Pop-ups, Illustrated Books,

and Graphic Designs of

Czech Artist
and Paper Engineer,

Vojtech Kubata (-)

by James A. Findlay and Ellen G.K. Rubin

BIENES CENTER FOR THE LITERARY ARTS

The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library
Broward County Libraries Division
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

This catalog accompanies an exhibition held at the

Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, January -April ,
Copyright by Broward County Libraries Division
Bienes Center for the Literary Arts
(A service of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners)
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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Essays
Kubata in Context

Prague: History and Art in Vojtech Kubatas Golden City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

by Belena Chapp

The Life and Art of Vojtech Kubata (-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

by Ellen G.K. Rubin

The Fairy Tale Movable Books of Vojtech Kubata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

by Gerry Bohning
My Father, My Best Friend

Reminiscences of Vojtech Kubata: A Daughters Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

by Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan
Exhibition Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selected Bibliography/Webliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Checklist Indexes
Index of
Index of
Index of
Index of
Index of

Authors, Artists, and Corporate Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendix:
Opus VK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. Photo by M. Sebebek

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ery special thanks are extended to Ellen G.K. Rubin for the extraordinary energy and
enthusiasm she brought to the year-long task of helping to organize the exhibition and
the preparation of the accompanying printed catalog. She graciously welcomed the
Bienes Centers staff into her home where several days were spent examining her comprehensive
Kubata collection of pop-up and illustrated books, art, and artifacts. In addition to generously
loaning seventy-five Kubata books and art works that are the very core of the exhibition, she also
authored for the printed catalog an insightful and ground-breaking essay on Kubata.

To expand the scope of the exhibition, Ms. Rubin visited and interviewed Dagmar Kubatov
Vrkljan (Vojtech Kubatas daughter) in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and selected items from the familys
collection. She found and met with Jan Hird Porkony, a s Prague college classmate of Kubata
and now Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Columbia University, who graciously loaned to the
exhibit some of his personal Kubata memorabilia.
Ellen G.K. Rubin is known throughout the world as The Popuplady and the designation is
well earned and deserved. She has amassed what may be one of the worlds largest and most
comprehensive private collections of pop-up books and related materials. She tirelessly promotes
the world of movable books on her website (www.popuplady.com) and on national TV, was a
contributor to both Brooklyn Pops Up!, an important exhibition held at the Brooklyn Public Library
in , and to the pop-up book that accompanied the exhibition, is an avid supporter of the
Movable Book Society and its publication, Movable Stationery, and has authored her own novelty
book entitled, The Hanukkah Puzzle Book.
Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan also deserves special acknowledgement and thanks. She kindly hosted
Ellen G.K. Rubin at her home in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, where she has lived since .
During Rubins visit, she spent hours discussing the life of her father and describing the numerous
very personal and often one-of-a-kind art works by him that adorn the walls. Approximately half
of the items in the exhibit were loaned from her personal collection and most have never before
been seen by the general public. She also authored for the printed catalog a loving, moving, and
intimate reminiscence of her father and devoted countless hours to helping edit the checklist
entries and other essays. Her ability as a native speaker of Czech proved to be of inestimable value
in the preparation of the exhibit and printed catalog.
Thanks also to former Director of Museums at the University of Delaware, Belena S. Chapp, a
curator, educator, and development specialist in the humanities and the visual arts, for authoring
the general essay on the history, art, and culture of Czechoslovakia; and to Gerry Bohning, a
retired Barry University childrens literature professor and a Kubata collector, for her essay on
Kubatas depiction of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.The
Bienes Center would also like to acknowledge the enormous time and effort she has contributed to
the on-going conservation and restoration work of its own collection of Kubata pop-up books
and other art works.

The Bienes Center would also like to thank the following staff of Broward Public Libraries
Division for their assistance: Lillian Perricone, the Bienes Centers rare book cataloger, for her keen
eye and unswerving attention to detail and for helping with all aspects of the exhibition from the
organization, identification, and description of the checklist items to editing the essays and aiding
with the actual installation and display of the objects; Barbara Murphy, of the Marketing
Department, for her editorial expertise; and the following individuals for helping with foreign
language translations: Arabic by Sadiq Alkoriji of the Southwest Regional Library; French by
Benedicte Rosse of Administrative Services; and also to Robert J. Petrick, of the American
Czechoslovak Group of Broward, for the Czech translations.
And very special thanks to Mary Ann Stavros-Lanning, a graduate in graphic arts from the Rhode
Island School of Design, for the layout and design of this publication. Six of her Bienes Center
designed exhibition catalogs have won ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America chapter)
awards (two national and four chapter prizes) for excellence in art research and/or publishing. Her
designs are always creative, unusual, and delightfully innovative.
James A. Findlay
Bienes Center Librarian

I N T RO D U C T I O N

he Bienes Centers pop-up book exhibition series continues with the presentation of:
Pop-ups, Illustrated Books, and Graphic Designs of Czech Artist and Paper Engineer, Vojtech Kubata
(-); the third in as many years that celebrates the art and science of paper
engineering.

Vojtech Kubata lived and worked in Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the height of the Cold War
yet remained politically neutral throughout his career. Although artistic and intellectual freedoms
were rigorously controlled and restricted, he flourished within the limits set by the Communist
government and succeeded in becoming one of the twentieth centurys most gifted and prolific
artists. In addition to numerous commercial designs, it is estimated that he was responsible for
creating over three-hundred books and that millions of copies in numerous languages were
published and distributed throughout the world.

The Bienes Centers exhibition features items by Kubata selected from private and public
collections. The intent of the exhibit is to provide the viewer and reader an overview of his life
and art and is not a catalogue raisonn (i.e., a scholarly and accurate listing of his entire artistic oeuvre).
The earliest item in the exhibit, a sketchbook, was created in when Kubata was only seven
years old. There are also works from his university days in the s when he experimented with
various art media and many illustrated flat books (as opposed to pop-up books) and advertisements
that he designed in the -s. The heart of the exhibition features the pop-up and movable
books from the s to the s that were to become his hallmark. Formats included in the
exhibit are as diverse as: pop-up books, flat books, advertisements, ceramics, correspondence,
drawings, greeting cards, magazines, packaging, postcards, posters, prints, puzzles, sketchbooks,
table displays, and watercolors. Languages represented include: Arabic, Czech, Danish, English,
French, German, Japanese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, and Turkish.
It is hoped that the Bienes Centers exhibition and accompanying publication will prompt much
needed further research and scholarship into the life and art of great Czech illustrator and paper
engineer, Vojtech Kubata.
James A. Findlay
Bienes Center Librarian

. Vodnany Exhibit

KUBATA IN CONTEXT
Prague:
History and Art in

Vojtech Kubatas Golden City

By Belena Chapp

I dwelt in a city enchanted.

And lonely indeed was my lot;
...
Though the latitudes rather uncertain.
And the longitude also is vague,
The persons I pity who know not the City
The beautiful City of Prague.
William Jefferey Prowse
Prague never lets you go . . . this dear little mother has sharp claws.
Franz Kafka

ojtech Kubata was born in Vienna but spent his formative years and built a lengthy
career as an artist and designer under Pragues magical influences. Located at the crossroads of Europe, Prague (#, ) is often called the Golden City of One Hundred
Spires. It is a designation that pays homage to the Gothic architecture that defines its skyline
a soaring profile of monuments to fallen heroes, castles (#, ) that have weathered centuries of
unrest and intrigue, and mosaic encrusted cathedrals that hold the tombs of Bohemian kings.
Prague is also known for its robust Baroque structures, with sun-drenched limestone and brightly
painted surfaces, rising above the banks of the Vltava River (#). It is a captivating and romantic
city, welcoming, but seemingly full of secrets. Cobblestone streets meander over footbridges and
lead up hidden staircases and down darkened alleys, where todays travelers follow in the ghostly
tracks of past lives. It is a town where history is built on legend, and truth is shrouded in mysticism
and fantasy a town worthy of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.

Indeed, the very naming of Prague (in Czech, Praha) is itself a well-known fairy tale. According to
ancient lore, Libuse, Queen of the th century Przemyslid Dynasty, had a vision that a great city
whose glory will touch the stars would rise upon a hill, at exactly the place where a carpenter
happened to be constructing a prh, or threshold. It was Libuses prophecy that this city, Prague,
would become a thriving center of Bohemian commerce and culture.
During the Middle Ages, foreign armies frequently traveled the East-West trade routes through Prague
pursuing riches and land. As the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, the city saw a simultaneous
invasion of artisans, skilled laborers, and the learned who later, under Charles IV, founded the first
university in central Europe in .
By the late Renaissance the city was a well-established cosmopolitan magnet, drawing not only
the academic elite but also scandalous characters like John Dee, the noted British mathematician,

alchemist and astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I,

and his rogue partner Edward Kelley. Dee and
Kelley came to Prague in to consult with
the eccentric Habsburg monarch Rudolf II,
and conjure angels for His Majesty in the
reflections of crystal globes. Rudolf II had
ascended to power after his father Maximilian
II and had moved his court to Prague from
Vienna. He was well known for his free association with progressive scientists such as Johannes
Kepler, and his unstinting patronage of art,
antiquities, oddities, and the occult. His support
made Prague a Mecca for creative spirits as well
as the crafty. But even Rudolf s liberality had
limits. Exposed as frauds, the Englishmen
hurriedly left town one year later, moments
from being deported.
Pragues location as a gateway connecting
Western Europe to the Byzantine East no doubt
made it a witness to its share of strife and
religious turmoil. With a population reflecting
commingled indigenous groups (Moravian,
#
Bohemian and Slovakian), countless outside
influences (from Roman soldiers to the conquering Austrian empire with its strong Germanic
thrust), and conflicting spiritual beliefs (Catholic (#), Protestant and Jewish (#), the city
has been in the course of history overrun and overwhelmed. Like the entire Czech nation,
this state of siege imbued in Prague a culture with both high levels of tolerance, adaptability and
creative ingenuity, while underneath the surface there rumbled a fierce longing for freedom and
independence.
Rising Czech nationalism and a Protestant revolt turned the tide against the Catholic Habsburgs
in , sparking the Thirty Years War. The conflict started in Prague and left much of Europe in
ruins. The Bohemian rebels were crushed in the Battle of the White Mountain in - and by
the war on the continent was over. After a brief period under the Swedish flag, Prague and
the Czech lands were soon back firmly under the Habsburgs control, where they would remain
until well into the nineteenth century.
But revolution of all types was in the air in the rest of the world and eventually this energy would
have an impact in Prague and the Czech nation. During the eighteenth century, the ideal of rational
man setting his own destiny ushered in the Age of Enlightenment and the beginning of the end of
absolute monarchy. Scientific and technological advances made in agriculture, transportation, and
manufacturing were the hallmarks of the burgeoning industrial era. By the late s the movement
away from imperial control festered and then exploded with wars of independence in America and
France. Government by the people for the people meant dramatic shifts worldwide toward democratic
social and cultural values.
A movement toward creating a Czech national state seized on the momentum of nineteenth century
fin de sicle political transformation to increase pressure on the Habsburg regime. By the late s
the Habsburg seat of power, by then returned to Vienna, saw its determined efforts to marginalize
the Czech majority in favor of the German minority increasingly rebuffed. A mounting sense of
patriotic pride was developing among the Czechs and expressing itself outwardly, albeit more safely, in
the creative and literary arts. Prague re-established itself as the locus of this politicized artistic

activity. The construction of the National Theater (-), with its cornerstones hewn from
the mountains of Moravia and Bohemia, was an important event in securing the citys reputation
as a symbol for Czech identity and unification.
Josef Mnes (-), who illustrated a new edition of the Old Czech Manuscripts, a medieval lyrical
touchstone and despite the fact he spoke German more fluently than Czech was influential in
the groundswell of revived interest in traditional costumes, folk art, folk tales, and puppet theater.
In Prague a new national painting style looked to historical music, literature and legends for
inspiration and content. Mnes, an artists group dedicated to the ideals espoused by its namesake, was
founded in . Despite its initial commitment to uphold traditions, the group began increasingly to
look beyond national borders and many of its members traveled abroad, especially to Paris. By a
strong desire to create work based on more universal themes and to identify with international art
trends, eventually leading to a full embrace of Expressionism, motivated the Mnes group to issue
invitations to exhibit in Prague to August Rodin and Edvard Munch. The works of these two
pioneering artists would prove to have a significant impact on the development of a new Czech
modernism.
Perhaps the most renowned Czech artist of all time is Alphonse (Alfons) Mucha (-). His
stylized and exotic depictions of female models with flowing hair and robes, and his signature
decorative typefaces framing the compositions, became synonymous with Art Nouveau. Mucha
was born in the rural town of Ivancice and his earliest and most profound influences were the traditional art forms of his Moravian ancestors. At the age of ten he was sent to live in the city of
Brno. His early art training occurred during his adolescence there, when he produced set designs
for a local theater troupe.
While in his twenties Mucha moved to Prague in an attempt to study at the Academy of Fine
Arts, where he was denied entry. Shunned by the artistic elite of the Academy, he found work
in a Viennese theater as a scene painter, and then went on to Paris where he gained acclaim for the
theatrical posters he designed for the legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha traveled extensively,
even living in the United States for a while, where he helped found the American Slav Society. He
continued with his work in theatrical set design and his illustrations graced the covers of menus,
fans, currency, and postage stamps. He also took photographs, designed jewelry and furniture, and
created entire interiors from the floors to the ceilings.
This diverse and masterful repertoire made Mucha commercially successful and his style almost
ubiquitous, earning him grudging respect in his native land. Interestingly, Mucha never saw his work
as a shorthand definition for Art Nouveau and in fact, ascribed his sensibilities to his spiritual
connection to nature and the land of his birth. Mucha returned to Prague in , and under
the patronage of Chicago entrepreneur Charles Crane, devoted almost the rest of his life to the
production of a gift for the Czech people the cycle of paintings known as The Slav Epic. The
suite of twenty paintings is of monumental scale and focuses on both Czech and broader Slavic
themes. Czechoslovakia had finally emerged after World War I as an independent state in . The
paintings toured internationally in celebration of this newly forged independence and were formally
presented to Muchas fellow countrymen in in honor of the founding of the Republic.
The reaction among the Czech intelligentsia to The Slav Epic was muted at best and derisive at
worst. For many Czech artists Muchas introspection and preoccupation with the symbolism of Slavic
heritage was anachronistic to their twentieth century concerns and aspirations. They wanted to look
forward, not backward; outward not inward. The conflict of artistic priorities mirrored the society at
large. Even though Czechoslovakia was an independent state, in truth, the new republic was hardly
a cohesive one and competing factions in both politics and culture often disagreed as to who was
anointed to determine national identity and direction. This schism left the country once again
vulnerable to pressures from outside forces.

In Adolf Hitler began his move into Czechoslovakia by annexing the Sudentenland; the border
areas abutting Germany and Austria, and the location of the greatest concentrations of natural
resources, energy plants, and steel mills. This violation of Czech sovereignty was perpetrated under
the Munich Agreement and the acquiescence of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who
mistakenly believed this take over represented the extent of Hitlers ambitions. Czech President
Eduard Benes, who was not included in the negotiations, resigned immediately and fled to London
to set up a Czech government in exile. In Britain Benes aligned with the Soviets and Czech
communists also in exile. By March Hitlers armies had invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia and
immediately re-divided the country into Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. Ill with pneumonia,
Alponse Mucha was arrested and interrogated by the Nazis. He was soon released, but within
weeks he died and Czech independence perished as well. It would be over fifty years before
Libuses Prague was again truly free.

Under the Iron Glove:

Notes on Making Art in Communist Czechoslovakia
Literary and artistic production is an important agent of the ideological and cultural rebirth in our country,
and it is destined to play a great role in the socialist education of the masses.
Declaration of the Ninth Party Congress, The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia,
KSC (Komunistick strana Ceskoslovenska)
Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.

Berthold Brecht

By the Soviet Red Army, with help from Allied troops and members of the Czech and
Slovak resistance, had finally vanquished the Nazis. Eduard Benes returned to serve as president of
the so-called Third Republic headquartered at Prague. (The citys architectural landmarks had
managed to escape World War II relatively unscathed.) This loosely formed coalition of political
interests included strong socialist and communist factions. By the Soviet influenced communist
party dominated, and their takeover of all means of Czech industrial, agricultural and even artistic
production was underway.
Conventional wisdom dictates that Czech artists in general would have protested the governmental
imposition of communist policy in areas of creative enterprise. In reality, there is evidence that a
symbiotic relationship developed through a socialist institutional framework, likely authored by
artists themselves. This framework established guidelines exceedingly favorable to some creative
workers in the new collective. The Memorandum of the Central Bloc of the Visual Artists of
the Czechoslovak Republic on the needs of Czechoslovak Visual Arts was published almost a
year before the communist coup of . It was an articulate and concrete document delineating
conditions by which artists would receive an elevated status and financial benefit for their contributions. Indeed, these arrangements, enacted through the state via such representative bodies as the
Fond for the Visual Arts, enabled many artists to continue their work as free agents, while
receiving the benefit of state support.
However, as time progressed, it became apparent that every creative worker could not count on
this framework. Artistic content falling far outside approved parameters of the Party line was
often denounced, and those practitioners suffered censorship and even imprisonment. Writers
with political agendas were severely repressed and those who wanted to be published did not stray
far from safe territory, such as the apolitical subjects of science fiction, World War II novels,
fantasy, and childrens books.
By the s the formation of Art Centrum within the Ministry of Foreign Trade stepped up the
possibilities for the export of Czech creative production. This trend toward economic interaction
with capitalist nations, and some third world countries, meant a lucky few were given the opportunity

to publish or exhibit their artwork outside the country, and on occasion, even visit or live abroad
temporarily. Inevitably, however, the warming of such relations with the West, exemplified by the
Prague Spring, was quickly answered in turn by the realignment of conservative communist
ideology. This was delivered in force by tanks of the Warsaw Pact armies in August .
It has been noted that the foreign intelligence operation was also housed in the Ministry of Foreign
Trade. It is reasonable to conclude that the all aspects of interaction with the West, especially those
of artists and other potential independent thinkers, were heavily scrutinized and recorded. Although
they may have enjoyed a higher standard of living than other workers, many artists certainly were not
free to create art of their own choosing with no fears of censorship, should the state find their work
too provocative or outside the realm of acceptability. As a result, there was an active underground
movement of unsanctioned artistic effort and when they could leave Czechoslovakia, many artists
preferred exile to returning to oppressive conditions.

It is not known if Vojtech Kubata was a direct beneficiary of arrangements with Art Centrum,
or the Fond for the Visual Arts, especially since his degree was not associated with the major
academies of art. (These organizations evidently concentrated their energy on the welfare of those
in the fine arts with such connections.) However, the policies employed by these official overseers
probably laid the foundation that encouraged and supported the autonomously structured work
environment in which Kubata was able to be so prolific.
Additionally, his concentration in the non-controversial realm of childrens books, fantasy, and
fairy tales meant his career easily flew under the radar screen of overt censorship. The majority of
Kubatas output was created under the auspices of the publishing wing of Artia, an import-export
organization controlled by the state, and his work flowed from Artia through proxy publishing houses,
particularly in Britain, to a broader commercial market. Even today it is difficult to ascertain if
Artia was subsumed into Art Centrum. However it is well understood that the circulation of hard
currency that was derived from the export trade in this particular case, from the books under
the imprimatur of Artia was critical to the allocation of political power in communist
Czechoslovakia.

The Czech Book

Books have their destinies, big and small, glorious and not so illustrious. They come and go and their calling
and lot are similar in certain ways to the lot and calling of man; some of them are reminiscent of age-old trees
that have withstood many storms, others recall a breeze, a sigh, something fleeting and ephemeral.
Mirjam Bohatcov, The Czech Book and the World
Beautiful is the speech by which we paint all the pictures of our imagination in the imagination of others.
Beautiful are the letters by which we record and reinforce speech . . . The most beautiful things of all are
books . . . by which we send the depiction of wisdom to far-away peoples, either in place or time, and even into
the distant future.
Jan Amos Komensk
It may be clichd to describe book publishing in communist Czechoslovakia as Kafkaesque but
in this case the term has legitimate resonance. This reference to the work of Pragues own Franz
Kafka, one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century whose writing was victimized by
both the Nazi and the communist regimes, acknowledges the surreal distortion and bureaucratic
doublespeak that pervaded the field of publishing under totalitarian control. From until the
Velvet Revolution of (led by poet, playwright, and ultimately president Vaclav
Havel), all Czech artists had to gauge carefully how, and to what extent, they expressed themselves.
Writers in particular felt the sting of the governmental prerogatives on what would or would not be
published and disseminated. Voicing a dissenting opinion was punished, and works with content
outside acceptable subject categories received little support in the offices of Artia, one of the most

influential state organs for publishing under the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Although there was a
healthy market for books within the country and for export, most published titles were decidedly
non-controversial in nature.
Sometimes exceptions were made and artists and writers experienced more freedoms, such as during
the period in known as the Prague Spring, when there was a push to liberalized government
positions in all areas of life. However, this thaw was short-lived and many writers drew harsh
retribution and were purged from public access. For these writers publication was possible only in
instruments of the samizdat underground, or, on rare occasion, if a fellow writer who was not being
censured served as a front.
Writers who chose to leave Czechoslovakia were often published in the independent migr presses
that emerged in places such as Toronto, Cologne and Paris. Indeed, the work of some of those
who were censured but still living in the country made it to these presses as well. Several of the
best Czech writers who went abroad found international success, among them Milan Kundera,
author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. A sad legacy of the migr condition, although partly
attributable to Kunderas own decision to limit opportunity for official re-publication of his books,
is that even today many of Kunderas major works remain rare and inaccessible to readers in his
native country.
Still, it is not surprising that under communist rule there was a strong demand for Czech literature
and Czech designed books, and that within its borders, there was an equal desire by Czech citizens
to read and own the books produced by the rest of the world. They are a people who have long
had a love affair with the book as an art form and possess an even stronger passion for the beautiful in
book design.
Since the s the Ministry of Culture and the Museum of Czech Writing have celebrated and
honored the best in aesthetic quality and production with the prestigious Most Beautiful Czech
Book award. It is a gesture of esteem that can trace its origin over the broad span of Czech history.
At the turn of the twentieth century connections were increasingly made between Czech literature
and the fine arts, spurred on by collaborating writers and artists who shared a stylistic sense and
common ideals. Artists such as Josef Vachal (-), who was a writer, graphic artist, typographer,
and painter, was the paradigm of this integration of word and image.
For Vachal the book was a genuine, creative means for securing a grasp on reality. Using this
medium he conducted a dialogue with himself, with artistic tradition and with the world . . .
[bringing out] the expressive qualities of all the books components: the illustration, the binding
and the end paper, turning the book into a Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art.

