Art by Medium: Marble
Color: Black
Medium: Marble
Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture by L. TOLDUCCI
By L. Tolducci
Located in New York, NY
L. TOLDUCCI (ITALIAN SCHOOL)
19th Century
La Lezione Di Lettura
Finely Carved Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture of a Girl Reading. S...
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19th Century Art by Medium: Marble
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Marble
Attr. Bertel Thorvalsden (1770-1844) WINGED CUPID, Italy, 19th Century
By Bertel Thorvaldsen
Located in Milan, IT
Attr. Bertel Thorvalsden (1770-1844)
WINGED CUPID, Italy, 19th Century
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna
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Mid-19th Century Art by Medium: Marble
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Marble
Antique white marble statuary sculpture depicting Marie Antoinette.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique white marble statuary sculpture depicting Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), the Austrian archduchess who would become the wife of King Louis XVI and the last queen of France.
Hi...
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17th Century Art by Medium: Marble
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Marble
The Spring
Located in PARIS, FR
The Spring
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Sculpture made in white Carrara marble
signed on the base "A. Carrier-Belleuse"
France
circa 1870
height 76,5 cm
width 30 cm
depth 24 cm
Biography :
Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse known as Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) was one of the most prolific artists of the century and had the greatest successes under the Second Empire, enjoying the personal support of Napoleon III. His work was greatly influenced by the style of the Italian Renaissance and that of the 18th century, which he helped to bring up to date.
In 1837, the young Carrier-Belleuse apprenticed in the workshop of the engraver Bauchery. He was admitted soon after to the goldsmith Jacques Henri Fauconnier. Through François Arago, he met the sculptor David d'Angers who facilitated his admission to the School of Fine Arts. Carrier-Belleuse entered it in 1840. Noted for his skill by the great bronze companies in Paris such as Barbedienne and Denière, he soon received numerous orders for models for candelabras, pendulums, fittings for fireplaces, etc. In 1848, probably at the initiative of François Arago, who became head of state, he received his first public order for a small statue of "Mademoiselle Rachel singing La Marseillaise". In 1851, he appeared for the first time at the Salon of French Artists, where he presented two bronze medallions. From 1851 to 1855, Carrier-Belleuse stayed in England, in Stoke-on-Trent where he served as director of the modeling and drawing school of the Minton house, a large porcelain manufacturer.
Back in France, Carrier-Belleuse moved to Paris in a large workshop located 15 rue de la Tour d´Auvergne. From 1857, he made regular sendings to the Salon and became famous thanks to the success of large marbles, such as the "Bacchante" exhibited at the Salon in 1863, and acquired by Napoleon III, "Angelica" (1866) or even "Hebe asleep" (1869). At the Salon of 1867, his group entitled "Messiah" earned him the medal of honor of sculpture. It was acquired by the State to adorn the Chapel of the Virgin in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church.
Carrier-Belleuse acquired a great reputation in parallel for his terracotta busts which, in many respects, recall those of 18th century artists. He made portraits of a large number of celebrities of his time. He produced, among others, the busts of Napoleon III, Renan, Thiers, Grévy, Arago, Marguerite Bellanger, Théophile Gautier, Honoré Daumier, Delacroix, Hortense Schneider, Réjane… He also modelled numerous busts of mythological inspiration and historical and artistic portraits like Marie Stuart, Shakespeare or even Mozart.
Carrier-Belleuse used and trained in his workshop in the rue de la Tour d´Auvergne many young talented artists such as Alexandre Falguière, Jules Desbois, Eugène Delaplanche, Jules Dalou or Joseph Chéret; but he was best known for having been the master of Auguste Rodin who entered his studio as a practitioner in 1864.
