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Sculptures For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1950s
#9 (Hard-Edge geometric sculpture Minimalist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Inderjeet Sahdev (Canadian, b.1938) #9, 1974. Wood and polymer paint. Signed, dated, titled and numbered on base. Minor paint loss in various areas as depicted in detail photos. Al...
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1970s Hard-Edge Sculptures

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Wood, Polymer

Bust of a Woman - Sculpture by Emilio Greco - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of a woman is a sculpture made by Emilio Greco (1913-1955) in the second half of 20th century. Woman with her hair up and a hint of a smile. The bust is made of bronze with a...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Night of Birds - ceramic tile - 1954
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI (after) Night of Birds Handpainted ceramic tile Signed in the pattern 8 x 8" (20x20cm) Edited in 1954 by Maurice Duchin and hand crafted in atelier MPG under the contr...
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1950s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Crystallization of Thoughts, Brushed Steel Wall Hanging by Preston Abernathy
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique wall-hanging steel sculpture by Preston Abernathy (American XXth). The work is a solid panel of brushed, polished and etched stainless steel in a geometric pattern with gre...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Paul Sisko Abstract Expressionist Steel Sculpture
Located in Larchmont, NY
Paul Sisko (American, b. 1942) Untitled, 1971 Stainless Steel Sculpture: 18 1/4 x 6 x 4 1/2 in. Base: 2 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. Signed: Paul Sisko "71" 9/12 Edition 9 of 12 Paul Sisko ...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Large Owl sculpture by Allan Houser, Apache, Silver, small, sculpture, Nambe
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Large Owl sculpture by Allan Houser, Apache, Silver, small, sculpture, Nambe Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1992. Allan Houser's father Sam, was part of the small band of Apaches who traveled with Geronimo and surrendered in southern Arizona in 1886. Allan's parents were imprisoned with that group in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He was the first child to be born in freedom to those Apaches and a fluent speaker of the Chiricahua language. Allan Houser is an important artist in that he is of the culture he depicts in his artwork. Allan's parents would tell stories and sing songs recalling the experiences on the war path. This bronze edition is a life-time casting. Our gallery represented Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994 and were investors and provided quality control in the foundry process. Allan Houser's work is many international collections including the Georges Pomidou Centre, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Dahlem Museum among others. Allan’s first bronze sculptures were started in the late 1960’s and were cast at Nambe Foundry. At the time the foundry was producing both Nambeware and was doing some sculptural foundry work. There was a fire at Nambe and they lost many of the molds for sculpture as well as their records. We acquired these works directly from Allan Houser. Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994) Selected Collections Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France * “They’re Coming”, bronze Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany Japanese Royal Collection, Tokyo, Japan “The Eagle”, black marble commissioned by President William J. Clinton United States Mission to the United Nations, New York City, NY *"Offering of the Sacred Pipe”, monumental bronze by Allan Houser © 1979 Presented to the United States Mission to the United Nations as a symbol of World Peace honoring the native people of all tribes in these United States of America on February 27, 1985 by the families of Allan and Anna Marie Houser, George and Thelma Green and Glenn and Sandy Green in New York City. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC * Portrait of Geronimo, bronze National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. * “Buffalo Dance Relief”, Indiana limestone National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. *Sacred Rain Arrow...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

Original Card Construction by Eduardo Paolozzi
Located in London, GB
Original Card Construction sculpture made by Eduardo Paolozzi and acquired directly from the artist's studio in 2006. (With supporting provenanc...
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1970s Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic Polymer

Tête de femme couronnée de fleurs, Picasso, 1950's, ceramic, design, clay
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de femme couronnée de fleurs, Picasso, 1950's, ceramic, design, clay Tête de femme couronnée de fleurs Ed. 37/50 pcs 20.03.1954 White earthenware clay 23 x 15 x 18 cm Signed by...
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1950s Post-Modern Sculptures

