Dimensions: 35 x 16 x 10 cm
Signed, inscribed, and numbered based on: 'Lambert Rucki 2/8' and the Valsuani foundry stamp
A posthumous cast made in the first half of the 1970s or after 1981. At that time, France introduced a law governing the reproduction of sculptures and a numbering system: 1-8/8 and EA/I-IV.
Edition: 2/8
Provenance
private collection, Paris
Private collection, Poland
Biography
A world-renowned designer, painter, and sculptor of Polish origin. In 1911, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He settled permanently in Paris. During his early years in France, he shared a studio with Modigliani and was friends with M. Kisling and E. Soutine. In the 1930s, he became a member of the Union of Modern Artists (UAM), alongside Le Corbusier, among others. In the second half of the 1930s, he created several dozen masks and a series of sculptures inspired by rural folklore (Moon Figure, Storks, Scarecrow). He also worked in sacred art, creating, among other works, the Stations of the Cross for the Church of St. Teresa in Boulogne. “His simplified, slender figures are imbued with the melancholy and contemplative spirit of Polish folk saints.” — Joanna Sitkowska-Bayle
