Aleksander Kobzdej Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Aleksander Kobzdej Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 29, 2024
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973) , 1965 mixed media on paper, with an additional drawing on verso 62.3 x 44.5 cm (24 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.) [sheet] unframed signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE Collection of Jytte and Jarl Borgen, Copenhagen (JBS no. 171) EXHIBITED Nutidskunst fra Jytte og Jarl Borgens samling, Kunstforeningen in Copenhagen and Silkeborg Kunstmuseum, 1989, cat. no. 148
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Mar. 24, 2024
Alexander Kobzdej. Polish. Abstract composition of a cyclops. Mixed media watercolor on paper. Signed in pen lower right. Possibly as-made tears and holes lower right and center left edge. Framed under glass. Sight: 1...
Est: $500 - $700
Alexander Kobzdej. Polish. Abstract composition of a cyclops. Mixed media watercolor on paper. Signed in pen lower right. Possibly as-made tears and holes lower right and center left edge. Framed under glass. Sight: 17.5 x 12in. Overall: 29 x 23in.
Tremont Auctions
Jan. 27, 2024
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973) Untitled oil on canvas 99 x 60 cm (39 x 23 5/8 in.); framed dimensions: 101.5 x 62 cm (40 x 24 3/8 in.) PROVENANCE C.G.Sloan & Co, Sale 780 (1985), lot 5 (label on verso) Collection of Mr. Ross Paul Titus, who served as a diplomat in Poland and other Eastern Bloc countries throughout the 1950s-1970s CONDITION Observed in frame, the painting is in fair condition, some cracking and chipping to the impasto areas, some surface dust. Wax treated verso. Possibly relined. Not inspected under UV light, to request inspection, please email info@shapiroauctions.com N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Oct. 21, 2023
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973) Vertical Hollow in Warm Gray/Pionowe wglebienie w cieplej szarosci 1967 acrylic and mixed media on canvas dimensions: 100 x 80 cm (39 3/8 x 31 5/8 in.), unframed signed dated on the surface, inscribed with artist name, titled and dated on verso in Polish LITERATURE Katalog Wystawy Aleksandra Kobzdeja: Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, (Poznan: Muzeum Narodowe, 1969), mentioned multiple times, catalogue number 27, illustration number 23. LOT NOTES Aleksander Kobzdej was born in Olesko, Ukraine in 1920 and was one of the most prolific Polish post-war contemporary painters. Initially coming from the Socialist Realism movement, Kobzdej was widely celebrated for his 'matter' paintings. His formative years fell on WWII and he belonged to the generation of exceptional contemporary post-war artists. After graduating from Lviv Technical University and Gdansk Polytechnic Institute Kobzdej gained recognition for his Socialist-Realist works. He participated in Polish National Visual Arts Exhibitions organized in Warsaw by the Ministry of Culture and Art. However, in the 1950s Kobzdej’s work took a new vector that gained him international recognition. Overburdened with the prescriptive limitations of Socialist Realism, Kodzdej started experimenting with his style formally and conceptually. The artist abandoned his narrative works that had been concerned with the reflection of reality and moved towards abstraction, that enabled him to explore the metaphysical. During the same years Kobzdej traveled to China, Mexico, Vietnam and Western Europe. Still relying on the traditions of Polish Avant-Garde and Polish Colourist movement he adopted Western neo-Avant-Garde. His works became increasingly preoccupied with deep research of matter, philosophic and eschatological questions. Conveying particular emotional experiences through dramatic and expressive experimentations with painting structure, color plasticity of matter and materiality became the integral part of his works. Kobzdej’s works are legible but plastic and synthetical in a new way. Kobzdej’s late works are tapping into subconscious social memory and are seen as interpretation of traumatic events and psychological effects of the Stalinist regime. Aleksander Kobzdej represented Poland at the Venice Biennale (1954) and the Biennale in Sao Paulo (1959). He was a professor at a number of Universities including the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Hochschule für Bildende Kunste in Hamburg and others. CONDITION The work is in good condition, some surface dust and minor surface grime, the frame is loose. UV light inspection showed no signs of retouching. N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Oct. 21, 2023
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973)
