Dimensions: 160 x 88 x 30 cm
signed and dated on the reverse on the author's badge: 'ABAKANOWICZ | 1984'
Origin
private collection, France
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
"Magdalena Abakanowicz", retrospective exhibition, Ujazdowski Castle Art Center, Warsaw, 22.09-31.12.1995
"Magdalena Abakanowicz", Institute of Contemporary Art in Valencia, 22.07-7.09.2008
"Magdalena Abakanowicz. Traces of Existence", Dworcowa Gallery, Wroclaw, 23.06-25.08.2017
"Magdalena Abakanowicz. Presence, Essence, Identity", Old Mine, Walbrzych, 30.09-30.2018
"Magdalena Abakanowicz. Presence, Essence, Identity," Muzeul de Arta Timisoara, 2019.
Literature
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Traces of Existence, exhibition catalog, pp. 31, 64, 147
Presence, Essence, Identity, exhibition catalog, Old Mine, Walbrzych, Poland
Presence, Essence, Identity, exhibition catalog, Muzeul de Arta Timisoara, Romania
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 a 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. She is ranked by world critics among the top artists of the 20th century.
