"Peine del Viento" (Wind Comb)

Three large sculptures, each weighing 13 tons and about 6 1/2 feet high,  can be seen at the end of Ondarreta Beach in Donostia. They were a collaboration between sculptor Eduardo Chillida and architect Peña Ganchegui and constructed 1977.

 

The three large sculptures are anchored to the rocks to form a series of pieces which the artist began in 1952 after returning from Paris. The task of installing and anchoring the pieces was not an easy task. To transport them to their current location a bridge was built with rails over the sea. 

An added feature, the cobbled surface where I stood to take the picture was made with a series of breather holes, which on days with strong swell a mixture of air and salt water sprays up. 

The sculptor's dream was to create a space where the sea, the wind, iron and the rocks could all converse together. Where the wind "could be combed as it enters the city".