Little Welcome
#95-b (7 in / 18 cm)
A sovereign is returning to his kingdom after a long absence. His jester can hardly contain his joy.
Everything in this sculpture evokes the joy of a homecoming, the warm of a welcome. The jester is bowing. Every part of his body is involved in his deep reverence to the newly arrived ruler. One hand is bent in salute while the other is waving a hat. His left leg is poised mid-air, foot flexed, and with the right leg in a pose of exaggerated reverence, even his buttocks seem to be prostrated. In his agitation, he is losing his gloves. But throughout, there is no hint of submission. The Welcome Back figure looks us in the eye, his open face beaming. The road is clear, all is perfect!
Anecdote
(See #42 and #62)
Small Welcome was designed in 1999 for the arrival of the new millennium. Three hundred and sixty-six were produced, one for each day of the year 2000.
Standing in a public square, the large Welcome sculpture is well known and appreciated by residents and tourists in Quebec City, the provincial capital of Quebec.
