The statue is based on the plastic original of the EVA statue that served as a co-by model for this statue. The sculpture is prefigured by the earlier sculpture “Humility” and “Virtue of Virtues”. Like these two sculptures, the EVA sculpture is inspired by the yoga posture Gomukha Asana (cow position), sometimes referred to as the “woman’s pose” because of the exercise that not only symbolizes a woman, but is also a pose – an exercise that has a significant effect on the female organs. In yogic and ancient Hindu philosophy, the cow has a sacred meaning, but it can also figuratively symbolize purely feminine principles and especially motherhood and the related concept of a higher form of love. The theme or symbolism of the biblical Eve stems from this issue. Eve as the progenitor of mankind, who was not born of a woman (the statue does not even have a navel).In humility she accepts with outstretched arms the predestination of the inevitable fate of one of her offspring and, figuratively, of all mankind. She hovers as if above the ground, using a hidden point of contact on the calf of her left leg to create a shadow under her body, and to ensure stability she lightly touches the ground with the little toes of both feet, from which she is essentially born through a man. 

The sculpture is anchored by stainless steel pins to a stone base. The base is made of light granite (Silesian granite) in the shape of a half-ellipsoid. The upper side of the ellipsoid is polished, the bowl-shaped elliptical form is roughly worked (pummelled) around the perimeter. The base is anchored to a concrete foundation.

Ensuring implementation:

Casting of the statue: H V H spol. s r.o. Art Foundry, Horní Kalná

Manufacture of pedestals and stonework: Vítězslav Orel Masonry