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"Matrescence" found textiles, animalia, patterns, fabric, wall hanging
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Matrescence" is an original artwork by Crystal Stokowski and is made from upcycled mixed media. This piece measures 16” diameter. About Space 1026...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Fabric, Found Objects

Four Ring Temps Zero Black 1/10 - modern, minimalist, metal indoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This modern minimalist metal indoor sculpture was made by Philippe Pallafray. Four connected highly polished stainless steel rings of varying sizes and widths create a dynamic compo...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel Wall Sculpture: YOU ARE ENOUGH IV
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Positive street signs and mindful messages characterize the work of multidisciplinary artist Scott Froschauer. Froschauer utilizes a practice called "cultural jamming," which appropr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures

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Metal, Steel

Alfil #2 by Alejandro Vega Beuvrin - Abstract sculpture, weathering steel, laser
Located in Paris, FR
Alfil #2 is a weathering steel sculpture by contemporary artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin, dimensions are 60 × 25 × 22 cm (23.6 × 9.8 × 8.7 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, i...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Vintage Chicago Architect Stanley Tigerman Cloisonne Enamel Art Necklace Acme
Located in Surfside, FL
This is new old stock vintage Jewelry from the legendary Acme Studio collection, which created many revolutionary jewelry items. It was handmade in the 1980s using the intricate cloisonné process, an ancient technique for decorating metal; hence any imperfections within the colors are to be expected and inherent which makes it unique and one-of-a-kind. This piece is worn around the neck, like a bolo tie. The Memphis Designers...
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1980s Pop Art Sculptures

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Metal, Enamel

Mother and Child
Located in Atlanta, GA
KENNEDY MUSEKIWA Kennedy Musekiwa was born on May 29, 1962 in the Marondera region of Zimbabwe. He is married and has four children. He was first inspired by his cousin, Victor Mutongwizo, and in 1985 began to work under his guidance. However, Joseph Ndandarika...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Stone

Fuzzy Memories
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Fuzzy Memories" is an original, painted ceramic sculpture by John Oliver Lewis measuring 7.5”h x 5”w x 3.5”d. ABOUT // Originally from Wisconsin, John Oliver Lewis currently lives ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Acrylic

Cobra, Unknown, 20th century, Bronze, Animal, Snake, Design, art deco, Cast
Located in Geneva, CH
Cobra, Unknown, 20th century, Bronze, Animal, Snake, Design, art deco, Cast
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20th Century Art Deco Sculptures

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Bronze

"Semence", Black and Grey Metal with Red Spots Hand-Woven Pendant Airy Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "Semence", this airy sculpture of meticulous mesh represents a little seed growing somewhere, added to other small seeds growing elsewhere, which gives us a glimpse of a promising future. This artwork is entirely hand-woven by artist Delphine Grandvaux directly from an annealed iron black wire and a galvanized grey iron wire with some spots painted red. This piece is to be hung from the ceiling or on the wall. Delphine Grandvaux is a French sculptor. Motivated by her desire to create light and airy artworks, she found her way to express creatively in a unique artistic approach, based on a similar technique of mesh from the metal wire as Ruth Asawa. In the woven works...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Shark Hammer - Limited Edition of 12, 5\12
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original fish sculpture by the Ukrainian sculptor Volodymyr Mykytenko. 5/12 edition. Excellent condition. Materials: Bronze. Please contact us if you have any questions about this...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

"Equos" Bronze Sculpture Lost Wax Method Florence Cesello 10" x 8"
Located in Houston, TX
"Equos" A small study inspired by Classical equestrian examples, the artist in this piece balances the potential energy within the form of the horse with an emotional calm. Noun...
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2010s Romantic Sculptures

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Bronze

Hypomnema 3, Wall sculpture. Handmade from an oriental rug.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hypomnema. A term that is composed of the ancient Greek preposition Hypo-Mneme and literally means “commemorative memory.” It is the meeting of several layers in an object, the memor...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Textile, Mixed Media

