Mid-Century Brutalist Architectural Mounted Clay Sculpture, Signed carved links a form of Pennsylvania Dutch

a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art related to fraktur

emphasizing the wake at his knees and distant ocean horizon at his waist

framed with this amazing sculptural mane that appears covered in gold leaf

with this creature a pretty pure embodiment of that instinct

One of the loops (third from right) for hanging is mostly missing

Mid-Century Brutalist Architectural Mounted Clay Sculpture, Signed carved links a form of Pennsylvania DutchNot totally my usual thing, but I have an affinity for all things Brutalist, buildings and ceramics most particularly, and this ceramic sculpture certainly feels very much like tabletop architecture to me. (Of course, being not so much of a purist myself, I also see its many rooms and platforms as very conducive to the display of lots of little creatures!) It is signed (incised) on the underside near the base, but the mounting makes it a bit hard to