Victor Roman’s sculpture bears metaphorical witness to the objects and gestures of a civilization that has since disappeared - one he was immersed in during his childhood in Transylvania, Romania, and whose memory and harmonies he immortalized. Over the twenty-seven years spent in his workshops in Nogent-sur-Marne and Saron-sur-Aube, Roman became one of the most important French sculptors of his generation. A mystical and smiling blacksmith, he produced a wealth of work, yet what made him stand