Zygmunt Kęstowicz (1921-2007) - film and theater actor, hosted popular children's programs "Friday with Pankracy" or "Time for Telesfora", participated in the radio play "In Jeziorany". Winner of numerous awards and decorations.
Handwritten dedication in pink marker (stating: To Master Gracjan in memory of Zygmunt Kęstowicz Warsaw 1972-73) at the bottom of a 12.8 x 8.7 cm photograph (verso stamp with copyright reservation of its author Fr. Myszkowski), mounted in a sheet of 22.4 x 15.5 cm, on the verso of which stamp: Gabinet for the Repair of Works of Art and Artistic Objects Gracjan Lepianko Warsaw, Krak.-Przedm. 10.
Condition: sheet with minor creases, soiling, photograph with creased corners (from dry mounting, especially right bottom), minor scratches and soiling on the surface.
Franciszek Myszkowski (1913-71) - photographer, documentalist of Warsaw scenes, as well as sports events.
Gracjan Lep ianko (1905 - 15 V 1991) - Warsaw restorer who ran the Gabinet 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.
