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oil/canvasDimensions: 199 x 93 cmSigned p.d.: 'Pankiewicz'other historical titles: Japanese woman with a fanOriginsprivate collection, Kraków (owned by Drowa A. Skórczewska, 1946) private collection, Warsaw (before 1962) private collection ExhibitedPosthumous exhibition of Józef Pankiewicz and Alojzy Majcher, Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow, March 1946 Józef Pankiewicz (1866-1940...
oil/plywoodDimensions: 51 x 67 cmSigned p.d.: 'Wlastimil Hofman'.Originpurchased directly from the artist by the grandfather of the current owner 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. However, he wa...
mixed technique, paper; 8.4 x 10.7 cm (in st. passe-partout); Signed p. d.: toucan.
oil/fiberboardDimensions: 89 x 70 cmSigned p.g.: 'Józef Mehoffer.Origin:private collection, Great Britain Sotheby's, London, April 2002 private collection BiographyHe was a painter, printmaker, decorator, stage designer and educator. He studied painting in 1887-94 at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under W. Luszczkiewicz and J. Matejko, while simultaneously studying law at Jagiellonian Univ...
mixed technique, paper; 16.3 x 7.8 cm (in st. passe-partout); Signed p. b.: toucan.
mixed technique: indelible ink, oil crayon, watercolor, acrylic, paper; 9.8 x 7.9 cm (in st. passe-partout); Signed p. d.: toucan.
mixed technique: ink, acrylic, gouache, crayon, paper; 13 x 10 cm (w św. passe-partout); Signed on middle d.: toucan.
mixed technique, paper; 15.1 x 7.2 cm (in st. passe-partout); Signed on middle d.: toucan.
mixed technique, paper; 8.1 x 10.9 cm (in st. passe-partout); Signed on middle d.: toucan.
mixed technique: acrylic, watercolor, oil crayons, paper; 19.9 x 10.4 cm (in st. passe-partout); Signed p. d.: toucan.
mixed technique: ink, acrylic, gouache, crayon, paper; 18.8 x 15.3 cm (w św. passe-partout); Signed l. d.: toucan.
mixed technique: ink, acrylic, gouache, crayon, paper; 11.5 x 13.5 cm (w św. passe-partout); Signed l. g.: toucan / 15.
mixed technique, paper; 9.7 x 8 cm (in st. passe-partout); Signed l. d.: toucan.
mixed technique, paper; 7.9 x 6.4 cm (in st. passe-partout); Signed l. d.: toucan.
mixed technique: ink, acrylic, gouache, crayon, paper; 12.2 x 15.1 cm (w św. passe-partout); Signed p. d.: toucan / 15.
mixed technique, paper; 11.1 x 8.4 cm (in st. passe-partout); Signed l. d.: toucan.
mixed technique: ink, acrylic, gouache, crayon, paper; 12.2 x 9.8 cm (w św. passe-partout); Signed l. d.: toucan VI.
mixed technique: ink, acrylic, gouache, crayon, paper; 10.6 x 10.8 cm (w św. passe-partout); Signed l. d.: toucan.
oil/boardDimensions: 23.5 x 46 cmartist's dedication l.d.: '[illegible] | Wyczółkowski | in memoriam | [illegible]'.On the reverse a handwritten confirmation of authenticity by the daughter: 'Authenticity of received landscape | from Leon Wyczółkowski | I vouch | Wanda Wyczółkowska | d. 4-XII-1918'.BiographyIn 1869- 1875 he studied at the Drawing Class in Warsaw under W. Gerson, A. Kamin...
oil/canvasDimensions: 81 x 140 cmSigned, dated and inscribed p.d.: 'JÓZEF RAPACKI 1920. 'March''Originsthe property of the family of Ignacy Moscicki collection of the Mościcki heirs, Warsaw BiographyHe was born in Warsaw, in a family with artistic traditions. His mother, Józefina, née Hoffman, was a singer, and his father, Wincenty, was an actor, writer and translator. Rapacki's artistic a...
