Stanislaw Szukalski, Design for the Copernicus Monument in Krakow

Stanislaw Szukalski (1893-1987), Design for the Copernicus Monument in Krakow

Print on paper, 50 × 39 cm (image) / 61 × 47 cm (framed)
Signed in the stone with the artist’s intertwined monogram, within the composition on the right-hand side.
Below the image is the inscription: THE PROJECT, BY SZUKALSKI, FOR THE MONUMENT OF KOPERNIK-(US), THE YOUTH WHO DARED TO SINGLE-HANDEDLY STOP THE SUN AND SPIN THE EARTH WITH THE OTHER QUADRILLIONS OF PLANETS AND STARS, TO CIRCLE AROUND IT.