''The Comb of the Wind'' ( eu, Haizearen orrazia XV, es, Peine del Viento XV) is a collection of three sculptures by
Eduardo Chillida
Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque (10 January 1924 – 19 August 2002), was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works.
Early life and career
Born in San Sebastián (Donostia) to P ...
arranged as an architectural work by the Basque architect
Luis Peña Ganchegui. For both, this is one of their most important and well known works.
''The Comb of the Wind'' is located at the western end of La Concha Bay, at the end of Ondarreta beach, in the municipality of
San Sebastián, in the province of
Guipúzcoa
Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...
, in the
Basque Country of Spain. It is made up of three of Chillida's monumental steel sculptures, weighing 10 tons each, embedded in natural rocks rising from the
Cantabrian Sea
The Cantabrian Sea; french: Mer Cantabrique, gl, Mar Cantábrico, ast, Mar Cantábricu, eu, Kantauri. is the term used mostly in Spain to describe the coastal sea of the Atlantic Ocean that borders the northern coast of Spain and the southwe ...
.
The work was completed in 1976. In addition to the sculptures, a viewing area was created on the nearby coast that includes "blow-holes", or wave-driven outlets for air and water.
References
See also
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Blackpool ''High Tide Organ'' (2002, in Blackpool, England, UK)
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''Sea Organ'' (2005, in Zadar, Croatia)
Outdoor sculptures in Spain
San Sebastián
Buildings and structures in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
Basque art
Steel sculptures in Spain
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