MONOGOLD MODELLO

23K gold leaf | red clay on canvas | 37x27cm
Date of creation | 2000
Place of creation | Hydra, Greece Signed on reverse

A preparatory study for the large “Diminuendo” works, Le Goff calls these smaller gold works “your own portable icon; no religion”. The delicate layers of this 23 karat yellow gold leaf are laid over a sculpted ground and burnished to shine brilliantly, like a Byzantine icon.