Bidspirit auction | Joaquin Taller Tinta (b. 1934),

Joaquin Taller Tinta (b. 1934), Bird - Joaquin Taller Tinta (b. 1934), Bird, circa 1960s. Modernist hand-hammered metal sculpture with golden patina, featuring oval green glass cabochon eyes. Signed. Height: 23.5 cm. Width: 20 cm. Weight: 440 g. Attached is a link to a nearly identical sculpture offered online for several hundred dollars: https://www.etsy.com/il-en/listing/1600175476/joaquin-taller-tinta-ecuador-mcm-brass * Joaquin Taller Tinta (Humberto Tinta Figueroa, born 1934) is a renowned Ecuadorian modernist metal sculptor, famous for mid-century bird and animal figures. Tinta, working from a family workshop in Sangolquí established in 1880, creates hand-engraved brass and silver sculptures, often adorned with gemstone eyes such as turquoise, lapis lazuli, or onyx.