Distinguished portrait photographer. Member of ZPAF and ZAiKS. Corresponding Member of the German Photographic Society DGPh. Gierałtowski has received grants from the Polish and Dutch ministries of culture, the Government of the French Republic and The United States Information Agency. Decorated by the Minister of Culture with the silver Medal for Merit to Culture (2007). Winner of the C.K. Norwid prize (2011). Encyclopaedias and books: Encyclopédie International des Photographes Auer Index des photographes de 1939 a nos jours (1979); Contemporary Photographers / Third Edition, St. James Press, New York (1995); Photographie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Museum Ludwig Köln, Benedikt Taschen Verlag, Köln (1996); Photography, collection catalogue, The National Museum, Wrocław (2007); Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, vol. 53, K.G.Saur Verlag, München (2007); Lightsensitive.Photographic Collections in the National Museum of Warsaw (2009). His works have been shown at over 70 individual exhibitions in Poland and worldwide and at 32 prestigious group shows. Works in 25 foreign and 15 Polish collections, as well as in 6 private collections.
1977/1982
gelatin silver print, 40 x 60 cm,
signature, description and author`s stamp on the reverse,
edition: 8/10
vintage print
This portrait, made at Lutosławski`s apartment, was used for the production of a poster by the PAGART agency (poster copy attached to the lot).
The picture has been shown at a number of solo exhibitions, including: Polen Porträts, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn (1983); Menschen aus Polen, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany (1984); Subjective Portraits, Royal Castle, Warsaw (1988, catalogue attached); Through the Eyes of Krzysztof Gierałtowski, Museum of Art, Łódź (2002); Face as a Sign, Królikarnia / National Museum, Warsaw (2005). Selected publications in journals and books: ITD (1979), Fotografie (NRD, 1984), Przekrój (1998), Krzysztof Gierałtowski. Portraits, WAiF (1998).
The lot is sold with 7 publications (magazines, catalogues).
Distinguished portrait photographer. Member of ZPAF and ZAiKS. Corresponding Member of the German Photographic Society DGPh. Gierałtowski has received grants from the Polish and Dutch ministries of culture, the Government of the French Republic and The United States Information Agency. Decorated by the Minister of Culture with the silver Medal for Merit to Culture (2007). Winner of the C.K. Norwid prize (2011). Encyclopaedias and books: Encyclopédie International des Photographes Auer Index des photographes de 1939 a nos jours (1979); Contemporary Photographers / Third Edition, St. James Press, New York (1995); Photographie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Museum Ludwig Köln, Benedikt Taschen Verlag, Köln (1996); Photography, collection catalogue, The National Museum, Wrocław (2007); Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, vol. 53, K.G.Saur Verlag, München (2007); Lightsensitive.Photographic Collections in the National Museum of Warsaw (2009). His works have been shown at over 70 individual exhibitions in Poland and worldwide and at 32 prestigious group shows. Works in 25 foreign and 15 Polish collections, as well as in 6 private collections.