Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Furniture

A hand-crafted terracotta head bust sculpture on a Belgium black marble base, Europe, Greece. Exact date unknow, could be very early. Artist/Sculptor unknown. This beautiful sculptur...

Cast bronze bull sculpture, circa 1890s.

A large plaster female bust in the 1980s vibe reminiscent of Studio 54 in satin white on a wooden base, signed to the back neck area Austin Product...

1970s figurative female form abstract bronze sculpture having a rich patina in various hues and a textural surface created by the artist. A substantial piece created in solid bronze ...

Bronze sculpture, signed Laouse. France, circa 1900. Marble base.

This bronze head sculpture signed by artist O. Ramsburg can be displayed as an elegant table top art piece.

Carrara marble sculpture by Antonio Frilli, Firenze, circa 1890.

This extremely impressive depiction of Sisyphus, the figure from Greek mythology in darkly patinated bronze as an athletic male figure with energetic facial expression, wearing only a loincloth, stiffening a boulder over his right shoulder, on round, geometrically decorated plinth. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when they near the top, repeating this action for eternity. Through the classical influence on modern culture, tasks that are both laborious and futile are, therefore, described as Sisyphean labour. Signed by the artist on the plinth: “Leibküchler fec.” (for Paul Leibkuchler...

1920 head by Erik Cohort bronze sculpture a marble base (lost wax casting by Meroni and Radice foundry France). Erik Cohrt (Denmark, 1902-70) studied at the Academy Reale in Rome, l...

From the 1912 Vanderbilt Hotel in New York City, Manhattan, located on Park Ave. In the 20th century, the hotel business declined, and the Vanderbilt Hotel suffered foreclosure in 1935 during the Great Depression. In 1966, an investment group purchased the 54-year old structure with intentions of renovating it into a dual function office and apartment building. The top 18 floors would become studio and one-bedroom apartments while the lower floors would be offices and commercial space. “New aluminum-and-glass curtain walls are being erected to sheath the office floors, while the masonry façade of the hotel will be retained on the upper stories,” said one article. But that was just the beginning of the brutality. Penthouse apartments were being constructed on the roof, but the view was obstructed by the terracotta parapet and its massive sculptures. In June 1966 eighteen of the heads were removed, resulting in a gash in the roofline. “The heavy pieces were removed over a period of several days by a 10-man crew of the Drachman Demolition Company,” said The New York Times, “which used jack...

An exquisite large Art Nouveau female Nymph sculpture lamp made of porcelain. The nymph is wrapped in a gold dress and holding a bouquet of flower whil...

A hand-crafted terracotta head bust sculpture of a Greek Goddess on a black Belgium marble base, Europe, Greece. Exact date unknow. Artist/Sculptor unknown. This beautiful sculpture ...