The book designer, typographer and printmaker Vojtech Preissig is also an important figure in the
history of Czech books, and his significant contributions to graphic arts and his international
influence have recently been recognized. His seminal book, Colored Etching and Colored Engraving, is
considered a milestone in the foundation of Modern Czech book production. An associate of
Mucha, Preissig actually left Czechoslovakia in and lived and worked in the United States
for twenty years, where he introduced the printmaking technique of linocut to students at the
Wentworth Institute in Boston. He returned to Czechoslovakia in and had numerous solo
exhibitions in Prague. He was involved in resistance activity against the Nazis and was arrested
and imprisoned at Dachau, where he died in .
According to Eva Wolfova, director of the Museum of Czech Writing, childrens books were
always the masterpieces of the Czech printing industry, in which the special relationship
between text and visual art were natural and expected. The first ever childrens picture book was
written by the great Czech thinker Jan Amos Komensk (in Latin, Comenius) in . Entitled
Orbis Sensualium Pictus (The Visible World), the multi-lingual book provided children with an encyclopedic

introduction to the natural world. Komensk (-) was the last bishop of the Old Moravian
Church and a respected philosopher and educational reformer known as the Teacher of Nations.
His pedagogical theories were considered radical in his time, but today his commitment to equal
opportunity in education is a fundamental principle of the worlds greatest democracies.
In the late-s Jan Karafits (-) classic childrens book Broucci (The Fireflies) was published.

Laced
with gentle humor, Karafits magical story is a timeless recounting of the cycle of life.

Vojtech Preissig illustrated a version of Broucci in , and it was re-published a generation later
with drawings by the immortal graphic artist and filmmaker, Jir Trnka (-). Trnkas drawing
of the little bug is both witty and sweet, and exhibits none of the influence of avant-garde
Constructivism or the Socialist Realism often found in Soviet childrens books of the same
period. Soviet artists seemed to embrace the notion that their work was part of an ideological
mission to help create a New Man [and that it was their responsibility to] mold the minds of
citizens of Bolshevik Russia to a worldview, a set of social attitudes, an everyday ethic, and behavior
that conformed to Communist teaching. Czech artists such as Trnka, on the other hand, explored
the world
of fairy tales and spurned the boundaries of lands, time or human age. In that regard

Vojtech Kubata was Trnkas brother-in-arms, and both would leave a legacy exemplified in the work
of such contemporary childrens book artists as the Czech migr, now American citizen, Peter Ss.

From Trnka to Tinkerbell: Kubata and Popular Culture

The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in.

W.H. Auden

The screen version must perceive and emphasize the basic moral intent and the values upon which every great
persistent fairy tale is founded. To these ends I have devoted my own best efforts and the talents of my
organization, in full realization of our responsibility as a mass entertainer, and especially, in our responsibility
to our vast audience of children around the world.
Walt Disney

Vojtech Kubatas evolution as an artist and designer was clearly sparked by living in Prague, a city of
tremendous artistic heritage. However, when examining the strongest influences on his work, it is
perhaps more helpful to imagine the view through a kaleidoscope of popular culture rather than
the magnifying glass of the fine arts. Beyond the graphic versatility and preoccupation with Slavic
roots that forges a link to Alphonse Mucha, there seems to be little in academic painting or Czech
modernism that had much bearing on the development of Kubatas distinctive style. His own
admission that the tradition of Czech puppet theater had inspired him, is coupled with the
greater likelihood that Kubata drew upon other forces in popular culture to reflect, if not determine,
his creative sensibilities: among the most important contemporary influences whose work he
would have seen were the Czech book illustrator, puppet master and filmmaker, Jir Trnka, and
Trnkas counterpart in the America, Walter Elias Disney.

In as Hitler was advancing on his country, Vojtech Kubata graduated from the Polytechnic
University in Prague with a degree in architecture. In December the year before, the Disney Studio
had released the pioneering animation feat, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. This retelling of the
famous Grimms fairy tale enchanted movie patrons of all ages and from all countries. Walt
Disney, the consummate entrepreneur and storyteller, understood the primacy of such folk tales.
Passed down through generations, stories like Snow White were a common cultural property belonging
to all, and Disney appropriated and adapted such tales for animation as no one had done before him.
Disneys film, with its familiar plot, beloved characters and memorable music, represented a technological and artistic breakthrough designed to have a lasting impact around the globe. Disney
books and toys arrived in Eastern Europe in the lates and early s, and much of this material
made its way into Prague. The first known piece of Disneyana to surface there was a Blue
Ribbon book of the Three Little Pigs.

By the s, a succession of wildly popular Disney movies, television shows and a promulgation
of related memorabilia available for the masses invaded every corner of the earth. Disney was a
marketing genius, but more importantly, he understood that the movies his studio created were
only beginning to come into their own as an art form. By surrounding himself with the very best
in artistic talent and Imagineers, he created a signature visual style to match the power of the
timeless fairy tales and childrens stories that were the basis for so many of his successful films.
One of the most significant staff appointments by Disney was his signing of watercolorist and
sketch artist Mary Blair. Blairs bulls eye stylishness was responsible for the look of numerous
Disney classics including Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. Blair was also the lead designer
of Its a Small World, the Audio-Animatronic puppet installation (and ultimately, theme park ride)
created for the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) and first seen in the Pepsi Pavilion of
the Worlds Fair in New York in . The concept Blair created for the attraction drew heavily on
her ability to suck out of culture many sources of inspiration including and especially the
folk art of both Eastern Europe and Latin America. It is with Its a Small World, and its colorful,
faux-naf tribute to the children of all nations, that some very strong stylistic comparisons and
connections can be made that tie the work of Blair, and her possible Czech influences, to the
illustrations of Kubata, who created several Disney related pop-up books in the s.
Mary Blair (-) studied at Chounaird School of Art in Los Angeles at the same time fellow
artist, Emil Kosa, Jr. (-) was associated with the institution. He became a respected figure
in creative circles and was active in the California Watercolor Society along with Mary Blairs husband,
Lee Blair. Like the Blairs and other citizen artists, Kosa made a career in the Hollywood film
industry. His greatest acclaim came for his special effects and matte painting designs for many
movies in the s, including the Academy Award he won for Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor
and Richard Burton. He also created special photographic effects in Journey to the Center of the Earth
with James Mason and Planet of the Apes with Charlton Heston.
Emil Kosa, Jr.s father, Emil Kosa, Sr. (-), came to the United States in in one of the
earliest waves of Czech immigration to the country. He had settled in California by . Kosa, Sr.
had been an assistant to Alphonse Mucha for many years and was an artist in his own right. It is
likely that Kosa, Sr. came to the United States under the aegis of one of Muchas tours, and
decided to stay. As with Mucha, Kosa, Sr. seemed to maintain an affection and appreciation for
his traditional Czechoslovakian artistic roots. It is believed Kosa, Sr.s father owned a puppet theater and it was there he learned the traditional craft of making marionettes. Throughout his career
as a painter, even after he arrived in Los Angeles, Emil Kosa, Sr. continued to make puppets based
on Old World themes and used them as subjects in his work.
Mary Blair does not specifically name the Kosas as a source for any of her ideas and stylizations, but
clearly she would have had interaction with at least Emil Kosa, Jr., and its just as likely she was aware
of his connection to the puppet theater and folk arts of Czechoslovakia through his father and
grandfather. It was, after all, her unique talent to be attuned to all manner of inspiration and to
incorporate freely those elements that best communicated the story at hand. Echoing Kubata, who
once worked in the Czech puppet theater as scenery designer and counted traditional puppetry as one
of his major artistic influences, Mary Blair seemed to delight in the animated qualities and intimate
staging associated with puppets as an art form. Her vision was fully supported by her mentor
Disney, and is expressed brilliantly in Its a Small World.
Further connections exist between Kubata and the world of puppets through the influence of
childrens book illustrator and film director, Jir Trnka, who was a master of stop-motion animation.
Trnkas acclaimed interpretations of the fairy tales and fables of the Brothers Grimm and Hans
Christian Andersen are able, even today, to forestall the bedtime of Czech children as they clamor
for a reading. Referred to as the Walt Disney of the East, in a newspaper headline after the

debut of one of his movie features at the Cannes Film Festival, Trnkas work has been described as,
active dreaming: [a combination of] great imagination, poetry, ingenuity, invention, realistic view, and
creative vitality. A New York Newsday review compared this Prague artist to Charlie Chaplin and
praised his work as [inaugurating] a new stage in a medium long dominated by Disney.

With the same versatility seen in their American peers, both Jir Trnka and Vojtech Kubata
exemplified a multi-disciplinary approach to their work. They moved with ease from one medium
to the next and borrowed with abandon from the folk traditions of their common heritage. Pulsing
lifeblood of creative energy was present in their psyches throughout their lifetimes. Above all, the two
shared a strong and passionate love of fantasy and fairy tales, and against great odds, gave voice and
vision to enchantment and imagination. Neither the Nazi occupation and the devastating effects of
World War II, nor the pervasive and dulling domination of communist ideology so heightened
during the period of each artists greatest production could extinguish their spirits.

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END NOTES

John C. Shepard, Quotes on Cities: Prague, in Giga Quotes, -, (William Jefferey Prowse, British
poet (-), quotation from poem The City of Prague, in book Little Village on Thames),
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Kate Connelly, Kafka would hate to be a square, say Prague officials, Published by The Guardian,
February , reprinted in the Kafka Project. quote by Franz Kafka (-) regarding his uneasy
relationship with his native city, http://www.kafka.org/essays/artikeln/square_art.htm ( August ).

Terri Windling, Alchemy and Puppetry: A Prague Sojourn, reprinted in The Endicott Studio Reading Room
from article which first appeared in Realms of Fantasy magazine (),
http://www.endicott-studio.com/forprag.html ( July ).

Mary Ashcraft. Once Upon A Prague..., in Romar Travel Guides, ,

http://www.romartraveler.com/RomarPages/OnceUponAPrague.html ( August ).

Lorenzo Cordini, Prague Legends, in My Czech Republic, -,

http://www.myczechrepublic.com/prague/history/prague_legends.html ( August ).

Czech History John of Luxembourg and Charles IV, in My Czech Republic, -,

http://www.myczechrepublic.com/basics/king_charles.html ( August ).

Dee, John (-), in Occultopedia: An Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences and Knowledge,

http://www.occultopedia.com/d/dee.htm ( August ).

Kelley, Edward ( - //), in Occultopedia: An Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences and Knowledge,

http://www.occultopedia.com/k/kelley_edward.htm ( August ).

Edwin Becker, et al., Prague , Poetry and Ecstacy, (Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, Waanders Uitgevers,
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Medieval Growth-The Modern Age, in The Czech Republic,

http://home.student.uva.nl/zdenka.sedivcova/Characteristics/HISTORY/history.HTM ( August ).

Hackett Lewis, The Enlightenment throughout Europe, in The Age of Enlightenment: The European Dream
Of Progress And Enlightenment, , http://ragz-international.com/enlightenment_throughout_europe.htm
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Of Industrial and Other Revolutions, in The Czech Republic, In the Kingdom of Hungary and the
Austrian Empire unified as the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The court remained in Vienna.
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Becker, .

Becker, -.

Becker, -.

John Hoole and Tomoko Sato, Alphonse Mucha, (London: Lund Humphries in Association with Barbican Art
Gallery, ), .

Ibid.

Ian Johnston, An Introduction to the Work of Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau, July ,
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/praguepage/muchalecture.htm ( August ).

Faith Chyle Knutson, Painting by Alfons Mucha in Graces Pisek, North Dakota, Church,
http://www.mfr-eng.com/rumreich/mucha.htm ( August ).

Hoole and Sato, -.

Ian Johnston, An Introduction to the Work of Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau, July ,
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/praguepage/muchalecture.htm ( August ).

Ibid.

Hoole and Sato, .

History of the Czech Republic, http://www.heritagefilms.com/Czech.htm ( August ).

General Information-History in Embassy of the Czech Republic, .

http://www.mzv.cz/washington/general/general.htm#books ( July ).

Hoole and Sato, .

Society of Communist Czechoslovakia- Creative Intelligentsia, in Word I.Q , ,

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Society_of_Communist_Czechoslovakia#Intelligentsia ( August ).

Arts and Spirituality, in Creativity at Work: Quotes, May ,

http://www.creativityatwork.com/articlesContent/quotes.htm ( August ).

Third Republic and the Communist Takeover, in Communist Czechoslovakia, August ,

http://www.kalabhavanshow.info/world_ref/of/cs.htm ( August ).

Jan Michl, Institutional Framework Around Successful Artforms in Communist Czechoslovakia, in Open
Society Institute Electronic Publishing Program, March , http://e-lib.rss.cz/diglib/pdf/.pdf ( June ).

Ibid. Jan Michl writes,arts such as music, theater, ballet, opera, and applied arts such as art and studio
glass, graphic design, book design, illustration, photography, film, painting and sculpture all found a
congenial, responsive, and supportive environment under the Soviet socialist system.

Society of Communist Czechoslovakia- Creative Intelligentsia, in Word I.Q , ,

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Society_of_Communist_Czechoslovakia#Intelligentsia ( August ).

Jan Michl, Institutional Framework Around Successful Artforms in Communist Czechoslovakia, in Open
Society Institute Electronic Publishing Program, March , http://e-lib.rss.cz/diglib/pdf/.pdf ( June ).

Prague Spring, in Civilian Resistance in Czechoslovakia, ,

http://www.fragmentsweb.org/TXT/czechotx.html (July ).

Jan Michl, Institutional Framework Around Successful Artforms in Communist Czechoslovakia, in Open
Society Institute Electronic Publishing Program, March , http://e-lib.rss.cz/diglib/pdf/.pdf ( June ).

Artia was established in - as import/export agency with a major publishing house effort as part of
the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

Peter Lawson, Eastern Europe: Back to the Future? in Serials and Other UKSG Publications, presented at
international conference on selling subscriptions: Global Solutions to Global Challenges, February ,
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Mirjam Bohatcov, The Czech Book and the World, Translated by J. Moss-Kohoutov, (Prague: Artia in
cooperation with the General Management of the Printing Industry, ), .

Ibid., .

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http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes//documents/charter ( July ).

Society of Communist Czechoslovakia-Creative Intelligentsia, in Word I.Q , ,

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Society_of_Communist_Czechoslovakia#Intelligentsia ( August ).

Creative Intelligensia, in Society of Communist Czechoslovakia, , Samizdat in Russian, literally means self
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Jan Culk, Czech Literature and the Reading Public, lecture given at University of Glasgow Igor Hajek
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Bohatcov, .

Zuzana Vesela, Most Beautiful Books Collection to represent the Czech Republic at Book Fairs, in
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Becker, .
Ibid.

Brief Biography, in Vojtech Preissig, http://www.p.com/terminal/preissigbib.html ( August ).

Brief Biography, in Vojtech Preissig, http://www.p.com/terminal/preissigbib.html ( August ).

Zuzana Vesela, Most Beautiful Books Collection to represent the Czech Republic at Book Fairs, in
Radio Prague, April , http://www.radio.cz/en/article/ ( August ).

Carter Leshuk, Introduce Jan Amos Komensk, in Games and Learning,

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/talk/questions/games_learning.shtml ( August ).

Summary, in Lucas et Lucie - Silverwing (Episodes I-VI),

http://www.crtn.org/es/catalogue/production.php?id= ( August ).

Brief Biography, in Vojtech Preissig, http://www.p.com/terminal/preissigbib.html ( August ).

Hanae Tokita, Flashes of Wisdom: Firefly Tales a Prelude to Fireworks in Princeton, in Packet OnLine,
June, http://www.pacpubserver.com/new/news/--/firefly.html ( August ). Trnka
illustration of a little Broucci accompanies article.

Evgeny Steiner, Stories for Little Comrades: Revolutionary Artists and the Making of Early Soviet Childrens Books.,
Translated by Jane Ann Miller (Seattle,WA: University of Washington Press, ), .

Bohatcov, .

Fairy Tale Quotes, in Sur la Lune Fairy Tale Pages, ,

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/boardarchives//apr/ftquote.html ( August ).

Dave Smith, The Quotable Walt Disney,(New York: Disney Editions, ), .

John Michael Dawson, The Collectible Childrens Curiosities of Vojtech Kubata, Biblio , no.
(January ): .

Dan Patanella, Disney the Innovator vs Disney the Conservative, in Disney and Fairy Tales, -,
Patanella states, the use of fairytales was virtually risk-free. On the one hand, the tales were pure escapism
and on the other they reaffirmed societys values. They were basic enough in their appeal to be marketed
directly towards children, but the romance in some of the stories (Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella) was also
appealing to adults. This broad appeal was essential for maximum profits; had the Disney films been solely
childrens entertainment many parents might have simply dropped the kids off at the theater while they
went to see a different production. Disney, however, designed films for the entire family to enjoy.
http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/academy//disfai.html ( August ).

Sandy Lawrence Edry, Saved by the Paintings, in Society and the Arts, reprinted from Newsweek, July,
, Images of the animated heroine [Snow White] and her seven faithful friends were even found at
Auschwitz, where a mural of the characters painted by internee Dina [Gottliebova] Babbitt, who had seen
the movie seven times, caught the attention of Joseph Mengele. Impressed with her artistic skill, Mengele
set her to work drawing portraits of other prisoners to be used as a record of the gypsy types he sent to
the gas chamber. This work as an artist kept Babbitt alive and allowed her to survive the concentration
camp. After she was freed, in a twist of fate, she ended up working in Prague for Art Babbit, the lead
animator of Dopey, one of Disneys Seven Dwarves. He became her husband and they moved to
California where they both continued work in the animation field.
http://www.mail-archive.com/forum.zagraniczne@w.net/msg.html ( August ).

Vintage Disneyana in Eastern Europe-Part I,

http://www.pizarro.net/didier/_private/tomart/Eastern_EuropeI.htm ( June ).

StevenWatts, The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ) -.

John Canemaker, The Art and Flair of Mary Blair: An Appreciation, (New York: Disney Editions, ) xii.

Ibid. Canemaker writes, [Blairs] greatest influences came from contemporary sources everywhere . . .
European art posters and advertisements . . . Eames chairs . . . the interior design of the [Morris] Lapidus
stores and hotels . . . There is a strong likelihood that Mary Blair drew inspiration from other designers
of the era, including Eames associate Alexander Girard, who was himself, strongly influenced by the
worlds folk art.

Gordon McClelland and Jay T. Last, Emil Kosa Jr. Biography, in Ask Art Biographies, reprinted from
California Watercolors -, http://www.askart.com/biography.asp?ID= ( June ).

Bruce MacEvoy, California Scene Painters, in Watercolor Artists, November , MacEvoy states,
the California artists in this group which included Mary Blair, lee Blair, Emil Kosa Jr., and others, were
serious painters who held steady jobs and helped to build the film industry in Hollywood.
http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/artist.html ( June ).

Gordon McClelland and Jay T. Last, Emil Kosa Jr. Biography, reprinted from California Watercolors
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Emil Jean Kosa Sr. American California Artist, in Calabasas Art & Antiques, http://www.thevine.net/
calabasasart/kosa.htm ( June ), and e-mail and phone correspondence with artists relatives: Eric
Saund, great-grandson, ( August; September ) and Ellie Ford, grand-daughter ( September ).
Edgar Dutka, Jir Trnka-Walt Disney of the East! in Animation World Magazine, July ,
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Background Introduction, in Jir Trnka Studio, http://www.kratkyfilm.com/catalogue/kf/studiojt.htm
( August ).
Czech Animators, in Still Life with Animated Dogs,
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 LIFE AND ART OF

THE
VOJTECH KUBATA (-)
By Ellen G.K. Rubin

ojtech Kubata, Czech childrens illustrator, paper engineer, and author, was one of the
twentieth centurys most imaginative and remarkable artists. He combined a knowledge of
Czech folk art, puppetry, architecture, and the graphic arts to create playful universes of
wonder and magic that awed and amazed both children and adults. He was not widely recognized
during his lifetime, nevertheless he created over three hundred titles that were published on every
continent, translated into more than thirty-seven languages, and sold over million copies. He
left an enduring legacy of pop-up and illustrated books that will forever entertain and astonish
readers.

Early
Years

Vojtech Robert Vladimr Kubata was born in Vienna, Austria, October , , and raised in

Prague, Czechoslovakia, by his Viennese mother, Adla, and his Southern Bohemian father, Vojtech.
When he was four years old, he was already filling sketchpads (#, ) with figures of birds, boats,
and dragons. As a young man, he knew that he wanted to be an artist but his more pragmatic
father, a bank manager, hoped he would become a lawyer. Architecture had a greater appeal to the

young Kubata, however, since he already knew he had to do something

with his hands.

In , he enrolled in the Czech Polytechnic University in Prague, (Cesk vysok ucen technick
v Praze), in a class of about ninety. He was tall, handsome, and personable and quickly made
friends with his fellow students. Soon thereafter, he became a part of a dynamic foursome
of

students
who called themselves, the Quadrifoliacs, after a type of four-leaf clover. Robert Jecn (#),
Cudla (Rudolph) nger, Jan Hird Pokorny, and Kubata were inseparable and worked on many
major projects while they were students and after graduating from the Polytechnic. Kubata toyed
with designing a logo for the group, a four leaf clover or the number four over a castle. Professors
described them as hard-working students who always did more than they were asked. If a
professor engaged one of them to work as an assistant, invariably the other Quadrifoliacs became
involved as well.
As students, the Quadrifoliacs collectively worked on a competition for a corner housing/
commercial complex across from the Polytechnic that won second prize. Each team member had
individual strengths that contributed to the success of their projects: Jecn was known for his
organizational abilities; nger supplied technical expertise and supervised the design and drawings
with Pokorny; and Kubata was put in charge of the final presentation sketches. Pokorny
commented, he, Kubata, was an artist who studied architecture. The foursome also
collaborated on a school project in which they had to measure a specific architectural detail from
the Clam-Gallas Palace in Prague. They chose the Grand Staircase, considered one of the most
beautiful in Czechoslovakia. Kubatas final drawings showed his flare for great dramatic effect.

