The work is in perfect condition. Provenance is directly from the artist's studio.

Masks have been associated with ritual and cultural social practices since the beginning of human history, testifying to our enthusiasm for the possibility of (symbolic) transformation that reaches across cultures and times. The mask had a defining influence on Western culture, above all through its use in the theatre of Greek antiquity. The Latin name for the masks worn there – persona – still shapes our concept of the subject today. The sculpture is made from cast bronze and is characterized by a form that oscillates between abstraction and the image of a mask, or an "imaginary" portrait of someone wearing a mask.