1931
two gelatin silver prints, 17.7 x 11.8 cm (18.5 x 12.5 cm),
18.7 x 12.7 cm (18.9 x 13 cm)
dated and described on the reverse of each print
vintage prints

As Witkacy explained his idea of art, "I understand artistic creation not as pure form, which is an absurd and useless concept, nor as imitating reality, but as creating new reality, one you can retreat into when you are sick and tired of the one around you..." Witkacy’s works are a clear proof that the artist was consistent in following his philosophy. These photographs, made together with Władysław Jan Grabski, depict Witkacy with Nena Stachurska. Stachurska was his close friend and one of his most favourite models. She participated in many of the enactments of Witkacy’s amateur Formist Theatre. The photograph dates back to the period when Stachurska and Witkacy experimented with narcotics together.
The photographs have been widely exhibited and reproduced in Poland and abroad.