Mid-Century Modern Brass Wire Cat Sculpture, Blue Glass Marble Eyes View Watchlist >
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System ID # 30450940
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Mid-Century Modern Brass Wire Cat Sculpture, Blue Glass Marble Eyes
A whimsical mid-century figural sculpture rendering a stylized cat in gilt brass, its elongated legs rising from a solid wood plinth to a graphic face of swept metal ears, radiating wire whiskers, and two blue glass marble eyes. The linear, gestural construction — all attenuated verticals and outward-thrown lines — sits squarely in the studio-metal idiom popularized in the 1960s and '70s, when torch-welded animal figures became a fixture of decorator interiors.
The composition balances warm brass wire against darker patinated ear forms, mounted to a rectangular hardwood base that grounds the piece visually and physically. The design vocabulary is closely associated with makers such as Curtis Jeré and the broader Brutalist-decorative movement.
CONDITION
Good with no remarkable damage. Age-appropriate patina and minor tarnish to the metalwork; both glass marble eyes are intact. Wood base shows light handling wear.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Overall: 18" H × 4" W × 6" D
- Metal: Brass
- Eyes: Blue glass marbles
- Base: Wood
