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Amancio Man El Lugar que habito III- original sculpture bronze iron.
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
The First rock- original sculpture bronze iron. by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ bronze. 7 ejemplares Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture AMANCIO Gonzalez (...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze, Iron

He loved being in love 12/30 - playful, figurative bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Celebration of queer love in this bronze Gillie and Marc sculpture. Sculpture weighs approx. 12.5 lbs. The artists' names and edition number, 12/30, are stamped into the sculpture an...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd "Toreador Independiente" from Huichol ALTERATIONS Series
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!! AP.2025 ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican...
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2010s Pop Art Sculptures

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Glass, Plastic, Mixed Media

British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Westering
Located in Paris, IDF
Resin disc on a Cumbrian slate base. Unique Marked with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 815 Each face has it’s own character created using many shades of acrylic paint. It ...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Corpus Christi 1150/70
Located in Wien, Wien
Corpus Christi around 1150/70 Southern France or Catalonia carved oak wood

 height 109 cm, width 96 cm Remains of polychromy
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15th Century and Earlier Gothic Sculptures

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Wood

Untitled Sphere (Black, white)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Carol Fleming Untitled Sphere (Black, white) Medium: Ceramic, glaze Year: 2020 Size: 12" diameter COA provided ----------------------- Creating is the best and deepest part of me, ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze

Black Bat (MADE TO ORDER)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Amy Young Black Bat Year: 2021 Material: Stoneware, underglaze Size: 18 x 11 x 6 inches Signed COA provided Ref.: 924802-794 (MADE TO ORDER - Lead time may ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stoneware, Underglaze

Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" - Iron Oxide - ART - Set of 3
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor light for the garden or entrance area. This luminaire captivates by its unique shadow projection. The ball is supplied in rusty optics. The built-in lamp part has an E27 sock...
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21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

'Big Sausage Pizza' UAP Polich Tallix Foundry Chromium Steel Sculpture by XVALA
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Made from a real pizza nestled in its original box opened using high-chromium stainless steel, the piece measures 16" x 16" x 21", weighs approximately 80 pounds and is an Artist Proof. The artist sees his creation as a reflection of the cultural distortions represented by memes, a statement he has expressed perfectly in his reflective, yet unevenly textured, medium. "You look at your reflection [in the piece], and it's distorted in the stainless steel." The piece was born in 2007, just as the social internet was beginning to explode out of the digital back rooms and onto the world stage under the watchful eyes of Myspace, Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, Tumblr, and other popular platforms. But Big Sausage Pizza was conceived well before that, in the Wild West days of the internet when few truly public forums existed and media of every kind was most commonly shared via email. In those days one never knew what to expect from a link or an attachment and each click had equal odds of either brightening your day with a dancing baby or posing a risk to your computer, your dignity, or your relationships... and that was half the fun. Every recipient of these images, videos, or audio files suddenly had the means not only to pass them along to as many people as they pleased, but to change and individualize them before sending them on. In this way, the media very quickly mutated and were distributed around the globe. In other words, they became true memes. Pizza has evolved in much the same way. Like the internet, it started as an artifact of a specific culture, but today both are so common throughout the world that most of us can barely remember a time when they were special and exotic. Just as the internet simply IS, pizza also simply IS. We used to make pizza at home, or at least buy it in a place where they were handmade and offered a limited list of toppings. Today, the meme that is pizza is brought to our tables by an almost entirely mechanized process, and it's so wildly mutated that each individual has the ability to create a new twist on the old...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Sasso Vivo Turchhese - Sculpture by Vito Difilippo - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic, led, stone. Realized by Vito Difilippo in 2023. Certificate of authenticity by the Artist. Excellent condition.
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic

Hot Pink Excess (thick pastel impasto painting square monochrome pop design)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Hot Pink Excess from Chloe Hedden’s Excess series embodies the tension between material opulence and emotional intensity through thick, sculptural ...
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2010s Pop Art Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic

Practicing Peace 3/8- Kevin Box and Te Jui Fu
Located in Napa, CA
“It took two years of tireless experimentation for me to develop the process of casting paper into bronze, another seven years to perfect, and it continues to evolve today.” - Kevin Box Santa Fe-based artist, Kevin Box, pushes the boundaries of traditional metal casting...
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2010s Sculptures

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Stone, Metal, Stainless Steel