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Clay, Earthenware

Sculpture Mythique
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Sculpture Mythique" is a sculpture by Jean Arp. The sculpture is edition II/III. Jean Arp was born Hans Arp on September 16, 1886, in Strassburg. In 1904, after leaving the Ecole des Arts et Métiers, Strasbourg, he visited Paris and published his poetry for the first time. From 1905 to 1907, Arp studied at the Kunstschule, Weimar, and in 1908 went to Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian. In 1909, he moved to Switzerland and in 1911 was a founder of the Moderner Bund group there. The following year, he met Robert and Sonia Delaunay in Paris and Vasily Kandinsky in Munich. Arp participated in the Erste deutsche Herbstsalon in 1913 at the gallery Der Sturm, Berlin. After returning to Paris in 1914, he became acquainted with Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Amadeo Modigliani, and Pablo Picasso. In 1915, he moved to Zurich, where he executed collages and tapestries, often in collaboration with his future wife Sophie Taeuber (who became known as Sophie Taeuber-Arp after they married in 1922). In 1916, Hugo Ball...
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1950s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Grand Kabuki Stainless Steel Abstract Brutalist Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Alfred Van Loen 1978 (1968 in casting?) signed 18 1/2" x 5 1/2" abstract stainless steel sculpture "Grand Kabucki", mounted on wood base, overall size 21 1/2" x 7" If there are any ...
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Pablo Picasso Terracotta Fish Pitcher Madoura Pottery Sujet Poisson France 1952
Located in Portland, OR
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), terracotta fish pitcher. Madoura pottery 1952. This original terracotta fish pitcher was created by Picasso in 1952 and was ...
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1950s Surrealist Sculptures

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Terracotta

Trois Personnages sur Tremplin (Three Figures on a Trampoline), A.R. 375
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1956, this Madoura small convex wall plaque of white earthenware clay with engraving accentuated with oxidized paraffin in a glaze bath (ivory, brown) is from the edition ...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Clay, Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze

Horse With Two Riders Large Bronze Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Horse With Two Riders Large Outdoor Bronze Sculpture 1974 Artist signed, edition 2/6. Light blue green patina. Deaccessioned from the Boca Raton Museum of Art. This is a stunning ...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

White Fins
By Martin Schreiber
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Martin Schreiber (1924-2005). White Fins, 1972. Painted steel. 9" h., 16" w., 6" d. Signed and dated on base. Minor staining, oxidation and paint loss evident. Metal structure itself is in perfect condition with no bent areas or conservation. Born in Berlin, Germany, after his family moved there from Poland, Martin Schreiber immigrated to the United States in 1939 to escape war-torn Europe, and later served as a US Army soldier in WWII. He was a student of the late Reuben Tam...
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1970s Hard-Edge Sculptures

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Steel

La Belle Epoque Novelle
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor. He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

La Belle Epoque Novelle
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor. He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Geometrical Clouds (Black Cloud)
Located in Henderson, NV
Black Cloud is hand cut polystyrene with acrylic by Clifford Singer.
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1970s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Acrylic

Greg Copeland 3-Dimensional Multi-Layered Cut Paper Nine Shapes
Located in Detroit, MI
Nine unique 3-Dimensional multi-layered abstract structural and architectural shapes fill the frame with the added interest of the shadows cast by the layering. Greg Copeland was the...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Paper

Summer and Winter, Mid-Century Tapestry, Woven Hanging, Textile Wall Sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
Adela Akers (b. 1933, Santiago de Compostela, Spain) is a Spanish-born textile and fiber artist. She is Professor Emeritus (1972 to 1995) at the Tyler Scho...
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

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Textile, Linen, Thread, Yarn, Fabric, Tapestry

Geometrical Clouds. White Cloud
Located in Henderson, NV
Clifford Singer's Geometrical Clouds Series has evolved since 1974.
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1970s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Acrylic

Brutalist Sailboats Metal Wall Art Sculpture Panel by Jacques Potage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning handcrafted French brutalist metal wall art sculpture panel by Jacques Potage (1931 -). Mounted on a wood plank covered with textured pewter, the metal panel features a styl...
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Violin - Collage and assembly in plexi case, Italy 1970s
Located in Napoli, IT
Assemblage, violin, paper collage on board, plexiglass case. Chiari freely uses painting, objects, drawing and collage of photocopies and photographs to create intriguing works. Exhibitions: Back to Future, Glenda Cinquegrana: lo Studio, 17.07-24.09.2013, Milan, Italy Giuseppe Chiari...
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

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Wood, Plexiglass, Paper

Picador, 1953 A.R. 200
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Capturing the moment in which the picador stabs the charging bull with his lance, Picasso creates an image of action and suspense in Pablo Picasso ceramic Picador...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Earthenware

