Kamienie krzyczą [Screaming Stones], by Bronisław Wojciech Linke. Warsaw: Prasa, 1959. Polish.
An album of 14 reproductions of drawings by Bronisław Wojciech Linke. The drawings, created after World War II, during the years 1946-1956, present an apocalyptic vision of a city in ruin. In his drawings, Linke humanizes destroyed buildings, creating dark urban compositions, replete with violence and destruction. Especially notable is the drawing "El Moleh Rachmim" [Merciful God]: a destroyed building in a ruined city, wrapped in a tallit and tefillin.
Bronisław Wojciech Linke (1906-1962), a Polish painter, caricaturist and graphic designer, associated with the political left, was known for his "metaphorical realism" – a unique style combining realistic painting with intense expressive elements drawn from Surrealism as well as from German Expressionism, New Objectivity and Magical Realism. In his works, Linke took a political and social stand: dealing with issues of poverty, unemployment and the atrocities of war, denouncing bourgeoisie and militarism and criticizing technological progress and industrialization.
The foreword was written by Maria Dąbrowska (1889-1965), a Polish writer, journalist and political activist.
[4] ff. + 14 reproductions, 41 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases and minor blemishes. Detached binding, with stains and blemishes.