A PEWTER 'HOKUS' SCULPTURE, CIRCA 1930

cf. A. Kerr, The Collector's Encyclopedia of Russel Wright Designs, Paducah, KY, 1990, p. 25 for an illustration of a sculpture of this design.

This sculpture, from a group entitled 'Russel Wright's Circus,' is a playful abstraction of an elephant holding up a ball in its trunk. One of Wright's most delightful art works, this woderful 'Hokus' sculpture is an extremely rare example of this important American designer's oeuvre.