"Dead Space" / "Martwa Cisza"

Piotr Gorka 1994; Oil on canvas 43 x 32 in (109 x 81 cm)

Four Mosquito Mk. VI twin-engined fighter-bombers of the no. 307 (Polish) Squadron, B flight crossing the British coast at dawn on their way to the Bay of Biscay during the spring of 1944. Round-the-clock watch over this area was viatl for the Battle of the Atlantic. 307 Squadron was formed as a night fighter unit at RAF Blackpool on 24th August 1940.

Original oil on canvas (109 x 81 cm) available [4 600 Euro]

Available in Ltd. ed. of 550 prints signed by pilots and artist [225 Euro]

Ltd editions are printed on 250 gram ISO 9706 guaranteed paper with UV protection coating. The reproduction print format is of 53 x 34 cm size of the painting plus a passe-partout of 4 cm, yielding total dimensions of 65 x 45 cm.

Each print is hand numbered and signed by the artist and includes signatures of pilots Stanislaw Andrzejewski, Zdzislaw Buchowiecki, Jan Malinski and Ludwik Steinke.