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Cherry wood treated and stained with natural rust, red and blue dyes
Located in Carballo, ES
Cherry wood, treated and stained with natural oxide, red, and blue dyes. These dyes are produced using vinegars from his homeland, Asturias. He uses a secret formula that he has been...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Analytic Cubist Sculptures
Materials
Wood
ANTINOUS Magnificent Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Sculpture
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding 19th century Italian finely carved Carrara "Statuario" marble sculpture of Antinoo , after the Antique The Capitoline 'Antinous'.
Antinous, a young Bithinius favorite...
Category
19th Century Academic Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Male Bust - Bronze Sculpture by Igor Mitoraj - 1991
By Igor Mitoraj
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing male bronze bust with a black patina. This work is the 6th from an edition of eight.
Its creator, Igor Mitoraj, is a polish sculptor deeply rooted in the classical tradition....
Category
1990s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carrara White Marble Sculpture of Muse Polyhymnia Grand Tour Musei Capitolini
Located in Roma, IT
Carved by an Italian master in the 19th century, around the middle, this interesting sculpture of Polyhymnia the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance and eloquence, as well as a...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"DALL·E 2023-07-01 07.26.12" Large, red, tufted rug/wall-hanging with 3-D design
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "DALL·E 2023-07-01 07.26.12" x four" is a crafted original piece by Tuft the World as part of the inaugural collection of TTW Editions. This piece measures 71"h x 4...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wool
Venus à Giraffe - Sculpture by Salvador Dalí - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Bronze, dark and brown patina, realized in 1973.
Dali's printed signature in on the plinth.
Edition 616/1000 on the side.
Foundry stamp "Fonderia Venturi". Published by Euro Art.
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Toothpicks I - 3D wood color contemporary abstract mural sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Erin Vincent is a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a variety of repetitive and labor intensive processes and materials. Things and common objects have always fascinated Vinc...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ver Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ver Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively practises...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage White Figurative Westmoreland Milk Glass Bowl
Located in East Quogue, NY
Whimsical white vintage 1960s Westmoreland milk glass bowl with figure-shaped lattice detail.
Size: 4" tall x 8" diameter
Great vintage condi...
Category
1960s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Future Relic no.3 (Clock)
Located in London, GB
Daniel Arsham
Future Relic no.3 (Clock), 2015
Plaster and broken glass
comes with the original box
some minor wear to the box.
14 × 12.7 × 6.4 cm
Edition of 400
Daniel Arsham is a c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Plaster
"Felicity" Bronze Sculpture 15" x 16" x 9.5" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Felicity" Bronze Sculpture 15" x 16" x 9.5" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts/Sculpture in 1979....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Royal Purple Excess (thick impasto painting monochrome pop art square design)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Royal Purple Excess is a thick and vibrant impasto painting on wood. The elegant texture is spontaneously built up and creates the dynamic surface composition. This creates an engagi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Small Glass Water Bag - Hyperreal glass sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperreal water bag glass sculpture - solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez.
Martinez's hyperreal sculptures are hot sculpted glass which is hand molded entirely by the artist. T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Butterfly, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In Butterfly, Atelier the gesture has a powerful, yet sensitive, conviction of universality, which places it amongst Richard MacDonald’s most distinctive and original works of art. The Baroque spiral of the body and constant motion rises out of swirling earthy beginnings. The patina adds color and dynamic movement by creating tones, values, and pattern to emphasize the concept, and creatively underscore the message of spiritual release and personal freedom. Dawson Cole...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Swan Thing By David Shrigley
Located in London, GB
Swan Thing
By David Shrigley
David Shrigley is a British artist known for his distinctive and often humorous approach to contemporary art. His work spans a variety of mediums, inc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A lady - Contemporary bronze sculpture, Abstract & figurative, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
5 out of 8
STANISŁAW WYSOCKI (b. 1949)
Wysocki studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań (1978-1980) and then at the Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin under prof. J.H. Lonas. He ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Love (Red-Blue) polystone sculpture with original case Ed. 500 by Robert Indiana
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Polystone sculpture by Robert Indiana, 14.8 x 14.2 x 6.4cm, ed.500, with its original case.
The present work is accompanied with a certificate by Edition Studio.
