Igor Mitoraj (1944-2014) - Sculpture, Articulations - 9 cm - Patinated bronze - 1984

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;

a) 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 renowned artist partnerships 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 tied to a project of the well-known pharmaceutical company Pfizer in 1983-1984, fusing medical scientific research (probably related to the joints of the human body) with Mitoraj's artistic vision of anatomical fragmentation;

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

Exhibitions:
- Galerie Artcurial (Paris, 1983-1984): In parallel with the publication of the multiple, Paris venues of Artcurial organized periodic showcases dedicated to their limited bronze editions, where "Articulations" was shown alongside jewelry-sculptures and miniatures by other great masters of the Twentieth Century;
- 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 the 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 worldwide insurance.