Dimensions: 100 x 75 cm
Signed and dated in pencil on the middle: 'M. Abakanowicz 82'
Literature
cf. with the "Faces" series:
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Műcsarnok, Budapest 1988, pp. 125,130-131 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Recent Work, Marlborough Gallery Inc., New York 1989, pp. 44-45 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Museum of Art in Lodz, 1991, nlb.
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw 1995, pp. 58, 83, 213 (ill.).
"Contexts," no. 3-4, 2006, pp. 64, 222-223 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Fate and Art. Monologue, Skira, Milan 2008, pp. 114, 118 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Unrepeatability. Abakan to the Crowd, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York 2015, p. 39 (ill.).
Abakanowicz. Metamorphism, Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, 2018, p. 69 (il.)
Biography
Magdalena Abakanowicz studied in 1950-54 at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. She practiced sculpture. The first works that brought her international fame were her monumental, spatial tapestries with relief texture Abakanas. Her sculptures are made in a variety of techniques and materials: ceramics, wood, bronze, plastic - both figurative and non-figurative. She has made and completed many projects for public places and museums. In 1965-90 she taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. She is the author of erudite essays on art, mythology, religion. In 1965 she was awarded the Grand Prix at the Sao Paulo Biennale. She is ranked by world critics among the top artists of the 20th century.
