Old Masters auctions
Nikifor KRYNICKI (1895-1968), Urban landscape. Watercolor, paper. Dimensions 27 x 22 cm, frame 40 x 35 cm. Glass
Technique: oil, canvasDimensions: 100 x 126.5 cmon the reverse: dedication: Wojciech Kossak / Jacek Malczewski / Krakow - 1906ProvenancePolish private collection Silesia, private collection (after 1945) Cracow, collection of Magdalena Kossakówna (Samozwaniec) Cracow, collection of Wojciech Kossak LiteratureSamozwaniec M., Maria and Magdalena, part I, Glob publishing house, Szczecin 1989, p. 1...
KOSSAK Wojciech. Set: 1) letter to M. Iwański dated February 21, 1942; st. bdb., attached orygi...
118 EUR
KOSSAK Wojciech. Set: 1) letter to M. Iwański dated Feb. 21, 1942; condition bdb., original envelope attached (trimmed at top); 4 pp. (text on one); dimensions 130x173 mm; Dear Sir. Please forgive me that although deeply touched by your gift I have delayed so long in responding. In addition to my bowel disease which has been oppressing me for two years came a cold and cystitis. I was very wea...
oil/canvasDimensions: 115 x 209 cmsigned and dated along the edge of the canvas l.g.: 'J Malczewski 1908'other historical titles: Polish Nativity, Stańczyk The object has an import license from an EU country.Originproperty of the artist from the collection of Jan Tadeusz Jarzyna, Lviv (1926) family collection, Poland-Germany (from the interwar period to 2022) ExhibitedJacek Malczewski jubilee...
MEHOFFER Joseph and Jadwiga - polychromes in the church in Lubien. Set of two letters: 1) Jadwiga Mehoffer's letter of July 20, 1942, concerning financial settlements for the painting of the Virgin Mary; dimensions 142x160 mm; 2) a letter from Jozef Mehoffer, attached to his wife's letter; Mehoffer is going to Lubien, but [...] the trains are arranged so inconveniently that it would be most ad...
MEHOFFER Józef - polychromies in the church in Lubien. Postcard dated July 31, 1942, written from the artist's home on Krupnicza Street in Cracow; Mehoffer thanks the addressee for promising to facilitate a rest in Czestochowa on the way to Lubien (Rozprza station) and that he will leave Cracow probably on August 6 - In any case, I will telegram Sz. Pan, with a precise indication of the date ...
Technique: oil, canvasDimensions: 52 x 42 cmSign. on left shoulder of figure: JMProvenancePoland, private collection Polish Auction House, auction December 7, 2022, item 5 Poland, private collection ExhibitedMatejko - traveling exhibition: Legnica, Legnica Copper Museum, September-December 2019; Toruń, District Museum in Toruń, Old Town Square, June-August 2019; Stalowa Wola, Regional Museum...
Technique: oil, cardboardDimensions: 25 x 21 cmInscribed on the reverse: "Muza" / property of Zb. Mehoffer 50 / Z657, on the reverse a sticker from the Society of Fine Arts in Krakow, illegible stamp in FrenchProvenancePoland, private collection Cracow, collection of Ryszard Mehoffer Cracow, collection of Zbigniew Mehoffer owned by the artist ReproducedSmolińska-Byczuk M., Young Mehoffer, Uni...
oil, plywood; 32 x 21 cm; on reverse: - stamp with inscription: JAN STANISŁAWSKI / ZE SPUŚCIZNY / POŚMIERTNEJ - signature on stamp: Janina Stanislawska (handwritten) - below the stamp inscription: Kitajów near Ky...[?] / 1900 (handwritten, partially legible) - inscription: DA 120 (handwritten)Provenance: private collection, Poland The offered painting by the master of landscape painting at...
MEHOFFER Jozef - polychromies in the church in Lubien. Postcard dated August 18, 1942, written from the artist's home on Krupnicza Street in Cracow; the artist informs M. Iwański that [...] after returning from Lubien, I would stay in Cracow longer than I thought, and this is because the painters took advantage of two days of holidays and came to Cracow for a little vacation [...]; he will fi...
