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Period: 1940s
Extra Large Haitian Carved Wooden Figures
Located in Westport, CT
Artist made by Famous Brothers Haiti ,circa 1940's
Category
Haitian Tribal Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Anita Weschler Stone Sculpture
By Anita Weschler
Located in Westport, CT
Stone Sculpture Anita Weschler 1903-2000 artists collection Hail and Farewell -4-WPA
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Onyx Walrus Sculpture
Located in Montreal, QC
Large and unusual onyx sculpture of a walrus.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Onyx
Large Ceramic Geisha Elcod, 1940 Cacciapuoti
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large ceramic Geisha Elcod 1940 Cacciapuoti, unique elegance, very beautiful colors, small chips.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Carved Wood Folk Art Airplane, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This carved wood Folk Art airplane has an amazing original paint surface and functional propeller and wheels.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Sheet Metal
Rare Mannerist Nude by Fred Press, circa 1940s
By Fred Press
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted with finesse and sensitivity, this late Renaissance-influenced male nude figure is probably a unique piece, and is marked with Fred Press' monogr...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Hans Kongslev for Tinos Bronze, Tinderbox by H.Ch. Andersen, Patinated Bronze
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hans Kongslev for Tinos bronze, Tinderbox by Hans Christian Andersen, patinated bronze.
Denmark, 1940s.
Stamped Hans Kongslev, Tinos bronze.
Meas...
Category
Danish Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Germaine Nordmann Bronze Sculptures, circa 1940
By Germaine Nordmann
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze couple, with original antique green patina by Germaine Nordmann,
Ecole de Paris,
Susse Fondeur,
circa 1940.
Signed and numbered.
Measurements...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture “Woman’s Nude” by Giuseppe Mazzullo, Italy, 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Figura femminile - nudo is a waxed bronze sculpture representing a woman with wooden base. Unique, signed and dated under the base “Mazzullo 44”. Certificate of authenticity signed b...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stoneware Fawn Head by Axel Salto
By Axel Salto
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fallow deer head, stoneware decorated with oxblood glaze. Incised signature: [Salto 20803] with stamped manufacturer’s mark to underside: [Royal Copenhagen Denmark].
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Bronze Sculpture “Step Dance” by Giuseppe Mazzullo, Italy, 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Passo di Danza is a bronze sculpture representing a Dancer with wooden base. Signed and dated under the base. Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Giuseppe Mazzullo wa...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Terra Cotta Mask Art Deco Czech like Goldscheider
Located in Oakland, CA
These 3 dimensional masks do not come up very often. Made in the Austrian tradition like Goldscheider, it is not marked. After, many years of working with these masks, we have learne...
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"Zephyrus and Flora, " Rare and Striking Art Deco Sculpture by Williams
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived as two nude figures rising out of a bed of cumulus clouds, this sculpture depicts Zephyrus and Flora, Greek gods and lovers. The warm westerly wind of Zephyrus ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Moderne Terra-Cotta Nude Lady
Located in New York, NY
Art Moderne (German) terra-cotta reclining figure /sculpture of a semi nude lady mounted on a rectangular wood base.
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Smashing Pair of Carved Giltwood Chinese Style Dolphin Statues
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very glamorous Palm Beachy pair of Chinese style dolphins in carved and gilded wood.
Category
American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Bronze Vases by Oscar Antonsson
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of patinated Bronze vases designed by Oscar Arvid Antonsson (1898-1960) for Athena Ystad. Sweden Circa 1940s.
The decor of the woman and the fiddl...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Box with a Shell Lid in Style of Alexandre Noll
Located in NYC, NY
A beautiful wood box with a small compartment inside and a shell lid in the manner of Alexandre Noll.
Category
French Minimalist Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Shell, Walnut
"Exotic Head Vases, " Unique California Pottery Sculptures, circa Late 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exotic and dramatic, this pair of tall head vases, partially molded and partially hand-formed, depict mask-like smiling heads with chocolate-brown bodies contrasting with sage-green ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"La Petite Sphere" Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Emile Gilioli
Located in Stamford, CT
A bronze sculpture on marble base by Emile Gilioli entitled "La Petite Sphere". This piece will be included in "The Forth Coming" catalog which is being produced by The Gilioli Archive.
"Emile Gilioli was born to a family on Italian shoemakers who had settled beside the Canal Saint-Martin. After the first World War, the family moved back towards Italy, settling in Nice.
In 1932, Gilioli took courses at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs de Nice, notably with the future artist Marie Raymond.
During the Second World War, Gilioli was mobilized in Grenoble where he passed the remainder of the conflict. He made the acquaintance of Andry Fracy, a conservationist at the Grenoble Musee des baux-arts and led him to discover cubism.
After the war, Gilioli settled in Saint-Martin-de-La-Cluze near Grenoble, where he sculpted in his workshop. His art was associated in a certain way with the deeds of the French Renaissance. He became friendly with Thomas Gleb...
