20th Century Nude Sculptures

Yves Klein, Small IKB Venus Brooch Bronze multiple, painted with International Klein Blue (IKB). From a model created in 1956. Edition of 500 copies + 100...

After studying fine arts, a need for contact with solid material was needed. Ybah took a classic artistic path from an academic education from the Louvre reproductions, learning at t...

Donald De Lue, American (1897-1988). Chanson d'Amour, 1986. Bronze, 15 1/2 inch height. Bronze with Renaissance Brown patina, as well as Pewter patina on instrument. Number 1 in an...

Salvador Dalí 1904-1989 Spanish Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs (Venus de Milo with drawers) Signed "Salvador Dalí EA III/IV" (on base) Bronze One of th...

Lancelot II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 50 × 25 × 17 cm (19.7 × 9.8 × 6.7 in). Height of the sculpture with the base: 60 cm (23.6 in). ...

Ilithyia III is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 26 × 16 × 18 cm (10.2 × 6.3 × 7.1 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...

Hermaphrodite I is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 31 cm × 25 cm × 20 cm (12.2 × 9.8 × 7.9 in). Dimensions of the metal base: 10 cm x 31 cm x 2...

"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA In the late 1920s, Joseph Freedlander was asked by the City of New York ...

Caroline's Torso (Torse de Caroline) is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary sculptor Yann Guillon. Limited edition of 8 + 4 artist's proof...

One of a series of sculpted dancers created by the incomparable Edgar Degas, this exceptional bronze exudes all of the expressivity one expects from this 20th-century great. Degas captures the essence of his model in the graceful work, as she strikes a particularly difficult pose of the arabesque. The dancer's features have been manipulated and simplified, executed in a manner that seems almost as if one of Degas' Impressionist canvases has come to life. Degas was obsessed with capturing the dancer in motion throughout his career. He rendered their grace and movement in oil, pastel, pencil, chalk and wax - in fact, of the seventy-four wax sculptures created by Degas during his lifetime, forty of them depicted dancers. Seven of these belong to his series that capture the various forms of the arabesque, and the present work is included among them. It details one of the most difficult and animated poses of the ballet. Degas’ dancer is precariously posed in a study of balance and motion, one leg gracefully thrust into the air as she tilts her body down towards the earth and extends her arm forward. The sense of her movement is perfectly captured in the extraordinary work, as well as the fluid lines of her body. The bronze is a sought-after rarity in terms of Degas’ sculptures. Not only are his dancers the most desirable of his work, but this bronze is also distinguished by the fact that it is a Valsuani bronze, meaning it faithfully records Degas’ wax version’s pose as it appeared at the time of its creation. Most Degas' bronzes that are found on the market were cast by Hébrard – these serialized bronzes are surmoulages, or “aftercasts,” that were cast from the modèle bronzes currently in the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena). Because these bronzes are second generation, they are smaller and far less detailed that the current bronze. This example, however, was cast by Valsuani from a plaster that was taken directly from Degas’ waxes, according to scholarship by the art historian Dr. Gregory Hedberg. These plasters were created by Degas’ sculptor friend Albert Bartholomé shortly after Degas completed his wax figurines. Thus, they record the earliest versions of Degas’ wax sculptures, before they were damaged by time or handling, and before Degas himself altered the works. The Hébrard bronzes...

Purpose: The Archer, bronze a sculpture by Guatemalan artist Walter Peter Brenner. Brown patina made of iron nitrate with a wax finish. Dimensions of the human figure: H122 cm, D14 ...

"Untitled" bronze sculpture of a female nude by artist Felipe Castañeda. Inscribed F. Castañeda 1984 P/A on base.

'Preparation' is a 20th Century Solid Bronze ballet Dancer by Benson Landes. For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated wit...

an interesting and elegant white statuary aged marble torso sculpture of a goddess, standing on a white marble squared plinth in ground style carved probably in Rome in the first hal...

Dancing Nude Bronze by Charles Rumsey is one of many figures he depicted of women. He has usually been known for his sculptures of horses, polo players, wildlife and dogs, mainly du...

Finely carved mythological subject in Vicenza limestone of Apollo in Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Timeless decoration for your interior or garden. Measurements: St...

Teuvo Kotilainen was born in 1925 in Rääkylä and died 2010 in Tampere. He was a finnish sculptor inspired by Jussi Mäntynen and his lynxs and he performed several himself but also or...

