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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. 01, 2018
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Birthday I", 1963
Est: zł40,000 - zł100,000
oil on canvas, 99 x 80 cm
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
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. 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
May. 19, 2016
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Verticalité", 1959
Est: zł40,000 - zł70,000
oil on canvas, 136 x 80 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Mar. 17, 2016
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Defined", 1958
Est: zł75,000 - zł120,000
oil, mixed media on canvas, 110 x 84 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Nov. 26, 2015
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Untitled, 1966
Est: zł7,000 - zł15,000
gouache, oil on paper, 58 x 40 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Nov. 26, 2015
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Composition, 1966
Est: zł8,000 - zł15,000
gouache, oil on paper, 60 x 42 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Oct. 08, 2015
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) "Burned", 1959
Est: zł24,000 - zł45,000
oil, mixed media on canvas, 148 x 60 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Jun. 25, 2015
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 - 1972) Untitled, 1968
Est: zł3,000 - zł5,000
ink, pen on paper, 44 x 34,5 cm
Desa Unicum SA
Dec. 14, 2014
Kobzdej Aleksander - ABSTRACTION, 1963, oil, canvas
Est: zł25,000 - zł35,000
Kobzdej Aleksander - ABSTRACTION, 1963, - 55 x 46cm - oil, canvas
Agra-Art
Jun. 27, 2013
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 Olesko - 1972 Warszawa)
Est: zł2,000 - zł3,000
Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 Olesko - 1972 Warszawa) Komp ozycja abs trakcyjna gwasz, akwarela, kredka/papier, 29,5 x 21 cm (w swietle passe-partout)
Desa Unicum SA
Feb. 16, 2013
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1972),
Est: $10,000 - $14,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (POLISH 1920-1972), "Verticalité", 1959, oil on canvas, 134.5 x 80 cm. (53 x 31 1/2 in.), signed and dated 'Kobzdej 1959' lower right; signed, titled, and dated on the verso
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Sep. 17, 2011
Composition with Colour Fields
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
Kobzdej Aleksander Olesko/Ukraine 1920 - Warschau 1972 Composition with Colour Fields Oil/canvas, 55 x 45 cm, sign. a. dat. lo. ri. Kobzdej 1963, on the reverse sign. a. dat. again. - Mus.: Warsaw (Nat. Mus.). - Lit.: Vollmer.
Auktionshaus Stahl
Apr. 26, 2009
Kobzdej Aleksander
Est: zł28,000 - zł30,000
Kobzdej Aleksander Composition oil, collage, canvas circa 1959
Agra-Art
Oct. 08, 2008
Aleksander Kobzdej "Mexico". Signed Kobzdej 62;
Est: - €5,350
Aleksander Kobzdej "Mexico". Signed Kobzdej 62; signed on the reverse. Mixed media on canvas. 81 x 65 cm.
Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers
May. 16, 2008
Aleksander Kobzdej (Russian/Polish, 1920-1972) Untitled Signed "Kobzdej" l.r. Gouac...
Est: $800 - $1,200
Aleksander Kobzdej (Russian/Polish, 1920-1972) Untitled Signed "Kobzdej" l.r. Gouache with tooling on paper, sight size 17 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (44.4 x 29.8 cm), framed. Condition: Unobtrusive toning, not examined out of frame. Provenance: From the artist to a private New England collection.
Skinner
May. 08, 2008
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (Polish, 1920-1972) Untitled, 1959-60 Mixed media on canvas 29 x 24 inches (73.7 x 61.0 cm) Signed and dated lower right: Kobzdej 1959/60
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ (Polish, 1920-1972) Untitled, 1959-60 Mixed media on canvas 29 x 24 inches (73.7 x 61.0 cm) Signed and dated lower right: Kobzdej 1959/60
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 09, 2007
Kobzdej Aleksander Trophy IV, 1961
Est: zł27,000 - zł32,400
Kobzdej Aleksander Trophy IV, 1961
Agra-Art S.A.
Nov. 01, 2007
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ Polen 1920-1972 Zmierzch, 1958
Est: kr70,000 - kr90,000
ALEKSANDER KOBZDEJ Polen 1920-1972 Zmierzch, 1958 Signerad Kobzdej och daterad 1958. Olja pa duk, 188 x 135 cm Signed and dated. Oil on canvas Sale room notice Droit de suite
Stockholms Auktionsverket
Oct. 28, 2007
Kobzdej Aleksander Untitled
Est: zł6,500 - zł7,800
Kobzdej Aleksander Untitled
Agra-Art S.A.