Carrier-Belleuse devoted himself a lot to decorative sculpture. He contributed to the decorations of many important buildings. We owe him in particular the caryatids of the Renaissance theater in Paris, the pediment of the main entrance to the Banque de France, the stucco ceilings of the Lesdiguières and La Trémoïlle pavilions at the Louvre Palace, the frieze of the Palais de la Bourse in Brussels, or the decoration of the Hôtel de la Païva on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. He also received State commissions for monuments: that of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Montmorency, of Alexandre Dumas, in Villers-Cotterêts, of Masséna in Nice. Abroad, he produced the equestrian statue of Michael the brave in Bucharest and the tomb of José de San Martín in Buenos Aires.
In 1873, Carrier-Belleuse took part in the construction of the Paris Opera house, directed by his friend Charles Garnier. He created the two monumental torchieres...
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1870s French School Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
White Dance
Located in New York, NY
Marble
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Willitts Designs International The Drummer Cast Resin Sculpture, Signed
Located in Plainview, NY
An exceptional drummer sculpture by Willitts Designs International and Shen Lung. The sculpture is cold painted and made of hand cast resin. The drummer sculpture shows an african A...
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Early 2000s Folk Art Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Antique French Napoleon III clock in white statuary marble. 19sec. period.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique white marble statuary clock belonging to the Napoleon III period of the second half of the 19th century.
A woman holding a book rests on a column with a porcelain dial in th...
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19th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE SCULPTURE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A GIRL
Located in Milan, IT
PORTRAIT HEAD OF A GIRL
Rome, circa 2nd/3rd century A.D.
Marble
height 18.4 cm
height 7 1/4 in
Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, May 23rd, 1988, no. 240,...
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15th Century and Earlier Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Antique white marble statuary sculpture depicting bust of noblewoman.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique French Napoleon III sculpture in white statuary marble depicting the bust of a noblewoman.
The woman is depicted in the clothing of the period and is of great value and grea...
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19th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
ORPHEUS Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture 19' Century
Located in Rome, IT
Unique Carrara white marble finely carved sculpture of Orpheus , Mythological personification of the eternal love and art.
Henry Dasson French
1825 - 1896 Orpheus
white marble, on a gilt bronze base 75.5cm., 29 3/4 in. overall
The renowned Parisian maker of gilt-bronze mounted furniture, Henry Dasson, began his career as a bronze sculptor. Occasionally marbles with his signature have appeared on the art market. It is likely that these were made in his workshop at 106, rue Vielle du Temple, which specialised in the production of bronze artifacts and clocks. Dasson's success was such that he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1883 and was awarded the Grand Prix Artistique at the Paris 1889 Exposition Universelle.
In the Greek myth Orpheus, son of the muse Calliope and Apollo – or of the king of Thrace, Eagro – is the poet par excellence, the personification of song. With his lyre and his words he manages to seduce men, animals of all species and even trees, stones and the sea. With the strength of his verses he moves, softens, excites, touches the soul and the fibers of those who have the opportunity to listen to him.
Orpheus falls in love with the nymph Eurydice and marries her. Yet the fate of the two lovers...
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19th Century Academic Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Antique sculpture in white statuary marble height 148cm. Rome 19th century.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
White statuary marble sculpture depicting a young woman who is shown in a pose derived from ancient classicism, of touching her hair and holding a flower she has in her hair.
The ...
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19th Century Art by Medium: Marble
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Marble
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CAPITAL WITH MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES, 15th Century
Located in Milan, IT
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CAPITAL WITH MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES, 15th Century
marble
H 18 x Diam 33.5 cm
H 7 x Diam 13 1/4 in
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15th Century and Earlier Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL MARBLE BAS-RELIEF PLAQUE
Located in Milan, IT
ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL MARBLE BAS-RELIEF PLAQUE Italy, 19th Century
marble
22 x 29.5 cm
8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
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Early 19th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
ANTIQUE ITALIAN PIETRA DURA TABLETOP, Rome, 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
PIETRA DURA TABLETOP WITH PARROTS AND CHECKERBOARD
Rome, 18th Century
Polychrome marbles, pietre dure and pietra paesina
117 x 73 x 5 cm
46 1/4 x ...
