Sculpture "Large Figures" by Magdalena Abakanowicz in front of the Princeton University Art Museum building, photo 2007
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Photo showing Polonica in museums and collections in the USA
Olga Boznańska, 'Self-portrait - Madame Paris' - oil painting on board, after conservation 2018, Polish Museum in Chicago, all rights reserved
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Polonica in museums and collections in the USA

Atlanta

Drawing "Polish Horsemen Before the Kremlin Walls" by Ivan Djeneeff at Oglethorpe University Museum of Art in Atlanta

Oglethorpe University Museum of Art

The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art in Atlanta houses a drawing by Ivan Djeneeff entitled. 'Polish Riders Before the Kremlin Walls', made in the late 1930s.

For a reproduction and more information, see the Museum's catalogue.

Berkeley

Wojciech Fangor's painting "M 48"

Museum and Pacific Film Archive

For more information about the object, please see the separate catalogue on Polonica

Bentoville

Polonica at the Museum of American ArtCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art

For more information about the objects in the museum, see the separate article in the Polonica catalogue

Berkeley

Correspondence between Wiesław Borowski and the Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles

Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles

More information.

Wojciech Fangor's painting 'M 48' in the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

For more information about the object, see separate in the catalogue of Polonics .

Brunswick

Photographs taken in Poland by Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Bowdoin Museum, Brunswick

Bowdoin Museum at Brunswick (Bowdoin College Museum of Art)

The collection of the Bowdoin Museum at Brunswick includes photographs taken in Poland by the celebrated photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson during his stay in Poland in the 1950s.

For a reproduction and more information, see the Museum's catalogue.

Chicago

The Polish Museum of America in Chicago

The Polish Museum in Chicago is an institution whose mission is to collect and preserve Polish national heritage in the United States and to promote Polish culture. The official opening of the museum took place on 12 January 1937, although the idea itself appeared as early as 1928. The Museum's collection includes many valuable works, by outstanding Polish artists such as Olga Boznańska, Leonard Pękalski and Andrzej Pronaszko. From 2018 to 2021, the Polonica Institute funded the conservation of some of the works of the Polish Museum in Chicago.

For more information about the works carried out .
More information about the museum.

Englewood

Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture 'Hand' at the Museum of Outdoor Arts (MOA) in Englewood

Museum of Outdoor Arts (MOA)

Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture 'Hand', at the Museum of Outdoor Arts (MOA) in Englewood, was made in 2001.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum's catalogue.

Evanston

Works by Bronislaw Bąk at the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University in Evanston

Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University

The collection of the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University in Evanston contains approximately 100 works by Bronisław Bąk. Among them, two woodcuts are of particular interest:

  • "The Famous Polish Sausage from the portfolio One Hundred Views of Chicago", 1962.
  • 'The Polish Question? from the portfolio One Hundred Views of Chicago', 1967.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum catalogue.

Philadelphia

Works by Mirosław Bałka at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia

The Fabric Workshop and Museum

Works by Mirosław Bałka at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. The institution's collection includes two works by the Polish artist:

  • "2 x (Ø60 x 190)" from 1997
  • "250 x 190 x 67" from 1998.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum's catalogue.

Fort Lauderdale

Paintings by Henryk Stażewski at the NSU Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

Paintings by Henryk Stażewski at the NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale. The museum's collection includes three paintings by the artist:

  • "Construction "White-Grey-Blue III" from 1963.
  • "Construction, Grey Relief XVI" from 1963
  • "Construction No. 7" from 1962.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum catalogue.

Kansas

A group of thirty sculptures by Magdalena Abakanowicz at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City houses a group of thirty sculptures by Magdalena Abakanowicz made between 1994 and 1999.

Laguna Beach

Drawing 'Portrait of an Attorney' by Stanislaw Szukalski at the Laguna Art Museum

Laguna Art Museum

The Laguna Art Museum houses the drawing 'Portrait of an Attorney' by Stanislaw Szukalski. The work, executed in charcoal on paper, was created in 1933.

For a reproduction and more information, see the Museum's catalogue.

Lincoln

Works by Eli Nadelman at the Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln

Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln (Sheldon Museum of Art)

The Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln houses three works by Eli Nadelman.

Two prints:

  • "Female Head", created using a dry needle technique circa 1906-1909.
  • 'Two Nudes', created in linocut technique circa 1913.

And a sculpture:

  • 'Man in the Open Air', made in bronze circa 1915.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum catalogue.

Miami

Painting 'Family from the Judaica series' by Zdzislaw Lachura at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami

Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami houses the painting 'Family from the Judaica series' by Zdzislaw Lachura. The work was executed in 1992.

For a reproduction and more information, see the Museum's catalogue.

Milwaukee

Magdalena Abakanowicz's work Two Figures on Beam at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee Art Museum

Magdalena Abakanowicz's work Two Figures on Beam, on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum, was made in 1992.

