G. L. Sussman - Portraits
Espen

Collection of the Artist
plaster
life size
1995

Related through marriage, the contemporary Norweigan writer visited Mr. Sussman in his country studio in New York State, with his family. Sculpted from life, while Mr. Havaardsholm read and wrote with family members present in one activity or another, his youngest son asked while looking at the clay portrait "why the sculpture did not talk?" At that moment, Mr. Sussman said "Finis!".