MID-CENTURY BALING WIRE BULL SCULPTURE BY PAUL GERSHOWITZ RANDY Exploring large US cities

Exploring large US cities

coming to public attention with his own ceramic objects and murals

Returning to Switzerland

but it shows sign of age through scuffs

From 1950 on

MID-CENTURY BALING WIRE BULL SCULPTURE BY PAUL GERSHOWITZ RANDY Exploring large US citiesA 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