Igor Mitoraj (1944-2014) - Articulations

Igor Mitoraj - "Articulations"

Year: 1984;

Technique: Circular bronze medallion with gold patina;

Dimensions: Diameter 9 cm;

Specimen: J410/500;

Print run: It was produced in a limited and numbered edition of 500 units;

Signed at the bottom of the front, on the left;

Print run engraved on the back, in the center;

Title engraved on the back, in the center;

Inscription "EXPERIMENTATION MULTICENTRIQUE PFIZER 83-84" engraved on the verso, in the center;

Publisher: Artcurial - Paris, which directly oversaw the publication and distribution of the limited edition series;

Foundry: The casting was entrusted to the two famous artist associations present in the Pietrasanta Foundries district: the Mariani Artistic Foundry and the Tesconi Art Foundry;

Work accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from an art gallery;

The work was commissioned and linked to a project by the well-known pharmaceutical company Pfizer in 1983-1984, merging medical scientific research (probably linked to the joints of the human body) with Mitoraj's typical artistic vision of anatomical fragmentation;

Bibliography: General Catalogue of Artcurial Editions (Paris, 1984): Artcurial published the medal in its official register of multiples and miniature sculptures published between 1983 and 1984;

Exhibitions:
- Galerie Artcurial (Paris, 1983-1984): Coinciding with the publication of the multiple, Artcurial's Parisian venues organized periodic reviews dedicated to their own limited bronze editions, where "Articulations" was shown alongside the jewel-sculptures and miniatures of other great twentieth-century masters;
- Galerie Lévy (Paris / Hamburg) and Galleria Toninelli (Rome): Historic spaces that between 1983 and 1984 curated exhibitions of medium and small format sculptures by Mitoraj, integrating multiples and artist medals to demonstrate the dimensional versatility of his plastic research;

Original work with certified provenance;

Excellent condition!

This wonderful and rare patinated bronze sculpture by Master Igor Mitoraj, in a limited edition, will be shipped with insurance worldwide.