Technique: watercolor, paperDimensions: 9.5 x 13.5 cm (clear passe-partout)Signed p.d.: Włodz. TetmajerProvenancePoland, private collection
Technique: oil, cardboardDimensions: 102 x 72 cmSigned l.g.: JMalczewski / 1909, on the stretcher a lacquer stamp and a sticker with a description of the workProvenanceWarsaw, private collection Polswiss Art, auction 10.10.2017, item 25 Poland, private collection Cracow, deposit in National Museum in Cracow (1944-1956) Cracow, private collection (since 1938) Lviv, private collection purchase f...
oil, duplicated canvas; 63 x 133 cm; Sign, description. and date. p. d.: JFałat / Polesie 1900. Provenance: Collection of Anita and Stanislaw Milewski, Manchester - Connecticut, United States; Mr. and Mrs. Milewski were well-known Polish activists - founders of the Milewski Lecture Series on Polish history at Connecticut State University as part of the Polish department at the university; Lip...
Oil, canvas; size: 36 x 50 cm; signed p. d.: "J. Tetmajer" Jadwiga Tetmajer-Naimska (1891 - 1975) - Painter. She was a student of the School of Fine Arts for Women, operating in Krakow and led by Maria Niedzielska. Eldest daughter of painter Włodzimierz Tetmajer. She was the prototype for the character of Isia in the drama "The Wedding" by Stanisław Wyspiański.
Oil on canvas, 19th century Dimensions: in st. p-p. 20 x 38 cm, 41 x 59 cm (with frame) Signature in lower right corner,The work was purchased from an Auction House in France The history and origin of the work could not be determined, therefore the work is sold "in style", as attributed to the artist "ATTR" Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1905) was a prominent French painter, born March 5, 1829 in B...
Author: Eugeniusz Dzierzencki Title: Boats on the beach (1953) Technique: oil, cardboard Dimensions: 17.7 x 22 cm Dimensions with frame: 27 x 31 cm Signed p.d.: "E Dzierzencki" Inscribed on the back: "From Gdynia September | 1953" Eugeniusz Dzierzencki's biography is available on the Cracow Auction House website [SEE].If you would like to sell Eugeniusz Dzierzencki's paintings, please contact ...
60,5 x 50,4cm - oil, canvas Signed p.d.: Mokwa ♣ to the auctioned price in addition to other costs will be added a fee arising from the right of the artist and his heirs to receive remuneration in accordance with the Act of February 4, 1994 - on Copyright and Related Rights (droit de suite).Marian Mokwa (Malary 1889 - Sopot 1987) - a well-known marine painter; between 1907 and 1909 he studie...
oil, cardboard; 35 x 50 cm; Signed and dated l. d.: Jerzy Kossak / 194[?]5; On the reverse a sticker with a fragment of a stampProvenance: private collection, Poland
25,5 x 17,9cm - oil, canvas glued on cardboard On the back stamp: REIM I SPÓŁKA | Skład farb i handel materyałów | pod "Czarnym psem" | KRAKÓW | Rynek l. 37 line A-B. Three former "backings" attached to the painting: 1. paper pastedown with stamp at bottom edge: ALEKSANDER MAŁEK | PRACOWNIA ART. POZŁOTNICZA | Kraków, Szewska 24; 2. paper pasted over with inscription centrally (pen): b...
oil, canvas; 60.5 cm x 102 cm; Signed and dated l. d.: Stanislaw Witkiewicz 1875. On the back left number (crayon): 374, at the upper edge illegible stamp; on the upper strip of the stretcher an exhibition sticker "Dzieje pracowni" of the National Museum in Poznań.Image exhibited, mentioned and reproduced: - Antoni Piotrowski, Autobiography, 1911 (typescript in IS PAN), notebook III, p. 4; - ...
oil, cardboard; 35.5 x 49 cm; Signed p. d.: St. Kamocki; On the reverse: - inscription: St. Kamocki - inscription along edge: KAMOCKIProvenance: private collection, Poland
Technique: oil, canvasDimensions: 60 x 93 cmSignature p.d.: J Malczewski 1920ProvenanceWarsaw, private collection Polswiss Art, auction 12.12.2017, item 14 Warsaw, private collection Gdansk, private collection New York, collection of Ewa and Wojciech Fibak Paris, collection of J. Studzińska (1979) ExhibitedSzczecin, National Museum in Szczecin, Polish Paris. École de Paris. Collection of Woj...
oil, cardboard; 24.3 x 19 cm. On the reverse, handwritten confirmation of the authenticity of the work by the artist's sister Helena Karczewska and an exhibition sticker of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw with a description of the work. Provenance: purchased in the interwar period private collection, Poland
TRON of the king of Poland - oil on canvas. Image form. 51x32 cm. Anonymous composition (by Teodor Butkiewicz?). Empty royal throne, above it on a cloud the Virgin Mary with the Child, on the sides Polish saints and blessed. Next to the throne, on the left a male figure with a banner with the White Eagle. The painting in a common frame. Traces of folding of the canvas in the upper part.
oil, cardboard; 50.5 x 70 cm; Signed p. d.: St. Kamocki; On the reverse: - sticker with handwritten author's description: Stanislaw Kamocki / "Hala gąsienicowa" / (in oil paint) / price ... [?] - sticker: 35315 Author Kamocki Stanisław / Title ... [?] Hala Gąsienicowa Type of work oil / Price Ownership Date sent 6/VII 1917 [?] (handwriting and typing, partially legible) - Sticker: TOWARZYST...
