Stanislaw Eleszkiewicz, AT THE TABLE

60,0 x 72,8cm - oil, cardboard glued on plywood signed l.d.: S. Eleszkiewicz

On the reverse:

- l.g. number (in black marker): 2.;

- next to number (in red chalk): 119;

- p.g. sticker (print, black marker): MIECZYSŁAW LURCZYŃSKI [crossed out] | (1907-1992) [crossed out] | POSK GALLERY COLLECTION | Polish Social & Cultural Association | 238-246 King Street | London W6 ORF ENGLAND | 81;

- next to stamp (stamp, black marker): S. ELESZKIEWICZ | MIECZYSŁAW LURCZYŃSKI [crossed out] | POSK 238-246 KING STREET | LONDON W6 ORF ENGLAND | TITLE | MEDIUM | REG No 81;

- on the upper loom strip stamp: S ELESZKIEWICZ | ARTISTE PEINTRE | 5 Bd du Montparnasse 84 | Tel. DAN. 14-17 PARIS 14;

- next to the number referring to the size of the sub-painting (in black crayon): 20F.

♣ a fee will be added to the auctioned price in addition to other costs, resulting from the right of the artist and his heirs to receive remuneration in accordance with the Law of February 4, 1994 - on copyright and related rights (droit de suite).

Stanislav Eleshkevich (Chutovo near Poltava 1900 - Paris 1963) - painter, draughtsman, designer of mosaics and stained glass windows - studied at the School of Fine Arts in Mirgorod since 1914. In 1918 he joined the army, and, seriously wounded, was hospitalized for six months. From 1919 to 1921 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Athens. Then he was in Naples and Rome, and in 1923 he settled permanently in Paris and exhibited many times in Parisian galleries. He painted in oil, gouache and tempera, and enjoyed using pastels. He created expressive genre scenes, portraits and landscapes. Many of his works are in private collections in Paris and the United States.