Gijon
Description
The main dimensions of the sculpture are:
Width 12.500 cm
Length 15.500 cm
Hight 10.000 cm
thickness 140 cm
Width 12.500 cm
Length 15.500 cm
Hight 10.000 cm
thickness 140 cm
The sculpture has the catalogue reference 1989.070 in the Eduardo Chillida and Pilar Belunze
Foundation.
The 9th of June the sculpture was open to the public. The author, Eduardo Chillida (San Sebastian,
Spain 1924-2002) had in the horizon one of his fundamental theme in his work. In 1956 he made a
first attempt in iron that was titled “del horizonte” (about the horizon). However, the idea of placing
a large-scale work next to the sea to honor the horizon arose around 1985. First, Chillida created
three small-format iron sculptures that were planned as projects of a great monumental work that
“looked” on to the horizon.