Author: Jerzy KossakTitle: Scurred horse - episode from the battle (1941)Technique: oil, cardboardDimensions: 49 x 35 cmDimensions with frame: 66 x 51 cmSigned and dated l.d.: "Jerzy Kossak | 1941".On the reverse: stamp of Jerzy Kossak with the Kossak family crest and artist's stamp with confirmation of the painting's authenticity. Artwork description:Jerzy Kossak was eager to address issues s...
oil/canvasDimensions: 50.4 x 65.5 cmSigned and dated p.d.: 'J Malczewski | 1915'Conditionopinion of Agnieszka Ławniczakowa dated June 13, 1997 ProvenanceDesa auction, Katowice, October 1999 private collection, Poland BiographyIn 1872-75 and 1877-79 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow, among others with Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Jan Matejko, and in 1876-77 with Henri Ernest Le...
Technique: oil, canvas, cardboardDimensions: 27 x 36 cmSigned p.d.: ZIOMEKProvenanceWarsaw, private collection
Technique: pencil, watercolor, cardboard pasted on canvasDimensions: 54 x 36.5 cmSigned l.d.: Jul Fałat / Bystra 1911ProvenanceWarsaw, private collection Agra-Art., auction 19.10.2008, item 31.
HOFMAN Wlastimil. Letter dated December 26, 1952; Dear Madam! I fulfill your Husband's wish and send you two drawing sketches, should you have to sell them please do not sell them cheaper than 100 zloty each so as not to spoil the prices for me. Yours sincerely, Wlastimil Hofman; on the back: I do not sign my drawings with my full name only always with my monogram; fine condition; dimensions 1...
Technique: oil, canvasDimensions: 32.5 x 42 cmSign. p.d.: Bakalowicz ParisProvenanceWarsaw, collection
Author Unspecified (after Louis Michel van Loo), Portrait of Marie Leszczynska, 18th century.
10 614 EUR
Technique: oil, canvasDimensions: 117.5 x 93.5 cmProvenancePoland, private collection Compiègne, Artémis Estimations, auction 2.06.2024 collection of the Barons de Wimes
POLAND at the feet of Christ - oil on canvas. Image form. 58x43 cm. Unsigned work, created after 1891 according to a composition by Teodor Butkiewicz (painter active in France). Symbolizing Poland, the woman in mourning, with shackles on her hands, with Christ, under the cross. Numerous historical dates: May 3, 1791, 1792, 1794, 1830, 1863 and others, as well as 1891. In the distance a view of...
oil, canvas; 65.5 x 87 cm; Sign, description. and date p. d.: W. Malecki. Munich 1869. Stamp of a German (Munich?) painting materials warehouse on the reverse. The painting is accompanied by an expert's report by Adam Konopacki dated 2015. The painting in the deposit of the National Museum in Kielce.Described and reproduced: - "Kurier Warszawski" 1869, no. 259, p.2 - "Kurier Warszawski" 1869, ...
Mela (Maria Melania) MUTER (MUTERMILCH) (1876 - 1967), Les blés (Grain, Los Trigales), 1907
129 555 EUR
oil, canvas; 62 x 80 cm; Signed and dated l. d.: M [in rim] 07; On the reverse, a sheet of paper with a handwritten inscription: Mme Mela Mutermilch / Les blés / (peinture)Provenance: - From the collection of Bolesław Nawrocki - private collection, Poland Image exhibited: - Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Warsaw, 1907 - Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo. Joseph Dalmau Antiguardades, ...
