Tadeusz Bocheński (1900-1968) - radio announcer, announcer, lector, long-time associate of Polish Radio(since 1926).
Handwritten dedication in pen (which reads: If my heart breaks when.... Mr. Lepianko into your hands! Tad. Bochen 18 IX 1963 (?)) at the bottom of the sheet, measuring 22.5 x 15.4 cm, on which was pasted a photograph of Tadeusz Bochenski, measuring 6.5 x 4.5 cm, verso of the sheet stamped: Gabinet of Repair of Works of Art and Artistic Objects Gracjan Lepianko Warsaw, Krak.-Przedm. 10.
Condition: sheet slightly yellowed, with minor creases and soiling, photograph unevenly cut, with minor damage in corners.
Gracjan Lepianko (1905 - 15 May 1991) - a Warsaw restorer who ran the Office for the Repair of Works of Art and Artistic Objects at 10 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street for several decades. He graduated from the Schools of Drawing and Painting at 9 Wierzbowa Street, the School of Applied Art at Chmielna Street and the School of Decorative Arts at Myśliwiecka Street, earning the title of master decorative painter and master of artistic metal products. He began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, but the financial situation forced him to interrupt his studies and take up a job. He became self-employed in 1931 and changed locations several times(before, 1952, he ended up in Krakowskie Przedmieście). He was passionate about sports, training amateur boxing and wrestling. During World War II, a passion for reviving "dead"/destroyed objects awoke in him. He not only repaired but also collected antiques. After the war he became very popular, there were films about him, mentions in the press and guidebooks. Visited by numerous celebrities(of many fields), who sometimes left commemorative entries.