Abstract Brutalist Bird Sculpture – Welded Bronze on Concrete Base – 1960s-70s

A compelling example of mid-century Brutalist metalwork, this hand-worked bronze sculpture depicts an abstracted bird form with remarkable economy of means. The composition balances a bold circular disk — suggestive of a head or sun — against a fan of layered flat bronze elements evoking outstretched wings or tail feathers. Twin curved rods form the elongated legs, terminating in a coiled foot that anchors the figure to a square concrete plinth measuring 15.5” square. The overall surface is deeply textured with a rich oxidized patina, the hallmark of direct-metal sculpture from this era.

The piece reads simultaneously as bird, figure, and pure form, a quality shared by the best work in this genre. Unsigned, though consistent in technique and sensibility with American and European artists working in the Brutalist tradition of the 1960s and 1970s.