German riding saber so called "blicherka". The saber was accepted into service in 1910, an uncleaned attic find. Rare are the consistent unit prints present on both the saber and the scabbard. Very nice head, with much of the factory finish visible. Numerous Prussian rebounds and signatures visible. A very atmospheric piece. The weapon was also used in the Polish-Bolshevik War (1919-21), and t...
oil/paper pasted on boardDimensions: 9.5 x 16.8 cmsigned l.d.: 'R Kochanowski'.on the reverse on the frame fragmentarily preserved paper stickerOriginNeumeister auction house, Munich, September 2024 private collection, Poland BiographyHe began his drawing studies in Cracow with Maksymilian Cerch. In 1873-74 and 1874-75 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under Władysław Łuszczki...
oil/canvasDimensions: 46 x 33 cmSigned p.d.: 'Kisling'On the reverse, gallery sticker and Christie's sticker, with accompanying chalk inscriptionOriginChristie's, London, October 1998 Collection of Ralph Bateman (1925-2011), dentist, entrepreneur and art collector, London Dore & Rees auction house, Frome, November 2023 private collection, Poland ExhibitedKisling. Shining Montparnasse, Vill...
oil/canvasDimensions: 115 x 85.5 cmSigned and dated p.d.: 'Wlastimil Hofman | 1921'.on the reverse in pencil on the loom former ownership descriptionBiographyBorn 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. However, he...
oil/canvasDimensions: 82 x 65 cmOn the reverse, stamp with the inventory number from the legacy and facsimile of the artist's monogram: '1049 | WW | 3'BiographyHe was born in Leorda, Bukovina, Romania. His father's profession as a railroader left a clear mark on the artist's later work, which repeatedly returned to railroad motifs (Plaszow, Strzyzow). He was educated initially in Lviv, and the...
oil/canvasDimensions: 26.5 x 34 cmSigned and dated l.d.: 'Anna Bilińska | 1879.'ProvenanceSalon of Aleksander Krywult, Warsaw, 1880 purchase at DESA, Warsaw, 1980s. private collection, Poland ExhibitedSalon of Aleksander Krywult, Warsaw, 1880 LiteratureArtist: Anna Bilinska 1854-1893, exhibition catalog, ed. by Agnieszka Bagińska, Renata Higersberger, Warsaw 2021, p. 116, cat. no. 20 Joanna ...
oil/canvas pasted on cardboardDimensions: 26.5 x 44.5 cmSigned l.d.: 'H. Siemiradzki'other historical titles: Tiberius on Caprea, Sketch for a Grotto on Capri; on the reverse a fragmentarily preserved exhibition sticker from the artist's posthumous exhibition at the TZSP in 1903 (1904) and a stamp affixed on that occasion: 'TOWARZYSTWO ZACHĘTY SZTUK PIĘKNYCH | WYSTAWA POŚMIERTNA | DZIEŁ | ...
oil/canvasDimensions: 90 x 73.5 cmsigned and dated l.d.: '60 | Tymon'described in chalk on the reverse: '[ownership note] | 6/76], on the painter's loom a paper sticker described in ink: 'Tymon Niesiołowski | nude si[edzing]y oil | 90 x 73.' and below, in pencil: '1403' - κ Kappa - Object imported from outside the European Union, for which the Auction Fee is 29.5% of the Bid Price. The Bid P...
oil/canvasDimensions: 50.5 x 84.7 cmSigned and dated p.d.: 'St. Czajkowski 1922'BiographyStanislaw Czajkowski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, from which he graduated in 1902. At that time, as a young artist, he was admitted to the Society of Polish Artists "Art". He continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where his brother Joseph, also a painter and the grea...
oil/canvasSize: 22 x 28.5 cm (inside the frame)Inscribed on the reverse on canvas: 'Sunday in Siemianowice' and on a paper sticker: 'Sunday in Siemianowice | painted by Witold Pruszkowski | playing host to Hr. Szembek | in the year 1869 | in Siemianowice'.
