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Theseus. Limited Edition 2/5 - Bronze Sculpture
Theseus. Limited Edition 2/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Theseus. Limited Edition 2/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 18 W x 52 H x 11 D cm Weight: 9,3 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: 2/5 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a b...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. A thru Z
After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. A thru Z

After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. A thru Z

By Fernando Botero

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

After Fernando Botero – Bull, animal bronze sculpture, exquisite reproduction, great patina! Bronze Sculpture Edition A thru Z This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an Aft...

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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

“Pinky”
“Pinky”

“Pinky”

By Romero Britto

Located in Warren, NJ

Romero Britto sculptograph Signed And Numbered “pinky”. In good condition comes with Coa. XIV out of cc

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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Lithograph

Eternal Thirst. Limited Edition 1/4 - Bronze Sculpture
Eternal Thirst. Limited Edition 1/4 - Bronze Sculpture

Eternal Thirst. Limited Edition 1/4 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 37 W x 42 H x 15 D cm Weight: 9 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: 1/4 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a bran...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

1960s Pop Art Unique Cast Bronze Sculpture Americana Folk Art William King
1960s Pop Art Unique Cast Bronze Sculpture Americana Folk Art William King

1960s Pop Art Unique Cast Bronze Sculpture Americana Folk Art William King

By William King (b.1925)

Located in Surfside, FL

Mid-Century Modern wrought iron sculpture a person with oversize top, shorts, and carrying a hat, signed, artist's monogram and cipher, further mounted on a plaster base. 28" H. This a unique piece. It is interesting in that it speaks of a transition, leading into the later aluminum public pieces that kind of defined his work in the 70's. According to his estate this is most probably cast bronze. It might possibly be wrought iron.. William Dickey King was born in 1925 in Jacksonville, Florida and grew up in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. As a boy, William King made model airplanes and helped his father and older brother build furniture and boats. “I was 19, 20, my mother gave me a hundred bucks, says, ʻGet out of this state and don’t come back until you’re 65; there is nothing here for you,’ ” Bill King recalled in a video interview for the Smithsonian museum. He came to New York, where he attended the Cooper Union and began selling his early sculptures even before he graduated. He later studied with the sculptor Milton Hebald and traveled to Italy on a Fulbright grant. He was a contemporary, at the Cooper Union, of Alex Katz and Lois Dodd, his first wife, and remained close in many ways to their common aesthetic grounding, shared also with younger sculptors such as Red Grooms and Marisol Escobar. The hallmark of King’s early work was radical experiment keeping company with social connection and hedonism. The mix of big, important, innovative ideas and immediate, sensory, in-the-moment experience was a kind of visual jazz. For this was not just the time of Franz Kline’s big open defiant brushstrokes and Jackson Pollock’s all-over mists of intricately drooling line, but of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. If we look at the works that King made in the early 1950s when he got back from his Fulbright to Italy we see free, experimental, open forms that take their cue from jazz as much as art in their fusion of virtuosity and cool.American sculptor King is most noted for his long-limbed figurative public art sculptures depicting people engaged in everyday activities such as reading or conversing. He created his busts and figures in a variety of materials, including clay, wood, metal, and textiles. Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses — a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step. Mr. King’s work often reflected the times, taking on fashions and occasional politics. In the 1960s and 1970s, his work featuring African-American figures (including the activist Angela Davis, with hands cuffed behind her back) evoked his interest in civil rights. But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer’s arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment. His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners. His first solo exhibit took place in 1954 at the Alan Gallery in New York City. William Dicky King was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2003, and in 2007 the International Sculpture Center honored him with the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. Mr. King’s work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Hirshhorn Museum at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder and Elie Nadelman. The New York Times critic Holland Cotter once described Mr. King’s sculpture as “comical-tragical-maniacal,” and “like Giacometti conceived by John Cheever.” From an article by David Cohen "In a career that ran in tandem with the hegemony of formal abstraction in sculpture, Bill King inevitably struggled with the prejudice that sculpture full of humanity and humor can’t be quite as serious as sculpture devoid of them. But the tide has clearly turned in ways that ought to work in King’s favor, with an increasing number of sculptors, fêted internationally, who are producing work that looks remarkably close in spirit, if not quite as regal in sheer mastery of form, as his own. When art historians of the future connect the dots of modern sculpture then artists like Franz West, Stephan Balkenhol, Huma Bhabha...

