Old Masters auctions

pastel on paper; 97 x 52.5 cm (inside frame); signed lower right: T. Axentowicz; on the reverse, a sticker from an antiquarian bookshop on Mazowiecka Street in Warsaw (the sticker is stained with black ink). Teodor Axentowicz was an outstanding painter and printmaker at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, associated with the Young Poland movement. He studied, among other places, in Munich...
oil on cardboard; 47.5 x 59 cm; signed lower right: STASIAK LUD; Condition: painting prior to conservation.
oil on cardboard; 17.8 x 26.6 cm; signed and dated lower right: W. Wojtkiewicz 1903 (in black ink); on the reverse, in the lower left corner, a number in ink: 4.); below, a printed label from the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland: No. 3578 / Artist’s name: Witold / Wojtkiewicz / Medium: oil / Title Cloudy Day / Dimensions - / Price or value 20 / Owned by the...
oil on canvasDimensions: 47.5 x 47.5 cm (inside frame)Signed and dated lower left: 'Jerzy Kossak 1945'BiographyJerzy Kossak was trained from an early age in the studio of his grandfather, Juliusz, and his father, Wojciech. In the early 1920s, Jerzy traveled with his father to the manors of Greater Poland, where he painted portraits of the local landed gentry. Jerzy Kossak’s paintings (like t...
oil on canvas; 53 x 44 cm; on the reverse—partially preserved—labels on the stretcher: 1. paper affixed to the canvas: Retrospective Exhibition, Kraków Committee / Decl. No. 48, No. 366. / Piotr Michałowski / “Austrian General on a white [crossed out] Legeditsch / on a white horse... (the rest of the inscription is damaged; handwritten in ink); 2. Printed label from the exhibition at t...
oil on canvas mounted on board; 36 x 47 cm; signed lower left: A. Malinowski.
oil on cardboard; 20 x 29 cm (inside the frame); signed lower right: JKonarski.
Dimensions including frame: 26.3 cm x 22 cm The object takes the form of a small portrait set in a richly decorated, gilded frame. It depicts King John III Sobieski in a bust portrait, turned slightly toward the viewer. The monarch’s face is fair and full, with a distinctive mustache and short, combed-back hair. His eyes are delicately rendered, his gaze calm and directed almost directly for...
Vlastimil Hofman (1881–1970) “The Milkman,” 1953 Oil on panel Signed: Wlastimil Hofman, dated: 1953 Dimensions: 12 × 12.5 cm On the reverse, a handwritten description by the artist and provenance notes Certificate of authenticity from the Desa Unicum auction house A unique, intimate portrait by Wlastimil Hofman, one of the most outstanding Polish painters of the 20th century, a student ...
Dimensions: 28.5 cm x 41 cm Frame: 57.6 cm x 46.6 cm The painting depicts a military scene featuring horsemen and a horse-drawn carriage. In the center of the composition is a cavalryman on a dark horse, riding toward the viewer. The figure is dressed in a uniform, wearing a cap with a black trim and carrying a weapon slung over his shoulder. Further back, the rest of the horse-drawn carriage ...
watercolor, pencil/paperDimensions: 30.5 x 47.5 cmsigned, dated, and inscribed on the lower right: '1922 | Mokwa - Gdańsk'On the reverse, a sticker from a Warsaw art gallery along with a partially preserved stamp from the conservation officeBiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Berlin, as well as at the Academy in Munich. He undertook numerous trips throughout Europ...
oil on canvasDimensions: 70 x 100.5 cmsigned lower right: 'MOKWA.'Provenanceprivate collection, Warsaw ExhibitedMarian Mokwa’s Turkish Weddings, National Museum in Gdańsk, July–August 2014 BibliographyMarian Mokwa’s Turkish Weddings, exhibition catalog, ed. Wojciech Zmorzyński, Öztürk Emiroğlu, National Museum in Gdańsk, Gdańsk 2014, p. 76 (ill.) BiographyHe studied at the Academy...
watercolor, linocut, ink on paperDimensions: 50 x 34 cmSigned, dated, and inscribed at the bottom left: 'E. Dwurnik 71. | artist’s stamp: DRAWING | E. DWURNIK | 3612' and numbered at the bottom right: '122'on the reverse, an artist’s stamp with a description of the work: 'Edward Dwurnik | SERIES: 26 In the Shadow of Buildings | TITLE: By the Sea | DIMENSIONS | MEDIA: flam, linocut, ballpoi...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 18.5 x 23.5 cm (inside the mat)signed lower left: 'E Dzierzencki'BiographyHe graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under the guidance of Leon Wyczółkowski and Władysław Skoczylas. Before 1939, he became associated with the coast, adopting maritime themes in his work and painting scenes from Sopot and Gdańsk. After World War II, he settled permanentl...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 23 x 32 cm (inside the frame)Signed lower left: 'E Dzierzencki'BiographyHe graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under the guidance of Leon Wyczółkowski and Władysław Skoczylas. Before 1939, he became associated with the coast, adopting maritime themes in his work and painting scenes from Sopot and Gdańsk. After World War II, he settled permanently ...
