-Elephant on Tub c. 1920 - 1934

This metal sculpture of an elephant on a tub was created by the A.C. Williams Company. You can see that the artist has tried to create a sense of depth through colour. When I look at it, I think, wow, what a world the artist lived in! What an imagination they must have had, to try and capture this three-dimensional idea into a miniature cast iron sculpture. What was it like to try to show how the light hits the elephant? What did it feel like? The sculpture plays with colour, but there is also a feeling of texture and how that interacts with the surface it's on. The way the elephant curls its trunk downwards reminds me a little of Picasso and his playfulness with the line, but also the feeling of heavy three-dimensionality in Brancusi. Isn't it amazing how artists across time are in constant conversation?