Franciszka Themerson: Looking at the world with lines

21 February - 4 April 2025

Franciszka Themerson

[Traces] Two swimming figures, c. 1960/62

Pen and ink on paper

25.5 x 35.5 cm | 10 x 14 in

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Franciszka Themerson

Six figures in the street, 1950

Pen and ink on paper

40.5 x 51 cm | 16 x 20 1/8 in

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Franciszka Themerson

Insect Picture, 1972

Oil on canvas

86 x 102 cm | 33 7/8 x 40 1/8 in

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Franciszka Themerson

[Traces] Multiple figure, six floating heads, c. 1963

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Pen and ink on paper

25 x 35.5 cm | 9 7/8 x 14 in

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Franciszka Themerson

Praying figure (watched by four others, below) , c. 1963

Signed

Pen and ink on paper

25 x 31 cm | 9 7/8 x 12 1/4 in

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Franciszka Themerson

Floating figures, c. 1962

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Pen and ink on paper

35.5 x 25.5 cm | 14 x 10 in

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Franciszka Themerson

[Traces] Mother & child, c. 1961

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Pen and ink on paper

25.5 x 35 cm | 10 x 13 3/4 in

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Franciszka Themerson

[Traces] Swimming, 1963

Signed & dated

Pen and ink on paper

52.5 x 63 cm | 20 5/8 x 24 3/4 in

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Franciszka Themerson

Interlude, 1947

Oil on canvas

40.6 x 50.8 cm | 16 x 20 in

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Franciszka Themerson

The failed experiment, 1956

Pen and ink on paper

32 x 52.5 cm | 12 5/8 x 20 5/8 in

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Franciszka Themerson

The way it walks, 1950

Pen and ink on paper

63.5 x 42 cm | 25 x 16 1/2 in

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Franciszka Themerson

Lecturer [Study], 1958

Signed

Pen and ink on paper, mounted

31 x 16 cm | 12 1/4 x 6 1/4 in

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Franciszka Themerson

Tea-Break [Final version], c. 1954

Signed

Pen and ink on paper

21 x 26.5 cm | 8 1/4 x 10 3/8 in

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Franciszka & Stefan Themerson

Przygoda człowieka poczciwego (The Adventure of a Good Citizen), 1937

music by Stefan Kisielewski

b/w, sound, 35 mm, 10 minutes

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