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973) Fissure in Vibrating Greyness/Szczelina w rozedrganej szarosci 1967 acrylic on canvas and mixed media 109 x 137 cm (42 7/8 x 54 in.), framed dimensions: 111 x 139 cm (43 3/4 x 54 3/4 in.) signed dated on the surface, inscribed with artist's name, titled and dated on verso in Polish LITERATURE Katalog Wystawy Aleksandra Kobzdeja: Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, (Poznan: Muzeum Narodowe, 1969), illustrated on the cover EXHIBITED Royal College of Art, London, UK (comes with the copy of the exhibition label) Muzeum Narodowe Posnan, Poland (label on verso) Muzeum Sztuki in Lodzi, Lodz, Poland (label on verso) LOT NOTES Aleksander Kobzdej was born in Olesko, Ukraine in 1920 and was one of the most prolific Polish post-war contemporary painters. Initially coming from the Socialist Realism movement, Kobzdej was widely celebrated for his 'matter' paintings. His formative years fell on WWII and he belonged to the generation of exceptional contemporary post-war artists. After graduating from Lviv Technical University and Gdansk Polytechnic Institute Kobzdej gained recognition for his Socialist-Realist works. He participated in Polish National Visual Arts Exhibitions organized in Warsaw by the Ministry of Culture and Art. However, in the 1950s Kobzdej’s work took a new vector that gained him international recognition. Overburdened with the prescriptive limitations of Socialist Realism, Kodzdej started experimenting with his style formally and conceptually. The artist abandoned his narrative works that had been concerned with the reflection of reality and moved towards abstraction, that enabled him to explore the metaphysical. During the same years Kobzdej traveled to China, Mexico, Vietnam and Western Europe. Still relying on the traditions of Polish Avant-Garde and Polish Colourist movement he adopted Western neo-Avant-Garde. His works became increasingly preoccupied with deep research of matter, philosophic and eschatological questions. Conveying particular emotional experiences through dramatic and expressive experimentations with painting structure, color plasticity of matter and materiality became the integral part of his works. Kobzdej’s works are legible but plastic and synthetical in a new way. Kobzdej’s late works are tapping into subconscious social memory and are seen as interpretation of traumatic events and psychological effects of the Stalinist regime. Aleksander Kobzdej represented Poland at the Venice Biennale (1954) and the Biennale in Sao Paulo (1959). He was a professor at a number of Universities including the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Hochschule für Bildende Kunste in Hamburg and others. CONDITION The work is in good condition, some surface dust and minor surface grime, the frame is loose. UV light inspection showed no signs of retouching. N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Apr. 30, 2023
Alexander Kobzdej. Polish. Abstract composition of a cyclops. Mixed media watercolor on paper. Signed in pen lower right. Possibly as-made tears and holes lower right and center left edge. Framed under glass. Sight: 1...
Est: $500 - $700
Alexander Kobzdej. Polish. Abstract composition of a cyclops. Mixed media watercolor on paper. Signed in pen lower right. Possibly as-made tears and holes lower right and center left edge. Framed under glass. Sight: 17.5 x 12in. Overall: 29 x 23in.
Tremont Auctions
May. 28, 2022
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 Olesko, Ukraine - 1972 Warschau)
Est: €600 -
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 Olesko, Ukraine - 1972 Warschau) Ohne Titel, Gouache und Mischtechnik auf Papier, 59 cm x 42 cm Blattmaß, signiert, 25.6.1966 datiert, montiert, partiell fleckig, leicht gewellt, verso Montierungsrückstände, Provenienz: Galerie Gunar, Düsseldorf Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 Olesko, Ukraine - 1972 Warsaw) Untitled, gouache and mixed media on paper, 59 cm x 42 cm sheet size, signed, dated 25.6.1966, mounted, partially stained, slightly wavy, mounting residues on verso, Provenance: Galerie Gunar, Düsseldorf
Wettmann
Nov. 26, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), Composition, 1959
Est: zł40,000 - zł60,000
oil/canvas, 73 x 60 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Nov. 26, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), "White shepherd", 1963
Est: zł60,000 - zł80,000
oil/canvas, 81 x 65 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Nov. 17, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), Composition
Est: zł7,500 - zł9,000
gouache, ink/paper, 54 x 44 cm (dimensions in passe-partout window)
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 01, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), Untitled
Est: zł30,000 - zł40,000
oil/canvas, 53 x 45 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Sep. 10, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Hors cadre No 60"
Est: zł40,000 - zł60,000
mixed media, 50 x 50 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Jul. 02, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), "Crack", 1960
Est: zł35,000 - zł45,000
mixed media/fiberboard, 62.5 x 47.5 x 6 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 21, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), "Vistula II", 1961
Est: zł60,000 - zł80,000
oil/canvas, 81 x 100 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 21, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), Composition in gray, 1958