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1960s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Imponente Scultura Neoclassica Italiana in Marmo Venere Genitrice XIX secolo
Imponente Scultura Neoclassica Italiana in Marmo Venere Genitrice XIX secolo

Imponente Scultura Neoclassica Italiana in Marmo Venere Genitrice XIX secolo

Located in Pistoia, IT

Imponente scultura neoclassica in marmo, modello conosciuto come Afrodite Louvre-Napoli o Venus Genitrix, bottega italiana, 19 secolo. La dea è raffigurata in piedi, al momento de...

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19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Moses and Monotheism
Moses and Monotheism

Moses and Monotheism

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled, "Moses and Monotheism" 1979, is a copper embossed bas relief by artist Salvador Dali, 1904-1989. It is hand signed in felt pen at the lower right corner. The art...

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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Copper

Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生
Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生

Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生

By Yayoi Kusama

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Yayoi Kusama (1929) Title: Pumpkin, Red/White Year: 2016 Medium: Painted cast resin sculpture Sculpture Size: 4 × 3.5 x 3.5 inches Inscription: ©Yayoi Kusama, as issued Notes...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Epoxy Resin

Odysseus. Limited Edition 1/5 - Bronze Sculpture
Odysseus. Limited Edition 1/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Odysseus. Limited Edition 1/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 21 W x 43 H x 19 D cm Weight: 9 kg Material: Bronze, patina Edition: 1/5 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a branded box...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

After Botero Bronze Sculpture of Man on Horse, Dark Patina, Edition 50 beautiful
After Botero Bronze Sculpture of Man on Horse, Dark Patina, Edition 50 beautiful

After Botero Bronze Sculpture of Man on Horse, Dark Patina, Edition 50 beautiful

By Fernando Botero

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs. Please give us up to 10 working days to...

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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Immersion. Limited Edition 2/5 - Bronze Sculpture
Immersion. Limited Edition 2/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Immersion. Limited Edition 2/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 26 W x 38 H x 23 D cm Weight: 7,6 kg Material: Bronze, patina Edition: 2/5 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a branded ...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Eileen III by Nando Kallweit. Tall, elegant bronze sculpture of human figure.
Eileen III by Nando Kallweit. Tall, elegant bronze sculpture of human figure.

Eileen III by Nando Kallweit. Tall, elegant bronze sculpture of human figure.

By Nando Kallweit

Located in Coltishall, GB

Eileen III is a tall, elegant bronze sculpture of a human figure. Nando Kallweit is a German sculptor working in bronze and oak. Kallweit carves the original piece from a piece o...

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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Chevalier, Limited Edition 2/4 - Bronze Sculpture
Chevalier, Limited Edition 2/4 - Bronze Sculpture

Chevalier, Limited Edition 2/4 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 23 W x 63 H x 13 D cm Weight: 7,5 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: 2/4 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a b...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture
Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture

Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Figure of a Chanting Warrior Ceramic with bitumen highlights 300-600 CE (Classic Period) Mexico, Veracruz, possibly Nopiloa Veracruz Culture Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz culture...

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15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Nomad. Limited Edition AP 1/1 - Bronze Sculpture
Nomad. Limited Edition AP 1/1 - Bronze Sculpture

Nomad. Limited Edition AP 1/1 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 36 W x 36 H x 13 D cm Weight: 9,2 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: AP 1/1, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a brande...

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2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Metal

Last Supper. Limited Edition 5/5 - Bronze Sculpture
Last Supper. Limited Edition 5/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Last Supper. Limited Edition 5/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 70 W x 24 H x 25 D cm Weight: 11 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: 5/5 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a bra...

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2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

Monumental 19th-Century Italian Marble Torso of Apollo, After the Antique
Monumental 19th-Century Italian Marble Torso of Apollo, After the Antique

Monumental 19th-Century Italian Marble Torso of Apollo, After the Antique

Located in Rome, IT

19th-Century Marble Torso of Apollo Impressive 19th-century white marble torso of Apollo, after the Antique, finely carved in the classical Greco-Roman tradition. The idealized male...

