Brutalist brass candlestick circa 1970

Design period Brutalism
Designer unknown
Period 1970
Material: Brass
Manufacturer unknown
Dimensions 10 × 15 × 15 cm
Condition very good

Story
Brutalism has little to do with the German concept of brutality. Brutalism is an architectural movement of modernism that spread to all continents in the 1960s and remained present until the 1980s.
Proponents of this architectural style believed that modern industrialized societies needed art that was as powerful as possible. They should experience "spiritual liberation, be brought to seeing, and experience sensuality instead of commerce."
This is also expressed in the underlying French word "brut" by the fact that it not only means "raw", but also "rough", "coarse", "harsh" or "honest".

This candlestick, with a height of 10 cm and a substantial weight of 1.3 kg, is a wonderful example of the design language of this period.