but not all) . Dimensions of the woodcut = 11. 50 cm. x 15. 50 cm. Dimensions of the top = 19. 50 cm. x 27. 50 cm.

MY LAND was first published on Christmas 1956 as a private edition ('hors commerce') and was intended as an end-of-year gift for the best customers of the then Bank of Paris and the Netherlands. This signed private edition was made in 850 French-language copies and 400 Dutch-language copies. The public (commercial) publication did not follow until 1964-1965, almost simultaneously in Belgium (1964, publisher ILITA) , Germany (1965, publisher Rütten & Loening) and Switzerland (1965, publisher Limmat) .

MY LAND is a travel story without words, in which Masereel takes the "reader" in 100 woodcuts on a journey through Belgium in 1956, from his hometown of Blankenberge, through West and East Flanders, Hainaut, Brabant, Namur, Liège, Limburg, etc. via Antwerp and the Western Scheldt back to the coast. The woodcuts often contain a nod to notable events or an indictment of social abuses.

Will be carefully packaged and shipped with track & trace code.
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