II. Drawings

II.11

The Unemployed,

[1939] (ill. 104)

(People from the Time of the War) pencil, crayon, paper, 30,5 x 38 not signed

coll. Wladyslaw Gorski, Lodz

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 103).

II.12

Seascape,

1939 (ill. 105) (Landscape)

pencil, paper, 30,7 x 37,8 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strem/1939"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys II 41

Donated by Krystyna Bilska, Lodz, 1966

Bibl.: 1. Jakimowicz,Die Werke von.. ., Stuttgart 1975, p. 270, ill. 7; J. Tadnowska, Rysunki - realizm rytmu fizjologicznego, in: Wladyslaw Strzeminski. In Memoriam. .. , Lodz 1988, pp. 127-135, ill. p. 127.

Exh.: Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 107, ill. p. 206); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 106); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 160); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 254); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 133); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 76, ill p.87): Paris 1983 (cat. no. 945): Apeldoorn 1989 (cat. no 25. ill p'83); Budapest 1989/1990 (cat. no. 95, ill. P. 90); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 91 , ill.).

II.13

Seascape,

1939 (Landscape)

pencil, paper, 28,7 x 36,6 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1939"

coll. Danuta Przybos, Warszawa

Bibl.: ODRODZENIE, 1946 NJ. 51-52, ill. p. 16.

II.14

Pines at the Seaside,

1939 (ill. 106)

pencil, paper, 29,7 x 37,7 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1939"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa, inv. no. Ryp.W. 1364

Purchased from Julian Przybos; 1961

Exh.: Zielona Gora 1967; Warszawa 1973.

II.15

Pines at the Seaside,

1939

pencil, paper, 30,5 x 38 signed and dated: bottom right "W Strzem/1939"

coll. Ryszard Varisella, Warszawa

Exh.: Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 7).

II.16

Seascape,

1939 (ill. 107)

pencil, crayon, paper, 29,7 x 37,8 signed and dated: bottom right "W Strzem/1939"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, inv. no. MNKr III-r.a. 7612

Purchased from Julian Przybos, 1965

II.17

Seascape,

1939

pencil, paper, 28,5 x 38,5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1939'

coll. Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Gora, inv. no. MZG-S-1-13

II.18 -25. Series: West
Byeloussia, 1939 (ill. 108-115)

II.18

Trees

(ill. 108)

pencil, paper, 30,5 x 38 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1939"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys15411

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Bibl.: J. Tadnowska, Rysunki - realizm rytmu fizjologicznego, in: Wladyslaw Strzeminski. In Memoriam. .. , Lodz 1988, p. 131.

Exh.: ' Lodz-Warszawa 1956157 (cat. no. 79); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 62, ill. p. 205); Zurich 1974 (cat. no. 249); Warszawa 1974 (cat. no. 17); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 61 ); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 115); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 209, ill.); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 88, ill.); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 31 , ill. p. 87); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 946); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 45, ill. p. 84); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 92).

Note: This is first cycle of drawings completed by the artist and given as a gift to the Museum in Lodz in November 1945. The drawings were made in Wilejka, where the artist had taken refuge with his wife and daughter after their escape from Lodz in September 1939. J. Tadnowska describes this cycle of drawings in the following way: ".. . The figures, houses, and trees compose the whole space of the sheet, just like in Lodz bez funcjonalizmu. The figures of the peasants, men and women, endowed with relatively many "personal" features - beards, kerchichiefs, a gabardine, clogs; there are also chimneys, thatched roofs, windows of the cottages; this relatively higher percentage of realism produces the effect that a human figure is not only a trace of its existence, but on the contrary, being so large and motionless, it acquires monumental dignity. The figures of the background are presented in perspective".

II.19

Human Figure

(ill. 112)

pencil, paper, 31 x 38,7 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem.11939"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys15412

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956157 (cat. no. 77); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 63); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 62); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 116); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 210); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 89); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 32, ill. p. 87); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 947); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 46, ill. p. 85).

II.20

Woman's Figure

(ill. 109)

pencil, paper, 31 x 38 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1939"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys15413

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 76); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 64); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 63); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 117); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 211 ); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 90); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 33, ill. p. 87(; Paris 1983 (cat. no. 948); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 47, ill. p. 85); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 93).

II.21

Woman and Man

(ill. 110)

pencil, paper, 30 x 38 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1939"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys15414

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 78); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 65); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 64); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 118); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 212); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 91); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 34, ill. p. 87); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 949); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 48, ill. p. 85); Lodz 1988; Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 94); Lyon 1992 (cat. p. 277).

II.22

Village

(ill. 111 )

pencil, paper, 30,7 x 38,4 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1939"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys15415

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 75); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 66); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 65); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 119); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 213); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 cat. no. 92); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 35, ill. p. 88); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 950); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 49, ill. p. 85); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 95).

II.23

Man and Landscape with Houses

(ill. 113)

pencil, paper, 31 x 38 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1939"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys15416

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 74); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 67, ill. p. 205); Zurich 1974 (cat. no. 250); Warszawa 1974 (cat. no. 18); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 66); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 120); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 214); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 93); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 36, ill. p. 88); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 951 ); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 50, ill. p. 86); Lodz 1988; Lyon 1992 (cat. p. 277, ill. 86 p. 95).

II.24

Two Figures

(ill. 114)

pencil, paper, 29,8 x 38,7 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 939"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. nob. MS/SN/Rys/54/7

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 73); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 68); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 67); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 121 ); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 215); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 94); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 37); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 51 , ill. p. 86).

