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Twisting the Sinew of My Heart
Twisting the Sinew of My Heart

Twisting the Sinew of My Heart

Located in New York, NY

In addition to Susan Lisbin's practice as a painter, she is a very active ceramicist. To create this sculpture, Lisbin experimented with folding layers over layer of ceramic before i...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Catalan Polychrome Wood Figure of the Christ Child
Catalan Polychrome Wood Figure of the Christ Child

Catalan Polychrome Wood Figure of the Christ Child

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Polychrome Wood Sculpture of the Christ Child, Catalan School, 18th Century A finely carved and expressive figure from the late Baroque period. Crafted in wood with traces of its ori...

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Mid-18th Century Baroque Sculptures

Materials

Wood

KAWS BFF Companion (KAWS Blue BFF Companion)
KAWS BFF Companion (KAWS Blue BFF Companion)

KAWS BFF Companion (KAWS Blue BFF Companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Blue BFF Companion (vinyl), new in its original packaging. A well-received work and variation of KAWS' large scale BFF sculpture in Los Angeles's Playa Vista neighborhood. Me...

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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Seated Figure of a Women Stone Abstract Sculpture
Seated Figure of a Women Stone Abstract Sculpture

Seated Figure of a Women Stone Abstract Sculpture

By Milton Goldin

Located in Houston, TX

Tan colored stone sculpture of a female figure with hands covering the sides of her head. The sculpture is signed by the artist and dated. Milton Goldin is known for producing abstra...

Category

1980s Naturalistic Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Standing Figure
Standing Figure

Standing Figure

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Tom Cramer (b.1960). Standing Figure, 1980. Carved wood and polymer paint. Measures 11.5 inches high. Excellent condition. Signed and dated under base. Tom Cramer is an American artist working in Portland, Oregon noted for his intricately carved and painted wood reliefs and ubiquity throughout the city of Portland. Often called the unofficial Artist Laureate of Portland,[2] Cramer is one of the most visible and successful artists in the city. The influences on his work are both organic and technological. He is widely collected and is in many prominent west coast museum and private collections. He is in the permanent collections of the Portland Art Museum[3] in Portland Oregon, the Halle Ford Museum in Salem Oregon, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum in Eugene, Oregon, the Boise Art Museum in Idaho. Cramer made a name for himself in the 1980s and 1990s becoming a bridge between historical Oregon artists like Clifford Gleason and Milton Wilson...

Category

Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Latex

Apollo
Apollo

Apollo

By Henri Bouchard

Located in PARIS, FR

"Apollo" by Henri Bouchard (1875-1960) An Art Deco period masterpiece! Exceptional bronze sculpture with a golden-brown patina Signed " H. Bouchard " Unique piece This work personifies Apollo, god of the Arts. Represented here as Apollo Musagète, leader of the procession of muses and winner of the serpent Python. This subject was commissioned to adorn the entrance to the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, and whose monumental bronze is still exhibited there. To participate in the Venice Biennale in 1938, Henri Bouchard had reduced in 1937 the large Apollo of the Palais de Chaillot, which had not yet been installed. Vintage cast by Bisceglia (cast founder stamp) made during the artist's lifetime. Incised dedication below signature : " à mon cher ami E. Sandoz " This is a unique cast made for the sculptor Edouard-Marcel Sandoz (1881-1971). This cast was exhibited at the 1938 Venice Biennale. France 1937 height : 82 cm width : 45 cm depth : 30 cm weight : 31,2 kgs Stickers under the bronze cast : - Sticker mentioning that this cast has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale of 1938 under the number 354 ("Biennale Internaz. d'Arte Venezia – 1938 – XVI – 354"). - Sticker mentioning that this cast went through Italian customs ("ne – merci – dogana italiana – visitate - 9622") - Damaged Sticker mentioning the name ("A…") and the address ("25…") of the owner of the cast (maybe for the workshop "Atelier Henri Bouchard", 25 rue d’Yvettes, 75016 Paris). Provenance : - Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, Paris, according to the dedication. - Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein (entrepreneur and founder of Sire Records, famous American record label ; and avid collector of 19th and 20th century fine art...

