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Medium: Bronze
Horse Feathers
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/engraved by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
Open Edition #7
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Francois Bosio "Henry IV" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
After Francois-Joseph Bosio (French, 1768-1845) "Henry IV of France" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, depicted as a child, on a square base, inscribed "Bosio". 46" H x ...
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Bronze "Deer with Fawn" by Karl Lind
By Karl Lind
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, dark patinated. Created by Karl Lind, Germany. Cast from 1940. Top on the plinth signed: K. LIND. On the side of the plinth foundry mark: BILDGIESSEREI KRASS.
Dimensions: Hei...
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20th Century Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Clown Holding Teddy Bear, Unique Bronze Expressionist Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Agnes Yarnall LePage, began studying sculpture at the age of 6 at the Liberty Tadd School of Modeling. She went on to study with Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts before opening her own studio in the late 1920s, with the support of her parents, Anna B. Coxe and Charlton Yarnall.
Over the years, Ms. Yarnall's work included numerous portraits, human figures and animal sculptures. Among her proudest achievements were busts of George Washington and General Lafayette, displayed at the Valley Forge Historical Society, and of Abraham Lincoln, at the Union League of Philadelphia. She also counted among her premier accomplishments busts she sculpted of Ronald Reagan, Jack Nicklaus and Pope John Paul II. One reviewer who had seen her depictions of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dame Judith Anderson, Carl Sandburg and Sir John Gielgud lauded her work for its ''sensitivity, grace and dynamism," her family said. During her early career Ms. Yarnall studied and worked with such great artists as Boris Blai, Paul Manship and Alexander Archipenko.
In addition to her long career in sculpture, she also was an accomplished poet. Her books included Indian Summer, Hesperides and Other Poems and Pandora and Other Poems. In 1987 Ms. Yarnall was presented with the Living Legacy Award as ''Evocatrix Extraordinary" by the Women's International Center, joining such honorees as Dame Judith Anderson, Clare Boothe...
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20th Century Expressionist Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Large Latin American Mexican Master Bronze Sculpture Mother with Child SIgned
Located in Surfside, FL
From small limited edition of 7, this is a signed and dated hollow cast bronze sculpture.
Provenance: Important Miami Beach estate that included many paintings and sculpture by Post Impressionist masterpieces and works by Latin American masters.
Felipe Castaneda (Mexican, b.1933) was born in 1933 in La Palma in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. His artistic career began at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City where he became an assistant to the renowned sculptor Francisco Zúñiga (French, 1867–1947), Zuniga helped the artist realize his aptitude for sculpting and carving. Castañeda finished his studies in 1963, and by 1970, he was showing his work in exhibitions. Castañeda experimented with many media in order to master molding clay for his sculptures, preferring to work in marble, onyx, and bronze. The heavy influence of pre-Columbian artifacts...
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1980s Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Vos Fox Bronze Sculpture Girl with Fox Figure People Animal
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vos Fox Bronze Sculpture Girl with Fox Figure People Animal
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwriting.
T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Point Out
By Bill Barrett
Located in Greenwich, CT
Barrett is a large scale and well known American sculptor. Point Out is a superb small scale maquette and it a great piece on many levels. These works have movement, delicacy and s...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Cutouts, 41" high bronze and stone bench
Located in Loveland, CO
"Cutouts" by Jane DeDecker
Figurative Bronze, 41x40x20" Sandstone bench is included.
A girl sits quietly unfolding her paper cutouts. Great piece for a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Sandstone, Bronze
Cat Under the Bridge -miniature cat bronze sculpture by NY artist Noa Bornstein
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
"Cat Under the Bridge" is a miniature bronze animal sculpture with a black brown patina. The cat seems to have been suddenly discovered and looks very surprised. It is very life-like...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
"ONE BELL" Sculptural Lamp 13" x 6" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"ONE BELL" Sculptural Lamp 13" x 6" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
MATERIAL: casting / bronze
COLOR: natural bronze / patinated bronze
One lampshade.
Lampshade only.
Wires and light...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture 'Bolas IV' by Carola Eggeling, Bronze Patina
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Sculpture 'Bolas IV' by Carola Eggeling
Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines.
