Hélène Peltier was the wife of the eminent Polish sculptor
August Zamoyski.
After his death, she care of his archives. Ludwik Flaszen and Andrew Wat, the poet's son asked her to submit commemorative sets to Poland.
The boxes of private documents of Zamoyski were full of tapes of unreleased films. The images are black and white and silent.
After his death, she care of his archives. Ludwik Flaszen and Andrew Wat, the poet's son asked her to submit commemorative sets to Poland.
The boxes of private documents of Zamoyski were full of tapes of unreleased films. The images are black and white and silent.
They were shot by the sculptor on amateur camera Pathe
9,5 mm.
Collection, along with the rest of the archives, came
in 2007 to the Warsaw Museum of Literature.
On the sensational films were encountered, during the
inventory work, the tapes with Stanislaw
Ignacy Witkiewicz, his wife Jadwiga and those with a close circle of friends of
Zamoyski.
There is also a tape on which main actor is Marc Chagall.
There is also a tape on which main actor is Marc Chagall.
Videos come from the thirties of the twentieth
century. Film with Witkacy takes 5 minutes and will be presented at the Museum
of Literature in Warsaw in 2017.
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy) - a writer, playwright, poet,
painter, photographer, philosopher and an art theoretician.
Witkacy was a visionary ahead of his times.
One of the few Polish artists whose significance for
world art history endures the test of time.
Sources:
culture.pl
Essay: Starring: Stanislaw Witkiewicz and Marc Chagall
October 20, 2015 | Konrad Bielecki
Photos come from the exhibition ‘Nineczka and Witkacy’
– in Museum of Kulczyckis in Zakopane
