Iron Flower Garden Sculpture — Chuparosa Hummingbird, Stone Base

A large-scale handcrafted iron flower garden sculpture from the northern Mexico artisan tradition — three blooms in red, yellow, and blue rising on slender painted stems from a conical wire stand, anchored at the base by a natural river stone clasped in iron straps. Each petal is individually hand-shaped and assembled, building open multi-layered flowers with red-to-yellow graduated centers visible where the petals meet the stem. Forged iron leaves in green enamel accent the stems throughout. At 43½ inches tall, it commands a corner, a courtyard, or a covered entryway the way a living bouquet never could.

The piece is named for its defining detail: the Chuparosa — a hummingbird in mid-flight, rendered with a smooth river stone body and hand-forged metal wings, perched at the tallest red bloom as if caught mid-feed. In the Chihuahuan borderland, chuparosa is both the Spanish name for hummingbird and the tubular desert shrub that draws them in. Naming this piece after that moment — bird, flower, flight — is not decorative. It's the whole idea.

CONDITION

Good. Color is vibrant across all three blooms and stems with strong visual presence. Rust and oxidation are visible at petal centers, base strap hardware, and along the wire foot ring — the natural result of outdoor display, and consistent with the piece's character.

DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS

• Height: 43½"
• Width: 24"
• Depth: 13"
• Material: Iron, painted enamel, natural river stone
• Blooms: 3 (red, yellow, blue)
• Integrated figure: Chuparosa hummingbird (stone body, iron wings)
• Campbell's Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale