Lying woman

Singularly expressive and, in a certain way, even expressionist due to the extraordinary twisting of the anatomical forms (a character to which the rough and almost granite appearance of its surface finish surely contributes), this is the only example of high relief not applied to architectural construction, and also unique Absolutely lying naked, among all of Gargallo's production that we know, closes the reduced cycle of works modeled in recess and executed in lead sheet, and perhaps represents, along with Maternity, 1922, one of the most apparently notorious examples of certain debatable cubist resonances.

They are very notable and we could even say almost complete (it would be enough to put either of the two figures in front of a mirror to observe their almost perfect correspondence, except for the position of one arm), saving for the decisive modifications derived from the recessed modeling, the observable coincidences between this sculpture and the ink drawing Lying Nude, ca. 1903.