9. The mad king [1982]

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 1956 – Participates at the Venice Biennale 1961 – Group exhibition, “Romanian Contemporary Art”, Vienna, New Delhi, Ankara, Istanbul and Damask 1964 – Solo exhibition, Brussels, France 1966 – Group exhibition, “Romanian Contemporary Art”, London, Tokyo and Beijing 1970 – Solo exhibition, New York, USA 1972 – Group exhibition, “Romanian Contemporary Art”, Boston, New York, Prague, Brno, Palma de Mallorca, Middleborough 1978 – Retrospective exhibition, Bucharest, Moscow and Vienna 1979 – Solo exhibitions, Leningrad, Lvov and Chişinău 1998 – Retrospective exhibition, post-mortem, National Museum of Art, China 1999 – Solo exhibition, post-mortem, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Liege SELECTED AWARDS: 1955 – Golden Medal at the International exhibition in Warsaw, Poland 1970 – Named member of the International Academy of Art Tommaso Campanella 1990 – Receives the National Art Award from the Ministry of Culture, Romania 1997 – Receives the Excellence Prize from the Fine Arts Union, Romania

Dimensions

custom 45,5x60,5

Description

oil on cardboard, signed and dated bottom right, in black, Baba, (19)82

Research information

The artwork was part of the retrospective exhibition, The National Museum of Art, Bucharest, 1997. The artwork was part of the "Artistul şi Puterea" exhibition, Bucharest, 2012.

Dating

1982

PROVENANCE

the artist's family collection.

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