oil on panelDimensions: 30 x 40 cmsigned lower right: 'St. Żurawski'BiographyStanisław Żurawski graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he studied under Józef Mehoffer and Wojciech Weiss from 1907 to 1913. He was a member and co-founder of the “Jednoróg” Guild of Visual Artists. The most common subject of his paintings, characterized by vivid colors, were nudes—pri...
oil/fiberboardDimensions: 78 x 71 cmsigned lower right 'Mokwa'BiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Berlin, as well as at the Academy in Munich. He undertook numerous trips throughout Europe. From 1911 to 1915, he lived in Istanbul—from there, he traveled to Jerusalem, Persia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, and Mongolia, and visited the Caucasus and Tibet. In 1918, he set...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 23 x 29.5 cmSigned lower left: 'E. Dzierzencki'BiographyHe graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under the guidance of Leon Wyczółkowski and Władysław Skoczylas. Before 1939, he became associated with the coast, adopting maritime themes in his work and painting scenes from Sopot and Gdańsk. After World War II, he settled permanently in Sopot and fou...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 25 x 35 cmsigned lower right: 'E Dzierzencki'BiographyHe graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under the guidance of Leon Wyczółkowski and Władysław Skoczylas. Before 1939, he became associated with the coast, adopting maritime themes in his work and painting scenes from Sopot and Gdańsk. After World War II, he settled permanently in Sopot and found...
Dimensions: 50 cm x 35 cm With frame: 57.5 cm x 42 cm Oil on panel This vertical composition depicts the monumental tower of the Florian Gate as seen from a short distance. The dominant element of the painting is the massive, four-sided brick tower crowned with a characteristic late-Baroque onion-shaped dome. The upper part of the structure is accentuated by projecting battlements supported by...
Dimensions: 16 cm x 10.5 cm Plywood, paint The work takes the form of an abstract horizontal composition. Irregular patches and lines in shades of green, black, gray-blue, and red are arranged on a light, grayish background. The lower part of the composition is dominated by a wide, horizontal band of green, applied with a free, gestural stroke. In the center, a pattern of dark, curved lines is...
watercolor, pencil/paperDimensions: 30 x 43.5 cm (inside the mat)signed lower right: 'Mokwa'Provenanceprivate collection, Warsaw ExhibitedMarian Mokwa’s Turkish Weddings, National Museum in Gdańsk, July 1–August 31, 2014 BibliographyMarian Mokwa’s Turkish Weddings, exhibition catalog, ed. Wojciech Zmorzyński, Öztürk Emiroğlu, National Museum in Gdańsk, Gdańsk 2014, p. 147 (ill.) B...
gouache/paperDimensions: 38 x 68 cmsigned and dated lower right: 'SJaxa | 1930'On the reverse, a sticker from the artist’s studio with a description of the paintingBiographyHe studied at the Kraków School of Fine Arts under F. Cynk, I. Jabłoński, and Wł. Łuszczkiewicz. From 1894 onward, he continued his artistic studies at Stanisław Grocholski’s School of Drawing and Painting in Muni...
Dimensions with frame: 16 cm x 13.7 cm Dimensions without frame: 11 cm x 9 cm Oil on canvas The painting depicts a bust of a young woman shown from the front, with her head turned slightly to the left. The model has short, dark brown hair with a soft, wavy texture, framing her face with a broad outline. Her face is fair, subtly illuminated by light, with delicately defined eyes, a petite nose,...
Dimensions: Frame 76 cm × 61 cm Oil on canvas Unknown Artist (Munich School) “On the Hunt” A dynamic hunting scene by an unknown artist associated with the Munich School, dated to the second half of the 19th century. The painting depicts a rider in the midst of a hunt—a man in hunting attire, mounted on a bay horse, in the dramatic moment of the chase. The composition, full of movement ...
porcelain, overglaze paints, black wooden frame, gilded; dimensions: plaque (inside the frame) 19.5 x 13.5 cm; in the frame: 47 x 41.7 cm; on the reverse of the plaque: imprints of a scepter and “K.P.M.,” the letter “P” (possibly a year mark? – 1915), and “14” (barely visible); the miniature is unsigned; on the back of the frame, in the upper left corner, a handwritten black insc...