Bill Haendel Cast Paper Relief Sculpture Blue jeans 1975
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Other Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 21" x 21" Bas relief on hand-made paper; Visual statement of society’s role in conformity of the individual and acquiescence to nationalism. William G. Haendel is originally from Wisconsin, born in West Bend in 1926. He has had exhibitions in Canada, Sweden, Italy, and England as well as many in the United States. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a M.S. degree in 1954 followed by advanced study in both Seattle, Washington and London, England. In 1960 he was the recipient of a Fulbright Award to study silversmithing and sculpture in England. He is Professor Emeritus in Sculpture from Northern Illinois University and currently resides in DeKalb, Illinois. His most notable work is with cast paper. Images are created by transferring a wet sheet of hand-made paper to plaster molds. Images are created by transferring a wet sheet of hand-mad paper to plaster molds. These molds are created with found objects or are the direct product of the artist’s imagination. Many of the found objects are parts of Haendel’s vast collections of old toys...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Vaso in vetro di Murano Barbarico Aureo
Located in Milano, IT
Vaso in vetro di forma allungata in foglia d'oro con foro centrale e piede applicato decorato con inclusione di materiale non fuso secondo la tecnica della colorazione a caldo. Ercol...
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1950s Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Geometrical Clouds. Silver Cloud
Located in Henderson, NV
Clifford Singer's Geometrical Clouds Series has evolved since 1974.
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1970s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Acrylic

Great Niçoise Compression of Different Metals Fixed on Wood Panel Wall Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
1970 Compression of different metals, fixed on panel Signed, dated and situated in black felt marker at the bottom left side “César 1970 Nice” Referenced in the Durand-Ruel Archives under No. 985 Unique artwork accompanied by the certificate from the Durand-Ruel Archives H. 36 cm W. 20,5 cm D. 9 cm Dimensions with panel: H. 60 cm W. 45,2 cm D. 4,8 cm His parents, Omer and Leila Baldaccini, Italian of Tuscan origin, had a bar in Marseilles, where César was born in 1921 in the popular district of la Belle-de-Mai, at No. 71 rue Loubon, in the center. “I am basically an absolute autodidact,” he says. He first worked at his father’s, before attending in 1935 the courses of the School of Fine Arts in his hometown with his classmate Raymond Normand and, in 1943, the National School of Fine Arts in Paris with Michel Guino, Albert Féraud, Daniel David and Philippe Hiquily, like him in the studio of Marcel Gimond...
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1970s Post-War Sculptures

