Robert Charles Goff (1837 - 1922, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland)
Blind Fortune, about 1908
Etching in black ink on Japanese paper, 17.1 x 11.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/8 in.)
In the center of this small etching a female statue of Fortune stands on a fountain pedestal in the middle of a round pond. She is nude from the waist up and wrapped in fabric from her navel down to her feet which appear to rest on an upturned wheel in the middle of the fountain. Her right arm is held high above her head and she is holding a bundle under her left arm. She is blindfolded and her hair is shoulder length. Behind her and the fountain are trees and foliage.
Short Gallery
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