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What are the 4 basic types of sculpture?

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What are the 4 basic types of sculpture?
Categorized by crafting techniques, the four basic types of sculpture are molded, cast, carved and assembled. Sculptors produce molded sculptures by shaping materials and carved sculptures by cutting away at them. Cast sculptures start with a mold later filled with liquid metal or plaster. An assembled sculpture consists of various pieces connected together by the sculptor. On 1stDibs, find a large selection of sculptures.
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Art Deco Sculpture by Armand Godard "Draped Woman"
By Armand Godard
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco Bronze Statue by Armand Godard, produced by the Parisian foundry of Edmond Etling. This is an example of a high style rendered in the highest quality. Nothing is more emb...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Art Deco Silvered Bronze Sculpture “Woman w/ Bird” by Armand Godard
By Armand Godard
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ARMAND GODARD French, fl. 1920s Seated Woman Holding a Bird Silver patinated bronze situated over prehistoric petrified wood base engraved on the base GODARD Item # 303XAF30W A...
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20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Lady with Greyhound Dog by Armand Godard 1930
By Armand Godard
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture lady with greyhound dog signed by Armand Godard. Patinated bronze on Belgian Black marble base. France 1930. Litera...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Godard Armand "Woman Sitting with Doves" Art Deco Sculpture black marble
By Armand Godard
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
"Jeune femme aux colombes" "young woman with doves" By Armand Godard. Beautiful sculpture with beautiful patina Art Deco period representing a woman sitting feeding birds on oval terrace in black marble. Very fine work. Signed. France,  circa 1930 Armand Godard made many chryselephantine statuettes in bronze and ivory in the Art Deco style, especially for the foundry Edmond Etling. In the 1920s and 1930s, he exhibited in Paris in the salons of the Society of French Artists. During the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris, he showed a monumental statue 4.5 meters high and a patinated plaster sculpture.
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

“A Lady with her Borzoi dog” Art Deco Sculpture Signed Godard
By Armand Godard
Located in Beirut, LB
Stunning French Art Deco bronze patina spelter figure with a decorative motif design sitting on a beautiful Portoro marble (5 cm of thickness), signed Armand Godard, depicting an ele...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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