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18th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
RARE PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRA PAESINA COLUMNS, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
RARE PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRA PAESINA COLUMNS, Italy, 19th Century
Pietra Paesina
H 70 x Diam 9.5 cm
H 27 1/2 x Diam 3 3/4 in
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19th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
ITALIAN MARBLE FIGURE OF A GRIFFIN, 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
ITALIAN MARBLE FIGURE OF A GRIFFIN
Italy, early 19th Century
marble
87 x 54 x 20 cm
34 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 7 3/4 in
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19th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Fabulous Neoclassical Marble Sculpture of Bathing Venus 1880'
Located in Rome, IT
Late 19th century French finely carved white Carrara marble figure of Bathing Venus . The marble base is not included in the price.
AFTER CHRISTOPHE-GABRIEL ALLEGRAIN (FRENCH, 1710-1795): A 19TH CENTURY MARBLE FIGURE...
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1880s Academic Art by Medium: Marble
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Marble
Ole This Way That Way
By Rick Lewis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ole This Way That Way
Oil, Marble Powder, Collage On Canvas
20" x 16"
I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium of pain...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Marble
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Marble
“Basket Ball” - Marble sculpture
By John Bizas
Located in New York, NY
This marble sculpture is hand carved with Carrara Statuario marble!
The Ball is available either with or without the showcase. Also the bottom of the showcase can be made in any col...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
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Marble
Lola
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Sculpture in white marble by the artist Agustin Cardenas. Signed on the base of the sculpture.
Cárdenas was a descendant of african slaves from Senegal and Congo. He was b...
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1990s Abstract Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Daytime, marble sculpture
Located in PARIS, FR
"Daytime" by James PRADIER (1790-1852)
Rare sculpture made in white Carrara marble
France
circa 1840
height 100 cm
diameter of base 29 cm
Listed in "Catalogue raisonné, James Pradi...
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1840s Academic Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Prada Sculpture Lapis Lazuli on Marble Big Blue Art In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Prada Sculpture Lapis Lazuli on Marble Big Blue Art In Stock
Theo Mackaay (1950)
Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
"Eternal Flow" Abstract Art Sculpture, 2023
Located in Fort Lupton, CO
"Eternal Flow" entices observers with its fusion of transparent layers, reminiscent of verdant copper hues. Each one weaving a narrative of color and texture that enthralls the sense...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble, Copper
Antique Italian Marble Bust Of A Vestal, 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Vestal, Italy, 19th Century
marble
height 52 cm
height 20 1/2 in
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19th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Daniel Kafri, "Kiss", 1989, white carrara marble sculpture, 65x50x32 cm
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Dani Kafri
"Kiss", 1989
white carrara marble
72x24x26 cm
On the last day of WW2, in Czechoslovakia – 1945, Daniel Kafri was born on the brink between manki...
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1990s Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Daniel Kafri, "Family", 1989, grey bordilio marble sculpture, 67x24x26 cm
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Dani Kafri
"Family", 1989
grey bordilio marble
72x24x26 cm
On the last day of WW2, in Czechoslovakia – 1945, Daniel Kafri was born on the brink between man...
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1990s Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
PAIR OF FLORENTINE ANTIQUE PIETRA DURA PLAQUES WITH BIRDS, 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
PAIR OF PIETRA DURA PLAQUES WITH BIRDS
Florence, 18th Century
pietre dure in gilt wood frame
9.5 x 12 cm (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in) without frame
15 x 17.2 cm (6 x 6 3/4 in) with frame
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18th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Joan of Arc
Located in Oswestry, GB
Joan of Arc is depicted here at a solo exhibition in St. Edwards chapel at St. David's Cathedral, South Wales. Hand carved from a solid block of Carrara marble imported from Italy, Davies used traditional tools also used by the master sculptors of the renaissance. She is life size and expresses purity of soul as you see her in Divine contemplation. This portrait bust sits proportionately on a marble socle, the design of which is from the classical Ionic order.
