Dimensions: 105 x 130 cm
On the reverse an author's tag with a description of the work: 'MAGDALENA | ABAKANOWICZ | "RELIEF SOMBRE | DE STEFA" | 105 x 130 1975 | M. Abakanowicz'.
State of preservation
the work was placed in the catalog raisonné edited by Jola Gola
Origin
private collection, Poland
Agra Art, 2016
private collection, Europe
Christie's, London, 2021
institutional collection, Poland
Desa Unicum, 2022
private collection, Poznań
Exhibited
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, 1975.
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 a 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. By world critics she is counted among the top artists of the 20th century.