oil, panel, 84 x 59 cm Signed p. d.: I. Trusz
Technique: oil, canvasDimensions: 125.5 x 251.5 cmsignature p.d.: ANTONI PIOTROWSKI / 1890 KrakówProvenanceWarsaw, collection of Jan Emil Mlynarski Warsaw, collection of Wojciech Mlynarski Warsaw, collection of Emil Mlynarski
oil/boardDimensions: 45 x 29.5 cmSigned l.d.: 'Vlastimil Hofmann'.Origin:private collection, Czech Republic Dorotheum auction house, Vienna, November 2022 private collection, Warsaw BiographyBorn in Karlin (now a district of Prague), to a Polish-Czech family that moved to Krakow in 1889. Between 1895 and 1899 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under Florian Cynk, Jozef Unierzyski ...
oil, dicta; 35 x 54 cm; Signed and dated p. d.: Wlastimil / Hofman / 1951; On the reverse, described: - 35 x 55 - "Inspiration and Life" / "Venus and Psyche" / (Amor sacro et profano) / Two MusesProvenance: Private collection, Poland The painting is an excellent example of Hofman's symbolic-realist painting, inspired both by the art of Young Poland, mythological themes or fascination with folk...
WARSAW. Warsaw street; painted by T. Radwan, 1933; signed by author and dated; watercolor, decorative frame and glass, fair condition, minimal damage to frame; dimensions with frame 410x350 mm; untitled.
Pastel, paper glued on dictation; 58 x 40.5 cm (sheet); Signed p. g.: T. AxentowiczProvenance: private collection, Poland Condition: minor paper damage The charming depiction of a young girl intertwines the main painting motifs of this outstanding Young Poland artist. His portraiture and love of folklore (evident, for example, in his excellent genre scenes), brought the artist popularity and g...
oil, canvas; 80 x 90 cm; Signed l. middle: a. Karpinski; On the reverse a sticker: Desa auction / 74Provenance: private collection, Poland The still life motif is one of the most popular in Alfons Karpinski's work. The artist was fond of depicting variations with bouquets of flowers or fruits. What draws attention in the offered work is the richness of compositional elements, including the ins...
Author: Adam Setkowicz Title: On the Steppe Technique: oil, cardboard Dimensions: 56 x 100 cm Dimensions with frame: 73.5 x 118.5 cm Signed l.d.: "A. Setkowicz". On the back is the stamp of the Cracow warehouse of painting supplies of Rosa Aleksandrowicz. Label of the Salon of Polish Painters in Cracow on the back of the binding. Adam Setkowicz's biography is available on the Cracow Auction Ho...
Technique: oil, panelDimensions: 70 x 49 cmSigned l.d.: J. Malczewski 1924 18/10, on the reverse a paper label with a typed description of the workProvenanceWarsaw, Polswiss Art private collection, 12.03.2013, item 22 Cracow, Polswiss Art private collection, 03.04.2011, item 5
oil, canvas; 70 x 56 cmProvenance: private collection, Poland
oil, board; 35 x 50 cm; Signed and inscribed p. d.: F. Kazimierz Wygrzywalski. / Sicilia; stamp on reverseProvenance: private collection, Poland
AMERSDORFFER Heinrich (1905-1986), GDAŃSK. Panorama of the City; 1946; signed by author at bottom; watercolor, fair condition, frame and glass; dimensions clear passe-partout 245x165 mm, dimensions with frame 350x270 mm; Danzig 1934.
Technique: oil, canvasDimensions: 50 x 62 cmOn the reverse stamp: WŁADYSŁAW ŚLEWIŃSKI / from the legacy/ POŚMIERTNEJ and described: E. Ślewińska, on the stretcher stamp : WOJCIECH FIBAK / kolekcja MONTE CARLOProvenanceWarsaw, private collection collection of Wojciech Fibak Clifton, collection of W. Mazur 1981 collection of the artist's heirs ExhibitedWarsaw, National Museum in Warsaw, P...
oil, canvas; 24.5 x 34 cm; Signed, dated and inscribed p. d.: LESZEK STAÑKO / MORSKIE OKO 2004 RProvenance: private collection, Poland
Author: Bronisława Rychter-Janowska Title: On Sunday Technique: cloth application, wool Dimensions: 45 x 58 cm Dimensions with frame: 55.5 x 69 cm Signed l.d.: "B. RYCHTER-JANOWSKA."The makata was exhibited at the exhibition "Mansions, Landscapes, Portraits. Creativity of Bronislawa Rychter-Janowska" at the District Museum in Nowy Sącz (now the Museum of Sącz Land) from July 1 to October 1,...
oil/canvasDimensions: 152 x 109 cmSigned and dated p.d.: 'Vlastimil 1908 | Hofmann'.OriginDESA Unicum, March 1999 private collection, Poland BiographyBorn in Karlin (now a district of Prague), to a Polish-Czech family that moved to Krakow in 1889. Between 1895 and 1899 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under Florian Cynk, Jozef Unierzyski and Jan Stanislawski. However, he was mos...
