HENRYK BERLEWI 1894-1964
Warsaw 1894 – 1964 Paris (Polish/French)
Title: Portrait of Zwi Pryturki, 1921
Technique: Original Signed, Dated and Inscribed Pencil Drawing on paper
Work size: 50.2 x 35.6 cm / 19.8 x 14 in
Additional Information: This drawing is hand signed in black ink by the artist “H. Berlewi” in the lower right corner.
Additionally, it is dated and inscribed “Portrait de Zwi Pryturki dessine a Miedzewyn pres de Varsovie en 1921” and “Varsovia 27.05.1952” in the lower right corner.
Provenance: Mandel Mann Collection, Paris.
Acquired directly from the artist in France.
Condition: Good condition. Surface dirt and a few stains. Two tears in the right edge (1 and 3.5 cm).
HENRYK BERLEWI 1894-1964
Warsaw 1894 – 1964 Paris (Polish/French)
Title: Portrait of Riri
Technique: Original Signed and Inscribed Pencil Drawing on paper
Work size: 28.2 x 22.7 cm / 11.1 x 8.9 in
Additional Information: This drawing is hand signed by the artist “H. Berlewi” in the lower left margin.
It is also inscribed in red pencil “Riri” on the lower right margin.
Provenance: Mandel Mann Collection, Paris.
Acquired directly from the artist in France.
Condition: Very good condition. Light surface dirt and a few tiny stains. A tiny fold on the upper left corner. A tiny tear in the right edge. Minor creases in the paper.
HENRYK BERLEWI 1894-1964
Warsaw 1894 – 1964 Paris (Polish/French)
Title: Boy with Barett / Profile of a Man
Technique: Original Signed Double-Sided Drawing in Colour-Pencil on paper
Work size: 24 x 15.5 cm / 9.4 x 6.1 in
Additional Information: This double-sided drawing is hand signed by the artist “H. Berlewi” on the lower right corner on both sides.
Provenance: Mandel Mann Collection, Paris.
Acquired directly from the artist in France.
Condition: Very good condition. Light surface dirt and a few tiny stains. A tiny fold on the upper right corner. A tiny tear in the lower edge.
HENRYK BERLEWI 1894-1964
Warsaw 1894 – 1964 Paris (Polish/French)
Title: Man with Closed Eyes, 1919
Technique: Original Signed and Dated Double-Sided Pencil drawing on paper
Work size: 26 x 16.2 cm / 10.2 x 6.4 in
Additional Information: This double-sided drawing is hand signed, inscribed and dated by the artist “H. Berlewi dessine en 1919” (Henryk Berlewi drawn in 1919) in the lower right part.
Provenance: Mandel Mann Collection, Paris.
Acquired directly from the artist in France.
Condition: Very good condition. Very light surface dirt. Very light paper discolouration. Tiny tear on the right edge (4 mm).
HENRYK BERLEWI 1894-1964
Warsaw 1894 – 1964 Paris (Polish/French)
Title: Profile of Smoking Man, 1915
Technique: Original Signed and Dated Pencil Drawing on paper
Work size: 28.2 x 21.6 cm / 11.1 x 8.5 in
Additional Information: This drawing is hand signed by the artist Henryk Berlewi with his initials “H. B.” on the left central part.
It is also dated “1915 7-go stycznia” (= 1915 the 7th of January) in the lower margin.
Provenance: Mandel Mann Collection, Paris.
Acquired directly from the artist in France.
Condition: Image in good condition apart from some foxing and surface dirt. Some creases, folds and tears in the margins.
HENRYK BERLEWI (1894-1964)
Warsaw 1894 – 1964 Paris (Polish / French)
Title: Three Portraits.
Technique: Original Hand Signed pencil drawing on paper.
Work size: 32 x 24.5 cm / 12.6 x 9.6 in
Additional Information: This original drawing by Henryk Berlewi is Hand Signed in pencil “H. Berlewi ” at the lower right corner.
Provenance: Former Mandel Mann Collection, Paris.
Condition: Good condition. Creases all over in the paper.
HENRYK BERLEWI (1894-1964)
Warsaw 1894 – 1964 Paris (Polish / French)
Title: Portrait of a Man
Technique: Original Hand Signed Ink Drawing on paper
Work size: 15 x 21.5 cm / 5.9 x 8.5 in
Additional Information: The drawing is hand signed in pencil by the artist “H Berlewi” at the lower right corner.
Provenance: Mandel Mann Collection, Paris.
Condition: Very good condition. Light surface dirt on both sides, tiny pinhole in the top center and a light fold in the top right corner.
HENRYK BERLEWI
1894 – 1964 (Polish / French)
Woman with Long Hair – 1955
Original Hand Signed Colour pencil Drawing
Title: Woman with Long Hair
Technique: Original pencil drawing on paper
Work size: 25 x 18,3 cm / 9.8 x 7.2 in
Additional Information: This drawing is hand signed and dated by the artist H. Berlewi 55″ (1955) at the lower right margin.