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1930s Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Syncopation XX
Syncopation XX

Syncopation XX

By Jane B. Grimm

Located in Burlingame, CA

Coral to bright orange low fired glazed ceramic on wood sculptural wall work of art from Pop Art pioneer Jane B. Grimm, whose artistic career began in the 1960’s, when her free-form sculptural jewelry exploded onto the fashion scene in NYC. Her designs spoke to a new generation well into the 1970's, when they were regularly featured in, and graced the covers of, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue magazines. In the 1980's, Grimm shifted her focus to clay while earning her MFA from the California College of Arts...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood Panel

The Diamonds  Collectors' set with matching numbers
The Diamonds  Collectors' set with matching numbers

The Diamonds Collectors' set with matching numbers

By Jeff Koons

Located in Zug, CH

With the Celebration series, Koons offers a reimagined iconography of the gemstone found in nature, which takes billions of years to form, in a brand new colour. The Diamond becomes ...

Category

2010s Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

The People, signed 3D photo realist mixed media sculpture of people viewing art
The People, signed 3D photo realist mixed media sculpture of people viewing art

The People, signed 3D photo realist mixed media sculpture of people viewing art

By Howard Kanovitz

Located in New York, NY

Howard Kanovitz The People, 1971 3-5 Mixed Media Silkscreen on Plexiglas and aluminum base Signed: Artist's Signature etched on the work and annotated A.P., Edition of 1 (an Artists Proof, aside from the regular edition of 75) 15 × 16 × 1 1/2 inches Signatured etched on the work and annotated A.P. , aside from the limited edition of 75. This excellent 1971 3-D photo realist work "The People" is a multiple based upon a larger work the artist did of people beholding a work of art. Here, we see them only from behind, because they are busy looking at art - a clever photorealist work - art about art - catching people in the process of looking at art. Howard Kanovitz Biography Howard Kanovitz was a leader of Photo Realism: a documenter of style and fashion, depicting members of the art scene at openings, or superimposing known critics and curators onto images of board room meetings. In his particular style, he explored the intersections of painting, photography, fiction, and fact. Kanovitz studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and The Art Studenst League in Woodstock where he worked with Yasuo Kyniyoshi before moving to New York an apprenticing with Franz Kline. As a member of New York’s downtown art scene, Kanovitz painted abstract paintings, which he exhibited at Tenth Street Galleries early in his career. Following his father’s death in 1963, Kanovitz went through family photos, an experience which prompted him to interrogate the relationship between images and perception. At this time, Kanovitz abandoned abstraction in favor of a figurative style and worked arduously in this new direction. These efforts culminated in a 1966 solo exhibition at the Jewish Museum, securing his place as a leader of Photo Realism among artists such as Larry Rivers, Alex Katz, and Chuck Close. His photo based, representational paintings exhibited at the Jewish Museum show were the first to be called “photo-realist” and shocked many in the art community prompting a symposium which was held at the New York Studio School for “downtown artists” to weigh in on this perennial “hot topic”, newly addressed by one of their own. Kanovitz first began using airbrush in 1967, giving his paintings a feeling of photographic perfection. Cut out figures created using this precisionist technique were placed in the viewers space, often in front of Kanovitz’s painted canvas depicting the luminaries of the art world of the time. This type of installation was the centerpiece in the first of several Waddell Gallery shows. Kanovitz has been the subject of many solo museum shows internationally and his work is collected by institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Britain, London, and Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna. -Courtesy Eric Firestone...

Category

1970s Photorealist Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Etching, Screen

Face Jar
Face Jar

Face Jar

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Artist Statement I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...

Category

2010s Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Lu
Lu

Lu

By Donald Martiny

Located in Westport, CT

Donald Martiny’s signature work is composed of dispersed pigment on aluminum. He creates immediately frozen brushstrokes that are made from his own movements. They are defined by the...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Pigment

“Glitter Balloon Red Bandaged” – Deep Acrylic Glittered Cast Wall Mount - Large
“Glitter Balloon Red Bandaged” – Deep Acrylic Glittered Cast Wall Mount - Large

“Glitter Balloon Red Bandaged” – Deep Acrylic Glittered Cast Wall Mount - Large

By Plastic Jesus

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Plastic Jesus is a Los Angeles based street artist that specializes in bold stencil and installation work, inspired by world news events, society, the urban environment, culture and ...

