this is in the cemetery at mount macedon, victoria
it is about 80km west of melbourne or something like that
it is the grave of a guy, and his wife commissioned this sculpture for it as an expression of her love for him
Artist:
Peter Schipperheyn, born Melbourne
Australia 1955- Title:
"Asleep" carved 1987 Dimensions:
460 mm in height by 2020 mm
in length by 800 mm in depth [life-size figure]. Medium:
Carrara Statuario Marble . Present
location: Mt
Macedon Cemetery, Mt Macedon. Victoria.
the gravestone IS amazing...the detail and the pose are both provocative and disturbing at the same time. The way her hair is spread out and her right hand gripping the edge is so incredibly realistic! What a wonderful piece of work.
the gravestone by itself. the perspective of this, along with all the other ordinary gravestones is just amazing. the contrast between the feminine curves and the rectangular edges is so stark and stunning
Sad, yet amazingly beautiful. I've never seen anything like this before
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