Renaissance
Located in Nashville, TN
Philippe Guillerm began his professional life in Paris, France, where he was born in the late 1950s. He has traveled around the world on his forty-ei...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Walnut

Singing Vessel Quetzal Green 32- circular, contemporary, steel wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by ancient vessels, Marlene Hilton Moore’s colourful, contemporary wall sculptures are made from polished powder-coated steel. The deep blue-green colour of the vessel draws...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Untitled XII : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working i...
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1980s Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

C15-1 (Minimalist Emerald Wall Sculpture on Two Panels)
Located in Hudson, NY
acrylic on panel Acrylic on 2 wood panels. 30 x 40 each. Horizontal or Vertical installation possible. Luminous green cross hatched painting on wood panel. This piece has a sculpt...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Set of 2 glossy ceramic balloons. 2 Colors: Red & yellow.
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This glossy ceramic balloon sculpture is a balloon for life and an art collectors piece. Its Vivid glossy color enhances sophisticated and cheerful space environment. handmade in the...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Geoide #3. From The Geoide Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artwork is a three-state model of an inorganic body, beginning with a black, alien-like rock formation, which gradually unfolds as it evolves, revealing its contents as a whitish...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Plastic, Wood, Acrylic, Polyurethane

Cairn Vase (large #2)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vase sculpture titled "Cairn Vase (large #2)" is an original artwork by Yoonmi Nam made of ceramic and white glaze. This piece measures 10.5” x 4.5” x 4.75”. Flowers not included. Main image photographed by Zane Smith...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

OWL #24 JACOBO AND MARIA ANGELES.
Located in Dallas, TX
Jacobo and Maria Angeles. Owl #24. Oaxaca, Mexico. Weight: 1.6 lbs., height: 7 in., length:4 in. width: 3 in. Copal Wood
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21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Aiming Up by Kuno Vollet Contemporary Steel Sculpture for indoor or outdoor
Located in DE
This beautiful large corroded steel sculpture can be used for indoor or outdoors. It makes for an elegant statement in any garden, lobby or private home. Artist: Kuno Vollet ____...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Steel

Be-formed 2 by Sharon Brill - Wall sculpture, porcelain, white, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
Be-formed-2 is a unique sculpture by contemporary artist Sharon Brill. This is a mixed media wall sculpture (porcelain, wall putty, paint, wooden frame), dimensions are 40 × 40 × 17 ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain, Paint, Wood Panel

Safari, Bronze Sculpture by Volodymyr Mykytenko, 2008
Located in Zofingen, AG
Volodymyr Mykytenko - Safari (2008) Safari is a cheerful and lucky image of a hunter. A funny bird sits on snails that look like a jeep. The gun i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

La Fontaine
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Melun in 1957, Jager is a French sculptor and painter. Passionate about equitation, he is famous for making representations of horses in plaster and bronze in all their forms. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Dijon and is currently living in France. Rather than just being an artist, he describes himself as a dreamer: unpredictable and passionate. For Frédéric JAGER, beauty is a must. His style, classic, figurative, is stunning in this world of contemporary art. Bringing bronze to life, his works always capture the energy and beauty of the horse “Because unlike men, a horse is always beautiful, always strong, always sad.” Several large companies, such as HERMES, NINA RICCI, goldsmith MELLERIO, CHEVIGNON, SOCIETE GENERALE, HORSE WOOD, watches PEQUIGNET, SWEATERIE, have called upon him for sculptures, decorative objects, advertising works, or trophies for the races. He has had numerous solo exhibitions, and has also participated in a myraid of art fairs such as the ‘Salon International de Saumur’, the Animal Sculpture Biennale of Rambouillet, the Derby Horse in Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Orange Vase, Hand-Blown Glass Sculpture by Ira Sapir
Located in Long Island City, NY
Orange Vase Ira Sapir, American (1955) Hand-Blown Glass, signed and numbered Edition of 1/77 Size: 3.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 in. (8.89 x 13.97 x 13.97 cm) 1-inch opening at top
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1980s Abstract Sculptures