II.25

Trees

(ill. 115)

pencil, paper, 30,5 x 38 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 939"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/54/8

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 80); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 69); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 68); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 122); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 216); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 95); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 38, ill. p. 87); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 952); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 52, ill. p. 86); Apeldoorn 1989 (cat. no. 24, ill. p. 82); Budapest 1989/1990 (cat. no. 94); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 96).

II.26

From the series: West Byelorussia. A Byelorussian Village. Houses,

1939

pencil, paper, 34 x 41 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 939"

Private coll. (previously owned by Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska)

II.27

From the series: West Byelorussia. Two Figures,

1939

pencil, paper, 34 x 41 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l939"

Private coll. (previously owned by Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska)

II.28

From the series: West Byelorussia. Woman and Man,

1939

pencil, paper, 30,6 x 38, 1 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 939"

coll. Ryszard Varisella, Warszawa (previously owned by Aleksander Kromer)

Exh.: Lodz 1985 (cat. no. 3 ill. 2).

II.29.

From the series: West Byelorussia. A Human Figure,

1940

(A Figural Composition) pencil, paper, 22 x 20 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 940"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Szczecin, inv. no. MNSR Graf 108

II.30 - 35. Series: Deportations, 1940 (ill. 116-121)

II.30.

On the Pavement

(ill. 116)

pencil, paper, 29,8 x 38, 1 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 940"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/55/1

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Bibl.: J. tadnowska, Rysunki - realizm rytmu fizjologicznego, in: Wladyslaw Strzeminski. In Memoriam. .. , Lodz 1988, pp. 131 -132.

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 84); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 70); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 69); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 123); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no.. 217); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 96); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 39, ill. p. 88); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 953); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 53, ill. p. 86); Apeldoorn 1989 (cat. no. 26); Budapest 1989/1990 (cat. no. 96).

Note: This cycle, composed of 6 drawings, also completed by the artist, is connected thematically with the mass expulsions of the citizens of Lodz, forced to leave their town after it was incorporated in the German Reich. J. tadnowska writes:"(...) it is considered to be a special testimony of the times of contempt. The small lonely human figure is usually placed in the centre of composition (...). The little figures drawn with a soft line are deprived of individual features; they are only a trace, their basic feature being movement; the little forms at the foot suggest the payingstones. "

II.31

Only Trace

(ill. 117)

pencil, paper, 30 x 38 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 940"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv, no. MS/SN/Rys/55/2

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 83); Warszawa 1959 (cat. no. 220); Zielona Gora 1 g67; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 71 ); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no, 70); New York-Chicago 1 g76/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 124); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 218); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 97); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 40, ill, p, 88); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 954); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 54, ill. p. 88); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 97).

II.32

Evicted

(ill. 118)

pencil, paper, 30 x 38 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 940"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/55/3

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 81 ); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 72, ill. p. 205); Zurich 1974 (cat. no. 251 ); Warszawa 1974 (cat. no. 19); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 71 , ill.); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 125); Lodz 1977/1978; Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 219); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 98); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 41 ); Dusseldorf 1989 (cat. no. 139); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 55, ill. p. 87); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 98); Lyon 1992 (cat. p. 277, ill. 87 p.95 .

II.33.

On the Pavement

(ill. 119)

pencil, paper, 30 x 37,8 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 940"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/55/4

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 85); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 73); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 72); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 126); Lodz 1977/1978; Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 220); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 99); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 42, ill. p. 88); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 956); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 56, ill. p. 87); Lodz 1988; Dusseldorf 1989 (cat. no. 140, ill. p. 113); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 99).

II.34

A Gazing Woman

(ill. 120)

pencil, paper, 30 x 38,3 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 940"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/55/5

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 82, ill. on the cover); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 74); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 73); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 127); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 221 ); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 100); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 43); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 57, ill. p. 87); Dusseldorf 1989 (cat. no. 141 ).

II.35

Paving Stones

(ill. 121 )

pencil, paper, 30 x 37,6 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 940"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/55/6

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 86); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 75); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 74); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 128); Roma-Venezia 1979 cat. no. 222 'Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 101 ); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 44, ill. p. 88); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 58, ill. p. 88); Dusseldorf 1989 (cat. no. 142, ill. p. 112); Lyon 1992 (cat. p. 277).

II.36

From the series:Deportations. A Gazing Woman,

1940

pencil, paper, 30 x 38 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 940"

Private coll. (previously owned by Aleksander Kromer)

II.37

Deportations?,

1940

(from the series: Deportations) pencil, paper, 36,3 x 28,4 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 940"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa, inv. no. Rys. W. 252

Purchased from Jadwiga Mijalowa, 1960

Exh.: Essen 1962 (cat. no. 125); Warszawa 1965; Zielona Gora 1967; Warszawa 1973; Warszawa 1984/2.

II.38

Landscapem Clouds,

1940

pencil, ink, crayon, paper, 41 x 55 signed and dated: bottom left "W Strzem/l 940"

Private coll. (previously owned by Hanna Orzechowskia-Siecinska)

II.39

From the series: Deportations. On the Pavement,

[1940]

pencil, paper, 29 x 39 signed: bottom left "W. Strzem"

coll. Zofia Ajnenkiel, Lodz

II.40

From the series:Deportations. On the Pavement,

1941

(Series:Deportations. A Worker]

pencil, paper, 30,6 x 38 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Ryszard Varisella, Warszawa (previously owned by Aleksander Kromer)

Exh.: Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 12).