For a reproduction and more information, see the Museum's catalogue.

North Miami

Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture 'Head' at the Museum of Modern Art (MoCA) in North Miami

Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MoCA) in North Miami

Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture 'Head', located at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in North Miami, was made from a jute bag in 1974.

For a reproduction and more information, see the Museum's catalogue.

New York

Magdalena Abakanowicz's drawing 'Head' at the Brooklyn Museum in New York

Brooklyn Museum in New York (Brooklyn Museum)

Magdalena Abakanowicz's drawing 'Head', on view at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, was made in charcoal on paper in 1984.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum's catalogue.

Princeton

Sculpture 'Large Figures' by Magdalena Abakanowicz in front of the Princeton University Museum of Art building

Princeton University Art Museum

The sculpture 'Large Figures' by Magdalena Abakanowicz is located in front of the Princeton University Art Museum building. The work consists of 20 sculptures, made in 2004.

Richmond

Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture 'Seated Figures' at the Richmond Museum of Art

Richmond Art Museum (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)

Magdalena Abakanowicz's work Seated Figures, on view at the Richmond Museum of Fine Arts, was made between 1974 and 1979. The work consists of 17 sculptures depicting headless human figures. The sculptures are made of stiffened jute sacking and each is placed on a metal stand.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum catalogue.

San Antonio

Portrait of Pola Negri at the San Antonio Museum of Art

San Antonio Museum of Art

For more information on the object, please see the separate Polonique catalogue .

San Diego

Prints by Ryszard Horowitz at the San Diego Museum of Art

San Diego Museum of Art

The San Diego Museum of Art houses four prints by Ryszard Horowitz:

  • "Fish Lady", from 1971.
  • "Portrait of Ania", from 1971.
  • "Untitled: figure of woman and spectrum of colours", from 1971.
  • 'Lips of Ania', from 1986.

For more information visit the museum's website .

San Francisco

Wojciech Fangor's works in American museums

For more information about the objects in the museum, see the separate article in the catalogue of Polish artifacts

San Jose

Sculpture 'Crowd No. 2' by Magdalena Abakanowicz at the San Jose Museum of Art

San Jose Museum of Art

Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture 'Crowd No. 2', located at the San Jose Museum of Art, was made in 1988.

For more information, visit the museum's website .

San Marino

Eli Nadelman's sculptures at the Huntington Art Museum in San Marino

The Huntington Museum of Art in San Marino (The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens)

The Huntington Art Museum in San Marino houses two works by Eli Nadelman:

  • "Woman with Poodle", a wooden relief panel made circa 1914-1915.
  • 'Ideal Head', a white stone sculpture made circa 1908-1911.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum catalogue.

Savannah

Joseph Brandt's painting 'The Battle' at the Telfair Academy Museum in Savannah

Telfair Academy Museum in Savannah (Telfair Academy)

Joseph Brandt's painting 'The Battle' at the Telfair Academy Museum in Savannah. The work was executed in oil on canvas in 1888 and depicts the Polish-Swedish battle of 1656.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum catalogue.

Washington

Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture '4 Sitting Figures' at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC houses the sculpture '4 Sitting Figures', by Magdalena Abakanowicz. The work was made in 2002. The sculpture, which bears the hallmarks of an installation, was created from jute canvases fixed with resin, in the shape of a human figure. The decapitated and handless figures were then placed on metal frames. The work belongs to a series realised by Abakanowicz from the mid-1970s, when the artist moved away from making artistic textiles to working in harder materials.

Reproduction and more information in the Museum catalogue.

Creator:

Magdalena Abakanowicz (artystka tekstylna, rzeźbiarka; Polska)(preview), Mirosław Bałka (rzeźbiarz; Polska)(preview), Józef Brandt (malarz; Polska, Niemcy)(preview), Henryk Stażewski (malarz; Warszawa)(preview), Wojciech Fangor (malarz, grafik, plakacista, rzeźbiarz; Polska), Elie Nadelman (rzeźbiarz, rysownik; Polska, USA)(preview), Henri Cartier-Bresson (fotoreporter, malarz; Francja)(preview), Johann Melchior Dinglinger (złotnik; Niemcy), Stanisław Szukalski (rzeźbiarz, malarz, rysownik; Polska, USA)(preview), Ryszard Horowitz (fotografik; Polska, USA)(preview), Zdzisław Lachur (malarz, grafik; Polska)(preview), Ivan Djeneeff (malarz; Rosja, USA), Bronisław Bąk (witrażysta, grafik, malarz; Polska, USA, Francja)(preview), Tadeusz Styka (malarz; Polska, USA)(preview)

Publication:

27.05.2025

Last updated:

29.06.2025

Author:

Bartłomiej Gutowski
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