Hokus

Figurative door stop from pre-eminent industrial designer Russel Wright, often credited for introducing modern design to the average consumer within the first half of the 20th century. The ‘Hokus’ piece abstracts and poeticises the form of the elephant balanced on a ball, cast in brass then plated in a thin layer of nickel. the piece developed as part of a series of interior objects fashioned after circus animals. Elephant doorstop - Nickel plated brass, lead - 2 1/4 inch holes in base