Provenance: Mandel Mann Collection, Paris.
Condition: Very Good condition. Light surface dirt.
HENRYK BERLEWI 1894-1964
Warsaw 1894 – 1964 Paris (Polish/French)
Title: Two Turkish Men, 1921
Technique: Original Signed and Dated Pencil Drawing on paper, laid on cardboard
Work size: 11 x 27 cm / 4.3 x 10.6 in
Additional Information: This original drawing by Henryk Berlewi is hand signed and dated in pencil “H. Berlewi ´21” at the lower right corner.
Provenance: Mandel Mann Collection, Paris.
Acquired directly from the artist in France.
Condition: Good condition. Minor surface dirt at the margins.
Henryk Berlewi: Born in 1894 in Warsaw, died in Paris in 1967. Painter, designer, critic and art theorist, who worked in Warsaw, Berlin and Paris. He was one of the main representatives of the Avant-Garde movement of the 1920’s. Between 1904-1909, Henryk Berlewi studied at the “Ecole des Beaux-Arts” in Warsaw. Following this he studies a year (1909-1910) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where he continued his studies and finally, he went to Paris in 1911-1912, to complete his training at the E”cole des Beaux-Arts” and “Ecole des Arts Decoratifs”. After returning to Poland in 1913 he continued studying under Professor Jan Kuzik. Between 1918–1919, Berlewi was active in the Jewish circle of artists together with Aleksander Wat and Anatol Stern and was focusing on the iconography of the modern Jewish nation which is apparent in his paintings and graphic works of that period. The year 1921 represents a milestone in the artistic path of Berlewi: Artistic research led him to Purist art, freed of any ideology. This change can be credited to El Lissitzky, who Berlewi met and led him to Suprematism and Constructivism. In the years 1922-1923, Berlewi joined the circle of international artists in Berlin, there he met Theo van Doesburg, Viking Eggeling, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Mies van der Rohe, and other artists of the avant-garde. He took part in the Congress of Progressive Artists, in Düsseldorf, where he established relationships with Stanislaw Kubicki and Jankel Adler. In 1923 Berlewi wrote the innovative theory of Mecanofacture which was inspired by the Russian Constructivism, the Dutch Neoplastic and the Dadaist work of Kurt Schwitters,. By the use of mechanization means of expression, and a new artistic language based on abstract forms, Berlewi attempted to give a visual representation of the contemporary world, its constant metamorphosis and the accelerating pace of life. In 1924 the theory was published as a brochure titled Mécano-Facture and in the then the ´Der Sturm´ magazine. In 1928, Berlewi moved to Paris, and abandoned the Avant-Garde aesthetic, for a return to the figurative mainly painting Nudes and Portraits. In 1954 However, Berlewi once again stood in the Avant-Garde forefront using his mécanofacture ideas this time as a pioneer of the Op-Art Movement.
Henryk Berlewi: Born in 1894 in Warsaw, died in Paris in 1967. Painter, designer, critic and art theorist, who worked in Warsaw, Berlin and Paris. He was one of the main representatives of the Avant-Garde movement of the 1920’s. Between 1904-1909, Henryk Berlewi studied at the “Ecole des Beaux-Arts” in Warsaw. Following this he studies a year (1909-1910) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where he continued his studies and finally, he went to Paris in 1911-1912, to complete his training at the E”cole des Beaux-Arts” and “Ecole des Arts Decoratifs”. After returning to Poland in 1913 he continued studying under Professor Jan Kuzik. Between 1918–1919, Berlewi was active in the Jewish circle of artists together with Aleksander Wat and Anatol Stern and was focusing on the iconography of the modern Jewish nation which is apparent in his paintings and graphic works of that period. The year 1921 represents a milestone in the artistic path of Berlewi: Artistic research led him to Purist art, freed of any ideology. This change can be credited to El Lissitzky, who Berlewi met and led him to Suprematism and Constructivism. In the years 1922-1923, Berlewi joined the circle of international artists in Berlin, there he met Theo van Doesburg, Viking Eggeling, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Mies van der Rohe, and other artists of the avant-garde. He took part in the Congress of Progressive Artists, in Düsseldorf, where he established relationships with Stanislaw Kubicki and Jankel Adler. In 1923 Berlewi wrote the innovative theory of Mecanofacture which was inspired by the Russian Constructivism, the Dutch Neoplastic and the Dadaist work of Kurt Schwitters,. By the use of mechanization means of expression, and a new artistic language based on abstract forms, Berlewi attempted to give a visual representation of the contemporary world, its constant metamorphosis and the accelerating pace of life. In 1924 the theory was published as a brochure titled Mécano-Facture and in the then the ´Der Sturm´ magazine. In 1928, Berlewi moved to Paris, and abandoned the Avant-Garde aesthetic, for a return to the figurative mainly painting Nudes and Portraits. In 1954 However, Berlewi once again stood in the Avant-Garde forefront using his mécanofacture ideas this time as a pioneer of the Op-Art Movement.