Column with Objects is a marble sculpture by Uruguayan artist Gonzalo Fonseca made in 1969. It measures roughly six by three feet. Its longest dimension is vertical. Fonseca was known best for his abstract stone sculptures which incorporate elements of the cubist movement and principles of architectural design. The central structure and component of the sculpture is a smooth and symmetrical white marble column which stands upright like a pillar. It is roughly three feet in diameter and six feet in height. Its diameter is thickest at its middle section. It tapers slightly at its base and top, meaning it becomes thinner. Both ends of the column are flat like a table, and the base rests on a small square white marble pedestal. The column is mostly smooth around but there are several small incisions, projections, and cavities carved into the side of it in relief. The main relief feature of the column is a three dimensional windowlike opening carved into the top third section of the sculpture inside which rest two other small white marble objects resting upright. They are handheld in size. One is a pyramid, and the other is a cylinder with a domed top next to each other. The backside of the opening is sky blue in color against which the small objects are silhouetted. The smaller objects rest on a small shelf like a triangular structure which sticks out a hand’s length from the column. Directly behind this feature, on the other side of the column, a thin rectangular prism sticks out vertically at the same height.
Gonzalo Fonseca
Gonzalo Fonseca
b. 1922, Montevideo, Uruguay; d. 1997, Seravezza, Italy