The Books of Idolatry

In the years 1920-22, Bruno Schulz created a graphic series in the cliche-verre technique unknown at the time in Poland. He called it the X Book* of Idolatry in honor of the heroine, a demonic woman unattainable to men - an indol with whom contact could be established only through a look of surrender, sometimes through the touching of a stocking or a foot.
The scanalous series, the only one that Schulz ever created and one revealing the world of his immagination, was shown exclusively to close friends and a public distant from his native Drohobycz.
The artist, who created over 20 various graphics, collated them in canvas covered portafolios. He furnished each portafolio with a different pencil drawn title page. He created tens of these, each containing maximally twenty graphics. He mounted the individual graphics on cardboard, signing them and usually providing a title. Several of the portafolios have survived, notably in the library of the Jagiellonian University and at the Museum of Literature in Warsaw. Schulz gave several portafolios to friends and the rest he sold with varying success.

Year: 1983 (vintage condition)