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Andrzej Jurkiewicz (1907 Translator - 1967 Warsaw), "Skiers" ("Downhill"), 1949

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Estimations: 351 - 585 EUR
etching/paper
Dimensions: 42.5 x 30 cm (sheet)
signed and numbered in pencil at the bottom: '47/50 Jurkiewicz'
Engraving made for an art competition on the occasion of the International Skiing Competition for the "Cup of the Tatra Mountains" in 1949. Also included in a set that was awarded 1st prize in the graphics section at the national pre-Olympic art competition in 1952.

Origins
the artist's legacy
collection of the artist's heirs, Warsaw

Exhibited
Andrzej Jurkiewicz 1907-1967, National Museum in Warsaw, November-December 1980
"Sport in Art", Central Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions "Zachęta", November - December 1979, Warsaw.
"Graphics in Cracow 1945-1974", 5th International Biennale of Graphics, National Museum in Cracow, 1974
"Graphics in People's Poland", Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions "Zachęta", October 1971, Warsaw
Jubilee exhibitions of the 150th anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Exhibition Pavilion of the Art Exhibition Office, Cracow, 1969
Polish contemporary graphics 1900-1960, National Museum in Warsaw, September - October 1960
Syning Myndlistar fra Pollandi [...], Reykjavik, 1959
1st International Biennale of Graphics, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, July-September 1955
Polsk grafik,Charlottenborg Kongens Nytorv, May 7-28, Copenhagen
"Sport and Tourism in the Visual Arts," January-February 1954, Zakopane
First National Exhibition of Fine Arts, National Museum in Warsaw, March - April 1950
Art exhibition on the occasion of the International Skiing Competition for the "Tatra Cup", Zakopane, February - March 1949

Literature
cf. Andrzej Jurkiewicz 1907-1967, exhibition catalog, ed. Maryla Sitkowska, Warsaw 1980, p. 68, item I.314, fig. 34
cf. "A book in life helps.... Wypisy dla klasy VI", Warsaw [9 editions through 1979], il. p. nlb.
cf. "Sport in Polish Art 1945-1975", Warsaw [1976], p. 130, il. p. nlb. 127
cf. Jan Białostocki, Polish Graphic Art 1945-55, Warsaw 1956, il. 11
cf. "National Chronicle [results of pre-Olympic competition]," Artistic Review, 1952 no. 4, p. 72
cf. Andrzej Banach, "Ways of Polish Black and White Art. (On graphic art - in connection with a national exhibition)," "Dziennik Literacki" 4:1950, no. 20, pp. 3 (il.) and 4

Biogram
Graphic designer and illustrator; professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and Warsaw. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under F. Pautsch and W. Weiss. He created series of graphics - etchings depicting street scenes and sports-themed graphics, maintained in an economical style, cover designs, illustrations, ex-librises; at the end of his life he turned to abstraction. He was the author of the textbook "Methods of Artistic Graphics."

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Date
30 January 2025 CET/Warsaw
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Estimations
351 - 585 EUR
Hammer price
1 404 EUR
Hammer price without Byuer's Premium
1 170 EUR
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667%
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