German bronze sculpture
Bronze Patina
Certific...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Etienne Stella "Verano" Patinated Bronze Sculpture
By Étienne Alexandre Stella
Located in Astoria, NY
Etienne Alexandre Stella (French, XIX-1892) "Verano" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, depicting Summer personified, on a circular base, signed, and titled. 36.25" H x 11" W x 11" D.
Category
Late 19th Century Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Abstract Space Age Book Sculpture LA California Modernist Charna Rickey
By Charna Rickey
Located in Surfside, FL
Charna Rickey 1923 - 2000 Mexican-American Jewish Woman artist.
Signed Bronze House of Books, Architecture Bronze sculpture, signed Charna Rickey and on the front "House of the book." It depicts an open Torah. Original patina.
Approx. dimensions: 7 in. H x 9 in. W x 8.5 in. D. Weight: 13.1 lbs.
Modernist Judaica Sculpture
Born Charna Barsky (Charna Ysabel or Isabel Rickey Barsky) in Chihuahua, Mexico, the future artist lived in Hermosillo and immigrated to Los Angeles when she was 11. She was educated at UCLA and Cal State L.A., she married furniture retailer David Rickey and explored art while raising their three daughters. Moving through phases in terra cotta, bronze, marble and aluminum, she found success later in life. Rickey became one of the original art teachers at Everywoman's Village, a pioneering learning center for women established by three housewives in Van Nuys in 1963. She also taught sculpture at the University of Judaism from 1965 to 1981.
As Rickey became more successful, her sculptures were exhibited in such venues as Artspace Gallery in Woodland Hills and the Courtyard of Century Plaza Towers as part of a 1989 Sculpture Walk produced by the Los Angeles Arts Council. Her sculptures have also found their way into the private collections of such celebrities as Sharon Stone.
Another of Rickey's international creations originally stood at Santa Monica College. In 1985, her 12-foot-high musical sculpture shaped like the Hebrew letter "shin" was moved to the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The free standing architectural Judaic aluminum work has strings that vibrate in the wind to produce sounds. Rickey also created art pieces for the city of Brea. They commissioned some amazing art pieces by Laddie John Dill, Walter Dusenbery, Woods Davy, Rod Kagan, Pol Bury, Niki de Saint Phalle, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Larry Bell, John Okulick...
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20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antoine Louis Barye Ocelot Carrying off a Heron
Located in Dallas, TX
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875)
Ocelot emportant un héron (Ocelot carrying off a heron)
bronze sculpture, dark-brown patina, Signed “Barye” and “F. Barbidienne Fondeur Paris”...
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1880s Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Dog "Whippet with a Butterfly" Arthur Waagen (1833-1898) 1 of 2
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait
“La Levrette au Papillon” or “Whippet (Greyhound) with a Butterfly”
Arthur Waagen (Germany, France 1833-1898)
Circa 1860’s
11 x 8 x 4 inches
(1 of 2. ...
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1860s Academic Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Straddle sculpture
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Catherine Bohrman's bronze sculptures encompass gestural form with figurative elements. Her international style has been noted to possess soft edges that belie the magnitude of their...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Female torso mask
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
'In the manner of' Aristide Maillol 1861-1944, was a French sculptor, painter and print maker. Maillol predominantly was a painter and weaver of tapestry, however Gaugin advised him ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Fine Pair of Patinated Bronze Sculptures by Hippolyte Moreau
Located in New York, NY
HIPPOLYTE FRANÇOIS MOREAU
French, (1832-1927)
‘Eaves Dropping’ and ‘Consolation’
Patinated bronze; signed ‘Moreau’
25 x 11 inches
Category
1880s Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Petit Fille, Bronze Sculpture with Patina
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bronze sculpture by Auguste Moreau is a beautiful work from the Romanticism period. Auguste was the third son of sculptor and painter ...
Category
19th Century Romantic Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Dancing Ballerinas Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bronze Sculpture Dencing Ballerinas.
Victor Salmones (Mexican, 1938-1989) "'Pas de Quatre"
Edition 1 of 10, 1976, 26 x 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.
This sculpture was originally created and ...
Category
1970s Modern Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Rose, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Rose, Atelier draws on the artist's highly developed sensitivity for the experience of the dancer and displays all the quiet beauty of a private moment of reflection. A study of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful and elegant blue painted bronze sculpture "Clio, Musa della Storia"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Patinated bronze, lost-wax casting.
