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From the collection of Konstancja Górska
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This article discusses three drawings by Cyprian Norwid: Amerykański marynarz [The American Sailor] (1854), Młoda mniszka ze skrzydłami u ramion [The Young Nun with wings on her Shoulders] (1850) and Rusałki [Rusalki] (1852), sold on 11 May 2022 at an auction organised by the British auction house Toovey’s Antique & Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers. The drawings come from a substantial collection of Norwid’s works amassed by the poet’s close friend Konstancja Górska, which included letters, manuscripts of poems, and over 80 artworks (drawings, watercolours and prints), which has been considered lost since World War II. Górska’s collection is well known in the literature: all the texts were published between the wars, and the artworks were catalogued in detail and partially photographed by Zenon Przesmycki in 1914. The documentation of the drawings was published in “Studia Norwidana” in 2011. The discovery of several objects from the lost collection raises hopes for further discoveries of Norwid’s legacy.
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Cyprian Norwid, Konstancja Górska, Ludwika Karnkowska, Zenon Przesmycki, Polish drawing, Congregation of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, the Grey Sisters, RusalkiDetails
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