Vintage Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Metal Sculpture Titled "Group of Egrets"

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Designed by sculptor Joseph Famulari and distributed commercially by Austin Productions (a prolific art replication studio operating from the mid-20th … Read more Designed by sculptor Joseph Famulari and distributed commercially by Austin Productions (a prolific art replication studio operating from the mid-20th century through 2001).
Constructed from mixed metals (typically steel or cast aluminum). The birds features an heavily stippled, hammered, or cross-hatched body texture covered in a dark charcoal-black patina, contrasted by sleek, elongated gold-toned brass beaks. The entire flock is mounted seamlessly atop a flat, heavy black rectangular gallery base.
This is a substantial decorative statement piece, a striking, stylized modernist depiction of five long-necked wading egrets or curlew birds standing sequentially in a dense, staggered flock. See less