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stone
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement. He embodies a world that is in many ways lost to us; he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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Noche Crist Sculpture
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind sculpture by Noche Crist (1909-2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Sculpture is made from polyester resin. Catalogue of a postumous retrospective...
Category
1970s Outsider Art Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
''Lonesome Astronauts'' Unique Wooden Sculpture of Astronaut, Linden wood
Located in Utrecht, NL
German artist Philipp Liehr first discovered his extraordinary dexterity as a dental technician. He soon perfected this artistically as a cartoonist and during his training as a scul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"In Freiheit (In Freedom)", White Porcelain Horses
Located in Detroit, MI
This gorgeous porcelain sculpture from Hutschenreuther porcelain is of two galloping horses, sculpted in exquisite detail and signed by the sculptor, Max Hermann Fritz...
Category
1940s Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Eo Sine Manibus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Standing Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Eo Sine Manibus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Standing Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a hig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large expressionist torso by Yann Guillon - Contemporary stone sculpture, body
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Large expressionist torso is a unique stone sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 58 × 27 × 16 cm (22.8 × 10.6 × 6.3 in). Height of the sculpture with the met...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Aeris Tarim Noire - Large Black and White Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of contemporary art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Colonial West African Baule Baoule Figure Sculpture Woman wearing loincloth
Located in Norwich, GB
An elegant African sculpture from the West African Baoulé or Baule people, depicting a young woman wearing a loincloth. Smooth black lightly worn patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
She-Wolf by Cécile Raynal - Animal smoke-fired sandstone sculpture, fable, dark
Located in Paris, FR
She-Wolf is a unique smoke-fired sandstone sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 63 × 58 × 52 cm (24.8 × 22.8 × 20.5 in).
This sculpture is unique an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Visage au nez noir, Pablo Picasso, Pitcher, Design, Multiple, Atelier Madoura
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage au nez noir
January 9th, 1969
Ed. 176/200 pcs
White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes engraved by knife under partial brushed glaze, grey patina
Stamped and inscribed un...
Category
1960s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware
Pablo Picasso 'Chouette femme' (A. R. 119) Madoura Owl Vase 1951
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Chouette femme (A. R. 119)
Terre de faïence vase, 1951, from the edition of 500, partially glazed and painted, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps.
Category
1950s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
" This Is It " from Huichol Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol artists and Mexican Huicho...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin, Mixed Media
Black Poppyseed Capsule No 2 - contemporary, handcrafted, ceramic sculpture
By Loren Kaplan
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary ceramic vessel was inspired by nature and rendered in black.
As a masterful ceramicist, Loren Kaplan has been intrigued by the concept of containers; the idea that...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Shadow Dancing
, Kinematic Sculpture with Animated Movement, Chuck Krause
By Chuck Krause
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Chuck Krause (1949)
Title: Shadow Dancing
Year: 2024
Size: 23 x 23 x 2 inches
Medium: Motorized curved arms on white archival museum board
Condition: Excellent condition
Not...
Category
2010s Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
“The golden egg”
Located in Warren, NJ
Theo Faberge 1986 "the golden ring" with Box Ltd Edtion 151/750. In great shape. Signed on the bottom.
Category
20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Oil
Hydrangea Luxe - Large Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Halcyon Black 9/50 - dark, smooth, polished, abstract, black granite sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This sculpture is numbered in an edition of 50 and weighs approximately 80 pounds it sits vertically without a base. This item can be purchased on commission basis, please allow 8 - ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Chinese Stone Sculpture of Bhudda in Tang And Wei Dynasties In Style Abhayamudrā
Located in Roma, IT
An impressive stone sculpture of Buddha In the style of the Tang and Wei Dynasties hand carved. The figure of Bhudda, in mudra Abhayamudrā carved in standing position as a teacher wi...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" galvanised - art garden decoration - 55cm
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor light "Globe" for the garden or entrance area.
This luminaire captivates by its unique shadow projection.
The ball is supplied in galvanised steel optics. The built-in lamp ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Woman's Chest - Bronze Sculpture by Aurelio Mistruzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist.
Excellent conditions.
Aurelio Mistruzzi was an Italian sculptor and medalist.
He attended the Udine ...
Category
1930s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Combien tu Pez? PINKHAS Gold Bar Iron Man Unique Piece
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Sculpture combining a Plexiglass box displaying a plastic/resin character enhanced with acrylic paint and real customized candies are scattered around the base of the sculpture.
