Passion de la jungle
Alicia Penalba (1913-1982) |
Bronze |
1952/53 |
56 x 34 x 34 cm |
Cast: Susse Fondeur, Paris |
Literature:
Alicia Penalba, escultora, MALBA, 2016, p. 57/217 no. 1C
As one of her first sculptures after a radical change in style in the early 1950s, Penalba’s bronze sculpture ‘Passion de la Jungle’, can be seen as a flower bud in spring, ready to blossom into all the organic shapes of her later work.