A suite of 2 sculptures. Lovers, man and woman nestled together. sleek minimalist mod sculpture. polished finish on one side. not sure if theese are stell or aluminium. they are cast and signed in Hebrew with initials and numbered 9/9. It is 2 parts that nest together. Aharon Bezalel (born Afghanistan 1926) Born in Afghanistan in 1926 and immigrated to Israel at an early age. As a youth was engaged as a silversmith and craftsman, and was a student of the sculptor Zev Ben-Zvi from whom he absorbed the basic concepts of classic and modernist art and interpreted, according to them, ideas based on ancient Hebrew sources. Aharon Bezalel works and resides in Jerusalem, he taught art for many years. “I saw myself as part of this region. I wanted to find the contact between my art and my surroundings. Those were the first years of Jean Piro’s excavations at the Beer-Sheba mound. They found there, for example, the Canaanite figurines that I especially liked and that were an element that connected me with the past and with this place.” “…a seed and sperm or male and female. These continue life. The singular, the individual alone, cannot exist; I learned this from my father who dabbled with the Kabbalah.” (Aharon Bezalel, excerpt from an interview with David Gerstein) “The singular in Aharon Bezalel’s work is always potentially a couple if not a threesome, the one is also the many: when the individual is revealed within the group he will always seek a huddling, a clinging together. The principle of modular construction is required by this perception of unity and multiplicity, as modular construction in his work is an act of conception or defense. Two poles of unity, potentially alone, exist in Aaron Bezalel’s world: From a formal, sculptural sense these are the sphere and pillar, metaphorically these are the female in the final stages of pregnancy and the solitary male individual. Sphere-seed-woman; Pillar-strand-man. The disproportional, small heads in Aharon Bezalel’s figures leave humankind in it’s primal physical capacity. The woman as a pregnancy or hips, the man as an aggressive or defensive force, the elongated chest serves as a phallus and weapon simultaneously. (Gideon Ofrat) EIN HAROD About the Museum's Holdings: Israeli art is represented by the works of Reuven Rubin, Zaritzky, Nahum Gutman, Mordechai Ardon, Aharon Kahana, Arie Lubin, Yehiel Shemi...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Numbered and limited to 1 copy ( 1/1 ) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: b...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

This De Lue design was chosen as the 111th issue of the prestigious Society of Medalists series. Both obverse and reverse bear a muscular nude constrained by the rectangular medal's ...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculp...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, m...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, ...

Jenik Cook Handmade ceramic vase or pot sculpture Hand signed by the artist. Fired clay with a luster bronze painted finish Jenik Esterm Simonian Cook is a painter and ceramicist ...

This is an iteration of Paul Manship's medal that features the artist Barry Faulkner on the obverse, and the inscription of that version is marked "Barry Faulkner Painter MXMXV (1915...

An impressiv sculpture by Joseph Wackerle ( 1880-1959 ). One of a kind from 1920, Germany. Wood, carved. Height: 59.06 in ( 150 cm ), Width: 12.6 in ( 32 cm ), Depth: 12.6 in ( 32 cm )

a white marble statuary aged torso sculpture of Heracles, standing on a three order circular white veined marble with a stainless steel pin. The sculpture anatomically and detailed c...

Piccola terracotta a soggetto mitologico firmata sul retro sulla base "Zambini", che per la grafia (in particolare la Z che ricorda una F) permette di identificare l'artista con Ferr...

This piece in golden bronze signed and numbered 4/10 Foundry Stamp Herman Bergman was casted in the 70ths as a tribute to woman as strong, intelligent an reflecting human beings unl...

This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athlete of Discobolo and the Hercules figure with a lion pelt, on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male...

Gunnar Knut Nilsson, born 1904 in Karlskrona, died 1995 in Versailles in France, was a Swedish sculptor. Gunnar Nilsson studied watercolor painting and modeling at the Technical Vocational School in Karlskrona in 1918-19 and on his own in addition to working as a clerk at Finspångs Metallwerk. His debut exhibition was in Finspång in 1927. With the help of a local fundraiser, and after the encouragement of Carl Eldh, he traveled to Paris in 1928 to study sculpture for, among others, Charles Despiau and Paul Niclausse. In Paris he socialized with Bror Hjorth, whose former studio he also rented, Carl Frisendahl and Alberto Giacometti. He came to belong to "Le groupe des Neuf'' with Paul Cornet...

