Rare Life-size handmade paper mache pink flamingo sculpture signed by Sergio Bustamante. The top body is made from paper mache and finished in multicolored polychrome lacquer standing on a pair of legs made from formed steel rebar painted in the polychrome lacquer. A great example of late Mid-century Googie style art.
Sergio Bustamante is a Mexican artist and sculptor. He was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, in 1949, and studied architecture at the University of Guadalajara. Bustamante's first art exhibition showcased paintings and papier-mâché figures at the Galeria Misracha in Mexico City in 1966
Dimensions: 43" Height, 18" Width, 7" Depth
Mexico, 1960
