Kasia von SZADURSKA (1886-1942), Rest, 1921

autolithograph colored in tempera; paper 26 x 35 cm (in light of passe-partout); signed on the plate l. d.: "K. v. Szadurska".
The lithograph comes from the portfolio "Ten Nudes" published in an edition of 200 copies.
Kasia von Szadurska lived and worked on Lake Constance for about 25 years. Her works can be stylistically approached by the German Expressionist movement. Szadurska reached her artistic peak immediately after World War I; in the 1920s she worked in printmaking, book illustration and painting. In Constance she was one of the founders of the expressionist association "Breidablik" (1919), the first association of painters on Lake Constance. Her graphic work is characterized by excellent drawing, a sure, fast guided line. She preferred dark scenes and erotic depictions of women, boldly expressed as in the series "Ten Nudes." This series was published in a limited edition of 200 pieces (1921).