The present work is exemplary of Richier's adroit mastery of new materials and her skilled ability to capture vitality and movement of organic forms in the medium of lead. Casting her gestural figures in her studio by pouring molten lead into hollow molds, the artist would then adorn the clay models with jewel-like fragments of coloured glass. Through the casting process, the glass shards would become submerged in the lead which she would subsequently scrape away, creating surprising and dazzling effects through the contrast of the mediums. The present work was created in 1953 and later mounted by the artist to a slate base in 1959, suggesting Richier's careful consideration regarding the presentation of her distinctive figures.