The Three Schools Art Auction, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature
Carlo L. Ragghianti, "Sorel Etrog", Italy, 1968, illustrated page 30
Pierre Restany, "Sorel Etrog", Munich, 2002, page 77
The link motif dominated Sorel Etrog’s work from 1963-1971, during which he used it to articulate the existential contrasts of human life, stating, “I saw in [the link] a strong device for connecting and creating tension, mirroring the tension in our very existence with and within the outside world.”
Throughout the Links period of Etrog's work, which includes "Don Giovani" the preoccupation of linking different parts of the body seamlessly was paramount for the artist. Deeply influenced by ancient carving and sculpture techniques, Etrog notes: “I was lucky to have discovered the Etruscan links which showed me how to join the multiple shapes organically. The Link created a tension at the point where they joined, where they pulled together or pulled apart.” Etrog was developing a new visual language of the body, wrapped in internal and external tensions with the use of the linking of body parts.
