Luca Pacioli was a 15th-century Franciscan priest, hence Eduardo Chillida's use of the cross in this work. Depending on the light, the shadow of the steel cross is reflected on the floor beneath the sculpture. The surface of the work displays Chillida’s unmistakable lines. The drawing perforates the solid surface of the iron, leaving a hole and a volume of air that connects the floor with the sky. 

Pacioli carried out important research in the fields of astronomy, mathematics and other sciences, in doing so becoming the bastion of Renaissance wise men and artists. He was the author of The Divine Proportion together with Leonardo Da Vinci.

The sculpture—a special large-scale table—was created in praise of the astronomer. Resting upon three supports, the colossal steel surface seems to float weightlessly despite its huge size. Its seemingly flat surface plays with the relationship between the two- and three-dimensional realms. 

The number three—with its powerful religious, mathematical and philosophical connotations—has always been associated with Chillida’s work. It brings together the present, the past and the future.