Lily

Based upon the character Lily Bart from the book The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. This sculpture is composed of 3 blocks of stone representing the 3 temptations that Lily encounters in the book. The blocks are slim symbolizing the narrow confines of the society in which Lily exists. Her stance and low carving in the block represents her role in that society – one of decoration, yet she yearns for more, the freedom of soul that her love interest Seldon offers represented by the full carving in the front of the block. Yet he cannot provide her the luxury she is accustomed to. Her choices ultimately determine her fate…