Dimensions: 100 x 230 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'Lebenstein 64'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'Lebenstein | 1964 | "transsiberien"'
opined on stretcher: 'coll. particuliere'
on the stretcher an exhibition sticker with a description of the work, a damaged sticker from Lacloche gallery with a description of the work and a sticker from International Art Transport Paris
Origin
Agra-Art, 2007
private collection, Paris
DESA Unicum, 2016
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Palace of Fine Arts, Brussels, 25.04-6.05.1964
Grimaldi Museum, Antibes, 21.08-3.10.1964
Jacgues Lacloche Gallery, Paris 5.09-5.12.1964
"Jan Lebenstein. The Seal of Eros and Thanatos. Paris, 1960s", Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, 25.06-28.08.2010
Literature
Jan Lebenstein, exhibition catalog, Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles 1964, p. nlb.
Creatures abominables de Jan Lebenstein et "Carnet intime", exhibition catalog, Galerie Lacloche, Paris 1964, cat. pos.1, il. nlb (ill.)
Wieslawa Wierzchowska, Self-Portraits, Warsaw, 1991 (ill.).
Jan Lebenstein, Warsaw - Paris, Works from 1956-1972, exhibition catalog Jan Lebenstein. The Seal of Eros and Thanatos. Paris, 1960s, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw 2010, p. 130 (ill.)
Biography
Painter and printmaker. Studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Artur Nacht-Samborski's studio. He debuted at the exhibition "Against War, Against Fascism" at the Warsaw Arsenal in 1955. In 1959 he received the Grand Prix at the 1st International Biennale of the Young in Paris for his series of paintings Axial Figures. Since then he lived permanently in Paris. In the following years, he drew themes from ancient literature, mythology and the Bible. He created a series devoted to depictions of prehistoric animals. He was associated with the milieu of the Parisian "Kultura" and, among other things, illustrated Gustaw Herling-Grudziński's short stories published there. In 1976 he received the A. Jurzykowski Foundation Award from New York, and in 1987 he received the independent Jan Cybis Award. His works are in the collections of the National Museums in Warsaw, Krakow and Poznan, as well as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Nationale d'Art Moderne in Paris.