Antonio Nocera - Italian painter and sculptor, born in Caivano (Naples) in 1949. Antonio is currently engaged in the...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Nude Male Runner Bronze patinated Classical After the Antique
Located in Miami, FL
Beautifully proportioned and handsome nude male bronze with Roman classically refined features after the Antique . It looks best with a key lighting th...
Category
20th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Joan of Arc on horseback
Located in PARIS, FR
Equestrian Joan of Arc
by Emmanuel FREMIET (1824-1910)
A very fine bronze equestrian group with an "old gold" patina
signed "E. Fremiet" on the base
cast by "F. Barbedienne Fondeur...
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1880s French School Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Walking the Tightrope
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a man in a suit walking carefully across a precarious edge.
Edition of 45, 1 left from the edition and 1 AP
Signed to the leg
Jim Rennert Biography
American, b. 1958
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze, Steel
An Important Pair of Monumental Parcel-Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Torchèr
Located in New York, NY
Mounted as lamps and cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne after models by Alexandre Falguiere and Paul Dubois. Both statues are signed on the bases.
These fine torchères are reductions of...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Signs and Writing n°6 by Martine Demal - Bronze sculpture, abstract, harmony
Located in Paris, FR
Signs & Writings n°6 is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions including patinated brass base are 89 × 65 × 26 cm (35 × 25.6 × 10.2 in).
The sculpture i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Pendant Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 5.25 X 3.75 inches. Box is 17 X 13 inches. Signed by artist verso. From the literature that I have seen I believe the edition size was limited to 10, I do not know if ...
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1960s Surrealist Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Ebb- contemporary bronze sculpture of life-size Bikini Woman walking confidently
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Ebb" is a new, large free-standing bronze sculpture, suitable both for the inside and outside. Edition 8, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom.
The sculptress Susanne Kraisser...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
"Turtle Pad" (2024) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Turtle Pad" (2024) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts two turtles, one standing on top of the other.
TONY HOCHSTETLER is a sculptor of unusual...
Category
2010s Realist Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Seraph or Angel Figural Scultpure
Located in Greenwich, CT
What makes this sculpture special is the wonderful melding of abstraction with content and the textured approach to surface of the bronze. What is also striking is the form of the A...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Dansende Hippo (Dancing Hippo) Bronze Figurative Animal Sculpture In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dansende Hippo (Dancing Hippo) Bronze Figurative Animal Sculpture In Stock
Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed his education to be a sculptor a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Jumping Nude Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Jumping Nude Patinated Bronze Sculpture 7/9
Bob was born in Oakland, CA and lives and has his studio in Rye, NY . His work has been exhibited in solo shows in Santa Fe (Jane Sauer Ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Danse Mystique Dance Mystic Bronze Sculpture Classical Contemporary
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Danse Mystique Dance Mystic Bronze Sculpture Classical Contemporary
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perfect command of the old craft of modelling ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Germinal h cm 110
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
Display: The sc...
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1970s Other Art Style Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Akirokio by Jacques Owczarek - animal bronze sculpture, elephant, geometric
Located in Paris, FR
Akirokio is a sculpture by French contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek.
This elephant in bronze takes shape through a series of lines, edges and curves.
Jacques Owczarek discovered ...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French bronze sculpture of a soldier
By Léopold Eugène Kampf
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Léopold Eugène Kampf
French, (1822-1893)
The Last Drop
Bronze, signed with foundry mark for Alfred Daubrée
Height: 16 inches
Width: 5 inches
Depth: 5.5 ...
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19th Century Victorian Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Anatomy of a Golfer IV, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Anatomy of a Golfer lV, Atelier is the fourth in Richard MacDonald's series of golfers that were inspired by the creation of his heroic sculpture,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
"Celebration de Cinquante" - bronze wall sculpture, leaves, nautical - Nevelson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Celebration de Cinquante" is a wall sculpture made of fold formed, forged and fabricated bronze and patina.
Approximately 45 by 210 by 4.5 inches. The shape and size of the install...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Labors of Hercules Bronze Sculpture, 17th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
A rare example of late Renaissance sculpture, this impressive Italian bronze captures one of the greatest divine heroes of myth and legend: Hercules. The figure is rendered with stun...
