1973 Jiří Kroha Commemorative Publication

Kroha, Jiří – Pamětní tisk k osmdesátinám národního umělce Jiřího Krohy [Commemorative Publication for the Eightieth Birthday of National Artist Jiří Kroha]. Brno: Krajské středisko státní památkové péče a ochrany přírody, 1973. 4to. 23 pp. Original printed folder with inner portfolio. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of architectural drawings, stage and exhibition designs, and other works spanning Kroha's long career. Issued in conjunction with the retrospective exhibition held at the House of Arts in Brno on the occasion of the architect, designer, painter, and theorist's eightieth birthday. Includes a striking colour reproduction of Kroha's 1919 design for an altar in Prague's Montmartre cabaret. Edition of 2,000 copies, marked Neprodejný výtisk (not for sale). Various contemporary and later press clippings relating to Kroha laid in.

Good condition. Tears to the flap hinge of the original folder; a later, non-original inner folder attached to the original portfolio with tears at the hinge. Contents clean and well preserved. A solid and serviceable copy.