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Bronze Sculpture "Rapace" By Milo
$8,290.24
£6,191.71
€7,000
CA$11,513.06
A$12,362.14
CHF 6,651.84
MX$146,293.90
NOK 83,801.03
SEK 76,431.22
DKK 53,348.46
About the Item
1. Artistic Description:
The sculpture represents a bird of prey, probably a raptor or an owl, in a stylized, rigid, and static pose.
Form and Lines: The work is characterized by a pronounced geometrization. The bird's natural shapes have been simplified into angular planes, facets, and superimposed forms that evoke feathers, wings, and the body. The whole is very vertical, giving an impression of monumentality and contained power. The lines are sharp, precise, and architectural.
Details: The face is reduced to the essential, with a pointed beak and simplified eye contours that give it a serious and enigmatic expression. The legs are minimally detailed, supporting the body on a small, integrated cubic base.
Material and Patina: The sculpture is made of bronze, featuring a warm, uniform brown patina. The surface is smooth in places but marked by the lines of the stylization.
Base: The bird rests on a simple black or dark marble base, whose veins slightly contrast with the rigidity of the bronze, ensuring a solid and elegant foundation.
General Impression: The work exudes an impression of dignity, symbolic strength, and a decidedly modern aesthetic.
???? 2. Artistic Style
The artistic style of Milo's "RAPACE" sculpture is clearly Art Deco.
Justification:
Geometrization and Simplification: Art Deco, which appeared in the 1910s and peaked in the 1920s and 1930s, is famous for rejecting the sinuous curves of Art Nouveau in favour of pure geometric shapes (cubes, cylinders) and straight lines. Milo's "Rapace" perfectly illustrates this trend by reducing the bird's anatomy to a series of faceted planes, sharp angles, and superimposed volumes, giving it an almost mechanical or architectural appearance.
Monumentality and Symmetry: Art Deco sculptures often favour a solid, balanced, and symmetrical structure, even for animal subjects. This work is perfectly vertical and frontal, embodying an aesthetic of power and modernity.
Favourite Subjects: Art Deco sculptors enjoyed representing animal figures (panthers, gazelles, dogs, birds) treated with great stylization, often in bronze or spelter, for decorative use.
Materials: The use of bronze for the main sculpture and black (or dark-coloured) marble for the base is a classic and luxurious material combination very typical of Art Deco.
The work is thus at the heart of the Art Deco aesthetic due to its radical simplification of forms serving a geometric and monumental elegance.
- Dimensions:Height: 14.97 in (38 cm)Width: 4.73 in (12 cm)Depth: 6.3 in (16 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Bronze,Patinated
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Unknown
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Ixelles, BE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU10116248225362
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