This small sculpture was the earliest pieces in series of sculptures that became known as my "Perfection is Elusive” series. It heralded two advances in my thinking about the sculptures I was making in the early 1970’s. All of the pieces in the series began with a pure geometric form, and included an “interruption” in that form. This piece was the first were the “interruption” (made of lead) was made of a DIFFERENT metal than the form (made of steel), giving a natural color contrast between the pure form and the interruption. Also, this piece was the first where I hammered the metal inside the interruption … yielding texture in this piece. In future pieces hammering became a method of shaping the metal in the interruption as well as texturing it.

This sculpture, a pure geometric form, "interrupted” by a huge gash, is a tangible representation of these thoughts … the near perfections of earth and of humankind, in the face of the powerful enemies of perfection.

This piece is 7in high x 3.5in in diameter.

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