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Blown Glass

A World to Teach
Located in Loveland, CO
A World to Teach by Jane DeDecker Figurative Bronze Sculpture functioning as bench 44x53x22" bronze ed/21 (last in available casting in the edition) Brother and Sister composition, d...
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2010s Impressionist Sculptures

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Bronze

"WavyOlive" Wall Sculpture-wood, orange, red, green, modernism, mid century, mcm
Located in Marmora, NJ
"WavyOlive" is a minimalist and modernist maple wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece was inspired by my love for simple bold colors and...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Untitled (Wheat)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bertoia's "wheat" pieces are rare and a joy. These works do not make sound when one touches the tines and is meant less to be touched than to convey an organic feel of sunlight rippling through stalks of golden wheat. This is a great size for a table. An unusual composition for Bertoia, Untitled (Wheat) combines elements with the artist’s more familiar Tonals with those of the Sprays. Typical of the artist’s œuvre however is the pleasant sensation of touch when stroking the ends of the wires. Bertoia’s spray sculptures...
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1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Brass, Steel

Entrelacements no. I - contemporary modern geometric sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Entrelacements I is the first of two different medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting reliefs by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. The relie...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic

Vintage 1980s Hand Blown Studio Art Glass Plate by Peter Bramhall
Located in East Quogue, NY
Beautiful yellow glass centerpiece created by Peter Bramhall, signed and dated 8/2/80. The swirl design platter is uniquely shaped and is full...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass, Blown Glass

Assyrian King - Resin and Metal Surrealist Bust Sculpture of a King
Located in New York, NY
Angelo Canevari’s Assyrian King is a 25 x 14 inch mix media surrealist sculpture. It is made of metal, resin, automotive paint, and cardboard. It is a surrealist interpretation of a bust of an Assyrian King. The use of metal and wires to develop a tridimensional sculptural quality, as well as the expressionistic outcome of the imagery, has echoes in some contemporary African sculpture...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Sculptures

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Metal

Orí Yucateca, Figurative Sculpture. From the Series Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Wood, stone, iron. The raw material and the material of a sculptor. ancestor of any architectural practice. But the architect, the sculptor and the artist do not remain alone in thei...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Granite, Copper, Iron, Wire

Silver Orbit by Kuno Vollet - Contemporary brass sculpture with silver base
Located in DE
Contemporary Minimal Silver polished stainless steel sculpture. It is a stunning polished stainless steel and makes for an elegant statement in any garden, lobby or private home. Ku...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Marble, Brass

VICTOR VASARELY, MULTI WAVE CUBE, ACRYLIC GLASS SCULPTURE 1970
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Vasarely, Victor Oltar Zoelo - I - 1970's Multi Wave Cube Silkscreen, Acrylic Glass sculpture Hand Signed And Numbered in black marker. Edition: 115/200 Size with base: 7.5 x 4 x 4 i...
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1970s Op Art Sculptures

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Glass, Acrylic Polymer, Screen

Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" - unique galvanized indoor and garden ornament
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor lamp "Globe" d = 55 cm galvanized outdoor. Outdoor light for the house and garden as well as entrance area. This lamp impresses their unique shadow projection. The ball is d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sculptures

