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A homage to the survival of humanity in the face of the destruction wreaked by the Second World War, the work displays Richier's expressive use of the bronze medium. The pitted and scarred surfaces of this and companion piece Storm Man, together with the mutilated facial features, speak eloquently of human suffering.
