1990s. Bronze, green patinated, on wooden base. From the series of Columbus heads. Hinged, multi-part head, inside Galione with figurehead, hourglass, sextant, compass, etc. Wooden base inscribed and sign. 'Barón' 90/1492 (alluding to the discovery of America) and numbered copy '1/3'. Head: h. 28,5 cm, base: h. 9,5 cm. - Spanish sculptor, studied from 1949-1954 at the Art Academy San Fernando in Madrid, fellow in London, Yale and Rhode Island, since 1960 numerous exh. and honors, from the 70s we know especially the multiple mobile and variable sculptures of metal and wood. Lit.: Saur AKL 7, p. 123f; Maria Teresa Ortega Coca: Francisco Baron, 1989.