Saturday, November 12, 2011

Do you have some Marzuki art?













It might have turned up at a resale store, an estate sale, an antique mall, or your parent's garage...a super cool piece of sculpture...maybe metal, maybe wood, maybe mixed media, or painted ceramic, signed somewhere on the wood base or the metal itself with something that looks like "Marzuki" (sometimes James, Jim or J)...often written in ink in a calligraphy style, or with the initials "JM" "JEM" burned into the wood or metal.......If so, you probably have a piece of artwork by my dad, Jim Marzuki, who was active in the Chicago area from the mid 1950s through the late 1970s. His work is very "mid-century modern"; a bit brutalist, a bit pop art (in a good way.) If you do have a piece of his, I would love to hear from you.  (marzuki@earthlink.net). I'll be posting more info (and better pix) once I get the hang of this.

1 comment:

  1. Beautiful! Love it and DO remember seeing some of his work at the home. All the very best ...

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