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NAOR - 45cm Teddy Ferrari Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Cangrejo - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycling
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Aparici's work is characterized by simplicity, since most of his pieces bring together few elements, resulting in very elegant compositions with simple lines, which together with his...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Found Objects

Bee bowl
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Within the framework of a collective and cultural exchange, where the current artistic work needs conscious active voices, Claudio Jerónimo puts on the table an urgent discussion about the sustainability of the vital balance and the essential role of bees to maintain said balance. Communication, relationship, and reciprocal influences of the cycle that sustains life in the world, which in the service of "progress" has been affected by excessive and devastating human activity reaching a point of no return. It is a call to action...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Pigment

Ceramic Gold-Plating Sculpture-Series Animal Zodiac- Rat
Located in Beijing, CN
The sculpture is signed and numbered. Edition 20/99. About the Artwork: The Chinese Zodiac can’t be ignored in the traditional culture of China. It’s closely interconnected with the social customs and habits, the aesthetic taste and the opinion of value. The Twelve animals of Year represent the traditional Chinese wisdom that the laws of Nature governs all things and that man must seek harmony with Nature. I created this Series of twelve zodiac animals made of gold and pottery, trying to give the “zodiac”-this long-standing cultural symbols a meaning of the prosperity and the luckiness. –He Wenjue About the artist: He Wenjue was born in 1970 in Hunan Province, China. He received his MA in painting from Jilin Academy of Fine Arts. Member of Chinese Art Association, Member of Chinese Painting Association.The vice-President of Hunan Oil-Painting Association. Research Fellow of Beijing Academy of China Xieyi Oil Painting.He is currently the vice president of Hunan Oil Painting Society, a member of China Artists Association and a member of Chinese Oil Painting Society. His works have been displayed on exhibitions at“Scenery in Map”ShangHai Solo Exhibition、Solo Exhibition, Frank Schlag Gallery, Essen, Germany、Sense of the Sparkle: He Wenjue Singapore Solo Exhibition, Singapore、Water: Senses of Sparkle, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand、The 9th & The 10th National Annual Fine Arts Exhibition、The first Chinese Freehand Brushwork Oil Painting、4th Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, 6th BICMA ,、Painting the Present, Certosa di San Giacomo, Via Certosa 1 - Capri, Capri, Italy、The 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, The National Art Museum of China、The Xinjiang International Art Biennial 2014、Ethics as the DNA Art: The 9th Florence Biennale、SEA OF PEACE: Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea、Faces and Figures, Germany、East side, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany、Vanhaerents Museum Collection, Brussel Belgium、China...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Gold

French Mythological Kiss Terracotta statue 19 century
Located in Florence, IT
This terracotta represents a mythological scene, in which we can see a centaur kissing with passion a lady, while a man is playing the Pan flute. On the back...
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19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Reflection
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9 Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years of working in business, Rennert was inspired to explore ...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Le Tre Grazie
Located in Milano, MI
Szymon Oltarzewski was born in 1977 in Poland. Graduated in Environmental Engineering from the University of Opole, in 2003 he moved to Pietrasanta where he enrolled at the Academy o...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Lover's dancer - dance bronze sculpture
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Bronze sculpture from Tauno Kangro's dance selection. Dance tango bronze.
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Diving Boy II
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media piece by Richard Artschwager. "Diving Boy II" is a mixed media wall sculpture, acrylic and rubberized hair on masonite in a black palette by American Pop Artsit Richard...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Máscara Oso - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Ballons Red, White and Green
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

La Nena 100 - Resin Sculpture, 2022
Located in Porto, 13
La Nena 100 is an original work of art by the French artist Idan Zareski. « La Nena » is young, petulant, exuberant and free, communicating her joy through a ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Jerome Robbins
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor. He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Mannequin II
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic journey Early days (1970-1975) Paris (1976-2001) Quebec (2002 - present) China (2011-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Striped Head #3
Located in ATLANTA, GA
An Atlanta Journal Constitution reviewer once said ” Jane creates dreams in stone”. My stone sculptures are mystical in nature.The art reflects the coexistence of the conscious and s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Amore Randagi, 2004 - 2013
Located in ATLANTA, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.” Ugo Riva is probably the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Iron

