Two faces, two eras, one sculpture. On one side, the refined silhouette of François Pompon — the form the Burgundian master spent twenty years perfecting, stripped of every superfluous detail, reproduced for over a century by master moulders in the tradition of museum statuary. On the other, Richard Orlinski’s interpretation: the same animal reconstructed through planes, facets, sharp angles.
The matte gold is the most assertive finish of the three. On the Orlinski face, each plane catches light at a different angle, bringing out the precision of the geometric construction. On the Pompon face, the same gilding wraps the continuous form and gives it an almost archaic quality — the feel of a collector’s piece from another century.
This double-faced edition is cast in reconstituted stone in the tradition of museum statuary, produced in collaboration with the Association François Pompon, which defends the moral rights of the artist. It bears the official Artémus hallmark and Orlinski’s signature embedded in the sculpture. Delivered in its Orlinski case.
