A painted copper sculpture depicting a stylised bird reduced to simplified, curved forms. Rising from a circular base, the composition is constructed through a sweeping tail, an arcing neck and a pierced detail indicating the eye, reflecting O’Casey’s pared-back approach to natural form.
Breon O’Casey (1928–2011) was a British artist associated with the St Ives School. Working across painting, sculpture, printmaking and weaving, he developed a practice informed by European modernism, characterised by a close attention to form, structure and materiality.
Origin: British
Period/Style: St Ives School / Modern British
Date: 1990
Material: Painted copper
Dimensions: 21.5cm height × 23.5cm width × 11.5cm depth
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A painted copper sculpture depicting a stylised bird reduced to simplified, curved forms. Rising from a circular base, the composition is constructed through a sweeping tail, an arcing neck and a pierced detail indicating the eye, reflecting O’Casey’s pared-back approach to natural form.
Breon O’Casey (1928–2011) was a British artist associated with the St Ives School. Working across painting, sculpture, printmaking and weaving, he developed a practice informed by European modernism, characterised by a close attention to form, structure and materiality.
Origin: British
Period/Style: St Ives School / Modern British
Date: 1990
Material: Painted copper
Dimensions: 21.5cm height × 23.5cm width × 11.5cm depth
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