Oil, canvas, 100 x 80 cm, signed l.d.: Marian Konarski 13.IV.63. On the back g.m.: [faded] MUR III, "MUR PĘKNIĘTY", l.g. [in circle] 68, on rafter: Marian Konarski Mur II 78 x 99, Pęknięcie Mur pęknięty II 1963. two stickers, l.g.: [...] V 6/3/6, ol. pł., "Mur II", M. Konarski, Kraków 18.I.64 [signed M. Konarski], p.g.: 34 Marian Konarski Pęknięcie olej 1963 80x100 cm. L.g. below sticker stamp Division [...] and number in pen: 02 - II - 1631/89.
Exhibited:
Paris, Galeries Raymond Duncan, January 31 - February 14, 1964.
Warsaw, CBWA Zachęta, 1989 / Chicago, Polish Museum of America, 1990, cat. 133
Marian Konarski Szczepowy Rogatego Serca, District Museum in Toruń, Old Town Hall, April 11-May 24, 2015; reproduced in catalog p. 145, item 54 in list of oil works on p. 48.
Painter, sculptor, poet, art theorist, artistic pseudonym Marzyn. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Władysław Jarocki, Ignacy Pieńkowski and Xawery Dunikowski. Member of the artistic group Szczep Rogate Serce established by sculptor Stanislaw Szukalski. Works in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Bytom Museum, Polish Museum Chicago and in private collections.
