Description: VERY RARE MID-20TH CENTURY AMERICAN VINTAGE BRUTALIST HAND WELDED & TORCHED, SOLDERED METAL, ABSTRACT FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE on SOLID METAL BLOCK BASE, featuring BRASS, COPPER & STEEL WIRE STOCK & METAL PLATE in the FORM of a STANDING MAN REELING BACKWARDS, with ARCHED BACK(Circa 1952-1960)Mid-20th century, post-WWII American vintage Brutalist torched, welded & soldered figurative & abstract metal sculpture DIMENSIONS: 23 3⁄4" Height x 11 1⁄2" Depth x 8 1⁄4" arm Width (widest point)Base: 6" Width x 4 1⁄4" Depth Weight: 8 lbs. 3 oz. DESCRIPTION:Offered for your review and consideration is this 24 3/4" in height, monumental, mid-20th century, post-WWII American vintage Brutalist welded, torched, soldered and 100% hand-built, Modernist metal figurative sculpture, on a solid metal block base. Both traditional lead solder, as well as brass solder are used in finishing the metal sculpture's surfaces. Steel sheet strips, possibly metal scraps from a junkyard are welded to wire. Small pieces of both steel and brass are then welded into place and finished with both lead and brass solder. The artist doesn't conceal the fact that old-fashioned metal wire coat hangers were used in its construction, with the top of a coat hanger remaining visible and quite recognizable as the figure's head, located at the apex of the large, 23 3/4" in overall height, metal sculpture. A human figure, most likely a man, is seen reeling backwards, with his body forming a kind of inverted arch, with the form seeming to balance on the pads of the figure's feet. A thrilling vintage Brutalist abstract figurative metal sculpture. Original. Real. Authentic. CONDITION:Very Good to Excellent overall vintage condition.
Price: 2867.5 USD
Location: Milford, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-08-10T15:21:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: Large
Handmade: Yes
Artist: Unsigned
Production Technique: Metalwork
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Custom Bundle: No
Style: Modernism
Item Height: 23 3⁄4" Height
Item Width: 11 1⁄2" Width (Depth)
Material: Copper, brass & steel, Metal
Time Period Produced: 1950-1959
Format: Statue
Type: Brutalist metal sculpture
Title: Unsigned
Features: Torched, welded & soldered, One of a Kind (OOAK)
Subject: Deconstructed man, Figures
Item Length: 8 1⁄4" arm Length (widest point)
No repairs or resoldering (old or new): No 'in-painting' (old or new)
Signed: No
Abstract: Figurative
Year of Production: 1954
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Hand welded: Hand soldered
Various metals: Mesh-like, semi-transparent appearance
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Torched metal surfaces: Brass & lead solder
Solid steel metal block base: Found in Hartford, Connecticut
American: Vintage
Monumental: Large sized (23 3/4" in Height)
Brutalist: Mid-century Modern
Modernist: Post-WWII
No loss or damage: Estate fresh & new to the marketplace
