Dimensions: 157 x 42 x 137 cm
Signed and dated on the author's plate on the reverse: 'M. ABAKANOWICZ | 2004'
Origin
purchased from the artist's studio
private collection
institutional collection, Poland
Literature
cf. with the series "Dancing figures":
Abakanowicz, Gallery at the Opera, Warsaw 2000, (ill. on cover)
Elżbieta Dzikowska, Poles in the Art of the World, Warsaw 2001, p. 15 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Presence, Gallery at the Jesuits, Poznań 2002, pp. 8-9 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Coexistence, Marlborough, New York 2003, pp. 12-13, 16-17 (ill.)
"Contexts," No. 3-4, 2006, pp. 138, 228-229 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Fate and Art. Monologue, Skira, Milan 2008, pp. 201 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish Sculpture Center in Oronsko, 2013, pp. 76-77, 107 (il.).
Traces of Existence. In tribute to Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017), All That Art Foundation, Wroclaw 2017, pp. 52-53, 146 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Presence. Essence. Identity, All That Art Foundation, Wrocław, New Mine Science and Art Center in Walbrzych, 2019, pp. 124-125 (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 a relief texture Abakans. 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.