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1880s Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Segmented Ceramic Sculpture Human Insect Hybrid Ringed Body Contemporary Art
Segmented Ceramic Sculpture Human Insect Hybrid Ringed Body Contemporary Art

Segmented Ceramic Sculpture Human Insect Hybrid Ringed Body Contemporary Art

By Óscar Aldonza Torres

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Segmented ceramic sculpture depicting a human–insect hybrid creature with ringed body, rhythmic repetition, and elongated horizontal form. This work belongs to the series Bichos, de...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Epoxy Resin, Oil

Desert Wind. Limited Edition 2/4 - Bronze Sculpture
Desert Wind. Limited Edition 2/4 - Bronze Sculpture

Desert Wind. Limited Edition 2/4 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 22 W x 28 H x 15 D cm Weight: 4,3 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: 2/4 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a br...

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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Eternal battle. Limited Edition 1/3 - Bronze Sculpture
Eternal battle. Limited Edition 1/3 - Bronze Sculpture

Eternal battle. Limited Edition 1/3 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 44 W x 20 H x 11 D cm Weight: 5,6 kg Material: Bronze, patina Edition: 1/3 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a branded ...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Symphony
Symphony

Symphony

By Katib Mamedov

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Symphony “Symphony” is a sculptural composition in which form transforms into music, and metal becomes movement frozen in time. The smooth, flowing lines evoke streams of sound spre...

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2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Woman Sculpture, Terracotta Patinated Plaster, Signed, 1915
Woman Sculpture, Terracotta Patinated Plaster, Signed, 1915

Woman Sculpture, Terracotta Patinated Plaster, Signed, 1915

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

An art deco terracotta-painted plaster sculpture of a standing partly nude woman holding a tray, signed and dated "KA (19)15" by Swedish sculptor Knut Andersson (1884–1954). This pie...

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1910s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

The King's Way. Limited Edition 5/5 - Bronze Sculpture
The King's Way. Limited Edition 5/5 - Bronze Sculpture

The King's Way. Limited Edition 5/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 27 W x 53 H x 12 D cm Weight: 4,5 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: 5/5 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a b...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Metal

"Crouching Woman" Bronze Sculpture by Felipe Castañeda, Circa 1972, III/VI
"Crouching Woman" Bronze Sculpture by Felipe Castañeda, Circa 1972, III/VI

"Crouching Woman" Bronze Sculpture by Felipe Castañeda, Circa 1972, III/VI

By Felipe Castañeda

Located in San Francisco, CA

Felipe Castañeda Mujer Agachada (Crouching Woman), 1972 Bronze, wood base 12 x 9.5 x 11.5 inches Edition III/VI Most recent owners acquired this limited-edition bronze sculpture fro...

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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Oriental Jade Sculpture of Two Court Ladies with Tree – Mid-20th Century
Oriental Jade Sculpture of Two Court Ladies with Tree – Mid-20th Century

Oriental Jade Sculpture of Two Court Ladies with Tree – Mid-20th Century

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Elegant hand-carved bicolor jade sculpture from the Oriental tradition, depicting two court ladies beneath a flowering tree. The figures are crafted in translucent light green jade, ...

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Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Other Medium

The Great Bear by Eric Valat - Sculpture and Armchair, Polyester
The Great Bear by Eric Valat - Sculpture and Armchair, Polyester

The Great Bear by Eric Valat - Sculpture and Armchair, Polyester

By Eric Valat

Located in Paris, FR

The Great Bear is a polyester sculpture by contemporary artist Eric Valat, dimensions are 160 cm × 95 cm × 90 cm (63 × 37.4 × 35.4 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is pa...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Polyester

Roman Bronze Sculpture - 19th Century Mythological Group - The Farnese Bull
Roman Bronze Sculpture - 19th Century Mythological Group - The Farnese Bull

Roman Bronze Sculpture - 19th Century Mythological Group - The Farnese Bull

Located in Varmo, IT

Bronze sculptural group - The Farnese Bull (The Punishment of Dirce) - Rome, 19th century. 39.5 x 39.5 x h 54 cm. Technique in brief: Sculptural group in cast and chased bronze, br...

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1850s Old Masters Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd LOVE TEMPLE 2026 BEST OF CHROMA!
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd LOVE TEMPLE 2026 BEST OF CHROMA!

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd LOVE TEMPLE 2026 BEST OF CHROMA!

