The sixties are those in which the artist, strong from the first experiments in terracotta, begins to create small plaster sculptures which he later melts in bronze: these are works characterized by smooth and rounded shapes, and in which the theme of femininity and motherhood. After all, these are the years in which the artist gives birth to his children - Augusta in 1960 and Giuseppe in 1966 - and it is understandable that this leaves evident traces in his production.