1959
gelatin silver print, 29 × 39 cm,
signed "Krzysztof Kamiński", titled, present-day inscription "Negatyw wykonałem 1959 roku. / Powiększenie wykonałem w 1959 roku / Vintage print. / Krzysztof Kamiński / Gdańsk, 11 sierpień 2016 r.", artist’s stamp and two exhibition stamps on the reverse
edition: 2/2, the only surviving print
vintage

This photograph was taken in Sopot at an exhibition of paintings at the local branch of the Central Bureau for Art Exhibitions. The young woman portrayed was the artist’s wife at the time. In his extensive review (Głos Wybrzeża, 11.1960) of the 9th National Art Photography Exhibition in Gdańsk, where the photograph was presented, Franciszek Walicki wrote that Kamiński’s images were like perfectly composed paintings, "(...) having an extraordinary mood suggestive of indolence, but also full of expression, lyricism, and at the same time violent dynamics."
Exhibitions in 1960-1964: Gdańsk; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Mexico City; Bordeaux, France; Woman in the Second Half of the 20th Century, Budapest, Hungary.