Dimensions: 90 x 60 cm
Signed and dated on the author's metal plate: 'Abakanowicz | 1976 [artist's monogram] MA'.
Origin
institutional collection, Poland
Literature
cf. with the "Landscapes" series:
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Műcsarnok, Budapest 1988, pp. 76-77 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw 1995, pp. 56-57, 212 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Doctor Honoris Causa, Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, 2002, pp. 32 (il.).
Joanna Inglot, The Figurative Sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz. Bodies, Environments and Myths, University of California Press, Berkeley-Los Angeles-London 2004, pp. 82-83, 145 (ill.)
"Contexts," no. 3-4, 2006, pp. 48-51, 222-223 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Space to Experience, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan 2009, pp. 53 (ill.).
Abakanowicz. Metamorphism, Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, 2018, pp. 59, 347, 349 (il.)
In the space of Magdalena Abakanowicz. Fabric and Sculpture, Museum of Decorative Art and Design, Riga 2019, p. 29 (il.)
Julita Deluga, Magdalena Abakanowicz. Sculpture, Bosz Publishing House, Olszanica 2023, p. 18 (il.)
Biography
Magdalena Abakanowicz studied in 1950-54 at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. She practiced sculpture. The first works that brought her international fame were the monumental, spatial tapestries with relief texture Abakanas. Her sculptures are made in a variety of techniques and materials: ceramics, wood, bronze, plastic - both figurative and non-figurative. She has made and completed many projects for public places and museums. In 1965-90 she taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. She is the author of erudite essays on art, mythology, religion. In 1965 she was awarded the Grand Prix at the Sao Paulo Biennale. By world critics she is counted among the top artists of the 20th century.
