Lempertz · Lot 422
Chance in vertical game 4 x 4
Acryl und Papiercollage auf Holz
Auction date : 2021-12-04
Published result : 5250 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 5000
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Ryszard Winiarski
Documented citizenships : Poland
A painter, creator of spatial forms and scenographer, Ryszard Winiarski makes chance a principle of visual construction, drawing in particular on probability, game theory and statistical analysis. Born in Lviv in 1936, he dies in Warsaw in 2006. Before entering the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, he completes a degree in mechanical engineering at Warsaw University of Technology, where his thesis focuses on hydraulic and pneumatic relays; during his art studies, he works as technical director at the Stelmos gasket factory.
At the Academy, Mieczysław Porębski’s course on the relationship between art and science plays an important role in the development of his practice. His degree project, completed in 1966 under the title «Zdarzenie – Informacja – Obraz» («Event – Information – Image»), formulates a theory of image programming and presents the cycle «W kierunku wizualnej reprezentacji rozkładów statystycznych». In these works, black squares are arranged on a grid according to data drawn, among other sources, from dice throws, stock prices or transport ticket numbers. Chance is thus associated with an order defined by a set of rules. Shortly after completing his studies, Winiarski presents this programming process at the Symposium of Artists and Scientists in Puławy, in 1966.
Participation can also become part of the work: one of his presentations of programmed images invites the public to take part in the creative process through games devised by the artist. From 1971, he introduces reflective surfaces that return visitors’ own image to them. At the same time, he creates, among other things, sets for the Polish Theatre in Warsaw between 1967 and 1977. From 1976, he develops an activity in the «Game Salons», involving participants selected by lot.
A sales listing records around fifty solo exhibitions and cites, among the group exhibitions, the 1969 São Paulo Biennial and the Nuremberg Constructivist Biennial in 1969 and 1971. «Game (E-13)», dated 1979, also attests to the materiality of his compositions: the catalogue describes it as an acrylic-on-wood work, made up of elements measuring 12 × 12 cm on a support measuring 35 × 35 cm.
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5documented results with prices
Lempertz · Germann
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Lempertz · Lot 423
Chance in game for one
Acrylic on wood on black-painted wood
Original catalogue wording
Chance in game for one
Acryl auf Holz auf schwarz gefasstem Holz
Auction date : 2021-12-04
Published result : 6875 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Lempertz · Lot 424
Untitled
Acrylic on wood
Original catalogue wording
Ohne Titel
Acryl auf Holz
Auction date : 2021-12-04
Published result : 5312 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 5000
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Lempertz · Lot 516
game 10 x 10 - the role of the check horses moves
Acrylic on canvas
Original catalogue wording
game 10 x 10 - the role of the check horses moves
Acryl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2018-12-01
Published result : 52080 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 30000
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Lempertz · Lot 550
Game (E-13)
Acrylic on wood on black-painted wood
Original catalogue wording
Game (E-13)
Acryl auf Holz auf schwarz gefasstem Holz
Auction date : 2016-12-03
Published result : 9300 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 3000
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Germann
Nineteenth Vertical Game 5x5, 1981
Acryl und Bleistift auf Holz.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Second Vertical Game 5x5, 1981
Acryl und Bleistift auf Holz.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Vertical Game 5x5 - Centrifugitiv Spiral Rule, 1981
Acryl und Bleistift auf Holz.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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