GIG Hosfeld Wood Cat and Wire Ship Sculptures

Updated September 16, 2026

Lot contains two decorative sculptures. The first is a hand-carved wooden folk art figure depicting a gray tabby cat seated among yellow tulips on an oval green-painted base. The cat features painted black stripes and yellow eyes withprotruding wire whiskers. The underside of the base is inscribed in blue ink G I G H o s f e l d 1 9 8 3. The second sculpture is a skeletal wire model of a three-masted sailing ship constructed from brass or bronze-toned wire and sheetmetal plates. The ship is mounted to a natural wood plinth by a central metal support. The metal components exhibit a dark, aged patina.The wooden cat sculpture shows significant losses to the tips of both ears (photo 1). Several wire whiskers are bent out of shape (photo 1). There are five empty holes in the green-painted base where foliage or flower elements are missing (photo 5 an

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