Eugene EIBISCH (1895-1987), Still life with book and begonia, 1943

oil, canvas; 62 x 81.5 cm;
Signed middle d.: Ebiche (on book);
on the back on canvas, export stamp with
handwritten number;

on the reverse, on the painter's loom, stickers:
1. from the National Museum in Poznan with handwritten information: Inv. W and no: 629 (in pen);
2. printed paper sticker from the XXXI Venice Biennale of 1962 with information about the painting: Eugeniusz Eibisch / Natura morte avec un livre / 1946 / Poznań Muzee National (typewritten);
3. paper sticker with number: 76299;
4. printed paper sticker from the XXXI Venice Biennale of 1962 with the number: 102;
5. paper sticker with handwritten inscription: Still life with book / and begonia / ol.pł 61.5 x 81.5 / K. Zolich (in pen).

Provenance:
- Collection of Dr. Karol Zolich,
- Private collection, Poland.

Exhibited at:
- XXXI Venice Biennale, 1962,
- Eugeniusz Eibisch - oil paintings, drawings, (catalog
exhibition), May-June 1967, National Museum
in Warsaw, (foreword by Stanisław Lorentz; art.
introduction by Juliusz Starzyński, Jerzy Zanozinski; compiled by:
Krystyna Jerzmanowska, Halina Piprekowa ; transl. into fr.
French by Arnold Leider), Warsaw, National Museum
Warsaw, 1967.

Reproduced:
- "Eugeniusz Eibisch - oil paintings, drawings", [exhibition catalog], May-June 1967, National Museum in Warsaw, (foreword by Stanislaw Lorentz ; introductory art. by Juliusz Starzyński, Jerzy Zanozinski ; compiled by.: Krystyna Jerzmanowska, Halina Piprekowa; translated into French by Arnold Leider), Warsaw, National Museum in Warsaw, 1967, p. 61, cat. no. 16 (as "Still Life with Book and Begonia," dated 1943, owned by Karol Zolich), reproduced.