Black 4, 1959

Place of creation Pankiewicza, Warsaw

Photo © DESA Unicum, Warsaw
The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw – © Wojciech Fangor Archive | FANGOR Foundation, photo: Royal Hart Studio, Riversale

Signature / Inscription Verso, upper edge: WOJCIECH FANGOR BLACK 4 / 1959

Provenance [Gres Gallery, Washington, 1961]
Albert A. and Vera List, New York, 1961
[Sotheby's, New York, lot. 278, June 1996]
Private collection, Poland, n.d.
[Desa Unicum, Warsaw, lot. 12, December 2016]
[Desa Unicum, Warsaw, lot. 106, December 2024]

Exhibitions

• The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA, 1962 (● E.1962.2)
• *The National Museum, Krakow, Poland, 2012–2013 (● E.2012.3)

Literature

• Selz, Peter. 15 Polish Painters. Exhibition Catalogue. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1962.
• Dabrowski, Magdalena ed. Wojciech Fangor: Color and Space. Milano: Skira, 2018.

Technical note Label on verso of frame: THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / 11 WEST 53RD STREET NEW YORK / FIFTEEN POLISH PAINTERS / ARTIST Fangor / TITLE BLACK IV, 1959. Oil on Canvas / CIRCULATING EXHIBITION NO. / MUSEUM NO. 61.1242 BOX NO. 7.
Label on the loom: GRES GALLERY / 1729 Twentieth Street, Northwest, Washington 9, D. C. / To: Mrs. Albert List / 927 Fifth Avenue / New York, New York / "Black 4" by Wojciech Fangor
Label on the loom: NAME / RECEIPT & ITEM NO. / MO42455/007