Maria Martins, Canto da Noite (Night Chant), 1968. Her final sculpture—gold bronze serpents flowing through Brasília gardens. Title from Nietzsche's Zarathustra, fevered night songs she read devotedly.
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#MARIAMARTINS aka Maria
1894 – 1973
Brazilian artist known for her surrealist bronze sculptures, using the Egyptian lost-wax casting method, which she evolved by adding fat to the wax to increase detail.
Canto da Noite, 1968 / O Implacável, 1947 / Maria & Galo Gaulês II, 1956 / O Impossível, 1945
