Bust With Snakes Signed René Hetzel - Bronze Sculpture

Striking sculpture by René Hetzel, depicting a fragmented male bust, traversed and hemmed in by an interlace of bronze snakes.

The work develops a strong visual and symbolic tension: the face, deliberately open and dislocated, reveals an internal structure composed of metal bands, like a mental architecture laid bare. The finely chiseled snakes wind and circulate around and inside the skull, creating an organic movement contrasting with the rigidity of the volume.

This confrontation between structure and chaos, interior and exterior, evokes themes linked to the psyche, confinement or transformation. The treatment of the material, with a warm, deep-brown patina and gold highlights on the snakes, accentuates the relief and reading of the piece.

The cylindrical base is made from a single piece of wood.

The cylindrical base in dark wood anchors the sculpture and reinforces its sculptural and museum-like character.

Artist's signature "R. Hetzel" visible on the base of the bust.

Dimensions:
Height: 54 cm
Width : 22 cm
Depth: 27 cm

Materials:
Bronze with brown and gold patina, wooden base