1970s
gelatin silver print, 37.3 x 49.7 cm,
titled and artist`s stamp on the reverse,
vintage print

This photograph comes from a collection of works in which Hermanowicz, who had been using traditional photographic techniques for years, reached for more sophisticated means of expression, creating photomontages made of graphical elements and photography. Indulging in a surreal joke, the artist combined motifs found in Kraków`s squalid backyards, basements and warehouses with graphical elements depicting a basilisk, a stray ghost and old clothes pretending to be a spectre.
Exhibition: Henryk Hermanowicz. On the Brink of Greyness. Exhibition of Photographs from the Early 1970s., Galeria Fotografii, Kraków (2015).