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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Realist
Pac-Man (Black edition) - Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Pac Man (Black edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic Black About 18 cm (c. 7 in) Presented in original box Excellent condition
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Latin American Raúl Valdivieso Organic Abstract Bronze Metal Sculpture
Located in Washington, DC
Abstract modern sculpture by Latin American sculptor Raúl Valdivieso (Chilean, 1931-1993). Valdivieso is known for his reinterpretation of the classic ...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"1961" Wood Wall Sculpture- By American Artist Scott Troxel
Located in Marmora, NJ
"1961" Wood Wall Sculpture- 2024 Acrylic and texture on solid black walnut wood. Finished on three sides and ready to hang. Scott Troxel draws on the aesthetics of bygone technology...
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

"LemonTree" Wall Sculpture mid century modern, monochrome, modernism, green
Located in Marmora, NJ
"LemonTree" (Small Pops Series) is a modernist, solid wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece has uses a Textured finish (on 2" thick soli...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

"Ivory Falconer" Monochrome Wood Wall Sculpture -tan, creme, white, elegant
Located in Marmora, NJ
Ivory Falconer is a modern, chic, mixed media wall sculpture. Made from high end pigmented lacquer (The satin lacquer is infused with pigment which allows the paint to become one wit...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Walnut, Lacquer, Paint

"Achtung IV" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture (mcm, mid century, blue, navy, white)
Located in Marmora, NJ
Achtung IV is a vibrant large-scale mixed media wall sculpture. Made cherry wood and with painted layers of MDF finished with satin lacquer. This piece was inspired by mid-century ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Walnut, Paint

Large Blenko Yellow Red Amberina Ribbed Glass Vase
Located in East Quogue, NY
Gorgeous mid-century modern large oversized Blenko Yellow Red Amberina hand-blown ribbed vase/vessel. A deep red neck that subtly transitions into a pale ...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set 6
Located in New York, NY
Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set Kings and Queens could feats on these sculptures, this stunning set of six dining chairs. They are art...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Figure of a Woman Sleeping in a Rocking Chair by Bruno Lucchesi
Located in Brookville, NY
This bronze sculpture of a woman in a chair, is typical of the work of Bruno Lucchese. Born in Italy in 1926, Bruno Lucchesi has been referred to as “the last of the Renaissance scu...
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1960s American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mexican Art Abstract Brutalist Biomorphic Bronze Sculpture Mathias Goeritz
By Mathias Goeritz
Located in Surfside, FL
Mathias Goeritz (German Mexican, 1915-1990) Bronze sculpture Signed and numbered Dimensions: (approximate) Height: 10 inches, Width: 4 inches, Depth: 2 inches. This is a cast bronze sculpture in an amorphous figure shape, quite heavy. Reminiscent of the biomorphic sculpture of Hans Jean Arp. This came from an estate and bears his signature It is not dated. there is no accompanying documentation. it is priced accordingly. Werner Mathias Goeritz Brunner (Danzig, Germany, April 4th, 1915/ now Gdansk, Poland – Mexico City, Mexico; August 4th, 1990). Mathias Goeritz has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and at the Museo Experimental El Eco. Numerous works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'MENSAJE' sold at Sotheby's New York 'Latin American Modern Art' in 2015 for $466,000. There have been Several articles about Mathias Goeritz, including 'LACMA remaps Latin America' written by Suzanne Muchnic for the Los Angeles Times. Painter, sculptor and Mexican architect associated with the trend of constructive abstraction. He studied medicine at the University of Berlin, but this only lasted a year. The concerns of the young student were aesthetic in nature so he he studied figurative drawing at the Berlin Charlottenburg School of Art. Some of his friends and colleagues were the sculptor Ernst Barlach, painter George Grosz and draughtsman Kaethe Kollwitz. Goeritz studied philosophy and history of art, discipline in which earned a doctorate. He travelled in France, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Austria and Italy, among other countries. It is known that he left Germany to live in Tetuan, Morocco in 1941 and then Granada, Spain in 1945. In 1946 he had a large exhibition in the Sala Clan in Madrid under the pseudonym "Mago". Two years later, living in Santilla del Mar, Spain he was a founder of the Escuela de Altamira. The following year he married Marianne Gast, writer and his companion for more than fifteen years. In Spain followed his artistic work by important artists of the avant-garde. Of Jewish descent, he found refuge from the Second World War in Mexico where in 1949 he was invited by Ignacio Diaz Morales to be a part of the faculty of the School of Architecture at the Universidad de Jalisco. In 1953 he wrote the "Manifiesto de la Arquitectura Emocional" (The Emotional Architecture Manifesto), where he points out that only achieving true emotions from architecture can it then be considered an art form. In Mexico he entered controversy with the artistic stablishment of that country; in an open letter, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros described him as "an impostor without the most insignificant talent and preparation" to be an artist. Despite this, in 1957 he was elected director of visual design of the National School of architecture This same year he founded the Museo del Eco in Mexico City. In 1961 Goeritz participated at the Galería Antonio Souza in a group exhibition, Los hartos, for which he published another manifesto. Other participants included Jose Luis Cuevas and Pedro Friedeberg, with whom he was instrumental in establishing abstraction and other modern trends in Mexico.His work is included in the Gelman Collection of modern and contemporary Mexican art based in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Established by Jacques and Natasha Gelman in 1943 as a private collection. it includes many iconic works by major Mexican Modernists including Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Leonora Carrington, Rufino Tamayo and Francisco Toledo, Lola Alvarez...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Exquisite Signed Murano Handblown Glass Toucan Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
A mid Century Modern Italian Toucan bird on a branch by a contemporary master. smoked and clear hand blown Murano glass. The base is Hand signed with the signature "L Zanetti". Licio...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