When to say When
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Upcycled Shirts, Resin, Nylon Fibres, Acrylic and Sodium Crystals Size US: 29 x 15 x 8 in Size EU: 74 x 38 x 21 cm Contemporary painter and sculptor Noah Kashiani...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Resin, Acrylic

Hercules Italian Stone Sculpture of Classical Torso with Base
Located in Rome, IT
This reproduction of a classical Hellenistic sculpture of Hercules . A timeless piece for interior and a garden decoration. We can raise with a base on request .
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20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone

Kinetic sculpture made from coins "Circle XXXIII" by Kim Seungwoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kim Seungwoo is a contemporary Korean sculptor, lives in Seoul, South Korea. Seungwoo is famous for his sculptures made from coins and buttons. He creates hyper-realistic, life-size...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Figurative Sculptures

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Plastic

Spider vase
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Clay work was essential in the development of Mesoamerican cultures, not only for its utilitarian value but also for its sculpture, loaded with symbolism as a mirror of the worldview...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Pigment

Contemplation by Nguyen Tuan
Located in Cleveland, OH
Contemplation by Nguyen Tuan The Vietnamese master sculptor Nguyen Tuan is internationally known for his seemingly “weightless” figurative sculpture merging Western techniques with...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Learning the Ways, 2010
Located in ATLANTA, GA
As a child, I had dirt under my fingernails. I continue to allow the earth to feed me information for my art and for daily living. My expression is basic yet intrigues me to continue...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Halley
Located in ATLANTA, GA
In life, every time you do or make something you have the opportunity to make something creative and original. Take something, add to it and pass it on; that’s the creative process. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Just Beyond
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 17
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Untitled (Yellow Head) 2022
Located in Nashville, TN
Interdisciplinary artist Amber Lelli is interested in exploring concepts, asking questions, and choosing the medium and materials best fit for those ideas. Looking through her portfo...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Jeff Koons, Split Rocker Vase, Art, Limited Edition, Interior, Limoges porcelain
Located in Zug, CH
Jeff Koons Split-Rocker (Vase), 2012 Limoges Porcelain Stamp-signed and numbered Edition of 3500 36 x 40 x 33 cm (14.1 x 15.7 x 12.9 in) In mint condition, in the original packaging ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Fast Track
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9 + APs
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Escorpión - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: Escorpión Negro Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Contemporary Stainless Steel Sculpture-Unique work - Tree is not Wood #1
Located in Beijing, CN
Stainless Steel Sculpture by Chen Zhiguang Title: Tree is not Wood #1 Material: Stainless Steel Dimension: 218 x 118 x 70 cm Date: 2021 About the artwork: Bonsai (Potted landscap...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Arabesque on Right Side, Right Hand Close to Earth, Left Arm Outside
Located in New Orleans, LA
One of a series of sculpted dancers created by the incomparable Edgar Degas, this exceptional bronze exudes all of the expressivity one expects from this 20th-century great. Degas captures the essence of his model in the graceful work, as she strikes a particularly difficult pose of the arabesque. The dancer's features have been manipulated and simplified, executed in a manner that seems almost as if one of Degas' Impressionist canvases has come to life. Degas was obsessed with capturing the dancer in motion throughout his career. He rendered their grace and movement in oil, pastel, pencil, chalk and wax - in fact, of the seventy-four wax sculptures created by Degas during his lifetime, forty of them depicted dancers. Seven of these belong to his series that capture the various forms of the arabesque, and the present work is included among them. It details one of the most difficult and animated poses of the ballet. Degas’ dancer is precariously posed in a study of balance and motion, one leg gracefully thrust into the air as she tilts her body down towards the earth and extends her arm forward. The sense of her movement is perfectly captured in the extraordinary work, as well as the fluid lines of her body. The bronze is a sought-after rarity in terms of Degas’ sculptures. Not only are his dancers the most desirable of his work, but this bronze is also distinguished by the fact that it is a Valsuani bronze, meaning it faithfully records Degas’ wax version’s pose as it appeared at the time of its creation. Most Degas' bronzes that are found on the market were cast by Hébrard – these serialized bronzes are surmoulages, or “aftercasts,” that were cast from the modèle bronzes currently in the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena). Because these bronzes are second generation, they are smaller and far less detailed that the current bronze. This example, however, was cast by Valsuani from a plaster that was taken directly from Degas’ waxes, according to scholarship by the art historian Dr. Gregory Hedberg. These plasters were created by Degas’ sculptor friend Albert Bartholomé shortly after Degas completed his wax figurines. Thus, they record the earliest versions of Degas’ wax sculptures, before they were damaged by time or handling, and before Degas himself altered the works. The Hébrard bronzes...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Cube & Balloons
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Jeon Kang Ok currently lives and works in South Korea. Her work resides in permanent collections of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
 / Pohang Museum of ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Mujer con Guitarra
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Felipe Castaneda. Mujer con Guitarra"" is a figurative sculpture, white and gray marble by Mexican contemporary artist Felipe Castaneda. The artwork is unsigned. Felip...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Nidea
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Micaela Amato. “Nidea” is a contemporary sculpture, green cast glass by American female artist Micaela Amato. The artwork is unsigned. Micaela Amato explores the depth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