oil/canvasDimensions: 63 x 83 cmSigned p.d.: 'T. ZIOMEK'On the reverse, ownership description: 'Wł. Ordynat Jan Taczanowski | Taczanów'.Originowned by Jan Taczanowski h. Jastrzębiec (1893-1957) private collection, Poland BiographyTeodor Ziomek was a well-known and respected landscape painter, a pupil of Wojciech Gerson and Adam Badowski at the Warsaw Drawing School, and of Leon Wyczółkows...
oil/canvasSize: 46 x 32 cmSigned p.d.: 'J. CZAPSKI'on the reverse a stamp in the shape of a painter's palette: 'BLANCHET | 38 | RUE BONAPARTE | PARIS'.Provenanceprivate collection, France BiographyAfter the war, he took up art studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. His teachers included Wojciech Weiss and Jozef Pankiewicz. He was a member of the PARIS COMMITTEE. During this period, his...
oil/boardDimensions: 56 x 53.5 cmSigned l.d.: 'Olga Boznańska'.On the reverse, fragmentarily preserved paper exhibition stickers of Grosse Berliner Kunst-Ausstellung, 1899OriginsDesa, Krakow, December 2000 private collection, Poland ExhibitedGrosse Berliner Kunstausstellung, May 7-September 17, 1899 BiographyOne of the most outstanding Polish artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
oil/canvasDimensions: 39 x 64 cmSigned and dated l.d.: 'W. Malecki | 1881'on the reverse, on the loom a fragmentarily preserved paper stickerOriginRuef auction house, Landshut, July 2024 private collection, Poland
oil/boardDimensions: 16 x 31 cmsigned l.d.: 'v Swieszewski'On the reverse: oval stamp of the Munich depot of painting materials Adrian Brugger, paper inventory sticker with the description: '32 x 15 | Ra', paper sticker of Hans Emigholz's Bremen framing workshop, sticker with description: 'Aleksander | Swieszewski' and an auction sticker, described on the frame in GermanOriginprivate collectio...
oil/boardDimensions: 45 x 56 cmsigned and dated l.g.: 'J Malczewski 901'signed in pencil on the reverse l.g.: '7 (illegible), number stamp: '180', on the reverse and on the frame auction stickersOriginprivate collection, Poland (purchased directly from the artist) Sotheby's, London, June 2007 private collection, Great Britain private collection, Poland BiographyIn 1872-75 and 1877-79 he studie...
Austro-Hungarian cavalry non-commissioned officer's saber, wz. 1904. Wide, typically fighting, springy head. Visible minor chipping: testimony to the saber's use in battle. The weapon was made to Austrian order at the Weyersberg & Kirschbaum Solingen factory (manufacturer's signature on the threshold of the head). The scabbard choke holds with adequate resistance. The saber is not unbuckle...
Oriental. combat saber of the "Mameluk" type made in the second half of the 18th century using an older head, of Central European production (17th/18th century). The practice of binding old quality heads into new handle types was common throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Mameluk-type sabers became very fashionable in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. Three-barreled head, signed with the ...
oil/canvasDimensions: 81 x 65 cmsigned p.g.: 'Kramsztyk'Origin:private collection, France Drouot auction house, Paris, June 2024 private collection, Poland ExhibitedSalon des Tuileries, Paris, May 1927 LiteratureRenata Piątkowska, Between "Ziemiańska" and Montparnasse. Roman Kramsztyk, Warsaw 2004, p. 223, cat. no. I/110, il. 76 Roman Kramsztyk 1885-1942, exhibition catalog, ed. Renata Piąt...
oil/canvasDimensions: 95 x 120 cmSigned and dated p.d.: 'S. Jaxa | 1920'On the reverse: oil sketch showing Faraglioni near the island of Capri; on the loom: paper exhibition sticker of the Common Union of Polish Artists in Cracow with a description of the work in ink: '4/V [...]20 | Jaxa-Małachowski Soter | Faraglione | [no:] 2195.'OriginsSkinner Marlborough auction house, Massachusetts, May ...
oil/canvasDimensions: 49.5 x 69.5 cmSigned p.d.: 'F. M. Wygrzywalski'BiographyStudied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1893-98 and at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1900 he settled in Rome, from where he made numerous artistic trips, including to Egypt. In 1908 he returned to Lviv, where he settled permanently. There he received a commission to decorate the interiors of the Chamber of ...
