Jaroslaw Flicinski (1982-1986) - 3 engravings - Carpeta 26, The Print Subscribers Club, 2012

Technique
Engraving on polymer plate, printed in black on 225 g Zerkall-Bütten paper, hand-cut
Year
2012
Edition
Copy 22/40. Edition: 40 copies numbered (1/40 to 40/40), I/XX artist proofs, III/III H/C, 1 BAT and 1 archive copy
Signature
Signed in pencil by the artist in the bottom-right corner of each sheet and numbered 22/40 in the bottom-left. Colophon signed by the artist and by Dan Albert Benveniste
Sheet size
38 × 32 cm (14.96 × 12.60 in), height × width, each sheet
Plate size
40 × 34 cm (15.75 × 13.39 in), according to the edition's colophon
Number of pieces
3 engravings + original folder + colophon sheet
Publisher / studio
Benveniste Contemporary and The Print Subscribers Club, Madrid. Printed in the Benveniste Contemporary studio; binding in the Crisalva workshop, Madrid
Framed
No. Delivered unframed, in its original folder
Condition
New. Sheets unframed and unexhibited, kept in the original folder since 2012
Provenance
Private collection, Spain. Acquired originally through The Print Subscribers Club [TO VERIFY: acquisition route]
Seller type
Private individual (collector)
Shipping
Rigid flat packing, with double cardboard and corner protection, tracked and insured shipping. Closed folder: approx. 42 × 35 cm [TO VERIFY with ruler]; packed weight:

Folder No. 26 of The Print Subscribers Club, published in spring–summer 2012 by Benveniste Contemporary, Madrid. It gathers three original prints by Jarosław Fliciński (Gdańsk, 1963), pencil-signed and numbered 22/40, printed on hand-cut 225 g Zerkall-Bütten paper, 38 × 32 cm (14.96 × 12.60 inches), from polymer plates of 40 × 34 cm.

The edition was supervised by Dan Albert Benveniste, who printed the sheets in his Madrid workshop with Elena Alonso and Juan Cruz Ibáñez. The folder, bound in gray cloth by the Crisalva workshop, bears the artist’s signature stamped in silver on the cover and retains the edition colophon sheet, signed by Fliciński and Benveniste and numbered 22/40. Full edition: 40 numbered copies, 20 artist proofs (I/XX), III H/C, one BAT and one archive copy.

Fliciński studied architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology from 1982 to 1986 before earning a painting degree in 1991, and the draughtsman’s discipline is visible in these sheets: bundles of parallel lines of constant thickness that twist and cross until the eye supplies volume the paper lacks. The pointed form, where the right angle becomes a curve halfway along, is the strongest of the three. In the same year as the folder, Benveniste Contemporary dedicated Madrid a solo exhibition Yes, Indeed.

Condition: new. The sheets have not been framed or exhibited. The photographs have been color- and light-corrected from shots of this copy; the gallery image is a staging simulation and the frame is not included in the lot.

Sold by a private collector. Shipped in rigid flat packaging, tracked and insured.

Folder no. 26 of The Print Subscribers Club, published in spring–summer 2012 by Benveniste Contemporary, Madrid. It holds three original prints by Jarosław Fliciński (Gdańsk, 1963), pencil-signed and numbered 22/40, printed on hand-cut 225 gsm Zerkall-Bütten paper, 38 × 32 cm (14.96 × 12.60 in), from 40 × 34 cm polymer plates.

The edition was supervised by Dan Albert Benveniste, who printed the sheets in his Madrid workshop with Elena Alonso and Juan Cruz Ibáñez. The grey cloth folder, bound by the Crisalva workshop, carries the artist's signature stamped in silver on the cover and keeps the colophon sheet, signed by Fliciński and Benveniste and numbered 22/40. Full edition: 40 numbered copies, 20 artist proofs (I/XX), III H/C, one BAT and one archive copy.

Fliciński trained as an architect at Gdańsk University of Technology (1982-1986) before graduating in painting in 1991, and the draughtsman shows in these sheets: bundles of parallel lines of constant width that turn and cross until the eye supplies a volume the paper does not have. The pointed form, where the right angle turns into a curve halfway down, is the strongest of the three. In the same year Benveniste Contemporary gave him the solo show Yes, Indeed in Madrid.

Condition: new. The sheets have not been framed or exhibited. Photographs were corrected for light and color from shots of this copy; the gallery image is a framing simulation and no frame is included.

Sold by a private collector. Shipped flat in rigid packaging, tracked and insured.