Dimensions: 18.5 cm x 13.5 cm Colored photograph The image depicts a man sitting in an armchair or chair inside an office. The figure is shown from the waist up, slightly turned toward the viewer. The man has a fair complexion, short hair, sideburns, and a gentle smile. His gaze is directed slightly to the side, which gives the portrait a calm and private character, less formal than in a cerem...
gouache/cardboardDimensions: 35 x 50 cmsigned and dated lower right: 'Jaxa | 1936'stamp from the artist’s studio on the reverseBiographyHe studied at the Kraków School of Fine Arts under F. Cynk, I. Jabłoński, and Wł. Łuszczkiewicz. From 1894 onward, he continued his artistic studies at Stanisław Grocholski’s School of Drawing and Painting in Munich, where he lived until 1901. The fo...
Oil on canvas (mounted canvas), after conservation Dimensions: painting 38.4 cm × 27.3 cm; framed 48 cm × 36.5 cm Portrait of Countess Potocka After Anton Graff (1736–1813) Date: second half of the 18th century – early 19th century A subtle and elegant portrait of a woman in half-profile, rendered in a classical style and full of the balanced grace characteristic of the late 18th century...
watercolor, pencil/paperDimensions: 28 x 36 cm (inside the mat)signed lower right: 'Mokwa'Provenanceprivate collection, Warsaw BiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Berlin, as well as at the Academy in Munich. He undertook numerous trips throughout Europe. From 1911 to 1915, he lived in Istanbul—from there he traveled to Jerusalem, Persia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, a...
Dimensions with frame: 28.5 cm x 21 cm Dimensions without frame: 25 cm x 17.5 cm Paint on cardboard The work depicts a fragment of architecture surrounded by greenery. At the center of the composition is a light-colored building with a partially obscured facade, windows in the lower section, and a sketched-out roof. The building is shown from the side of a garden or park, rather than from a fo...
watercolor, pencil/paperDimensions: 21.5 x 26.5 cmsigned lower left: 'Mokwa'Conditionfoxing and discoloration throughout the entire sheet BiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Berlin, as well as at the Academy in Munich. He undertook numerous trips throughout Europe. From 1911 to 1915, he lived in Istanbul—from there, he traveled to Jerusalem, Persia, Egypt, Ethiop...
Dimensions (including the hanger): 8.5 cm x 6.2 cm Porcelain, paint An oval miniature in a metal frame. A round loop is attached at the top, allowing the miniature to be hung on a wall, hook, or in a display case. The obverse depicts a seated young woman in an antique-style yellow dress with blue drapery. The figure is shown in a slight turn, with her head turned toward a floating cherub. She ...
Dimensions: 29 cm x 19.5 cm Medium: oil on canvas The painting has a horizontal composition and depicts a vast forest landscape dominated by a group of tall, slender trees with spreading crowns. In the central part of the composition, human figures are visible—several people are standing and talking, while others are sitting or resting on the ground. On the right side are horses laden with l...
oil on canvasDimensions: 59 x 68.2 cmsigned lower left: 'Mokwa'BiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Berlin, as well as at the Academy in Munich. He undertook numerous trips throughout Europe. From 1911 to 1915, he lived in Istanbul—from there, he traveled to Jerusalem, Persia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, and Mongolia, and visited the Caucasus and Tibet. In 1918, he se...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 33.50 x 24.50 cmsigned lower right: 'Stroński' BiographyMarian Stroński studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków until 1913, in the studio of Prof. Teodor Axentowicz. He then continued his studies at the Academy in Vienna in the studio of Prof. Kazimierz Pochwalski. During the interwar period, he held solo exhibitions in Przemyśl, Warsaw, Lviv, Ł�...
oil on canvasDimensions: 50.5 x 65 cmsigned lower left: 'H. Baranowski'BiographyHe studied at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Sopot (1951 – year of admission) (now the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk). In 1971, he was commissioned as an officer. In 1977, he spent several months as a UN observer in the Middle East[1]. He has participated in 74 national and international exhibitions, a...
Dimensions with frame: 28.6 x 21 cm Dimensions without frame: 25.6 x 18 cm Paint on cardboard A fragment of an Old Town street viewed from the perspective of a person standing in a shaded passageway or narrow alley. On the left and right sides of the composition are tall, dark tenement walls that form a sort of frame for the lighter view in the background. The central part is occupied by a gro...