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2010s Baroque Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
PAIR OF PIETRA DURA PLAQUES WITH BIRDS IN GILT BRONZE FRAME, 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
PAIR OF FLORENTINE PIETRA DURA PLAQUES WITH BIRDS IN GILT BRONZE FRAME
Florence, 18 Century
Pietra dura, gilt bronze frame
7.5 x 11.5 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in) without frame
11.4 x 15.5 cm ...
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18th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
ORPHEUS Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture 19' Century
Located in Rome, IT
Unique Carrara white marble finely carved sculpture of Orpheus , Mythological personification of the eternal love and art.
Henry Dasson French
1825 - 1896 Orpheus
white marble, on a...
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19th Century Academic Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Pair of Italian "Alabaster Stone Lions" after Antonio Canova; Mid 19th Century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Pair Recumbent Stone Lions"
after Antonio Canova (1757-1822)
Italian (possibly Florence)
Mid 19th Century
Alabaster, marble
6 x 9 x 4 inches
This is an exquisite pair of Italian alabaster lions on marble bases based on the monumental lions carved by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), the greatest Italian neoclassical sculptor. Canova sculpted the marble lions for the monumental tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St. Peter’s, Rome in 1792
Canova Lions refers to the pair of copies of lion sculptures by Antonio Canova. When Canova created the sculptures in 1792, he installed them on the tomb of Pope Clement XIII. The marble sculptures are some of the most prominent features in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Given the intricacies of creating the original Canova lions, some artists created molds and replicated them. A good example is the pair of lion sculptures...
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1850s Italian School Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Floor lamp "Alberello" produced by Stilonvo
Located in Milano, IT
Stilnovo floorlamp. Italy 1950's.
Excellent condition, very few signs of time, base in white marble and bowls in white glass, it has 3 lighting modes, the first turns on all the lig...
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1950s Italian School Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble, Iron
Reclining Figure Carved Marble Early 20th Century France
Located in London, GB
Circle of Henri-Gaudier-Breska
1891-1915
Reclining Figure
Carved marble
Height 5 inches
Born Henri Alphonse Séraphin Marie Gaudier near Orléans in France, Gaudier-Brzeska started using his hyphenated name in 1910 when he met the Polish writer Sophie Brzeska. They moved to London together in January 1911 and adopted their new names and the identity of brother and sister in order to make their cohabitation respectable.
Gaudier-Brzeska started to establish himself as a sculptor in 1912. Initially influenced heavily by Rodin, he later assimilated more influences from the modernist movement of cubism and from examples of non-European art he saw in London’s museums. He met the sculptor Jacob Epstein in June 1912, who further encouraged him to break with classical Greek tradition.
While working from 25 Winthorpe Road in 1913–14, Gaudier-Brzeska became increasingly involved in London’s avant-garde art scene. He exhibited at the London Salon in July 1913, where he met the poet and arts patron Ezra Pound. Pound described Brzeska as ‘like a well-made young wolf or some soft-moving, bright-eyed wild thing’. Gaudier-Brzeska subsequently became associated with the vorticist movement led by Wyndham Lewis, contributing two important articles to Lewis’s magazine Blast and signing his name against the vorticist manifesto.
He was also a founding member of the London Group, which formed when the all-male Camden Arts Group joined with independent artists to challenge the dominance of the Royal Academy of Arts. Other founding members included Walter Sickert, Robert Bevan and Spencer Gore...
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Early 20th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Untitled
Located in Warren, NJ
Felipe Castaneda, signed marble sculpture of Beautiful Nude Woman Felipe Castaneda, Mexican, born,1933, is an internationally renowned sculptor whose ar...
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1990s Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Communication
Located in Austin, TX
By Duff Browne
Marble sculpture on black marble base.
Dimensions: 17.5" H x 8" W
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Shell of the Gods: Italian Carrara Marble, Sculpture
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist.
