Sculpture

Not sure what it is made of. Clay slip, or plaster?
Reproduction or original student or hobbyist work?
Thanks

 

The title could be "My Spouse Doesn't Understand Me".
I will guess plaster. Actually appealing... kinda melancholy.
Modigliani-esque, but much less "finished". If no signature found, probably a student piece after M?

 

Thanks for the reply. No signature found but I'll recheck again.
Maybe it was influenced by other artist buy I don't see pure Modigliani style.

 

Agreed... far from pure... just was the closest thing that came to me.

 

The two have apparently cemented a friendship.

 

Maybe an Austin productions piece without the base? I have a couple and they are marked on the base.

 

Spring... looks more like a marriage than a friendship to me.

 

I get an african vibe ?

 

I thought Austin were always marked in the pieces too? I don't see any glue residue or drilled holes so if there was a base not sure how the sculpture would have been mounted to it.
Now when I think again, maybe not a student piece.

 

Dimensionless

 

If it's cast in plaster you can usually poke a fingernail into it and it will leave a slight mark. If it's a plaster polymer casting it will be much harder, we have a product called Jesmonite here in uk which is a plaster polymer suitable for indoor display. There are cement polymer products that can go outside though. Garden centre Haddonstone is something sold here.

 

Here in the US, a product called Hydrocal sounds similar. Harder than plaster but similar in appearance. This looks like a mass produced molded product to me. Similar things sold roadside and in flea markets here.