Ohly's Kitchen, c. 1942–46, by Katerina Wilczynski

326.0004

Ohly's Kitchen, c. 1942–46, by Katerina Wilczynski

c. 1942–46

Katerina Wilczynski (1894–1978)

still image

watercolour and ink on paper; 35.4 x 40 cm

Inscribed in pencil lower right recto: "Ohly's kitchen."

Ohly, William, 183–1955.
Wilczynski, Katerina, 1894–1978.

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326.0001, Homage à William Ohly: Artist’s Hope and Help, by Katerina Wilczynski, [December 1943].
326.0003, Untitled (Ohly's kitchen), c. 1942–46, by Katerina Wilczynski.

Jane Eckett

painting

London, England; probably in the flat above the Berkeley Galleries, 20 Davies Street, London W1Y 1LH, England.

Presented by the Estate of Katerina Wilczynski through the good offices of Martin Kauffmann, on behalf of the descendants of Arthur and Tamara Kauffmann, 2024.

Cosmopolis: The Impact of Refugee Art Dealers in London, Ben Uri Gallery & Museum, London, 26 June to 6 September 2024.

Wilczynski's sketch captures the exotic jumble of Ohly's flat above the Berkley Galleries at 20 Davies Street, showing what looks to be an Aboriginal carved shield and a hand-drum hung over the fireplace amid a string of onions, and an aquarium and assorted bottles on the mantle-piece, flanked by a carved Madonna and child on the left and a Tibetan goddess on the right and with an American Indian dream-catcher hanging below.

Ben Uri Gallery, London

15 December 2025