20th Century Solid Bronze Nude Ballet Dancer 'Preparation' by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Preparation' is a 20th Century Solid Bronze ballet Dancer by Benson Landes. For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated wit...
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Late 20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Pendant Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Modernist Jewelry
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 4.25 X 2.25 inches. Box frame is 17 X 13 inches. Signed by artist verso. From the literature that I have seen I believe the edition size was limited to 10, I do not kn...
Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Gold, Bronze

Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Necklace Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 4 X 3.75 inches. Box frame is 17 X 13 inches. Signed by artist verso. From the literature that I have seen I believe the edition size was limited to 10, I do not know ...
Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Gold, Bronze

Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Brooch Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 4 X 3.75 inches. Box frame is 17 X 13 inches. Signed by artist verso. From the literature that I have seen I believe the edition size was limited to 10, I do not know ...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Gold, Bronze

FUTURE RELIC 02 Limited Sculpture Modern Art Design 35mm Camera Canon Concept
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Daniel Arsham - FUTURE RELIC 02 - CANON AE1 Date of creation: 2014 Medium: Plaster and crushed glass Edition number: 074/450 Size: 14.6 × 15.9 × 9.5 cm Condition: In mint conditions...
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Plaster

Blue Catfish Vase
By Sasha Makovkin
Located in Soquel, CA
A tall, modified columnar vase with incised catfish by Canadian-American ceramist Sasha Makovkin (1928-2003). Made of a white clay body. Glaze in varied shades of gray, blue and green. Signed and titled by the artist including trademark on the bottom: "Makovkin," "Blue Catfish." Dimensions: 14.25 Height x 4.75" Top x 5.13" Base. Northern California potter Sasha Makovkin, originally from Vancouver, B.C. and of Russian descent, moved to California in 1954 to work at Heath Ceramics in Sausalito in order to get industrial experience. During the 1050s, Makovkin exhibited at the Association of San Francisco Potters and at the San Francisco Art Festivals. Five years later after arriving in California, Makovkin took some samples of his ceramics to Gumps, a high-end department store in San Francisco. Impressed with his work, Gumps featured Makovkin’s work in the mail floor exhibits for the next three years. He had periods of apprentice with Marguerite Wildenhein at Pond Farm artists’ colony and with Ross Curtis. He also worked for Edith Heath at Heath Pottery...
Category

1990s American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Ceramic

Israeli Modernist Arts & Crafts Copper Lion Plaque Bezalel Schatz Yaad Studio
By Bezalel Schatz
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand made in israel handwrought tray, platter in Silver plated copper modernist tray, engraving and hammer work, with a whimsical mod lion and design decorations. From the YAAD works...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Pink Ribbed Gold Infused Murano Glass Sommerso Bud Vase
Located in East Quogue, NY
Stunning pink Murano ribbed gold-specked glass Sommerso bud vase created in a traditional workshop on Murano island using a rare gold leaf technique. 24K gold leaf is infused into cr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

