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ZDZISLAW BEKSINSKI Polish 1929-2005 Pen & Ink

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ZDZISLAW BEKSINSKI Polish 1929-2005 Pen & Ink
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Pen and ink on paper. Signed and attr Zdzislaw Beksinski (Polish, 1929-2005). 7.5 x 9.4 in. (19 x 24 cm). Zdzislaw Beksinski was a Polish artist best known for his surreal dystopian imagery. His paintings, photographs, and prints depicted macabre otherworldly spaces and figures. "I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams," he once reflected. Born on February 24, 1929 in Sanok, Poland, Beksinski had no formal art training, but instead studied architecture at the Kraków University of Technology. He found work in his hometown as a vehicle designer after graduating, indulging his interest in photography during his free time. Throughout his career, Beksinski was interested in fantasy, sadomasochism, and erotica, as evidenced in his famous image Sadist’s Corset (1957), a photograph of a woman’s bare backside tightly and irregularly bound with black string. Beksinski died tragically when he was murdered by an acquaintance on February 21, 2005 in Warsaw, Poland at the age of 75. Today, many of his works can be seen in the collection of the Czestochowa City Gallery in Poland. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate