Brutalist Welded Metal Sculpture, Abstract Figural Form, Signed

Welded and forged steel sculpture became one of the defining studio crafts of the brutalist and modernist movements of the 1960s and 70s, when sculptors favored raw, assembled metal forms over cast or carved ones, leaving joins, weld seams, and rough surfaces visible as part of the finished composition rather than something to be polished away.

This piece is a tall abstract composition of forged and welded metal, built up from angular plates and rods into a standing figural silhouette, mounted on a rectangular wood base. A welded metal signature is present on the base, though it is not legible enough in the photographs provided to identify the maker by name. It is offered as a 1970s piece, in keeping with its style, though this has not been independently confirmed. Unlike a cast sculpture, where the form is decided in a mold before the metal is poured, a welded piece like this one is built additively, joint by joint — so the finished silhouette is really a record of the sequence of decisions the maker made while assembling it, which is part of why no two brutalist welded pieces, even by the same hand, are ever quite identical.

Condition is good overall. The piece has clearly been well kept, and now moves forward to a new setting. Well suited to a loft, a brutalist or modernist interior, or any room built around bold, sculptural statement pieces.

Standing 37 cm tall, it has enough scale to read as a genuine floor or shelf statement piece rather than a small tabletop curio.

DETAILS
Size: 37 cm high (14.6 in)
Material: forged and welded metal on a wood base
Style-Period: brutalist/modernist, offered as 1970s (unconfirmed — see flags)
Shipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — we handle the paperwork, with all import duties paid by us; nothing to settle on delivery
Condition: good overall
Returns: accepted within 30 days

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