Artist: Zdzislaw Ruszkowski

Title: 'Nude in the Bathtub' - an original signed aquatint, mounted but unframed

Description: Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991) was a well known painter in oil and watercolour, and printmaker, of landscapes and figure subjects. He was born at Tomaszow in Poland and studied art at Krakow Academy 1924-29 and at the Warsaw Academy 1930-32. He worked in Paris 1934-39, and moved to Scotland in 1940 with the Polish Army settling subsequently in 1944 in north London.  He exhibited widely in Britain and abroad and had a major retrospective at Leeds City Art Gallery in 1966. That same year a beautifully illustrated book titled 'Ruszkowski, Life and Work' by J P Hodin was published by Cory, Adams and Mackay. Regular one man shows were held at Roland Browse Delbanco in London and he also showed at the Leicester Galleries and the New Grafton Gallery.  His work is represented in several public collections.

The art critic and author J P Hodin (1905-1995) was a good friend of the artist and we have been able to acquire an aquatint by Ruszkowski which came originally from Paul Hodin's library following his death. We imagine it was a gift from the artist. Two very similar works are illustrated as #39 and 40 in the section of monochrome plates in Hodin's book from 1966. The author dated the illustrated prints, one of which features a nude woman, to 1947 and 1948. This work is an original pencil signed aquatint measuring about 7.9 x 5.4 inches image size on a sheet measuring 10 x 9 inches. The print is in good condition with some light toning to the edge of the margins and three or four light ripples to the paper at the right hand margin not affecting the image. It is mounted ready for framing. We think this work will also date to the late 1940s and we believe it to be scarce...

Price: £120

Size: 7.9 x 5.4 inches image size              

Shipping: £5 to UK mainland. For other locations please email.

Ref #: 0801