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Metal

Marble Head of a Woman
By Jose de Creeft
Located in Greenwich, CT
A lovely size marble that can go on any table. The marble was specifically chosen and has wonderful texture and contrast between the polished and rough areas. Head of a Woman is ins...
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1950s American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Red Starfish - ceramic tile - 1954
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI (after) Red Starfish Handpainted ceramic tile Signed in the pattern 8 x 8" (20x20cm) Edited in 1954 by Maurice Duchin and hand crafted in atelier MPG under the control...
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1950s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Handmade Paper Collage Sculpture Art Assemblage with String Nancy Genn Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Nancy Genn, American (b. 1929) Marshfield 25 (1977) Handmade paper collage Hand signed verso Dimensions: 20 1/8 x 22 inches Utilizing what is now known as the 'Genn Method,' Nancy Genn created three-dimensional abstract works of handmade paper, gaining international recognition in the 1970s Nancy Genn is an American artist living and working in Berkeley, California known for works in a variety of media, including paintings, bronze sculpture, printmaking, and handmade paper rooted in the Japanese washi paper making tradition. Her work explores geometric abstraction, non-objective form, and calligraphic mark making, and features light, landscape, water, and architecture motifs. She is influenced by her extensive travels, and Asian craft, aesthetics and spiritual traditions. Nancy Genn was born in 1929 in San Francisco, California. She recognized early that she would pursue a career as an artist. Her mother, Ruth Wetmore Thompson Whitehouse, was a painter and UC Berkeley alumna who played a leadership role in the San Francisco Women Artists organization. Genn studied at San Francisco Art Institute (then California School of Fine Arts) with painter Hassel Smith, and at the Art Department at the University of California, Berkeley (1948–49) with Professors Margaret Peterson and John Haley, and fellow students Sam Francis and Sonya Rapoport. In 1949 she married Vernon “Tom” Genn, an engineer raised in Japan, with whom she had three children. Career Genn's first noted solo exhibition was in 1955 at Gump's Gallery in San Francisco. She received international recognition through her inclusion in French art critic Michel Tapié’s seminal text Morphologie Autre (1960), which cited her as one of the most important exponents of post-war informal art. In 1961, Genn began creating bronze sculptures using the lost-wax casting method. Influenced by noted sculptor and family friend Claire Falkenstein, who used open-formed structures in her work, Genn cast forms woven from long grape vine cuttings, and produced vessels, fountains, fire screens, a menorah, a lectern, and, notably, the Cowell Fountain (1966) at UC Santa Cruz. In 1963 her sculptural work was exhibited with Berkeley artists Peter Voulkos and Harold Paris in the influential exhibition Creative Casting curated by Paul J. Smith at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York. Genn was one of the first American artists to express herself through handmade paper, first receiving wide recognition via exhibitions at Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, beginning in 1977, and in traveling exhibitions with Robert Rauschenberg and Sam Francis. In 1978-1979, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and Japan Creative Arts Fellowship, she studied papermaking in Japan, visiting local paper craftspeople, working in Shikenjo studio in Saitama Prefecture, and exhibiting her work in Tokyo. She also learned techniques from Donald Farnsworth...
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Bill Haendel Americana Cast Paper Relief Sculpture Overalls
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Other Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 21" x 21" Bas relief on hand-made paper; Visual statement of society’s role in conformity of the individual and acquiescence to nationalism. William G. Haendel is originally from Wisconsin, born in West Bend in 1926. He has had exhibitions in Canada, Sweden, Italy, and England as well as many in the United States. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a M.S. degree in 1954 followed by advanced study in both Seattle, Washington and London, England. In 1960 he was the recipient of a Fulbright Award to study silversmithing and sculpture in England. He is Professor Emeritus in Sculpture from Northern Illinois University and currently resides in DeKalb, Illinois. His most notable work is with cast paper. Images are created by transferring a wet sheet of hand-made paper to plaster molds. Images are created by transferring a wet sheet of hand-mad paper to plaster molds. These molds are created with found objects or are the direct product of the artist’s imagination. Many of the found objects are parts of Haendel’s vast collections of old toys...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Bronze Sculpture American Modernist Art Stanley Bleifeld Girl with Bass or Cello
Located in Surfside, FL
Retaining a fine patina and in overall good condition. Signed with initials SB. I believe the edition size was 7 But I cannot find a mark. Stanley Bleifeld (1924 – 2011) was an American sculptor. Stanley Bleifeld was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bleifeld earned bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of science in education and in 1949 a master of fine arts degree in painting at Tyler School of Art of Temple University. After a trip to Rome in 1959 or 1960 he gave up painting for sculpture. He began his fine-art career as a painter. However, a visit to Italy and exposure to the bronzes of Donatello, Michelangelo, and Ghiberti changed his direction He worked with the Art Foundry of Massimo del Chiaro and alongside artists such as Lucchesi, Harry Marinsky, Fernando Botero, Igor Mitoraj and Ivan Theimer. Many of his early pieces were religious subjects, and reflected both painting and sculptural techniques in bas reliefs* that had "liquid landscapes in undulating reliefs and free-flowing portraits reminiscent of classical fragments" (166-167). He later turned from these abstract pieces to more realistic figures in bronze. Bleifeld was a National Academician in Sculpture, and a member of the National Academy of Design, and helped set policy for that organization. He was also President of the National Sculpture Society. Past presidents of the society have included John Quincy Adams Ward, James Earle Fraser, Chester Beach, Wheeler Williams, Leo Friedlander, Neil Estern, and Cecil de Blaquiere Howard. The first woman to gain admission into the NSS was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, in 1893. She was followed a few years later by Enid Yandell and Bessie Potter Vonnoh in 1898; Janet Scudder in 1904; Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1905 and Evelyn Longman and Abastenia St. Leger Eberle in 1906. In 1946, Richmond Barthé was likely the first African-American to be admitted. In 1994, the NSS held their first exhibition outside the United States at the Palazzo Mediceo Di Seravezza in Italy. Titled “100 Years of the National Sculpture Society of the United States of America in Italy” it ran from the 16th of July through the 4th of September and was curated by Nicky and Stanley Bleifeld along with Costantino Paolicchi, Lodovico Gierut and Paolo Giorgi. Among the 60 notable American sculptors whose work was selected for the exhibition were Stanley Bleifeld, Andrew DeVries, Neil Estern, Leonda Finke, Bruno Lucchesi, Barbara Lekberg...
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1970s American Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