Category

2010s Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Glitter

Alfred Dubucand (1828-1894): Two hunting dogs
Alfred Dubucand (1828-1894): Two hunting dogs

Alfred Dubucand (1828-1894): Two hunting dogs

Located in Berlin, DE

Dubucand Alfred 1828-1894 Two Hunting Dogs, Bronze on a Marble Base The Bronze with the monogram 'E.V.' and the number '2958' Two Hunting Dogs, Group Signed Alfred Dubucand, Fren...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Joel Urruty - free form #6, Sculpture 2024
Joel Urruty - free form #6, Sculpture 2024

Joel Urruty - free form #6, Sculpture 2024

By Joel Urruty

Located in Stamford, CT

Medium: whitewashed poplar As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual lang...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Caballo Carrusell / Carousell Horse - Mexican Folk Art  Cactus Fine Art
Caballo Carrusell / Carousell Horse - Mexican Folk Art  Cactus Fine Art

Caballo Carrusell / Carousell Horse - Mexican Folk Art Cactus Fine Art

By Miguel Martinez

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

Caballo Carrusell / Carousell Horse This Mexican Wood Horse was made with Copal wood, wood carving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with natural dyes and acrylic pa...

Category

2010s Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Straightening Up

Straightening Up

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Diptych Fused Glass created in a kiln. method Relatively simple materials. Beginning with float (recycled window) or plate glass, pieces are cut and arranged with hand-cut glass s...

Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mica

Homage to Kenneth Noland
Homage to Kenneth Noland

Homage to Kenneth Noland

Located in Washington, DC

Exceptional wood sculpture by Andrea De Zerega (1916-1990). Titled "Homage to Noland." Signed and dated 1968. Base is weighted for stability. Exhibit...

Category

1960s Color-Field Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Contemporary Bronze Desktop Sculpture Little Owl, wildlife, nature, bird animals
Contemporary Bronze Desktop Sculpture Little Owl, wildlife, nature, bird animals

Contemporary Bronze Desktop Sculpture Little Owl, wildlife, nature, bird animals

By Richard Smith b.1955

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Edition of 25 'Little Owl' by Richard Smith, finished in a mottled brown patina with subtle dustings of white, captures the charming intensity and alert presence of this small but fo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Don Frost, Changing Seasons, Sculpture 2019

Don Frost, Changing Seasons, Sculpture 2019

By Don Frost

Located in Stamford, CT

Changing Seasons Fiberglass / Carbon Fibre impregnated with catalysed polyester resin Powder filled acrylic lacquer on filled polyester resin base 108 x 20 x 20 in "I am an artist, ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Fiberglass, Polyester, Lacquer

F. Soriano Women "HERA" original iron sculpture 1995
F. Soriano Women "HERA" original iron sculpture 1995

F. Soriano Women "HERA" original iron sculpture 1995

By Ferran Soriano

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

steel sculpture by the Spanish artist Ferran SORIANO. Ferran Soriano - Sculptor (Barcelona, 1944) Ferran Soriano has been exhibiting his works of art since 1970 around the world (in...

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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Iron

Legacy (diptych) - hand crafted, inscribed, figurative, ceramic wall sculpture
Legacy (diptych) - hand crafted, inscribed, figurative, ceramic wall sculpture

Legacy (diptych) - hand crafted, inscribed, figurative, ceramic wall sculpture

By Heather Allen Hietala

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Heather Allen Hietala’s mixed media art is designed to tell a story. The American artist uses the vessel as a metaphor for life’s journey. Hietala hand-builds ceramic canoe-like shap...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Badger by Cécile Raynal - ceramic animal, clay sculpture
Badger by Cécile Raynal - ceramic animal, clay sculpture