An aged statuary classical greek roman marble torso sculpture of an athlete, grand tour style central Italy early 20th century. The nude body of the athlete standing on his right le...

"Untitled Standing Figure No. 3" is a bronze sculpture made by Manuel Neri in 1992. The work is number 1 from an edition of 4. The piece is stamped on base, "Manuel Neri 1/4 1980 C"....

"Hombre Colorado II" is a papier-mâché sculpture made by Manuel Neri in 1958. The total dimensions of the piece are 65.5 x 27 x 10 inches. This work is a good representation of the ...

The bronze sculpture of a woman by Charles Rumsey is undated, but was created at a point in his career where he began to transition from realism to more modern, looser depictions of ...

Dame Elisabeth Frink. English ( b.1930 - d.1993 ). Maquette for Man and Eagle. Bronze with gold brown patina Signed and numbered 1/7 lower left Size 8.7 inches x 10.2 inches ( 22cm x 26cm ). Depth 2.8 inches ( 7cm ) Weight 7.1lb ( 3.24KG) Available for sale; this original bronze plaque with raised relief is by Dame Elisabeth Frink and was conceived and cast in 1967. The maquette is presented and supplied unmounted. There is the option to hang the plaque from 2 rings applied to the rear when in previous ownership. This vintage bronze plaque...

Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947) Marking(s); notes: signed; 1914 Materials: bronze, enamel, marble (base) Dimensions (H, W, D): 27.5"oah, 12"w, 6...

An aged statuary classical greek roman marble torso sculpture of an athlete, grand tour style central Italy early 20th century. The nude body of the athlete standing on his right le...

A white marble nude torso sculpture of the god Apollo in grand tour style, classical greek carved in the 20th century, probably Italia centrale. Apollo depicted nude with a releva...

1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion Bronze on wood. The wood plaque measures 12 3/4" by 20 3/4 inches. The bronze plaque itself is 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches and the the bronze inscription, which reads "COTY, American Fashion Critics Special Award 1961 to KENNETH of LILY DACHE...

To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Reclining Nude Resin bronze 56 x 26 cm An enigmatic resin bronze sculpture of...

The French Art Deco Bathing Nude Female Statue, crafted by the Belgian sculptor Guillaume Dumont in 1923, is a testament to his artistic brilliance. Dumont, born in 1889, though the ...

