This modernist piece by depicts a highly stylised, elongated hooded figure leaning on a staff in patinated copper
The sculpture strongly leans into the Giacometti-esque modernist aesthetic, utilizing heavily exaggerated, elongated vertical lines to create a dramatic sense of height and weightlessness. The geometric folds of the cloak and the raw, textured finish also touch upon elements of post-war Brutalist metalwork
The sculpture achieves a monumental presence. The staff functions simultaneously as a structural anchor and a powerful vertical accent that carries the viewer’s eye upward to the cavernous, shadowed hood
Signed and dated on the base (Y. Le Boulangé, 1995)