VIII. Works ascribed to Wladyslaw Strzeminski

The works grouped under this heading have been included in this section for two basic reasons. First, because of doubts about W. Strzeminski's authorship. This group includes: works whose technique is exceptional in the artist's output; works from the earliest period of his artistic activity, for which there is now no available material for comparison; and works whose signatures differ from the ones classified thus far. Secondly, for obvious reasons this section contains works not known from personal inspection (some are only known from illustrations), including those discovered during the work on this catalogue. These will undoubtedly undergo research presently. It should be stressed, that all the works in this section are interesting for many reasons. There are grounds to suppose that some of them may have been made by the artist's pupi1s from the 1930's. They would then be the results of Strzeminski's didactic program, in which - as we know - he encouraged his pupils to make studies of his own works. They may also have been made by other artists remaining under his direct influence. The work that seems particularly interesting is the Seascape from the Muzeum Narodowe in Cracow, which was probably painted by Katarzyna Kobro. This attribution is suggested by the comparison with a composition on the same subject in the collection of Strzeminski and Kobro's daughter, which after long research has been attributed to K. Kobro.

VIII.1

Landscape,

c. 1919-1920

gouache, crayon, paper, 42,5 x 53,5 signed bottom middle: "B. Strzeminski"

coll. Ryszard Varisella, Warszawa

VIII.2

Architectural Composition,

1928

(Grun-rot-Architektur) oil, cardboard, 47,5 x 30 signed on the reverse?

coll. Museum Bochum, inv. no. 2071

Purchased from Galerie Bargera, Koln 1980

Exh.: Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1980 (cat. no. ill. 1229); Bochum 1988/1989 (cat. no. 208).

VIII.3

Unistic Composition

(Unistische Komposition)

tempera, cardboard, 30 x 20 not signed

coll. Nationalgalerie, Berlin, inv. no. B-113

Purchased 1980

Exh.: Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1980 (cat.no. 1232, ill.1222); Berlin 1985 (cat. p. 175, ill. p. 54); Berlin 1992/1993 (cat. p. 148)

VIII.4

Unistic Composition?,

1932

(Unistische Komposition) gouache, paper, 53,8 x 42,5 signed bottom left?

coll. Museum Bochum, inv. no. 2073

Purchased from Galerie Bargera, Koln, 1980

Exh.: Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1980 (cat. no. ill.1231); Bochum 1988/1989 (cat. no. 210).

VIII.5

Unistic Composition,

1932

oil, gypsum, 40,5 x 30,5 not signed

coll. Museum of Modern Art, New York Gift of Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation

Exh.: New York 1985 (cat. ill. p.199)

VIII.6

Seascape,

c.1934

tempera, cardboard, 20 x 24,8 not signed on the reverse: sketch of amorphic forms, in pencil

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, inv. no. 111-r.a. 14362

Purchased from Nika Strzeminska, 1963

Exh.: Krakow 1983

VIII.7

Seascape,

1934

(Meertandschah)

gouache? oil, cardboard, 21 x 27 or 18,5 x 25 signed on the reverse?

coll. Museum Bochum, inv. no. 2072

Purchased from Galerie Bargera, Koln, 1980

Exh.: Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1980 (cat. no. 1233); Bochum 1988/1989 (cat. no. ill. 211).

VIII.8

Church in Lodz,

c. 1947

watercolour, charcoal, paper, 45,5 x 33,5 signed bottom left: "Strzeminski"

coll. Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, inv. no. 111-r.a. 7072

Purchased from J. Polanski, 1965

Compiled by Zenobia Karnicka