Dimensions: 17.1 x 13.9 cm (plate imprint)
signed, dated, numbered and described in pencil at the bottom: 'aquaf. 1933 | 'Chessmen' 12/30 | A Jurkiewicz'.
Condition
unframed
Exhibited
legacy of the artist
collection of the artist's heirs, Warsaw
Literature
cf. Andrzej Jurkiewicz 1907-1967, exhibition catalog, ed. Maryla Sitkowska, Warsaw 1980, p. 57, item I.190, fig. 17
Biogram
Graphic artist and illustrator; professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and Warsaw. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under F. Pautsch and W. Weiss. Created a series of prints - etchings depicting street scenes and sports-themed prints, maintained in an economical style, cover designs, illustrations, ex-librises; at the end of his life turned to abstraction. He was the author of the textbook "Methods of Artistic Graphics."
