“Enlightened”
(Portrait of Audrey Hepburn)
49″ x 39″ x 26″
Ceramic, lights, and chain
1999
Private Collection in Palm Springs

Details

For the bust of Audrey Hepburn, titled Enlightened, Tony provided her with glowing earrings and a luminescent hat (a ceiling fixture “found” object) to denote her noble activism, humanitarian efforts, and world-wide advocacy. Tony wanted to show that, not only was she a marvelous actor, she became the Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF. Tony was taken with Hepburn’s beauty, but when he broke down the elements of her face he discovered she did not have the typical face of a Hollywood star. Her eyes are large, nose big, mouth small, and ears long. But, putting them all together makes her look exotically beautiful and stylish.