Gouache on brown paper, sheet 42.1 x 28.9 cm, pasted(edges?) on darker paper and modestly framed 51.3 x 36.3 cm.
Signatures: a) in the upper margin in pencil: "A Play about Birth and Passion" directed by Kazimierz Dejmek - set design by Jan Polewka; b) on the lower right, sideways, in pencil, signature of the author: Proj. Jan Polewka ; c) in the lower right corner of the sheet in blue paint: CYRENEJCZYK.
Original set design for the play "A Play about the Birth and Passion [of the Lord]" directed by Kazimierz Dejmek, staged at the Polish Theater in Warsaw (premiere 16.12.1982). The role of Cyrenaic was played by Maciej Maciejewski.
Jan Polewka (born 1945 in Cracow) - stage designer and theater director, graduate of the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts (under Jonasz Stern and AndrzejStopka ), developed stage designs for various Polish theaters and operas, among his most important achievements were plays directed by Kazimierz Dejmek and Giovanni Pampiglione. He has won numerous awards, including an award in 1983 for his stage design for the play The Game of the Lord's Birth and Passion at the 9th Opole Theater Confrontations. In 1990-1998 he was director of the Groteska Puppet, Mask and Actor Theater in Cracow.