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After Botero Black Platina Bronze Sculpture Man on Horse
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. The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

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 Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Transform I by Pavlína Kvita - Contemporary sculpture, large-scale, red
Located in Paris, FR
Transform I is a sculpture by Czech artist Pavlína Kvita. This sculpture features an abstract figure in artificial stone on a steel plinth. This sculpture is presented on a steel pli...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stone, Steel

America Martin, In Stride-Figurative Steel Sculpture-Magenta, on Carrara Marble
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
An abstracted figurative sculpture by America Martin completed in steel. Powder coated in deep magenta finish. AMERICA MARTIN "In Stride" Powder Coated Steel in Deep Magenta on Car...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Steel

American Feminist Bronze Abstract Sculpture - Knight of Tomorrow 630
Located in New York, NY
Knight of Tomorrow 630, Linda Stein - Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Linda Stein started her Knights of Protection series after she was forced to evacuate her New York downtown studi...
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Early 2000s Feminist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Metal, Iron

NAOR - 85cm Popeye
Located in PARIS, FR
limited edition of 26 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 fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Small Bull I by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, figurative, grey patina
Located in Paris, FR
Small Bull I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 45 × 51 × 12 cm (17.7 × 20.1 × 4.7 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is pa...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Portrait of Lincoln, Bronze Relief Sculpture by Pedro Quesada Sierra
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rendered in bronze, this bas-relief portrait of the 16th president of the United States is from a limited run of only two editions. The wall-mounted artwork is signed in the metal ve...
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1960s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Woman and Panther - Bronze by Albert Poncin (1877-1954), Art Deco influence
Located in Gent, VOV
Albert Poncin’s Femme à la Panthère is a striking and elegant Art Deco bronze sculpture that perfectly encapsulates the movement’s characteristic blend of stylized modernity and clas...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

standing sculpture, tabletop, rusted steel, figurative, brown, "Small Town 3"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
tabletop sculpture, indoor sculpture, metal sculpture, rusted; My series of "Small Town" sculptures are table-top pieces made from rusted steel. They are durable pieces, inviting vie...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Panthers in the Jungle Art Deco Carved Gilt Wood Panel by N. R. Brunet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Engraved Art Deco Panther Panel by N.R. Brunet (20th Century, France) A striking and seldom-seen example of Art Deco artistry, this richly engraved wood panel by French sculptor N.R...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

The Reaching Man 2/9
Located in Napa, CA
Maxwell Carraher is a third generation fine artist living and working in Los Angeles.​ "I've been working in the medium of clay since I was a child. I often find the communication I ...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Sculpture: 'Rhoman Ceremonial Lovers’ Spoon II'
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

LINCOLN IN DALIVISION Platinum Bas Relief with Original Box
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Lincoln in Dalivision Platinum Bas Relief MEDIUM: Bas Relief SIGNED: Embossed Signature. The Bas Relief bears the artist signature toward the bottom...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Head of a man done by Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Houston, TX
Sculpture of male head, silvered plated brass. Inscribed on the bottom, "Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien" Austria, c. 1930s 16"h x 10.5"w x 3.5"d
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Note to self
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Plexiglass, Neon Light

'Cerberus’ Cousin Horserus'
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Acrylic

Timing
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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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Otto Hofner — (1879-1946)+ Bronze cast, Racing Greyhounds
Located in Gent, VOV
A very rare bronze cast of racing greyhounds, by Otto Hofner (1863-1939). An old cast with a dark brown shaded patina. On a bronze stepped plinth. Signed Otto Hofner. A cast by Erdgi...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Rat Race
Located in Greenwich, CT
A man in a business suit running in a wheel. Edition of 9
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Corpus Christi in Argento Bottega Orafa Fiorentina inizi XVII secolo
Located in Pistoia, IT
Corpus Christi in argento massiccio, bottega orafa toscana, prima metà del 17 secolo. La figura del Cristo, realizzata a fusione a cera persa e sapientemente rifinita a cesello, app...
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Early 17th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

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Silver

Coppia di Capitelli Medievali in Marmo di Zandobbio XII secolo
Located in Pistoia, IT
Coppia di capitelli medievali decorati a motivi fogliacei, Lombardia, XII secolo. La forma slanciata da cui si dipartono le foglie lanceolate, sormontata da una spessa mensola, è ti...
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15th Century and Earlier Medieval Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

Fiber Wall Sculpture: 'Halo'
Located in New York, NY
Federica Patera and Andrea Sbra Perego, namely tying literature and art with a thread. Their collaboration combines the experiences of both in a common work, with the intention of being a bridge, a confluence of the two disciplines. The duo was officially born in 2017 with the RAR project, which focuses on the value of the analogy in literature. At the heart of their investigation is the dynamic that leads reading to become writing, and other way the user to become a creator, a maker, mixing roles. The exchange that is established guarantees the transmission, that it goes beyond repetition and finds its completion in transformation. The eternity of an experience, whatever it is (physical, material, emotional, intellectual), is measured by its capacity to be an eternal breeding ground for discovery and knowledge. Their work was exhibited in solo shows by art galleries, such as Raffaella De Chirico Contemporary Art in Turin and Manuel Zoia Gallery in Milan, and in Art Fair such as ArtVerona and WOP in Lugano (CH). In 2021, they were finalists in the Cramum Award. Between October 2022 and January 2023, they took part in the World Textile Biennale – Italian Act, a series of three exhibitions curated by Barbara Pavan. In January 2023 they attended their first group show in New York at the Ivy Brown...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Wire