La Belle Epoque Novelle
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor. He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Bronze Sculpture Flutist American Modernist Art Stanley Bleifeld Girl with Flute
Located in Surfside, FL
Retaining a fine patina and in overall good condition. Signed with initials SB. I believe the edition size was 7 But I cannot find a mark. Stanley Bleifeld (1924 – 2011) was an American sculptor. Stanley Bleifeld was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bleifeld earned bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of science in education and in 1949 a master of fine arts degree in painting at Tyler School of Art of Temple University. After a trip to Rome in 1959 or 1960 he gave up painting for sculpture. He began his fine-art career as a painter. However, a visit to Italy and exposure to the bronzes of Donatello, Michelangelo, and Ghiberti changed his direction He worked with the Art Foundry of Massimo del Chiaro and alongside artists such as Lucchesi, Harry Marinsky, Fernando Botero, Igor Mitoraj and Ivan Theimer. Many of his early pieces were religious subjects, and reflected both painting and sculptural techniques in bas reliefs* that had "liquid landscapes in undulating reliefs and free-flowing portraits reminiscent of classical fragments" (166-167). He later turned from these abstract pieces to more realistic figures in bronze. Bleifeld was a National Academician in Sculpture, and a member of the National Academy of Design, and helped set policy for that organization. He was also President of the National Sculpture Society. Past presidents of the society have included John Quincy Adams Ward, James Earle Fraser, Chester Beach, Wheeler Williams, Leo Friedlander, Neil Estern, and Cecil de Blaquiere Howard. The first woman to gain admission into the NSS was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, in 1893. She was followed a few years later by Enid Yandell and Bessie Potter Vonnoh in 1898; Janet Scudder in 1904; Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1905 and Evelyn Longman and Abastenia St. Leger Eberle in 1906. In 1946, Richmond Barthé was likely the first African-American to be admitted. In 1994, the NSS held their first exhibition outside the United States at the Palazzo Mediceo Di Seravezza in Italy. Titled “100 Years of the National Sculpture Society of the United States of America in Italy” it ran from the 16th of July through the 4th of September and was curated by Nicky and Stanley Bleifeld along with Costantino Paolicchi, Lodovico Gierut and Paolo Giorgi. Among the 60 notable American sculptors whose work was selected for the exhibition were Stanley Bleifeld, Andrew DeVries, Neil Estern, Leonda Finke, Bruno Lucchesi, Barbara Lekberg...
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1970s American Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Modern Family
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CAROL "MODERN FAMILY" FRUIT WOOD, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1980 20 INCHES OVERALL Joan Strauss Carl 1926-2021 Joan Strauss Carl was a...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Wood

La Boisselune
Located in New York, NY
Émile Gilioli La Boisselune 1954-59 Bronze 23.6 x 15.4 x 7.9 in, 60 x 39 x 20 cm Signed, dated and numbered on the back: “Gilioli, 59, 1/6" Cast from La Plaine Edition 1/6 P...
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1950s Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Torso Vessel (Fish Head Woman)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jim Leedy “Torso Vessel” (Fish Head Woman) Stoneware Sculpture, Glaze Year: 1979 Size: 34.75 x 16 x 11 Signed COA provided Ref.: 924802-1364 Jim Leedy was a...
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1970s American Modern Sculptures

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Stoneware

Kitty, sculpture, by Allan Houser, bronze, cat, gold, Nambe, Santa Fe, edition
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Kitty, sculpture, by Allan Houser, bronze, cat, gold, Nambe, Santa Fe, edition lifetime casting Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient of the National Medal of...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

1970's Enamel Metal Vasarely Silkscreen Screenprint Axo Kinetic Op Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Axo This piece is hand signed and numbered circa 1972-1977 I have seen it described as enamel on steel and enamel on aluminium. it is a serigraph on meta...
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1970s Op Art Sculptures

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Metal, Enamel

Mother and Child: Petal Skirt - Henry Moore, sculpture, modern, british, small
Located in London, GB
Henry Moore (1898-1986) Mother and Child: Petal Skirt conceived in 1955; cast in 1955 bronze; edition 4 of 6 plus 1 artist’s proof by the Fiorini foundry, London 19 x 9 x 15.5 cm (in...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

"1977 Carved unique face"
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an wooden sculpture by Bruce Turnbull. The sculpture is in excellent condition. The podium is made of plexiglass and comes with the sculpture. I...
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1970s Sculptures

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Wood

Yves Klein Small IKB Venus Brooch Sculpture Jewel in International Klein Blue
Located in Paris, FR
Yves Klein, Small IKB Venus Brooch Bronze multiple, painted with International Klein Blue (IKB). From a model created in 1956. Edition of 500 copies + 100...
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1950s Sculptures

