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Self-Made Man
Self-Made Man

Self-Made Man

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature. Open Edition

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #13", Layered Paper and Drawing
"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #13", Layered Paper and Drawing

"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #13", Layered Paper and Drawing

By Charles Clary

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 9"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame. Charles Clary was...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Ink, Illustration Board

"S&S&S&S 4 in Iridescent Aquamarine on Pink", Folded Paper, Abstract Patterns
"S&S&S&S 4 in Iridescent Aquamarine on Pink", Folded Paper, Abstract Patterns

"S&S&S&S 4 in Iridescent Aquamarine on Pink", Folded Paper, Abstract Patterns

By Matt Shlian

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "S&S&S&S 4 in Iridescent Aquamarine on Pink" is an original piece by Matt Shlian and is made from hand-folded archival paper. This piece measures 16.5”h x 11.5”w x ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Archival Paper

Sahara Novotna Botox Gummy Bear Resin Sculpture Pop Art
Sahara Novotna Botox Gummy Bear Resin Sculpture Pop Art

Sahara Novotna Botox Gummy Bear Resin Sculpture Pop Art

Located in New York, NY

hand made resin gummy bear Approx 7.5 inch height x 3.5 inch wide x 2.5 inch depth Resin, painted by hand Signed - Each unique piece designed by LA artist Sahara Novotna

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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Plastic, Acrylic

Searching for Spring
Searching for Spring

Searching for Spring

By JOHNSON TSANG

Located in Manchester, GB

Johnson Tsang (b. 1960s), Searching for Spring, Limited Edition Resin Sculpture Johnson Tsang, Searching for Spring, 2020 Medium: Polished matte-resin wall sculpture 21 x 28 x 28 cm...

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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Gaia
Gaia

Patrick BrunGaia, 2013

$6,000Sale Price|20% Off

Gaia

By Patrick Brun

Located in Pasadena, CA

Patrick BRUN was born in Paris in 1941. After obtaining his Engineering degree, he began his professional life as a teacher in mathematics and physics. After this period, he started ...

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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sun God Ra / - The Light of Knowledge -
Sun God Ra / - The Light of Knowledge -

Sun God Ra / - The Light of Knowledge -

Located in Berlin, DE

Anonymous, Sun God Ra (bookend), 16 x 13.5 x 6 cm (depiction), 17.5 x 13.5 x 8 cm (with pedestal), patinated brass, c. 1935. - Nose slightly rubbed, otherwise very good condition ...

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1930s Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Brass

"Forager" Single day found object assemblages, copper, wood, wax, stone, paper
"Forager" Single day found object assemblages, copper, wood, wax, stone, paper

"Forager" Single day found object assemblages, copper, wood, wax, stone, paper

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Mixed media, collage. This piece titled "Forager" is an original artwork made from mixed media: cut prints, maquettes and single day sculptures, found objects in vintage frame by Katie VanVliet. This piece measures 24"h x 60"w x 4"d. This piece was debuted during the artist's solo exhibition, "Forager" displayed at Awbury Arboretum. Katie VanVliet (she/her) is a sculptor and printmaker practicing from her home studio in Elkins Park...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Color

Abstract Men Large Sculpture Silver Resin Indoor / Outdoor
Abstract Men Large Sculpture Silver Resin Indoor / Outdoor

Abstract Men Large Sculpture Silver Resin Indoor / Outdoor

By Moisés Gil

Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES

Reflexio Here some fragments for one of his latest exhibition catalogue “I think that a work of art should puzzle viewers, make them reflect on the meaning of life” Antoni Tàpies Moisés Gil’s sculptures can be described as philosophical and conceptual, as they encourage individuals to reflect and act in a never-ending existential struggle, in the face of the multiple situations by which they are affected in contemporary societies. Art is always a form of communication: communication with and between the materials employed by the artist, giving rise to an aesthetic visual balance able to convey feelings, emotions and ideas, all of which are essential to a nonconformist commitment and worldview. Moisés Gil puts his representations of individuals in sculptural structures to better indicate the place of humans in the world, the place of contemporary individuals in their different environments, sometimes hostile; they are naked men...