Making Friends
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 31 Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and ne...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Vitruvian Woman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Figurative sculpture of a woman standing like Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man". Edition of 21
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Ruth Bloch, Couple in a window, bronze wall sculpture
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Ruth Bloch, Couple in a window, wall sculpture, Bronze sculpture, two nude figures with a book, classic figures, couple in love, Israeli art , Israeli artist, art
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Máscara Azteca - 21st Cent, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Attr. Bertel Thorvalsden (1770-1844) WINGED CUPID, Italy, 19th Century
By Bertel Thorvaldsen
Located in Milan, IT
Attr. Bertel Thorvalsden (1770-1844) WINGED CUPID, Italy, 19th Century Provenance: Private Collection, Vienna
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Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Pato Rojo- 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Mixed Media, Found Objects

2019 Companion Blush Set of two vinyl figures by KAWS from Medicom Toy Corp.
By KAWS
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Companion Blush Set of two painted vinyl figures in original packaging from Medicom Toy Corp. From KAWS' (a.k.a. Brian Donnelly's) open edition release in 2019.
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2010s Street Art Figurative Sculptures

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Vinyl

Matt Smith, Red Girl with Pearls, Black Parisian, Porcelain Freshwater Pearls
Located in London, GB
Red Girl with Pearls, 2021 Black Parian, Porcelain and Freshwater Pearls 30 x 16 x 13 cm 11 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. Girl in red dress with pearls made...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Corner Office
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a businessman in the "corner office" Edition of 7
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Steel, Bronze

Guepardo - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Art Deco Bronze Nude Girl with Fawn, Amazon with Fawn
Located in Miami, FL
Signed on base. This was exhibited at the Goldscheider Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exhibition Marble base has loss to right edge and very small lose to center edge. , Bronze is in ve...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Sull'abisso dell'eternita, 2011
Located in ATLANTA, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.” Ugo Riva is probably the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Iron

The complete mini Buddha set (9 mini buddha statues)
Located in New York, NY
These colorful meditating Buddha silhouette statues are laser cut Plexiglas and acrylic hand painted. They can stand alone, or come in couples, trios or more... This is a unique statue that will start off a conversation and will bring a stylish decoration into your home/ office/ studio or business. It's the perfect gift to someone you love, or when you want to leave an impression. The meditating Buddha statue...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Plexiglass, Acrylic

The Practice 'Take 18'
Located in Milano, MI
Sculpture, ballerina by Folkert de Jong
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Acrylic, Polyurethane