Description
This sculpture by Bela Bacsi was inspired by a Hellenistic marble based on...
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2010s Academic Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
"move forward" abstract acrylic paint on linen panel 120x40cm 2022
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Guarantee of freshness" abstract acrylic paint on linen panel 81x100cm 2022
In these days of pleasant but disturbing heat, I pay tribute to the foliage of trees on the banks of pe...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Mistique, 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Sculpture, Marble
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Beautiful Abstract Black Marble Sculpture
The Ingravidesa Sculpture Alliance is formed by an international group of sculptors and desi...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
The Swimmer
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
This very finely carved statue is of a swimmer just leaning over to dive into an unseen pool. Signed P. Barzanti, Florence for Pietro Barzanti (1825-1895) of Florence, Italy. Barzani was a well known sculptor known for classical works in marble which is reflected in this figure's very delicate facial features and the skill shown in the carving of her hair and the cloth of her bathing costume...
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1870s Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Susanna al bagno Italian Marble Statue by Lombardi with relief sculpture Base
By Giovan Domenico Lombardi Omino
Located in New York, NY
GIOVANNI BATTISTA LOMBARDI (ITALIAN, 1822-1880)
A fine marble statue titled Susanna al Bagno sitting on a revolving pedestal carved in relief with...
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Mid-19th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
20th Century Nude Torso, boteroesque sculpture, contemporary Colombian artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Alberto Echevarria (Colombian, 20th Century)
Nude Torso
Cast plaster with patina, on carved marble base
Signed on base
8 in. h. x 4 in. w. x 2.75 in. d.
Inscribed “Made in Medellin (...
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20th Century Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Sheath In Sea Green And Red Marble From Caunes-minervois Nineteenth
Located in ROUEN, FR
"Sheath In Sea Green And Red Marble From Caunes-minervois Nineteenth"
Marble green sea for the central part and surrounded by a red of Caunes-Minervois XIXè. Provenance:GalerieParisi...
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16th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Space Rock, Metal Skin, Composite of Stone Glass, Polyester Resin, Black Marble
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Divyendu Anand - Space Rock - H 27 x W 18 x D 11 inches
Edition 2/9
Metal Skin over Composite of Stone Glass and Polyester Resin, Black Marble, 2020
G...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal
Porcelain Sculpture: 'Rose Bud'
By Tanis Saxby
Located in New York, NY
By sculpting both material and space around it, I want my sculptures to appear to move, to assert themselves; to change and grow, to move within, affect and break free from the solid...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Le baiser
Located in London, GB
PLINTH: 191 X 55 X 113 CM. The most important work by the artist.
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20th Century Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Transmutation
Located in Miami, FL
Transmutation 2020
White Carrara Marble
19 x 22 x 42 in
COA by the artist
The self-taught artist Roberto Perez Crespo, born in 1969 in Cuba and based in Miami, has been continuously working on sculptures for nearly three decades, following his artistic call after abandoning a completed technical education in auto mechanical service.
Pérez Crespo's practice moves between modernity and contemporaneity, pursuing his creative impulse from an emotional starting point. His religious approach partly directs these dynamic positions to classic Judeo-Christian sculptural themes such as maternity, the female body, and romantic love. Over the years, his interests have shifted from academic figurative representation toward a stylized abstraction of the human body.
Formally he has explored the creation of less defined anthropomorphic forms while displaying a deft ability to work in various marble types. Perez Crespo's talent working in marble is evidenced by his ability to sculpt the stone into endlessly fluid shapes and contours. He is able, instinctively and organically, to materialize and bring to life an anthropological world that blossoms out of his manual skills. Perez Crespo's sculptures can be approached sensuously as tactile provocations that draw viewers into an intense, supple universe.
Perez Crespo creates an imaginary ethos with metaphysical forms while taking significant steps toward an organic abstraction. He uses this type of abstraction that still retains a solid figurative reference while outsourcing modernist elements from artists such as Henry Moore, Maria Martins...