In spite of their student status, the Quadrifoliacs were able to find commercial work. This was
due largely in part to Jan Pokornys father, the Deputy General Manager of koda Works, a major
manufacturer of steam locomotives, turbines, machine tools, and military arsenal. For example,
they were awarded commissions to prepare drawings and renderings for the Prague subway and
various other koda construction projects. At first, they worked in Porkorny Sr.s study, sleeping
under the tables during charettes. Later they moved to an apartment off campus that doubled as an
office. They always worked together for [the] amusement and money.
While at the Polytechnic, Pokornys family also commissioned the Quadrifoliacs to create personal
objects. For example, the four were asked to collectively design a set of wine goblets (#) for a
wedding anniversary present. The enterprising young men hired a blacksmith to make the goblets
of pewter because silver was either unattainable or unaffordable. Kubata provided the whimsical

decoration of a monkey holding a wine-tasting pipette. For the Pokorny country house, Vojtech
and Jan worked together to design the furniture. Kubata alone crafted a stained glass window and
statues of a sprite for the pond in the garden and one of St. Christopher for the porch. Today the
house is occupied by the former deputy prime minister of the Czech Republic. The sprite and
St. Christopher statues remain standing in their original places but the window has mysteriously
disappeared.
Jan Hird Pokorny, who is ninety years old and Professor Emeritus at Columbia Universitys School
of Architecture, recalled that Kubata was enormously skillful . . . [especially] with illustration,
and the group leaned heavily on his skill. He also described his old friend as [having been]
born with a pencil in his hand. He was always drawing and could work so fast.
It may have been Pokorny who introduced Kubata to one of his life-long pleasures: hiking. On
one occasion, Pokorny planned an excursion for the Quadrifoliacs into the Alps through Innsbruck.
Arriving at a lodge in bad weather, they found it shuttered and closed. In desperation, they banged
on the door and summoned the innkeeper who hosted the group while they amused themselves
with games of wit during four days of foul weather. Even though Kubata never thought of
himself as athletic; he frequently found solace in hiking. His sketchpad drawings reflected a deep
appreciation for nature and his finely rendered images of flowers, mountains, and animals became
the basis for many later illustrated works.
During his school years, Kubata tried working in various art media including clay (#), metal,
and etchings. In an early work, he experimented with oils and painted a portrait (#) of a beautiful
Cinderella-like blond maiden sewing a delicate garment. Dagmar, his daughter, believes the image is
most likely of his mother who is known to have worked in her own mothers fine linen and lingerie
shop in Vienna. Kubata especially enjoyed a school assignment documenting disappearing homesteads
in various regions of Czechoslovakia. In one such drawing he chose the area of Southern Bohemia
and captured the folk architecture of Hlubok nad Vltavou, the small town of his ancestors. Even as a
student, Kubata created illustrations of Prague buildings for several of his professors publications.
Kubatas signature changed as he progressed from young artist to college student to professional
artisan. At the Polytechnic, his signature alternated between a KU sitting above the image of a
castles turret (pronounced bashta in Czech) and the simple abbreviation, VK, known to collectors today. Finally, he arrived at his recognizable script-like signature, V. Kubata, seen on almost
all of his well-known illustrations.
After graduating from the Polytechnic in , the Quadrifoliacs garnered their largest architectural
project. As a result of the Munich Agreement of , Czechoslovakia ceded major regions to
Germany, Poland, and Hungary. Pokorny Sr., sensing the rapidly changing political
climate,
felt

the need to invest in tangible assets. He purchased property in the village of Tri Studne, located
between Moravia and Bohemia and commissioned the recent graduates to create a small chalet-type
hotel. The industrious foursome collectively designed the Hotel Sykovec, but Kubata alone was

responsible for the design of the iron entry

gates, a mosaic of St. Christopher (with the
KU logo over a castle signature) (#), a fresco
of a folk-costumed girl on the stairway, and a
stained glass window in the dining room. He
also contributed to the design of some of the
furniture. On the entry wall outside the hotel
are another image of the costumed girl and a
statue of St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers and similar to the one at Pokornys home.

Nazi Occupation and

World War II
Despite Kubatas degree in engineering and
architecture and Pokorny Sr.s connections,
architectural projects were difficult to obtain.
According to a photograph annotated by
Kubata, he began teaching around at
the Rotter School of Graphic Design (#).
Kubata then worked for a local plastics
manufacturer, Baklax, designing both household
objects and advertising and marketing promo#
tions. While working there, he made the
transition from architect to graphic designer. His experience on the Quadrifoliacs commissions
honed his decorative and graphic design skills and laid the groundwork for later involvement in
many successful commercial projects.

Through the efforts of

well-known professors at the Polytechnic, (Oldrich Blazcek, Zdenek
Wirth (#), V.V. tech, and Antonn Engel), Kubata was able to secure several jobs designing
dust jackets, exlibris, and other illustration work. Pokorny contended that Kubata went into the
field of publishing by drawing scenes from Old Prague (#, ), which especially when the
Germans were around, people liked and spent money on. Publishing was good business, and
Kubata made money.
The art of Czech puppetry flourished in the mid-twentieth century with fairy tale themes pre theatre [as] an artistic
dominating. Artists, authors and actors [wanted] to stress . . . the puppet
genre. In the late s and into the early s, Kubata worked for Cenek Sovk, a popular
writer and director of a noted puppet theater, Loutkov scna v dome Komenskho. Komenskho is a
reference to Johann Amos Comenius (Jan Amos Komensk, -) of Bohemia who in
published, Orbis sensualium pictus (The World Around Us in Pictures). Comenius is known as the father
of books for children and of picture-books especially. Kubata designed puppet stage sets of
small Czech villages, the interiors of castles, and even some puppet costumes. Featured in Sovks
theater was the puppet, Jezek Pchcek (#),
a hedgehog. He used the character to illustrate a series
of books for Sovk published by Dolezal in the s. The story of the hedgehog family is easily
understood, even by those too young to read or unable to read Czech, because of the anthropomorphized expressions arched eyebrows, down-turned mouths, and joyous smiles on the
faces of the animal characters.

In ,
Kubata illustrated, in color and black and white, Joyful Stories for Children (Vesel vyprven detem Dolezal) (#). It was written by Vlasta Burian, a famous Czech actor of the s and s
known as The King of Comedians. Some of the illustrations for the book were reminiscent of
the cartoons from The New Yorker, especially the one of New York paparazzi filming the performing

dog (#, ) and mouse. In order to keep

working in films while the Nazis occupied
Prague, Burian entertained various German
officers at his villa. The Communists later
called him a Nazi collaborator and banned
him forever from the theater. Burians reputation was later reinstated and his likeness is now
ensconced in the Prague Wax Museum.
In
Arabian Nights (Arabsk pohdky z noci,
Dolezal- ) (#), Kubata demonstrated
his knowledge of art history by borrowing
from the painting, Escaping Criticism by Pre
Borrell del Caso (-). By using trompe
loeil, the genie in the story appears to escape
the confines of the illustration. The threedimensional style of illusion foreshadowed his
later pop-up structures that characteristically
extended beyond the margins of the page. The
illustrations in Arabian Nights are lavish and
boldly colored, with fine line marginalia and
decorative initial letters giving the book the feel
#
of an ancient sacred text. The endpapers are
remarkable because they place the reader in the center of a bustling Arabian bazaar surrounded by
fanciful minarets. Typical of Kubatas trademark style, a small dog is shown lost in the maze of
the narrow streets.

At the publisher Dolezal, Kubata met the eminent art historian, Dr. Otakar torch-Marien and
his career in the books arts was significantly advanced by the chance reunion. torch-Mariens new
association with the long-established Prague publishing house, Aventinum, served as a driving
force for the struggling company and the firm entered a new and productive phase. During
the height of World War II, Czech publishers, managed . . . with few exceptions . . . to withstand
the pressure of the occupying forces attempting to lure them into active co-operation, and avoided
the publishing of anti-Semitic, Nazi, or other pro-regime oriented production. To circumvent
supporting the Nazi agenda, Czech publishers printed the classics or titles that appealed to
national pride.
Working together, Kubata and torch-Marien created a series of three suites in portfolios, each
with five architectural lithographs of Pragues monuments. The lithographs were hand-colored,
often by Kubatas younger sister, Jarmila. Each portfolio was accompanied by a few pages of
text written by the most notable historians on the subject. The three limited editions were: Lorettas
Meditations (Loretnsk Meditace - ), Strahov Melancholy (Melancholie
Strahova - ) and Waldstein Palace
(Valdtejnsk Palc v Praze - ) (#). The last was by Zdenek Wirth, a prominent art historian,
who wrote extensively on Pragues historical sites and organized a movement for the preservation
of its historical monuments. In all the portfolios, Kubata used a warm, soft-colored palette and
each one featured a uniquely designed title-page vignette.
The great success of the first three portfolios was followed by a fourth one, Klementinum ()
(#). The Klementinum, a sixteenth-century Baroque structure in Prague, was a Jesuit college and
the site of a mathematical museum and astronomical observatory. Today it houses the national
and university libraries. Perhaps Kubatas optimism at the end of the war motivated him to design
a standout volume showcasing fanciful images of the heavenly bodies and the signs of the zodiac.
In any case, the images marked the beginnings of the exuberant style that became his hallmark. Unlike

the previous portfolios, the cover and endpapers of the Klementinum were luxuriously illustrated. With
its large format and decorative endpapers, it appears to be the forerunner of the Panascopic pop-up
books that followed ten years later.
Aventinum continued to prosper during and immediately after the war as Kubata continued his
collaboration with torch-Marien. It published the first post-war literary classic, Pavel Eisners
(-) Goddess is Waiting (Bohynecek), considered . . . the apotheosis of [the] Czech language.
Kubata designed dust jackets for a documentary account of Prague during the final days of the War
as well as several other titles that torch-Marien was unable to publish during the Nazi occupation.

POST-WORLD WAR II
In Three Centuries of Childrens Books in Europe, Bettina Hrlimann called the Czechs, a nation
extraordinarily rich in good illustrators. The classics of the Western, as well as the Eastern,
powers [were] available, together with a colourful collection of their own [Czech] story-books,
and they were illustrated by their own artists and obtainable in cheap editions. In the post-World
War II period, Czechoslovakian citizens lived under rigidities of the Soviet system. Kubata and
other Czech illustrators resisted the Communist call for artistic conformity by creating native and
folk images with bold colors and lines. Hrlimann concluded, this was also a time when other
countries had very few picture-books to match these freely constructed [Czech] masterpieces.
After World War II, Kubata continued to illustrate childrens books, dust jackets, colophons,
maps, and posters. In , he illustrated the first Czech translation of Winnie the Pooh (Medvdek
Pu -Vyehrad) (#). It became an instant favorite, thus demonstrating the power of popular
Western culture to infiltrate Communist societies. Another example of the Wests influence was
his design of the book jacket for the Czech edition of Betty MacDonalds The Egg and I (Vejce a j;
Vladimir Zike -) (#), which was made into a movie starring Claudette Colbert and Fred
MacMurray and whose photographs are prominently featured on the jacket. Surprisingly, the
colophon has a cartoon character strikingly similar to Woody Woodpecker. Kubata confirmed his
Southern Bohemian roots in illustrations for the book, The Secret of Uncle
Joseph by Frantiek Herites
(Tajemstv Strce Josefa; Aventinum - ). Set in eigthteenth-century Vodnany, he drew a series of
watercolors of homesteads,
preserving for posterity a rapidly disappearing way of life. torch-Marien,

also from Vodnany, commissioned him to produce the homesteads as postcards. He commented
later that even though Kubata lived and
worked in cosmopolitan Prague, he was able to
distill the essence of the countryside in his
sketch-books. Although he worked primarily
with the publishers
Aventinum (#, , )

and Dolezal (#, , , ), his illustrations

also appeared in volumes printed by Mlad
fronta (#), Vyehrad (#, ), Mlad lt

(Bratislava)
(#),
(#, , ), Melantrich
Nov osveta (#), Vladimr Zike (#, ),
and Albatros (#).

In , the Communist Party came to power

in Czechoslovakia and turned private book
publishing and book selling . . . upside down.
Czechoslovakian intellectuals tried to manage
the upheaval to their advantage, but failed.
Censorship became stricter and was put under
the auspices of the Ministry of Information.
Over publishing houses were closed
down in [one] year . . . The Ministry of

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Information now had control over publishing, selling, distribution, and even the types of materials
published. As a result of the new laws, it took as many as five years for permission to be granted
for the publication of certain manuscripts.
The Soviet Unions plan to develop heavy industries changed the landscape of Eastern Europe.
Industrial complexes sprung up along the beautiful rivers and overflowed into the rural areas.
Kubata commented on these changes in a satirical watercolor painting of Sleeping Beauty (#). In
the foreground, two traditionally costumed couples dance happily, while swirling around them are
four scenes illustrating the modernization of textile production. The first is a traditional Sleeping
Beauty spinning yarn, the second shows spinning as a cottage industry, followed by a weaver working
on a hand-operated loom, and finally in the background he calls attention to an industrial wasteland
with belching smokestacks, terrible dragons of a new
reality. Clearly, the new repression in publishing
did not dull the prolific and facile pencil of Vojtech Kubata, who continued to turn out hundreds
of illustrations.

Kubata married Helena Elisabeth afarikov of Prague in at the Loretta Church in Prague, a
church he illustrated so beautifully for Aventinum. The following year his first daughter, Helena
was born, and three years later, his daughter Dagmar was born (#). Kubata, now a family man,
had new incentives to seek buyers for his art. His beautiful wife was strange and dominating and a
difficult presence in the household. Whether or not this affected Kubatas parenting cannot, at this
vantage point, be gauged. But he immersed himself in his work while at the same time surrounding
himself with his daughters. Because his studio was in the center of the apartment, his daughters
witnessed and sometimes participated in his creative processes (#). He frequently turned his
work projects into entertainment for the girls by making them, for example, a puppet theater with
all the props and costumes. Kubata met business associates at home or at local Prague cafs,
often taking his children with him, and always dressing up in suit and tie looking elegant and
handsome.
Significantly, Kubata kept his own reference library. Impatient to work and eclectic in his tastes,
he preferred to have research material at his fingertips. In nearby large files and shelves he stored
magazines, newspaper articles, huge stacks of clippings, books on myths, legends and ancient cultures,
and whatever else he thought would one day come in handy. When he worked on a story set in
Arabia, for example, he had only to open his files to capture the authentic environment or costumes of
the period.

Mozart and Prague

During the war years Kubata began his life-long love affair with Prague. In cooperation with
another author, Dr. Antonn Novotn (#), he produced a set of historical books about the city,
incorporating classical architecture and motifs. When writing about Prague, he referred to the city
as if it were a person. Kubata became an avid collector of Prague memorabilia, including historical
maps of the ancient city, old prints, and famous porcelain figurines. Later on, as he attained
greater financial success, he acquired prints of the Old Masters hoping they would shield him
from the economic insecurity caused by the Communist regime.
Throughout his career, Kubata could be found at his desk surrounded by favorite objects from
his collections: Napoleoniana, Mozartiana, antique maps, family photos, and others. Amazingly,
he also found time to serve as a corresponding secretary for the State Preservation of Prague.
Many of his childrens books, including The dragon who would not wash (O nemytm drckovi; Orbis - )
(#), featured the Prague skyline and monuments. In the late s, he even designed a decorative scarf featuring the landmarks of Prague located near his apartment in the Smchov section of
the city. One image is of a Soviet military tank that has since been removed and replaced with a
fountain.

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Kubata was also passionate about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (# , ) and images of the
Austrian composer filled his home studio. Curiously, he did not listen to any music while he worked.
Prague showed a sincere interest in Mozart and, unlike the fickle Viennese . . . never abandoned
him. Mozart was purported to have said he loved Prague because [the people] understood him.
Kubata always kept a blue Delft mug of Mozarts Salzburg across from his desk (#).
In , to commemorate the th anniversary of the birth of Mozart, Kubata produced a
portfolio of twelve Prague city scenes associated with the composer. The twelve hand-colored
lithographs were also reproduced on note cards, postcards (#), and calendars. During his visits
to Prague in and , Mozart stayed at the Villa Bertramka where he composed music and
finished the score of his most famous opera, Don Giovanni. Known as, the opera of all operas, it
was Kubatas favorite. As an avid member of Pragues Mozart Society, he annually designed its
New Years card, then sent it to his personal list, signing the card p.f. V. Kubata, p.f. in Latin
meaning pour felicit all the best.

Artia and Pop-ups

In the early s, Dr. torch-Marien left Aventinum. The struggling publishing house, which he
had revived for the duration of his association with Kubata, was again having difficulties and
Kubata sought work elsewhere. Capitalizing on his love of Slovakia, Kubata worked for Slovtour
(#a-d), the Slovakian state travel agency, and designed its logo that was used for thirty years.
He created striking tourist posters of the Demnov Caves and the Jasn ski resorts (#) and
souvenir booklets for Slovtour using movable and pop-up elements. According to his daughter,
Dagmar, Kubata said, pop-ups make [the ads] livelier. As far as can be determined, these
promotional materials seem to be the first time he commercially produced three-dimensional
ephemera. It is likely that he was influenced by his collection of nineteenth-century lacy pop-up
greeting cards.
Under the Communists, Czechoslovakia accelerated its industrial growth and manufactured
many consumer products for export. During that time, Kubata worked for the Czechoslovakian

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Chamber of Commerce designing advertising materials for light bulbs (#, ), sewing machines
(#), radios (#), sunglasses (#), and Pilsners famous beer (#). The ads, in vivid colors
and clean lines, were printed in numerous languages and often contained movables and pop-ups
that breathed life into the flat paper products. With all of these projects, he sought the possibilit[ies]
in the movable paper.
In , Kubata began illustrating for Artia, the state-run publishing and trading house. Childrens
publishing, and publishing in general, were enjoying a rebirth. The printing presses in Czechoslovakia
had not been destroyed in the war as they had in Germany. The old Czech presses allowed for the
heavy application of dyes. During printing, the paper became richly saturated with color that
appropriately supported Kubatas highly stylized faux-naif design. It was while he worked for
Artia that he found his greatest and most lasting successes.
In the mid-s Kubata offered Artia his first pop-up book, a crude, primitive affair, by his own
account. Soon after, he quickly developed a simple method of cut-and-folded cardstock with a
slant-cut that gave the illustrations greater volume and depth and allowed the scenes to extend
beyond the edges of the page. Many of his books incorporated pull-tab mechanisms, adding to
the tableauxs complexity. A perfectionist in many respects, Kubata believed, everything must be
just right! Beginning with the stories of the Brothers Grimm (#, , , ) and the classic,
Robinson Crusoe (#), Kubata wanted to create for children a small theatre inside the book.
At home, Kubatas desk was strewn with colored pencils, scissors, cardstock, and paper. He
incorporated whenever he could, cellophane and aluminum foil into the illustrations, and any
other element that would accent the reality of the diorama he was creating. He once entertained in

his studio a famous author who came to see how his pop-ups were made. According to the visitor,
Kubata seemed to have everything worked out in his head and knew how the pop-up would
finally turn out even before he began the design process. The visitor did not realize that each
and every one of [Kubatas] books demanded an extensive knowledge of descriptive geometry.
Kubata admitted, however, to hating math but loving geometry because it made perfect sense.
Although his pop-ups were minutely calculated to give the greatest sense of perspective, he knew
full well that as far as the dimensional imagination is concerned, children take it as incidental.
According to Opus VK (see Appendix), a pamphlet that attempted to list all of Kubatas
works, Christopher Columbus () was the first pop-up book in what was later to be called the
Panascopic Model Series, a possible reference to the model and stand-up books from the earlier
English Bookano series by S. Louis Giraud. Primarily based on the Klementinum (#) format of
, each folio-sized book had a heavy cardboard triptych cover with an illustrated story stapled
in the center. The back covers unfolded to reveal double page pop-ups standing as high as thirteen
inches. Bancroft, in , packaged twelve (#, ) of the books using the Panascopic format.
Through his pop-up creations, Kubatas fantasy world becomes real to the reader. At a time
before there was a television in every home and before video games such as GameBoy and Sega,
Kubatas pop-ups provided children with the opportunity to interact with their own imaginations
by opening up the three-dimensional images of Columbus caravels sailing the roiling Atlantic
(#), medieval knights jousting in front of a castle (#), monkeys swinging gaily on swaying
palm trees in a far-off jungle (#), or a farm with free-standing movable animals. Several of the
pop-ups, especially those with holiday-related Christmas or Easter themes, were also published
without text and were intended to be used as table decorations (#, , , ).
Kubatas witty illustrations reflected his Weltanschauung and his compassion for humanity and
nature. The endpapers of Noahs Ark-, showed Noah explaining to the animals the fate that
was going to befall them: the faces of each anthropomorphized animal, appropriately, expresses
horror, sadness, or shock. Similarly, Lothar Meggendorfers (-), International Circus-,
also individualized the characters in the audiences of the dioramas.

At Artia, Vojtech Kubata published more illustrated and pop-up books than one would think
humanly possible. The sheer number of titles he designed continues to confound contemporary
paper engineers. Today, a single pop-up book, from concept to publication, can require up to two
years to completion. According to Opus VK, Kubata illustrated and paper engineered over ninety
books between -, and collectors and scholars are still discovering titles that were not
recorded. His use of embellishments on numbers, corners, head- and tale-pieces, and decorated
margins, like those in Arabian Nights (#), attest to his prodigious creative powers.
Besides designing the elaborate Panascopic Model Series, Kubata illustrated the fairy tale pop-ups
using a deceptively simpler format. The books, beginning with The Flying Trunk (#), employed a
theater-type setting. With linen spines at the top, text parallel to the spine, and colored-cord bindings,
the cardstock was folded again and again to create the pages. True to his over-the-top style, most
of the initial books in the fairy tale series had movable elements in the cover itself. His use of the
slanted cut extended the three-dimensional elements beyond the border of the page.
Not satisfied with the three-dimensions alone, Kubata often added a pull-tab, or, in rare cases, a
wheel. The additions were not gratuitous or merely decorative. The overall effect of the cuts,
folds, and additional movable elements created the illusion of a small theatre.
Kubata said his books were created in stages: ) inspiration for the artistic solution of an idea;
) pencil sketches; ) calculations for the pop-up; ) mock up of the actual size book. The entire
process could take as long as three months to complete. If one takes into consideration the great
number of books he paper engineered and illustrated, a major part of his genius was keeping track

of all the different projects. With the humility for which he was well known, Kubata acknowledged
the skill and dexterity demonstrated by the women who assembled his books. To watch them
work is like watching a concert! he was quoted as saying. An interviewer in lamented,
unfortunately in our country [Czechoslovakia], these [pop-up] books were never seen by our
children.

