Sphinx
Krzysztof M. Bednarski
Date of creation
1982
Technique
matchboxes, own technique, unsigned
Size
100 × 200 × 70 cm
ID number
CRP.RZ.243
Method and date of collection
purchase, 1984
Sphinx was built from about ten thousand matchboxes. The material used for the construction of the sculpture is a contradiction of the idea of a monument. Sphinx is dedicated to ‘The Great Builders: starting from pharaohs to Stalin’, representing ideologies based on totalitarian systems.