Figure of a Mythological Byrd
c. 1926

Bronze; stamped mark on the rear of the base reads O.B.BACH.
8 1/4 x 3 x 4 7/8 inches

Bronze sculpture with dark brown patina of aggressively stylized standing bird with long, slightly curving beak and crest feathers are more suggestions of power and menace than clearly identifiable attributes of a species. The figure looms forward slightly with tense and abstracted wings that have severe and sharply geometric suggestions of feather veins. Its muscular three-toed clawed feet grip the front edge of a flat round base. This sculpture is pictured in the May 1926 issue of Country Life.

Photo by Lee Brauer©