Sir Roland Penrose - Artist, art critic, art historian,
and Penny's patron.
'The Four Little Girls' headbox was created as a gift
for Sir Roland Penrose. Roland was my patron for many
years after we met while I was at Chelsea College of
Art doing research for my thesis on the Surrealist artist
Max Ernst. I did set design and prop creation for his
translation of Picasso's play 'The Four Little Girls'.
I made this 'souvenir' for him of the 4 actresses who
played the 4 little girls in the play, facing in the
4 directions, in the 4 primary colors. In the top of
the box their 4 bodies are nestled in the form of 4
colored dolls. A glass of wine in seat in a mirrored
cavity in the center, symbolizing the sacrament of the
play's last scene. |