Violet Balloon Rabbit Iconic Sculpture by Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary
Located in Zug, CH
In Koons’ hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons manifesting the essence of American popular culture. Balloon Rabbit (Violet) - Jeff Koons, 21st Century, Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Decor, Limited Edition Limoges porcelain with chromatic metalized coating Edition of 999 Signed and numbered In mint condition, as acquired from the manufacturer In the original box designed by Jeff Koons, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity Inspired by a twisted rubber balloon rabbit, Balloon Rabbit (Violet), is a highly reflective red porcelain limited edition. Incorporating the vocabulary of his iconic Celebration sculptures, Balloon Rabbit, along with two other animals, Balloon Monkey and Balloon Swan, marked a spectacular new chapter in Jeff Koons’s oeuvre. “One of the things that I’m most proud of is making work that lets viewers not feel intimidated by art, but feel that they can emotionally participate in it through their senses and their intellect and be fully engaged”. — Jeff Koons The idea for a Balloon Rabbit sculpture came to Jeff Koons from his upbringing in south-central Pennsylvania. At special times of the year, people would decorate their front yard with reindeer at Christmas and inflatable rabbits at Easter. As his neighbors wished t give pleasure to other people with these decorations, the artist is proud to make art that is not intimidated for the viewers. JEFF KOONS Jeff Koons (born 1955) playfully tests the boundaries of commerce, celebrity, banality and pleasure, turning banal commercial or everyday objects into art icons by using seductive materials, a shift of scale and a contextual displacement. He rose to prominence in the mid-1980s as part of a generation of artists who explored the meaning of art in a media-saturated era. Koons turns banal commercial or everyday objects into art icons by using seductive materials, a shift of scale, and a contextual displacement. Jeff Koons’s “Balloon Dog” (featuring his enormous iconic chromium stainless steel dogs); his large-scale vinyl “Inflatables”; or the giant “Split-Rocker” all follow this principle. For instance, Jeff Koons in “Puppy” engaged the past and the present, referencing the eighteenth-century formal garden, while adding the most sugary of iconography. “It’s basically the medium that defines people’s perceptions of the world, of life itself, how to interact with others. The media defines reality.” —Jeff Koons Originally licensed as a commodities broker, Koons decided to become an artist in the late 1970s and moved from Wall Street into a factory-like studio in SoHo with hundreds of assistants. Since then, he has produced different iconic series, like the “Pre-New”, a series of domestic objects in strange new configurations, and “The Equilibrium” series, consisting of basketballs floating in distilled water tanks. The “Banality” series, which includes Jeff Koons´s “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” and “Woman in Tub”, among others, is characterized by oddly eroticized, comic, and kitsch images. However, it is indeed Koons’s “Made in Heaven” series that is his most provocative and controversial work, in which he examines the place of sexuality in visual culture. Koons is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential, and controversial contemporary artists. He constantly tests the boundaries between art and commerce...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH. Limited Ed. Vinyl Figure Surrealism Lowbrow Pink
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Vinyl figure Edition: 500 Size: 15.25 cm height Condition: In mint conditions, brand new inside its original package Desc...
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

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Plastic

Tête de faune, Picasso, Tile, Ceramic, Sculpture, Design, Postwar, Mythological
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de faune, Picasso, Tile,Ceramic,Sculpture, Design, Postwar, Mythological Tête de faune Unique work circa 1968 Painted and partially glazed ceramic, square tile 15.2 x 15.2 cm C...
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1960s Post-War Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware

bronze horse statue by Patrick Villas
By Patrick Villas
Located in Gent, VOV
Standing horse sculpture in bronze 2001. The first cast of a proud standing horse, looking to the side. A fine bronze statue by Patrick Villas (°1961), in his typical expressionist ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Fiber wall sculpture: 'Nature'
Located in New York, NY
Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego, bridge language and cosmogony. Starting from a single linguistic element like a verbal root, they trace its evolution around the world and throu...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Wire

Amazonian by Romain Langlois - Figurative bronze sculpture, man, amazonas
Located in Paris, FR
Amazonian is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Romain Langlois, dimensions are 51 × 33 × 33 cm (20 × 13 × 13 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limite...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Italian Marble Sculpture Statue of a Nude Beauty by Aristide Petrilli
Located in New York, NY
ARISTIDE PETRILLI Italian, (1868-1930) Flora (Allegory of Spring) Signed Prof Pedrilli; Galleria Bazzanti Firenze 49 inches high (Statue); 32 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches (Pedestal) Notes: Finely carved Italian carrara marble of a nude beauty signed Prof Petrilli...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Contemporary Aluminum Eagle Bird Sculpture Large Unique Metal Americana Folk Art
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Aluminum Eagle Bird Sculpture Large Unique Metal Americana Folk Art Similar in design to the US Post Office logo from the 1950's. Signed "...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Duality of Vision Bronze Sculpture Classic Contemporary Art
Located in Utrecht, NL
Duality of Vision Bronze Sculpture Classic Contemporary Art The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perfect command of the old craft of modelling and sculp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

