La femme de Loth/
Lot's Wife
1999, 260 x 45 x 70 cm, copper
Catharijneconvent Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
"But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt."
Genesis, chap. 19, 26
Isn't this backward stare
a desperate attempt to stop time?
He who puts himself outside of time,
freezes into what is no more, dies.
(Pierre de Grauw)
See also :
Lot's Wife (drawing)
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