Ins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Lotte- 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a sitting Young Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Lotte
50 x 21 x 30 cm
Bronze
The theme van der Kraan likes most is to show the growing of young girls. Living in their own world. Like this girl watching ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of a Man - Sculpture after Aurelio Mistruzzi - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of a man is an original sculpture in bronze realized after Aurelio Mistruzzi in the late 1990s.
Bronze casting.
18 cm height, 24 cm height with wooden base.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Yoshitomo Nara Skateboard Decks MoMa (complete set of 2 works)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yoshitomo Nara MoMA Skateboard Decks (complete set of 2 works):
These Yoshitomo Nara skateboard decks were published MoMa New York and created in 2017 under the supervision of Nara featuring his artworks, 'Welcome Girl' (left) and 'Solid Fist' (right). Complete set of two works. Completely sold-out/out of print. Makes for standout Yoshitomo Nara wall art that hangs with ease.
Medium: Silkscreen on 2 individual maple wood skate decks.
Dimensions: 31 x 8 inches (applies to each individual).
Each housed in original shrink wrapping. Excellent overall condition. Please note minor manufacturing imperfections may be present.
Unsigned from a sold-out/out of print edition of unknown.
Published by MoMa New York. Artist copyright appears on lower front side of each; MoMa stamp reverse side each.
Influenced by elements of popular culture such as anime, manga, Walt Disney cartoons, and punk rock, Yoshitomo Nara creates paintings, sculptures, and drawings of adorable-yet-sinister childlike characters. Painted with simple bold lines, primary colors, and set against empty backgrounds, these small children and animals often share the canvas with text, knives, plants, and cardboard boxes, among other recurring elements.
As one of the fathers and central figures of the Japanese neo-Pop movement, Nara’s work expresses the struggle to find an identity fractured by war, rapid modernization, and an omnipresent visual culture.
Related Categories:
Pop Art, Tokyo Artists, Comic/Cartoon, Japan, Contemporary Pop, Popular Culture, Contemporary Asian Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Screen
"A Disclosing Form 1610", Abstract Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed Surface, Porcelain
Located in St. Louis, MO
Japanese artist Harumi Nakashima creates free-form ceramic sculptures that feature organic, yet psychedelic characteristics. Nakashima, mostly known for beautifully structured, odd g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Cloud
Located in Dallas, TX
The alabaster of "Cloud," upon which this bronze is based, is in the collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Anita Huffington's work is also included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Morris Museum in Augusta, Georgia; the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock; and the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Anita Huffington's history includes a long period in New York City starting in the late fifties when she studied dance with Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham. Huffington became acquainted with a circle of artists of the New York School, including Kline and de Kooning, as well as a diverse and individualistic group of painters, sculptors, musicians, and poets in this vital and idealistic period. These experiences, and her later choice to live in the woods of the Arkansas Ozarks, sowed the seeds for the sculpture she makes in stone, bronze, wood, and mixed media. Her work reflects both the world of art and the spirit of her life in the woods.
Anita Huffington states:
"I do direct carving in stone and make bronzes, often using the stone as part of the process. My sculpture is usually based on the human form, primarily the female nude. I often carve torsos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1970 Italy Modular Kinetic Stainless Steel Abstract Wall Panel by Maldonado
Located in Brescia, IT
The mirrored surfaces of the stainless steel Maldonado work of art, reflect the world around.
Maldonado's artistic research has an ethological matrix: a sign as a kind of pre-Incan g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mecanique Celeste 9/10 - tall, geometric, modern, outdoor steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This work is available by commission with 4 to 6 weeks required before delivery. It is edition 9 of 10.
There are also versions available in sizes up to 10 feet, with multiple spheres, and finishes in red, black or brown.