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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin

"Egg Canoes: Duck, Duck, Goose", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
"Egg Canoes: Duck, Duck, Goose", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

"Egg Canoes: Duck, Duck, Goose", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Egg Canoes: Duck, Duck, Goose" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, 3-D printed PETG, acrylic, and pine. This piece measures 4”h ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica

Set of Four Carved Porcelain Vases, Contemporary, Unsung Muses Series
Set of Four Carved Porcelain Vases, Contemporary, Unsung Muses Series

Set of Four Carved Porcelain Vases, Contemporary, Unsung Muses Series

By Alex Hodge 1

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This vessel is the first of the Unsung Muses series, and it references two compositions by Cezanne in which women are seen bathing, undisturbed by the voyeurism of the artist and/or viewer. However, in my version, the two women on the “back” are staring straight out at the audience as if they are perturbed by our interruption. The text reads from front to back, “we are not here for / your viewing pleasure.” This piece is meant to speak to the way women are constantly objectified and ogled for male gratification while offering a firm statement on our autonomy. Unsung Muses is a group of large-scale vessels, wall pieces, and small sculptures which comprised a solo exhibition at the University of Georgia's School of Art in October 2015. The works were accompanied by an excerpt from an Adrienne Rich poem titled "Transcendental Etude." The excerpt reads: "But in fact we were always like this, rootless, dismembered: knowing it makes the difference. Birth stripped our birthright from us, tore us from a woman, from women, from ourselves so early on and the whole chorus throbbing at our ears like midges, told us nothing, nothing of origins, nothing we needed to know, nothing that could re-member us." Alex Hodge...

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2010s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Paint

Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" - iron oxide - art decoration
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" - iron oxide - art decoration

Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" - iron oxide - art decoration

By Stefan Traloc

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Outdoor light for the garden or entrance area. Customization possible and designed in 2010. Also available to order in stainless steel. This luminaire captivates by its unique shado...

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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Guardian of Innocence 6/25 - Modern Figurative Bronze Iron Metal Wall Sculpture
Guardian of Innocence 6/25 - Modern Figurative Bronze Iron Metal Wall Sculpture

Guardian of Innocence 6/25 - Modern Figurative Bronze Iron Metal Wall Sculpture

By Mireia Serra

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Mireia Serra creates sensuous bronze and iron sculptures showing the beauty of snapshots caught in life which are full of emotions and feelings along the life journey. Her metal artw...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Iron

Rabbit in a ball
Rabbit in a ball

Rabbit in a ball

By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Located in PARIS, FR

Rabbit in a ball by Edouard-Marcel SANDOZ (1881-1971) A bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina signed on the side of the base " Ed M Sandoz" cast by " Susse Fes Ets Paris...

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1920s French School Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)

Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)

By Isidore Jules Bonheur

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Antique Horse Bronze Portrait of a Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901) Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth with dark brown patina, Signed: I. BONHEUR 17 x 11 3/4 A brilliant exploration of a stallion in full trot. The patina is a deep, warm walnut brown with honey-colored tones. Isidore Bonheur was best known and the most distinguished of the 19th century French animalier sculptors. Isidore, the younger brother of Rosa Bonheur and older brother of Auguste, began his studies of painting initially with his father, who was friends with Francisco Goya. By 1848 he debuted at the Paris Salon having discontinued animal and landscape painting to concentrate on creating sculptures and in 1849, Bonheur enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He won medals at the Paris Salon in 1859 and did so again in 1865 and in 1869. After entering the Exposition Universelle 1855, he won the Gold Medal in 1889. In the 1870s exhibited in the London at the Royal Academy of Arts where he earned great prestige and won the coveted Medaille d’Or. After winning numerous other medals and prizes, Bonheur was awarded the Legion d' Honneur in 1895 and he was Knighted in Portugal, Spain and France. Bonheur continued exhibiting at the Paris Salon until 1899. Many of his bronzes were fabricated at the foundry owned by Hippolyte Peyrol, Bonheur's brother-in-law by marriage to Isidore’s youngest sister Juliette Bonheur. The Peyrol casts for both Rosa and Isidore are exceptionally well executed which suggests a strong working relationship between the founder and sculptor. There is little doubt that Isidore Bonheur was an acute observer of nature; his animals were not anthropomorphized but modelled to catch movement or posture characteristics of the particular species he was sculpting. He achieved this most successfully with his sculptures of horses which are usually depicted as relaxed rather than spirited. These figures are among his most renowned works and his equestrian models became very popular, particularly among the British aristocracy. An acute observer of nature, his sculptures reflect his commitment to the Realist school - with precise detailing of the movements of animals in their natural habitats. Ultimately, His naturalistic studies of animals are now some of the most highly sought after works by any of the animalier. He was possibly inspired by his many visits to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show...