'Dipper' Solid Bronze Modern Bird Sculpture, British Wildlife & Nature
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Dipper' is a stunningly elegant Bronze sculpture. Richard Smith conveys so much character in such simple lines, exemplifying a truly wonderful talent. The fantastic richly detailed ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mother and child
Located in Täby, SE
Teuvo Kotilainen was born in 1925 in Rääkylä and died 2010 in Tampere. He was a finnish sculptor inspired by Jussi Mäntynen and his lynxs and he performed several himself but also or...
Category

1970s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Goblets XXV, Sweet wrapper art, contemporary wall sculpture, conversation art
Located in Deddington, GB
Goblets XXV is a signed original wall sculpture made from sweet wrappers by Joanne Tinker of a selection of colourful wine goblets on a black shelved frame. Joanne Tinker wall sculpt...
Category

2010s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Foil

Daniel Arsham CRYSTAL RELIC 003 Asahi Pentax Camera Modern Sculpture Conceptual
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Daniel Arsham - CRYSTAL RELIC 003 Date of creation: 2021 Medium: Sculpture made of cast resin Edition number: 445/500 Size: 11.43 × 13.97 × 17.7 cm Condition: Brand new, in mint cond...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Resin

First Love
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZAK BENSHALOM "FIRST LOVE" SIGNED, NUMBERED 12/50 ISRAEL, DATED 1979 28 X 10 INCHES ARTIST TITLED Itzak Benshalom 1945-2018 Sometimes spelled "Itzak Ben Shalom" which is...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Daniel Arsham - FUTURE RELIC 06 POLAROID CAMERA Limited Sculpture Modern Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Daniel Arsham - FUTURE RELIC 06 - POLAROID CAMERA Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Plaster and crushed glass Edition number: 251/500 Size: 12.7 × 14.6 × 14 cm Condition: In mint condi...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Plaster

Tomorrow is a Better Day
Located in Detroit, MI
Hope inspired this work with its beginnings in a city dating back to the seventh century, Krakow, Poland. Nestled within this UNESCO World Heritage Site, known as Old Town, within th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Two Figures
By Robert Chester Thomas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sculpture is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Two Figures, 1949, ebony wood, 24 x 7 x 5 inches, unsigned, but comes from Thomas' daughters ...
Category

1940s American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Ebony

Orbits ( cast bronze trays )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Cast bronze Trays Ø 28, 35, 47 cm Ø 11", 13"7/8, 18"1/2 in.
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mahatma Gandhi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lladró launched this special commemorative piece coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). The sculpture is an excellent likeness of the great ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Sifaka Lemur -original modern wildlife bronze sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Bronze , Limited edition of 12 Enter the enchanting world of Madagascar with "Sifaka Lemur" by the talented artist Andrzej Szymczyk, a captivating bronze sculpture that celebrates t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Duck Egg Blue Horse Hair Raku Ball Vase - Small, Ceramic, Sculpture, Egg, Blue
Located in Deddington, GB
Duck Egg Blue Horse Hair Raku Fired Ball Vase - Small by Tamsin Levene. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Duck Egg blue horse hair raku fired ball vase by Tamsin Levene Ceramic on Stone 12.5 ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Rève (assise)
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Murene -original modern bronze wildlife marine sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Bronze , Limited edition of 12 Delve into the mysterious depths of the ocean with "Murene" by the talented artist Andrzej Szymczyk, a captivating bronze sculpture that brings the hi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Zebra Shark -original modern bronze wildlife marine sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Bronze , Limited edition of 12 Enter the realm of the ocean's gentle giants with "Zebra Shark" by the gifted artist Andrzej Szymczyk, an evocative bronze sculpture that pays homage ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cameleon -original modern wildlife animal bronze sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Bronze , Limited edition of 12 Step into the world of camouflage and adaptation with "Cameleon" by the talented artist Andrzej Szymczyk, a captivating bronze sculpture that pays hom...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Titan Triggerfish -original bronze marine wildlife sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Bronze , Limited edition of 12 Embark on an aquatic adventure with "Titan Triggerfish" by the talented artist Andrzej Szymczyk, a captivating bronze sculpture that captures the raw ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bontana -original modern bronze wildlife marine sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Bronze , Limited edition of 12 Step into the underwater realm with "Bontana" by the talented Andrzej Szymczyk, a captivating bronze sculpture that celebrates the mystique of wildlif...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Minos ( archaic )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Archaic stool in solid wood burnt with shou sugi ban technique with bronze details
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Elephant balloon
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal,...
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Danse
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Équilibre d'éléphants ( mod.01 )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 45 copies ( 30 + 15 P.A ) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, met...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Prometheus ( console )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Console table with cast bronze structure, wooden top burnt with shou sugi ban technique and bronze details
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Équilibre d'éléphants ( mod.03 )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 30 + 15 P.A ) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, met...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Hippo et Papillons
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal,...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

