pochoir (stencil-painted gouache) on paper, after 1939, 41.5 x 34 cm, signed from stencil in lower right corner: "Z. STRYJEŃSKA" and author's inscription in pencil in lower left corner: "(Silesia)".
Zofia Stryjeńska transformed her prints later in her career, creating collages from them as new, original works. The work on display is a print from the "Polish Peasants' Costumes" portfolio from 1939, which was cropped by the author, the composition bordered in pencil and authoritatively described below.
Sviatoslav Lenartovich writes about similar treatments by Stryjeńska in the catalog of the artist's 2008 exhibition at the National Museum in Cracow, pp. 265-266.
You can read more about Zofia Stryjeńska in the article"5 interesting facts about... Zofia Stryjeńska".
