MID-CENTURY BALING WIRE BULL SCULPTURE BY PAUL GERSHOWITZ RANDY the focus of their workshop

the focus of their workshop was on vessel ceramics

Manufacturer SILBERDISTEL KERAMIK Design Period 1960 to 1969 Production Period 1960 to 1969 Country of Manufacture Germany Identifying Marks This piece has been attributed based on archival documentation

)  Siery was replaced as shape and décor designer by Walter Grau in 1956

Returning to Switzerland

MID-CENTURY BALING WIRE BULL SCULPTURE BY PAUL GERSHOWITZ RANDY the focus of their workshopA wild eyed, bellowing bull sculpted from wire by Brooklyn political activist and artist Paul Gershowitz circa 1960. Blacklisted by Joe McCarthy's House Un American Activities Committee (HUAC), Gershowitz moved to Pennsylvania and took a job with The Philadelphia Inquirerthere he created a series of Calder esque forms out of the baling wire used to bundle printed newspapers. This critter is unsigned. PAUL GERSHOWITZ (19292017) was born in Brighton