Jorge Jiménez Deredia Costa Rican, 1954
Herencia, 2018
Bronze
82 5/8 x 85 3/4 x 78 5/8 in
209.9 x 217.8 x 199.7 cm
209.9 x 217.8 x 199.7 cm
Edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs
'I remember when I was nine years old and I went to the National Museum of Costa Rica and saw for the first time the Pre-Columbian stone spheres there. I...
"I remember when I was nine years old and I went to the National Museum of Costa Rica and saw for the first time the Pre-Columbian stone spheres there. I still retain the image of those spheres placed from the smallest to the largest. With time I came to understand that I had a cultural heritage linked to these spheres. Accordingly the sculpture ‘Heritage’ holds a large sphere in its arms, that is the grand cultural heritage of all Costa Ricans, and which is bound to a spherical vision of the world."
Exposiciones
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