Badger by Cécile Raynal - ceramic animal, clay sculpture

By Cécile Raynal

Located in Paris, FR

Badger is a unique smoke-fired stoneware, resin, plaster and clay sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 80 × 36 × 52 cm (31.5 × 14.1 × 20.4 in). This ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Stoneware, Resin, Plaster

Bronze Sculpture Wall Relief Judaica Jewish Matriarchs Modernist Leonard Baskin
Bronze Sculpture Wall Relief Judaica Jewish Matriarchs Modernist Leonard Baskin

Bronze Sculpture Wall Relief Judaica Jewish Matriarchs Modernist Leonard Baskin

By Leonard Baskin

Located in Surfside, FL

Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) Jewish Matriarchs, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah with Hebrew calligraphy Bronze, 1998 9.5 X 9 inches Judaic biblical bronze of Jewish mothers. Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher. Baskin was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. While he was a student at Yale University, he founded Gehenna Press, a small private press specializing in fine book production. From 1953 until 1974, he taught printmaking and sculpture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Subsequently Baskin also taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He lived most of his life in the U.S., but spent nine years in Devon at Lurley Manor, Lurley, near Tiverton, close to his friend Ted Hughes, for whom he illustrated Crow. Sylvia Plath dedicated Sculpto to Leonard Baskin in her famous work, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960). The Funeral Contege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. His public commissions include a bas relief for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and a bronze statue of a seated figure, erected in 1994 for the Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His works are owned by many major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art and the Vatican Museums. The archive of his work at the Gehenna Press was acquired by the Bodleian Library at Oxford, England, in 2009. The McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, Ontario owns over 200 of his works (some religious and biblical), most of which were donated by his brother Rabbi Bernard Baskin. Contemporary Religious Imagery in American Art. Catalog for an exhibition held at the Ringling Museum of Art, March 1-31, 1974. Artists represented: David Aronson, Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Hyman Bloom, Fernando Botero, Paul Cadmus, Marvin Cherney, Arthur G. Dove, Philip Evergood, Adolph Gottlieb, Jonah Kinigstein, Arman, Rico Lebrun, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Abraham Rattner, Ben Shahn, Mark Tobey, Max Weber, William Zorach and others.In 1955, he was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery, they showed many great artists, Chaim Koppelman, for many years, headed the gallery's Print Division; printmakers such as Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Robert Conover...

Category

20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by David Natidze - Two Birds 1

Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by David Natidze - Two Birds 1

Located in Paris, IDF

Alabaster David Natidze is a Belgium-based sculptor born in 1969 in Georgia known for his refined stone sculptures that blend modernist tradition with minimalist abstraction. He gra...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Love Wins - Rainbow glass pill sculpture
Love Wins - Rainbow glass pill sculpture

Love Wins - Rainbow glass pill sculpture

By Edie Nadelhaft

Located in East Quogue, NY

Limited edition rainbow colored glass pill sculpture. Edition of 9. Signed and numbered on the back by the artist. The piece is equipped with a D-ring on the back for easy hanging. "Love Wins" is part of Edie Nadelhaft's "Better Living Thru Chemistry: Luv is the Drug" sculpture series consisting of candy-colored glass and mixed media capsule-shaped objects. Each pill is festooned with text messages, social media iconography and the language of pop psychology. Inspired in equal parts by the ubiquitous presence of social media in contemporary culture and the simultaneous rise of direct - to - consumer pharmaceutical marketing. The work pokes fun at the alternately amusing and depressing correlations between the two phenomena as both are enlisted to oversimplify the human condition and expedite contentment through a familiar cocktail of instant gratification and seductive packaging. Edie Nadelhaft is a New York-based painter and mixed media artist whose work has been widely exhibited at museums, art fairs and galleries. She studied painting and art history at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and S.U.N.Y. Purchase. She received her BFA with Honors from The Massachusetts College of Art & Design. Glass sculpture, glass pill, pop art, bright colors, multicolor, still life, sculpture, wall installation, contemporary art, chill pill...

