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Quasimodo

Consuming passion represents this bust. In Victor Hugo's world-famous novel, Quasimodo, the misshapen bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, falls in love with the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda. Against the backdrop of late medieval Paris, a turbulent story spins between betrayal and passion.

The sculpture consists of a piece of oak in its entirety. The material refers to the protagonist's toughness in facing the world with resistance. Head slightly tilted, as if naturally grown, a thoughtful mind can be glimpsed under the surface of the simple-minded. The rough-hewn structure seems repulsive at first sight, but it shows the emphatic features of one drawn by fate. The irregularity of the grain on the sitter's face, marred with holes and inclusions, underscores the fearsome features of the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Branches sprang from the center, these places now form the eyes. The surge of blood, of love is underlined by the orange stain. The tragedy of the sculpture resembles the turbulent end of the novel: Esmeralda is executed and Quasimodo dies in an unexplained way, in his hands the dead lover.

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