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Bronze, Gold Leaf

Pase de cape, from Service Scènes de Corrida
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting his entire life, attending his first corridas when he was a child in Spain and gaining a renewed interest in the events when he settled ...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Clay, Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze

The Struggle, Rare Sterling Silver Israeli Judaica Cubist Sculpture Plate Plaque
Located in Surfside, FL
Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz Terling Silver Anniversary Silver Sculpture Plate Israel This is a beautiful sterling silver commemorative plate. It was spec...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Silver, Bronze

"El Librepensador" (The Free Thinker)
Located in Kailua Kona, HI
This bronze sculpture is made in the lost wax method of casting, and finished by hand. The polished bronze finish is often referred to as a "jeweler's finish." This sculpture rests o...
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Eclipse
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain Edition : 397/900 Publisher : Artcurial Diameter: 29 cm Inside diameter (in the back): 18 cm LCD5312
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain

Large Frimkess Jar (INV# NP3747)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Michael Frimkess Large Frimkess Jar from the Instant Migration Series (INV# NP3747) stoneware, underglaze, glaze, and decal 28.5 x 8 x 8" 1977 signed ...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Untitled
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Combining patterns reminiscent of tessellation and a large grid-like system, Vasarely turns a plain hexagon into a concave surface. Shades of light and dark play across the 'facets' ...
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1970s Op Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Tête de chèvre de profil (Goat's Head in Profile)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1952, Tête de chèvre de profil (Goat’s Head in Profile) 1952 A.R. 145, is a Madoura oblong dish of white earthenware clay with deco...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Romanticism is Ageless
Located in Wien, 9
Curt Stenvert was an Austrian avant-garde artist who initially worked as a painter. His artistic practice gradually expanded to include cinematic works and object art. His works are still internationally acclaimed today. He received his artistic training through his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He studied there with Albert Paris Gütersloh and Fritz Wotruba, which enabled him to deal with aspects of movement and perspective. This resulted in his aluminium plexiglass sculptures. His cinematic works were also influenced by his preoccupation with movement. Movement became a central motif in his works. Stenvert introduces the viewer to the biological, psychological, sociological and philosophical conditions of human existence. He developed experimental, feature-length and documentary films, which won international awards. He had solo museum exhibitions in Sweden, Italy and Germany and took part in the 1966 Venice Biennale. The social aspect preoccupied Stenvert throughout and he translated his impressions and thoughts of student unrest, social protests...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Personnage en Mouvement
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy Personnage en mouvement 1976 Bronze 25 x 12 x 12 in, 63 x 30 x 30 cm Dated and signed "Ipoustéguy" Edition 5/8 Private Collection of Didier Marien ...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), 1956
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), A.R. 341 can be compared to several other white earthenware pieces created by Picasso in 1956. Each depicts the carefree imagery of dancers, musicians, and fauns to which the artist returns time and again. Framed under a sloping mountain, two figures dance with arms raised above their heads, hands clasped in a spontaneous gesture. Leafy trees and flowers mark...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Earthenware, Ceramic

Centennial Medal for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella Centennial Medal for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970 17 Color enamel on rhodium plated bronze plaque (incised signature an...
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1970s Pop Art Sculptures

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Metal, Enamel

"Solaguavida"
Located in Kailua Kona, HI
This limited edition bronze sculpture is made using the lost wax method of casting, and is hand finished. The polished bronze surface is a very laborious surface to produce, with the end result being almost a jeweler's finish. "Solaguavida" translates into "Sun Water...
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1970s Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Nature morte, Still Life, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Polychrome ceramic, Design
Located in Geneva, CH
Nature morte, Still Life, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Polychrome ceramic, Design Ed. 400 pcs 1953 Polychrome glazed ceramic 32 x 39 cm Signed and stamp on the back : Editions Picasso, D'après Picasso, Madoura Plein Feu Picasso : Catalogue of the edited...
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1950s Post-War Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Picador, A.R. 200
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1953, ceramic Picador A.R. 200 is a round plate of white earthenware clay with oxidized paraffin decoration (brown, green, white) in a stanniferous enamel bath...
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1950s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

Italian Modernist Bronze Brutalist Sculpture (Manner of Pomodoro)
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Modern Brutalist bronze sculpture in Manner of Arnaldo or Gio Pomodoro. We cannot locate a signature or any markings. it has an abstract quality to it. heavily textured with or...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Joie de Vivre (Joy of Living), A.R. 346
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1956, this oval dish of white earthenware clay is numbered from the edition of 100. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' ...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Ceramic, Earthenware

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 metalbronze 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.)

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