Pájaro Chino - 21st Cent, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Next Wave
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1958 Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years of working in business, Rennert was inspired to ex...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Allegory Of Spring
Located in New York, NY
PIETRO BARZANTI Italian, 1825-1895 Allegory Of Spring Signed ‘P. Milanes/Galleria/P.Bazzanti/Florence.’ Carved White Italian marble circa 19TH C...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Grande Contorsionniste V
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Gold Leaf

Pair Italian Limestone Garden Sculptures with Cornucopia
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in limestone with Cornucopia associated with the harvest, prosperity, or spiritual abundance. Excellent condition. Measurements: Statue cm 160, ba...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone

Éxtasis
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
He refers to the history of art, particularly to pop culture and the social circumstances of its local environment as well as its universal confrontation. Humor and irony with a crit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Inner Beauty
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Béatrice Bissara was born in 1972; the visit of museums and the atmosphere of the auction houses marked her childhood. After her studies in history of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Circle Table
Located in New York, NY
Salmon Studios and Simon Abrahms Circle Table (without marbles), 2014 Stainless steel and glass 20h x 32w x 32d in 50.80h x 81.28w x 81.28d cm SSSA002 $5,600
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Stalactite Table
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Louis Durot was born in Paris on April 22, 1939. He was something of an enfant terrible, and managed to be expelled from various schools for bad conduct. His ambition, as stated to his parents, was to earn money without having to work, and for a time, he was an “escort-boy” for a Parisian Grande Dame. He did, however, manage to get a good education in spite of himself, and received his Baccalaureate degree from Lycee Louis Pasteur in 1956. In 1960, he enrolled in the Facultie de Sciences, where he studied mathematics. He terminated his math studies in 1963, and turned his attention to engineering, working for Equipel, where he was responsible for calculating and measuring resistance for prototype nuclear generators. Equipel became a research facility, and offered Durot the opportunity to study organic chemistry. Durot directed numerous research projects for Equipel between 1966 and 1972. During this time, in fact, starting in 1964, he made many friends in the art world, gathering together artists from a variety of disciplines to form an artists commune — the Freelane Studio. Among the members were jazz journalist Gilles Brinnon, and a young painter, Jean Ihallero — a friend of the painter Maxime Defert. Through them, he met the artist Francois Arnal, who was interested in Durots’ engineering expertise for his sculptures. They got on well, and worked together for two years. Also in this circle were the actress Micheline Presle and the actor Daniel Gelin. In 1968, Arnal and Presle created Le Festival de Theatre de Chateauvallon, and through this, Durot became friends with the noted film director Ulysse Reynaud. In 1966, Francois Arnal introduced Durot to the artist Cesar, with the idea that Durot’s talents as a chemical engineer would be useful. Durot spent a year helping Cesar to master the techniques of working with polyurethane foam, with Durot searching for ways to make this fragile and ephemeral substance more stable and permanent, and more amenable to control. Cesars’ first works in this medium were flat, due to the difficulty of controlling the foam, but he went on to create his famous “expansions”. In 1968, Durot conceived a project to create more three-dimensional sculptures following a simple and precise design. It was during this time that Durot made his first polyurethane sculptures — the Champignons and Plantes Carnivores. Also in 1968, he He opened his first technical studio at 35, rue Leon. In order to support this new endeavor,( he needed more space, equipment, time and money), he created La Societe Durgalith. 1971 saw the Durat’s first works exhibited at the Salon Batimat in Paris. With this exhibition, Durot was hoping to attract the attention of architects with whom he could collaborate. Between 1971 and 1974, Durot created sixty sculptures inspired by fantastical “alien” life, mushrooms, and carnivorous plants. In 1974, Durot”s Societie Durgalith ran into problems with the Italian firm that owned Batimat. Credit Lyonnaise seized his studio and many of his sculptures, and quite a number of them were destroyed. This same year, Durot worked with the architects Sloan and Lecouter on an inflatable structure for the Pavillion Franaise in Osaka. Unfortunately, the project was never realized. Durot continued to pursue his research on polyurethanes, and gained world-wide recognition for his developments in this field. In 1977, a “student prank” had un-expectedly bad consequences. Durot was employed as an engineer at L’Usine Francaise de la Monnaie (the French mint) in Pessac. He took three kilos of “blanks”, and used them for playing slot-machines. For this, he spent seven weeks in jail, which was ended by an amnesty granted by Mitterand in 1981. During Durot’s time in prison, he took up weight-lifting, and also designed his next generation of sculptures. The spirals, feet, lips, and a series of erotic chairs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Bedroom Brunette with Irises