II.41 - 46. Series: War Against Homes,1941 (ill. 122-127)

II.41

Untitled 1

(ill. 122)

pencil, paper, 29,6 x 38,3 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l941 "

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/56/1

Donated by the Artist, 1945 Biltl.: J. tadnowska, Rysunki - realizm rytmu fizjologicznego, in: Wladyslaw Strzeminski. In Memoriam..., Lodz 1988, p. 132.

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 87); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 76); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 75); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 129); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 223); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 102); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 45); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 957); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 59, ill. p. 88); Lodz 1988.

Note: This cycle, chronologically the third, composed by the artist of 6 drawings, was until now erroneously called Wojna domowa (The Civil War). Its proper title is Wojna domom (War Against Homes) and is connected thematically with the effects of the expulsions during the Nazi occupation. Its shows a city, empty apartment and factory buildings with mobile contours filled with small "pulsating" forms, often multiplied. J. tadnowska writes: "(.. .) Within the basic contour we can see the artistic effect of the figure versus the background and the interaction of forms - the after-images".

II.42

Untitled 2

(ill. 125)

Pencil, paper, 29,8 x 38 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/56/2

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 88); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 77); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 76); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 130); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 224); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 103); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 46, ill. p. 89); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 958); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 60, ill. p. 88).

II.43

Untitled 3

(ill. 123)

pencil, paper, 29,8 x 38 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 941 " on the reverse: among the other things the stamp "Zwiazek Zawodowy Polskich Artystow Plastykow w Lodzi"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/56/3

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz 1945 (cat. no. 121 - 126?); Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 89); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 78); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 77); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 131 ); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 225); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 104); Dusseldorf I980 (cat. no. 47, ill. P. 8g); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 959); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 61 , ill. p. 88); Apeldoorn 1989 (cat. no. 28, ill. p. 84); Budapest 1989/1990 (cat. no. 98).

II.44

Untitled 4

(ill. 126)

pencil, paper, 29,8 x 42 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/56/4

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 90); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 79); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 78); New York-Chicago ' 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 132); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 226); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 105); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 48, ill. p. 89); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 960); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 62, ill. p. 89).

II.45

Untitled 5

(ill. 127)

pencil, paper, 29,2 x 42 signed and dated: bottom left "W Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/56/5

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 91 ); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 80, ill. p. 205); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 79); Zurich 1974 (cat. no. 252); Warszawa 1974 (cat. no. 20); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 133); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 227); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 106); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 49, ill. p. 89); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 63, ill. p. 89); Lodz 1988.

II.46

Untitled 6

(ill. 124)

pencil, paper, 29,8 x 41 ,7 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/56/6

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 92); Zielona Gora 1 g67; Lodz 1 g68; Essen-Otterlo Otterto 1973 (cat. no. 81 ); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 80); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 134); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 228); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 107); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 50, ill. p. 89); Odense-Hovikodden 1985 (cat. no. 64, ill. p. 89); Dusseldorf 1989 (cat. no. 144).

II.47

From the series: War Against Homes. Untitled,

1941

(Series:Civil War. Factory] pencil, paper, 30,7 x 38,2 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Ryszard Varisella, Warszawa (previously owned by Aleksander Kromer)

Exh.: Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 16).

II.48.

From the series War Against Homes. Untitled,

1941

(Series:Civil War. A Tenement House] pencil, paper, 30,7 x 38,4 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Ryszard Varisella, Warszawa (previously owned by Aleksander Kromer)

Exh.: Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 15).

II.49

From the series: War Against Homes. Untitled,

1941

pencil, paper, 35,2 x 48,7 signed and dated: bottom right "W Strzem/l941 " on the reverse: the number "KZ 1321"

coll. Teresa Btaiejewska, Warszawa

II.50

From the series: War Against Homes. Houses,

1941

pencil, paper, 29,5 x 42 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Nora and Jan Szczepanski, Warszawa

II.51

Ruins,

1941

pencil, paper, 30 x 40 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Stanislaw Fijatkowski, Lodz

II.52

Landscape,

1941

pencil, coloured ink, paper, 35,3 x 47,3 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 941 "

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/l 42

Donated by Krystyna Bilska, Lodz, 1966

Exh.: Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 108, ill. p. 206); Zurich 1974 (cat. no. 256); Warszawa 1974 (cat. no. 24); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 107); New York-Chicago 1 g76/1 g77; MontrÈal 1 g77 (cat. no. 161); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 77, ill. p. 89); Apeldoorn 1989 (cat. no. 27. ill. p. 85); Budapest 1989/1990 (cat. no. 97, ill. p. 91); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 100).

II.53.

City-scape of Lodz,

1941

watercolour, crayon, paper of the firm Carl Schleicher & Schull, 31 ,3 x 37,7 signed and dated: bottom left 'W. Strzem/l941 "

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/521

Purchased from Boleslaw Hochlinger, 1974

II.54

City-scape of Lodz,

[1941]

watercolour, crayon, paper, 30,7 x 38 signed: bottom left "W. Strzem"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, inv. no. III - r.a. 7613

Purchased from Julian Przybos, 1965

II.55

From the series: War Against Homes. Untitled,

1942

pencil, paper, 31 x 38,6 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l942"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa, inv. no. Rys. W. 2618

Purchased from Aleksander Kromer, 1965

Exh.: Zielona Gora 1967; Warszawa 1973; Warszawa 1984/2.

