🔥 RARE Old Vintage Modern Cubist CAT Geometric Vacuform Sculpture, WYSOCKI 1970

This is a visually striking and awesome RARE Old Vintage Modern Cubist CAT Geometric Vacuform Sculpture, by Mid Century California Modernist artist, Harry Wysocki (b. 1926.) This artwork depicts a cubistic rendering of an American house hat, in bold "taxicab yellow" vacuform resin. This sculpture is completely three dimensional and has a dynamic look from every angle. Approximately 22 1/8 inches tall x 22 1/8 inches wide x 4 inches deep. This sculpture retains the original hand-signed artist's label which reads: "Limited Edition Multiple by Wysocki...Copyright 1970," and is hand signed by the artist in graphite and numbered "4 / 150." Despite 150 of these sculptures being produced, this piece is only the second to be offered for sale since the invention of the Internet. Due to the fragile nature of the vacuform resin, I suspect that most of these sculptures were broken, destroyed or lost to time over the decades. Harry Wysocki is the older brother of the better-known artist Charles Wysocki (1928 - 2002,) who is famously known for his jigsaw puzzles and primitive American Folk Art style paintings. Priced to Sell. The only other known vacuform sculptures to ever surface by this artist are the circa 1970 Sea Nymph, in yellow and white resin, which depict a mermaid holding a flower in her hands. Good condition for decades of age storage, and the fragile nature of the material, with some light - mild scuffs in a few areas (please see photos.) This sculpture is also missing its original wooden frame. Acquired from an old collection in Los Angeles County, California. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: Harry Wysocki Born: 1926Known for: Painting Harry Wysocki (Born 1926) is active/lives in United States. Harry Wysocki is known for Painting. Harry Wysocki BiographyHarry Wysocki has been prominent on the American art scene for many years. He was born in a Polish-American neighborhood in Detroit and later moved to Los Angeles, where he graduated from Art Center College of Design. Shortly after the end of World War II, Harry enlisted in the Merchant Marines and sailed the high seas to exotic ports, which became subject matter for his early works. In Japan he was commissioned to paint the History of the Army Airborne Engineers, which he executed in a series of six murals. Working with Japanese artists, he was inspired by the art of Hiroshige, whose influence is apparent in his early works. After returning home from Japan, he started experimenting with art nouveau and art deco styles.His work has been exhibited in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles, and the San Francisco de Young Museum. Numbered among his many accolades are nineteen national and local awards from print shows in New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Three of his prints are now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., as well as one painting in the United States Air Force Art Collection. He has had one-man and group shows at numerous galleries.Wysocki prints have been sold in every major country in the world. The Statue of Liberty Restoration Foundation authorized him to create limited edition prints depicting the unveiling of the statue. Harry was commissioned by Life Magazine in 1988 to paint a four foot by seventeen foot mural entitled Children of America.The artist describes his Americana paintings as nostalgia: a time before computers, hi-tech movies and fax machines, when traveling by horse and buggy were the mode of transportation. He finds a lighthouse, an old hotel, a railroad station, and then the historical research begins. He delves into archives, haunts old book stores, or talks to old-timers who remember "the way things were", and the painting begins to evolve. The finished portrayal is history, nostalgia, and fantasy.Harry Wysocki lives in Cambria, California with his wife and two cats. "Harry, is the older brother of Charles. His real (Polish) name is Heronim. He attended Art Center College of Design and was followed by Charles some years later. Both were in the service (although the part about Charles getting a leave of absence to visit Harry, who was supposedly very ill, never happened). Both went on to become successful commercial artists. Charles began painting in the Americana style. Some years later he was approached to do an Americana-style ad in a special issue of Life Magazine. He was too busy and suggested they give the job to Harry. They did, and Harry painted in that style for the first time. After that, Harry was offered more Americana-style work, and Charles told him to go for it. After a while, there was some confusion about the two Wysockis painting in a similar style, so it was agreed that Harry would use his real name, Heronim, instead of Wysocki. So, if a painting is signed "Harry Wysocki", it was painted prior to this agreement. “Hometown Collection Puzzles” is a line of puzzles produced by a company called Mega Brands (they have a website). And anyone can write an entry for Wikipedia, by the way. No one has made one for Harry, but he does exist. The Americana-style paintings have been very lucrative for him, but for his own pleasure, he prefers to paint in a more impressionistic style." "Heronim (Harry Wysocki) did live on the West coast. I am acquainted with a family member. Both brothers painted Americana and I have seen several of his beautiful works. Sawfly someone in Charles Wysocki's business got greedy and sued for the use of the Wysocki name. This caused a rift between the brothers during the last several years of their lives. This is why Harry's later works are simply signed "Heronim!" Zodiac 1969 – Harry Wysocki The popularity of astrology in the 1960s led many artists to create work based around the zodiac signs. Companies also commissioned artists to create various products with an astrological theme and posters were a particular favorite because they were inexpensive to produce and trendy among teens and young adults. You could purchase posters in shops, order them from advertisements found in various magazines and they were often prizes given away at county fairs.These colorful and unique posters were designed by Harry Wysocki in 1969. Harry and his brother Charles were both commercial artists who designed many products featuring their art including book covers, posters, puzzles, and pottery. Charles died in 2002 but Harry is still alive and making art according to the Artifacts Gallery website, which features a profile of the artist that discusses his background. Wysocki graduated from the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design and shortly after WWII he enlisted in the Merchant Marines which took him to Japan where he worked with Japanese artists. When he eventually returned to the U.S. he started experimenting with Art Nouveau and Deco design, which is evident in these posters as well as some of his other earlier work.