Dimensions: 73 x 100 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'J. Tarasin 68'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'JAN TARASIN | WARSAW | "PRZEDMIOTY" | 1968' and mounting pointer.
Condition
authenticity confirmed by the artist's heir
Origin
private collection, Sweden
Uppsala Auktionskammare, 2020
institutional collection, Poland
DESA Unicum, 2022
private collection, Warsaw
Exhibited
Jan Tarasin, solo exhibition, Konstsalongen Kavaletten, Uppsala, 1968
Biography
Graduated from painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1951, in the studio of Professor Zbigniew Pronaszko. As a student he made his debut at the First Exhibition of Modern Art in Cracow in 1948-49. Since 1962 he has been a member of the Cracow Group. In 1974, he began teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and was rector of the academy from 1987-90. In 1984 he received the Jan Cybis Award. In 1995 there was a monographic exhibition of the artist's works at the Warsaw Zachęta Gallery.