To The Ultimate Do We Pursue The Ideal
Located in Concord, MA
This is an iteration of Paul Manship's medal that features the artist Barry Faulkner on the obverse, and the inscription of that version is marked "Barry Faulkner Painter MXMXV (1915...
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1910s American Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Bursting the Bounds
Located in Concord, MA
This De Lue design was chosen as the 111th issue of the prestigious Society of Medalists series. Both obverse and reverse bear a muscular nude constrained by the rectangular medal's ...
Category

1980s American Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Joseph Wackerle Wood Sculpture "Flora", 1920
By Joseph Wackerle
Located in Berlin, DE
An impressiv sculpture by Joseph Wackerle ( 1880-1959 ). One of a kind from 1920, Germany. Wood, carved. Height: 59.06 in ( 150 cm ), Width: 12.6 in ( 32 cm ), Depth: 12.6 in ( 32 cm )
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1920s Realist Sculptures

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Wood

"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Robert M. Cronbach (AMERICAN / NEW YORK / MISSOURI, 1908 - 2001) modernist bronze sculpture depicting a st...
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1940s American Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Mid Century Sgraffito, Saltimbanque and the Card Player, Circle of Picasso.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sgraffito work on plaster by Jean Pierre de Cayeux. The work is signed and dated on the skirt of the card player, bottom right, and on the stretcher of the chair, bo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Enamel

'Abstracted Figural Sculpture', Paris, Art Institute of Chicago, Michigan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed on base, 'Clyde Ball' (American, 1929-2017) and created 1975. Mounted on the artist's original granite base. (height, including base, 22 inches) Born in Indiana, Clyde Ball f...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Copper

Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Hercules and Discobolo
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athlete of Discobolo and the Hercules figure with a lion pelt, on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Marble

Colombe sur lit de paille, Ceramic Plate by Pablo Picasso 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: Colombe sur lit de paille, (Dove on a Straw Bed) [Ramie 79 variant] Year: 1949 Medium: White earthenware clay, white enamel brushe...
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1940s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic

Construction & Garment Worker, WPA Bronze by Robert Cronbach
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Cronbach, American (1908 - 2001) Title: Construction & Garment Worker Year: 1938 Medium: Bronze sculpture with Brown Patina, signature and date in the cast Size: 18 ...
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1930s American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Zeus, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Anthony Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anthony Quinn, American (1915 - 2001) Title: Zeus Year: 1992 Medium: Bronze Sculpture with Patina, signature, date and number inscribed Edition: 8/8 Size: 22 in. x 9 in. x 5 ...
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1990s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Prometheus, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Anthony Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anthony Quinn, American (1915 - 2001) Title: Prometheus Year: 1988 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed Edition: 5/8 Size: 22.5 in. x 10.5 in. x 5 in. (57...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

"Signal 2" Wall Sculpture-wood, blue, orange, minimalism, mid century modern mcm
Located in Marmora, NJ
Note: This is a commission listing for Signal 2. The original was sold. Custom colors are available. Contact us for details. Allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. "Signal 2" is a minima...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Kong Origin (Red Mat Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Kong Origin (Red Mat Edition) Sculpture in resin Matte red About 21 x 15 x 14 cm (c. 8.2 x 5.9 x 5.5 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent condi...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Resin

Clockwork, Modern, Original Metal Wall Sculpture, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Clockwork, Size: 36" x 54" x 4'' inch, 91x137x10 cm, ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

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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