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Giacometti School Bronze Male Figural Totem Sculpture, Museum Mounted, 20th C

$5,800per set
£4,428.81per set
€5,307.54per set
CA$8,349.55per set
A$8,608.85per set
CHF 4,853.89per set
MX$110,187.51per set
NOK 55,964.77per set
SEK 58,535.86per set
DKK 39,687.49per set

About the Item

Giacometti School Bronze Figural Staff Sculpture on Iron Base Late 20th Century, 2 pieces Sculpture and Base A striking late 20th-century bronze figural staff sculpture executed in the unmistakable spirit of Alberto Giacometti, reducing the human form to its most essential and psychological elements. Cast as an elongated male head rising from a slender, staff-like shaft, the work evokes Giacometti’s postwar investigations into presence, isolation, and the existential condition while introducing the totemic force of ritual objects and ceremonial relics. The attenuated visage—with its deeply recessed eyes, prominent nose, compressed mouth, and gaunt physiognomy—recalls Giacometti’s iconic portrait heads and standing figures, yet here the body is abstracted into a single vertical line, transforming the figure into something between sculpture, idol, and staff. The result is both archaic and modern: a distilled meditation on human endurance, identity, and memory. Cast in bronze with a warm brown patina, the surface retains vigorous evidence of the artist’s hand. Broad palette-like modeling, gouged passages, and rough-hewn texturing animate the head with remarkable tension and psychological intensity. The shaft is similarly worked in a spiraling, irregular rhythm, reinforcing the sculpture’s sense of movement and ritual authority. Presented on a custom 12-inch square blackened iron base, the work is constructed in two parts, with the bronze element removable from its stand. Sculptural, graphic, and deeply expressive, it functions equally well as a modernist focal point, pedestal object, or collector’s bronze in the European postwar tradition. A compelling Giacometti-inspired bronze of strong scale and singular presence. Dimensions 59 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 12 in. D (with base)
  • Similar to:
    Alberto Giocometti (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 59 in (149.86 cm)Width: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Depth: 12 in (30.48 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Style:
    Modern (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Bronze,Iron,Blackened,Cast,Patinated
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1990s
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    West Palm Beach, FL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: T38771stDibs: LU2592349936032

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