Exporting Kubata
Until the late s, Kubatas work was rarely seen outside of Eastern Europe. Leopold Schliesser
has been credited with introducing Kubatas work to the West. Schliesser was a Jewish banker
from Prague who had fled the Nazis in , and became the owner of Bancroft & Company, a
London firm. It is not known whether Schliesser first became acquainted with Kubatas books in
his native Prague while searching for cheap exports for his firm. In any case, he had a good eye
for quality at a bargain price and as the owner of Bancroft, Inc., he negotiated with Artia to
import the titles under the new imprint, Westminster Books.
Other importers also acquired rights to Kubatas books, especially the eight titles in the fairy tale
series. Joseph Lefebvre of Brussels and Marie-Louis Neirinck of Antwerp modestly contributed to
the distribution of Kubatas books in Europe where they sold for the equivalent of $. US. These
pioneer pop-up publishers soon discovered the difficulties of dealing with state-run companies behind
the Iron Curtain. The Communist knew little of contracts, had layers of bureaucracy, and
required cumbersome proofs of solvency. Nonetheless, the obstacles were eventually overcome,
and thousands of copies of the books were imported. Lefebvre contracted with a supplier of
small Belgian grocery stores to give away Kubatas books as premiums with purchases.
Most Americans were unaware that many of their favorite cartoon films were illustrated and animated
in Czechoslovakia. In the s, William L. Snyders Rembrandt Films capitalized on Czech animated
film talent by producing cartoons such as Madeline, Popeye, and Tom and Jerry, in Prague. Unlike the
Europeans, he had a more positive experience working with the Communists. To ply his trade
behind the Iron Curtain, all he needed to do, he said, was offer Western cash and all doors
were opened. It was just business, hard currency for low-cost, high-quality labor. The Iron
Curtain, he added, was always more porous than it seemed.
In , the Artia Foreign Trade Corporation exported nine Kubata titles in the Farsi language to
Iran. Kubatas panoramic books [were] protected by a Czech patent. Using the Panascopic format
but without text, and for the first time combining photographs and illustration, Kubata designed
a pop-up book celebrating Mecca (#), its pilgrims, and surrounding areas. His books were
widely distributed in the most remote corners of the world. For instance, Japanese teachers used
How Columbus Discovered America- [Christopher Columbus] (#), the Panascopic Model book, as
an educational tool to teach children the history of the United States. By , Kubata was
credited with over three hundred titles published on every continent. His books were translated
into thirty-seven languages and over million copies were sold. The worldwide sales filled Artias
coffers with hard currency, allowing it to finance lesser-known authors and illustrators. Yet in a
monograph, The Czech Book and the World, which celebrated twenty years of Artia publishing,
Kubatas was not mentioned even once.

Financial success buffered Vojtech Kubata and his family from the daily privations experienced by
most individuals living under Communist regimes. He lived by the Vltava River in Smichov, a
fashionable area of Prague, from until his death. The five-story apartment house (#) can
be seen in several of his childrens book illustrations and maps of Prague. He had money, for
example, to spend in the high-priced shops that sold Western goods and he often indulged his
family with his favorite Western products: Heinz Ketchup and Kelloggs Corn Flakes.

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In the early s, the American entrepreneur, Waldo Hunt, discovered Kubatas pop-up books at
a European book fair. As the owner of a print/brokerage company, Graphics International, he
sought to distribute the unique and inexpensive books in the United States. He approached
Bancroft with an order for over one million copies. The companys excited production manager,
Michael Thomas, immediately went to Prague to work out the details. Wending his way up the
chain of command, bureaucrat by bureaucrat, the Communist-run Artia finally responded that it
could not increase production so dramatically because it did not fit into the Five Year Plan.
Hunt had no choice but to have his company produce its own line of movable books and was,
therefore, responsible for renewing Americas interest in pop-up and movable books. Hunts new
company, Intervisual Books, was the innovative leader in the field for three decades. Unfortunately,
Kubata died before knowning the pivotal role his uniquely paper engineered and illustrated books
played in the worldwide resurgence of pop-ups and movable books.

Walt
Disney Productions

Vojtech Kubata frequently expressed interest in working with Walt Disney, and eventually got
the opportunity in the s when he was asked to paper engineer and illustrate several Disney
pop-ups for movie tie-ins. He was not permitted to put his name on the five books in the Disney
movie series: Bambi (#); The Jungle Book; Mickey Mouse, Movie Star (#); The Aristocats (#); and,
Dalmatians; and he was obliged to illustrate the titles in the Disney style. However, in
Dalmatians and The Aristocats, he was given artistic license to create his unique style of complicated
movables and internal pull-tabs. All of the versions were manufactured solely by Artia, including
the design, illustration, printing, binding and finishing. Kubata, always self-confident and now a
very dependable source of profit for Artia, believed that had he lived in the Western world, he
would have been another Walt Disney. The Disney books were published in many languages. Joseph
Lefebvre of Belgium applied to the European Disney group for approval and received permission
to publish The Aristocats and Dalmatians in Dutch, Italian, German, Danish, and Flemish.
Publishers and distributors in other countries used the same approach.

Nativities
Among the more collectible and rare of
Kubatas pop-ups are the nativity tableaux. It
is estimated that he made fifteen to seventeen
nativities including table decorations, greeting
cards, and crches, some with stories in the
Panascopic Model Series format. In spite of the
Communists edicts prohibiting public displays
of religious icons, the state-run publishing houses
sold quantities of the crches to its citizens.
Both Artia and Orbis published the nativity
scenes. Today, there is a society in the Czech
Republic solely devoted to collecting these
remarkable paper structures. On a visit to the
Montreal Expo in with an artists group,
Kubata saw a Bohemian nineteenth-century
wooden crche, The Bethlehem of Trebechovice (#),
with individually carved figures and
movable parts. He translated the crche into a
pop-up made of his trademark cardstock.

Much later he made another favorite crche of glossy, light cardstock. Pulling briskly from both
ends caused the card to make a snapping sound. The opened greeting card, packaged also with
two free-standing figures, could then stand by itself.

Athought he was not an overtly religious man, Vojtech Kubata depicted Christian images and
tableaux with dignity and respect. His mangers, drawn in the biblical motif, are surrounded with
Moors on camels and Middle Eastern families paying homage to the Christ child, and are sometimes
set in the center of the Old Town of Prague. Nineteenth-century horse-drawn carriages bring
celebrants to bear witness to the birth of the Savior while camels bedecked in Arabian ornaments
approach from another direction. The juxtapositions do not seem jarring. Kubatas intensely colored
and uniform palette and depiction of the universality of peoples expressions, give the entire
tableaux a calm, reverent aura. While Kubatas other pop-ups project a boisterous spirit, his
crches evoke a quiet candle-lit niche in a magnificent church.

Technology
Kubata had a great love and respect for children and never patronized them in his works. He gave
each child something age-appropriate in order to engage them in the story: bright, bold anthropomorphic images for the very young, hidden details for the older ones to search for, and pop-ups
to encourage the active participation of everyone. One of his gifts as an illustrator was the ability
to distill a complex series of actions into a coherent and easily understood cohesive whole. In
illustrations relating to manufacturing and industry, Kubata combined his technological knowledge
with an eye for detail that made the most intricate procedures understandable. Some of the best
examples of this talent may be seen in the two-volume series, I Know Why (Uz Vm Proc, Albatros , ) (#). Whether illustrating the process for making chocolate or how sound is produced,
Kubatas simple line drawings instructed all levels of readers. In Behind the Scenes of the City (Zkulis
Velkomesta, Albatros -), he remarkably clarified the intricacies of the transportation and sewer
systems, and even the workings of a cardiac defibrillator. He patterned the book on the How and
Why series by Grosset & Dunlap, -. Privately, Kubata joked that the Russians took credit
for all the great discoveries and inventions.

Back cover, end paper, and front

cover from #, Volume

Mature Works
In the s, Kubata came up with the idea
for the Tip + Top + Tap series (#, , ,
, ), about two adventurous pre-adolescent boys and their dog. He wanted to create
real characters reflecting twentieth-century
children and events and, taking into account
worldwide sales, he needed character names
that were accessible in any language. Many of
the highly original titles were reflective of
Kubatas own personality: his joie de vivre,
The Quadrifoliacs. (Left to right) Kubata, Jan Hird Pokorny,
sense of humor, love of the outdoors,
Cudla (Rudolph) nger, and Robert Jecn.
curiosity about nature, and a solid grounding
in technology. Perhaps Top, the less
adventurous and clearly porcine boy, was based on nger, one of the Quadrifoliacs, described as
overweight and decidedly sedentary. The format of the Tip + Top + Tap books is similar to the
fairy tale series with the text parallel to the spine, but are square and larger in size. Technical
subjects are intelligently approached, as in Tip + Top Build a Motorcar (#). Drawings, equations,
and tools are illustrated in detail as the two scamps try to build a boxcar, an activity with which
most boys of the day could relate. At the back of each book is a puzzle or game to further
sharpen the mind and grab the interest of the readers.

Artia did not have sole rights to Kubatas prodigious output. Throughout his career, he worked
with several publishers, including the Slovak publisher, Mlad lt. Titles published by Mlad lt
often featured die-cut holes. For instance, Clocks (Hodinky - ) (#) had a die-cut through the
entire book that revealed a clock with movable hands on the end board. By moving the hands,
children could match the time of day with the activity Kubata depicted on each page. The book
was recently reprinted in . The Grasshopper and the Ants (Svrcek a mravce -) (#), based on the
Aesop fable, anticipated the next page by showing a glimpse of it through a die-cut hole. As in
many of Kubatas books, music is featured as a sub-text with the grasshopper playing the violin
while the ants struggle with their work.

Besides illustrating the classic tales, in the s Vojtech Kubata also wrote several stories of his
own. In many cases, his authorship went unacknowledged. Michael Dawson, an authority on
Kubata, calls the books the White Series (#, ) because of their white linen bindings and white
covers. The books are really primers for young children with each of the six spreads on a single
topic, such as music, counting, and carnival events. Many publishers around the world often
reprinted them with glazed boards and different cover art.

In the s, Kubata began an extensive collaboration with Helena and Eduard koda, including
the I Know Why (#) series. These prolific writers found many additional projects for him to
illustrate, among them, books and technical magazines for teenage boys. Kubata even reprinted in
a counting series (#) from the s in which the original texts were adapted and rewritten
by the kodas. The series consists of twelve small pop-up booklets in a slipcase and are meant to
help small children learn to count. Animals singing and playing various instruments are featured
throughout the texts.The original counting books are among the most highly prized and sought
after in the Kubata oeuvre.
Kubata continued to use his architectural skills by transforming an old synagogue into a cultural
center. He restored it by preserving its distinctive elements. In the early s, he purchased a vacation
cottage (#) near the town of Dobr, where the synagogue was situated. He renovated the original structure several times. Finally in , he completely rebuilt it, designing a fireplace decorated

with boldly colored glass and built-in

and free-standing furniture. In a
studio and a bedroom were added to
the existing structure. He loved to
tend the cottages Alpine garden but,
in the latter part of his life, spent less
and less time there due to difficulties
with his wife.

At Home and Abroad

Domestic
life was very important to

Vojtech Kubata and because of his

close family ties, he did not flee
Czechoslovakia as Jan Pokorny did in
. His lack of foreign language
skills at that time was also a factor in
keeping him from seeking exile
abroad. The Prague Spring came to
an end in with the Soviet inva#
sion of Czechoslovakia and as daily
life became more restrictive, Kubata
sent his daughter, Dagmar, to live in Canada. He continued turning out a plethora of illustrated
and movable products for his publishers, but took the time to also design and make for his three
Canadian grandchildren pop-up greeting cards for birthdays, Christmas, Easter, and other special
occasions (#, , ). When Dagmar and her children visited Prague, he prepared brightly
illustrated posters greeting the family with ahoj! hello! in Czech (#). The posters usually
pictured him, along with his wife Helena, and his surrogate son, Roman, anxiously awaiting their
guests arrival. Kubata had previously given his surname to Roman, who was the son of his
daughter Helena. Kubata spoiled the child, lavishing on him unfettered love and gifts. After
Dagmar left for Canada, she observed that Roman filled the void.
He kept in touch with Dagmar in Canada, almost on a weekly basis, with personal letters (#)
that minutely detailed the vagaries of the publishing business and his ideas for new products.
Kubata often created works of art in response to very private personal matters. For example, on the
occasion of his seventieth birthday, his wife Helena gave him a gravesite as a gift. Kubata riposted
with a colored pen and ink drawing of her as a shrew (#) a character pervasive in his
illustrations looking out from her doorway at a motley mob of devils, gnomes, Krampus,
wizards, snarling dogs, and other well-known Kubata figures. And yet, typical of the optimistic
and loving person he was, he lightened the mood of the picture with gift-bearing urchins and, above
it all, his trademark smiling moon and radiating star.
Kubata was a curious and inveterate traveler and found time to vacation with his family in France,
Italy, Croatia, and Czechoslovakia. While traveling with his sketchpad, watercolors, and colored
pens and pencils, he drew and painted numerous private images, including botanicals, street scenes,
and portraits. One of the highlights of his many adventures was a trip to Frjus, France, in
August , where he sought the energy, colors, [and] atmosphere of the bullfights. At the
arena, he heard that Pablo Picasso (#) was in attendance, and, with Dagmar in tow, he marched
over to the world-famous artist and handed him a sketchbook. Picasso immediately drew the head
of a large bull, signed it and returned it to Kubata. He loved Picassos work, calling him an
artist whose artistic ability had no restrictions. [He] was not restricted by the line. The Picasso
sketch held a venerated place among Kubatas personal possessions.

Legacy

Jir Tibitanzl observed that: nobody

will ever
be able to count all the books Vojtech Kubata
created. . . In fact, a complete list of
Kubatas oeuvre does not exist. Kubata, along
with Helena and Eduard koda, made an
attempt to compile an inventory in with
Opus VK, a thirty-page pamphlet with black
and white line drawings of, undoubtedly, some
of the artists favorite illustrations. The earliest
citation is to a compendium of poetry by a
Czech group entitled, Havran, (Almanach bsnick
skupiny Havran), published in and edited by
F. Rebec, for which Kubata designed the dust
jacket and illustrations.
The sheer variety and number of ephemeral
paper objects Kubata designed and illustrated,
including candy boxes, candy-carrying advent
calendars (#), souvenir cards of Prague and
Czechoslovakia, pop-up wedding cards, and
troves of items collectors undoubtedly have yet
to discover, is astonishing. He even made
#
holiday candy holders that pop-up using a
rubber-band mechanism. He worked in all
areas of the book arts, including the design of vignettes, logos, posters, exlibris, colophons, greeting cards, book jackets, letterheads, advertising materials, stamps, pencil and pencil holders, and,
of course, hundreds of illustrated and pop-up books. The last entry in the Opus VK was another
koda collaboration dated , in which children were to cut out parts of a map and then put it
back together.
Although not widely celebrated during his lifetime, Kubata was not completely unknown either.
The great Czech national artist, Cyril Bouda (-), recognized his talent and ranked him
among the artists he admired most. In , Kubatas Old Prague lithographs were exhibited in
the salon of Vtvarn dlo; in , The House of Czechoslovak Children in Prague Castle gave
homage to his World Fairy Tales; another exhibit in featured his Mozart
works My Mozart at

Villa Bertramka in Prague. In , a major exhibition held in Vodnany, Czechoslovakia, explored

the history of Aventinum and the collaboration of Kubata and Dr. torch-Marien. Kubatas art
as also been exhibited in the Biennales in Bologna, Frankfurt, Moscow, and Prague. Today, some
of his original art is part of the permanent collection the Prague National Museum, the Smetanovo
Museum, and the Czech Museum of Music. Recently, the exhibition: Pop up: die dreidimensionalen
Bcher des Vojtech Kubata was mounted in Berlin, at the Sammlung industrielle Gestaltung and in
Leipzig at the Museum fr Druckkunst (Museum for Print art).

Despite having
worked behind the Iron Curtain with little opportunity to share ideas around the
world, Vojtech Kubata still made a great impact on contemporary paper engineers. For example,
Robert Sabuda, the well known contemporary illustrator and pop-up artist, remembered receiving
his first Kubata pop-up book when he was ten years old, It was Cinderella and I couldnt believe
that a pop-up could have such beautiful artwork. My whole notion of what a pop-up book could
be changed forever that day. David A. Carter also appreciated Kubatas link to the past. He
was not only the paper engineer, illustrator and author but also [oversaw] the manufacturing. . . .
a huge undertaking. Chuck Murphy, another pioneer in the pop-up revival, called Kubata

probably one of the most inventive and assured artists to ever create childrens pop-up books.
He continued:
I am always impressed with the economy of his design. He never over-engineered . . . and had
a way of integrating his very bold linear illustration style with delightful mechanical devises
so that the visual illusion seemed far more elaborate than they actually were. I have learned
quite a lot about the marriage of images and mechanisms by studying Kubatas work.
Sharing the fate of most childrens illustrators and paper engineers, Kubata never became a
household name. He died in Dobr, Czechoslovakia, on July , (#). Pablo Picasso said,
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Kubata had
no such problem. A friend observed that Vojt was a big child himself and that is why he
understood them so well.

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END NOTES

Tibitanzl, Jir, Pohdkov Kouzelnk (Magical Fairytales), Signl Magazine, September , translated
by Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan.

Jan Hird Pokorny, AIA, interview by author, New York, NY, September .

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid

History of Czech Puppetry, Czech UNIMA (International Puppeteers Union) Centre,

http://www.divadlo.cz/unima/engl/_index.htm, ( September ).

Hrlimann, Bettina, Three Centuries of Childrens Books in Europe, (Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing, ),
.

Skodova, Alena, Vlasta Burian, The King of Comedians, died years ago,
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/, Radio CZ, ( September, ).

kodov, Helena; koda, Eduard, Vojtech Kubata, Dr. Otakar torch-Marien and Aventinum (Vojtech Kubata Grafick Prce
Pro Aventinum - Dr. Otakara torcha-Mariena), Vydalo Mestski Museum Galerie, April-July,
, Vodnany, Czechoslovakia, based on koda exhibition notes, translated by Dagmar Kubatov
Vrkljan
(March, ), adapted by Michael Dawson (March, ).

Csar, Jaroslav, PhDr, The Book Profession in the Czech Lands after the Second World War,
www.sckn.cz/ckt/historie.php?lang=en, ( September .)

Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan, interview by author, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, - April .

kodov, Helena; koda, Eduard.

Ibid.
Hrlimann, Bettina, .
Ibid.
Ibid.
kodov,
Helena; koda, Eduard.

Csar, Jaroslav.
Ibid.

Jan Hird Pokorny, September .

Jan Hird Pokorny, January .

Dagmar Kubatov
Vrkljan, interviews by author, October and August .

Tibitanzl, Jir.

Prague Symphony # in D Major (K.), Nashua (NH) Chamber Orchestra website,

http://www.newww.com/org/nco/mozartsymphony.htm, ( September )

Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan, - April .

kodov, Helena; koda, Eduard.

Dagmar Kubatov
Vrkljan, interview with author, annotated notes of August .

Tibitanzl, Jir.

Jan Hird Pokorny,

September .

Krl, Zdenek, Magical World Made of Paper (Kouzelnzsvet y papru ), Ahoj na sobotu, June .

Ibid.

Tibitanzl, Jir.

From the Panascopic Model Books sales sheets: These beautifully colored stand-up books have eight
large pagers of original story and a unique -fold board cover with stand-up picture model in full color.
Each of these
models also has animation. x [inches] pages

Tibitanzl, Jir.

Krl, Zdenek.

Dawson, Michael, Childrens pop-ups, movables and novelty books: A short history for collectors
Part II, Movable Stationery, , No.. December : .

de Geest, Franois. Jos. Lefebvre: Flemish Publisher of Pop-up Books with Artia and Carvajal, Movable
Stationery, , No. ; August : .

Ibid.

Nessel, Jen, Made in Prague, Bound for the U.S. The New York Times, August , A-.

Drozd, Miroslav, Work for the Joy of Millions of Children, Just For You from Czechoslovakia (trade export
magazine), September, , -.

Krl, Zdenek.

Bohatcov, Mirjam,The Czech Book and the World, Translated by J. Moss-Kohoutov, (Prague: Artia in
cooperation with the General Management of the Printing Industry, .)

Dawson, Michael.

Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan, October and August .

de Geest, Franois.

Ibid.

Stanton, Jeffrey, Czechoslovakia Pavilion, , http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/expo/map-docs/Czech.htm,

( September ).

Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan, - April .

Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan, August .

Jan Hird Pokorny, January .

Dagmar Kubatov
Vrkljan, August .

Tibitanzl, Jir.

Kubata, Vojtech, Opus VK, nd .

Drozd, Miroslav.

kodov, Helena; koda, Eduard.

Sabuda, Robert, interview with the author, September .

Carter, David A., email to the author, July .

Murphy, Chuck, email to the author, July .

Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan, October .

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 MOVABLE BOOKS
THE FAIRY TALE
OF VOJTECH KUBATA
By Gerry Bohning

ith her eyes shut, the beautiful princess kissed the frog. Then, with the pull of a
paper tab, the frog vanishes and in its place stands a handsome prince. What joy
filled her heart! And, best of all, with just the tug of the tab, the frog turns
into a prince again and again to charm and delight the princess and the reader. Vojtech Kubata, a
Czech illustrator and paper animator of childrens movable picture books, has given new life to the
classic fairy tale the Frog Prince.

Movable picture books are often called pop-ups and have moving parts that are set in motion by
turning pages and manipulating paper tabs, levers, and wheels. Although Vojtech Kubata (-)
illustrated and animated numerous movable picture books, it is especially through his work with
the classic tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen that he makes a noteworthy
contribution to the field of childrens literature.

Fairy Tales
With his creative illustrations and paper folding wizardry, Kubata turned the classic fairy tales
into movable picture books that are joyous artistic tableaux with marvels of life-like movements. Lift
the red curtain and Prince Charming and Cinderella (#) enter the ballroom. Prince Charmings
messenger will repeatedly place the glass slipper on Cinderellas dainty foot. Guests at the royal
wedding feast wave their arms as they offer congratulatory toasts.
With a background in architecture, graphic design, puppet theater, and product advertising,
Kubata began designing, illustrating, and animating fairy tale movable picture books in the s and
continued for nearly two decades. Perhaps the experience of being a father prompted Kubata to
illustrate and animate fairy tales for the education and enjoyment of his two young daughters (#).
Fairy tales come from our tradition of oral literature and their value and appeal for children are
clear. They offer universal truths, expose foibles, and dictate that truth and goodness be rewarded
while deception and greed be chastised. Thus, the tales help children gain simple notions of right
and wrong, fairness, and injustice.
What distinguishes Kubatas fairy tale movable picture books as a noteworthy contribution to the
field of childrens literature? His books are set apart by four features ingenuity of design, artistic imagination, humor, and unity of effect. Taken together, the features reflect a standard of
excellence seldom equaled or surpassed.

