Nickeled Iron and Marble Oversized Mid Century C. Jere Ram Sculpture

3-761 oversized brass ibex sculpture on marble base.

Art deco style gilt metal horse.

Robert Michiels (1933), iron sculpture An iron sculpture in the shape of an animal head raised on a round base, made by Robert Michiels, Belgium, signed. In 1966 Robert received the Jeune Sculpture Belgium prize, the following year the Hainaut Prize and in 1969 first prizes at the Paris Biennale and the Antwerp Biennale Middelheim. Robert Michiels works with industrial components and materials. He uses them to build human characters, animals or strange insects, often with a touch of surrealism and humour. Because the material comes from our society, the works are reminiscent of New Realism and his sculptures are often described with the term existentialism. Because he often works with metal, Robert often uses a grinding wheel and welding machine...

Larger than life-sized iron sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base and can be rotated. The sculpture in an abstract humanoid form has angled arms and an S-shaped body and slightl...