of natural flattened form, orientated to taper to a small bud, amassed of various softly rounded protrusions formed of cascading folds and burgeoning layers, the sandstone of a greyish-white colour, metal stand

購於法國，1980年代

This gogotte was formed naturally in the geological formation of sand at Fontainebleau. It comes from a geological layer dated to the Stampian era (approx. 30 million years). There is no breakage and there are no traces of connections or contact to any other gogotte, meaning that this example was standing alone and is complete. There is some abrasion visible in one area to the lower register. The slow accretion of siliceous sediment has enabled this natural sculpture to achieve these soft and voluptuous forms which calcium carbonate further solidified for eternity.
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自然隨機形成的砂岩礦物，由石英碎礫緊密結合而成，如果不是已經有幾百萬年的歷史，它完全可以被看作是一尊優美的當代雕塑。這種沉積物或洞穴堆積物的形態各異，如夢似幻，演繹出多種詮釋。每件均獨一無二。

此類砂岩在凡爾賽宮中可見其芳蹤，它們的形狀圓潤光滑，風格獨特，讓人不由聯想到園藝家安德烈．勒諾特一手設計的三座噴泉附近的碎石，今人將其修復，成為與是次拍賣會中的固結砂岩෴相同形態。太陽王路易十四也曾垂青這種砂岩🏅礦物並將之納入收藏。