Ingenuity of Design
Each page a stage. Kubata designed his fairy tale movable books with the spine at the top margin and
each double-page spread is intended to unfold and be held open as an L right angle display. The

spatial effect is that each page becomes a stunning theater-like stage with layered background
scenery. The fairy tale movable books have either six or eight pages and are about the same size,
. x . cm. The tales are retold to fit the format; the text is always presented in two columns at
the lower half of the stage and is enclosed in a red book-like frame.
Each theater-like stage reveals three-dimensional scenery. There are stage sets of city streets, country
sides, palaces, forests, ballrooms, and even oceans. Open the Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep and
the stage is grandmothers table under the big round mirror. Turn another page, the stage is a fireplace;
slide the clock pendulum and up the chimney go the porcelain Shepherdess and Chimney-Sweep.
Then enjoy the rooftop stage with the two little figurines; it is a view overlooking the city of
Prague. The stage on each page sequences the fairy tale so each episode stands out distinctly.
Animations. Kubatas paper animations are puppet-like figures that are designed to perform on a
stage set with movements that are very close to reality. Tabs, levers, and wheels move the figures on
the stage. Kubatas early fairy tale books have a movable tab as part of the front cover Cinderellas
dress changes from rags to satin, the dogs guarding the Tinder Box move their extraordinarily huge
eyes, Little Red Riding Hood peeks out from behind a tree. The moving visuals captivate reader
attention, offer the excitement of active participation, and invite repeated use.
The Brave Tin Soldier watches the beautiful ballerina perform on a paper stage that has a threedimensional pink castle with towers and turrets. Kubata is the grand choreographer of a pull-tab
that moves the ballerina to dance up and down and from side to side, all on one leg. The Tin
Soldier watches the ballet as long as the reader cares to push and pull the tab. The paper animations
bring the fairy tale to life on the stage and in the mind of the reader, give a degree of concreteness
to accompany the fairy tale, and help develop a sense of story plot and sequence.
Paper magic. The ultimate ingenuity of design is that all the paper marvels, everything the stage
set, scenery, puppet-like figures, props fold flat and disappear as the pages and book are closed.
And, even more exciting, each page comes instantly to life again as the book is opened and the
pages turned. It is Kubata magic, just like the fairy tales themselves.

Artistic Imagination
Color. Kubatas imaginative use of color offers unexpected delights. A colorful array of golden
glows surrounds the Good Fairy and the Sungod in the Three Golden Hairs. Appealing colors convey
and integrate the concepts of the tale. Kubata creates colorful tableaux in the Seven Ravens (#).
Daisy finds her seven brothers after getting directions from the Golden Sun, Moon King, and
Evening Star. Moonbeams slide down toward the earth; starry splinters dazzle and shimmer from
the glass mountains. Pull a tab and the ravens become handsome young men, Daisys brothers.
Bold and expressively beautiful, the colors give both warmth and coolness to the tale. Equally well
done is the remarkable use of color to emphasize details. The flowers growing outside Daisys
window bloom with a deep red hue and water from the broken pitcher shimmers on the earthtoned cobblestones. Children inevitably derive limitless satisfaction and pleasure from Kubatas
colorful and detailed illustrations of these well-known fairy tales.
Sensory impressions. Kubata fills his fairy tale books with sensory impressions mosaic tiles on
palace walls and floors, beautiful flowers growing in abundance in palace gardens, magnificent
jewels in heavy chests, and exquisite porcelain figures on grandmothers table. It is easy to imagine
that we are invited guests at the tables laden with delicious cheeses, chilled wines, and every kind
of fruit. The splendor of a sultans entire city is illuminated with bursts of rockets, Catherine
wheels, and Roman candles as the Flying Trunk soars up into the night sky. For the reader, the
result is tremendous eye appeal and a personal friendship with the book.

(#)

Humor
Kubatas movable picture books take a new look at the old fairy tales. He brings smiles and giggles with funny situations, playful surprises, and comic details. Smiles and giggles are an important
ingredient for childrens healthy emotional growth. Children who laugh at the Brave Little Tailor
swatting at the flies with his kerchief are developing healthy reactions. When the King and Queen
ask the merchants son from the Flying Trunk (#) to tell them a story, they set a rule: But let it
make us laugh. Kubata follows the rule and makes us laugh.
Funny situations. Kubata elaborates funny situations with clever moving visuals. In the Runaways and
the Robbers, Rufus the cock, Gruff the dog, and Mog the cat are precariously balanced, one atop the
other, on Bray the donkey (#, ). The stacked animals amuse children, but the situation
becomes hilarious when the robbers see only a tall, scary figure. The robbers scatter their cards
and take to their heels, all set in motion with a slide tab. The robbers life-like running and puffing
movements add immeasurably to the fun. The simple pull-tab will keep the robbers running and
running and running; each comic movement contributes to the amusing situation.
Surprises. Surprises add playfulness to the fairy tales and have universal appeal. Kubata selected his
surprise actions carefully to match the tale. For example, push down the canary and instantly a
conjuror, with a long funny tongue, leaps out of a snuffbox to surprise both the Brave Tin Soldier
and the reader. In the Wolf and the Seven Little Goats (#), the clock pendulum moves with a pull-tab
and pell-mell, out from behind the clock, runs a smiling Little Goat, right into the hugging arms
of Mother Goat.
Comic details. Comic details add to the overall pleasure of the fairy tales. The Brave Little Tailor,
impeccably dressed in his best green coat and matching top hat, and with his fragile glasses perched on

his nose, sets out to defeat the giants and win the hand of the princess. The incongruity of his
fighting uniform amuses children. Each dwarf in Snow White has a number on his floppy cap to
designate Dwarf , Dwarf , and so on. The supper stage display has Dwarf playing a concertina
and doing a stomping jig with Dwarf ; the others sing, clap, and cheer. Dwarf , however, calmly
ignores all the high spirits and diligently concentrates on eating his soup. Food is clearly his priority!
The details make for visual fun.

Unity of Effect
Keeping all the parts harmoniously related story, design, stage set, sensory impressions, animations,
illustrations, humor, everything is the unity of effect. All of Kubatas choices of art and
movement contribute to the total effect of a synchronous whole; the result is a movable picture
book of excellence.
The Fisherman and His Wife (#) is a visual astonishment of what Kubata achieves with unity of
effect. On the last stage set, against a darkening sky, the wind fills the tattered sail as the fishermans
tiny three-dimensional boat rocks up and down on the white-capped waves. The frightened fisherman
tells the magic fish that his wife wants to be like the sun. The magic fish leaps from the water in
golden splendor, scales reflecting the remaining sunlight before the full force of the storm arrives,
and says: Just go home, shes sitting back in her shack. Close the page and, yes, the illustration
on the back cover shows the fishermans wife doing laundry by hand in a wash tub! Unity of effect
gives the Kubata fairy tale movable books a unique place in the field of literature for children.

The Legacy

One of Vojtech Kubatas lasting legacies to the field of childrens literature is his work with movable
picture books and the classic fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm (#, , , ) and Hans
Christian Andersen (#). His work is distinguished by ingenuity of design, artistic imagination,
humor, and unity of effect. He invites us to a kingdom far, far away beyond the forest where the

princess and the prince (alias the frog) are riding inside a three-dimensional royal coach and where,
unnoticed except by Kubata and the reader, the court jester hitches a ride on the back and smiles
mischievously. Kubatas movable books inevitably enhance the tale and forever enchant the reader.

____________________________
NOTES
THE BROTHERS GRIMM (Jacob and Wilhelm)
Websites
Brothers Grimm, biographical.
http://Scandinavian.wisc.edu/hca/glossary/grimm.html
Tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~wbarker/fairies/grimm/
Selected tales from the Brothers Grimm:
(Brave little tailor) Das tapfere schneiderlein. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach (Aventinum, Prag), .
Cinderella. Bancroft & Co. (Artia, Prague), London, .
(Fisherman and his wife) Von dem Fischer und seiner Frau. Carlsen Verlag, Artia, Prag, .
(Frog prince) Der Froschknig. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach (Artia, Prague), .
Red Riding Hood. Bancroft & Co. (Artia, Prague), London, .
Runaways and the robbers. Bancroft & Co. (Artia, Prague), London, .
Seven ravens. Bancroft & Co. (An Artia Production), London, ?.
(Three golden hairs) Les trios cheveus dor. Editions del Duca Paris Mondiales, Artia, Prague, .
(Wolf and the seven little goats) Der Wolf and die sieben Geisslein. Carlsen Verlag, Artia, Prag, .
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Websites
Hans Christian Andersen, fairy tales and stories, a list of his tales.
http://hca.gilead.org.il/
Hans Christian Andersen , celebration of the bicentenary of his birth.
http://www.hca.com/HCA/caprint/
Selected tales from Hans Christian Andersen:
Brave tin soldier. Murrays Childrens Books (Artia, Prague), London, .
Flying trunk. Bancroft & Co. (An Artia Production), London, ?.
Shepherdess and the chimney-sweep. Artia, Prague, .
Tinder box. Bancroft & Co. (An Artia Production), London, ?.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY/WEBLIOGRAPHY
Selected References

Dawson, John Michael, The collectible childrens curiosities of Vojtech Kubata, Biblio, :-, January
.
Gubig, Thomas and Kopcke, Sebastian, (Pop up: the three dimensional books of Vojtech Kubata) Pop up: die dreidimensionalen Bcher des Vojtech Kubata. Berlin, Published by authors, .
Huck, Charlotte S., et al, Childrens literature in the elementary school. New York, McGraw-Hill, .
McGhee, Paul E., Humor and childrens development. New York, Haworth Press, .

Selected Childrens Literature Websites

Worth of fairy tales.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/sft/sft.htm
Defining the fairy tale.
http://www.northern.edu/hastingsw/ftdefine.htm
Childrens literature and humor.
http://education.umn.edu/ceed/publications.earlyreport/fall.htm

. (Left to right):
VK, Dagmar, Helena,
and Helena.

. (Left to right): VK, Dagmar, and friend.

. (Left to right): Dagmar and VK.

.VK.

. VK photo by Nick B. Vrkljan.

MY FATHER, MY BEST
FRIEND
Reminiscences of Vojtech Kubata:
A Daughters Perspective
by Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

hen I was a child, my fathers studio was our familys living room. He worked at a large
wooden desk (#) that had two sets of drawers on each side. Behind his desk, my
sister and I had our play area. With our father working so close by, he was always
available to answer any of our questions or to settle our disputes. He was an extremely patient
man. I remember a time when a visitor came for an appointment with our dad. At the end of the
appointment, the visitor pointed at my sister and me playing on the floor and asked, That noise . . .
it does not bother you? My father responded emphatically with a question: What noise?

As my sister and I grew older, the play area gradually disappeared. It was replaced by a comfortable
green chair that sat directly across from my fathers desk. I remember sitting in the chair and staring at
the abundance of papers, scissors, rulers, protractors, paints (#), and brushes that seemed to
forever cover the top of that enormous wooden desk. In the green chair, I would often sit and talk
to my dad while he continued with his work. The topics of our discussion were vast and varied.
My father was a wonderful conversationalist. We discussed fashion, travel, politics, art, literature,
religion, and even hockey. He read several daily newspapers, weekly magazines, and rarely missed
the evening news broadcast on television. He took great pride in being well informed.
In , I left Czechoslovakia for Canada. After I moved, I missed that green chair and I missed
my best friend, my father. Fortunately, he was a prolific letter writer (#). Through this method
of correspondence my conversations with him continued long after my departure from Prague.
A frequent topic of his correspondence was the world of publishing. My father described how the
business of publishing changed after the Communists severed Czechoslovakias ties with Western
Europe in February, . Prior to the Communist takeover, my father reported that his graphic
designs and illustrations were in high demand. He recounted how thirty to forty publishers sought
his designs. However, with the Communists iron grasp came radical changes at every level of society.
When all the publishing houses in Czechoslovakia were closed or nationalized by the Communist
regime, my father was forced to find a way to continue his artistic journey. Under the regime, his first
assignment came from Pragues Chamber of Commerce. He was required to produce designs that
would be utilized to promote Czechoslovakian products abroad. Although his graphic designs included
a long list of mundane products such as sewing machines (#, ), porcelain, Pilsner beer (#),
light bulbs (#), or radios (#), it did not stifle his ingenuity or creativity. My father decided to
make these advertising flyers come to life by making them three-dimensional and moveable.
In , ARTIA (# [detail]) (i.e., the state owned and operated trade company) decided to
resume work on my fathers folding nativity sets (i.e., crches) (#, , , ). The work on
this product had stopped following the Communist takeover and subsequent nationalization of

the printing industry. It was the beginning of what was to be a long and prolific collaboration
between my father and the ARTIA publishing house. Through his business relationship with
ARTIA, he was permitted to do what he desired most: he was allowed to illustrate childrens fairy
tales. In particular, he wanted to convey these stories in a way that made them come to life to the
reader. My father often used the term small puppet theatre to describe his illustrations. Children
all over the world commonly refer to them as pop-ups.
By the monetary standards of the era, my father was well paid. He worked almost exclusively for
ARTIA and had a unique relationship with the general manager who was a political appointee of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party. With demand for his books growing exponentially, the
publisher exported his books to the West and in turn earned millions in Western currency.
Hundreds of women worked in two Czechoslovakian factories hand assembling the intricately
engineering and illustrated pop-ups. As my father often stated, these women had jobs thanks to
the many children who purchased his books. Although the books were available in almost every
corner of the world, they were not permitted in his homeland of Czechoslovakia. When my father
questioned this decision, he was told that these kinds of books were meant only for capitalist children
and would serve to corrupt the taste of socialist children. Although it saddened and angered him, he
realized that fighting the iron grasp of Communism would be in vain. He told me many times
that his only solace was that he knew there were children in the world who were able to enjoy his
illustrations. These thoughts helped to sustain his motivation to continue his work.
Although the Communist government in Czechoslovakia bestowed numerous awards on ARTIA
and its employees, my fathers name was omitted in the th commemorative publication that
celebrated the companys most prominent illustrators. (His name was, however, included in its th
anniversary book). In reading over his letters from that time, I realize how he was manipulated and
forced to accept authors fees that were substandard to what he might have earned had he lived in
Western Europe. My father accepted these fees because he loved his country and he loved his
work. He wrote to me about how the company had declared an open competition for new artists
of pop-up books. A few artists submitted their portfolios. In his letter to me, my father mentioned
the names of Trnka, Luke and eda. The books these artists produced were offered to different
distributors. However, their books did not sell and stayed in warehouses for many years. Conversely,
the books illustrated by my father continued to sell millions of copies and were available in seventeen
different languages around the world.
My father never belonged to the Union of Czechoslovak Creative Artists. Most who belonged to
the union were also members of the Communist Party. He told me how he was required to submit
his portfolio to the group for their inspection. If he passed the inspection, he would be permitted
to join the union. However, the jury commented that his art was kitsch, meaning that his work
appealed only to capitalist tastes. He often stated that he was proud that he was not accepted, and,
as a result, he never sold-out to the Communist regime. In retrospect, I now realize that his nonmembership status may have impacted his ability to form relationships with those who worked in
the arts. He only had one close relationship with a Czechoslovakian artist. His name was Cyril
Bouda (-). This great, world-renowned artist admired my fathers work. Bouda, like my
father, avoided dissonance. Dad later wrote to me how inspired he felt after spending a few hours
in the company of this great man. He enjoyed his visits with the tall handsome artist who worked
quietly at his house in the old part of Prague. They shared similar interests and passions, particularly
their collections of Old Master prints, porcelain figurines, antiques, gardening, and music. Unlike
Bouda, my father did not play a musical instrument. However, he was a patron of the performing
arts. He attended many concerts and operas in Prague and his passion for Mozartiana is well
documented. My father completed his first portrait of Mozart when he was only sixteen years of
age. His love for Mozart permeated his entire artistic life as reflected in his many illustrations of
Mozart & Prague (#, ).

My father also had an enormous respect and

love for nature. Having grown up in the outskirts of Prague, he reminisced about how he
played in the open fields as a young boy, ran
through the woods, and swam in the Vltava
River. While he was an architecture student, he
recounted tales of traveling on his bicycle with
his knapsack strapped to his back. He captured the beauty of Southern Bohemia during
this time in his sketchbooks (#, ). In his
youth, he also enjoyed the challenge of mountain climbing. He traveled through Eastern
Europe, including Yugoslavia (#), Bulgaria
and Turkey, and captured magnificent views of
those countries in his paintings of old monasteries, sultan palaces, surrounding landscapes,
and the local fauna (#, ). When he could
no longer travel, he enjoyed browsing the pages
of the latest National Geographic magazine. He
was captivated by Mother Nature and reveled
at her abundance of colors and the diversity of
her flora and fauna, both on land and under
the sea. In a letter to me, he once stated:

. . . let somebody prove to me that there is no higher being that there is no God . . . look
how Mother Nature has synchronized everything and everybody so everything has a purpose
on this Earth . . .
As one of his longtime friends told me during a recent visit, my father never wore religion on his
sleeve. He was raised to be respectful of God and other religions. His letters to me do not reveal
any particular religiosity. However, my cousin shared with me that during her visit with my father
in the hospital, he told her that he would quietly pray at night. He had only one true wish in life.
He wanted to live in harmony surrounded by his family. Unfortunately, the end of his life was
unlike the beginning. He died alone in a hospital for long-term care, not too far from his beloved
weekend home (#).
My father would often tell me how fortunate he was to earn a living by doing what he loved the
most: drawing pictures for children. His lifes ambition, he maintained, was to enrich the lives of
children. He loved to observe children as they opened his books for the first time and, watch as
their eyes filled with amazement: Dagmar, there is nothing more beautiful then a smile of a child
and the spark that it creates in their eyes. My fathers greatest accomplishment was knowing that
he was able to make children smile all over the world.
In November , I returned to my childhood home in Czechoslovakia. I walked into our living
room. My dads desk and the green chair were still there. However, the desktop that had once been
barely visible under his work was bare. The walls were stripped of his pictures and the art he had
collected over the years was gone. For a moment I lingered in the room, hoping that somehow my
father would magically reappear behind his desk, but the room remained quiet. I walked out of
the room, shutting the door behind me.

#3

EXHIBITION CHECKLIST

HE EXHIBITION CHECKLIST is arranged chronologically by earliest date. When known, the

information provided for each entry is presented in the following order: format, date and/or reprint
date, language(s) of the item, artist and/or author and other statements of responsibility; title, sub-title, and
statement of responsibility (as it appears on the item), edition statement, place of publication, publisher, date
of publication, pagination, illustration statement, size (height x width x depth), series title and number, and
notes. Except in the notes field, brackets [ ] are used to enclose additional information generally taken from
sources other than the actual item in hand.

[Sketchbook: : Czech]
Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]

Ncrtnk
Vojtech Kubata = [School workbook

Vojtech Kubata]
Praze: Hynek Votocek, []
sketch book ([] p.): ill. (some col.); cm.
[Cover title. Sketchbook with farm drawings in pencil (some
colored) by Kubata
when he was eight years old. Signed in ink

on cover: Vojtech Kubata]

Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Watercolor painting:
]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]
Ryt r = [Medieval knight]
Watercolors, paper; . cm.
[Signed: Kubata, ]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Watercolor painting:
?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Man and woman with radio]
Watercolors, paper; cm.
[Signed: KU [castle symbol]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Jewelry (pin): -]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Firebird]
Silver; cm.
[Silver pin. See also #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Drawing: -?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Magician?]
Pen, ink, watercolors, paper; . x cm.
[Signed: Kubata]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Watercolor painting:
-?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Czech country house at night]
Watercolors; paper; . x cm.
#

[Drawing for a class assignment circa . The class was directed

to visit areas in Czechoslovakia that were losing their identity.
The sketch is from the region where VKs family originated.
Signed in pencil: VKubata]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Cup: -?]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Monkey carrying a jug of wine?]
Praha: K. Kral; Kr. Vinohrady [Praha: Jemn Cn: -?]
Pewter; x x cm.
[Pewter cup one of a set of six designed by Kubata for Jan
Pokornys (one of VKs college classmates) parents anniversary]
Collection of Jan Hird Pokorny

[Mosaic (photograph):
-?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[St. Christopher]
Color photograph; . x cm.
[Color photograph of a mosaic by VK from the Hotel Sykovec
also designed by VK and college classmates Signed: VK [castle
symbol]]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Photomontage:
-?]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Satirical stage set and performance of Robert Jecn

directing four dancing Jan Pokornys]
Tempera, photographs, card stock; . x cm.

[Watercolor painting:
]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Self portrait at age ]
Watercolors, paper; . x cm.
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Painting: ]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Seamstress in window]
Oil on canvas; x cm. (framed: x cm.)
[Thought to be VKs mother, who was a seamstress and who
worked in her mothers fine clothing and lingerie shop in Vienna,
Austria. Signed: Kubata]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Sketchbook: -]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
- [sketchbook].
[Prague: The artist] -.
[] leaves: col. ill.; x cm.
[Spiral bound]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Tempera
on card stock with altered black and white photographs.

Jecn and Pokorny were college classmates of VK]

Collection of Jan Hird Pokorny

[Watercolor painting:
-?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Volkswagon beetle towing cloud with King and his court?]
Pen, ink, watercolors, paper: . x cm.

[Ceramic; ?]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Vojtech Kubatas sister, Jarmila, -]
Clay; glazed enamel; x x . cm.
[Glazed ceramic face of VKs sister, Jarmila]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Photograph: -?]
Kubata,
Vojtech, -
[Vojtech Kubata teaching at Rotter School of Graphic
Design, Prague]
Black and white photograph; x cm.

[Signed in ink: VKubata]

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech,
-
[Artist]

Co vyprvela Afrika detem = [Folk tales of Africa] /

[Ilustroval V. Kubata]
[Prague]: Nakladatel Dolezal, .
p. : ill. ; x . cm.
[Hard bound]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Watercolor painting:
-?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Still life with flowers]
Watercolors, paper; . x . cm. (framed: x cm.)

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Burian, Vlasta[Author]

Vesel vyprven detem = [Joyful stories for children] /

Vlasta Burian; [s ilustracemi
V. Kubaty].
[Prague]: Nakladatel Dolezal, .
, i.e. [] p. : ill.; x cm.

[Signed in pencil: VKubata]

Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Hard bound. Photographic portrait of Burian Frontispiece]

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Sovk,
Cenk, - [Author]

Jezek Pchcek mezi zvrtky = [Prickly Hedgehog

among the animals] / Napsal C. Sovk; nakreslil V. Kubata; vydal Y. Dolezal.

