Horizons of Happenings

This work was by donated by Dr. Elisabeth Lejman-Jaworski in memory of her late husband, Tomasz Jaworski, who was a patient at the Clinical Center. Dr. Lejman-Jaworski contacted the CC Fine Arts Program after Tomasz’s passing to express her gratitude at the care her husband received and her desire to donate a work of art from her native Poland in his memory. She ultimately purchased and donated this piece by Jolanta Owidzka (1927–2020), a famous 20th century artist in the vanguard of Polish Modernism. Rejecting the conventions of textile art, Owidzka experimented with compositions made of leather, sisal, copper, Nyland, horsehair and other materials. The weaving exemplifies Owidzka’s discipline and artistic maturity.