Peasant Girl

Also entitled: Russian Girl.

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​This finely polished marble head of  a  Russian peasant  represents  a childhood memory of Eastern Europe.  By omitting the pupils of her eyes she becomes a type rather than an individual.  Her strong features which emerge from curvilinear  and arabesque flourishes  exude and a quiet spirituality, enhanced by the direct carving technique  in the tradition of Michelangelo in which Herman Wald utilized the grain the material to enliven her features.