129. 129AR Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika (Greek, 1906-1994) Ulysse, 1948 signé 'GHIKA' et numéroté 5/8 bronze hauter 34cm(13 3/8in). signed and numbered bronze Littérature N. Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, Sculpture 1934-1984, exhibition catalogue, To Trito Mati, Athens 1984, p. 13, no. 16 (listed). N. Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, exhibition catalogue, Eirmos Gallery, Thessaloniki 1994, p. 33 (illustrated). "The myth of Odysseus has always fascinated me and has constantly been running through my mind"1 Odysseus is taken from the Homeric epic's scene in which the hero meets Nausicaa on the island of Phaenicians and crouches in an attempt to hide his nakedness behind a bed of reeds. 1 As quoted in I. Kritseli-Providi, Ancient Greece as Seen by N. Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, Athens 1995. See also Reincarnated Painting: Sculpture by Ghika, exhibition catalogue, The American College of Greece - ASG Art, Athens 2006, pp. 28-29.