[Prague]: Dolezal, .
, i.e., [] p.: col. ill.; . x . cm.
[Paper bound with illustrated book jacket. Endpapers, chapter
borders, marginalia, and color illustrations by Kubata]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]
Bednr, Kamil [Translator]
Arabsk
pohdky z noci = [ Arabian nights] /
[Prelozil a upravil
Kamil Bednr; ilustroval V. Kubata]
[Prague]: Dolezal, .
, i.e., [] p.: col. ill.; . x cm.
[Hard bound. Endpapers, chapter borders, marginalia, and
illustrations by Kubata]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Photograph: ]
Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Photographer]
[Vojtech Kubata self-portrait in Arab dress]
Black and white photograph; x . cm.
[Three superimposed images of VK in Arab dress]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Portfolio: :
Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech,
- [Artist]

Wirth, Zdenek, - [Author]

torch-Marien, Otakar, -
[Publisher]
Valdtejnsk Palc v Praze: pet pu vodnch kolorovanch
grafik = [Waldenstein
five original col
Palace in Prague:
ored plates] / Zdenek Wirth; Vojtech Kubata.
[Prague: Aventinum], .
portfolio [ p., + col. mounted plates]; . x cm.

[Hard bound portfolio. Title page illustration also by V.

Kubata. Number of an edition of , signed by the
author and artist on p. []. Each print signed in pencil, V.
Kubata. . . . Kreby v textu a vignetu nakreslil Vojtech
Kubata. Exp. Ot. torch-Marien . . . Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Watercolor painting:
?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Goat with blue butterfly]
Pen, ink, watercolors, paper; x cm.
[Original illustration (not
used in the pop-up
versions) for the
a sedm loupeznku
following flat book: Zvrtka
= [The runaways and the robbers] / Cenk Sovk; Vojtech Kubata .
Praha: Nakl. Vysehrad, . v. (unpaged). Story based on
the Grimms fairytale: The Bremen town musicians (#) (see
also #)]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Lithograph: ?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Hus, Jan, c. -

[Jan Hus]: IV Bud. Nrode Posvecen v Bohu.

Neumrej: -
Lithograph; x . cm.
[Printed signature. Also signed in pencil: V. Kubata. Jan Hus,
c. -, th-century Czech religious reformer, was born in
Husinec [now is in the Czech Republic], and died July , ,
Konstanz, Germany]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Portfolio: :
Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech,
- [Artist]
Kalista, Zdenek, - [Author]
torch-Marien, Otakar, -
[Publisher]

Klementinum / [Text] Zdenek Kalista;

[kresby a pu vodn
litografie Vojtecha
Kubaty] Vojtech Kubata.
Prague: Aventinum, .
portfolio [ p. + col.mounted plates];
. x . cm.
[Hard bound portfolio. Title page illustration, portfolio covers, and end papers by V.
Kubata. Signed by the author and artist on
p. []. Each print signed in pencil, V.
Kubata. Aventinum, nakladatelstv Dra. Ot.
torch-Marien . . .]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Watercolor painting:
?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Rooster, cat, dog, sheep and man]
Pen, ink, watercolors, paper; x cm.
[Original illustration (not used in the pop-up

versions) for the

following flat book: Zvrtka
= [The runaways

and the
a sedm loupeznku

robbers] / Cenk Sovk; Vojtech Kubata .

Praha: Nakl. Vysehrad, . v. (unpaged).
Story based on the Grimms fairytale: The
Bremen town musicians (#). See also #]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Poster: : Czech]
Vojtech, - [Artist]

Kubata,

Sjezd Remesla:
Praha - . Rjna . . Rjna:

Prahou: USCSR: Ustredn Svaz

Manifestacn
Pru vod
Ceskoslovenskho Remesla: Prvn v Boji Prvn v Praci =
[Trade Convention, Prague October -: Parade
through Prague on October : Central Union of
Czechoslovak Trade: First in Battle, First in Labor]
[Prague: s.n.], .
poster: col. ill.; x cm.
[Impressa Bottom left corner]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Janouch, Jaroslav, - [Author]
Cid, ca. - [Author]

U Toledsk
brny : Romn pro mldezo bohatrskm

zivote Cida Campeadora = [At the Gates of Toledo,

Spain: a novel for young people about the heroic life of
El Cid] / Jaroslav Janouch [kresby, oblka, vprava, Vojte
ch Kubata]
. vydn = [nd ed.]
Praze: Vyehrad, .
, i.e., [] p.: ill. (some color); . x cm.

[Hard bound]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Book jacket: :
Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

MacDonald, Betty Bard [Author]
Havlk, L. [Translator]
Vejce a j = [The egg and I] / Betty MacDonald.
Praha: Vladimr Zike, .
, i.e., [] p.; x . cm.

[Birth announcement:
: Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, -
[Artist]

Helena, Helenka a Vojtech Kubatovi oznamuj ze se jim

narodila DAGMAR = [Helena, Helenka a Vojtech
Kubatovi announce the birth of DAGMAR]
[Prague: The artist, ]
birth announcement (card): ill.; x . cm.

[Paper bound. Book jacket designed by Kubata. Features black

and white photographic portrait of Claudette
Colbert (with red

lips) and Fred MacMurray. Prelozil z americkho originlu

The Egg and I. L. Havlk. . . . Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Poster: : Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Ministerstvo

vnitrnho obchodu: -: Disbribuce

slouz celemu nrodu = [Ministry of Domestic
Commerce, -: Distribution service to the entire
nation]
Praha: M. Schulz-Svoboda, []
poster: col. ill.; x cm.
[M. Schulz-Svoboda, Praha Lower right corner]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Novotn, Antonn, - [Author]
Star Praha: pru vodce po jejch krsch, pamtkch a
zkoutch = [Old Prague: a guide to its beautiful,
historical, and secluded places] / Ant. Novotn; S
kresbami a plnem V. Kubaty.

Praha: Vladimr Zike, .

, [i.e.,
]
p.:
ill.;
.
x
.
cm.

(
Z
ikeova
prazskho

palcku; )
[Hard bound in dust jacket. Dust jacket with Charles Bridge by
Kubata. Bienes Centers copy lacking map inserted in back
cover]
Collection of the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts

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[Lithograph (relief
plate); n.d.]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Prague street scene]
Copper gild; plastic; x cm.
[Souvenir copper gilded lithographic relief plate]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Watercolor painting:
-?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Development of cloth weaving methods]

Watercolor paints, ink, paper; . x cm.

[framed: x x . cm.]

[Two couples dancing surrounded by Sleeping Beauty and a blond

woman spinning yarn; a man weaving at a loom; and a modern
industrial complex with belching smoke stacks in background]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Milne, A.A., - (Alan Alexander) [Author]
Medvdek Pu = [Winnie the Pooh] / A.A. Milne.
vyd. = [nd ed.]
[Prague]: Vyehrad, .
, i.e., [] p.: ill.; . x cm.
[Hard bound. Z
originlu Winnie the Pooh a The
anglickch

House at Pooh
prelozila Hana Skoumalov. Ilustrace a oblku
nakreslil Vojtech Kubata. Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]

Svetl, Karolna, - [Author]

Zvoneckov
krlovna = [Queen of the bells] / Karolna

Svetl.
. vyd. = [nd ed.]

Praze: Nov osveta, .

, i.e., [] p.: col. ill.; x . cm.

[Hard bound in dust jacket. Dust jacket and illustrations by

Kubata]
Collection of the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]

Necas, Jaroslav [Author]

Valask
pohdky = [Wallachian
fairy tales] / Jaroslav

Necas; [ilustroval Vojtech Kubata]

[Praha]: Melantrich, .
, i.e., [] p.: ill. (some col.); x cm.
[Hard bound]
Collection of the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts

[Advertisement:
-?: French]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Dolonit [Company?]
Adoptez-les sans hsitation = [Use them without
hesitation].
[Prague]: Dolonit, [-?]
advertising card, [] p.; col. ill., [ double-page pop-up];
x cm.
[Die-cut of one lens (with clear cellophane) of a pair of sun-

glasses on front cover. Cover title. Dolonit. COK f

. Imprim en Tchcoslovaquie On page []
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Advertisement:
-?: English]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Tesla Electric Bulbs [Company]
Bright light during the day . . . bright light in the
evening ensured by the Tesla Electric Bulb.
Praha: Tesla, [-?]
advertising card, [] p.: col. ill. [ double-page pop-up];
x . cm.

[Die-cut window that opens onfront cover. Cover title.

Kovo, Praha, Czechoslovakia. COK . Made in
Czechoslovakia. Printed in Czechoslovakia p. []
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Greeting card: -?: Czech]

Kubata,
Vojtech, -
[Artist]

Brnensk Vstavite: pozdrav z Brna = [Brno Exhibition

Grounds: welcome to Brno]
[Prague?; s.n., -?]
card: col. ill., [ double-page pop-up]; . x cm.

[V. Kubata. Brnensk Vstavite. F]

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Advertisement:
-?: Spanish]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Lada [Sewing Machines] [Company]
Cuento del principe rico y de la muchacha diligente =
[The tale of the rich Prince and the diligent girl]
[Prague]: Lada, [-?]
[] p.: col. ill.; x .
cm.
[Cover title. Lada. COK p . Impreso en
Checoslovaquia p. []
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Poster: -?:
Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Jasn: Nzk Tatry = [Jasn: The Low Tatras]
[Prague?]: Orbis-, [-?]
poster: col. ill.; . x cm.
[Jasn is the name of a ski area located in Nzk Tatry [The Low
Tatras] mountains of what is now the Slovak Republic. See also
#a-d]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Greeting card (souvenir card): -?: Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech,
- [Artist]

Nrod Sobe!: Pozdrav z Prahy = [From the Nation to

the Nation: Greetings from Prague]
[Prague]: KLHU, [-?]
greeting card: col. ill., [ double-page pop-up]; x cm.
[V. Kubata: Nrodn divadlo. --O F On back of
card]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Advertisement:
-?: English]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Pilsner Beer [Company]
Pilsner Urquell: the beer which is popular all over
the world.
[Prague: s.n., -?]
[]
p.: col. ill. [one double-page pop-up]; . x cm.
[Cok /Ce-a-. Printed in Czechoslovakia p. []
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Poster: -?:
Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Praga: Aladin.
[Prague?: s.n., -?]
poster: col. ill.; x . cm.
[Poster advertising light bulbs. COK - Bottom left.
// A - DDR / Bottom right]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Advertisement:
-?: French]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Lada [Sewing Machines] [Company]
Que dois-je offrir ma bien-aime? La machine
coudre, Lada, pour laquelle soupirent toutes les femmes!
= [What should I give my darling? Lada, a sewing
machine that every woman dreams of owning!]
Praha: Kovo, [-?]
sheet: col. ill., [one pull-tab]; x cm.
[ f . Imprim en Tchcoslovaquie]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Poster: -?:
Slovak]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Turista-ochranca Prrody: nenivoc, nepokodzuje,

nepla = [The tourist: a protector of nature: does not
destroy, does not damage, and does not disturb]
[Prague?: s.n., -?]
poster: col. ill.; . x . cm.

[Neografia Turc. Sv. Martin Bottom left corner]

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Advertisement:
-?: English]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Tesla Electric Bulbs [Company]
What do we need to add to our contentment? A Tesla radio!
Praha: Tesla, [-?]
sheet:
col. ill., [one pull-tab]; x . cm.

[COK a . Printed in Czechoslovakia]

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Hons, Josef, - [Author]
O tratch a mostech = [Tracks and bridges] / Josef
Hons; ilustroval Vojtech Kubata.

Praha: Sttn nakladatelstv detsk knihy, .

, i.e., [] p.: chiefly col. ill.; . x . cm.

[Hard bound. Endpapers, chapter borders, and color illustrations

by Kubata]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

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[Postcard: :
Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, - [Composer]
Mikysa, Karel [Author]
Mozart v Praze = [Mozart in Prague] / Dr. Karel
Mikysa; [litografie V. Kubaty]
[Prague: KLHU, ?]
[] p. booklet + [] col. postcards + cover; x cm.
[Cover title. Scenes of Prague associated with Mozart. WAM
-: Mozart a Praha / Dr. Karel Mikysa Title on booklet]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book; shaped book: ?: Slovak]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Swift, Jonathan, - [Author]
ugar, V. [Designer]
Telgrsky,
J. [Compiler]

Mac, J. [Translator]
Gulliver v Liliputu = [Gulliver in Lilliput] / [J. Swift;

Nvrh inz. V. ugar; zpracoval dr. J. Telgrsky; prelozil

J. Mac; obrzky V. Kubata]
. vydni = [nd ed.]

Bratislava: Vytiskly Severoslovensk tlaciarne, [?]

[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x . cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Die-cut window with cellophane
on front cover]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Calendar (appointment): : English, French, German,

Spanish]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Artia [Company]
Artia: P.F., .
[Prague]: Artia, [?]
v. (unpaged): col. ill.; x cm.
[Spiral bound. Thumb indexed for the months of .
Cover title. Calendar for on back cover. Contains seven
pop-up and/or pull-tabs by Kubata]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book; shaped book: ?: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Defoe, Daniel, ?- [Author]

Robinson Crusoe / [Daniel Defoe; Vojtech Kubaa]

London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., ?
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; . x cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Designed and produced by Artia
. . ., p. [] Die-cut window with cellophane (lacking) on front
cover. Top edge and fore-edge in the shape of a parrot]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Book: ?: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, - [Composer]
Buchner, Alexandr [Author]
Mozart and Prague / by Alexander Buchner, Karel Koval,
Karel Mikysa, Antonn Cubr; translated
by Daphne
Rusbridge; jacket and binding by Vojtech Kubata.
Prague: Artia, [?]
, i.e., [] p.; [] p. of plates ( color plates, ports.,
facsims.); x . cm.
[Hard bound, with book jacket. Decorative pink and white
cloth binding by Kubata with silhouette of Mozart and Prague
street scene on front cover. Designed and produced by Artia,

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Prague. (A-). Printed in Czechoslovakia. verso of title page.
A view of Prague from Mozarts statue on the roof of the
House of Artists [by Kubata] Front of book jacket. A
view of Bertramka from the garden with Mozarts bust [by
Kubata] Back of book jacket]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Cut-out book (die-cut): (): Slovak]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]

Vojcek, A. [Designer]
Halamov, Maa [Translator]
Novk,
Jir Zdenek [Author]
Svrcek a mravce
= [The grasshopper and the ants] /
[Nvrh A. Vojcek; vere J.Z. Novk; prelozila M.
Halamov; ilustroval V. Kubata]
Bratislava: Vydali Mlad lt, c, .
[] p.: col. ill.; x cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. See through cut-outs on pp. , ,
and . J. Z. Novk ; Translation Maa Halamov
; Illustrations V. Kubata ]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: ?: Slovak]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]
Cajda, Ivan [Author]
Hj, J. [Designer]
Illnerov, R. [Translator]
Letme vesmrem = [Flying through the universe] / Ivan

Cajda; nvrh J. Hj; prelozila R. Illnerov; ilustroval V.
Kubata.

Bratislave: Vytiskly Tlaciarne SNP, [?]

[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups];
. x . cm.
[Paper bound; with die-cut cellophane (lacking) window on front
cover. Cover title]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Table display(pop-up): -?: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
[S.l.: s.n., -?]
[] p.: double-page color pop-up; . x . cm.
[Paper bound, in original manila mailing envelope. Made in
Czechoslovakia, p. [] of cover. Silent Night and , p. []
of cover]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Puzzle: -?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Hansel and Gretel block puzzle]
Paper, wood; . x x cm.
[Wood block puzzle ( blocks in illustrated box) that forms
four different scenes from Hansel and Gretel. See also #, ]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Watercolor painting:
-?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Novigrad.
Watercolor, paper; . x cm.
[Novigrad, a small town in Croatia on the
Adriatic coast of the former Yugoslavia where
VK frequently vacationed]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Table display(pop-up): -: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Polar flight]
[S.l.: s.n., -]
[] p.: col. ill. [ double-page pop-up];
x . cm.
[Paper bound. ; GT On front
cover. Maps of the Artic and Antarctic on
back cover]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Table display(pop-up): -?: Arabic]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Mecca]
[Prague]: Artia, [-?]
col. double-page pop-up; . x cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Six color
photographs of Mecca on back cover.
GT on front cover]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov
Vrkljan

[-/IV. Kcs ,]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Postcard: -?:
Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Praha Orloj = [Prague Old Town clock] / V. Kubata.
[Prague: s.n., -?]
postcard: col. ill., [turning wheel]; . x cm.

[Pop-up book: -: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Goldilocks and the three bears; The three little pigs.
Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,
[-]
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Paper bound. Cover titles. Printed in continuous strips,
glued, folded, and held together with two
rust colored strings. Spine bound with
brown cloth tape. Text parallel to spine.
Two titles bound back-to-back and
inverted. An Artia production. Printed
in Czechoslovakia. . Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Correspondence:
-?; Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist; author]
[Roman; Pani Zuzana; Jackie = Roman, Mrs. Zuzana
[Neff]; Jackie]
[Prague: The artist, -?]
sheet: col. ill.; x cm.

[Advertisement
(display card): -?: English]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Tip, Top: see you in our next book.
[London: Bancroft, -?]
advertisement: col. ill.; . x cm.
[Stand-up store display advertising Tip + Top books]
Collection of the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts

[Pop-up book: ?: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
The tournament.
Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,
[?]
, i.e., [] p.: b & w and col. ill., [ double-page pop-up];
. x . cm. (Panascopic Model Books, )
[Paper bound. Caption title]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: ?: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Carroll, Lewis, - [Author]
Alice in Wonderland.
Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publisher) Ltd.,
[?]
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Cover has an oval die-cut center
made of cellophane that gives the illusion of Alice falling down
the rabbits hole. An Artia production. Printed in
Czechoslovakia. , p. []
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
A Christmas tale.
Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., .
, i.e., [] p.: b & w, col. ill., [ double-page pop-up];
x . cm. (Panascopic Model Books; )

[Book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Sing a song of sixpence
and other nursery rhymes /

illustrated by Vojtech Kubata.

London: Paul Hamlyn, .
[] p.: col. ill.; x cm.

[Paper bound. Caption title. Artia Prague. S/.

Printed in Czechoslovakia, p. []
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Hard bound. copyright , Books for Pleasure Ltd. and

Artia. Printed in Czechoslovakia. T verso of title page]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

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[Pop-up book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
How Columbus discovered America.
Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,
.
, i.e., [] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-up]; . x cm.
(Panascopic Model Books; )
[Paper bound. Caption title. Artia, Prague. /.
Printed in Czechoslovakia Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

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[Pop-up book and original package with advertising label:
: English]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Moko and Koko in the jungle.
Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,
c.
, i.e., [] p.: b & w and col. ill. [ double-page pop-up];
x . cm. (Panascopic Model Books; )

[Paper bound, in original plastic package with advertisement: In

the jungle, unusual large -D pop-up scene in full color. Includes
two free-standing cut-outs of Moko and Koko. One of different styles. Published by Bancroft, London. Printed in
Czechoslovakia. on front and back of advertising label.
Includes separate advertising sheet: Panascopic Model Books,
listing the titles in the series: , Circus Life; , In the
Jungle; , An American Indian Camp; , On the Farm; ,
Ricky the Rabbit; , Christopher Columbus; , A Christmas
Crib; , Father Christmas; , Prelude to Christmas; ,
Noahs Ark; , Marco Polo; , The Castle Tournament]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

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[Pop-up book and original package with advertising label:
: English]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Perrault, Charles, - [Author]

Sleeping beauty / [Charles Perrault; Vojtech Kubata]

Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,
[]
[] p.: col. ill. [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.

[Paper bound, in original plastic package with advertisement:

Sleeping Beauty, animated pop-up story book. pages of -D
Figures move. Fun! Educational! Only . [cents] on front of
advertising label. ; Red Riding Hood; , Snow White;
Hansel and Gretel; Sleeping Beauty; Puss in Books;
Cinderella; Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and The
Three Little Pigs; Jack and the Bean Stalk, and Hop OMy
Thumb; The Tinder Box; The Flying Trunk; The
Runaways and the Robbers. Published by Bancroft, London.
Printed in Czechoslovakia on back of advertising package
label. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Printed in continuous strips, glued, folded, and held together with two light blue
strings. Spine bound with light blue (faded) cloth tape]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

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[Pop-up book (diorama book)]: : Slovak]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Rzusov-Martkov, Mria, - [Author]
Aladin a kouzeln lampa = [Aladdin and the magic
lamp] / M. Rzusov-Martkov; ilustroval V. Kubata.
Bratislave: Mlad lt, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ pop-ups]; x . cm.
[Hard bound. Includes four dioramas]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: ?: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
The day of the bison hunt.

Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers)

Ltd., [?]
, i.e., [] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-up]; x cm.
(Panascopic Model Books; )
[Paper bound. Caption title. An Artia production. Printed
in Czechoslovkia. , p. []
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Photograph: ?]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[My father, myself, and my friend, posing for a home
picture for Tip and Top series]
Color photograph; x . cm.
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: ?: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
The voyage of Marco Polo.
Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,

[?]
, i.e., [] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-up]; . x . cm.
(Panascopic Model Books; )
[Paper bound. Caption title. Cover title: Marco Polo. An
Artia production. . Printed in Czechoslovakia. Colophon]
Collectioni of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : German]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Andersen, H.C., - (Hans Christian) [Author]
Der fliegende Koffer = [The flying trunk]
Hamburg: Carlsen Verlag, []
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups];
. x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Printed in
continuous strips, glued, folded, and held together with two light
blue strings. Spine bound with gray cloth tape. /
Colophon. Tab-operated mechanical on front cover opens and
closes the flying trunk]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist; author]
Tip + Top build a motorcar / Designed by V.
Kubata.
Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers)
Ltd., c.
[] p.: col.ill., [ double-page pop-ups] . x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine.
Printed in continuous strips, glued, folded, and held
together with two light blue strings. Spine bound with
light blue cloth tape illustrated with auto parts.
Artia, Prague. Printed in Czechoslovakia. Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Three is a crowd.
London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. (Greencoat
House, Francis St.), .
[] p.: col. ill. [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
([Counting series])
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine.
Printed in continuous strips, glued, folded, and held
together with a yellow string This series includes:
There was one white daisy; Two is company; Three
is a crowd; Four wheels to carry us. Further titles in
perparation. by V. Kubata and Bancroft & Co.
(Publishers) Ltd. All rights reserved. Printed in
Czechoslovakia. Colophon. See also #]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : Danish]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Grimm, Jacob, -] [Author]
[Grimm, Wilhelm, -] [Author]
Hans og Grete = [Hansel and Gretel]

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[Copenhagen]: Forlaget Fremad, []
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; . x cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Printed in
continuous strips, glued, folded, and held together with a yellow
string. Artia, Prague. Printed in Czechoslovakia. .
Colophon. See also #, ]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist; author]
Tip + Top [+] Tap go flying.
London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. (Greencoat
House, Francis St.), c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups] . x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Printed in
continuous strips, glued, folded, and held together with two yellow strings. Spine bound with blue cloth tape illustrated with
clouds. by V. Kubata and Bancroft & Co. (Publishers)
Ltd., London. All rights reserved. . Printed in Czechoslovakia
Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Greeting card (souvenir card): ?: Czech]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]
Hradcany: pozdrav z Prahy = [Hradcany Castle: welcome
to Prague]

[Prague: s.n., ?]
sheet: col. ill., [one double-page pop-up]; x cm.