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2010s Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Surfboard - Med by KARTEL - unique handcarved marble sculpture -smooth finish
By KARTEL
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a gorgeous hand-carved black marble object. The marble is polished and with an amazing tactile feeling. The weight and the feeling of the s...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Stone, Marble
Script: Column 9
Located in New York, NY
Born in Pasadena and raised in Orange County, Elizabeth Turk earned her M.F.A. at the Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
In Turk’s work, the shape of the line is created by extreme loss. That is, the reductive process of carving creates a positive, fragile form in which the absence of the original material is a focus. Turk encourages us to consider how nature has shaped these organic materials long before the artist’s manipulation of them into new forms. When viewed as components in a complex natural system, their singular beauty and inherent mystery is revealed. Turk compels us to view works of art not only as objects to be coveted and collected, but also as expressions of the natural world and our evolving relation to it.
A recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2010), a Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Fellowship (2010), and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2011), Turk is internationally recognized for transforming her signature medium of marble into strikingly intricate objects that defy convention and challenge our preconceptions of what marble can do. Through the use of electric grinders, dental tools...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Study for the Esoteric Dharma by Steve Brudniak, Surreal Assemblage
Located in Austin, TX
An original assemblage sculpture by Austin, TX based artist Steve Brudniak.
STEVE BRUDNIAK
Study for the Esoteric Dharma, 2014
Assemblage of glass, brass, marble and ritual oils of frankincense, galbanum, myrrh, coconut, jojoba and kalonji in nitrogen.
5 x 8.5 x 3.5 in
Steve Brudniak is an American contemporary artist, actor and filmmaker, known for highly crafted, surreal assemblages invested with science elements and unusual characteristics. Brudniak pioneered use of many unconventional mediums including Tesla coil lightning, magnetic fluid, gyro mechanics, and biological preservations. Pieces generate ideas and themes of spirituality and psychological function.
His work is in the collections of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the San Antonio Museum of Art, The El Paso Museum of Art and The Art Museum of South Texas, many private collections and hundreds of books and publications. His “Astrogeneris Mementos” became the first assemblage sculptures exhibited in outer space.
The monograph, “The Science of Surrealism - Assemblage Sculpture of Steve Brudniak”, (2013) documents thirty years of the artist’s career, with a foreword by Guillermo Del Toro.
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2010s Assemblage Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble, Brass
Eighteenth-century Grand Tour marble bust of Faustina the Younger
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated: ‘F. Harwood Fecit 1764’
Collections:
Probably commissioned by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827);
Probably by descent at Gordon Castle, Banffshire to c.1948;
Possibly acquired by Bert Crowther of Syon Lodge, Middlesex;
Jacques Hollander (1940-2004);
Christie’s, 5 December 2013, lot 101;
Private collection;
Sotheby’s, 2 July 2019, lot 106
Literature:
John Preston Neale, Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales and Scotland, London, 1822, vol.I, unpaginated.
This marble copy of an ancient bust in the Musei Capitolini usually identified as Faustina the Younger, the daughter of Antoninus Pius and future wife of Marcus Aurelius, was made in Florence by Francis Harwood in 1764. Harwood was one of the most prolific suppliers of decorative marbles for the Grand Tour market and this finely worked example demonstrates the quality of luxury goods available to travellers to Italy. So often anonymous, this unusually signed and dated example, raises questions about the status of marble copies in the period and of sculptors such as Harwood who are known principally for ornamental work.
Harwood’s origins remain obscure. He is documented living in Palazzo Zuccari with Joshua Reynolds and the Irish sculptor Simon Vierpyl at Easter 1752, he had certainly settled permanently in Florence by the following year, when he is recorded working with Joseph Wilton. He was admitted to the Florentine Academy on 12 January 1755 (as pittore Inglese, although he was described as scultore in the matriculation account). After Wilson returned to England in 1755 Harwood appears to have worked in a studio near SS. Annunziata with Giovanni Battista Piamontini who had made life-size copies of The Wrestlers and The Listening Slave for Joseph Leeson in 1754. In 1758 both sculptors were contracted to make a statue and a trophy to complete the decoration of the Porta San Gallo, Harwood completing a statue of Equality, installed the following year.
