inventory number: 442/1.2/109/125
title: Jerzy Bereś – "Auction" (black and white photo documentation of the artistic action, gallery Pi, Kraków, 28-31.09.1973, taken by Jacek Szmuc), 135 negative, photo no. 125
date: 1973-09-28 - 1973-10-01
type: silver gelatin negative monochromatic
size: 38.00 x 35.00
additional info: ORWO NP 27, frame number: 35-36
Digitized thanks to the funds from the “Digital Culture 2024” programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Digitized by the Museum of Photography in Krakow

description: Photographic documentation of Jerzy Bereś’s manifestation "Auction" (September 28-31, 1973), made in the PI gallery (Kraszewskiego Street 9, Kraków). The artist is girded with a towel, and has the inscription "Bereś" painted on his chest. He is standing up from his knees, his face and torso are divided by lines that cross in the area of ​​the navel. He is holding an axe in his hand. In front of him lies a linen loincloth, on which diagonal lines cross. On it lies a bundle of wood chips. Wojciech Sztaba is sitting on the right. The material document from the manifestation in the form of a painted loincloth and photographic documentation from the manifestation are currently in the collection of MOCAK in Kraków.

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