Declining Man

1969
Ciment-fondu
19 x 75 x 32 cm

Many works express the artist's compassion for human
suffering, such as poverty and ill-health. Declining
Man is a heart-rendering personification of old age,
with some exaggeration of the posture and facial
expression to highlight the misery of man crippled by
infirmity and loneliness. "No one is completely free.
We are all bound in one way or another. Becoming
too involved in business is a form of captivity, and not
having enough money also makes helpless captives of
men. Illness, old age, weakness in health or spirit -
these are all forms of captivity."