Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991)

Anna in the Swimming Pool

Details

Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991)
Anna in the Swimming Pool
signed 'Ruszkowski' (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 1/3 x 28¼ in. (92.3 x 71.7 cm.)
Painted in 1953.

Provenance

Tom Laughton.
Robert Luff, Scarborough, from whom purchased by the present owner.

Literature

J.P. Hodin, Ruszkowski, Life and Works, London, 1966, no. 14, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Retrospective Exhibition of works by Zdzislaw Ruszkowski, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, 1966, no. 28, illustrated.
M. Simonow, Ruszkowski: A Catalogue Raisonné of his Paintings, London, 1987, p. 98, no. 150, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, Recent Paintings by Ruszkowski 1954, no. 1.
Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition of Zdzislaw Ruszkowski, October - November 1966, no. 28.

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Lot Essay

The artist's daughter comments that the present work has 'me standing on the edge of the pool (Finchley Road Baths), plaits tied on top of my head. This is one of the first paintings to show what would become a lifetime obsession with water, the conjunction of the shimmering surface appearance and the fracturing of objects seen below the surface' (private correspondence, 2 June 2011).

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