Category
Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vase-Sculpture in Blue Glazed Earthenware by Angelo Ungania, circa 1940
Located in Paris, FR
Large vase-sculpture in blue glazed earthenware by Angelo Ungania (1905-1996). Unique piece. Signed.
Angelo Ungania studied at the Royal School of Ceramics of his city.
In the ea...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Italian Classical Greek Inspired Figural Ceramic Statues
Located in Houston, TX
Great pair of Greek inspired Italian ceramic statues inspired by Bitossi, Fantoni and Raymor.
Category
Italian Classical Greek Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hammered Metal Life-Size Palm Tree
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's Italian hammered metal life-sized palm tree with orginal patina.
Measurements:
Height 93.5
Depth 38.5
Diameter 66".
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Black and White Large Metal Dice Sculpture Mid Century Modern Belgium
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Belgium Mid-Century Modern painted metal monumental heavy dice sculpture is tres chic! All the different sides with different holes make up...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Emerson Woelffer Bonze Sculpture, Abstract Face, Signed, Dated, Numbered
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice modern abstract Face, by the well known artist, Emerson Woelffer. Signed, numbered 1/4 and dated 1947.
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Figure of a Lady Playing a Flute Sculpture
Located in Stamford, CT
An exquisite bronze sculpture of a lady with music instrument.
Category
Neoclassical Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Wooden Sculpture of a Woman, Attributed to Albert Wein
By Albert W. Wein
Located in New York, NY
Sculpture of a standing female figure, attributed to American sculptor Albert Wein (b.1915 - d.1991), in natural wood grain. The figure stands in a languid...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Large Iron Cranes Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1940s Italian hammered iron sculptures depicting two cranes. Original finish and patina.
Measurements:
Height: 34"
Widest point: 22"
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Iron
A Beautifully Rendered American 1940's Bronze Bust of a Young Boy; by JG Kendall
By JG Kendall
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully rendered American 1940's bronze bust of a young boy on marble plinth; signed 'JG Kendall 1945' (Gorham Co. Foundry); the richly-patinated bust of a young boy with seren...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceramic Venus Sculpture by Edouard Cazaux, circa 1940-1950
Located in Paris, FR
Large beige, blue and green with nuance of brown enameled ceramic sculpture representing a naked Venus by Edouard Cazaux (1889-1974). Signed Cazaux on the base back.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Cattails Sculpture by James Prestini
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A sculpture in the form of potted Cattails.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Fabulous Primavera French Deco Lizard Vase
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding French deco Primavera vase with lizards surrounding the sides in a mottled brown and white glossy craquelure glaze. Signed Primavera.
Note: Camera flashes on vase.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wood Cubist Sculpture by Leo Russell
By Leo Russell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wood sculpture by artist Leo Russell. Chicago born artist who worked mostly in painting and silkscreen did a series of wood sculptures in the 1940s. Pieces were acquired by the Gugge...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Quirky American Folk Art Human Form Chair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Have a seat! One of a kind human form chair. Wonderfully carved muscles, toes, clenched fists for support. Looks like the chair is ready to go crawling ac...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Important, Rare Pair Art Deco Polynesian-Themed Sculptures or Lamps by Powell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully modelled, molded and glazed, this pair of sculptures was originally designed to serve as tabletop torchere lamps, with light washing the wall above, and lighting the eyes of each head. Very finely crafted, the sculptures were made by Doane Powell, an important Nebraska cartoonist and illustrator who later became famous for the masks he made of celebrities such as Mae West, Governor Huey Long...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Three Plaster and Sheet Metal Human Head Prototypes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very interesting collection of three male human head forms. We found them perched on a nickel-plated iron hat stands. The stands are marked Hugh Lynons & Co, Lansing MI. Most likely store display...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Composition, Sheet Metal
A Beautifully Rendered American Bronze Bust of a Young Girl by JG Kendall
By JG Kendall
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully rendered American 1940's bronze bust of a young girl on marble plinth; signed 'JG Kendall, Gorham Co. Founders'; the richly-patinated bust of young girl with serene dir...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1940-1950 Carved Stone Low Relief Signed by Joseph Rivière
By Joseph Rivière
Located in Paris, FR
1940-1950 carved stone low relief by Joseph Rivière (1912-1961), representing a nude young man stretched on the ground with two sheep at his feet. Signe...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Stone
French Plaster Head
Located in Stamford, CT
Fanciful French plaster head with pocket.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
A Ceramic Chicken in a Modernist Art Deco Abstracted Form
Located in NYC, NY
A ceramic chicken in a modernist Art Deco form. Possibly by Raymor.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Palm Tree Etched Brass Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large, etched brass on wood palm tree sculpture. With an octagonal shaped base. Original patina.
88" tall, 40" diameter at widest point.
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Female Carving
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Carving of a female head.