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Steel

Library Series 2024 - 6
Located in New York, NY
Title: Library Series 2024 - 6 Materials: Magazines, Books, Iron Mesh, Transparent sealing materials Size: 47.2 × 57 × 1 inches Rarity: Unique Medium: Mixed Media Signature: Can be H...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Open Clef Ed. 2/15 - abstract, sculpture, contemporary, bronze
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary bronze indoor sculpture was inspired by music and created by David Chamberlain. David Chamberlain’s compelling, lyrical sculptures are celebrations of form inspire...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Small abstract sculpture. Ancient candle holder.
Located in Zofingen, AG
This ceramic sculpture resembles an ancient object. It has a stone texture and rounded plasticity. Inside the sculpture is a place for fire. When the fire burns, the sculpture comes to life. You see a warm light inside and a cold shadow outside. It takes you into the cool of the night under the starry sky to a place where miracles happen. The sculpture passed high firing (1120 degrees). I left the natural texture of gray clay to keep the feeling of naturalness. Sve Gris...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

"Mother & Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Mother and Child" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman and her baby numbered 43/150. Inspired by the birth of his own child, Frederick Hart masterfully ce...
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1990s Realist Sculptures

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Resin, Acrylic Polymer

Carved Wood German Expressionist Sculpture Jewish Woman Refugee Artist Judaica
By Miriam Sommerburg
Located in Surfside, FL
Miriam Sommerburg (American female artist, born Germany, Hamburg, 1900–1980 New York) Modernist Wood Carved Sculpture, Carving depictin...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Sculptures

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Wood

Vanitas Vase #12, Dirk Staschke, 2024, Painterly Glazed Ceramic Vessel Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between sculpture and pai...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze

Peace Yeti: Artic Cobalt - Series of 200
Located in Bozeman, MT
Their work is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. They explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-driven s...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, Mixed Media, Wax

Oops.. by Helle Crawford, Contemporary frog bronze animal sculpture
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Gold, Bronze

Sun God
Located in Boston, MA
Donald De Lue, American (1897-1988). Sun God, 1937. Bronze, 35 x 19 x 9 inches. Bronze with Renaissance Brown patina and gold patina on sun. Number 6 in an ed...
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20th Century Art Deco Sculptures

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Bronze

Four Season Extraordinary Set of Italian Stone Caryatids Sculptures
Located in Rome, IT
Four Caryatids sculptures with classically draped figures and their distinguishing symbols. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Measures: Height with square form bases cm 220. Time...
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20th Century Academic Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Downhill (Knight Ave) - tall, narrative, figurative, male, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This fun and somewhat whimsical sculpture recalls a cherished childhood memory for Roch Smith. The Toronto-based sculptor has hand-forged the bronze figure of a young boy on a bike balancing upright on its back wheel-popping a wheelie. He stands poised to ride off the top of a high, narrow steel track that ends in a loop reminiscent of the popular ‘Hot Wheels’ toy race car...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze, Steel

Abstract Round Wooden Dowel Wall Sculpture, 3793-SOLR-R-B by Matt Bilfield
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
MATT BILFIELD '3793-SOLR-R-B' 3,793 Wooden Dowels in Architectural Plywood 47 x 47 in _________________ My creative journey is guided by a deep appreciation for order, precision, a...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, Plywood

Light-Glyph (Blue)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Light Glyphs, Casper Brindle presents two new bodies of work, each involving dramatic investigations into light, color and perspective. The results are poetic, sensual and spati...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Head of a man done by Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Houston, TX
Sculpture of male head, silvered plated brass. Inscribed on the bottom, "Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien" Austria, c. 1930s 16"h x 10.5"w x 3.5"d
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1930s Art Deco Sculptures

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Brass

Dragoon, black matte, Richard Orlinski
Located in Porto, 13
Dragoon The kindly yet scary-looking dragon by Richard Orlinski is rooted in Chinese folklore. It has a crest on the top of its head so it can fly and master the wind and rain. It sy...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Resin

Sophist AP - letters formed into a head, bronze figurative sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Large metal letters, welded together into the form of an abstracted head are skillfully cast in bronze by sculptor Dale Dunning. The title of this ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Montage" Charles Green Shaw, Antique Playing Cards and Pipe Montage
Located in New York, NY
Charles Green Shaw Montage, circa 1935 Labeled on verso Pipes, antique playing cards 19 x 16 inches Charles Green Shaw, born into a wealthy New...
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1930s American Modern Sculptures

