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a picture of a black and white drawing of squares and circlesan old drawing of a map of a city on a piece of paperan image of a drawing of a red and white geometric designseveral different types of art work are displayed on a white surfacean old book with a drawing of a robot on it and a piece of paper with a drawing of a robot on itmany papers and papers on a table with scissors
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25 - Henryk Berlewi (1894–1967) A significant collection of drawi…
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Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
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Henryk Berlewi (1894–1967) A significant collection of drawings, studies, documents and archives by the artist, circa 1960. Comprising: > ‘Mécano-Facture’, pencil and ink on paper, signed and dated 1959 in the lower right-hand corner, titled at the bottom centre, with annotations of measurements – Framed, 22 x 27.5 cm, thumbtack holes at the corners > Untitled, pencil on paper, preparatory work mentioning various artists’ names (Mies Van Der Rohe, Raoul Hausman, Herwarth Walden, Archipenko, Viking Eggeling, Rudolf Belling, Moholy-Nagy…) - Framed, 28.5 x 21 cm, significant tear in the top right-hand corner > Several original works, including: - Untitled, gouache and collage on paper, signed lower right, depicting coloured geometric shapes – 19 x 14 cm - Untitled, gouache and collage on paper, signed lower right, depicting red and white geometric shapes - 36.5 x 29.5 cm - “Jean-Clarence Lambert, Poèmes seriels typo-montages Berlewi, Mecano-factur, Editions de Beaune, 1965”, felt-tip pen on tracing paper - 42 x 29.5 cm > Mechano-Fakturen by Henryk Berlewi, Galerie Situationen60, Documentation B, 1963, a portfolio published to mark the exhibition held from 21 October to 21 December 1963, containing two silkscreen prints on leporello-folded paper - 22.4 x 22.4 cm > Galerie Denise René, 1957, catalogue of the exhibition “Pioneers of Abstract Art in Poland”, the front cover crossed out in red grease pencil by the artist > G: *Zeitschrift für elementare Gestaltung* No. 4, an issue of the avant-garde and constructivist journal *G* published in Berlin, which appeared in March 1926 > Berlewi, Henryk and Andrzej K. Olszewski: Henryk Berlewi. Contemporary Polish Painting. Artystyczno-graficzne Publishers, Warsaw, 1968. > Catalogue of the retrospective exhibition ‘Henryk Berlewi from 1908 to the Present’, held from October to November 1964 at the Maison de France, Berlin, copy no. 903/1000 > Exhibition catalogue ‘Berlewi: Testimonies’, published to mark the exhibition organised by Suzanne de Coninck at the Centre d’art cybernétique, Éditions de Beaune, 1965 [x2] > Newspaper articles in French and Dutch mentioning the work of Henryk Berlewi > Invitations to various exhibitions > Collection of typewritten texts and speeches, ink on paper > Small booklet of colour balance tests on a photograph of Henryk Berlewi’s oil on canvas ‘Female Torso’, circa 1922
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About the sale Modern & Contemporary Art • Abstraction • Narrative Figurative Art • Free Figurative Art • Street Art • Design
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:30 AM
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