Janina Mokrzycka was a daughter of a famous photographer, Henryk Schabenbeck, and of Helena Panczakiewiczowna. She studied in the Graphics Institute in Vienna. After 1936, she worked and had her own photographic studios in Katowice, Nowy Targ, and Warsaw. She was an active member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. In 1956-58, she was the head of the Main Management Board of that association. In 1957, in the Kordegarda gallery, Mokrzycka's only individual exhibition in Poland took place. Since 1958, the photographer lived in Canada. For many years, she had a photographic studio in Toronto. Also in that city, she had two individual exhibitions: Women of Toronto (1961) and The Face of the Dancer (1964).
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gelatin silver print, vintage print on Baryta paper, 23 x 17.5 cm
described: 'Biale drzewa' and 'Wystawa fotografii artystycznej | Warszawa XII.50', and artist's seal on the reverse
EXHIBITED:
- group Contemporary Art Exhibition - Cracow 1948/49
LITERATURE:
Fotografia' no. 12/1956
Janina Mokrzycka was a daughter of a famous photographer, Henryk Schabenbeck, and of Helena Panczakiewiczowna. She studied in the Graphics Institute in Vienna. After 1936, she worked and had her own photographic studios in Katowice, Nowy Targ, and Warsaw. She was an active member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. In 1956-58, she was the head of the Main Management Board of that association. In 1957, in the Kordegarda gallery, Mokrzycka's only individual exhibition in Poland took place. Since 1958, the photographer lived in Canada. For many years, she had a photographic studio in Toronto. Also in that city, she had two individual exhibitions: Women of Toronto (1961) and The Face of the Dancer (1964).
ADDITIONAL CHARGE DETAILS:
In addition to the hammer price, the successful bidder agrees to pay us a buyer's premium on the hammer price of each lot sold. On all lots we charge 18 % of the hammer price.
- To this lot we apply 'artist's resale right' ('droit de suite') fee. Royalties are calculated using a sliding scale of percentages of the hammer price.