Bronze cat drinking from a dish, left profile, arched back and long tail resting on the base
Detail of the bronze drinking cat: pointed ears and faceted head over the flat round dish
Bronze drinking cat in right profile, the tail tip resting on the bronze base
Bronze drinking cat seen from the front, head lowered to the dish, near-black patina
Bronze drinking cat, three-quarter view from the front left, front paws beside the dish
Bronze drinking cat, three-quarter view from the rear left, tail sweeping to the base corner
Bronze drinking cat from the rear three-quarter, hind legs and tail curling onto the base
Detail of the bronze cat’s head over the dish from the right, cut planes and bright edges
Underside of the bronze drinking cat: hollow-cast base with two core openings

Kuzco Art Maison

Bronze Cat Sculpture, Drinking Cat - Animalier

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SKU: KB0053
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Bronze Cat Sculpture, Drinking Cat - Animalier

Showroom Amsterdam

Pickup available, usually ready in 2-4 days

Hekelveld 1
1012 SN Amsterdam
Netherlands

+31633931813

This bronze cat is caught drinking: the back gently arched, the front paws set together and the head lowered to a small flat dish cast in one with the base.

The long tail runs down behind and comes to rest on the edge of the bronze. Skull, ears and forelegs are cut in crisp planes, while the flanks are kneaded into softer masses whose ridges catch the light. The dark brown patina reads almost black in shadow and gives way to bright bronze on the edges; the rectangular base has irregular, knife-cut sides.

The loose, faceted modelling keeps the marks of the tool, in the early twentieth-century manner of modelling animals from life, and the stylised outline ties the piece to Art Deco animal sculpture. The cat is cast by hand, and the patina is worked on after casting.

Thirty-three centimetres long and 20 cm high, it is best seen from above, on a coffee table, where the lowered head and the dish are the first things the eye meets. From there the arch of the back runs in one curve from the ears to the tail.

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