[V. Kubata: Hradcany. -/II F . Kcs ,]

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : Spanish]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Perrault, Charles, - [Author]
La bella durmiente = [Sleeping beauty]
London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. (Greencoat
House, Francis St.), c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Printed in
continuous strips, glued, folded, and held together with two light
pink strings. Spine bound with light green cloth tape.
by V. Kubata and Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Printed in Czechoslovakia. /SP/ Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : Spanish]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Grimm, Jacob, -] [Author]
[Grimm, Wilhelm, -] [Author]
El lobo y los siete cabritillos: cuento de dibujos animados en -dimensiones. = [The wolf and the seven little
goats: a tale of animated drawings in -D]
London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. (Greencoat
House, Francis Street), c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups];
. x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Printed in
continuous strips, glued, folded, and held together with two light
pink strings. Spine bound with red cloth tape. by V.
Kubata and Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. PU/ SP.
Printed in Czechoslovakia. Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Drawing: ]

Kubata, Vojtech, -
Picasso, Pablo, - [Artist]
[Sketch of a bulls head]
Paper, ink: x cm.
[Kubata and his daughter, Dagmar, and wife, Helena, attended a
bull fight in Frjus, France, on the August th, , where they
met Pablo Picasso who made this quick drawing on Kubatas

sketch pad. Includes three used tickets to the Plaza de Toros

de Frjus; a black and white photograph of Kubata holding the
Picasso drawing; a Biglietto dIngreso to the Repubblica
Italiana, dated Mag. ; and a periodical article with a picture
Picasso at the bull fight from LN (Literrn Noviny Tdenk
of
Ceskoslovenskch), rocnk XV, , zar , hal., ]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

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[The Bethlehem of Trebechovice represented on this picture

postcard is the result of more than years manual work with knife
and chisel of the peasant Josef Probot and two assistants . . . This
unique woodcarving from the end of the th century is ( m long,
m wide and , high). It is equipped with a mechanism of cogwheels; it is composed of buildings, trees,
biblical figures and
figure-portraits of handicraftsmen of the Trebechovice of those
times ( of which are movable). The work into which the builder
invested all of his art, skill and even his property, has by its merit
become one of the outstanding exhibits at the World Exposition of
Montreal . back of card]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Brno.
Praha: Merkur, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. /. //. D-*.
Colophon. Brno is the second-largest city of the Czech
Republic, in southern Moravia]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Greeting card: ?: Slovak, German, English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Probot, Josef [Artist]

Betlehem z Trebechovc= Die Krippe aus Trebechovice

= The Bethlehem of Trebechovice.
Bratislava, SFVU, [?]
col. double-page pop-up; x cm.

[Book: : German]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Hork, Jan [Author]
Stanovsk, Vladislav [Author]
Der Hirtenprinz: Die weisse und die schwarze Karoline
= [The Shepherd Prince: the white and black Karolines]
/ Text von J. Hork und V. Stanovsk; illustriert von V.

Kubata.
Prag: Artia, c.
[] p.: col. ill.; . x . cm. (Mrchen aus aller Welt)
[Hard bound. Includes decorative endpapers by Kubata.
Der Hirtenprinz: Mrchen aus aller Welt: Die weisse und die
schwarze Karoline. Title on cover. Artia, Prag.
Deutsch von I. Stockklauser. Printed in Czechoslovakia by
Polygrafia Prague. S Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : French]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Le loup et les deux petits cochons = [The wolf and the
two little pigs] / dessin par V. Kubata.
Paris: Les ditions Mondiales, .
[] p.: col. ill., double-page pop-ups]; x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Artia, Prague. Imprim en
Tchcoslovaquie. . Colophon. See also #]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : Japanese]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Grimm, Jacob, -] [Author]
[Grimm, Wilhelm, -] [Author]
[Buremen no ongakutai = Bremen town musicians]
Prague: Artia, .
[] p.: col. ill. [ double-page pop-ups];
. x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Printed in
continuous strips, glued, folded, and held together with blue
string on back cover. See also: # and #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: : German]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Grimm, Jacob, -] [Author]
[Grimm, Wilhelm, -] [Author]
Von dem Fischer und seiner Frau = [The fisherman and
his wife].

[Table display(pop-up): : Czech]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]

Prazsk betlm = [Prague nativity scene]

[Prague]: Orbis, .
color double-page pop-up; x . cm.
#
[Reinbek bei Hamburg]: Carlsen Verlag, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups];
. x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Panorama-Mrchen.
Bestellnummer Carlsen Verlag (). Artia, Prag. .
Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Nativity scene printed in color

on recto and verso. Includes
free-standing
pieces. Prazskbetlm. Orbis, . Illustrations

Vojtech Kubata. Cena ,-Kcs. SG V. enov Colophon]

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Cut-out book (die-cut): : Slovak]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Halamov, Maa [Author]
Hodinky = [Clocks] / [Maa Halamov; illustrations,

Vojtech Kubata
Vyd. = [th ed.]
Bratislava: Mlad lt, .
[] p.: col. ill.; . x cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Die-cut circle on pages [-] that
reveals a clock on p. [] with movable hands. This introduction
to telling time follows the activities of two children through the
day from getting up to the sound of the alarm to going to bed
by the light of the golden moon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Table display(pop-up): : German]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Prague = Praha = Prag = Praga.
Mnchen: Sdwest Verlag, c.
col. double-page pop-up; x cm.

[Paper bound. Cover title. Illustrations V. Kubata.

Artia, Prag. Sonderausgabe fr Sdwest Verlag GmbH &
Co., KG, Mnchen Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Stakov, Hana [Author]

Sedm havranu = [The seven ravens] / [Vojtech Kubata;

Vypravuje H. Stakov]
[Prague]: Artia, c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]
. x . cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Printed in
continuous strips, glued, folded, and held together with two
light
blue strings. Spine bound with white cloth tape.
Vojtech
Kubata Sedm havranu . Pohdka pro nejmeni ctenre. Vypravuje
H. Stakov. Vydalo jako svou . publikaci nakladatelstv
ARTIA v Praze roku . , AA (text ,, ilustrace ,), ,
VA. Nklad vtisku . H. Stakov ,
Illustrations
V. Kubata . --. /. Cena , - Kcs Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

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[Pop-up book: : French]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Sesame, ouvre-toi = [Open sesame] / [Dessin par V.
Kubata]
Paris: ditions Mondiales del Duca, c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x . cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Dessin
par V. Kubata. By Artia, Prague. Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Greeting card: -?: Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Mis[s]
Brend[a] [Vr]kljan, P[e]terboro . . . hodnezdrav a

test! = [Mis[s] Brend[a] [Vr]kljan, P[e]terboro . . . lots

of health and happiness]
[Prague: The artist, -?]
lift-the-flap greeting card; x . cm.
[VKs hand-made greeting card. Ice skating Snowman with
carrot nose delivering a gift box]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Magazine article:
-?: Czech]
Kubata,
Vojtech,
- [Artist]

Vancura,
Jir
[Author]

Lapcek, Jir [Photographer]

Prostor z papru
= [Paper engineering] / Jir Vancura;
foto Jir Lapcek.
[Prague?: s.n., -?]
[] p.: ill. (some col.); . x . cm.
[A magazine article that discusses Kubatas paper engineering
projects]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Correspondence:
: Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Author; Artist]
Ahoj Dagmar! = [Hi Dagmar!]
[Prague: The artist, ]
sheet ([] p.): ill.; x cm.
[Letter to Dagmar on the birth of her daughter, Patricia. In the
letter, which includes a small sketch of a newborn baby, VK gives
Dagmar instructions on how to put on a diaper]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
The poor boy and the cats / [Designed by V. Kubata].
St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada: Amenax Sales, c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page col. pop-ups] . x . cm.

[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Designed

by V. Kubata. by Artia, Prague. Made in Czechoslovakia.
Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : German]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Walt Disney Productions [Company]
Walt Disney: das Aufstellbuch von Micky Maus als
Filmstar = [Walt Disney pop-up book: Mickey Mouse,
movie star]
Stuttgart; Zrich: Delphin Verlag, c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine.
Walt Disney Productions. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Delphin
Verlag, Stuttgard und Zrich. Verlagsnummer Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : French]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Walt Disney Productions [Corporate author]
Bambi.
[Beligum?]: Editions LYS Kortrijk/Belgique, c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.

[Hard bound. Cover title. Walt Disney prsente un

album en relief. At head of title. Walt Disney
Productions On cover. Rf. . Imprim en
Tchcoslovaquie Colophon]

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: ; (): Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
tiplov, Ljuba [Author]

O nemytm drckovi = [The dragon who would

not wash] / Ilustrace Vojtch Kubata; vere Ljuba
tiplov.
. vydni. = [nd ed.]
Praze: Panorama, c, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups];
. x . cm.
#

[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine]

Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: ; (): French]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Walt Disney Productions [Corporate author]
Les aristochats: album en relief . . . = [The aristocats: a pop-up book . . .]
dition.
Courtrai, Belgique: ditions LYS, c, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Walt
Disney Productions prsente At head of title.
Walt Disney Productions. ditions LYS, Courtrai/Belgique.
dition, octobre dition, septembre . Rf.
. Imprim en Tchcoslovaquie Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Poster; ]
Kubata,
Vojtech,

- [Artist]
Devcata peknevs vtme: Napanee, R.R.#
[Canada]; ..: Praha , Vltavsk [Prague]=
[Girls we welcome you: Napanee, R.R.#
[Canada]; ..: Praha , Vltavsk [Prague]
Watercolors, paper; x . cm
[VK hand-made poster welcoming his daughter, Dagmar
and her daughter to Prague]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: ; (): Turkish]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Perrault, Charles, - [Author]
Kl Kedisi = [Cinderella] / [Illustrations by V.
Kubata].
n ed.
Prague: Artia, c, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine.
Illustrations by V. Kubata. Artia, Prague, . Second
edition . Printed in Czechoslovakia. ///-
Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : Czech]

Kubata,
Vojtech, - [Artist]

pacek, Josef [Author]

Mourek, kocic detektiv
the mouse

= [Mourek,
detective] / Josef pacek; Vojtech, Kubata.
l. vydn = [st ed.]
[Prague]: Orbis, c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Hard bound. Cover
title. Text parallel
to spine. . . .

Napsal Josef pacek. Ilustroval Vojtech Kubata . . .

Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
The little auto.
London: Murrays Sales and Service Co., c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Pop-ups
with moving figures On front cover. Illustrations by
V. Kubata. by Artia, Prague. Printed in Czechoslovakia.
Colophon. Treasure Hour. ALP . ISBN: .
Murrays Sales and Service Co., Cresta House -, Holloway
Road, London N DE On back cover]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

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[Magazine: -:
Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Pionrsk stezka: sports, turistika, tboren, dobrodruzstv

= [Pioneer path: sport, tourism, camping, adventure]
Prague: Mlad, -.
Various issues; . x cm.
[Czechoslovakian
pioneer youth magazine with frequent illustrations

by Vojtech Kubata. Rocnk , #; Rocnk IV, #, , , -, -]

Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Balcar, Lubomir [Author]
Pernkov chaloupka = [Hansel
and Gretel] / Vere,
Lubomir Balcar; ilustrace Vojtech Kubata]
. vyd. = [rd ed.]
Praha: Orbis, c, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Paper bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Printed in
continuous strips, glued, folded, and held together with two light
blue strings. Spine bound with white cloth tape.
Pernkov
chaloupka.
Vere Lubomir Balcar. Ilustrace Vojtech Kubata.
Odpovedn redaktorka L. Junkov. Vtvarn redaktor Jaroslav
Smutn. Vydal Orbis v Praze . Tisk Severografia Velk
enov.
--. Vydni . Nklad vtisku . /. Cena
Kcs , - Lubomr Balcar, Illustrations Vojtech
Kubata Colophon. See also #, ]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Photograph: ]
Kubata, Vojtech, -
[Ing. Arch. Vojtech Kubata during a TV interview, Oct.
, ]
Black and white photograph; x . cm.
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Greeting card: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf]
[Prague: The artist], .
col. pull-tab greeting card; . x . cm.
[VKs hand-made greeting card (Little Red Riding Hood and the
wolf) for Canadian granddaughters]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Fischerov, Daniela, - [Author]
O ptku ohnivku a lice ryce = [The
firebird and the
clever fox] / Daniela Fischerov; Vojtech Kubata.
. vyd. = [n ed.] Praha: Orbis, c.
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; . x . cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. See also #]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Lithograph: :
Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Sychrov, .
Paper; . x cm.
[Print of Kubatas country home in Sychrov, a small village outside
of Prague. Depicts VK in the garden and Mrs. Kubatov on porch.
See also #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: ; (): English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Animal band / [Illustrations by V. Kubata]
[London]: Brown Watson, c, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x . cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine.
Illustrations by V. Kubata. Artia, . Reprinted .
Printed in Czechoslovakia. ///- Colophon. PU
-. Brown Watson. ISBN: - On back cover]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

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[Shield (armor):
?]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Sir Vrkljan.
Paper, paint, sequins, string, plastic; x cm.
[Part of a knights costume Kubata made for his granddaughter
Brenda. Includes accompanying color photograph of Brenda
wearing the entire knights costume]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Book (leporello):
: Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
tplov, Ljuba [Author]

[Sailing on the Vltava River] /

Pluje lodka po Vltave=

Ljuba tplov, Vojtech Kubata.

. vydn. = [st ed.]
Praze: Orbis, .
sheet ([] p.): col. ill.; x . cm.
[Hard bound (unfolds in one continuous strip) Cover title. See
also #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: ; (): German]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Safari / [Illustrationen V. Kubata]
Bayreuth: Gondrom, c, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine.
Sonderausgabe fr Gondrom Verlag Bayreuth . Artia
Verlag, Prag. Illustrationen V. Kubata Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Watercolor painting:
]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Original watercolor for: Pluje lodka po Vltave =

Sailing on the Vltava River]

Watercolor; paper; x cm.
[Original watercolor for #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Watercolor painting:
: English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Lennox: [Ontario Hydro, Kingston, Ontario, ]
Watercolors, paper; . x . cm.
[Original watercolor with schematic die-cut drawing overlayed.
Dummy (mock-up) of a pop-up advertisement card for Lennox,
Ontario Hydro, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, employer of VKs
son-in-law. Ad was never made]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

#a

#c

#b
#d

# Vol.

# Vol.

[Greeting card (dummy) (souvenir card): : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Lennox: [Ontario Hydro, Kingston, Ontario, ]
[Ontario, Canada: The artist, ]
col. double-page pop-up (paper, watercolor, ink);
x . cm.
[Dummy (mock-up) of an advertisement card for the Canadian
Lennox power plant]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Book: -:
Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
kodov, H. (Helena) [Author]
koda,
Eduard

[Author]
Uz vm proc= [I know why] / Helena a Eduard kodovi;
ilustroval Vojtech Kubata.
Praha: Albatros, -.
v. (, p.) : col. ill.; . x . cm.
[Hard bound. Includes illustrated endpapers by Kubata]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

#a

[Greeting card (souvenir card): : Slovak]

Kubata, Vojtech, -
[Artist]
Jasn: Nzk Tatry CSSR.
[Bratislava; s.n.], .
greeting card ([] p.); col. ill.; x . cm.
[-: Nzk Tatry, Jasn on cover. Jasn is the name
of a ski area located in Nzk Tatry [The Low Tatras] mountains
of what is now the Slovak Republic. See also #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

#b
[Advertisement:
n.d.: Slovak]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Jasn: Nzk Tatry.
[Prague: s.n., n.d.]
sticker; col. ill.; x . cm.
[Logo on self-adhesive sticker designed by Kubata for the Jasn
ski area located in Nzk Tatry [The Low Tatras] mountains of
what is now the Slovak Republic. See also #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Watercolor painting:
-?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Head of a falcon]
Watercolor; paper; . x cm.
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Packaging; calendar:
-?: English; Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, -
[Artist]
Milk chocolate = Mlcn cokolda.
[Prague?: Tuzex, -?]
package (with empty chocolate candy tray and attached
display); x . cm.
#

#c
[Advertisement:
n.d.; Slovak]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Jasn: Nzk Tatry.
[Prague: s.n.,n.d.]
stamp; x . cm.
[Logo on stamp designed by Kubata for the Jasn ski area located in Nzk Tatry [The Low Tatras] mountains of what is now
the Slovak Republic. See also #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

#d

[Postcard: ?:
Slovak; Russian; German, English]
Kubata,
Vojtech,
- [Artist]

Blazek, J. [Photographer]
Nzk Tatry = [Russian text] = Niedere Tatra = The
Low Tatras.
[Bratislava: Press Foto], ?
color postcard; . x . cm.
[Postcard with logo designed by Kubata with four photographs
of the Jasn ski area located in Nzk Tatry [The Low Tatras]
mountains of what is now the Slovak Republic. See also #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

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[Advent calendar featuring a movable snowman with a carrot nose

bearing gifts. Below are punch-out numbers (the days of
December leading up to Christmas) in random order revealing a
plastic tray (empty) originally holding pieces of milk chocolate
candy. Sold only in Friendship shops for tourists and people with
foreign currency. The tradition of the Advent calendar arose in
Germany in the mid-s. They were used by children to mark
the days of December leading up to Christmas. By the early th
century, calendars were printed commercially and consisted of a
large card, decorated with a Christmas scene, incorporating little
doors, one for each day of December up to Christmas Eve.
Children would open that days door to discover another Christmas
picture (or piece of candy)]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Tvrdkov, Michaela [Author]
Gissing, Vera [Translator]
Folk tales and legends / Retold by Michaela Tvrdkov;

translated by Vera Gissing; illustrations by Vojtech

Kubata.
London: Octopus, .
, i.e., [] p.: col. ill.; . x cm.
[Hard bound. This edition by Artia, . ISBN:
. Printed in Czechoslovakia. ///- Verso
of title page. See also #]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Postcard: -;
Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Czechoslovakian
winter holiday scenes] / Kresba

Vojtech Kubata.
Praha: Panorama, [-]
color postcards [traveled]; . x . cm.
[Published in Prague by Panorama and CSTK Press Foto]
Collection of the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts

[Pop-up book: (): Arabic]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Perrault, Charles, - [Author]
[Besbes, Al-Quitt al-theki = Puss in boots] /
Illustrations by V. Kubata.
ed.
[Algeria: Al-Muassasa al-watanyah lilkitab], .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups]; x cm.
[Hard bound. Text in Arabic. Cover title. Text parallel to
spine. by Artia, Prague. Second edition, .
////. Printed in Czechoslovakia. Colophon]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Watercolor painting:
?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Golem]
Watercolor; paper; x . cm.
[Illustration for Folk tales and legends. See item #, ]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Watercolor painting:
?]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Beowulf]
Watercolor; paper; x . cm.
[Illustration for Folk tales and legends. See item, #, ]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Greeting card: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Ahoj Philipe! = [Hi Philip!]
[Prague: The artist, ]
col. double-page pop-up; x cm.
[Hand-made greeting card for VKs grandson, Philip (image of
Benji, the dog, and Capn Crunch cereal box)]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Table display(pop-up): : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Radostn Vnoce a stastn Nov Rok = [Merry
Christmas, Happy New Year]
Praha: [s.n.], c.
[] p.: col. ill., [one double-page pop-up]; x cm.
[Nativity
scene on the Charles bridge. . . . ?j. //TK.

Vojtech Kubata, Praha, ]

Collection of Ellen G.K Rubin

[Book: : German]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Tvrdkov, Michaela [Author]
Sagen aus aller Welt = [Folk tales and legends]
/ Erzhlt
von Michaela Tvrdkov; Illustrationen von Vojtech Kubata.
Erlangen: Verlag Karl Mller, c.
, i.e., [] p.: col. ill.; . x cm.
[Hard bound. See also #]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Watercolor painting:
]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Shrew and friends]
Watercolor, paper; . x . (Framed: x cm)
[Sychrov; . X, , [signed] V. Kubata on top left He
painted this picture the day his wife gave him a gravesite for his
th birthday. See also #]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Greeting card: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Vesel velikonoce, = [Happy Easter, ]
[Prague: The artist], .
col. pop-up; . x . x cm.

[VKs hand-made family greeting card (pink rabbit holding an

Easter basket with colored eggs). His daughter, Dagmar, was
instructed to fill the basket with candy for her children]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Watercolor paint
set: ?]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Watercolor paints]
Tin; x . x cm.

[Watercolor painting:
]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

[Still life: floral arrangement in mug]
Watercolors, ink, paper; x . cm.

[Two watercolor paint sets used by Kubata with handkerchief

used to clean brushes]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Signed: V. Kubata. Peterborough, [Ont.]: ..]

Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Greeting card: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
[Knight on horse carrying a bag of candy and a flag:
dated ..]
[Prague: The artist], .
col. greeting card; x cm.
[Vks hand-made birthday card for his Canadian grandson,
Philip]

Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Greeting card: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Ahoj!!! Brenda! = [Hi!!! Brenda!]