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

CHROMA AKA RICK WOLFRYD LOVE TEMPLE AP 2026 CHROMA LOVE TEMPLE Huichol Beaded Sculpture 28 X 22 × 10 inches Description . . . 2!!!!! Magnificient pieces . . . . Love Temple tran...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

Golden Fleece. Limited Edition AP 3 - Bronze Sculpture
Golden Fleece. Limited Edition AP 3 - Bronze Sculpture

Golden Fleece. Limited Edition AP 3 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 32 W x 44 H x 11 D cm Weight: 6,7 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: AP 3, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a branded ...

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2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Metal

Labyrinth Sculpture
Labyrinth Sculpture

Labyrinth Sculpture

By Daniel Arsham

Located in London, GB

Daniel Arsham Labyrinth sculpture, 2025 sculpture sand 25 x 21 x 20 cm Edition of 500 released by Arsham Editions Daniel Arsham’s Labyrinth sculpture is a limited-edition work that...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Sandstone

Fragmented Human Head with Verdigris Patina Lost-Wax Bronze Original Sculpture
Fragmented Human Head with Verdigris Patina Lost-Wax Bronze Original Sculpture

Fragmented Human Head with Verdigris Patina Lost-Wax Bronze Original Sculpture

By Óscar Aldonza Torres

Located in FISTERRA, ES

This fragmented bronze head sculpture combines realist facial modelling with open cavities, irregular edges and a richly layered green and blue verdigris patina. Created by Spanish ...

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2010s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Frieda – Emilia by Nando Kallweit. Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 50
Frieda – Emilia by Nando Kallweit. Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 50

Frieda – Emilia by Nando Kallweit. Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 50

By Nando Kallweit

Located in Coltishall, GB

Frieda – Emilia is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit. Inspired by the the legend of the phoenix, this female figure has graceful wings instead of arms. The p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Gabriella Bronze Sculpture
Gabriella Bronze Sculpture

Gabriella Bronze Sculpture

By Angelo Basso 1

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Angelo Basso (Italy, 1943 – 2011) Gabriella  Dimensions 17.0" W x 18.0" H x 7.0" D This sculpture was cast in the Dyansen Studios Foundry in 1991 under...

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1980s Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Volcano. Limited Edition 1/5 - Bronze Sculpture
Volcano. Limited Edition 1/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Volcano. Limited Edition 1/5 - Bronze Sculpture

Located in Riga, LV

Dimensions: 12 W x 29 H x 14 D cm Weight: 5,5 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: 1/5 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a b...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

A woman. Contemporary figurative bronze sculpture, Polish art, Limited edition
A woman. Contemporary figurative bronze sculpture, Polish art, Limited edition

A woman. Contemporary figurative bronze sculpture, Polish art, Limited edition

Located in Warsaw, PL

Limited edition bronze sculpture by Polish artist Olga Prokop-Misniakiewicz. Artist signes her artworks by hand, using engraving tool. Edition of 5. Olga Prokop-Misniakiewicz likes t...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of 19th-Century White Marble Italian Mythological Sculptures, 1880
Pair of 19th-Century White Marble Italian Mythological Sculptures, 1880

Pair of 19th-Century White Marble Italian Mythological Sculptures, 1880

Located in Vicoforte, IT

A rare pair of marble busts from the second half of the 19th century. Finely carved from white marble, these works of art depict captivating mythological subjects: a satyr and a bacc...

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1880s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Head in the Clouds (1/8)
Head in the Clouds (1/8)

Head in the Clouds (1/8)

By Laurence Perratzi

Located in New York, NY

Laurence Perratzi is a French figurative artist exploring the expression of the body and the depth of the human soul, an endless journey she returns to daily. Her work is a reflectio...

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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hyperrealistic Bronze Female Head Lost-Wax Sculpture, Hollow Skull, Contemporary
Hyperrealistic Bronze Female Head Lost-Wax Sculpture, Hollow Skull, Contemporary

Hyperrealistic Bronze Female Head Lost-Wax Sculpture, Hollow Skull, Contemporary

By Óscar Aldonza Torres

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Hyperrealistic bronze female head sculpture with hollowed skull evokes mystery and organic patina. Soño (24 × 17 × 22 cm) by Aldonza is cast by the artist using the traditional lost-...

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2010s Conceptual Figurative Sculptures

Materials

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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