Technique: ink, watercolor, paperDimensions: 9 x 17.5 cmSigned l.g.: N : f 1794., p.d.: MMC [ownership stamp].ProvenanceWarsaw, private collection on deposit at the Royal Castle in Warsaw (2024-2025) France, private collection
Technique: oil, boardDimensions: 46 x 55 cmSigned p.d.: TADE. STYKA, described on the reverse: 1906 / Galerie Georges PetitProvenanceWarsaw, private collection France, private collection
oil/boardDimensions: 28 x 27.5 cmsigned and dated l.d.: 'Wlastimil Hofman | 1928'on the reverse a framing note, described on a cardboard backing: 'Hofmann'BiographyBorn in Karlin (now a district of Prague), to a Polish-Czech family that moved to Krakow in 1889. Between 1895 and 1899 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow under Florian Cynk, Jozef Unierzyski and Jan Stanislawski. Howev...
KWIDZYN. castle of the Pomezanian chapter; signed W. Grund, second half of 19th c.; painting on canvas, wooden frame; dimensions clear of frame 885x635 mm, dimensions with frame 1045x795 mm; without title.
oil, panel, 33.5 × 49.9 cm (light frame) signed l. d.: E. Erb
Technique: oil, plywoodDimensions: 21 x 32 cm (inside the passe-partout)Signed p.d.: Podkowiński / 94, stamp on the reverse: From the collection / of Hanna and Marian / PODKOWIŃSKICHExhibitedWarsaw, National Museum in Warsaw, Władysław Podkowiński, 1990. ReproducedWładysław Podkowiński [exhibition catalog], published by the National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw 1990, cat. no. I, 135, p. 71.
Author: Ivan Trush Title: View of the Dnieper River Technique: oil, cardboard Dimensions: 25.5 x 34 cm Dimensions with frame: 33.5 x 42 cm Signed p.d.: "I. Trusz" On the back stamp of the Warehouse of paints, materjals, perfumery and composition of applied art supplies A. Lopuszanski and T. Sauczey in Lviv.Visible soiling of the paintwork. Ivan Trush's biography is available on the website of ...
oil, canvas; 95 x 82.5 cm; Signed and dated l. d: S. BAGIENSKI 1924; on the reverse, fragment of a stickerProvenance: private collection, Poland Stanislaw Bagienski's work is distinguished by his excellent technique and attention to the precision of representation with the moodiness of landscape and landscape painting. The offered work shows a scene of a meeting between a young Polish Army sol...
Technique: oil, canvasDimensions: 65.8 x 61 cmInscribed along top edge: D. Cecila Reina / De poloniaProvenanceWarsaw, private collection Spain, private collection
oil/boardDimensions: 35 x 50 cmSigned p.d., along the right edge: 'Wlastimil | Hofmann'.Inscribed on the reverse: '[hardly legible] Pr. E. | 42) | 42)' and '35x50', on the frame a paper sticker of the framing studioBiographyBorn in Karlin (now a district of Prague), to a Polish-Czech family that moved to Krakow in 1889. Between 1895 and 1899 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow unde...
oil/boardDimensions: 62.5 x 86 cmsigned p.d.: 'JFałat'.on the reverse three paper exhibition stickers of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, a trace of an unpreserved sticker, a barely legible ownership stamp and a descriptionOriginshistorical collection of painter and educator, Jan Olszewski (1873-1943), Warsaw Agra-Art auction house, October 2018 private collection, Po...
oil/boardDimensions: 46 x 37 cmSigned and dated l.d.: 'Wojciech Kossak | 1933'.BiographyHe was the son and pupil of Juliusz Kossak, father of Jerzy, also a painter, as well as poet Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and writer Magdalena Samozwaniec. He was educated at the Cracow School of Fine Arts, the Munich Academy and in Paris. In 1895-1902 he stayed mainly in Berlin, where he worked for Kaise...
Size: with frame 56.5cm x 41cm Waclaw Tracewski (1865 - 1904 ) - Warsaw painter, illustrator of the magazine "Kolce". Tracewski's works include genre, hunting and battle scenes. According to the 1904 memoirs of the Warsaw Courier, the artist's works were "distinguished by good drawing and skillful execution" while "genuine and original wit always gushed from his illustrations." Condition as sh...