98 - HENRYK BERLEWI (POLAND / POLISH 1894 - 1967) - Citrons

HENRYK BERLEWI (POLAND / POLISH 1894 - 1967) - Citrons *** DESCRIPTION OF THE LOT: *** Date: dated 1949 Technique: oil on canvas Dimensions: 24,5 × 63 cm Signature: top right Framed: framed Provenance: Galerie Charpentier, Paris (76, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré), exhibition: Natures Mortes Françaises (turn of the year 1951–1952), serial/catalogue number 18 (stamp) Lot information: Henryk Berlewi (1894 Warsaw – 1967 Paris) was a Polish-French painter, graphic artist, art theorist and one of the leading representatives of the international constructivist avant-garde. Affiliation to the avant-garde: In the 1920s he worked in Warsaw, Berlin and Paris, where he collaborated with key figures of constructivism and suprematism (El Lissickij, László Moholy-Nagy, Theo van Doesburg). Theory of Mechano-Fabrication (Mechano-Fabrication): In 1924 he formulated his most famous theoretical and practical concept. He rejected the illusion of space and traditional handwriting in painting and replaced them with a geometrized, mechanically-effecting structure based on squares, circles, lines and the contrast of black, white and red. This approach was at the birth of applied graphics and typography of the 20th century and is considered a direct predecessor of op-art of the 1960s. Late period: After moving to Paris in 1928, he temporarily devoted himself to portraiture, but in the 1950s and 1960s, following the worldwide interest in constructivism and op-art, he returned to his mechanofractural experiments. __________________________________________________________________________ Bidders are obliged to inform themselves about the condition of the lots before the auction, subsequent complaints will not be taken into account. This is an automatically generated English translation from the original Czech text using deepl.com and is intended for reference only – it does not constitute a legally binding statement of the lot's properties. Please note that we can only guarantee the accuracy of the description and condition as stated in the original Czech version.