Igor MITORAJ (1944-2014), Face veiled, 1977

Silver-plated metal; height: 6 cm, height with base: 10 cm;
signed p. d.: IGOR MITORAJ ;
Foundry imprint on back: Bonne Année / 1977 / Bouilhet / CHRISTOFLE / FRANCE .

"I have within me a bitter awareness of all that is irretrievably gone, but also a belief that there remains a bridge to the past, for us, alive today, and that it is necessary to use it. For who will we become if we reject what has shaped us for centuries: language, myths, aesthetics, culture."
Igor Mitoraj