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Mixed Media

A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE - Paper Rose Wall Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE 37.0 x 36.0 x 1.25, 3.0 lbs Archival paper Founder's stamp Artist's Commentary: "Unique handcrafted on-edge paper sculpture on composite board cutout, d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Archival Paper

Trisha I - Elegant Original Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

Horses - Mixed media, Bronze relief on velvet, Figurative, Animals
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mixed media artwork - bronze sculpture installed on velvet
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Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Maquette for Laureate (unique sculpture)
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Lipton Maquette for Laureate, ca. 1968-1969 Nickel silver on monel metal Unique 18 × 8 1/2 × 7 inches Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1969 thence by descent Christie's New York: Monday, June 30, 2008 [Lot 00199] Acquired from the above Christie's sale This unique sculpture by important Abstract Expressionist sculptor Seymour Lipton is a maquette of the monumental sculpture "Laureate" - one of Lipton's most iconic and influential works located on the Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Laureate is a masterpiece that was commissioned by the Allen-Bradley Company in memory of Harry Lynde Bradley and as an enhancement for the newly constructed Performing Arts Center. It is located on the east bank of the Milwaukee River at 929 North Water Street. The Bradley family in Milwaukee were renowned patrons of modernist sculpture, known for their excellent taste who also founded an eponymous sculpture park. For reference only is an image of the monumental "Laureate" one of Milwaukee's most beloved public sculptures. According to the Smithsonian, which owns a different unique variation of this work, "The full-size sculpture Laureate was commissioned by the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee. In the initial drawings, Seymour Lipton combined details from the architectural plan with a wide variety of images, ranging from musical instruments to a lighthouse on the island of Tobago. He transformed the basic shapes from these sketches into a welded sculpture, which evokes a figure composed of columns, harp strings, and coiled rope. Lipton created this piece to celebrate achievement in the arts. The dramatic silhouette commands your attention, reflecting the title Laureate, which means worthy of honor and distinction. The final version of the piece is over twelve feet high and stands out against the pale, flat buildings of the arts center.,," Provenance Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1969 thence by descent Christie's New York: Monday, June 30, 2008 [Lot 00199] Acquired from the above Christie's sale About Seymour Lipton: Born in New York City in 1903, Seymour Lipton (1903-1986) grew up in a Bronx tenement at a time when much of the borough was still farmland. These rural surroundings enabled Lipton to explore the botanical and animal forms that would later become sources for his work. Lipton’s interest in the dialogue between artistic creation and natural phenomena was nurtured by a supportive family and cultivated through numerous visits to New York’s Museum of Natural History as well as its many botanical gardens and its zoos. In the early 1920s, with the encouragement of his family, Lipton studied electrical engineering at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and pursued a liberal arts education at City College. Ultimately, like fellow sculptor Herbert Ferber, Lipton became a dentist, receiving his degree from Columbia University in 1927. In the late 1920s, he began to explore sculpture, creating clay portraits of family members and friends. In addition to providing him with financial security, dentistry gave Lipton a foundation in working with metal, a material he would later use in his artwork. In the early 1930s, though, Lipton’s primary sculptural medium was wood. Lipton led a comfortable life, but he was also aware of the economic and psychological devastation the Depression had caused New York. In response, he generally worked using direct carving techniques—a form of sculpting where the artist “finds” the sculpture within the wood in the process of carving it and without the use of models and maquettes. The immediacy of this practice enabled Lipton to create a rich, emotional and visual language with which to articulate the desperation of the downtrodden and the unwavering strength of the disenfranchised. In 1935, he exhibited one such early sculpture at the John Reed Club Gallery in New York, and three years later, ACA Gallery mounted Lipton’s first solo show, which featured these social-realist-inspired wooden works. In 1940, this largely self-taught artist began teaching sculpture at the New School for Social Research, a position he held until 1965. In the 1940s, Lipton began to devote an increasing amount of time to his art, deviating from wood and working with brass, lead, and bronze. Choosing these metals for their visual simplicity, which he believed exemplified the universal heroism of the “everyman,” Lipton could also now explore various forms of abstraction. Lipton’s turn towards increasing abstraction in the 1940s allowed him to fully develop his metaphorical style, which in turn gave him a stronger lexicon for representing the horrors of World War II and questioning the ambiguities of human experience. He began his metal work with cast bronze sculptures, but, in 1946, he started welding sheet metal and lead. Lipton preferred welding because, as direct carving did with wood, this approach allowed “a more direct contact with the metal.”