Bruno Gambone, Glazed Ceramic Parrot Bookends (1970)

Description We can't think of a better way to keep your favorite books company than with these bookends by Bruno Gambone. Who knew parrots could be so cute? Each one is subtly different than the other; one has a heart on his chest.   Details Glazed white ceramic Signed on bottom 6 1/4"w x 5 1/2"d x 7 5/8"h Excellent condition About the Artist Bruno Gambone was born in Vietri sul Mare in 1936. In the early 1950s, when he was a teenager, he dedicated himself to ceramics, gaining experience in the Florence workshop of his father, Guido Gambone, one of the greatest Italian ceramists of the 20th century. Toward the end of the 1950s, he went on to work in Andrea d’Arienzo’s ceramic factory in Florence. Afterwards, he experimented with fabrics and painting on canvas, and presented his first solo painting exhibition at Galleria La Strozzina in Pallazo Strozzi in 1959. In the early 1960s Bruno, like many of his generation, could not resist the call of New York.  During his stint in the cit