Karol Hig - sports journalist, working with various magazines, in 1957 he was a co-commentator (along with Stefan Rzeszot and Zbigniew Smarzewski) of the first television broadcast of a football match of the Polish national team (0-1 defeat against Turkey at the 10th Anniversary Stadium).
Handwritten dedication in pen (with content: To an old Warsaw athlete who can conjure real works of art out of beaten shells, with sincere wishes for further success, Karol Hig W-wa, dn. 8.3.60) under a photograph measuring 5.9 x 4.4 cm, mounted in a sheet measuring 22.2 x 14.9 cm, on the verso of which a stamp: Gabinet for the Repair of Works of Art and Artistic Objects Gracjan Lepianko Warsaw, Krak.-Przedm. 10.
Condition: sheet with minor creases, soiling and stains, photograph with creased corners (from dry mounting), minor scratches and soiling on surface.
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.