II.56 - 62. Series: Faces,1942 (ill.128-134)

II.56

Untitled 1

(ill. 128)

pencil, paper, 38 x 30 signed and dated: bottom left 'W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/57/1

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Bibl.: J. tadnowska, Rysunki - realizm rytmu fizjologicznego, in: Wladyslaw Strzeminski. In Memoriam..., Lodz 1988, p. 132.

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 94); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 82); Stockholm 1 g75/1 g76 (cat. no. 81 ); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 135); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 229); Beogard Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 108); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 51 , ill. p. 90); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 961 ); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 65, ill. p. 89); Budapest 1989/1990 (cat. no. 99).

Note: This fourth cycle, which the artist composed of 7 drawings, presents faces - heads which resemble, in the words of J. tadnowska "... bodiless skulls with marked eye-sockets. Other elements of the head are as if in the state of decay. From the mimetic point of view, the form is disintegrated, but, it is artistically coherent." As in the case of the previous and the subsequent cycles, some drawings have their multiplications. The present catalogue presents all of the artist's works known to us, including the drawings which the artist multiplied.

II.57

Untitled 2

(ill. 131 )

pencil, paper, 38 x 29,6 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/57/2

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 95); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1 g68; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 83, ill. p. 207); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 82); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 136); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 230); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 109); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 52); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 962); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 66, ill. p. 90); Lodz 1988; Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 101 ); Lyon 1992 (cat. p. 277).

II.58

Untitled 3

(ill. 132)

pencil, paper, 38,3 x 29,8 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/57/3

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 96); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 84); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 83); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 137); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 231 ); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 110); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 53, ill. p. 90); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 963); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 67, ill. p. 90).

II.59

Untitled 4

(ill. 129)

pencil, paper, 38,3 x 29,8 signed and dated: bottom left 'W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/57/4

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 97); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 85); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 84); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 138); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 232); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. II1 ); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 54); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 964); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 68, ill. p. 90).

II.60

Untitled 5

(ill. 130)

pencil, paper, 38 x 29,5 signed and dated: bottom left 'W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/57/5

Donated by the Artist, 1949

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 98); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 86, ill. p. 207); Zurich 1974 (cat. no. 253); Warszawa 1974 (cat. no. 21); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 85); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; MontrÈal 1977 (cat. no. 139); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 233); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 112); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 55, ill. p. 90); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 965); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 69, ill. p. 90); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 102).

II.61

Untitled 6

(ill. 133)

pencil, paper, 38 x 30 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/57/6

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 99); Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 87); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 86); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 140); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 234); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 113); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 56, ill. p. 90); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 966); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 70, ill. p. 91 ); Apeldoorn 1989 (cat. no. 29); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 103); Lyon 1992 (cat. p. 277).

II.62

Untitled 7

(ill. 134)

Pencil, paper, 38,3 x 30,3 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/57l7

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 100); Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 88); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 87); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 141 ); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 235); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 114); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 57).

II.63

From the series: Faces. Untitled,

1942

pencil, paper, 38 x 31 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1942"

private coll.

II.64

From the series: Faces. Untitled,

1942

pencil, paper, 38,5 x 31 ,5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa, inv. no. Rys. W. 2617

Purchased from Aleksander Kromer, 1965

Exh.: Zielona Gora 1967; Warszawa 1973.

II.65

From the series: Faces. Untitled,

1942

pencil, paper, 37,4 x 30 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa, inv. no. Rys. W. 2909

Purchased from Aleksander Kromer, 1965

Exh.: Zielona Gora 1967; Warszawa 1973.

II.66

From the series: Faces. Untitled,

1942

pencil, paper, 37,4 x 30 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 942"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa, inv. no. Rys, W. 2908

Purchased from Aleksander Kromer, 1965

Exh.: Zielona Gora 1967;Warszawa 1973; Warszawa 1984/2.

II.67

Portrait Doctor T. Pawlikowski,

[1942]

pencil, paper of the firm "Schoellers", 40 x 34 signed: bottom "W. Strzem."

coll. Marek Pawlikowski, Lodz

Exh.: Lodz 1945 (cat. no. 127).

II.68

Hiacynth,

1942

watercolour, crayon, paperboard, 37.8 x 29.5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1942"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/436 purchased from Marek Franciszkowski, Lodz, 1973

Note: During the war the artist made a number of drawings for sale. They resembled this one in form. These were works similar to those of 1930's, which the artist described as belonging to the "compromise type."

II.69

Still Life with a Newspaper

1942

watercolour, crayon, paper of the firm "Carl Schleicher & Schull", 31,2 x 38,5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1942"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/522

Purchased from Boleslaw Hochlinger, 1974

II.70

Still Life with a Newspaper and Apples,

1943

watercolour, crayon, paper, 31.2 x 38.5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1943"

coll. Waclaw Kaminski, Lodz

II.71

Still Life with a Hyacinth,

1943

watercolour, crayon, paper of the firm Carl Schleicher & Schull, 36 x 25 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1943"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/523

Purchased from Boleslaw Hochlinger, 1974

II.72

irises,

1943

pencil, paper, 42 x 29.5 signed and dateed:bottom left "W. Strzem/1943"

coll. Danuta Przybos, Warszawa

II.73

Apples,

1943 (ill.137)

pencil, paperboard, 38 x 29,5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1943"

coll. Ryszard Varisella, Warszawa (previously owned by Stanislaw Mendla)

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 105); Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 19).

