Dimensions: 117 x 90 cm
Signed and dated p.d.: 'M. Abakanowicz 83'
Signed and dated on the loom: 'M. Abakanowicz 1983'
on the reverse a sticker of Alice Pauli gallery
Literature
cf. with the series "Faces that are not portraits":
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Műcsarnok, Budapest 1988, pp. 118-119 (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. 110-111 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 1995, pp. 84-85, 213 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. La corte del Rey Arturo, Palacio de Cristal. Parque del Retiro, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid 2008, pp. 40, 102 (ill.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish Sculpture Center in Oronsko, 2013, pp. 41-45, 107 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, BWA Gallery of Art in Olsztyn, 2017, pp. 18-19, 21, 23, 25, 50, 63 (ill.)
In the space of Magdalena Abakanowicz. Fabric and Sculpture, Museum of Decorative Art and Design, Riga 2019, pp. 87 (il.)
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 her 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. By world critics she is counted among the top artists of the 20th century.
