Dimensions: 61.2 x 42.4 cm (sheet)
signed, dated, numbered and described in pencil at the bottom of the composition: '"Cyclist" V 10/50 Mieczyslaw Wejman - 1964'.
ed. 10/50; signed, dated and described on the reverse: '"ROWERZYSTA" V - etching - '964 | MIECZYSŁAW WEJMAN - KRAKÓW'.
Literature
Cf.
III Ogólnopolskie Biennale of Graphics, cat. exhibition, Palace of Art, Cracow 1964, cat. no. 364.
Contemporary Polish graphics from the collection of the National Museum in Cracow, cat. exhib., Polish Cultural Center, Prague 1965 (ill.).
Mieczyslaw Wejman's graphics from 1944-1965, catalogue of exhibitions, ed. by Maria Matusińska, CBWA Zachęta, Warsaw 1965, cat. item 63, nlb, online: https://zacheta.art.pl/public/upload/mediateka/pdf/5a1435aeac948.pdf [accessed 12.12.2023].
Mieczyslaw Wejman. Exhibition of works from 1939-1987, exhibition catalogue, ed. by Teresa Rostkowska, CBWA Zachęta, Warsaw 1987, cat. pos., 29 (etchings, aquatints), nlb. (il.), online: https://zacheta.art.pl/pl/mediateka-i-publikacje/mieczyslaw-wejman-wystawa-prac-z-lat-1939-1987-3 [accessed 12.12.2023].
Mieczyslaw Wejman. Cyclist, cat. exhibition, ed. by D. Saul, Publishing House of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, 2006, pp. 29, 55, 66-67 (ill.)
Biography
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and Warsaw. He was involved in printmaking and painting. He was a member of the "9 Graphic Artists" group. He participated in numerous exhibitions - 25 exhibitions in various European cities. He was a rector at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow for many years. He won many awards, including: at the 4th International Graphics Biennale in Ljubljana; the Critic's Award at the exhibition "Contemporary Polish Graphics" in Essen; an award at the 1st International Graphics Biennale in Cracow; an award at the International Biennale "Sport in Art" organized in Madrid. He was the recipient of the Prize of the Minister of Culture and Art and the State Prize.
