Mirror woman

To model most of the female nudes that he made during the last two years of his life, Gargallo had the collaboration of a model of Nordic origin and physical characteristics consistent with said origin, or with a certain archetype identifiable with it.

This may partly explain that, independently of the maintenance of all the personal characteristics and invariants of his work as a sculptor, in works like this one (or like those already discussed Eco, 1933, and Academia, 1933-34) the general anatomical features, the body structure, the most immediate material aspect of the bodies is perhaps less expressive or opulent, perhaps less sensual (although in all this the author's own intentions must have had a decisive influence, of course), less Mediterranean in short than in other previous nudes. by Gargallo, who in any case we assume could not absolutely escape the reality of his model's body.