Dimensions including frame: 35.7 cm x 43.7 cm Dimensions without frame: 34 cm x 25.4 cm Plywood, oil An atmospheric view of Warsaw’s Old Town, seen from an elevated vantage point above the rooftops and the densely packed buildings of the historic center. In the central part of the composition, St. John the Baptist Archcathedral in Warsaw is recognizable—one of the capital’s most importan...
gouache on paper mounted on cardboardDimensions: 54.7 x 42.7 cm (inside frame)signed, dated, and inscribed in the lower left: 'au bord du Suffren | 12/III 28 | Gustaw GWOZDECKI'ProvenanceAgra-Art Auction House, December 2023 private collection, Warsaw BiographyHe studied around 1889 under Stanisław Grocholski—the painter’s artistic studies were chaotic and often interrupted by financial d...
Dimensions: 29.5 cm x 34.5 cm Frame: 49 cm x 57.5 cm Watercolor on paper The work depicts a winter view of Wang Church in Karpacz. The composition shows the wooden structure of the church from the side elevation, with its characteristic steep, snow-covered roof and bell tower. To the right stands a tall stone clock tower, topped with a pointed, snow-covered roof. The church building is rendere...
watercolor, gouache/paperDimensions: 28.5 x 41.5 cm (sheet)signed and dated lower right: 'SZMAJ | 1958' from the artist’s estate
pastel/paperDimensions: 45 x 32 cm (inside the frame)signed with a monogram on the lower left BiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Józef Mehoffer and Leon Wyczółkowski. He then settled in Gdynia, where he drew inspiration from the burgeoning city, the port, and the shipyard—a trend in which he was a pioneer. He created his works from the vantage points of Kamie...
oil on canvas mounted on cardboardDimensions: 30 x 48 cm (inside frame)signed lower right: 'SZMAJ' from the artist’s estate
oil on canvasDimensions: 50 x 60 cmsigned lower right: 'Mokwa' Work reviewed by Janusz Wąsowicz BiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Berlin, as well as at the Academy in Munich. He undertook numerous trips throughout Europe. From 1911 to 1915, he lived in Istanbul—from there, he traveled to Jerusalem, Persia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, and Mongolia, and visited the ...
oil/plywoodDimensions: 78 x 63 cmsigned lower right: 'Wł. Nałęcz', dated lower left: '1931'BiographyFrom 1885 to 1893, he studied at the Academy in St. Petersburg under P. Chistiakov and W. Jakobi, specializing in landscape painting. He then traveled to Belgium, Sweden, Norway, and England. He lived in Paris and, from 1906, in Warsaw. In 1909, he sailed down the Vistula River to Gdańsk to ...
watercolor, pencil/paperDimensions: 15.5 x 22.5 cmsigned lower left: 'Mokwa'BiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Berlin, as well as at the Academy in Munich. He undertook numerous trips throughout Europe. From 1911 to 1915, he lived in Istanbul—from there, he traveled to Jerusalem, Persia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, and Mongolia, and visited the Caucasus and Tibet. I...
oil on canvasDimensions: 67.6 x 68 cmsigned lower right: 'Mokwa'BiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Berlin, as well as at the Academy in Munich. He undertook numerous trips throughout Europe. From 1911 to 1915, he lived in Istanbul—from there, he traveled to Jerusalem, Persia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, and Mongolia, and visited the Caucasus and Tibet. In 1918, he s...
oil on canvasDimensions: 81 x 99 cmsigned and dated lower right: 'St. Rolicz 1985'signed, dated, and inscribed on the reverse: 'title: | "SYNTHESIS OF THE CITY" | ST. ROLICZ | SOPOT 1985 | 81 X 99 cm | oil'BiographyPrintmaker (specializing in woodcut and metal engraving techniques) and educator. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan Batory University in Vilnius and the Lithuanian Ac...
oil/plywoodDimensions: 34.5 x 25 cmsigned lower right 'L. B.'ConditionUnframed Provenancefrom the artist’s estate collection of the artist’s heirs, Warsaw BiographyShe came from a family of Vilnius intellectuals. Her brothers were also involved in the arts. Józef was a painter, and Bolesław was a sculptor. Łucja Bałzukiewicz began her studies in her hometown. She initially trained at t...
watercolor on paperDimensions: 31.5 x 43 cm (inside the mat)Signed and inscribed lower left: 'H. Baranowski | ORŁOWO'BiographyHe studied at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Sopot (1951–date of admission) (now the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk). In 1971, he was commissioned as an officer. In 1977, he spent several months as a UN observer in the Middle East[1]. He has participated in...