II.74

A Bunch of Flowers, ok.

1943

watercolour, crayon, paper, 37 x 23 signed: bottom right "W. Strzem"

Private coll.

II.75 - 80. Series: Landscapes and Still Lifes, 1943 - 1944 (ill.135-141)

II.75.

Still Life,

1943 (ill.138)

pencil, paper, 29,5 x 39 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1943"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/58/1

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Bibl.: J. Ladnowska, Rysunki realizm rytmu fizjologicznego, in: Wladyslaw Strzeminski. in Memoriam. .. , Lodz 1988, p. 132.

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 107); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 89); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 88); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 143); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 237); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 116); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 58, ill. p. 91); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 967); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 71, ill. p. 91 ).

Note: J. Ladnowska believes that this cycle "(...) was probably composed by Strzeminski of disconnected drawings. Only Still Lifes show grater homogenity. The artist multiplied in them biological forms whose shapes resemble spherical fruits. Strzeminski introduces here the notion of - specifically understood - massiveness, by diversifying the thickness of unbroken contour lines of the fruits, and the fuzzy patches of black which signify colour or chiaroscuro. They are characterized by decorative, absent from other works by the artist. Landscapes belonging to this cycle are distinguished by great simplicity."

II.76

Still Life,

1943 (ill. 139)

pencil, paper, 29,7 x 38,8 signed and dated: bottom left 'W .Strzem/1943"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/58/2

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 108); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 90); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 89); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 142); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 238); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 117); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 59); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 968); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 72, ill. p. 91 ).

II.77

Still Life,

1943 (ill. 135)

pencil, paper, 30 x 39 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1943"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/58/3

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 109); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 92, ill. p. 206); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 91); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 145); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 241 ); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 120); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 60, ill. p. 91); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 969); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 73, ill. p. 91 ); Lodz 1988; Apeldoorn 1989 (cat. no. 30, ill. p. 87(; Budapest 1989/1990 (ft. no. 100); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 104).

II.78

Landscape,

1943 (ill. 140)

pencil, paper, 30 x 38,5 signed and dated: bottom left 'W. Strzem/1943"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/58/4

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 106); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 91 ); Zurich 1974 (cat. no. 254); Warszawa 1974 (cat. no. 22); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 90); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 144); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 240); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 119); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 61 , ill. p. 92); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 970); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 74, ill. p. 92); Lodz 1988.

II.79

Landscape,

1944 (ill. 136)

pencil, paper, 29,5 x 41 ,5 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1944"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/58/5

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 110); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 93); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 92); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 146); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 236); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 115); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 62); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 971 ); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 75, ill. p. 92); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 105).

II.80

Landscape,

1944 (ill. 141)

pencil, paper, 30 x 42 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1944"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/58/6

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 111 ); Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 94); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 93); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 147); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 239); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 118); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 63, ill. p. 92); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 972); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 76, ill. p. 92); Apeldoorn 1989 (cat. no. 31 , ill. p. 86); Budapest 1989/1990 (cat. no. 101).

II.81 - 84. Series: Cheap as Mud II, 1943 - 1944 (ill.142-145)

II.81 .

Untitled,

1943 (ill. 142)

pencil, paper, 41 ,8 x 29,7 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1943"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/520/5

Purchased from Boleslaw Hochlinger, 1974

Exh.: Radom 1979 (cat. no. 16).

Note: This cycle has been composed of 4 separate drawings, purchased by the Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz in 1974. Following a comparison with the artist's auctorical cycle, enriched with the fuzzy patches of the pencil.

II.82.

II.91

On the Trenches 1

(ill. 148)

pencil, paper, 29,5 x 41,5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1944"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/59/7

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 118); Zielona Gora 1967; Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 101 ); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 100); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 154); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 248); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 127); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 70); Lodz 1981 (cat. p. n.n.); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 979); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 83, ill. p. 94); Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 108).

II.92

On the Trenches 2

pencil, paper, 29,5 x 41,5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1944"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/59/8

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 cat. no. 119; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 102); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 155); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 249); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 128); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 71 ); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 980); ) Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 84, ill. p. 94); Lodz 1988.

II.93

From the series: Cheap as Mud. Untitled,

1944

pencil, paper, 29,5 x 41,7 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1944"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/520/4

Purchased from Boleslaw Hochlinger, 1974

Exh.: Radom 1979 (cat. no. 15).

II.94

From the series: Cheap as Mud. Untitled,

1944

pencil, paper, 29,8 x 41,8 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1944"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/520/6

Purchased from Boleslaw Hochlinger, 1974

Exh.: Radom 1979 (cat. no. 17).

II.95

From the series: Cheap as Mud. On the Trenches,

1944

pencil, paper, 42 x 29,5 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1944"

coll. Koji Kamoji, Warszawa

II.96

From the series:Cheap as Mud. A Human Figure. On the Trenches,

[1944]

pencil, paper, 42 x 30 not signed

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/59/9

Donated by Krystyna Bilska, Lodz, 1966

Exh.: Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo / 1973 (cat. no. 103); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 102); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 156); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 250); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 129); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 72).