Polish bayonet wz. 29 designed for Mauser rifles. Made at the Radom Weapons Factory. Serial number: "8148 W". Nice head, slightly tarnished, with a ⅔ combat cut given by the factory. The latch works. Scabbard made by "Perkun" with preserved original black lacquer (slightly tarnished). Factory ball defect at the end of the scabbard. Early type of painting of the scabbard. In the 1930s bayonet...
German riding saber, the so-called "blicher" from the period of World War I. Accepted into service in 1911.Handle with traces of corrosion. The weapon has not been disassembled, with no handle play. Very nicely preserved head, largely preserved original factory finish. The weapon was also used in the Polish-Bolshevik War (1919-21), and then in the Polish Army until 1939. State of preservation ...
The saber head was made in the 17th century, in the type of heads used in Polish-Hungarian sabers of that period. Ground on both sides into a single groove, ending with a prominent hammer. Handle frame later (?), of unusual shape, incomplete (no hood). Scabbard also made in the later period (?), covered with black leather, equipped with two steel riffles. A considerable curiosity are the two o...
oil/canvas (duplicated)Dimensions: 60 x 100 cmSigned p.d.: 'A. Kozakiewicz'On the reverse on the canvas a paper sticker with the description of the work: 'A. Kozakiewicz 'Łuna'"; inventory numbers on the loomBiographyStudied from 1857 to 1866 at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under the direction of W. Luszczkiewicz and F. Szynalewski. From 1868 he studied at the Vienna Academy. From 1871 t...
mixed technique/plate, boardDimensions: 100 x 86 cmOriginpurchase from the artist's legacy private collection, Poland BiographyPolish metalworker, daughter of architect Bohdan Pniewski, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, also studied at the Academy in Krakow. She participated in the Exhibition of Young Visual Arts at the Warsaw Arsenal in 1955. Her works are in many foreign collec...
oil/canvasDimensions: 58.3 x 74.1 cmSigned l.d.: 'WW'BiographyHe was born in Leorda, Bukovina, Romania. His father's profession as a railroader left a clear mark on the artist's later work, which repeatedly returned to railroad motifs (Płaszów, Strzyżów). He was educated initially in Lviv, and then, after moving to Podgórze, in Cracow. In 1892, thanks to the favor of Jan Matejko, he was a...
oil/plywoodDimensions: 48.5 x 59.5 cmSigned l.d.: 'Maurice Vagh-Weinmann'
Pala - a classic Turkish saber used by the Janissary troops of the Ottoman Empire. Beautiful head made of damascus steel. Brass chiseled hilt covered with a natural deep patina. Horned handle facings. Length: 83 cm. Preservation condition of the item shown in the attached photos.
oil/canvasDimensions: 61 x 91 cmsigned on the underside: 'Otolia | Kraszewska'.on the reverse a paper sticker on the loom with bibliographical informationLiteratureMünchner Maler im 19. Jahrhundert, vol. 2, München 1982, p. 381, cat. no. 545 (ill.) BiographyOtolia Kraszewska studied in St. Petersburg in the studio of Ivan Aivazovsky. Around 1890 she settled in Munich, where she she probably ...
oil/canvasDimensions: 27 x 50 cmSigned, dated and inscribed l.d.: 'A. Mroczkowski | Munich 877'.affidavit of Dr. Kazimierz Buczkowski on the reverse, certifying the authenticity of the workBiographyMroczkowski began his artistic studies at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1865. He belonged to the group of "Munich painters" alongside Ajdukiewicz and Sidorowicz, among others - he continued h...
oil/canvasDimensions: 33 x 41 cmsigned l.d.: 'Hayden'on the loom and on the back of the frame two inventory stickersOriginGros & Delettrez auction house, Paris, October 2023 private collection, Poland BiographyStudied in Warsaw at the Academy of Fine Arts and Polytechnic and at the Academie "La Palette" in Paris. He exhibited in Paris at the Salons: Independent, Tuileries and May. He spent...
