Igor Mitoraj (1944, Oederan – 2014, Paris), *Portrait d'homme* (*Portrait of a Man*)

patinated bronze, total height 14.5 cm
signed at the bottom: “MITORAJ”

on the back of the pedestal, a brass plaque with the engraving: “PORTRAIT D’HOMME/by Igor Mitoraj/on the occasion of the launch of SOIN POUR HOMME for Paco Rabanne, No. 498/1000/ March 19, 1984/ Musée d’Art Moderne de la Villa de Paris"

“Igor Mitoraj, although most strongly associated with monumental sculpture requiring spacious halls or open spaces, is also the creator of small forms, easy to take in with the eye and touch, and the author of personal drawings not intended for sale— —technically intricate variations on themes that preoccupy him in his sculpture.”
(Anna Kiszka, “Igor Mitoraj’s Damaged Beauty at the KUL Scena Plastyczna Art Gallery,” Lublin 2008, p. 215.)