gouache, pastel/paperDimensions: 49.70 x 40.70 cmsigned, dated, and inscribed lower left: 'R. Modrzewski | HEL 1935'on the reverse, a pencil sketch depicting fishermen by a boat
oil on panelDimensions: 24.8 x 40.2 cmsigned and dated lower right: 'St. Rolicz 89'signed, dated, and inscribed on the reverse: "Seaside Trees and Beach" | oil on panel 248x402 mm | StRolicz1989'from the artist’s estateBiographyPrintmaker (specializing in woodcut and metal engraving techniques) and educator. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan Batory University in Vilnius and th...
oil on canvasDimensions: 74 x 100 cmSigned and dated lower right: 'FWójcik 1956'On the reverse side of the frame, numerous pencil notes; the artist’s stamp on the upper rail of the stretcher and on the canvas: 'WÓJCIK FRANCISZEK | ZAKOPANE' and a paper sticker from the Association of Polish Visual Artists in Kraków with a description of the paintingProvenancecollection of the artist’s h...
oil on canvasDimensions: 47 x 61 cmsigned lower left: 'M. KULESZA'Provenanceprivate collection, Warsaw BiographyFor a short time, he studied in Warsaw under Wojciech Gerson, and then in 1899–1900 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under F. Cynk. From 1900, he studied at the St. Petersburg Academy under Dmitri Kardowski, graduating in 1909. Until 1914, he worked in the mosaic studio of Pr...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 22.7 x 28 cmOn the reverse, a card with the artist’s biography 1890–1977 in Vilnius. Portraitist and landscape painter. Exhibitions in Poland since 1926; Member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw / awards in 1930, 1933 / Solo exhibitions in Vilnius in 1954, 1962, 1970, 1975BiographyHe studied in St. Petersburg at the local painting schoo...
oil/panelDimensions: 15 x 21 cmSigned and dated lower right: 'St. Rolicz 92'signed, dated, and labeled on the reverse: '"Seaside Shore" | panel-oil-15x21 cm | StRolicz 992'from the artist’s estateBiographyPrintmaker (specializing in woodcut and metal engraving techniques) and educator. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan Batory University in Vilnius and at the Lithuanian Academy...
watercolor on paperDimensions: 62 x 47 cmsigned lower right: 'H. Epstein'ProvenanceArtcurial auction house, Paris, March 2010 Private collection, Poland BiographyHe studied painting for a time in Munich. Around 1911, he moved permanently to Paris, where he attended one of the art studios in Montparnasse. He was friends with Utrillo, Chaim Soutine, and Amedeo Modigliani. He exhibited at the Sal...
watercolor, aluminum foil/paperDimensions: 60.5 x 44.5 cm (inside the mat)signed and dated lower right: 'St. Rolicz 1966' and dated and inscribed in pencil at the bottom: '"A planet with two suns in the constellation Betelgeuse" | [artist's signature]1966'BiographyPrintmaker (specializing in woodcut and metal engraving techniques) and educator. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan ...
watercolor, pencil/paperDimensions: 26 x 36 cm (inside the mat)Signed and dated lower left: 'M. Leszczyński | 1944.'BibliographyKenneth J. Jones, Michał Leszczyński-Lester: Sailor and Artist, Gdańsk 2007, p. 27 (ill.).
watercolor/paperDimensions: 25.5 x 17 cm (inside the frame)signed and dated lower right: 'S. Butkiewicz - 1936'
watercolor, gouache/paperDimensions: 34 x 52 cmsigned lower left: 'Hayden | Cherbourg'auction sticker on the reverseProvenanceSopot Auction House, March 2018 private collection, Poland BiographyHe studied in Warsaw at the State Academy of Fine Arts (SSP) and the Warsaw University of Technology, as well as at the Académie "La Palette" in Paris. He exhibited in Paris at the Salons des Indépend...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 38.7 x 47.4 cm (inside the frame)signed lower right: 'N Gutman'Gallery and inventory labels on the reverseBiographyHe studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1929 to 1933. He later traveled briefly to Russia, where he exhibited his works at the Museum of the Revolution in Minsk. After the war, he returned to Warsaw, only to emigrate to Paris shor...
oil on canvasDimensions: 81 x 64.5 cmSigned twice, lower left and lower right: 'Weingart'numbered on the reverse: 'No. 88'BiographyHe studied in Warsaw at the State Academy of Fine Arts and the Warsaw University of Technology, as well as at the "La Palette" Academy in Paris. He exhibited in Paris at the Salons des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries, and the Salon de Mai. He spent a great d...