Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885 Warsaw - 1939 Jeziory in Polesia), Composition with a lying couple, 1916.

pastel, paper, 40 x 60 cm, signed and dated p.d.: Ignacy / Witkiewicz / 1916+, on the back exhibition stickers from the National Museum in Krakow, the National Museum in Poznan and the National Museum in Warsaw
Provenance:
- collection of Tadeusz Boy Żeleński (1874-1941), Warsaw
- collection of Stanisław Żeleński (1905-1981) and Janina Sokołowska-Żeleńska (1900-1992), Warsaw
- private collection, Warsaw
Exhibited:
- Exhibition of paintings and drawings by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939), Warsaw, Zachęta Gallery, Central Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions, October 9-25, 1967
- Painting of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, National Museum in Poznań, January 14-February 17, 1967
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. Visual works, National Museum in Cracow, 1966
Literature:
- Zbigniew Sroczynski, Zeleński. Pedigree. History of the Żeleński family of Żelanka, Warsaw 1997, p. 209 (excerpt about Witkacy's works from the collection of Boy Żeleński that survived the war)
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz 1885 - 1939, catalog of paintings compiled by. Irena Jakimowicz, Anna Żakiewicz, Warsaw 1990, p. 76, cat. no. 266
- Formists, edited by Irena Jakimowicz, exhibition catalog, National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw 1989, cat. no. 1066
- archival photograph, work seen at the 1967 exhibition at Zachęta, Media and Publications, zacheta.art.pl (online)
- Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939). Painting and Drawing, exhibition catalog, Zachęta, Central Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions, Warsaw 1967, cat. no. 11, p. 12.
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. Visual arts, exhibition catalog, National Museum in Cracow, Cracow 1966, cat. no. 16.