[Prague: The artist, ]

col. double-page pop-up; x cm.
[VKs hand-made pop-up greeting card (Native American scene
with teepee) for his Canadian granddaughter]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Greeting card: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Ahoj!!! Philip! = [Hi!!! Philip!]
[Prague: The artist, ]
col. double-page pop-up; x cm.
[VKs hand-made pop-up greeting card (Native American scene
with totem pole) for his Canadian grandson]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Pop-up book: : English]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist; author]
All at sea [Tip + Top] / [Illustrations by V. Kubata]
st ed.
England: Brown Watson, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page pop-ups];
. x . cm. (An all-action pop-up picture storybook;
[AAP])
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine.
Illustrations by V. Kubata. Artia, Prague . First edition,
. Printed in Czechoslovakia. ////- Colophon.
All-action pop-up picture storybooks. Collect all the titles in
this exciting series . . . Down on the farm; Day at the zoo; Up in
the air; Moon rocket; All at sea. AAP-. Brown Watson, England.
ISBN X On back cover]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: ; (): German]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist; author]
Reise zum Mond [Tip + Top] = [Tip + Top and the
moon rocket] / [Illustrationen von V. Kubata]
[Germany]: Gondrom, c, .
[] p.: col. ill., [ double-page-pop-ups]; . x . cm.
([An all-action pop-up picture storybook])
[Hard bound. Cover title. Text parallel to spine. Mit
beweglichen Bildern On front cover. Sonderausgabe fr
den Gondrom Verlag Bindlach . Illustrationen von V.
Kubata. Artia, Prag . ///- Colophon.
Mit den Bildern in diesem Buch kann man spielen. In dieser Reihe
liegen vor: Im Zoo; Reise zum Mond; Schiffe; Flugzeuge; Auf dem
Bauernhof. Gondrom. ISBN On back cover]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Invitation: :
Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Ze zsuvek V[ojtecha] Kubaty
. . . , - = [From the

chest of drawers of V[ojtecha] Kubaty . . . , -]

[Prague]: Louny, .
invitation ([] p.); ill.; x cm.
[Okresn
knihovna K. Konrda v Lounech,
zve Vs a Vae

prtele na vstavu,
Ze zsuvek Vojtech Kubaty . . . Vernisz

vstavy je . rjna v hodin, po n nsleduje beseda s

autorem = The K. Konrads District Library in Louny invites
you and your friends to the exhibition From the chest of drawers
of Vojtech Kubata. The opening is on October , , at a.m.
and will be followed by a conversation with the author. p. []
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Greeting card (souvenir card): ?: English, etc.]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Kubata, Roman [Maker]
Praha: Prague: Old Jewish Cemetary = Prag: Alter
Jdischer Friedhof = Prague: vieux cimetare juif =
Praga: viejo cementerio judio / Illustrations V. Kubata.
[Prauge: s.n., ?]
greeting card: col. ill., [ double-page pop-up]; . x cm.
[ R. Kubata GPS. Contact: Prague , Vltavsk ,
Czechoslovakia, [tel] /, /]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Greeting card: ?: English, etc]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Kubata, Roman [Maker]
[Ricky
the Rabbit Easter display card] / Illustrations:
Vojtech Kubata; Roman Kubata.

Praha: Gamon Studio, ?

greeting card: col. ill., [ double-page pop-up]; . x cm.
[Greeting card + envelope + instructions (English, German,

French, Italian, Czech, Slovak). Illustrations: Vojtech Kubata.

Made in Gamon Studio, Roman Kubata, P.O. Box ,
Praha , Czech Republic]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

#
#

[Table display(pop-up): ?: Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]
Kubata,
Roman [Maker]
Vnocn Betlm =
[Bethlehem Christmas] /
Illustrations, Vojtech Kubata; Roman Kubata.
Praha: Gamon Roman Kubata, [?]
table display: col. ill., [ pop-up]; x cm.

[Table display + instructions sheet. Illustrations: Vojtech

Kubata. Vydalo nakladatelstv a vydavatelstv. Gamon Roman
Kubata, P.O. Box , Praha , Czech Republic. Tel./Fax:
() ]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Pop-up book: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist; author]
kodov, H. (Helena) [Author]
koda, Eduard [Author]

[Counting Series] Byla jednou jedna . . . Dvanct mescu

= [There was one daisy . . . The twelve months]
/ Text,

Helena a Eduard kodovi; illustrations, Vojtech Kubata.

Prague: Aventinum, . ([Counting series])
v.; col. ill.; x cm.

[Paper bound in slip case.
, Byla
CONTENTS:
jednou jedna;
, DVA kamardi; , Tri
prn;
,
Ctyr
kola; , Pet malch

prastek;

, est zpevcku ; , Sedm trpaslku ; , Osm tnu ; ,

Devet kuzelek; , Deset medvdku ; , Jedenct proti jedencti;
, Dvanct mescu . See also #]
Collection of Ellen G.K. Rubin

[Death notice: : Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, -
Ing. Vojtech Kubata.
[Prague], Helena Kubatov, .
leaf; x cm.
[Death notice prepared by VKs wife, Helena]
Collection of Dagmar Kubatov Vrkljan

[Advertisement
(souvenir card): ?: Czech]
Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Kubata,
Roman [Maker]
CSL: Praha = Prag = Prague = Praga / For Czech
Airports Administration.
[Prague]: Gamon Studio, ?
advertisement: col. ill.; [one double-page pop-up];
. x . cm.
[For Czech Airports Administration, made by Gamon studio,
Vltavsk , Praha , Czech Republic]
Collection of Ellen G.K.Rubin

[Map: ?: Czech]

Kubata, Vojtech, - [Artist]

Praha.
[Prague: s.n., ?]
sheet; col. ill.; x cm.
Collection of Ellen G.K.Rubin

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CHECKLIST INDEX OF AUTHORS, ARTISTS, AND

CORPORATE AUTHORS
A

Andersen, H.C. (Hans Christian), #

Artia [Company], #

Mac, J., #
MacDonald, Betty Bard, #
MacMurray, Fred, #
Marien, Otakar torch, SEE: torch-Marien, Otakar
Mikysa, Karel, #
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander), #
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, #,

B
Balcar, Lubomir, #
Bednr,
Kamil, #

Blazek, J., #d
Buchner, Alexandr, #
Burian, Vlasta, #

C
Cajda, Ivan, #
Carroll, Lewis, #
Cid, #

Colbert,
Claudette, #
Cubr, Antonn, #

D
Defoe, Daniel, #
Dolonit [Company], #

E
El Cid, SEE: Cid

F
Fischerov, Daniela, #

G
Gissing, Vera, #
Grimm, Jacob, #, , ,
Grimm, Wilhelm, #, , ,

H
Hj, J., #
Halamov, Maa, #,
Havlk, L., #
Hons, Josef, #
Hork, Jan, #
Hus, Jan, #

I
Illnerov, R., #

J
Janouch, Jaroslav, #

Kalista, Zdene k, #
Kubata, Roman,
#, , ,
Kubata, Vojtech, #-

N
Necas, Jaroslav, #
Novk, Jir Zdenek, #
Novotn, Antonn, #

Perrault, Charles, #, , ,
Picasso, Pablo, #
Pilsner Beer [Company], #
Probot, Josef, #

R
Rzusov-Martkov, Mria, #
Rusbridge, Daphne, #

koda, Eduard, #,
kodov, H. (Helena), #,
kodovi, Eduard, SEE: Skoda, Eduard
kodovi, Helena,
SEE: kodov, H. (Helena)

Sovk,
Cenek, #
pacek, Josef, #
Stanovsk, Vladislav, #
Stakov, Hana, #
tiplov, Ljuba, #,
torch-Marien, Otakar, #,
ugar,
V., #
Svetl, Karolna, #
Swift, Jonathan, #

T
Telgrsky, J., #
Tesla Electric Bulbs [Company], #,
Tvrdkov, Michaela, #,

Vancura,
Jir, #

Vojcek, A., #

Walt Disney Productions, #, ,

Wirth, Zdenek, #

Lada [Sewing
Machines] [Company], #,
Lapcek, Jir, #

CHECKLIST INDEX OF TITLES

A
Adoptez-les sans hsitation, #
Ahoj!!! Brenda!, #
Ahoj Dagmar!, #
Ahoj!!! Philip!, #
Ahoj Philipe!, #
[Aladdin and the magic lamp], #
Aladin, #
Aladin a kouzeln lampa, #
Alice in Wonderland, #
An all-action pop-up picture storybook, #,
All at sea [Tip + Top], #
Animal band, #
Arabsk pohdky z noci, #
[The aristocats: a pop-up book . . .], #
Les aristochats: album en relief . . . , #
Artia: P.F., , #
[At the Gates of Toledo, Spain: a novel for young people about
the heroic life of El Cid], #

B
Bambi, #
The beer which is popular all over the world, #
La bella durmiente, #
[Beowulf], #
[Besbes, Al-Quitt al-theki], #
[Bethlehem Christmas],
#
The Bethlehem
of Trebechovice, #
Betlehem z Trebechovc, #
[Bremen town musicians], #
Bright light during the day . . . bright light in the evening ensured
by the Tesla Electric
Bulb, #
Brnensk Vstavite: pozdrav z Brna, #
Brno, #
[Brno Exhibition Grounds: welcome to Brno], #
[Buremen no ongakutai], #

C
A Christmas tale, #
Christopher Columbus, SEE: How Columbus discovered America
[Cinderella], #
[Clocks], #

Co vyprvela Afrika detem, #

[Counting
series]; #,
CSL: Praha = Prag = Prague = Praga, #

Cuento del principe rico y de la muchacha diligente, #

[Czech country house at night], #
[Czechoslovakian winter holiday scenes], #

D
The
day of the bison hunt, #
Devcata pekne vs vtme: Napanee, R.R.# [Canada];
..: Praha , Vltavsk [Prague], #
[Development of cloth weaving methods], #
[The dragon who would not wash], #

E
[The egg and I], #

F
[Firebird], #
[The firebird and the clever fox], #
[The fisherman and his wife], #
Der fliegende Koffer, #
[Floral arrangement in mug], #
[Flying through the universe], #
[The flying trunk], #
Folk tales and legends, #, , ,
[Folk tales of Africa], #

[From the chest of drawers of V[ojtecha] Kubaty . . . , ], #

[From the Nation to the Nation: Greetings from Prague], #

[Girls we welcome you: Napanee, R.R.# [Canada]; ..:

Praha , Vltavsk [Prague], #
Gloria in Excelsis Deo, #
[Goat with blue butterfly], #
Goldilocks and the three bears, #
[Golem], #
[The grasshopper and the ants], #
[Gulliver in Lilliput], #
Gulliver v Liliputu, #

H
Hans og Grete, #
[Hansel and Gretel], #, #
[Hansel and Gretel block puzzle], #
[Happy Easter, ], #
[Head of a falcon], #


[Helena, Helenka a Vojtech Kubatovi announce the birth of
DAGMAR], #

Helena, Helenka a Vojtech Kubatovi oznamuj ze se jim narodila

DAGMAR, #
Hi!!! Brenda!, #
[Hi Dagmar!], #
Hi!!! Philip!, #
[Hi Philipe!], #
Der Hirtenprinz: Die weisse und die schwarze Karoline, #
Hodinky, #
The House at Pooh, #
How Columbus
discovered America, #

[Hradcany
Castle: welcome to Prague], #

Hradcany: pozdrav z Prahy, #

I
[I know why], #

[Ing. Arch. Vojtech Kubata during a TV interview, Oct. ,

], #
Ing. Vojtech Kubata, #

[Jan Hus]: IV Bud. Nrode Posvecen v Bohu. Neumrej: , #

Jasn: Nzk Tatry, #

Jasn: Nzk Tatry CSSR, #a, b, c
[Jasn:
The Low Tatras],

Jezek Pchcek mezi zvrtky, #

[Joyful stories for children], #

K
Klementinum, #
[Knight on horse carrying a bag of candy and a flag: dated
..], #
Die Krippe aus Trebechovice, #
Kl Kedisi, #

[Ministry of Domestic Commerce, -: Distribution service to the entire nation], #

Mis[s] Brend[a] [Vr]kljan, P[e]terboro . . . hodne zdrav a test!,

#
[Mis[s] Brend[a] [Vr]kljan, P[e]terboro . . . lots of health and
happiness],
#

Mlcn cokolda, #
Moko and Koko in the jungle, #
[Monkey carrying
a jug of wine?], #
Mourek, kocic detektiv, #
[Mourek, the mouse detective], #
Mozart and Prague, #
[Mozart in Prague], #
Mozart v Praze, #
[My father, myself, and my friend, posing for a home picture for
Tip and Top series], #

Ncrtnk Vojtech Kubata, #

Nrod Sobe!: Pozdrav
z Prahy, #

O nemytm drckovi, #
Niedere Tatra, #d
- [sketchbook], #
Nzke Tatry, #, a, b, c, d
Novigrad, #

O
[Old Prague: a guide to its beautiful, historical, and secluded
places], #
[Old Town clock], #
[Ontario Hydro, Kingston, Ontario, ], #,
[Open sesame], #

[Original watercolor for: Pluje lodka po Vltave = Sailing on the

Vltave River], #
Orloj, #

P
L
[Lada, a sewing machine that every woman dreams of owning],
#
Lada, pour laquelle soupirent toutes les femmes!, #
Lennox: [Ontario Hydro, Kingston, Ontario, ], #,
Letme vesmrem, #
The little auto, #
[Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf], #
El lobo y los siete cabritillos: cuento de dibujos animados en dimensiones, #
Le loup et les deux petits cochons, #
The Low Tatras, #d

M
La machine coudre, Lada, pour laquelle soupirent toutes les
femmes!, #
[Magician?], #
[Man and woman with radio], #
Mrchen aus aller Welt, #
Marco Polo, SEE: The voyage of Marco Polo
[Mecca], #
[Medieval knight], #
Medvdek Pu, #
[Merry Christmas, Happy New Year], #
Micky Maus als Filmstar, #
Milk chocolate, #

Ministerstvo
vnitrnho obchodu: -: Disbribuce slouz

celemu nrodu, #

Panascopic Model Books, #, , , , ,

[Paper engineering], #
Pernkov chaloupka, #
Pilsner Urquell: the beer which is popular all over the world, #
[Pioneer path: sports, tourism, camping,
adventure], #

Pionrsk stezka: sport,

turistika, tboren, dobrodruzstv, #
Pluje lodka po Vltave, #,
[Polar flight], #
The poor boy and the cats, #
Prag: Alter Jdischer Friedhof, #
Praga: Aladin, #
Praga: viejo cementerio judio, #
Prague = Praha = Prag = Praga, #
[Prague nativity scene], #
[Prague Old Town clock], #
[Prague street scene], #
Prague: vieux cimetare juif, #
Praha [map], #
Praha Orloj, #
Praha = Prag = Prague = Praga, #
Praha:
Prague: Old Jewish Cemetary, #
Prazsk betlm, #
Pilsner Urquell: the beer which is popular all over the world, #
[Prickly Hedgehog among the animals], #
Prostor z papru, #
Pru vodce po jejch krsch, pamtkch a zkoutch, #
O ptku ohnivku a lice ryce, #
[Puss in boots], #

Q
Que dois-je offrir ma bien-aime? La machine coudre, Lada,
pour laquelle soupirent toutes les femmes!, #
[Queen of the bells], #

R
Radostn Vnoce a stastn Nov Rok, #
Reise zum Mond [Tip + Top], #
[Ricky the Rabbit Easter display card], #
Robinson Crusoe, #
Roman, Mrs. Zuzana [Neff]; Jackie], #
[Roman; Pani Zuzana; Jackie, #
[Rooster, cat, dog, sheep and man], #
[The runaways and the robbers], #,
Rytr, #

S
Safari, #
Sagen aus aller Welt, #, , ,
[Sailing on the Vltava River], #,
[St. Christopher], #

[Satirical stage set and performance of Robert Jecn directing

four dancing Jan Pokornys],
#

[School workbook Vojtech Kubata], #

[Seamstress in window], #
Sedm havranu , #
[Self portrait at age ], #
Sesame, ouvre-toi, #
[The seven ravens], #
[The Shepherd Prince: the white and black Karolines], #
[Shrew and friends], #
Sing a song of sixpence and other nursery rhymes, #

Sir Vrkljan,
#

Rjna
Sjezd Remesla: Praha - .
. . Rjna: Manifestacn
vod Prahou: USCSR: Ustredn Svaz Ceskoslovenskho
Pru
Remesla: Prvn v Boji Prvn v Praci, #
[Sketch of a bulls head], #
Sleeping beauty, #, ,
Star Praha: pru vodce po jejch krsch, pamtkch a zkoutch,
#
[Still life: floral arrangement in mug], #
[Still
life with flowers], #
Svrcek a mravce, #
Sychrov, , #

T
[The tale of the rich Prince and the diligent girl], #
A Tesla radio!, #
Three is a crowd, #
The three little pigs, #
[ Arabian nights], #
[Tip +Top] All at sea, #
Tip + Top [+] Tap go flying, #
[Tip + Top and the moon rocket], #
Tip + Top build a motorcar, #
[Tip + Top] Reise zum Mond, #
Tip, Top: see you in our next book, #
The tournament, #
[The tourist: a protector of nature: does not destroy, does not
damage, and does not disturb], #
[Tracks and bridges], #
[Trade Convention, Prague October -: Parade through
Prague on October : Central Union of Czechoslovak
Trade: First in Battle, First in Labor], #
O tratch a mostech, #

Turista-ochranca Prrody: nenivoc, nepokodzuje, nepla, #

U Toledsk brny : Romn pro mldez o bohatrskm zivote
Cida Campeadora, #
[Use
hesitation], #
them without

Uz vm proc, #

V
Valask pohdky, #

Valdtejnsk Palc v Praze: pet pu vodnch kolorovanch grafik,

#
Vnocn Betlm, #
Vejce a j, #
Vesel velikonoce,

, #
Vesel vyprven detem, #
[Vojtech
Kubata self portrait in Arab dress], #
[Vojtech
Kubatas sister, Jarmila, -], #
[Vojtech Kubata teaching at Rotter School of Graphic Design,
Prague], #
[Volkswagon beetle towing cloud with King and his court?], #
Von dem Fischer und seiner Frau, #
The voyage of Marco Polo, #

W
[Waldenstein Palace in Prague: five original colored plates], #
[Wallachian fairy tales], #
Walt Disney: das Aufstellbuch von Micky Maus als Filmstar,
#
[Walt Disney pop-up book: Mickey Mouse, movie star], #
Walt Disney Productions presente: Les aristochats: album en
relief . . . , #
Walt Disney prsente un album en relief: Bambi, #
[Water color paints], #
What do we need to add to our contentment? A Tesla radio!,
#
[What should I give my darling? Lada, a sewing machine that
every woman dreams of owning!], #
[White series], #,
[Winnie the Pooh], #
[The wolf and the seven little goats: a tale of animated drawings
in -D], #
[The wolf and the two little pigs], #

zsuvek V[ojtecha]
Ze
Kubaty
. . . , -, #

Zikeova
prazskho palcku,
#

Zvrtka
a sedm loupez nku , #,
Zvoneckov krlovna, #

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Albatros, #
Al-Muassasa al-watanyah lilkitab, #
Amenax Sales, #
Artia, #, , , , , ,
Aventinum, #, ,

Merkur, #
Mlad, #
Mlad lt, #, ,
Mondiales del Duca, ditions, SEE: ditions Mondiales del Duca
Mondiales, ditions, SEE: ditions Mondiales
Murrays Sales and Service Co., #

Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., #, , , , , , , ,

, , , , , , ,
Brown Watson, #,

Carlsen Verlag, #,
CSTK Press Foto, #

D
Delphin Verlag, #
Disney
Productions, Walt, SEE: Walt Disney Productions
Dolez al, #, , ,
Dolonit [Company], #

ditions LYS Kortrijk/Belgique, #,

ditions Mondiales, #
ditions Mondiales del Duca, #

F
Forlaget Fremad, #

Gamon Studio, #, ,
Gondrom, #,

H
Hamlyn, Paul,
SEE: Paul Hamlyn
Hynek Votocek, #

K
Karl Mller, Verlag, SEE: Verlag Karl Mller
KLHU, #,
Kovo, #

L
Lada [Sewing Machines] [Company], #
Louny, #
LYS Kortrijk/Belgique, Editions, SEE: Editions LYS
Kortrijk/Belgique

Nakladatel
Dolez al, SEE: Dolez al
Nov osveta, #

O
Octopus, #
Orbis, #, , , , ,

Panorama, #,
Paul Hamlyn, #
Pilsner Beer [Company], #
Press Foto, #d

S
Schulz-Svoboda, M., SEE: M. Schulz-Svoboda
SFVU, #

Sttn nakladatelstv detsk knihy, #

Sdwest Verlag, #
Svoboda, M. Schulz, SEE: M. Schulz-Svoboda

Tesla Electric Bulbs [Company], #,

Tuzex, #

Verlag Karl Mller, #

Vladimr
Zike, #,

Votocek, Hynek, SEE: Hynek Votocek

Vydali Mlad lt, SEE: Mlad lt
Vyehrad, #,

Vytiskly Severoslovensk
tlaciarne, #

Vytiskly Tlaciarne SNP, #

Walt Disney Productions, #, ,

Watson, Brown, SEE: Brown Watson

Zike, Vladimr, SEE: Vladimr Zike

M
M. Schulz-Svoboda, #
Melantrich, #

CHECKLIST INDEX OF LANGUAGES

A

Arabic, #,

German, #, , , , , , , , d, ,

Czech, #, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
, , , ,

J
Japanese, #

R
Russian, #d

Slovak, #, , , , , , , a, b, c, d
Spanish, #, , ,

Danish, #

English, #, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
, , , , , , , , , , , d, , , ,
,

T
Turkish, #

French, #, , , , , ,

CHECKLIST INDEX OF FORMATS

A

Magazine, #
Magazine article, #
Map, #
Mosaic (photograph), #

Advertisement, #, , , , , , , , , b, c,
Announcement, SEE: Birth Announcement; Death notice
Birth announcement, #
Book, #, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Book (leporello), #
Book jacket, #

Calendar, #,
Ceramic, #
Correspondence, #,
Cup, #
Cut-out book, #,

D
Death notice, #
Die-cut book, SEE: Cut-out book
Diorama book, SEE: Pop-up book (diorama)
Display card, SEE: Advertisement
Drawing, #, ,
Dust jacket, SEE: Book jacket

Greeting card, #, , , , , , a, , , , , ,

Greeting card (dummy), #

I
Invitation, #

J
Jewelry (pin), #

L
Leporello, SEE: Book (leporello)
Lithograph, #, ,

Packaging, #, ,
Painting, #,
Periodical, SEE: Magazine
Photograph, #, , ,
Photomontage, #
Pop-up book, #, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
, ,, , , , , , , , ,
Pop-up book (diorama), #
Portfolio, #,
Postcard, #, , d,
Poster, #, , , , ,
Puzzle, #

Shaped book, #,
Shield (armor), #
Sketchbook, #,
Souvenir card, SEE: Greeting card; Advertisement

Table display, #, , , , , ,

Watercolor painting, #, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
, , ,
Watercolor paint set, #

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ojtech Kubata, along with Helena and Eduard koda, compiled an incomplete inventory of
the artists works entitled Opus VK. It was published in as a thirty-page pamphlet illustrated with black and white line drawings. The scanned original document is reproduced here
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