Abstract Soapstone Sculpture

This captivating modernist sculpture captures the duality of human experience through its expertly distilled form. The figure emerges from soapstone with remarkable fluidity, with a spherical head and sweeping curves that create a form balanced between triumph and supplication. The upward-reaching gesture could be interpreted as either jubilant celebration or desperate pleading, while the figure’s curved, kneeling posture could represent either ecstatic dance or humble prayer. The piece accomplishes the rare artistic feat of being both abstract and deeply human, speaking to opposing but intertwined themes of exultation and desperation through its elegant minimalist design. It has a marked on the base.