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Pensive Face

1929
(Spanish, 1876–1942)
Spain, 20th century
iron mounted on painted wood
Framed: 34.9 x 30.5 x 8.3 cm (13 3/4 x 12 x 3 1/4 in.); Overall: 24.5 x 19.7 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Gift of Ralph King, by exchange 1980.32
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: 223 20th Century Avant-Garde
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González’s early iron sculptures—small heads in low relief made in 1928–29—are closely related in subject, style, and technique to the masks Pablo Gargallo had been producing in copper since 1907 and in iron since 1913. Both artists first learned metalworking techniques during their early years in Barcelona, a city renowned for its tradition of wrought-iron ornament, which reached a new climax in the buildings of Antoni Gaudí.

Pensive Face

1929

Julio González

(Spanish, 1876–1942)
Spain, 20th century

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