The Lost Tune. Early Works (1913-1930) as Photographed by the Artist

Year: 1990
Place: Sylmar LA - Chicago
Publisher: Archives Szukalski - Polish Museum of America
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Pages: 120
Condition: Fair
Cover condition: Fair
Binding: HC straight
Illustrated: b/w illustrations 
Ft: 17,5x15,5 cm. 320 gr.

- Author, sculptor, heretic Stanislav Szukalski was born in Warta, Poland on December 13, 1893. He came to the United States and lived in Chicago when he was in his teens. Became a member of the Chicago renaissance luminaries along with Ben Hecht, Carl Sandberg and Clarence Darrow. Two books were published during those years, The Work of Szukalski (Covici-McGee, 1923) and Projects in Design (University of Chicago Press, 1929). Szukalski returned to Poland to work on his sculpture, but was stopped by the Siege of Warsaw in 1939. Having lost his entire life's work by the War, he managed to escape to America to live in California with his wife, Joan Donovan. Living in obscurity, he returned to his writing, painting and sculpture. Two other publications were issued, A Troughful of Pearls (Bray/Zwalve, 1980) and Inner Portraits (Bray/Zwalve, 1982). Szukalski died in Burbank, California on May 19th, 1987. A year later his and his wife's ashes were scattered at Rano Raraku, the sculptors' quarry on Easter Island.
The photos in this volume were printed from the original glass negatives taken by the artist between 1913 and 1930.

- Colofon:
This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Szukalski: The Lost Genius, held August 3-October 22, 1990 at the Polish Museum of America.
The Lost Tune: Stanislav Szukalski. Early works (1913-1930) as photographed by the artist Library of Congress Catalog Card number 90-093023
First edition
Copyright© 1990 Archives Szukalski
Published in 1990 by Archives Szukalski, P.O. Box 923308, Sylmar, California 91392 and The Polish Museum of America, 984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60622. 
No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced without the written permission of the publishers.
Typeset by Edith Cremers, Amsterdam.
Printed by Carto, Brussels; Bound by Interbooks, Antwerp.
Edited by Glenn Bray and Lena Zwalve Designed by Piet Schreuders.
All photographs of Szukalski's work were taken by the artist between 1913 and 1930.