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Tom Wesselmann. "Bedroom Brunette with Irises" is a contemporary wall sculpture, oil on cut-out aluminum by Blue Chip, Pop artist Tom Wesselmann. The work is unsigned. This piece was conceived in 1988 and frabricated by Lippincott Sculpture studio in 2004. Tom Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati Ohio on February 23 1931. He attended college from 1945-1951, first at the Hiram College in Ohio and then the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in psychology. He was drafted during the Korean War in 1952, and it was during this time that Wesselmann did his first cartoons. After he was discharged and had finished in degree in psychology, Wesselmann began to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He sold his first cartoon strips to two magazines, 1000 Jokes and True. In 1956, he was accepted to Cooper Union in New York and he continued his studies there. It was while he was studying in New York, specifically on a trip to the MoMA that Wesselmann became inspired by Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning. In 1958, a landscape painting trip to Cooper Union’s Green Camp in New Jersey brought him to the realization that he could make his career in painting, rather than cartooning. After graduation, Wesselmann became one of the founding members of the Judson Gallery, along with Marc Ratliff and Jim Dine. Wesselmann also began to teach art at a public school in Brooklyn and later at the High School of Art and Design. In 1961, Wesselmann began the series that would bring him to the attention of the art world, Great American Nude. After a dream concerning the phrase “red, white and blue”, Wesselmann decided to limit himself to a palette of only those colors (including colors like gold and khaki that are associated with patriotic motifs). This series incorporated representational images along the same patriotic theme, including American landscape photographs and portraits of the founding fathers. Wesselmann often collaged these images from magazines and discarded posters which required him to work in a much larger format than he was used to. As his works became larger and larger he approached advertisers directly to acquire billboards. Wesselmann’s first solo show was held in 1961 at Tanager Gallery. In 1962, Richard Bellamy gave him a one man exhibition at the Green Gallery. In 1962, Wesselmann participated in the group exhibition “New Realists” at the Sidney Janis Gallery and kicked off his international career. In that same year his first pieces with the title of Still Life, came about. In these works, Wesselmann concentrated on the juxtaposition of different elements, i.e. a cigarette ad...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Dancer Zingara
Located in New York, NY
JEAN-BAPTISTE AUGUSTE CLÉSINGER French, 1814-1883 Dancer Zingara Inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR with the reduction mecanique A. Collas Brevete seal Patinated bronze, brown ...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bring Figurative Sculptures into Your Home

Figurative sculptures mix reality and imagination, with the most common muse being the human body. Animals are also inspirations for these sculptures, along with forms found in nature.

While figurative sculpture dates back over 35,000 years, the term came into popularity in the 20th century to distinguish it from abstract art. It was aligned with the Expressionist movement in that many of its artists portrayed reality but in a nonnaturalistic and emotional way. In the 1940s, Alberto Giacometti — a Swiss-born artist who was interested in African art, Cubism and Surrealism — created now-iconic representational sculptures of the human figure, and after World War II, figurative sculpture as a movement continued to flourish in Europe.

Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were some of the leading figurative artists during this period. Artists like Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan propelled the evolution of figurative sculpture into the 21st century.

Figurative sculptures can be whimsical, uncanny and beautiful. Their materials range from stone and wood to metal and delicate ceramics. Even in smaller sizes, the sculptures make bold statements. A bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí enhances a room; a statuesque bull by Jacques Owczarek depicts strength with its broad chest while its thin legs speak of fragility. Figurative sculptures allow viewers to see what is possible when life is reimagined.

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