This piece is one of the definitive results of the modifications that Gargallo made to the bust of his friend Fernández de Soto (the endearing Patas), from which he first separated the hand and eliminated the left shoulder, to finally turn it into two different sculptures, once the head and the hand of the character were separated and all the rest of the initial work was deleted.
Ángel Fernández de Soto was a commercial representative, a great fan of the arts, a regular member of the gathering at the Els Quatre Gats cafe and brother of the sculptor Mateu Fernández de Soto.