A polished stainless steel ball...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020
By Ben Darby
Located in San Diego, CA
Artful one-of-a-kind long shelf or sculpture by artist Ben Darby. Made of various pieces of wood and accented with multi-color acrylic paint. We selected this piece soon after it was...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Metal Corten Steel Abstract Geometric Folded Origami Sculpture Gerald DiGiusto
By Gerald DiGgiusto
Located in Surfside, FL
Gerald DiGiusto (1929 - 1987)
Signed and dated abstract geometric COR-ten steel sculpture, (an all weather steel appropriate for outdoor use)
"Folded" Angled Geometric Forms like a ...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Block XI by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, plaster, balance
Located in Paris, FR
Block XI is a unique plaster sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 20 × 11 × 14 cm (7.9 × 4.3 × 5.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and comes with a certifi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Miratio Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
Located in Utrecht, NL
Miratio Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively pract...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
''Kingfisher" Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Blue/Green Kingfisher
Located in Utrecht, NL
British sculptor Anthony Theakston (1965), who draws his inspiration from the shape and movement of birds, simplifies the birds and omits more and more details until only the essence...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Cream Wall Phone", Fruit still life embroidery covering
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Cream Wall Phone" is an original piece by Ulla-Stina Wikander that can be wall-mounted or be free standing. This piece is made from sourcing vintage needlepoint embroidery and exper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Textile
Corpheum XVII - contemporary, geometric abstract, Corten steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary, geometric abstract, Corten steel outdoor sculpture is by Quebec artist Claude Millette. Millette has been creating compelling sculptures for more than four decades...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Combahee II - Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of contemporary art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Hand-crafted Glass Urn for Sale - Ravenna Purple
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Hand-crafted Glassfusing Glass Artwork Glass Urn Symbolic Memorial Art for Sale
This unique glass artwork, model "Ravenna Purple", is a hand-crafted piece of colored glass using the...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Corpheum XIX - large, geometric, abstract, stainless steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The graceful arc of a dancer in motion is emulated in the fluid form of this elegant sculpture by Claude Millette. Three attached curved columns of polished stainless steel appear to almost float in mid-air. The Quebec artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Technological Pinocchio - Wooden Sculpture by F. Codognotto - 2007/2008
Located in Roma, IT
Technological Pinocchio is an original decorative object realized between 2007 and 2008 by Ferdinando Codognotto.
Original wood sculpture realiz...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Lapis 286 - white 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic composition
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with organic mediums and learning how to craft preserved moss, clay, feathers and other natural elements into beautiful abstract compositions. Primarily inspired by nature, repetition, patterns, texture and geometry are essential elements that are omnipresent in her works.
About Lapis and Flos series:
Laforey recent ceramic works are unique pieces that alter in patterns to give an illusion of movement and depth by using clay’s potential for building sculptural dimension. The repetitive use of a unique element, the circle is centered to her work. The circle has often been associated with the female and to Mother Earth. It has no beginning and no end, it is the whole, the essence of things. It symbolizes the ongoing energy found in nature.
Laforey’s Lapis mural ceramic series...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Small Horse IV by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, elegant, free & wild
Located in Paris, FR
Small Horse IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 32 × 28 × 8 cm (12.6 × 11 × 3.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is par...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nude, Abstract and Figurative Sculptures for Sale
The history of sculpture as we know it is believed to have origins in Ancient Greece, while small sculptural carvings are among the most common examples of prehistoric art. In short, sculpture as a fine art has been with us forever. A powerful three-dimensional means of creative expression, sculpture has long been most frequently associated with religion — consider the limestone Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt — while the tradition of collecting sculpture, which has also been traced back to Greece as well as to China, far precedes the emergence of museums.
Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metal — bronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.
If you are a lover of art and antiques or are thinking of bringing a work of sculpture into your home for the first time, there are several details to keep in mind. As with all other works of art, think about what you like. What speaks to you? Visit local galleries and museums. Take in works of public art and art fairs when you can and find out what kind of sculpture you like. When you’ve come to a decision about a specific work, try to find out all you can about the piece, and if you’re not buying from a sculptor directly, work with an art expert to confirm the work’s authenticity.
And when you bring your sculpture home, remember: No matter how big or small your new addition is, it will make a statement in your space. Large- and even medium-sized sculptures can be heavy, so hire some professional art handlers as necessary and find a good place in your home for your piece. Whether you’re installing a towering new figurative sculpture — a colorful character by KAWS or hyperreal work by Carole A. Feuerman, perhaps — or an abstract work by Won Lee, you’ll want the sculpture to be safe from being knocked over. (You’ll find that most sculptures should be displayed at eye level, while some large busts look best from below.)
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of exceptional sculptures for sale. Browse works by your favorite creator, style, period or other attribute.
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