Category
American American Craftsman Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Plaster Sculpture
By Claude Fraisse
Located in Montreal, QC
Claude Fraisse, ‘Enfant a la grappe de raisin.’ Plaster sculpture, France.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
French 1940's Terra Cotta Sculpture of a Woman
By Rene Romage
Located in San Francisco, CA
An important French 1940's terra cotta sculpture of a seated nude woman; with head turned to the right above a voluptuous torso; Signed "Rene Romage, 1942" (alias - Rene Baumer)
Category
French Brutalist Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Early 20th Century Unusual Plaster Puppet Head
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Unusual Plaster Puppet Head
An unusual object to say the least, we feel this item was made in the early to mid-20th century. Constructed of Wood, plaster with gl...
Category
Unknown Folk Art Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Dog Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's French Art Deco style nickel plated dog sculpture.
Measurements:
Height: 5"
Length: 20"
Width: 2.5"
Category
French Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Francisco Xavier de Viveiros Costa (1914/1997) Low relief , dated 1941, signed
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Francisco Xavier de Viveiros Costa (1914 / 1997)
Low relief in plaster depicting an African scene, in a woodframe
Signed and dated 1941
161,5x215,5 cm
supplied with wall hanging brackets
,
Native of São Miguel...
Category
Portuguese Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Santiago Rodriguez Bonome French Art Deco Ceramic Panther Sculpture, 1940s
By Primavera
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco ceramic panther sculpture by Santiago Rodriguez Bonome, France, 1940s. Amazing! Width: 25.2"(64cm), Height: 12.2"(31cm) , Depth: 4.5"(11.5cm). Signed "SR BONOME PARIS" (see photo).
Santiago Rodríguez Bonome (April 20, 1901 in Santiago de Compostela - October 29, 1995 in Dreux) is a wood sculptor and ceramist of international reputation (United States, France, Spain, Cuba, Uruguay, Argentina, Japan...).
Many works are exhibited in different museums:
Paris, National Museum of Modern Art - National Center of Art and Culture Georges-Pompidou
La Rochelle
Spain, Valle-Inclan Foundation
Spain, Museum of Lugo
Spain, Caixanova Collection...
Spain, Prado Museum in Madrid
Born in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) in 1901, son of Evaristo Rodriguez Bréa and Antonia Bonome Pérez, he worked very young in his father's humble cabinetmaking workshop. Little attracted by this job, when his father asks him what he wants to do: "sculptor" he answers.
He therefore entered, at the age of 13, in the religious imagery workshop of José Rivas...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage 1940s Copper and Metal Armillary Sculpture Architectural La Jolla Estate
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This outdoor sculpture is from the very architecturally significant MacConnell Estate in La Jolla, California. The pair of residences on the beach bluff property were designed by Wil...
Category
Swedish Regency Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
European Young Male Mannequin Head, 1940s
Located in Lambertville, NJ
All original plaster mannequin head from a Belgium department store. The face of a teen aged young man with the original hand panted face and hair, made of a heavy plaster. Europe, 1...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
European Young Male Mannequin Head, 1940s
Located in Lambertville, NJ
All original plaster mannequin head from a Belgium department store. The face of a teen aged young man with the original hand panted face and hair, made of a heavy plaster. Europe, 1...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Just Andersen, Sculpture in Disco Metal, Naked Boy Blowing a Horn
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Just Andersen, sculpture in disco metal, naked boy blowing a horn.
In excellent condition with fine patina.
1940s.
Model 2170.
Dimensions: H 18.0 x D 10.0 cm.
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ibis Birds, Pair of Basalt Ovoid Sculptures, France Early 20th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Two egg-shaped Ibis birds sculptures
France early 20th century
Solid raw black Basalt
Measures: H 26 cm
27 x 17 cm
7 kg / piece
Conditions: excellent consistent wit...
Category
French Brutalist Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Midcentury Arched Cat with Glass Eyes Doorstop in Old Green Paint
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous style with arched back and tail with green glass eyes. Green is not original color. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Midcentury Modern Large Antelope Sculpture Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund, Sweden, 1940
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Fantastic sculpture of an antelope from Rörstrand and maker/designer Gunnar Nylund. Made in Sweden in the midcentury. Beautiful glazed and in good condition. The sculptural design of...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Figurine of a Decò Ballerina from the 1940s
Located in Milano, MI
Decò sculpture of a dancing lady, made in ceramic in the 1940s.
Measures: diameter 14 cm Ø 15 cm height 24 cm.
Minor restoration were done in the color of the dress border.
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early Bruno Mathsson Lounge Chair Model Pernilla 3, Karl Mathsson, Sweden
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare and important Pernilla 3 chaise lounge designed by Bruno Mathsson made by Karl Mathsson ,,Varnamo .Sweden.. Wonderful beech wood frame in its ...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Beech
Art Deco Sculpture of Boxer in Wood
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Deco sculpture of boxer in wood
high quality sculpture
Art Deco Style Circa 1940
Origin Europe without visible signature
Carved from heavy hard wood
Without restoration in p...
Category
European Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Large Art Deco Bronze Figural Sculpture on Carrara Marble Pedestal
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco bronze figural sculpture on Carrara marble pedestal. Sculpture has a nice patina to the bronze. Mounted to the base.
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
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