Topolski’s Chronicle Nos. 22-24 (226-228) Vol. X 1962.
This issue of Topolski’s Chronicles is composed from a selection of drawings made while working on 20 paintings, containing 26 portraits of English writers, now in possession of the University of Texas. Includes portraits of T.S Eliot, E.M. Forster, Lodes Huxley, Graham Greene, Ivy Compton Burnett,Dame Rebecca West, J.B. Priestly, Sir Herbert Read and others.
Feliks Topolski was a Polish-born British artist who produced and self-published his fortnightly ‘Chronicles’ between 1953 and 1980. The Chronicle was printed by hand from Topolski’s own on the spot observational drawings. In total the series comprises approximately 2300 individual drawings. Some issues were in the form of booklets, others as broadsheet lithographs usually in editions of 100. The Chronicles present Topolski’s observation of the people, politics, and events of his time, beginning with the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Over 2,000 subscribers from across the world, including international museums, universities and libraries, received Topolski’s Chronicle during the three decades of its publication.
Title: Topolski’s Chronicle Nos. 22-24 (226-228) Vol. X 1962.
Artist/Author: Feliks Topolski
Publisher: Feliks Topolski
Publication date: 1962
Designer: Feliks Topolski
Format: broadsheet, 46 x 29.5 cm folded, 46 x 59.5 unfolded
Pages: 16
Images: 21
Language: English
Condition: Fine
Stock Number: RB04692
This issue of Topolski’s Chronicles is composed from a selection of drawings made while working on 20 paintings, containing 26 portraits of English writers, now in possession of the University of Texas. Includes portraits of T.S Eliot, E.M. Forster, Lodes Huxley, Graham Greene, Ivy Compton Burnett,Dame Rebecca West, J.B. Priestly, Sir Herbert Read and others.
Feliks Topolski was a Polish-born British artist who produced and self-published his fortnightly ‘Chronicles’ between 1953 and 1980. The Chronicle was printed by hand from Topolski’s own on the spot observational drawings. In total the series comprises approximately 2300 individual drawings. Some issues were in the form of booklets, others as broadsheet lithographs usually in editions of 100. The Chronicles present Topolski’s observation of the people, politics, and events of his time, beginning with the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Over 2,000 subscribers from across the world, including international museums, universities and libraries, received Topolski’s Chronicle during the three decades of its publication.
Title: Topolski’s Chronicle Nos. 22-24 (226-228) Vol. X 1962.
Artist/Author: Feliks Topolski
Publisher: Feliks Topolski
Publication date: 1962
Designer: Feliks Topolski
Format: broadsheet, 46 x 29.5 cm folded, 46 x 59.5 unfolded
Pages: 16
Images: 21
Language: English
Condition: Fine
Stock Number: RB04692
This issue of Topolski’s Chronicles is composed from a selection of drawings made while working on 20 paintings, containing 26 portraits of English writers, now in possession of the University of Texas. Includes portraits of T.S Eliot, E.M. Forster, Lodes Huxley, Graham Greene, Ivy Compton Burnett,Dame Rebecca West, J.B. Priestly, Sir Herbert Read and others.
Feliks Topolski was a Polish-born British artist who produced and self-published his fortnightly ‘Chronicles’ between 1953 and 1980. The Chronicle was printed by hand from Topolski’s own on the spot observational drawings. In total the series comprises approximately 2300 individual drawings. Some issues were in the form of booklets, others as broadsheet lithographs usually in editions of 100. The Chronicles present Topolski’s observation of the people, politics, and events of his time, beginning with the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Over 2,000 subscribers from across the world, including international museums, universities and libraries, received Topolski’s Chronicle during the three decades of its publication.
Title: Topolski’s Chronicle Nos. 22-24 (226-228) Vol. X 1962.
Artist/Author: Feliks Topolski
Publisher: Feliks Topolski
Publication date: 1962
Designer: Feliks Topolski
Format: broadsheet, 46 x 29.5 cm folded, 46 x 59.5 unfolded
Pages: 16
Images: 21
Language: English
Condition: Fine
Stock Number: RB04692