Eugenie Gershoy (January 1, 1901 – May 8, 1986) was an American sculptor and watercolorist. Eugenie Gershoy was born in Krivoy Rog, Russia (Krivoi Rog, Ukraine) and emigrated to New York City in the United States as a child in 1903. Considered somewhat of a child prodigy, Gershoy was copying Old Master drawings at the age of 5. Her interest and talent in art was encouraged from a very young age. Aided by scholarships, she studied at the Art Students League under Alexander Stirling Calder, Leo Lentelli, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Boardman Robinson. Around this time, she created a group of portrait figurines of her fellow artists, including Arnold Blanch, Lucile Blanch, Raphael Soyer, William Zorach, Concetta Scaravaglione, and Emil Ganso, which were exhibited as a group at the Whitney Museum of American Art. At age 17, she was awarded the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draughtsmanship. Early in her career she became an active member of the Woodstock art colony. In Woodstock she experimented by sculpting in the profusion of indigenous materials that she found. Working with fieldstone, oak and chestnut, Gershoy created works based on classic formulae. As she became more interested in the dynamism of everyday life, she found that these materials and her idiom were too restrictive. By the time Gershoy came to Woodstock in 1921 her own individual artistic style was already evident in her sculptures. Eugenie Gershoy worked in stone, bronze, terracotta, plaster and papier-mache. Gershoy’s sculptures were mainly figurative in nature and many of her artist peers such as Carl Walters, Raphael and Moses Soyer, William Zorach and Lucille Blanch, became her subjects. Eugenie Gershoy’s works on paper should not be overlooked. She was the winner of the Gaudens Medal for Fine Draughtsmanship at the tender age of 17. Gershoy married Jewish Romanian-born artist Harry Gottlieb. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the pair kept a studio in Woodstock, New York. There, Gershoy was influenced by sculptor John Flanagan, who lived and worked nearby. From 1936 to 1939, Gershoy worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. She collaborated with Max Spivak on murals for the children's recreation room of the Queens Borough Public Library in Astoria, New York. She developed a mixture of wheat paste, plaster, and egg tempera, which she used in polychrome papier-mâché sculptures; she was the only New York sculptor to work in polychrome at this time. She also designed cement and mosaic sculptures of animals and figures to be placed in New York City playgrounds. Alongside others employed by the FAP, she participated in a sit-down strike in Washington, DC, to advocate for better pay and improved working conditions for the projects' artists. Gershoy's first solo exhibition was held at the Robinson Gallery in New York in 1940. She moved to San Francisco in 1942, and began teaching ceramics at the California School of Fine Arts in 1946. In 1950, she studied at the artists' colony at Yaddo. Gershoy traveled extensively throughout her life. She visited England and France in the early 1930s, and worked in Paris in 1951. She traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in the late 1940s, and also toured Africa, India, and the Orient in 1955. In 1977, Gershoy dedicated a sculpture to Audrey McMahon, who was actively involved in the creation of the Federal Art Project and served as its regional director in New York, in recognition of the work McMahon provided struggling artists in the 1930s. Gershoy's work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her papers are held at Syracuse University Grant Arnold introduced her to lithography in 1930 and Gershoy depicted many scenes of Woodstock artists and their daily activities through this medium. From 1942 to 1966 Gershoy lived and painted in San Francisco where she taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. She traveled extensively, filling sketchbooks with scenes of Mexico, France, Spain, Africa and India. During her later years Eugenie Gershoy returned to New York City and concentrated on numerous well received exhibitions. Her last exhibition in at Sid Deutsch Gallery included many of the sculptures that were later exhibited in the Fletcher Gallery. John Russell, former chief critic of fine arts for the New York Times, writes about the 1986 Sid Deutsch exhibition: “As Eugenie Gershoy won the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draftsmanship as long ago as 1914 and since 1967 has had 15 papier-mache portrait figures suspended from the ceiling of the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea, she must be ranked as a veteran of the New York scene. Her present exhibition includes not only the high-spirited papier-mache sculptures for which she is best known but a group of small portraits of artists, mostly dating from the 30’s, that is strongly evocative.” Eugenie Gershoy is an artist to take note of for several reasons. She was a woman who received great awards and recognition during a time when most female artists were struggling to hold their own against their male counterparts. As a young girl she won a scholarship to the Arts Student League where she met Hannah Small...

A very large 24" (61cm) Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861-1936) cold painted bronze group statue, signed, Austria, circa 1910. The bronze in the Orientalist manner & depicts a young slave ...

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This sculpture by Natalie Krol is made of plaster with a beautiful bronze color finish. It is the cast for the bronze. It shows a nude, pregnant woman resting. The expression on her ...

Nature unveiling in front of Science by Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) Bronze sculpture with multiple patina. Signed "E. Barrias" on the side of the base cast by "Susse Frères" (foundry mark and stamp) The model of this statue was commissioned in 1889 to decorate the new medical school in Bordeaux. When he had finished the first version in white marble for the school, Barrias designed a second marble and onyx statue in 1899 for the ceremonial staircase of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in Paris. France circa 1900 height 58 cm Biography : Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) was a French sculptor . He came from a family of artists. His father was a porcelain painter and his older brother, Felix-Joseph Barrias, a recognized painter. Louis-Ernest Barrias entered the School of Fine Arts in Paris in 1858, he abandoned painting to move towards sculpture under the direction of François Jouffroy. In 1864, he won the Prix de Rome, on the theme of "The Foundation of Marseille", and was engaged on the site of the Paris Opera house. He later produced many sculpted works, most of them in marble. In 1881, Louis-Ernest Barrias was awarded a medal of honor of the fine arts and named knight of the Legion of Honor in 1878, then promoted officer in 1881 and commander in 1900. The artist replaced Auguste Dumont at the Institute in 1884, then succeeded Jules Cavelier as a professor at the School of Fine Arts, where, among his most notable students, there were Victor Ségoffin, Charles Despiau and Paul Landowski.

Classic female torso inspired by examples of high Greek sculpture. Sculptor explores the lines and shapes of the female body, embodied the diversity, slightly changed the poses. Thi...