Cactus Man
1939
Julio González, the master sculptor who famously taught Picasso how to weld iron, sketched this spiky character in April 1939. It looks like a cactus grew legs and decided to become a man, rendered in sharp angles and rusty reds. This drawing serves as a blueprint for his famous sculpture 'Homme Cactus,' showing how he visualized jagged metal forms before forging them. Created right as the Spanish Civil War ended, the figure feels like a prickly survivor standing guard in a barren landscape.
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