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Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

Overall

Description:

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Markings:

Each: signed, titled and dated 1964 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Born in Poland in 1922 Fangor faced the horrors of World War II and the difficult period of reconstruction that followed. After grappling with more traditional modes of representation, he turned to poster art as an alternative to Social Realism that was then popular. His breakthrough as a painter came in 1958 with the exhibition, Study of Space at the New Culture Salon in Warsaw. It was here that his 'edgeless' abstractions were for the first time, defining a style in which NJ15 (1964) and M5 (1970) are quintessential examples. Rather than conventional influences, Fangor's works developed out of the artist's fascination with the larger concepts of the universe and consciousness that began with the discovery of telescopes as a teenager. This interest in what lay beyond Earth's atmosphere and the rapidly developing tools one would need to explore space were the impetus for his own meteoric rise through the art world. He followed Study of Space with an important show at Galerie Yvon Lambert in Paris. His works were included in the Fifteen Polish Painters exhibition at MoMA, New York in 1961 as well as the seminal Op show The Responsive Eye in 1965 also at MoMA. In 1970, the year of execution of M5, he was the subject of an important solo show at the Guggenheim, New York

Provenance:

Galerie Chalette, New York (no. L 5000X),Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner in 1971,Thence by descent to the present owner