(3) Joseph Martinek (United States, Czech Republic, 1915 - 1989) Carved Bird Figures on Stand. Organic Carved Resin. Signed on bottom side. Martinek was born in Chicago in 1915. He studied sculpture at the State Industrial School of Art, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1934-39. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and was awarded the Robert Rice Jenkins Memorial Prize in 1945.Largest Size: 8.5 x 7.5 in.