Description: RARE PAOLO SOLERI (ITALY, 1919-2013) AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL, HEAVY BRUTALIST BRONZE HANGING WINDBELL, W/NATURALLY OXIDIZED VERDIGRIS PATINA(Circa 1956-1964)Mid-20th c Brutalist metal sculpture DIMENSIONS:16" full Height x 3½" x Width x 5" bell Height x 3 ½" Diameter DESCRIPTION:From the hand of the Italian Modernist master Paolo Soleri, comes this incredible, signed, very heavy gauge, large cast, bronze, Brutalist wind bell, with multiple, individual bronze pieces comprising its hanging chain and with characteristic stamped sidewall hieroglyphic patterning, one of the easily recognizable hallmarks of Paolo Soleri's cast bronze wind bells. Incredibly rare, authentic original bronze works by Paolo Soleri are now copied and subsequently produced at his utopian architectural experimental oasis in the Arizona desert called Arcosanti. The piece and two other similar authentic, original bronze wind bells were miraculously discovered in metal salvage container in a metal recycling yard that was going out of business on the North Shore of Massachusetts. This piece and the two other similar ones were extremely fortunate not to have been mistakenly discarded or melted down for scrap. They all, thank God, miraculously survived. It's with great and immeasurable pleasure that we now can offer not just one but this and two other authentic, original Paolo Soleri cast bronze Brutalist bells to the public for sale. Paolo Soleri (Italy, 1919-2013) founder of Arcosanti and the Cosanti Educational foundation. Lecturer at the College of Architecture and Professor of Art at Arizona State University. He was a recipient of the National Design Award in 2006. Extraordinary and very rare. Magnificent. CONDITION:Very Good to Excellent overall vintage condition.(*Please scroll down the page below to view enlarged photos below. Thank you.)
Price: 1167.5 USD
Location: Milford, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-02-29T16:23:19.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Region of Origin: Europe
Artist: Paolo Soleri (Italy, 1919-2013)
Style: Modernism
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Material: Bronze
Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1969
Type: Light Sculpture/Kinetic art
Features: Signed
Year of Production: Circa 1956-1964
Heavy: Original, untouched aged patina
Item Width: 3 1/2" in Width
Color: Naturally oxidized/aged bronze patina
Placement: Ceiling
Subject: Italy
3 piece hinged hanging system: No triangular bottom hanging piece
100% complete, w/no missing parts: Found w/2 other Paolo Soleri wind bells
Designer:: Paolo Soleri (Italy, 1919-2013)
16" Full length x 3½" Width: 3½" Bell diameter x 5" Bell height
Mid-20th century: Vintage
Soleri hallmark sgraffito marks: Soleri characteristic forms & bell sidewall marks
Bell forged from 1 cleated/molded piece: Heavy gauge walled bronze casting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 16" in Height