II.97

Apples,

1944

black crayon, paper, 25,5 x 37,4 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1944"

coll. Waclaw Kaminski, Lodz

II.98

Kwiaty w wazonie,

1944

watercolour, crayon, paper, 29,5 X 45 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1944"

coll. Waclaw Kaminski, Lodz

II.99

Flowers,

1944

watercolour, black crayon, pencil, paper, 42 x 29,5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1944

Private coll. (previously owned by Boleslaw Hochlinger)

II.100 - 102. Series: Hands Which Are Not With US, 1945 (ill.149-151)

II.100

Untitled 1

(ill. 149)

pencil, paper, 38 x 30 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1945" on the reverse: among other things stamp "Zwiazek Zawodowy Polskich Artystow Plastykow w Lodzi"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/60/1

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Bibl.: J. Ladnowska, Rysunki - realizm rytmu fizjologicznego, in: Wladyslaw Strzeminski. In Memoriam. .. , Lodz 1988, p. 133.

Exh.: Lodz 1945 (cat. no. 121 -126?); Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 122); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 104); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat.- no. 103); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 157); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 251); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 130); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 73, ill. p. 93); Lodz 1981 (cat. p. n.n.); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 981 ); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 85, ill. p. 94); Apeldoorn 1989 (cat. no. 32); Budapest 1989/1990 (cat. no. 102); Lyon 1992 (cat. p. 277).

Note: The shortest author's cycle, comprising only 3 drawings - related to realistic representations of the study of a hand in expressive gesticulations.

II.101

Untitled 2

(ill. 150)

pencil, paper, 42 x 30 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1945"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/60/2

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 121 ); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 105); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 104); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 158); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 252); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 131 ); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 74, ill. p. 93); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 982); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 86, ill. p. 95); Lodz 1988; Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 109).

II.102.

Untitled 3

(ill. 151 )

pencil, paper, 42 x 29,5 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1945"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/60/3

Donated by the Artist, 1945

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 120); Lodz 1968; Essen-Otterlo 1973 (cat. no. 106); Stockholm 1975/1976 (cat. no. 105); New York-Chicago 1976/1977; Montreal 1977 (cat. no. 159); Roma-Venezia 1979 (cat. no. 253); Beograd-Zagreb 1979 (cat. no. 132); Dusseldorf 1980 (cat. no. 75, ill. p. 93); Paris 1983 (cat. no. 983); Odense-Hovikodden 1985/1986 (cat. no. 87, ill. p. 95); Lodz 1988; Lodz 1991 (cat. no. 110); Lyon 1992 (cat. p. 277, ill. 88 p. 95).

II.103 - 111 . Series: To My Friends the Jews, (1945] (ill.152-160)

II.103.

Following the Existence of Feet Which Tread a Path

(ill.152)

ink, collage, white paper, 33 x 23 not signed on the reverse inscribed by the artist "sladem istnienia stop, ktore/wydeptaly"

coll. Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem

Bibl.: J. Przybos,Nowatorstwo Strzeminskiego, in:Katarzyna Kobro. Wladyslaw Strzeminski... (exh. cat.) Lodz 1956, pp. 78; J. Ladnowska, Rysunki - realizm rytmu fizjologicznego, in: Wladyslaw Strzeminski. In Memoriam... , Lodz 1988, p. 133.

Exh.: Lodz 1947/2

Note: The last cycle - this time of collages - produced during the war, it was composed by the artist of 9 works and given, courtesy of the artist's ex-student, Judith Sobel, to the Yad Vashem - the Institute fo Commemorating Martyrs and Hero- es of the Holocaust in Jerusalem. Drawings which we know from the earlier cycles are complemented here with documentary photographs of the ghetto, exterminations camps, or faces of Jewish refugees. Julian Przybos wrote that this cycle had impressed him more than Pablo Picasso's Guernica. The unique poetic quality of the titles given to the particular works intensifies their expressiveness and at the same time synthesizes the image.

II.104

Stretched by the Strings of Legs

(ill.153)

ink, collage, white paper, 30 x 21 not signed on the reverse: inscribed by the artist "wyciagane strunalmi nog"

coll. Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem

Exh.: Lodz 1947/2.

II.105

With the Ruins of Demolished Eye Sockets. Paved with Stones like Heads

(ill.154)

ink, collage, paper grey-greenish, 30 x 21 not signed on the reverse: inscribed by the artist "ruinami zburzonych / oczodo1ow"

coll. Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem

Exh.: Lodz 1947/2.

II.106

I Accuse the Crime of Cain and the Sin of Ham

(ill. 155)

ink, collage, paper grey-greenish, 30 x 21 not signed on the reverse: written by the artist "Oskariam zbrodnig I Kaina i grzech / Chama"

coll. Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem

Exh.: Lodz 1947/2.

II.107

Vow and Oath to the Memory of Hands (Existences which are not with us)

(ill. 156)

ink, collage, paper grey-greenish, 30 x 21 not signed on the reverse: inscribed by the artist "przysiggnij pamigci / rak (istnien / ktore nie z nami)"

coll. Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem

Exh.: Lodz 19472.

II.108.

Veins Strung Tant by Shinbones

(ill. 157)

ink, collage, paper grey-greenish, 30 x 21 not signed on the reverse: inscribed by the artist "piszczelami / napigte iyly"

coll. Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem

Exh.: Lodz 1947/2

II.109

The Empty Shinbones of the Crematoria

(ill.158)

ink, collage, white paper, cardboard, 33 x 23 not signed on the reverse: inscribed by the artist "puste piszczele / krematoriow"

coll. Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem

Exh.: Lodz 1947/2

II.110

The sticky Spot of Crime

(ill.159)

tempera, ink, collage, white paper, 33 x 23 not signed on the reverse: inscribed by the artist "lepka plama / zbrodni"

coll. Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem

Exh.: Lodz 1947/2.

