Dimensions: 153 x 45 x 81 cm
signed on author's metal plate: 'SEATED FIGURE M.ABAKANOWICZ 1986 MA'.
Origin:
institutional collection, Poland
Literature
cf:
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Polonia, Biennale di Venezia, 1980, nlb (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Katarsis, Fattoria Celle, Santomato di Pistoia, Edizioni della Bezuga, Florence 1987, p. 18 (il.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Műcsarnok, Budapest 1988, pp. 17, 70-75, 130 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Skulpturen, Städtische Galerie im Städelchen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main 1989, p. 12 (il.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Recent Work, Marlborough Gallery Inc., New York 1989, pp. 32-33 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Marlborough Fine Art London Ltd., London 1990, pp. 5, 12 (ill.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago 1990, pp. 14-15, 18 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Museum of Art in Lodz, 1991, nlb.
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Season Museum of Art, Tokyo, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Art Tower, Mito, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, 1991, pp. 92-93, 171, 173 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Works from the collection of MNWr and the artist's own collection, BWA in Cracow, 1993, pp. 10, 23 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York 1993, pp. 2, 43 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Obra reciente, Marlborough Madrid, 1994, p. 27 (il.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, National Museum in Gdańsk, Abbots' Palace in Oliwa, 1995, nlb (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw 1995, pp. 43, 48-51, 212 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Sculpture, BWA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sandomierz 1997, nlb (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Starmach Gallery, Cracow 1998, p. 4 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Honoris causa, Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, 1998, nlb (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Doctor Honoris Causa, Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, 2002, p. 32 (il.)
Mariusz Hermansdorfer, Magdalena Abakanowicz, National Museum in Wroclaw, 2005, pp. 8-9, 29, 72-73 (il.).
"Contexts," no. 3-4, 2006, pp. 56-57, 222-223 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. La corte del Rey Arturo, Palacio de Cristal. Parque del Retiro, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid 2008, pp. 37, 101 (il.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Fate and Art. Monologue, Skira, Milan 2008, pp. 77-79, 99 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Cistern, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw 2008, pp. 174-175, 191 (ill.)
Mariusz Hermansdorfer, Magdalena Abakanowicz, National Museum in Wroclaw, 2011, pp. 19-21, 23, 71 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Center for Polish Sculpture in Oronsko, 2013, pp. 28-29, 106 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Unrepeatability. Abakan to the Crowd, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York 2015, pp. 10 (il.).
Abakanowicz. Metamorphism, Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, 2018, pp. 106-107, 195 (il.).
Our Time. Magdalena Abakanowicz, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, National Museum in Wroclaw, 2020, p. 41(ill.)
Magdalena Abakanowicz. Totally, National Museum in Wroclaw, 2022, pp. 116-117, 160-163, 268-269 (il.).
Abakanowicz. Confrontations, Royal Castle in Warsaw, 2022, pp. 61, 73 (ill.).
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Zysk i S-Ka Wydawnictwo, Poznań 2022, p. 12 (il.).
Julita Deluga, Magdalena Abakanowicz. Rzeźba, Bosz Publishing House, Olszanica 2023, p. 19 (il.)
Biography
Magdalena Abakanowicz studied in 1950-54 at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. She practiced sculpture. The first works that brought her international fame were the monumental, spatial tapestries with relief texture Abakanas. Her sculptures are made in a variety of techniques and materials: ceramics, wood, bronze, plastic - both figurative and non-figurative. She has made and completed many projects for public places and museums. In 1965-90 she taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. She is the author of erudite essays on art, mythology, religion. In 1965 she was awarded the Grand Prix at the Sao Paulo Biennale. By world critics she is counted among the top artists of the 20th century.
