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"Fertility" African Wood Sculpture by the Lobi People

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From the primal landscapes of our world grow the materials that fuel our creativity - a phenomenon echoed in the creation of this brutalist sculpture. We stand with an art piece who...

Craig French is a contemporary pop-Constructivist sculptor, whose brilliant, lyrical wall pieces have gained an international audience. Cast resins, acryl...

Gracious nude of a woman drawn with ink on craft paper. Jerry O'Day is also known as Geraldine Heib. Born in Oakland, CA on June 17, 1912. Geraldine Heib assumed the name Jerry O'Day at an early age. She grew up in Washington and studied in Seattle at the Cornish School of Fine Arts. Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1938, she further studied with Bufano as a muralist for two years. She wed sculptor David Lemon and had a gallery in a converted cod fishery in Belvedere from 1942 until 1963. At that time the couple moved to a houseboat in Sausalito where she remained until her demise on March 30, 1986. Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1941; CPLH, 1962. Solo Exhibitions: City of Paris, Rotunda Gallery; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, 1963; Torrance Gallery, San Anselmo...

Stylized gouache Radoczy interpretation of a woman (probably his wife who was his favorite subject. Signed A. Radoczy, March 1988. This work is part of a series of 4. On a wall toget...

An abstract, black and white lithograph contained in an interesting shape enclosed by clean negative space. Signed L. Siekman, titled Jupiter Four and numbered 9/10. It is part of a ...

Casein monotype by Santa Barbara artist Olga Higgins depicting 2 young boys playing together. Hangs in its original walnut frame.

"Idgo Nigeria Female Standing" is a wooden statue with blue and white pigment created in Nigeria circa 1930. This figure stands up right with arms out slightly in front of her. A st...

Peruvian Figural Wood Carved Sculpture After Moche Stirrup Vessel, Dreamer: A stirrup vessel takes on the shape of a seated man with closed eyes, animated facial features, draped ...

This sculptural head is made in Haiti from mahogany wood. The wood has a worn, dark brown patina. The carving is somewhat minimalistic, thus giving a modern twist to a tribal gesture...

Rare African art mask in carved wood from the Ivory Coast or Liberia 20th Century. This mask is carved in wood, representing female face in painted ca...

This artwork titled "Kwa-Giulth, Thundrbird" 1987 is a wood carving bas-relief by Canadian artist Kevin Cranmer, b.1968 It is signed, titled and dated in...

"Mossi Head dress Mas ceremonies Rep Upper Volta" is a wood sculpture that includes various other materials such as fabric, and fibers. An abstracted animal with a hump and a bird on it's back make up the top of the headdress. 27" x 6" x 1" The Mossi states were created about 1500 A.D., when bands of horsemen rode north from what is now northern Ghana into the basin of the Volta River and conquered several less powerful peoples, including Dogon, Lela, Nuna, and Kurumba. These were integrated into a new society call Mossi, with the invaders as chiefs and the conquered as commoners. The Mossi make both political art and spiritual art. Figures are used by the ruling class to validate political power, and masks are used by the conquered peoples to control the forces of nature. The several mask styles reflect the diversity of the population before the 15th century invasion. Long tall masks...