II.111

Father's Skull

(ill. 160)

ink, collage, white paper, cardboard, 33 x 23 on the reverse: written by the artist "czaszka ojca" not signed

coll. Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem

Exh.: Lodz 1947/2.

II.112.

From the series: To My Friends the Jews. The Existence,

[1945]

ink black, collage, paper, 29,9 x 20,8 not signed on the reverse: inscribed in pencil "sladem istnienia"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, inv. no. MNK 111-r.a.8115

Purchased from Bronislawa Przybos, 1966

Bibl.: Zydziwpolsce. Obrazislowo, cz. I ., . . . , Warszawa 1993, p. 9, ill.

Exh.: Lodz 1947/2; Dusseldorf 1989 (cat. no. 147, ill. p. 128); Krakow-Warszawa 1989/1990 (cat. no. 1179).

II. 113.

II.121

Landscape from Nowa Ruda,

1947

pencil, paper, 36,5 x 50,9 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 947"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, inv. no. MNK 111-r.a.8116

Purchased from Bronislawa Przybos, Warszawa, 1966

II.122

Landscape with Clouds,

1947

pencil, paper, 34 x 50 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 947"

coll. Ryszard Wierzbowski, Lodz

II.123

Forest Nowa Ruda,

1947

watercolour, pencil, paper, 51 x 37 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l947"

coll. Zofia Ajnenkiel, Lodz

II.124

Apple-Trees. Nowa Ruda,

1947

watercolour, crayon, paper, 29 x 41,5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 947"

coll. Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska, Warszawa

Bibl.: Katarzyna Kobro. Wladyslaw Strzeminski..., (exh. cat.) Lodz 1956, p. 54, no. 23 (not exh.).

Exh.: Lodz 1988.

II.125

Landscape,

1947

watercolour, crayon, paper, 30 x 39,5 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzeminski", bottom left"1947" Private

coll.

II.126

Landscape from Nowa Ruda,

[1947]

watercolour, crayon, paper, signed: bottom left "W. Strz"

coll. Danuta Przybos, Warszawa

II.127.

II.131

Landscape from Nowa Ruda,

1948

pencil, paper, 40 x 55 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1948"

coll. Stefan Krygier, Lodz

II.132

Apple-Tree. Nowa Ruda,

1948

pencil, paper, 24,5 x 31 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1948"

coll. Danuta Przybos, Warszawa

II.133.

Greek Sculpture 1. A Drawing for the Olympic Competition,

1948

pencil, paper, 41 x 55 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1948"

coll. Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska, Warszawa

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 148); Lodz 1988.

Note: This drawing opens a series of works presenting Greek sculpture and torsos according to the Greek principle of linear vision, described in Teoria widzenia (A Theory of Vision). The series was prepared for the Olympic Competition.

II.134

Greek sculpture II. Drawing for the Olympic Competition,

1948

pencil, paper, 40 x 30,1 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1948"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa, inv. no. Rys. W. 4305

Purchased from Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska, Warszawa, 1972

II.135.

Greek Torso I. Drawing for the Olympic Competition,

1948

pencil, paper, 41 x 55 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1948"

coll. Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska, Warszawa

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 147).

II.136

Greek Torso II. Drawing for the Olympic Competition,

1948

pencil, paper, 40,4 x 30,2 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1948

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa, inv. no. Rys. W. 4303

Purchased from Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska, Warszawa, 1972

II.137.

Landscape from Bierutowlce,

1949

pencil, paper, 55 x 41 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1949"

coll. Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska, Warszawa

Bibl.: Katarzyna Kobro. Wladyslaw Strzeminski..., (exh. cat.) Lodz 1956, p. 54, no. 26 (not exh.).

Note: The mountain landscape drawn during the plein-air in Bierutowice in 1949 Differ from another in very few details and illustrate perfectly the artist's method of work.

II.138

Landscape from Bierutowice,

1949

pencil, paper, 55 x 41 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1949"

coll. Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska, Warszawa

II.139

Landscape from Bierutowice,

1949

pencil, paper, 50 x 40,5 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1949"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/1525

Purchased from Jerzy Mackiewicz, Lodz, 1989

Bibl.: Katarzyna Kobro. Wladyslaw Strzeminski..., (exh. cat.) Lodz 1956, p. 54, no. 24 (not exh.).

Exh.: Lodz 1984 (cat. no. 56, ill.); Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 73).

II.140

A study of movement,

1949

pencil, paper, 27,5 x 20,7 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/1949"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa, inv. no. Rys. W. 4304

Purchased from Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska, Warszawa, 1972

Bibl.: J. Ladnowska, Rysunki - realizm rytmu fizjologicznego, in: Wladyslaw Strzeminski. ln Memoriam..., Lodz 1988, p. 133.

Note: In 1949 the artist produced a little series of drawings, in which he once again went over the threshold of realism. J. Ladnowska observes: ". .. Onto a linear, contour form of a woman sewing, the artist superimposes a schematic drawing - a diagram which expresses in geometrical form the subsequent phases of the movement from the hand to the eye. At a certain stage the figure of the woman gets deleted, and what remains is pure movement". These drawings can be linked with solaristic compositions, in which we can see reduced and open diagrams of movement (of light?).

