April 1, 2024
Witco Tiki Wall Scuplture ULTRA RARE PIECE! 100% MCM!
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Up for sale is an ULTRA RARE Witco Wall Sculpture. Think Tiki meets Modernism meets the Jetsons! I have seen a LOT of Witco in my time, but NEVER one like this (or even CLOSE to this!). Witco is HOT, and it is just gonna get hotter as soon as Sven Kirstens new book TIKI MODERN (and the Wild World of Witco) is released September 12, 2007. is a short book description of this soon-to-be-classic from the man who gave us THE BOOK OF TIKI, the Tiki lovers bible: This new follow-up book, which brings together the two recent retro trends of mid-century modernism and Tiki style, is bound to lift the Tiki craze to a new level. With his usual mixture of ironic detachment and genuine enthusiasm for the subject, Kirsten shows us how primitivism and modernism were two sides of the same coin in the 1950s and 60s. Decor deities and ersatz ancestors outrageously merged in the modern brutalist furniture from the house of Witco, a company that outfitted Elvis Presley's Jungle Room and Hugh Hefner's Chicago Playboy pool. This was design porn at its best. I'll leave it up to you to figure out what this piece is depicting, but whatever it is, it would certainly be a GREAT addition to your modern Tiki Lounge. Ya know, it also really reminds me of a prop/sculpture that you would see in a SHAG painting (well, MANY, actually), and would look AMAZING in an
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