Desolation is a 1907 sculpture by Josep Llimona
in the collection of the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona.
It represents a mysterious, delicate woman hiding her face in an attitude of despair
and is one of the paradigmatic works of the Catalan Modernist movement.
Llimona's masterful work arises from a block of stone,
but the softness and roundness of its forms contrasts strongly
with the roughness of the material.
The female figure evokes contained melancholy that can be perceived subtly;
her pose hides much of the inner world of the character.
Her face, covered by a thick mass of hair, is unknown.
Only the gesture of the hands, slightly touching, give life to the sculpture.
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