By 1760 Harwood was on the brink of his most productive period as a sculptor, producing copies of celebrated antiquities for the ever-increasing audience of Grand Tour travellers and for the domestic market in London. In 1761 Harwood met the young architect James Adam who was in Italy specifically to make contact with suppliers for Robert Adam’s burgeoning practice back in Britain. The Adams offered a remarkably cohesive design package to their clients, encompassing not just architecture, but fixtures, fittings and furniture as well. Harwood was able to supply the brothers with marbles for their new interiors. At Syon, for example, Harwood produced a full-size copy of Michelangelo’s Bacchus for the new dining room the Adams had designed for Hugh Smythson, 1st Duke of Northumberland.
Harwood seems to have also specialised in producing sets of library busts. In 1758 Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, a distinguished traveller commissioned a set of busts which remain in situ at Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire. It is perhaps no coincidence that the Adam brothers were producing designs for new interiors at Castle Ashby at this date. The set included representations of: Cicero, Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina the Younger, Sappho, Seneca and Homer. Each of these busts Harwood seems to have replicated for multiple patrons, another Adam patron, Thomas Dundas...
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18th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
26 Cubes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born March 15, 1943 in Szekelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Romania), Marton Varo studied sculpture at Ion Andreescu Institute of Arts in Cluj, Romania from 1960 to 1966. In...
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2010s Post-Modern Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Caryatid
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born March 15, 1943 in Szekelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Romania), Marton Varo studied sculpture at Ion Andreescu Institute of Arts in Cluj, Romania from 1960 to 1966. In...
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2010s Post-Modern Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Stella Walsh,
Located in Yardley, PA
This sculpture is a story of a Stella Walsh, a Polish track and field athlete, who became a women's Olympic champion in the 100 metres. I was also insp...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Belgium black marble unique sculpture - 13 blackbirds made by Jessica Carroll
Located in Milan, IT
The sculpture is carved from the precious black marble of Belgium, one of the most fascinating materials a sculptor has at his disposal. The work was created a few years ago and is t...
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2010s Realist Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
Transformation, British Sculptor, Abstract, Marble, Italian Carrara, Philosophy
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Transformation by British sculptor Ian Thomson. Thomson's travels have provided inspiration for his work. He holds degrees in Architecture and Philosophy &...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE ALTAR FRAGMENT, 1ST/2ND CENTURY A.D.
Located in Milan, IT
Roman Marble Altar fragment from the 1st/2nd Century A.D. with the typical element of Roman rituals.
Provenance: Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris...
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15th Century and Earlier Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
A set of four hard stone marquetry plaques depicting animals, Italy 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
These four plaques represent either domestic (a horse, two rams) or exotic animals (a rhinoceros and an elephant). Made on slate slabs cut to shape (a rectangle with concave angles), they are all based on the same narrative scheme: in a frame of Egyptian porphyry, an animal in multicoloured marble is represented advancing on a green marble floor, standing out against a black slate background.
These plates were made in Italy, probably in Florence or in Rome, during the 18th century. We think that their primary purpose was to decorate the drawers of a cabinet.
Like many other compositions in hard stone, these plaques were inspired by engravings that were a widespread decorative repertoire in the workshops. Three of the plaques presented here were directly inspired by works by Antonio Tempesta (1555 - 1630): the Rhinoceros, the Polish Horse...
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18th Century Italian School Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble, Slate
Inspiration
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Art Nouveau marble.
Campagne, Pierre Étienne Daniel French , 19th century , male. Active in Paris. Born 1851 , in Gontaud (Lot-et-Garonne). S...
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1890s Art Nouveau Art by Medium: Marble
Materials
Marble
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