Est: zł25,000 - zł30,000
oil/canvas, 67 x 50 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 05, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Hors cadre", 1971
Est: zł60,000 - zł80,000
acrylic, metallic net, paper and polyester pulp, 120 x 51 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 05, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Bright", 1969
Est: zł60,000 - zł80,000
acrylic, metallic net, paper and polyester pulp, wood, 81 x 90 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Mar. 24, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), Scene with workers, 1950
Est: zł20,000 - zł30,000
oil/canvas, 97 x 137 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Mar. 05, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), Untitled, 1957
Est: zł45,000 - zł60,000
oil/canvas, 49 x 63 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Mar. 05, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), Composition, 1957
Est: zł45,000 - zł60,000
oil/canvas, 61 x 50 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Feb. 27, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Untitled (two-sided work) 1968
Est: zł2,000 - zł3,000
ink, pencil/paper, 44 x 34.5 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Feb. 27, 2020
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Untitled
Est: zł2,000 - zł3,000
ink/paper, 42 x 29.5 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Dec. 05, 2019
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Le bleu cocoon", 1963
Est: zł35,000 - zł50,000
oil on canvas, 89 x 116.5 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Dec. 05, 2019
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Defined", 1958
Est: zł90,000 - zł120,000
oil, mixed media on canvas, 110 x 84 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 10, 2019
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Untitled, 1961
Est: zł40,000 - zł60,000
oil on canvas; 49 x 73 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 28, 2019
White theater, 1963
Est: zł50,000 - zł80,000
signed low right: Kobzdej 63, describe signed on back: Aleksander Kobzdej 1963 "Biały teatr" 100 x 81
Polswiss Art
Apr. 09, 2019
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) A house in a bamboo forest - from the cycle "Rysunki z Wietnamu", 1954
Est: zł1,000 - zł1,500
ink on paper, 8.3 x 7.2 cm (sheet)
Desa Unicum SA
Apr. 09, 2019
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) On a street - from the cycle "Rysunki z Wietnamu", 1954
Est: zł1,000 - zł1,500
ink on paper, 9 x 7 cm (sheet)
Desa Unicum SA
Mar. 12, 2019
Aleksander Kobzdej, Composition, 1957
Est: zł45,000 - zł65,000
Kompozycja, 1957
Polswiss Art
Dec. 10, 2018
Aleksander Kobzdej - Figures
Est: zł5,500 - zł7,500
Aleksander Kobzdej Figures, signed lower right „Kobzdej | 1941” oil, canvas 65 × 54 cm
Libra Auction House
Dec. 06, 2018
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "E'largi", 1959
Est: zł50,000 - zł70,000
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "E'largi", 1959 oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm 73 x 60 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Nov. 22, 2018
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Portrait of a woman, 1956
Est: zł5,000 - zł6,000
ink/paper, 52 x 39.5 cm (sheet)
Desa Unicum SA
Sep. 11, 2018
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), "Boys' course", 1954
Est: zł2,400 - zł4,000
watercolour, ink on paper, 31 x 40.5 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Jun. 07, 2018
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Composition With Color Stains, 1963
Est: zł40,000 - zł60,000
oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Jun. 02, 2018
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973) Untitled, oil on canvas 100 x 60 cm (39 3/8 x 23 5/8 in.) PROVENANCE C.G.Sloan & Co, Sale 780 (1985), lot 5 (label on verso); Collection of Mr. Ross Paul Titus, who served as Diplomat in Poland and other Eastern Bloc countries throughout the 1950s-1970s
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Mar. 07, 2018
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973) Untitled, oil on canvas 100 x 60 cm (39 3/8 x 23 5/8 in.) PROVENANCE C.G.Sloan & Co, Sale 780 (1985), lot 5 (label on verso); Collection of Mr. Ross Paul Titus, who served as Diplomat in Poland and other Eastern Bloc countries in 1950s-1970s
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Mar. 07, 2018
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973)
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973) Mexico II/A, 1963 oil on canvas 96.5 x 63.5 cm (38 x 25 in.) signed lower right; signed, titled and dated on verso PROVENANCE C.G.Sloan & Co, Sale 780 (1985), lot 4 (label on verso); Collection of Mr. Ross Paul Titus, who served as Diplomat in Poland and other Eastern Bloc countries in 1950s-1970s
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Mar. 01, 2018
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Birthday I", 1963
Est: zł40,000 - zł100,000