[ii] From this, Lipton developed the technique he would use for the remainder of his career: “He cut sheet metal, manipulated it to the desired shapes, then joined, soldered, or welded the pieces together. Next, he brazed a metal coating to the outside to produce a uniform texture.”[iii] In 1950, Lipton arrived at his mature style of brazing on Monel metal. He also began to draw extensively, exploring the automatism that abstract expressionist painters were boasting at the time. Like contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock, Lipton was strongly influenced by Carl Jung’s work on the unconscious mind and the regenerative forces of nature. He translated these two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional maquettes that enabled him to revise his ideas before creating the final sculpture.The forms that Lipton produced during this period were often zoomorphic, exemplifying the tension between the souls of nature and the automatism of the machine. In the years following the 1950s, Lipton’s optimism began to rise, and the size of his work grew in proportion. The oxyacetylene torch—invented during the Second World War—allowed him to rework the surfaces of metal sculptures, thus eliminating some of the risks involved with producing large-scale finished works. In 1958, Lipton was awarded a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale and was thus internationally recognized as part of a small group of highly regarded avant-garde constructivist sculptors. In 1960, he received a prestigious Guggenheim Award, which was followed by several prominent public commissions, including his heroic Archangel, currently residing in Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. A number of important solo exhibitions of his work followed at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC (1964); the Milwaukee Art Center and University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (1969); the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond (1972); the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY (1973); the Herbert E. Johnson Museum of Art of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY (1973); the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in Washington, DC (1978); and a retrospective in 1979 at The Jewish Museum in New York. In 1982 and 1984 alone, two exhibitions of his sculpture, organized respectively by the Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC) and the Hillwood Art Gallery of Long Island University (Greenvale, NY), traveled extensively across museums and university galleries around the nation. In 2000, the traveling exhibition An American Sculptor: Seymour Lipton was first presented by the Palmer Museum of Art of Pennsylvania State University in University Park. Most recently, in 2009, the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, NC mounted The Guardian and the Avant-Garde: Seymour Lipton’s Sentinel II in Context. Since 2004, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery has been the exclusive representative of the Estate of Seymour Lipton and has presented two solo exhibitions of his work—Seymour Lipton: Abstract Expressionist Sculptor (2005) and Seymour Lipton: Metal (2008). In 2013, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presented Abstract Expressionism, In Context: Seymour Lipton, which included twelve major sculptures by the artist, along with works by Charles Alston, Norman Bluhm, Beauford Delaney, Willem de Kooning, Jay DeFeo, Michael Goldberg, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Conrad Marca-Relli, Boris Margo, Alfonso Ossorio, Richard Pousette-Dart, Milton Resnick, Charles Seliger...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures

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Metal, Silver

Triangulation, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Triangu...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ayako Rokkaku - Untitled Royal Delft ceramic sculpture, 2021
Located in Central, HK
Ayako Rokkaku Untitled - Royal Delft ceramic sculpture, 2021 Hand-painted Ceramic 11 3/10 × 15 2/5 × 5 2/5 in 28.7 × 39 × 13.8 cm Edition of 200 Publish...
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2010s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

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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