Featured Bookend Description Help

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by Malkim62, Sep 16, 2021.

  1. Malkim62

    Malkim62 Well-Known Member

    Hi again. Would you us the term Cubist to describe this bookend? Or Modernist maybe? Thanks for any input.

    Dale

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  2. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Neat! WPA period
     
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  3. Malkim62

    Malkim62 Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the help. Would Industrial be a better description?

    Dale
     
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  4. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Is it unmarked?

    Debora
     
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  5. Malkim62

    Malkim62 Well-Known Member

    Hi. Yes, it's unmarked.

    Dale
     
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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    WPA-era art is often called "Machine Age" or "Social Realism." Pre-World War II obviously. (Brutalism was a post-World War II art movement.)

    Debora
     
  7. Malkim62

    Malkim62 Well-Known Member

    Thanks so much. I appreciate your help.

    Dale
     
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  8. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Very cool
     
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  9. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

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  10. Malkim62

    Malkim62 Well-Known Member

    Very similar. Too bad this one isn't bronze.
     
  11. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Too bad it's only one of the pair.

    Debora
     
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