II.141 .

A study of movement,

[1949]

(At work) pencil, paper, 27,7 x 20,5 not signed

coll. Danuta Przybos, Warszawa

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 150).

II.142.

A study of movement,

1949

(Komposition mit geometrischer Konstruktion, Raumkomposition) pencil, paper, 41,2 x 27,5 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1949"

coll. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Graphische Sammlung, inv. no. C 73/2316

Purchased, 1973

Bibl.: 1. Jakimowicz, Die Werke von Wladyslaw Strzeminski..., in: JAHRBUCH..., Bd.12, 1975, pp. 270-271 , ill. 9.

Exh.: Stuttgart 1974 (cat. no. ill. 58); Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1980 (cat. no. ill.).

II.143

A study of movement,

1949

pencil, paper, 41,5 x 28 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1949"

coll. Galerie Gmurzynska, Koln

II.144

II.151

Weaver,

1950 (ill. 165)

(A Mechanic, Weaver - mechanic) pencil, crayon, paper, 50 x 35 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1950"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/1526

Purchased from Jerzy Mackiewicz, Lodz, 1989

Bibl.: Katarzyna Kobro. Wladyslaw Strzeminski... , (exh. cat.) Lodz 1956, p. 54, poz. 27 (not exh.)

Exh.: Lodz 1984 (cat. no. 57, ill.); Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 102); Lodz 1988

II.152.

II.161

Women Harvesting,

1950

gouache, pencil, crayon, paper, 70 x 36 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1950"

coll. Stanislaw Fijatkowski, Lodz

II.162.

Women Harvesting,

1950

tempera, crayon, paper, 62 x 36 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/1950"

coll. Danuta Przybos, Warszawa

II.163

Head of Woman Harvesting,

1950

gouache, paper, 31 x 24 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strz/l 950"

coll. Alina Orzechowska, Warszawa

II.164

Heads of Women Harvesting,

1950

pencil, paper, 30,5 x 39,8 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 950" Private

coll. (previously owned by Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska)

II.165

Harvester,

1950

gouache, pencil, paper, 39,8 x 30,5 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 950" Private

coll. (previously owned by Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska)

II.166.

The Hands.A Study for the painting Harvesters,

1950

gouache, pencil, paper, 34 x 32 signed and dated: bottom right "1950 W.Strzem"

coll. Danuta Przybos, Warszawa

II.167

Women Harvesting,

[1950]

(The Digging of Potatoes) gouache, pencil, paper, 35 x 29 not signed

coll. Nora and Jan Szczepanski, Warszawa

II.168

Women Harvesting,

[1950]

(The Digging of Potatoes)

gouache, crayon, paper, 43 x 44,5 not signed

coll. Nora and Jan Szczepanski, Warszawa

II.169

Corn-ears,

1950 (ill. 167)

(Landscape with Corn-ears)

tempera, paper, 26 x 36 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 950"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/l 523

Purchased from Jerzy Mackiewicz, 1989

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 152); Lodz 1988

II.170

Corn-ears,

1950

tempera, paper, 25 x 35 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 950"

coll. Stefan Krygier, Lodz

II.171

Corn-ears,

1950

tempera, paper, 34,8 x 50 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 950" Private

coll. (previously owned by Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska)

II.172

Corn-ears,

1950

gouache, crayon, paper, 25 x 35 signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 950"

coll. Nora and Jan Szczepanski, Warszawa

II.173

Corn-ears,

1950

watercolour, crayon, paper, signed and dated: bottom left "W. Strzem/l 950"

coll. Danuta Przybos, Warszawa

II.174

Smallholders,

1950

crayon, paper, 100,5 x 70 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 950"

coll. Jerzy Oplustil, Warszawa

Exh.: Lodz-Warszawa 1956/1957 (cat. no. 157, ill. 19).

II.175

Smallholder,

[1950]

(Series:Smallholders. A Peasant with a woman and a Hen) pencil, paper, 47 x 33,5 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l950"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/l677

Donated by Lena Kowalewicz, 1991

Exh.: Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 104).

II.176

Smallholders,

1950

pencil, collage, paper, 50,5 x 35 signed and dated: bottom right "W. Strzem/l 950"

coll. Danuta Przybos, Warszawa

II.177

Smallholder,

[1950]

(Series:Smallholders. A Peasant with a Hen) watercolour, crayon, pencil, paper, 47,2 x 23,5 not signed on the reverse: inscribed in pencil "rysunek (Wladyslaw Strzeminski) rok 1950"

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/l 678

Donated by Lena Kowalewicz, 1991

Exh.: Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 106); Lodz 1988.

II.178

Smallholders,

[1950] (ill. 168)

watercolour, pencil, paper, 49 x 35 not signed ,

coll. Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, inv. no. MS/SN/Rys/l524

Purchased from Jerzy Mackiewicz, 1989

Exh.: Lodz 1984; Lodz 1985 (cat. no. ill. 105); Lodz 1988.

II.179

Smallholders,

[1950]

watercolour, pencil, paper, 51 x 35 not signed Private

coll.

II.180

Landscape from Kazimierz Dolny,

21 - 22 VII 1950

watercolour, ink, paper, 30,5 x 39,8 signed and dated: bottom left "21 VII 1950/(22) W. Strzem"

coll. Hanna Orzechowska-Siecinska, Warszawa

Compiled by Zenobia Karnicka