Dimensions: 140 x 200 cm
signed, dated, and titled on the reverse: 'E. DWURNIK | 1968 | "SCAFFOLDING IN | THE OLD TOWN"'
labeled and numbered on the reverse: 'W-WA | XI [in a circle] 4 [in a circle]'
inscribed on the stretcher: 'W-WA XI [in a circle]'
Provenance
purchased directly from the artist
private collection, Kraków
private collection, Warsaw
Exhibited
“Warsaw,” PKB Gallery (Powszechny Bank Kredytowy), Warsaw, May–September 1999
“Edward Dwurnik. Painting. An Attempt at a Retrospective,” Zachęta Contemporary Art Gallery, Warsaw, September 8–October 7, 2001
Bibliography
Dorota Monkiewicz, Edward Dwurnik. Warsaw, exhibition catalog, PBK Gallery, Warsaw 1999, cat. no. 4, unnumbered
Dwurnik. List of Paintings, ed. Pola Dwurnik, Zachęta Contemporary Art Gallery, Warsaw 2001, published as a supplement to the exhibition catalog “Edward Dwurnik. Painting. An Attempt at a Retrospective,” (September 8–October 7, 2001), Series XI “Warsaw,” cat. 4, unnumbered.
Biography
He studied at the Department of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, earning his diploma in Prof. Eugeniusz Eibisch’s studio in 1970. In 1966, he created his most extensive series, “Hitchhiking Journeys.” In the 1980s, Dwurnik’s painting became expressive and dramatic. In the 1990s, he created a continuation of “Hitchhiking Journeys,” namely “Blue Cities,” “Diagonal,” “Blue,” and “Counting Rhyme.” In 1981, he received the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award; in 1983, the Solidarity Cultural Award; and the Coutts and Co International Private Banking Award in Zurich. He participated in Documenta 7 in Kassel in 1982, the Nouvelle Biennale de Paris in 1985, and the 19th São Paulo Art Biennial in 1987.