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1870s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Day in the Life: Green #29", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
"Day in the Life: Green #29", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

"Day in the Life: Green #29", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Day in the Life: Chimaera #12" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica

"Day in the Life: Green #41", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
"Day in the Life: Green #41", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

"Day in the Life: Green #41", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #41" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material

"Day in the Life: Green #82", reconstructed egg sculpture
"Day in the Life: Green #82", reconstructed egg sculpture

"Day in the Life: Green #82", reconstructed egg sculpture

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #82" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material

Peaceful

Peaceful

By Eileen Braun

Located in Atlanta, GA

Eileen Braun delights in creating biomorphic or organic sculptural forms. Although they may look as though they're constructed of metal rods, they're actually created from rattan ree...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Rubber, Mixed Media

“Glass sculpture
“Glass sculpture

“Glass sculpture

Located in Warren, NJ

Jay Musler Original Stick Glass Sculpture Large measures 47x20

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass

"Egg Canoes: Duck #9-11", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
"Egg Canoes: Duck #9-11", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

"Egg Canoes: Duck #9-11", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "SEgg Canoes: Duck #9-11" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, 3-D printed PETG, acrylic, pine. This piece measures 4”h x 10”w x 2...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica

"Day in the Life: Green #33", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
"Day in the Life: Green #33", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

"Day in the Life: Green #33", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #33" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material

Fantasy, Cold Painted Bronze Vase, 1985, Signed Edition of 275, Art Deco
Fantasy, Cold Painted Bronze Vase, 1985, Signed Edition of 275, Art Deco

Fantasy, Cold Painted Bronze Vase, 1985, Signed Edition of 275, Art Deco

By Erté

Located in Aventura, FL

Cold painted bronze vase. Incised Erte signature with stamp numbered edition, foundry and date. Edition 95/275. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Artwork is in excellent con...

Category

1980s Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

1978 One on the other one by G.Roland Abstract Sculpture Polished Aluminum
1978 One on the other one by G.Roland Abstract Sculpture Polished Aluminum

1978 One on the other one by G.Roland Abstract Sculpture Polished Aluminum

By G. Roland

Located in Brescia, IT

This artwork is composed by two single cubes simply juxtaposed, as the original artist project present in our Gallery Archive. One of a kind piece and it is signet by the Author.

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1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Original Blonde Bombshell (Variation 2)

Original Blonde Bombshell (Variation 2)

By Sophie DeFrancesca

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Toronto artist Sophie DeFrancesca has always been fascinated by vintage fashion. Pictures of her mother wearing gorgeous frocks from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s served as a connection to...

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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Too Many Teardrops Suncatcher: Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture
Too Many Teardrops Suncatcher: Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture

Too Many Teardrops Suncatcher: Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture

By Roxana Azar

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This Mixed Media piece titled "Too Many Teardrops Suncatcher" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of digital print on acrylic, plastic chain, metal, and glass. The piece measu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

XOX Chill Yellow 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture
XOX Chill Yellow 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture

XOX Chill Yellow 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture

By Viktor Mitic

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Playful, colourful and imaginative, Viktor Mitic’s latest series of sculptures appear to merge pop art with science fiction. The colour palette is fun, bright and contemporary—a sunny yellow. These 3-D figures began as digital creations, sculpted out of resin and painted. Their form was initially inspired by the towering abstract sculptures Mitic produced from images of paint splashes on his studio floor. Edition one of ten. “This character has emerged from a shadow of one of my sculptures (as in the video) I have always been a fan of science as well as science fiction writing and movies. For me, X-O-X is a ‘being’ that came out of a technological world possibly from another galaxy.” Viktor Mitic “As an icon, or hybrid worthy Viktor Mitic- X-O-X has a synthetic, playful identity. It’s culturally a fusion of influences brought together in one formal public sculpture.” John K. Grande, author, poet, essayist He earned a BFA from the University of Toronto in 1995 with studies in art history at Sheridan College. He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired...

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2010s Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Paint

Long Hot Summer, wall sculpture by Merja Winqvist
Long Hot Summer, wall sculpture by Merja Winqvist

Long Hot Summer, wall sculpture by Merja Winqvist

Located in Wilton, CT

Materials: printed florist paper, woven Winqvist applies the ideal of functionalism by simplifying the forms as much as possible, while avoiding unnecessary decoration. She has expl...

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2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Organic Hybrid Ceramic Sculpture Human Insect Figure Expressive Contemporary Art
Organic Hybrid Ceramic Sculpture Human Insect Figure Expressive Contemporary Art

Organic Hybrid Ceramic Sculpture Human Insect Figure Expressive Contemporary Art

By Óscar Aldonza Torres

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Organic hybrid ceramic sculpture depicting a human-insect figure, combining expressive modeling, mixed materials, and a distorted bodily presence. This work belongs to the series Bi...

