ID 971065 
Lot 602  | MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ 'ANATOMIA' (2009)
Estimate value
€ 90 000 – 180 000 
MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ 1930 Falenty, Poland - 2017 Warsaw 'ANATOMIA' (2009) 6-part sculpture installation, iron stand, jute, resin, wood. Approx. 112 x 180 x 115 cm. Each signed, dated and titled with a metal plaque. On one element partly min. dam. The sculptor and textile artist Magdalena Abakanowicz was born in 1930 in Falenty, Poland and is one of the most famous Polish artists of the 20th century. From 1949 to 1954 Abakanowicz studied painting at the art academies in Gdansk and Warsaw, but turned to sculpture at an early age. In 1961 she began working with hand-woven textiles. Her best-known group of works includes the 'Abakans' (1966 - 1975), derived from her surname, with which Abakanowicz radically renewed the genre of sculpture. The large-format objects, made of woven fibres or even horsehair or cotton, were usually staged hanging from the ceiling in the room and placed in relation to each other. These biomorphic structures, which move between painting, sculpture and woven art, illustrate the sensual presence of the soft materials in a unique way. In the late 1970s and 1980s, real body quotations displace the abstract formal language of the early fabric sculptures. In the group of works called 'Backs', body torsos made of textile materials such as jute, sisal and burlap were lined up next to each other in multiple versions. Only a close inspection reveals that the individually worked out covers differ from each other. The focus of Abakanowicz's creative work is man and his place in the world, his body, anonymity and the loss of the individual in the mass. 'ANATOMIA' from 2009 is a late work by the artist and shows a group of anatomical shells created with model moulds made of burlap, glue and resin. These sheaths of feet, arms and hands, fragmentarily laid out as if in an anatomy lesson, confront the viewer with their own physicality and vulnerable existence. Although Abakanowicz has worked with various materials over the years, such as bronze, metal or wood, her trademark is burlap, to which she has given a completely new, spatial dimension. Her works can be seen in museums and galleries worldwide, including the USA, Israel, France and Japan. Most recently, the Tate Modern in London dedicated an exhibition to her artistic work. Magdalena Abakanowicz died in Warsaw on 20 April 2017. Provenance: Since 2019 in private collection Poland, acquired directly from The Magdalena Abakanowicz Foundation.
| Artist: | Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 - 2017) | 
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| Auction house category: | Modern Sculpture and Object Art | 
| Artist: | Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 - 2017) | 
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| Auction house category: | Modern Sculpture and Object Art | 
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Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 11+12 40210 Düsseldorf Germany  | ||||||||||||||
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