Stag II by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary animal sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Stag II is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 83 × 39 × 24 cm (32.7 × 15.4 × 9.4 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique bronze nude gladiator/ swordsman - Signed "Rudolf Marcuse" + "Gladenbeck
By Rudolf Marcuse
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique bronze nude gladiator/ swordsman - Signed "Rudolf Marcuse" + "Gladenbeck Berlin" Dimensions: Sculpture: 16.5 cm high Base: 6.5 cm high To...
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Early 20th Century Jugendstil Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Orientalist Arab Slave Trader Female Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze 1910
Located in Portland, OR
A very large 24" (61cm) Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861-1936) cold painted bronze group statue, signed, Austria, circa 1910. The bronze in the Orientalist manner & depicts a young slave ...
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1910s Art Nouveau Sculptures

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Bronze

Dancing Ballerinas Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bronze Sculpture Dencing Ballerinas. Victor Salmones (Mexican, 1938-1989) "'Pas de Quatre" Edition 1 of 10, 1976, 26 x 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. This sculpture was originally created and ...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Contemprary Mexican Sculptor Bruno Luna "Donna Bella"
Located in Guadalajara, Jalisco
Bruno Luna was born in Mexico City on July 9, 1963. Interested in art since his childhood, he completed a painting workshop with Professor Robin Bond, and then proceeded to the Anahuac University of Mexico City to study Architecture and Graphic Design. His professional Career stared with assisting Marcelo Morandin, One of the most renowned Mexican Sculptors...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Master of Your Own Destiny II by Walter Peter Brenner - Mythological, bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Master of Your Own Destiny II is a bronze sculpture with brown patina made of iron nitrate with a wax finish sculpture by contemporary artist Walter Peter Brenner, dimensions are 125...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Sunset, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Art Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Con...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Aspiring Path by Kuno Vollet - Contemporary Black Steel sculpture for Outdoors
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet Title: Aspiring Path Contemporary steel sculpture for inside or garden outdoor spaces. Stunning large artwork. Possible to put on a pedestal or directly on to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the universal polka dot patterns and bold colors for which the artist is perhaps best known. Kusama first used the pumpkin at the 1993 Venice Biennale for the Japanese pavilion and since then it has appeared worldwide in various iterations, to ever rising acclaim and popularity. Medium: Painted cast resin. Red/White, Yellow/Black c. 2015. Red & Black Naoshima pumpkin...
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1960s Pop Art Sculptures

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Resin

Arch by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric plaster sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Arch is a plaster sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 35 × 32 × 29 cm (13.8 × 12.6 × 11.4 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a li...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Plaster

Mini-Caryatid - Sculpture by M. Berrocal - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Nickel Plated 24 Element Puzzle Sculpture, 1968-1969, realized by Miguel Berrocal. Signature and number engraved. Edition of 9500 pieces.  Ref. Catalogo General/Obras Recientes,197...
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1960s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

"Makaha" (Metal) Sculpture- mid century modern, modernism, monochrome
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Makaha (Metal)" is a fun modernist freestanding sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. Made from .25" thick powder coated mild steel, it is vibrant and dura...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Steel

"Crossing the River " contemporary bronze table sculpture girl love horse animal
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Crossing the River is a bronze table sculpture, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 25. Joan’s latest sculpture series of female figures brings an out-of-the-box a...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze, Steel

Partytime by Peter Brooke-Ball - Wood sculpture, organic forms, abstract
Located in Paris, FR
Ash wood and lead on Portland limestone, 47 cm × 39 cm × 10 cm. The dimensions include the base, which is attached. Dimensions of the base: 8 H x 10 cm diameter Unique work delivere...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Limestone

Pierced Gargoyle Box
Located in Kansas City, MO
Pierced Gargoyle Box Materials : Wood Fired Porcelain Date : 2016 Dimensions : 4.5″ x 4.5″ x 4″ Description : Wood fired cast and altered box with pierced ga...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain, Glaze

Mid Century Modern Vintage Assemblage Abstract Wall Sculpture Female Artist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century modern vintage assemblage abstract wall sculpture by Mary Kremer.
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1960s Assemblage Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic

Jacques, Atelier, Red
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A richly flowing cape drapes his shoulders, as he crouches low, eyes looking upward, “Jacques” raises his hands to test the confining walls of his imaginary box. “Jacques” reminds us...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Adrien Etienne Gaudez. Maiden with a Lute, Patinated Bronze Sculpture .
Located in New York, NY
A maiden holding a lute leaning on a tree trunk dappled with english ivy and cattails, all surmounted on a rouge royal marble base. Beautifully cast, crisp details. Artist: Adrien ...
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19th Century Sculptures

