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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

98 works

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Dark painted mountain peaks above a rust-toned rocky slope and shadowed valley, with a pale sky at the top.

Duck Valley, Tatras

1911

Painted vignette of snow-covered spruce trees on a winter slope, with a Polish printed program text below.

Vignette on the "Literary Raut" program: View of Tatras with spruce trees

1902

Monochrome drawing of a horned demon face with wings above a pale, grimacing face with bared teeth below.

The first love of the idiot Demon

1920

Oil portrait of a smiling boy with dark bangs, wearing a light shirt and red tie, against a green background.

Portrait of a boy

1893

Painting of bare trees on a hillside with patches of melting snow under a dim teal evening sky.

Early spring

1900

Self-portrait by Witkiewicz with a man in green jacket and pink shirt beside a blue vase of flowers and playing cards.

Self-portrait

1922

Watercolor view of snowy mountains above a printed literary program listing readings and performers, dated 1902.

Vignette on the "Literary Raut" program: View of Tatras

1902

Ink drawing of a bearded man and winged bird-like figures near mountains, with a flying bird and a long-necked creature.

Moulay Chekke's confession of love to the Phoenixan princess

1922

Seated man in dark suit holding a book, with carved wooden sculptures and flowers behind him.

Portrait of Tadeusz Nalepinski, with sculptures

1912

Oil portrait of a bearded older man with dark hair, grey beard and intense gaze against an ochre background.

Portrait of father

1907

Painting of a garden path with cypress trees and a pink-roofed villa overlooking blue sea and hills.

View of Lovrana

1908

Pastel and charcoal portrait of a man with swept-back dark hair and a striped dark sweater, white chalk rays behind him.

Portrait of Karol Szymanowski

1931

Pastel drawing of a long-haired woman beside a green reptilian hybrid creature with clawed feet on a purple ground.

Chameleo

1918

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with red hair beside a red fox under falling rain on a mauve background.

"Liszka"Volpecula

1918

Pastel drawing of a woman in a dark headscarf with blue eye shadow and red lips, framed by swirling yellow strokes.

Portrait of Maria Kasprowiczowa

1931

Pencil sketch of surreal creatures, including a giant mushroom with a human face, a winged figure and a caterpillar.

Miss Plutyńska

1936

Pencil sketch of grotesque figures, a cat, a fish and a ruler, with handwritten Polish inscription at upper right.

Precise Measurement of Life’s Monstrosity

1936

Pastel portrait of a woman with short dark hair and a blue draped dress, set against angular gray and green strokes.

Portrait of Maria Choroszewska in a blue dress

1933

Pastel portrait of a woman with short brown hair in a green dress and pale green bead necklace, set against a turquoise arch.

Portrait of Maria Choroszewska in a green dress

1933

Pastel portrait of a man with round glasses, slicked-back hair, blue shirt and striped tie against a warm hatched background.

Portrait of Andre Goupil-Vardon

1934

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair, blue eyes, and a white ruffled collar against swirling feathery strokes.

Portrait of Gabriela Czarnocka - Berezowska

1936

Pastel drawing of a twisting elongated nude figure beside a seated man, with a red mountain and swirling blue sky behind.

Composition

1921

Pastel portrait of a young woman with bobbed hair and a pale blue halo behind her head, on tan paper.

Portrait of Janina Bastgen

1933

Pastel and charcoal portrait of a man in a dark suit and tie against an angular abstract background, dated 1922.

Portrait of Jan Tarnowski from Dzików

1922

Pastel drawing of a man's face with a green scorpion-like form curling from his mouth against a brown background.

Portrait of Stanisław Totwen, Scorpionescu

1930

Charcoal and red chalk portrait of a woman with curly hair and earrings, looking sideways with a faint smile, on tan paper.

Portrait of Eugenia Dunin-Borkowska

1919

Pencil drawing of fantastic hybrid creatures, a winged beast and a nude figure in a jagged rocky landscape.

Composition - fantastic figures and animals with a landscape in the background

1921

Pencil drawing of a grotesque male figure in a contorted pose, surrounded by sketched studies of female faces and limbs.

Delightful Tormentor at Work

1936

Graphite and chalk drawing of two embracing figures above a winged creature against a swirling starry sky.

Castor and Pollux (Gemini)

1918

Pastel and charcoal portrait of a smiling woman with curly blonde hair, a ruffled collar and a blue pendant on peach paper.

Portrait of Anna Friedrich née Szczepańska

1936

Pastel drawing of running figures in red, orange and grey against a green landscape and blue sea.

Composition with figures running around

1922

Pastel and charcoal drawing of a full moon over a calm bay, with dark windblown grasses and a leaning tree in the foreground.

Australian landscape

1918