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Medardo Rosso (Italian/French, 1858-1928)

“Sick Man in Hospital” 1889

Bronze, 23.5×30.4×27.9cm

This work is the result of Rosso’s observations when he spent about one month in hospital after he became ill due to poverty. The fusion of apace and material created by an old sleeping man, the armchair and the floor seem like a delicately depicted sketch appearing from a small solid mass.