WOJCIECH FANGOR (1922 - 2015) | M34, 1969

oil on canvas; signed, titled, dated '1969,' and inscribed on the reverse

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist in 1969)
Thence by descent to the present owner

This work is in very good condition overall. There are three pinpoint areas of white paint in the central circular passage and one minor area in the lower left corner, most likely studio splatter and visible upon close inspection. There is an area of minor disturbance to the pigment at the upper left corner, measuring approximately 1/2 inch. There are scattered handling marks to the turning edges, visible upon close inspection. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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Wojciech Fangor began his artistic career in Poland as a Social Realist after World War II. Dissatisfied with painting in a propagandistic mode, Fangor co-created the Polish School of Posters, which fused fine art and design to create graphic posters. With the death of Stalin, came a new permissiveness that allowed the restless artist to move further away from orthodox painting to explore vivid abstraction. Fangor’s Op Paintings of the late 1950s gained him recognition in Europe and through-out the 1960s his work was shown at US institutions such as MoMA. In 1970, the artist had a one man show at the Guggenheim.