Dimensions: 180 x 68 cm
signed l.d.: 'Jan Lebensztejn'
on the reverse a deposit sticker from the Museum of Modern Art in New York
Origin
private collection of William Lincer, New York (purchase from the artist)
Subsequently passed hereditarily to subsequent owners
Sotheby's, New York, 2022
Exhibited
New Generation and Classics from the Collection of Wojciech Fibak, Centre for Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu in Toruń, June 28, 2024 - January 5, 2025
On the Track of Excellence. Selected Works from the Collection of Wojciech Fibak, State Art Gallery in Sopot, July 2-September 18, 2022
15 Polish Painters, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, November 2 - 30, 1962
15 Polish Painters, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, July 1-August 1, 1962
15 Polish Painters, Washington University, St. Louis, February 16 - March 16, 1962
15 Polish Painters, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, January 2 - 30, 1962
15 Polish Painters, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, November 2 - 30, 1961
15 Polish Painters, Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 1 - October 1, 1961
Literature
New Generation and Classics of Modernity from the Collection of Wojciech Fibak, exhibition catalog, Center for Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, ed. Krzysztof Stanisławski, Anna Kompanowska, Toruń 2024, p. 191 (ill.)
On the Track of Perfection. Selected works from the collection of Wojciech Fibak, exhibition catalog, National Gallery of Art, ed. Magdalena Piłakowska, Sopot 2022, p. 195 (il. no. 100)
15 Polish Painters, exhibition catalog, Museum of Modern Art, compiled by. Peter Selz, New York 1961, cat. no. 44, p. 62
Biography
Painter and printmaker. Studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Artur Nacht-Samborski. He made his debut at the exhibition "Against War, Against Fascism" at the Warsaw Arsenal in 1955. In 1959 he received the Grand Prix at the First International Biennale of the Young in Paris for his series of paintings Axial Figures. Since then he lived permanently in Paris. In the following years, he drew themes from ancient literature, mythology and the Bible. He created a series devoted to depictions of prehistoric animals. He was associated with the milieu of the Parisian "Kultura" and, among other things, illustrated Gustaw Herling-Grudziński's short stories published there. In 1976 he received the A. Jurzykowski Foundation Award from New York, and in 1987 he received the independent Jan Cybis Award. His works are in the collections of the National Museums in Warsaw, Krakow and Poznan, as well as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Nationale d'Art Moderne in Paris.
