Heads
At first glance, these jagged shapes look like architectural sketches for a futuristic city, but the title 'Têtes' (Heads) reveals a playful secret. Julio González was a pioneer of iron sculpture, and these drawings act as blueprints for his 3D work, breaking the human face down into arches and curves. As a key figure in Cubism, he deconstructed reality just like his friend Picasso—in fact, González is the one who actually taught Picasso how to weld metal!
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