Juliana Irby Wilson, Florida (acquired in 1965 from the Tupperware Corporation)
Acquired from the estate of the above in 2016

The sculpture exhibits a variegated dark brown and green patina. The top part of the base is intrinsic to the sculpture and the lower part separates. There is some light rubbing along the edges of the base and some scattered light surface scratches scattered throughout and commensurate with age. The work is in overall excellent condition.
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The present work was awarded to Tupperware Corporation employee Juliana Irby for her exceptional contribution to the plastics company in 1965. She acted as the executive secretary of the president of Tupperware, Hamer Wilson, who at the time was married to Marilyn Mennello. Marilyn would go on to become the generous benefactor and co-founder of The Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, Florida, but in her early years as a budding collector she befriend Diego Giacometti, filling her home with his designs. The present work, modeled after the hands of the writer and eventual Giacometti biographer Claude Delay, was commissioned by Menello as a prize to commemorate the opening of the Tupperware offices in Brussels.