Abakanowicz's set of 50 headless figures, collectively entitled Crowd III, is estimated to be worth anywhere between PLN 12 million and PLN 18 million.
No item has fetched such a high price at a Polish art auction so far.
In 2019, Abakanowicz's Caminando installation set a record on the Polish art market, selling for just over PLN 8 million (EUR 1.75 million, USD 2 million) at the Desa Unicum auction house in the Polish capital.
Danuta Isler spoke to Urszula Kaszewska from the education department at the Centre of Polish Sculture in Orońsko, south of Warsaw.
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