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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

Dancer, Signed Cast Paper Relief by Bruno Lucchesi
Dancer, Signed Cast Paper Relief by Bruno Lucchesi

Dancer, Signed Cast Paper Relief by Bruno Lucchesi

By Bruno Lucchesi

Located in Long Island City, NY

Dancer by Bruno Lucchesi, Italian (1926) Date: circa 1970s Cast paper reflief, signed and numbered Edition of 85/300 Size: 28 x 25 in. (71.12 x 63.5 cm) Frame Size: 35.5 x 31.5 inches

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1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Paper

"What If I Told You I Believe in You?" Mounted Sewing Needle with Pastel
"What If I Told You I Believe in You?" Mounted Sewing Needle with Pastel

"What If I Told You I Believe in You?" Mounted Sewing Needle with Pastel

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "What If I Told You I Believe in You?"is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma as part of her newest exhibition, "Watch Me Backflip." This exhibition is made up of met...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Paper, Oil Pastel

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd Mexican Huichol Bluetooth Speaker of the House IX
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd Mexican Huichol Bluetooth Speaker of the House IX

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd Mexican Huichol Bluetooth Speaker of the House IX

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

FROM THE SPACE TO YOUR DESK!!!. . . BLUETOOTH AND RADIO SPEAKER INCLUDED!!!! A more traditional HUICHOL style sculpture. Looks great in any room!!! ALTERATION ART . . . is a colla...

Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

Diary 2 by John Garrett, 2017, Mixed Media Wall Hanging Sculpture, Contemporary
Diary 2 by John Garrett, 2017, Mixed Media Wall Hanging Sculpture, Contemporary

Diary 2 by John Garrett, 2017, Mixed Media Wall Hanging Sculpture, Contemporary

By John Garrett

Located in St. Louis, MO

John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Other Medium

Conscience Lurked: Abstract Oxidized Brass Wall Sculpture
Conscience Lurked: Abstract Oxidized Brass Wall Sculpture

Conscience Lurked: Abstract Oxidized Brass Wall Sculpture

By Joe Wheaton

Located in Hudson, NY

Joe Wheaton Conscience Lurked, 2019 58" x 11" x 4" oxidized brass Joe Wheaton’s unique sculptural designs welded from dark, oxidized brass or brilliant silver steel showcase a contradictory set of relationships; “beautiful yet menacing, “threatening yet delicate” as described by the artist. Wheaton builds his metal compositions using a language of strokes and patterns. Geometric spears, disks and quadrangles alternate with wispy, sharp edged lines that trail off quietly to an undefined point. This visual sweep can be likened to the art of calligraphy, echoing the artist’s interest in early Asian arts and ceramics, as well as printmaking. This exhibit will include several of Wheaton’s large and small wall...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Bronze "The Will" German 1930s Signed
Art Deco Bronze "The Will" German 1930s Signed

Art Deco Bronze "The Will" German 1930s Signed

Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE

Wilhelm Andreas Leipzig 1882 - 1951 The Will Bronze, signed Height including base 26.7 cm Authenticity confirmed in writing Wilhelm Andreas studied at the Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts from Easter 1899 to Easter 1903 as a full-time student and was again a student of Adolf Lehnert from 1919 to 1920. In the meantime, he spent ten years in Berlin working in the arts and crafts and continued his self-taught education on study trips that took him to Rome and Paris. He then settled in Leipzig as a freelance artist. He lived at Zeitzer Straße 2a (now Karl-Liebknecht-Straße). His studio was located in the Künstlerhaus (artists' house) on Nikischplatz. After its destruction on December 4, 1943, he and Johannes Hartmann used...

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1930s Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Evi by Nando Kallweit. Elegant limited edition bronze sculpture, Edition of 25
Evi by Nando Kallweit. Elegant limited edition bronze sculpture, Edition of 25

Evi by Nando Kallweit. Elegant limited edition bronze sculpture, Edition of 25

By Nando Kallweit

Located in Coltishall, GB

Evi is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit. Nando carved the marque for the body from a piece of oak using a small chain saw. The marque is then used to make th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary 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 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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