this is another of Joan Relke' amazing sculptures, my first interpretation of this piece, uploaded recently, started to annoy me so I decided to replace it with this, thank you.
Sorin, Hi, this sculpture is by Joan Relke (http://sculptors.net.au/) who is a friend of ours living nearby and I photographed her work (with her blessing!) at a local garden earlier this year, it's wonderful work. thanks for your comment. cheers, david.
this sculpture looks very much like C Brancusi's (Romanian sculpture, lived in France, pretty much a parent of modern sculpture), Madmoiselle Pogagny. Beautiful sculpture and a nice interpretation of it.