French Antique Limestone Sculpture

A stone garden sculpture in French antique limestone, a long low fragment nearly 54 inches across that lies on the floor like something pulled from the ground. The profile rises and falls along its length with no finished edge anywhere. Pale cream gives way to ash gray, and deep pitting, dark organic staining, lichen and mineral deposits make a mottled patina. Gouges and fractures show the unpolished stone beneath.

It measures 53 3/4 inches long, 14 1/2 inches deep at the widest and about 9 inches at the narrow end, and 8 1/2 inches high at the top, dropping to about 7 1/2. It is one piece, heavy, and travels flat on a pallet. It needs no pedestal; the floor is the pedestal.

Lay it along a wide hallway, set it under the window of a living room where the light moves across it through the day, or put it on the gravel of a courtyard where the lichen will keep growing. Smooth plaster, polished concrete and warm oak make the rough surface read. It is antique sculpture by accident. A stone garden sculpture this long needs a clear run of floor. It is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and see it on the ground, or ask us for photographs and a delivered price.