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Bronze

"Dan Mask, " Carved Wood created in Liberia circa the 1950s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The Dan people of Liberia have a history of using masks like these for rituals pertaining to various aspects of their lives. This particular mask has a commanding, yet gentle presence. The carved wooden face...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sculptures

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Wood

"Abundance of Love II" Acacia Wood and Apophyllite Modern Organic Sculpture
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Abundance of Love II is a powerful embodiment of love, positivity, and emotional healing. The rich Acacia Wood, known for its strength and warmth, creates a grounding foundation, whi...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Golden Opportunity, Abstract art, metallic wooden carved modern wall sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Golden Opportunity is a contemporary and parametric wall sculpture. Made from oil lacquer paint and acrylic mirror on carved maple, this body of work i...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Plywood, Lacquer, Oil, Mirror, Birch

Steel Garden Wall - "Diptych Tree with Firewood Rack" - Outdoor Art - 205×195 cm
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Beautiful contemporary oxidized sheet steel Garden Wall or privacy screen. Customization possible. With this garden wall you'll conjure up an atmospheric ambience in your garden. Id...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Steel

"Halo", Gestural, Ceramic, Yellow, Cream, Sepia, Grey, Pink, Sculpture, 2024
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilsons ”Halo” is a gestural 15 x 12 x 9 inch ceramic sculpture in pale yellow and cream with accents of warm sepia, grey and quiet tinges of pink. In this graceful and evo...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay

"Deceptor" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture (wood, black, tan, monochrome, mcm)
Located in Marmora, NJ
Deceptor is a minimalist, monochromatic and contemporary wall sculpture. It is constructed with birch panels, acrylic washes and completed with a satin lacquer finish. The paint is s...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Plaster, Wood, Walnut, Paint

Orchid Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Orchid Panel" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures 47.5”h x 23.5”w x 1”d. Roxana Azar’s work ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Digital, Lucite, Pigment

Female Torso
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Penny Sculpture. This incredible sculpture has been created using 10p pieces, intricately welded together. The sculpture sits on a slate base ...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Steel

Paysage, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Plate, Design, Ceramic, Figuratif, Editions
Located in Geneva, CH
Paysage, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Plate, Design, Ceramic, Figuratif, Editions Paysage Ed.200 pcs 08.12.1953 White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes, knife engraved, under glaze ...
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1950s Post-War Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Gold Trophy Hunter, Bronze Sculpture by Volodymyr Mykytenko, 2005
Located in Zofingen, AG
Volodymyr Mykytenko - Gold trophy hunter (2005) In a playful way, I created a hunting dog that hunts for his dream. And this is the dream of a golden trophy that weighs on his bag. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Oak Column & Garden Torch - "Nature Crown" - handmade unique art object
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Extraordinary garden torch with one burner insert on an untreated oak spot. If the spot is set up outside, she develops a gray patina. Customization possible and designed in 2010. Al...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sculptures

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Steel

Tantra 87: abstract India spiritual mandala circle sculpture painting, red beads
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny seed beads adhered to canvas in a range of red hues, crea...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Flower Caryatid - Blue Woman Shaped Painting
Located in Washington, DC
Important one of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). A shaped painting titled " Flower Caryatid". Noche Crist imbued her cutouts with more...
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1990s Outsider Art Sculptures

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Mirror, Plaster, Wood, Acrylic

Shifting Plane - Abstract Geometric Form, Painted Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic wall sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern. Earth tones of blue, orange, pur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sculptures

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Steel

Thumbprint (Red), original three dimensional geometric design wall relief
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Chuck Krause (1949) Title: Thumbprint (Red) Year: 2020 Medium: Acrylic paint on sculpted composite board Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed by the ...
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2010s Pop Art Sculptures

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Acrylic Polymer, Board

Jean Ramié, Picasso, Unique Bowl, Earthenware, Design, Kitchen, French, Editions
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Ramié, Picasso, Unique Bowl, Earthenware, Design, Kitchen, French, Editions Jean Ramié, Maréchal des Logis de Réserve Unique work 1955 Earthenware, painted and glazed 21.1 x 5....
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1950s Post-War Sculptures

