Dimensions: 149.9 x 100.3 x 51.4 cm
Signed and described on the base: '[artist's monogram] MA 1990 A ARTUMAF'.
Origin
Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York
institutional collection, Poland
Exhibited
Magdalena Abakanowicz, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 11.03-24.05.1992.
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Recent Sculpture, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 29.10.1993-16.01.1994;
The exhibition traveled to:
Palmar Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. 9.11-9.12.1993;
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 23.01-20.03.1994.
Magdalena Abakanowicz: A Survey: 1987 - 2009, Marlborough Gallery, New York, 28.03-27.04.2013.
Literature
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 23.01-20.03.1994, cat. no. 7
Magdalena Abakanowicz: A Survey: 1987 - 2009, Marlborough Gallery, New York 2013, p. 28 (ill.).
cf. with the series "Heads of Ungulates":
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Recent Work, Marlborough Gallery Inc., New York 1989, pp. 46-57 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Marlborough Fine Art London Ltd, London 1990, pp. 5-9 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Season Museum of Art, Tokyo, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Art Tower, Mito, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, 1991, pp. 162-167 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Works from the collection of MNWr and the artist's own collection, BWA in Cracow, 1993, pp. 17, 23 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Sculpture, Gallery of the Polish Institute, Düsseldorf 1994, pp. 14, 22 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw 1995, pp. 125-127, 213 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton 1996, pp. 9-10, 24, 26 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Honoris causa, Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, 1998, nlb (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Recent Exhibitions and Installations, Gallery Marlborough, New York 2000, p. 15 (il.).
"Contexts," no. 3-4, 2006, pp. 117, 226-227 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Fate and Art. Monologue, Skira, Milan 2008, p. 212 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Unrepeatability. Abakan to the Crowd, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York 2015, pp. 16-17 (il.).
Traces of Existence. In Tribute to Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017), All That Art Foundation, Wroclaw 2017, pp. 22, 76-77, 149 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Presence. Essence. Identity, All That Art Foundation, Wrocław, New Mine Science and Art Center in Walbrzych, 2019, pp. 110-113, 139 (ill.)
Biography
Magdalena Abakanowicz studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts from 1950-54. 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.
