A black and white image of broken pieces of sculpture arranged on a wall in Copenhagen's Glyptoteket (Danish work derived from Greek glyphein, to carve, and theke, storing place). Unsurprisingly, protruding elements like noses and ears are the points of a figural sculpture most susceptible to breakage. The sculpture gallery has mounted these broken bits in rows akin to how a collection of entomology specimens might be displayed. Five rows are visible in the image. The first, third, and fifth rows are all noses. Second from the top has a larger facial section with a nose, one eye, and half the forehead above the eye; it's bracketed on both sides by ear lobes. Second from the bottom has a nose with attached lips and chin in the middle with noses to either side. Light from above is throwing dark shadows below each fragment.
A wall of orphaned cartilage at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.
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