An Irishman 1914

An Irishman 1914

„(…) in March 1914, I started this portrait of a man who had never spoken to me. He was rather shy and seemed as if in perpetual daze, but he often visited Profesosor Mulligan’s class just to see how I progressed with my sculpture.(…)He posed for me for...
A Plea / Imploration a.K.A. A Plea 1914

A Plea / Imploration a.K.A. A Plea 1914

So I made this powerfull youth who found himself mute and all but inarticulate, begging for a little sparrow at his fingertip to speak in his stead. On his side, a Serpent of Adversity glides upeards, imperceptibly slinking towards his rised arm, nearing the eloquent...