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17th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 160 x 60 x 60 cm
Edition of 12
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeav...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Silver-plated bronze cheetah running sculpture
Located in Knysna, ZA
Our silver cheetah is a statement piece for discerning buyers, which brings a level of sophistication and appeal, for the ideal home. The sculpture is first cast in bronze, and then ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Pomme Bouche
Located in PARIS, FR
Edition
Signed with the stamp: Lalanne
Monogrammed, marked and numbered under the apple: CL ; Artcurial ; 57/250
Literature
Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Genève, Éditions Skira, 1991, an other version reproduced p. 123.
Claude et François...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture 'O.T. VII' by Carola Eggeling, Bronze Polished
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Sculpture 'O.T. VII' by Carola Eggeling
Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines.
German bronze sculpture
Bronze Polished
Certificate of authenticity
Numbered and sign...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
The Spirit of Dance – Monumental Bronze Sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Located in Gent, VOV
Three years after surprisingly winning the commission for the Paris Opera House—today known as the Palais Garnier—Charles Garnier entrusted one of the four major sculptural groups fo...
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20th Century Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Party Animal
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bronze sculpture of a dog wearing a party hat.
Edition of 50
Category
2010s Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Conceptual Bronze Sculpture, "Don't Cry!"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a limited edition conceptual bronze sculpture made by San Diego artist, Maidy Morhous. Its dimensions are 12" x 8" x 14". A certificate of authenticity will follow its delive...
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2010s Conceptual Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Paard Horse Bronze Sculpture Brown Patina Animal Nature In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Paard Horse Bronze Sculpture Brown Patina Animal Nature In Stock
Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed his education to be a sculptor at the Rot...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
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Bronze
Bronze life-size statue of a woman standing, called 'Red Right Hand'
Located in Oostende, BE
Unique life-size bronze statue of a woman standing. The hands were painted red, hence the name 'Red right hand'. Very impressive statue and a real eye catcher.
Category
2010s Modern Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Cloned Big Bulldog with pet bottle
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture.
Signed/Numbered 5/8 copies.
Silver plated bronze
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 19...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Polychrome Bronze Sculpture Jazz Nightclub Piano Player in Tuxedo Bruno Luna
By Bruno Luna
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Bruno Luna (Mexican, b.1963)
Era: 20th century
Dimensions: 14.5"L x 5.25"W x 10"H
Edition Number: 22 of 30
The sculpture, exquisitely fashioned from bronze, portrays a voluptuous jazz cabaret pianist seated at a grand piano, attired in a tuxedo painted to enhance the details. Signed Bruno Luna.
Bruno Luna was born in Mexico City in 1963. (his birth name was Norman Bardavid) Interested in art since his childhood, he completed a painting workshop with Professor Robin Bond, and then on to the Anahuac University of Mexico City to study Architecture and Graphic Design. He was an assistant to Marcelo Morandin, A renowned Mexican Sculptor. Over the years, his work evolved into a very distinct style, A style of voluptuousness influenced by Colombian master Fernando Botero (he calls them Gorditos) along with influences of Mexican tradition, and a cubist, almost Picasso esque treatment of the human figure. Bruno Luna's sculptures carry an undeniable air of joyousness, happiness and vitality. His work has been exhibited internationally, and is included in many public and private collections. Among those are the collections owned by Prince Rainier of Monaco, the American actor Chevy Chase, and many others. Bruno Luna's sculptures appeared on Mexican most popular syndicated network, Televisa, in a soap opera called "Mi Abuelo y Yo".
in 1986 he founded the 10/10 Gallery, promoting mainly artists from Mexico...
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20th Century Pop Art Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Ian Edwards The Emergence - Bronze with Patina
By Ian Edwards
Located in Naples, Florida
Ian Edwards’ journey as a sculptor began when he left school aged 16 and began an apprenticeship. "The day I walked into the woodcarving shop everything changed. I said to myself the...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Paper Work
By Kevin Box
Located in Napa, CA
“It took two years of tireless experimentation for me to develop the process of casting paper into bronze, another seven years to perfect, and it continues to evolve today.” - Kevin ...
