Day: 11/27/2015

Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849 – 1915)

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Wierusz

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Lot 48. Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski 1849-1915. POLISH
HARVEST FESTIVAL, signed A. Wierusz-Kowalski lower left, oil on canvas, 90 by 137cm., 35¼ by 54in. 60000

Authentication

We are grateful to Eliza Ptaszynska for her assistance in cataloguing this work.

Provenance

Sale: Neumeister, Munich, 7 December 1988, lot 645
Purchased at the above sale by the family of the late owner; thence by descent

Literature

Laszlo Balogh, Alltagschilderung in der Münchner Malerei, Mainburg, 1989, p. 96, fig. 133, illustrated
Hans-Peter Bühler, Jäger, Kosaken und polnische Reiter, Hildesheim, 1993, p. 31, fig. 22, illustrated; p. 161, catalogued (dated circa 1910)
Eliza Ptaszynska, Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski 1849-1915, Warsaw, 2011, p. 146, illustrated

Catalogue Note

The Polish harvest festival dates back to feudal times, when the nobility and larger landowners rewarded their farmers for their hard work. The popular and colourful Dożynki, as it is called in Polish, is a celebration of the conclusion of the growing season.

The typical Dożynki celebration started with Mass, followed by a harvest procession to the local manor house. Traditional costumes of the region were worn by most participants. In the old days the hardest-working girl harvester, or przodownica, wore a smaller version of the harvest wreath as a head piece, as in the present work.

Resident in Munich from 1873, Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski was a painter of Polish customs and rural life. He became best known for his depictions of sledge and coach rides in the snow, but also of summer scenes such as this. These paintings were valued for their exotic flavour by European and American art dealers and collectors alike.

Wierusz-Kowalski approached his subjects narratively in compositions full of dynamism and attention to detail. Finding great success as an artist in Germany, he nevertheless returned regularly to Poland, whose landscapes would remain the main inspiration for his work.

Estimate 60,000-80,000 GBP. Sothebys. 12/16/15

Józef Brandt (1841 – 1915)

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Brandt

The price looks shy

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Lot 47. Josef von Brandt 1841 – 1915. POLISH
TO THE FOREST, signed and inscribed Józef Brandt / Warszawy /Monachium lower right
oil on canvas, 45 by 70.5cm., 17¾ by 27¾in.

Authentication

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Mariusz Klarecki.

Provenance

Purchased by the late owner in Munich in the 1970s; thence by descent

Literature

Hans-Peter Bühler, Jäger, Kosaken und polnische Reiter, Hildesheim, 1993, p. 99, fig. 101, illustrated; p.159, catalogued (dated circa 1910)

Estimate 30,000-50,000 GBP. Sothebys. 12/16/15.

Sold GBP 81,250

Piotr Michałowski (1800 – 1855)

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Michalowski
Piotr Michałowski. A VALIANT KNIGHT

The best value one can get for the money.

Lot 46. Piotr Michalowski 1800 – 1855 POLISH. A VALIANT KNIGHT; oil on canvas, 70.5 by 58cm., 28 by 23in. Provenance: Private collection, Poland (acquired from the artist; thence by descent to the present owner). Exhibited: Cracow, National Gallery, Piotr Michałowski. 1800 – 1855, 2000. Estimate 40,000-60,000 GBP. Sothebys. 12/16/15 (niesprzedany)

Władysław Czachórski (1850 – 1911)

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Czachorski

Time for Christmas presents. Gentlemen, open your wallets!

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Lot 5. Wladislaw Czachorski 1850-1911. POLISH
A MOMENT OF REPOSE

signed and dated Czachorski 1890 upper right, oil on canvas, 54.5 by 74.5cm, 21½ by 29¼in.

Estimate 100,000-150,000 GBP. Sothebys. 12/16/15

Provenance

Prinzregent Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig von Bayern (according to an old German auction house label on the stretcher; Luitpold Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821-1912) was the de facto ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, due to the incapacity of his nephews, King Ludwig II and King Otto.)
Purchased in Munich circa 1970 by the family of the present owner; thence by descent

Literature

Henryk Piatkowski, Wl. Czachorski, Monografje Artystyczne, vol. XI, Warsaw, 1927, n. p., illustrated (titled Le Repos)

Catalogue Note

Surrounded by a sumptuous interior, a girl in the prime of youth takes a moment’s rest from her reading. The painting shows Czarchorski at the height of his skills in depicting genre subjects. The rosy flush of her cheeks is played off by the sensuous furnishings, from the silk upholstery of the sofa on which she sits, to the veined marble table top and the gushing blossom, redolent of sophisticated taste and social status. While the girl’s pose and black choker bring to mind Manet’s Olympia, the message could not be more different. While the latter was the ultimate challenge to the conventional depiction of women in art, Czarchorski’s painting plays to refined taste.

Czachorski’s favourite subjects ranged from still lifes to Shakespearian scenes, but he is best known for his detailed illustrations of exquisite aristocratic women in extravagantly appointed interiors. Czachorski began his artistic training at the Warsaw Drawing School at the age of sixteen. After studying for a year at the Dresden Academy and joining the Munich Academy, where he spent five years under the direction of Hermann Anschutz, Alexander Wagner and Karl von Piloty, he won the prestigious Grand Silver Medal upon graduation. Czachorski then travelled throughout Europe, visiting France, Italy and Poland. He settled permanently in Munich in 1879, but continued to exhibit frequently in Poland, in particular Warsaw, Krakow, Lwow and Lodz.

 

Jean Lambert-Rucki (1888 – 1967)

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Rucki

Lot 207. JEAN LAMBERT-RUCKI (1888-1967)
‘LA TOUR EIFFEL’, 1924
oil on board, painted wood frame
3 ¾ x 3 1/8 in. (9.5 x 8 cm.)
9 x 9 ¾ in. (23 x 24.8 cm.) including frame
signed and dated upper right J. Lambert-Rucki 1924

Provenance: Camard & Associés, Paris, Arts Décoratifs du XXe Siècle, 1 June 2005, lot 87.

Jean Lambert-Rucki was one of a significant number of artists from across Europe drawn to Paris in the years before the Great War by the city’s reputation as the most exciting centre of creativity in the arts. He arrived in 1911 from his native Poland and soon found himself at the heart of a milieu that included Csaky, Miklos, and Modigliani.

Lambert-Rucki worked in various media, though with a consistency of vision that expressed itself in witty figurative subjects, animal and human, rendered, in two or three dimensions in a playful, colourful interpretation of Cubism – as perfectly evidenced in the two paintings in the present collection.

Estimate $8,000-12,000. Christies. 12/17/15

Maryna Mniszech -portret

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Mniszech

Lot 4. Portrait de Marine Mniszech (c. 1588-1614/5).
Rare lithographie de Jean-François Villain d’après le dessin de Maurin inspiré de la gravure originale d’Antoine Olesczynski (1794-1879), milieu du XIXe siècle; 49 x 34 cm.

Estimate 200-250 euro. Leclere. 12/8/15