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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Epoxy Resin, Oil

Joel Urruty - Half, Sculpture 2024

Joel Urruty - Half, Sculpture 2024

By Joel Urruty

Located in Greenwich, CT

Medium: White washed wood 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 langu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Small Bronze Sculpture Cast Head After Rodin "Petite tete au nez retrousse"
Small Bronze Sculpture Cast Head After Rodin "Petite tete au nez retrousse"

Small Bronze Sculpture Cast Head After Rodin "Petite tete au nez retrousse"

By Auguste Rodin

Located in Surfside, FL

(after) Auguste Rodin Posthumous cast "Petite tete au nez retroussé" Featuring a bust of a woman. Limited edition bronze is mounted on a marble base and is signed on the lower right. Great detail. Dimensions: approx. 7-1/4" tall x 5" across x 5" deep with base Foundry mark on the reverse, #13 of 299 produced. François Auguste René Rodin (1840 – 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell. He modeled the human body with naturalism, and his sculptures celebrate individual character and physicality. Although Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, he refused to change his style, and his continued output brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community. Rodin became the preeminent French sculptor of his time. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist. Wealthy private clients sought Rodin's work after his World's Fair exhibit, and he kept company with a variety of high-profile intellectuals and artists. His student, Camille Claudel, became his associate, lover, and creative rival. Rodin's other students included Antoine Bourdelle, Constantin Brancusi, and Charles Despiau. Rodin entered the studio of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, a successful mass producer of objets d'art. Rodin worked as Carrier-Belleuse' chief assistant until 1870, designing roof decorations and staircase and doorway embellishments. With the arrival of the Franco-Prussian War, Rodin was called to serve in the French National Guard, but his service was brief due to his near-sightedness. Rodin took classes with animal sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye. The teacher's attention to detail and his finely rendered musculature of animals in motion significantly influenced Rodin. Rodin won the 1880 commission to create a portal for a planned museum of decorative arts. Rodin dedicated much of the next four decades to his elaborate Gates of Hell, an unfinished portal for a museum that was never built. Many of the portal's figures became sculptures in themselves, including Rodin's most famous, The Thinker and The Kiss. With the museum commission came a free studio, granting Rodin a new level of artistic freedom. By 1900, Rodin's artistic reputation was established. Gaining exposure from a pavilion of his artwork set up near the 1900 World's Fair (Exposition Universelle) in Paris, he received requests to make busts of prominent people internationally, As Rodin's fame grew, he attracted many followers, including the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and authors Octave Mirbeau, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Oscar Wilde. Rodin and Beuret's modest country estate in Meudon, purchased in 1897, was a host to such guests as King Edward, dancer Isadora Duncan, and harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. He left Beuret in Meudon and began an affair with the American-born Duchesse de Choiseul. From 1910, he mentored the Russian sculptor, Moissey Kogan...

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20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #15: Abstract Paper and Ink Art
Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #15: Abstract Paper and Ink Art

Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #15: Abstract Paper and Ink Art

By Charles Clary

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Original hand-cut, layered paper and ink on illustration board by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 12"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame. Charles Clary was born in 1980 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Ink, Illustration Board

Contemporary Ballerina Sculpture of a Dancer 'Last Dance' by Benson Landes
Contemporary Ballerina Sculpture of a Dancer 'Last Dance' by Benson Landes

Contemporary Ballerina Sculpture of a Dancer 'Last Dance' by Benson Landes

By Benson Landes

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Edition of 20 'Last Dance' by Benson Landes is a stunning 20th Century Solid Bronze Nude Figurative Ballet Dancer. For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated with ‘off duty’ ballet dancers, rather wistful women, often caught in moments of solitary repose. Such an obvious appreciation of the grace and elegance of the female form was, no doubt, heightened by 25 years spent in the couture business, which Benson entered at the age of 14. The sculptor admitted that his time as an apprentice at his father’s clothing workroom and factory was given rather reluctantly, as he always harbored desires to become an artist. The young boy’s sense of responsibility was clearly equal to his creativity, though, as Benson knuckled down...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Gymnast Bust

Richard MacDonaldGymnast Bust, 2006

$2,980Sale Price|20% Off

Gymnast Bust

By Richard MacDonald

Located in London, GB

Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America celebrates the triumph of the human spirit and the idealization of the human form. While its message is universal, Flair Across America also embodies the Olympic credo stated by the father of the modern-day Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hormiga con Hoja

Hormiga con Hoja

By Gerardo FERNANDEZ

Located in Atlanta, GA

Gerardo Fernandez South American Artist set of 10 bronze stick bugs with iron antennas. Some bugs have circles on their feet in order to make an art ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern 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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How to Spot a Fake KAWS Figure

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A Giant Wedding Cake Has Us Looking at Portuguese Tiles in a New Light

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