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Mujer Sentada, by Jorge Jiménez Deredia. The body folds inward upon itself in search of the purity of a sphere.
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Jorge Jiménez Deredia

Mujer SentadaSold

Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
36 × 35 × 35 cm
Status
Sold
Palette
dark bronze, coffee brown, copper reflection, jet black, neutral white
Brushwork
Cast bronze with a polished and continuous surface, featuring a dark satin patina mounted on a stone plinth.

Curatorial analysis

The body folds inward upon itself in search of the purity of a sphere. In Mujer Sentada, female anatomy dispenses with sharp edges and accessory details to become a continuous system of polished volumes, where the folded legs form an enveloping base and the arm rises to support the head in an act of absolute introspection. There are no abrupt breaks in the figure: every transition between planes is resolved through generous curvatures that guide the eye along an uninterrupted circular path, dissolving any sense of fragmented weight.

The dark bronze patina reacts to light with an almost oily softness. Highlights do not burst into sharp reflections; instead, they glide across the curve of the back, the oval of the cranium, and the serene swell of the limbs, revealing the compact density of the cast. This organic roundness dialogues in sharp tension with the polished black stone plinth beneath it. The rectilinear rigidity and precise edge of the base accentuate the fullness of the body, underscoring its nature as a self-contained core, nearly weightless despite its tangible material mass.

Rendered through the most austere synthesis of veiled eyelids and shadowed lips, the face deliberately eschews individual portraiture to dwell within an archetypal realm. The figure neither engages with the surrounding room nor demands an external narrative; her gathered posture projects an absolute withdrawal, akin to the quietude of a germinal state. Through this rigorous economy of line, the sculpture achieves a monumental presence that belies its tabletop dimensions, granting the intimacy of quiet contemplation the gravitational pull of a stone shaped by centuries of river flow.

Mujer Sentada

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