oil/canvasDimensions: 54 x 73 cmSigned and dated p.d.: 'M. Oil | 1929.'on the frame a sticker of the framing workshop
watercolor/paperDimensions: 50.5 x 37 cmSigned in pencil at the bottom of the composition: 'S Gierowski'dated in pencil on the reverse: '1987'BiographyA representative of the contemporary avant-garde of painting, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of Zbigniew Pronaszko and Karol Frycz. At the same time he studied art history at the Jagiellonian University under Woj...
oil/canvasDimensions: 60.5 x 72.5 cmSigned p.d.: 'Ebiche'ExhibitedEugeniusz Eibisch. Italian Journey, DESA Unicum, Warsaw, August 4-22, 2025. BiographyStudied at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts under Jacek Malczewski and Wojciech Weiss. In 1922, he moved to Paris. During his stay in France he exhibited a lot, among other things: at the Paris salons Autumn and Independent. In 1939 he returned t...
oil/canvasDimensions: 105 x 128 cmSigned p.d.: 'Fr. Żmurko'.BiographyFranciszek Żmurko began his studies in drawing and painting with Franciszek Tepa in Lviv, and continued in 1874- 81 with Jan Matejko at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, as well as in Vienna, Rome and at the Munich Academy with A. Wagner (1878- 80). After his studies, until 1882, he lived in Cracow, later settling in Warsa...
oil/canvasDimensions: 55 x 69 cmhistorical title: Quarrel of the Gypsies On the reverse on the loom the inventory number from the National Museum in Cracow: 'ND 8753'Provenancedeposit at the National Museum in Cracow, 1998-2010 LiteratureAleksandra Krypczyk-De Barra, Aleksander Kotsis. Katalog dzieł zebrane, Kraków 2025, p. 165 (il.), cat. no. I.147 Slawomir Bołdok, Painting at auctions in ...
oil/boardDimensions: 100 x 69 cmInscribed on the reverse: 'Jurek'Originsthe artist's legacy collection of the artist's daughter, Krystyna Bialkiewicz, Jelenia Gora private collection, Poland BiographyStudied in 1900-08 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of Jozef Mehoffer, Leon Wyczółkowski and Stanisław Wyspiański. At the same time, he supplemented his artistic education ...
Polish bayonet wz.22 designed for Mauser rifles. Produced at the Cracow Armory 4. One of by far the rarest varieties of this bayonet: a piece with serial number "83629" preceded by an infinity mark. In addition, the offered weapon is a so-called "reverse", making it an item for a decidedly advanced collection. Handle linings original, latch works. Comes with a scabbard of Austro-Hungarian prod...
A massive cap pistol, a Belgian product from around 1850. Knitted, octagonal barrel. Visible technical receipts from Liege. In the grip of the weapon a cache for caps. Lock works properly, in both positions, spring strong. Preserved original after-bolt. Length: 37 cm. Preservation condition of the object shown in the attached photos.
oil/canvasDimensions: 65 x 80 cmsigned l.d.: 'Muter'on the painter's loom a paper auction sticker The work is invited to the monographic exhibition of Mela Muter (1876-1967) at Villa la Fleur in Konstancin-Jeziorna planned from September 17, 2026 - March 15, 2027.OriginsKönig Collection, Cologne Griesbach, Berlin, November 2009 private collection, Europe DESA Unicum, December 2018 institution...
oil/canvas (duplicated)Dimensions: 87 x 68.5 cmSigned l.d.: 'Władysław Wankie'.Provenancecollection of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Poznań/Warsaw private collection, Warsaw BiographyWladyslaw Wankie was a painter and art critic. His work was highly regarded by the Polish artistic community, after his death it was almost completely forgotten. He studied painting in Warsaw - Wojciech Gerson called ...
Polish bayonet wz.28 designed for Mauser rifles. Production of the Radom Arms Factory. The bayonet catch works, the head with traces of cleaning and light sanding. Heavily sanded down the hilt. The covers are contemporary replicas. Nicely preserved scabbard of Radom production, signed with "D2" reception. The scabbard choke holds with adequate resistance. Length: 40,3 cm. State of preservation...