ink, paper, 65.3 x 49.5 cm signed, dated and inscribed at bottom: 15 XII 76/S. Fijałkowski 7a/76 G
provenance: private collection, Warsaw
reproduced:
Stanisław Fijałkowski, Works on Paper 2, Poznań, 2010, 171 pp.
Stanisław Fijałkowski, Graphics, 2003 (graphic based on the above ink).
This work is the model for the linocut "XLVII Autostrada," which was shown, among others, at the 1977 Ljubljana Biennale, at exhibitions
the artist's solo exhibitions at the Museum in Lübeck, at Karlstadt in Cologne, at the
Galerie Marina Dinkler in West Berlin, in Luxembourg (1981), at the
PWSSP in Lodz (1978), at the Artist 79 group exhibition at the United Nations Building in
New York (1979), Japan (1979), Norske Grafikere in Oslo (1979), at the
Zachęta in Warsaw (2003), at the National Museum in Poznań (2003) and at the
National Museum in Wroclaw (2003)
Stanislaw Fijalkowski (November 4, 1922, Zdolbunow - November 4, 2020, Lodz) Studied at the State Higher School of Plastic Arts in Lodz in the studios of Władysław Strzeminski and Stefan Wegner from 1946 to 1951. From 1947 he was a lecturer and then a professor at his alma mater. He was a member of the Warsaw Club of Young Artists and Scientists. He represented Poland at the São Paulo Biennale in 1969 and the Venice Biennale in 1972. Stanislaw Fijalkowski's works were presented at more than 500 exhibitions at home and abroad. The artist's works are in numerous private and public collections in Poland and abroad, including: Museum of Modern Art in New York, Albertina in Vienna, Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Pushkin Museum in Moscow, McGrew-Hill Collection in New York, Tate Gallery in London or Kunstmuseum in Bochum.
