Octopus coffee table_Kirk McGuire Bronze Sculpture
Bronze octopus marine life table_Kirk McGuire Bronze Sculpture
Kirk McGuire Bronze Sculpture
All Rights Reserved - Kirk McGuire Bronze Sculpture - ©Copyright - 1987 - 2026
Kirk McGuire Bronze Sculpture - Tiburon, CA 94920
Images from inspirational research in Rome! Fountain of Neptune fighting an octopus.
(Italian: Fontana del Nettuno) The fountain in Rome, Italy, Northern end of Piazza Navona.
'Cephalopod' $24,615.00
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Dimensions of the bronze octopus coffee table:
17 1/2" in height x 36" round glass. Weighs approximately 120 lbs. including the glass top.
Ships globally from TIBURON.
Limited edition of 20 pieces - Released in - 2011
Design & Customization:
The glass top rest securely on three tentacles / arms. Multiple tables can be paired together for a larger surface, and custom configurations or bespoke sculptures are available upon request.
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I have always been deeply drawn to Cephalopods. Expertly forged from premium hot-cast bronze, this remarkably lifelike octopus table enhances any luxury interior with a striking, whimsical impression. It gracefully transforms solid, heavy metal into a fluid expression of raw oceanic motion.The origin of this luxury furniture piece sounds like a movie script. My lifelong obsession with cephalopod art ignited, during a high school freshman ceramics class, where I sculpted my very first octopus. After completing it, I boldly predicted to my classmates, "One day, I’m going to find a way to make a real octopus table!" Decades passed, and that bold childhood promise completely faded from my memory. It wasn't until years later—after successfully engineering and unleashing this stunning bronze masterpiece onto the world—that a former classmate saw the finished table and called to remind me of that exact high school prophecy. When you buy this table, you aren't just buying bronze; you are owning the physical fulfillment of a lifelong dream.
A 27-Year-Old Sculptor's First Bronze In 1987, when Kirk McGuire debuted his first bronze, the hyper-realistic bronze octopus sculpture, "On the Move," at the Carmel Fine Art Gallery, it sparked an unexpected controversy. A nearby bronze foundry owner called the gallery upset, claiming the piece was so anatomically perfect that McGuire could not have sculpted it himself. Instead, the critic accused him of drying out a real octopus and making a mold from its body. While the accusation was meant as a slight, it was actually a massive testament to McGuire's technical skill, because casting a real octopus is physically impossible. Lacking an internal skeleton, an octopus immediately loses its shape and collapses into mush outside of water. This legendary dedication to true anatomical realism is the foundation built into every limited-edition octopus table and bronze sculpture he creates today.
'On The Move' 1987