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Earthenware

Water Hex, Abstract 3D Original Glass Wall Sculpture, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Water Hex, Size: 32.5" x 89" x 1'' inch, 83x226x3 ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Nessus and Deianira Bronze
Located in New Orleans, LA
A technical and creative masterpiece of the late Renaissance era, this extraordinary bronze figure depicts the famed Greek legend of The Abduction of Deianira. Bringing together the ...
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17th Century Renaissance Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Val Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture Titled "2 Walking Squares for Sounds"
Located in Dallas, TX
This sculpture is titled "2 Walking Squares for Sounds" and is crafted from 60 beryllium-copper rods affixed with silver to a solid brass base in two columns. The work was created in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

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Brass, Bronze

Group of Four Native North American Hopi Katsina (Kachina) Dolls in Canoe..
Located in Cotignac, FR
A group of four Native North American carved wood and painted effigy figures, Hopi Katsina or Kachina dolls paddling their canoe. Four wonderfully playful, brightly coloured and hig...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Modern Abstract Sculpture " Foresight" Cast Aluminum made in Spain
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Sculpture " Foresight ” is a unique piece of Art made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2011, sand cast in aluminium in our foundry, handcrafted by the Artist in h...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Antique French Art deco Leaping Stag Bronze Statue Sculpture Bronze marble 1925
By Georges H. Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & large antique French Art Deco Bronze leaping stag sculpture/statue, by Georges H. Laurent (1880-1940), circa 1925. Georges H. Laurent was known for his animal subjects and t...
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1920s Art Deco Sculptures

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Bronze

Elevate, 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: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Elevate, Size: 29" x 72" x 4'' inch, (...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Abeekio by Jacques Owczarek - Contemporary bronze sculpture, sea, crab, animal
Located in Paris, FR
Abeekio is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek, dimensions are 7 × 29 × 33 cm (2.8 × 11.4 × 13 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limi...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Anemone Tower - abstract, contemporary, travertine stone, limestone, sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by the intriguing natural form of a sea creature called an anemone, Doug Robinson created this table top sculpture from a piece of Roman Travert...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Gladiator ready for battle / - Ready for anything -
Located in Berlin, DE
Bruno Zach (1891 Zhitomir - 1945 Vienna), Gladiator ready for battle, c. 1930. Blackish patinated bronze with silver-plated helmet, shield rim and shield pommel mounted on a fluted m...
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1930s Art Deco Sculptures

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Bronze

PINK CIRCLE QUILT 1 - Framed, Textured, Sculptural, Molded Acrylic Painting
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In PINK CIRCLE QUILT 1, Natalie Harrison draws on the historically domestic crafts of molding and quilting to create a new work of collage. Shaping pink acrylic paint, leftover from ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Acrylic, Wood

"Etherial Infusion Block in Ivory, White, Amber and Pinks", Glass, Steel
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jamie Harris straddles the disciplines of painting and glass blowing approaching his work, “more from a painterly perspective than as a traditional glassblower.” His work is primaril...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Denied Warhol Brillo Box, Contemporary Pop Art Sculpture by Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Brillo Box, Contemporary Pop Art Sculpture by Charles Lutz. Silkscreen and latex paint on wood, stamped Denied with the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board's mark. 17 x 14 x 17" 2008 Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied'' series gained him international attention calling into question the importance of originality or lack thereof in the work of Andy Warhol. The authentication/denial process of the [[Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board]] was used to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED". The final product of the conceptual project being "officially denied" "Warhol" works authored by Lutz. Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes were originally created in 1964 and are easily his most iconic sculptures, rivaling paintings like Liz Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Campbell's Soup Cans, Flowers and Electric Chairs. These highly prized sculptures continue to soar in value and were the subject of a recent HBO documentary, “Brillo Box (3¢ Off)”, which also included Charles Lutz. Lutz, also known for the installation work Babel, exhibited at the 2013 Armory Fair in New York City which caused near riots as he invited the fair goers to take cardboard versions of the Brillo Box Sculptures. "In the mid-1960s, Warhol carried his consumer-product imagery into the realm of sculpture. Calling to mind a factory assembly line, Warhol employed carpenters to construct numerous plywood boxes identical in size and shape to supermarket cartons. With assistance from Gerard Malanga and Billy Linich, he painted and silkscreened the boxes with different consumer product logos: Kellogg’s Corn Flakes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic

White Water - long, smooth, abstracted, engineered white marble sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This piece is available on commission basis, please allow 8 - 12 weeks before shipping. White abstracted marble sculpture. The implied motion of 'White Water' is reinforced when the...
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble

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.)

On 1stDibs, find a broad range of exceptional sculptures for sale. Browse works by your favorite creator, style, period or other attribute.

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