Jan Matejko's painting sold for almost PLN 7 million
At the last auction at the Polswiss Art Auction House in Warsaw, among the works put up for sale was a painting by Jan Matejko. For the canvas "Portrait of Professor Karol Gilewski" anonymous buyer paid 5.9 million zlotys plus 18 percent of the auction fee.
Author: JC
Photos: Polswiss Art
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As many as 93 works from the last 150 years appeared at the Tuesday auction, including works by artists such as Jacek Malczewski, Stanisław Wyspiański, Tamara Łempicka, Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Wojciech Fangor, Władysław Strzemiński, Jerzy Nowosielski and Edward Dwurnik. The "Portrait of Professor Karol Gilewski" by Jan Matejko, recognized for many years as missing, enjoyed the greatest interest.
Karol Gilewski was a doctor, social worker, professor at the Jagiellonian University, whom Jan Matejko knew personally. The portrait of the professor was commissioned after his death, and it was based on photographs. Karol Gilewski died at the age of 39 for typhus. The starting price of the painting was PLN 2.9 million. Due to the state of the epidemic, the auction was held without an audience, and the bidding was only possible remotely.
- This is a well-deserved and even expected record after such an unprecedented work of art. The power of the cultural value of this work is invaluable, which is why we dream that he will find his place in the museum deposit. This record falls in very uncertain times, which confirms the strength of the alternative investment market - says the president of the Polswiss Art Auction House, Iwona Buechner-Grzesiak.
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