SERGIO BUSTAMANTE (MEXICAN B. 1949)

Toucan ,circa 1960
brass, copper and nickel
overall dimensions including base: 41.5 (h) x 14 (w) x 41 (l) cm (16 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 16 1/8 in.)
signed and incised with edition 56/100 below right eye

PROVENANCE
Menagerie. A Gallery of Fine Sculpture, Aspen
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above, March 1990. (Copy of invoice available upon request)

CONDITION
The sculpture is in overall good original condition. Dent to the top of the right side of the beak. Scattered scuffs and residue between the feathers.

Kindly note, the auction is comprised of two sessions:
Session I: Russian and Asian Art, Antiques and Jewelry, lots 1-331
Session II: European, North and South American, and Ethnographic Art, Antiques, Jewelry, and Design, lots 500-827

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