Lot # 175 - Klára Sever "Generations" Mother & Child Durastone sculpture MCM

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Start Date/Time: 20-Oct-2026 7:00:00 AM
End Date/Time: 27-Oct-2026 8:54:00 PM
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An exceptional mid-century modern figurative sculpture titled "Generations," designed by the acclaimed Czechoslovakian-born sculptor Klára Sever (1935–2021) for Austin Productions.

Standing an impressive 20 inches tall, this striking piece beautifully captures a tender, stylized embrace between a mother and child. Rendered in a distinct modernist aesthetic, the figures feature elongated necks, elegant flowing lines, and a heavily textured surface that replicates the look of chiseled stone. The sculpture is finished in a mottled gray-green patina with subtle speckling and is mounted securely to a heavy, minimalist black gallery-style base.

Austin Productions officially retired its line and permanently ceased all art manufacturing in 2009, making this large-scale 1970 design a highly collectible piece of Mid-Century Modern home decor. 

• Artist: Klára Sever

• Manufacturer: Austin Productions, Inc.

• Country of Origin: United States

• Year of Design: 1970

• Medium: Patinated Durastone (hand-cast plaster compound)

• Subject: Mother and Child / Madonna and Child / Family

• Style: Mid-Century Modern / Modernist / Abstract Figurative Dimensions

• Height: 20 in. (Overall including base) • Width: Approx. 11 in. • Depth: Approx. 15 in


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