Stunning Mid Century Brutalist Heavy Bronze Vase folk art figurative painting seeming to possess a definite

seeming to possess a definite Dolly-ness (or vice verse

and while this little skier is not especially unique

8 1/4" t x 5 3/16" in diameter

and the whole thing such a soulful and warm presence

Stunning Mid Century Brutalist Heavy Bronze Vase folk art figurative painting seeming to possess a definiteI found this strikingly sculptural, very heavy bronze vase 7+ pounds worth in upstate New York, near the Hudson River Valley, at a bit of an out of the way and happily under picked spot. I'd call it brutalist, artist made, though it is unsigned, at least as far as I can see. Voluptuous and super visceral, with with what appear to be thumb prints pressed into the body, and Pollock esque drips animating the surface. Somehow it also reminds me a bit of a