oil on canvas, 99 x 80 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Feb. 01, 2018
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Gap", 1960
Est: zł28,000 - zł45,000
own technique on board
Desa Unicum SA
Nov. 30, 2017
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Filled Gap No 10", 1970
Est: zł40,000 - zł80,000
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Filled Gap No 10", 1970 assemblage, papier-mâché on board assemblage, papier-mâché on board 100 x 79 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Nov. 30, 2017
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Composition, 1959
Est: zł35,000 - zł70,000
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Composition, 1959 oil on canvas oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Nov. 30, 2017
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Birthday II", 1963
Est: zł40,000 - zł100,000
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Birthday II", 1963 oil on canvas oil on canvas 100 x 80 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Sep. 14, 2017
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Untitled (two-sided drawing), 1968
Est: zł1,400 - zł3,000
ink, graphite on paper, 44 x 34.5 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Sep. 14, 2017
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Untitled
Est: zł1,000 - zł3,000
ink on paper, 42 x 29.5 cm
Desa Unicum SA
May. 31, 2017
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973) Urodziny II, 1963 oil on canvas 100 x 80 cm (39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.) signed and dated lower right; further signed, dated and titled on verso PROVENANCE Collection of Bart N. Stephens, Cultural Attache of the American Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, 1963-1965 LOT NOTES Bart N. Stephens spent several decades as a cultural affairs officer in Europe and Asia, during which time he was stationed in post-War Warsaw as a Cultural Attache for some years during the 60s. As Stephens writes in his essay Where Shall We Hang It? Notes on Collecting Polish Art, it was in Warsaw which had arisen Phoenix-like from the war`s inferno, [that he and his wife, an artist herself,] first became involved in the art scene and began collecting original art. [Discovering] an alive, talented, and varied community of artists in Poland. Coming into contact with the works by, and often with the artists themselves, Jan Cybis, Aleksander Kobzdej, and many other leading figures of the 1960s and 70s, Stephens at times found himself bidding on the same works as the Museum of Modern Art (as in the case of Nucleus by Zbignew Makowski). Polish painting was then seen as the ``new frontier`` of European art, with many foreign dealers waking up to its allure, and at times buying the contents of an artist`s studio outright. The Stephens collection thus presents a mid-century capsule of some of PolandÕs greatest modernists, with many of the works being eventually exhibited or included in European and American publications and exhibitions.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
May. 31, 2017
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1973) Urodziny I, 1963 oil on canvas 99 x 80 cm (39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.) signed and dated lower right; further signed, dated and titled on verso PROVENANCE Collection of Bart N. Stephens, Cultural Attache of the American Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, 1963-1965 LOT NOTES Bart N. Stephens spent several decades as a cultural affairs officer in Europe and Asia, during which time he was stationed in post-War Warsaw as a Cultural Attache for some years during the 60s. As Stephens writes in his essay Where Shall We Hang It? Notes on Collecting Polish Art, it was in Warsaw which had arisen Phoenix-like from the war`s inferno, [that he and his wife, an artist herself,] first became involved in the art scene and began collecting original art. [Discovering] an alive, talented, and varied community of artists in Poland. Coming into contact with the works by, and often with the artists themselves, Jan Cybis, Aleksander Kobzdej, and many other leading figures of the 1960s and 70s, Stephens at times found himself bidding on the same works as the Museum of Modern Art (as in the case of Nucleus by Zbignew Makowski). Polish painting was then seen as the ``new frontier`` of European art, with many foreign dealers waking up to its allure, and at times buying the contents of an artist`s studio outright. The Stephens collection thus presents a mid-century capsule of some of PolandÕs greatest modernists, with many of the works being eventually exhibited or included in European and American publications and exhibitions.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
May. 25, 2017
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Filled Gap No 10", 1970
Est: zł45,000 - zł80,000
assemblage on board, 100 x 79 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Jan. 26, 2017
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972), King Matthew I, 1958
Est: zł700 - zł1,800
offset on paper, 83.5 x 59 cm
Desa Unicum SA