Category
2010s Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Ian Edwards Leap Within Faith, Edition 4 of 12
By Ian Edwards
Located in Naples, Florida
Ian Edwards’ journey as a sculptor began when he left school aged 16 and began an apprenticeship. "The day I walked into the woodcarving shop everything changed. I said to myself the...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
English Bulldog
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture by artists Bill and Renee Shisler. Edition 7/25.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
Rope Trap /// Abstract Expressionist Female Nancy Graves Huge Metal Sculpture NY
By Nancy Graves
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Nancy Graves (American, 1939-1995)
Title: "Rope Trap"
*Titled, signed, and dated by Graves (inscribed into the metal) on red cylinder lower right
Year: 1985
Medium: Original ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze, Metal
19th Century Bronze Bust of Young Napoleon as Caesar
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822)
Bust of Young Napoleon as Caesar, 19th Century
Hallow cast bronze with verdigris patina, attached to rouge...
Category
19th Century Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Story of Joseph from the Second Baptistery Doors, Florence (“The Gates of Pa
Located in New York, NY
Ferdinand Barbedienne (Saint-Martin-de-Fresnay 1810 – 1892 Paris) after Lorenzo Ghiberti (Florence, 1378 – 1455)
Signed at the lower right of the principal relief: F. BARBEDIENNE
Provenance: Private Collection, USA.
Barbedienne’s “Gates of Paradise” reliefs are one of the triumphs of nineteenth-century bronze casting and patination. The nine panels that comprise our example are half-size reductions of the famous originals by Lorenzo Ghiberti, made for the Baptistery of Florence and now housed in the Museo del Opera del Duomo. Mounted in an impressive, mullioned frame surround, our work is an exceptional exemplar of the Renaissance Revival, the broadly influential style and movement that infused architecture, design, and artistic culture in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
The central scene, The Story of Joseph, is perhaps the most celebrated of the entire series depicting as it does seven episodes from the Biblical narrative integrated into a single composition: Joseph cast by his brethren into the well, Joseph sold to the merchants, the merchants delivering Joseph to the pharaoh, Joseph interpreting the pharaoh’s dream, the pharaoh paying him honor, Jacob sending his sons to Egypt, and Joseph recognizes his brothers and returns home. The surrounding reliefs—two vertical figures in niches, two recumbent figures, and four portrait heads in roundels—are as well faithful reductions of Ghiberti’s original bronzes on other parts of the doors.
The maker of these casts was the renowned 19th-century French fondeur Ferdinand Barbedienne. Gary Radke has recently written of this great enterprise:
“The Parisian bronze caster Ferdinand Barbedienne began making half-sized copies of ancient and Renaissance sculpture in the 1830s. His firm benefitted enormously from the collaboration of Achille Collas, whom Meredith Shedd has shown was one of numerous pioneers in the mechanical reproduction of sculpture. Their competitors largely devoted themselves to reproducing relief sculpture, but Collas devised a process for creating fully three-dimensional copies. A tracing needle, powered by a treadle, moved over the surface of a full-sized plaster cast or bronze of the original and triggered a complementary action in a cutting stylus set over a soft plaster blank…He signed an exclusive contract with Barbedienne on November 29, 1838, and won medals for his inventions in 1839 and 1844.
Barbedienne’s half-sized copies of the Gates of Paradise were famous not only for their fidelity to the original, but also for the way their gilding…suggested the glimmering surface that was hidden under centuries of dirt. Some critics even saw Collas’s and Barbedienne’s work as ‘philanthropic, an exemplary adaptation of industry to the requirements of art, the artist, the workers, and the public alike.’
At 25,000 francs, Collas’s and Barbedienne’s reduction of the Gates of Paradise was singularly more expensive than any other item for sale in their shop. All the reliefs, individual statuettes, and busts were cast separately and could be purchased either by the piece or as an ensemble. Fittingly, Barbedienne’s accomplishment earned him the Grand Prix at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle, along with numerous other medals.”
Three complete examples of the Barbedienne-Ghiberti doors are known. One, first installed in a chapel in the Villa Demidoff of San Donato near Pratolino, was later acquired by William Vanderbilt...
Category
Late 19th Century Art by Medium: Bronze
Materials
Bronze
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