signature p. d.: JERKA 90
signature on the bottom edge of the loom: JACEK JERKA | [...] | ACRYL, below is a sticker of the Wahl Gallery, next to it an inscription in lead. JERKA [reversed]
on f. 2 stamps authorizing export abroad
Provenance:
- The painting was purchased from the Alice and Bozena Wahl Gallery around 1990 for the Museum of European Art in Japan.
- Then, after the Museum closed, in a private collection in Asia.
The painting has been exhibited and reproduced:
- Jacek Yerka. Paintings from 1972-2001, Agra-Art Auction House, Warsaw 2021, p. 97, color ill;
- Japanese Collection. Beksinski and others, Agra-Art Auction House, Warsaw 2021, pp. 139, 159, color ill.
The cabinet was the queen of furniture in a certain country kitchen. Life was lived on it, around it and in it. She took care of the documents, curdled the milk, strained the cherry liquor, agreed to cook the meals, cut and chop. In a word - a hardworking piece of furniture. I had to portray her, and more than once.
Jacek Yerka
♣ to the auctioned price, in addition to other costs, will be added a fee arising from the right of the creator and his heirs to receive remuneration in accordance with the Act of February 4, 1994 - on Copyright and Related Rights (droit de suite)
Jacek Yerka (Torun 1952, lives near Torun) graduated in 1976 from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. He specialized in graphic arts. In the first years after graduation, he exhibited posters, including at the Biennale of Polish Poster in Katowice in 1977 and 1979, international biennials in Lahti and Warsaw, and others. Since 1980 he has devoted himself entirely to painting. Relying on a precise pictorial technique modeled on the old masters (Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus Bosch), but above all on his own boundless imagination, he creates surreal compositions, especially admired by lovers of fantasy in all varieties. He inspired, for example, fantasy author Harlan Ellison to write 30 short stories, which, along with Yerka's paintings, made up the publication titled. "Mind Fields." The same American publishing house "Morpheus International" published the album "The Fantastic Art of Jacek Yerka". In 1995 the artist was awarded the prestigious World Fantasy Award for best artist. He exhibits at home and abroad (in Germany, France, the USA and others), being a respected representative of the fantastic art trend. He collaborated in the production of the American film "Strawberry Fields", where the paintings were to be accompanied by Beatles music.
