Solidarnosc (Solidarity)
1981 · Lithograph
26 3/4 x 37 3/4" (68 x 95.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Jan Sawka
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11
Works in Collection
24
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- • Expressionism
- • Figuration
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Jan Sawka was a Polish painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose expressionist figuration merged fine art with graphic design sensibilities. Working across painting, relief sculpture, and large-scale public commissions, he developed a visual language that bridged Eastern European modernism and Western commercial culture, reflecting Cold War geopolitical tensions. Active across multiple continents, Sawka's practice refused conventional boundaries between fine and applied art.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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