Tadeusz Was (1912 – 2005)

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Kilkanaście prac Tadeusza Wasa pojawiło się na rynky brytyjskim. Wyglada to na pośmiertną wyprzedaż majatku po artyście.

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Lot 608. Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) – ‘Abstract figures’ Mixed media over soot cut, signed, inscribed, approx 40x33cm, framed. (illustrated) NB: Story has it that the process of soot cut was discovered by Tadeusz whilst stationed in the desert during World War II, he apparently held orange peel over a burning oil lamp and the resulting soot produced formed a perfect impression when in contact with paper.

Estimate 150 GBP – 200 GBP. Wright Marshall. 9/15/15

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Lot 609. Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) – ‘Abstract figure’ Thick impasto and mixed media, signed, approx 42x28cm, framed.

Estimate 200 GBP – 300 GBP

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Lot 610. Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) – ‘Town scene’ Oil on unstretchered canvas, signed, bears label verso ‘J. Davey & Son, 70 Bridge Street, Deansgate, Manchester’, approx 58x44cm, framed.

Estimate 300 GBP – 500 GBP

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Lot 611. Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) – ‘Double abstract figure’ Thick impasto and mixed media, signed, approx 45x37cm, framed.

Estimate 200 GBP – 300 GBP

Tadeusz Was (1912 – 2005)

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Lot 30. Tadeusz Was (1912-2005), Abstract figurative studies, signed, double sided, oil on board, 35.5 x 29.5cm.; 14 x 11.5in. * Tadeusz trained at the Polish Institute of Fine Art, Krakow for five years before being conscripted into the Polish Army. Tadeusz taught art in Crewe for many years and set up a coalition of Artists known as Group Five who exhibited throughout the Northwest. A solo exhibition – `Lost in Crewe` was held at the Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington in 1991 and an exhibition at the Portico Gallery, Manchester was very well received in June 30th, 2005.

Estimate 300-500 GBP. Peter Wilson. 9/16/15

Tadeusz Was (1912 – 2005)

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Lot 1134. Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) – ‘Abstract Figurative’ Thick impasto and mixed media, signed, approx 42x33cm, framed. (illustrated)

Estimate: 300 GBP – 500 GBP. Wright Marschall. 5/12/15.

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Lot 1135. Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) – ‘Abstract Figurative’ Thick impasto and mixed media, signed, approx 44x35cm, framed. (illustrated)

Estimate: 300 GBP – 500 GBP .

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Lot 1136. Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) – ‘Abstract Figurative’ Thick impasto and mixed media, signed, approx 45x35cm, framed. (illustrated)

CONDITION REPORT: Damage upper left, other minor blemishes, needs cleaning also.

Estimate: 300 GBP – 500 GBP

Tadeusz Was (1912 – 2005)

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Lot 933. Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) – ‘Abstract figurative study’, textured oil on card, signed, approx 44x38cm, unframed, ‘Two women and a infant’, watercolour and black ink, signed, approx 38x28cm, unframed, ‘Head and shoulders study of a woman’, mixed media, signed, approx 42x40cm, unframed (3). Estimate: £300 – £500

Tadeusz Was (1912 – 2005)

Lot 917. Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) – ‘Ghosts’, coloured soot cut on paper, signed in pencil to the margin, inscribed and dated 1954, verso, approx 33x26cm, mounted and inset swept frame NB: The process of ‘soot cut’ was discovered by Tadeusz whilst he was stationed in a desert during the war, he held orange peel over a burning oil lamp and the resulting soot produced formed a perfect impression when in contact with paper. Estimate £200 – £300.