Wlastimil Hofman (1881-1979), Faith,1928

autolithography, paper; 12.5 x 12.5 cm (in light of passe-partout) measuring 25x25 cm; signed on panel p. d.: WH (tied monogram).Autolithograph personally made by the author in the Department of Artistic Lithography of Aureliusz Pruszyński, Krakow, 17 Pijarska Street, in 1928 on the occasion of 25 years of the artist's creative work.Aureliusz Pruszyński (1847 Kasinka Mała pov. Limanowa - 1904 Kraków) was a Kraków lithographer, owner of the esteemed Aureliusz Pruszyński Artistic Lithography Establishment in Kraków, founded in 1873 at 17 Pijarska Street; from ca 1902 his son Zenon Pruszyński owned the establishment (see SAP vol. 8 pp. 92-93). In the factory of A. Pruszyński, since the end of the 19th century, leading artists of Cracow reflected their graphic works in lithography (including posters), including the famous "Teka Melpomena".