EveryThing (Flag) 2015
By Doug Aitken
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Doug Aitken EveryThing, 2015 Mirror, Fibreglass & resin 92.5 x 119.5 x 12.5 inches Edition of 4 plus 2 AP's Provenance: NB: Available on sale
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Mirror, Resin, Fiberglass

nude
By Ybah
Located in Pasadena, CA
After studying fine arts, a need for contact with solid material was needed. Ybah took a classic artistic path from an academic education from the Louvre reproductions, learning at t...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

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Pan and Maidens
Located in London, GB
Silvered bronze with marble base
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1920s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Diana the Huntress, a bronze sculpture by Alexandre Falguière (1831–1900)
Located in Gent, VOV
This majestic bronze sculpture, titled Diana the Huntress, is the work of renowned French sculptor Alexandre Falguière, created in 1882. The Roman goddess of the hunt is depicted in ...
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Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

On a Bicycle - 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Racing Cyclist
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Loek Bos On a Bicycle Bronze Sculpture Hight bronze 17 cm The first works we encountered by artist Loek Bos were his sculptures of cyclists—captured individually, in pairs, and as ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

20th Century Plaster French Art Deco Style Sailor Sculpture, 1940s
Located in Vicoforte, IT
French sculpture from the mid-20th century. Plaster work depicting a Sailor in Art Deco style, copy of the famous Meurice ceramic, Ideal Man scanning the...
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1940s Figurative Sculptures

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Chalk

Sculpture Terracotta Female Nude From Marcel Bouraine (1886-1948)
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture Terracotta From Marcel Bouraine (1886-1948)" Original terra cotta sculpture of Marcel Bouraine Naïade of the 1930's Signed Bouraine On the ...
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1930s Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Pilots in Plane Painting on Metal Sculpture Wall Hanging Seymour Chwast Airplane
Located in Surfside, FL
Seymour Chwast (American, b. 1931) Three Pilots Ready for Take Off Mixed Media Painted Sculpture Hand-painted metal, (galvanized steel or aluminum) large wall hanging Hand signed to ...
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Childhood’s Sails VII by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, child, figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Childhood’s Sails VII is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 109 × 27 × 36 cm (42.9 × 10.6 × 14.2). The sculpture is signed and numbered,...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Elephants at Play. Patinated Bronze Sculpture.
Located in Cotignac, FR
2 of 2 patinated bronze animal sculptures of a pair of African elephants at play by Dinah Neill, 2022. Dinah Neill trained in fine art and graduated with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

A Grouping of Three Period Ancestor Posts, Possibly Aztec
Located in Chicago, IL
A Grouping of Three Period Figural Ancestor Posts; Mexican Tribal Figures, Possibly Pre-Columbian Aztec. Each are Terra cotta or sandstone with obsidian glass inlay to the eyes; Da...
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16th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Sandstone

Enjoy the journey
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Neon Light

Large French Terracotta Art Nouveau Sculpture "The Bacchante" Signed
Located in Pistoia, IT
"The Bacchante," an imposing terracotta group bearing the signature of Domien van den Bossche. Late 19th century. Probably inspired by Carrier Belleuse's "The Bacchante" group of ...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

"Large Head with Horns - Nigerian, Ekoi People, " Carved Wood created circa 1950
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This carving is of a large head with three horns. This piece is made of wood and skin by the Ekoi people of Nigeria. Ekoi people, also known as Ejagham, are an ethnic group in the ex...
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1950s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

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Animal Skin, Wood

"Bouquet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest. Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

Statua bronzo mitologico figurativo nudo femminile del XX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Bronzetto del XIX-XX secolo raffigurante "Afrodite che tiene la mela". La dea è raffigurata nuda, con la tipica posa a chiasmo, che tiene il "pomo della discordia" nella mano sinistr...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Roofvogel met vis no. 2 Bird of Prey with Fish Bronze Sculpture Animal
Located in Utrecht, NL
Roofvogel met vis no. 2 Bird of Prey with Fish Bronze Sculpture Animal Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed his education to be a sculptor at th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

The Worry Series, Stoneware head: 'Resolve'
Located in New York, NY
The Worry This series began in reaction to photos of politicians and world leaders during any number of the current world crises. As news cycles proliferate, these images swirl past ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Pieta II - contemporary interpretation of iconic embrace tabletop sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
PIETA II by Lorenzo Vignoli hand formed glazed ceramic sculpture by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli Sculpture dimensions: 14inch W x 8inch H x 11inch D 36cm W x 24...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze, Clay, Porcelain

Keeping the Ball Rolling
Located in Greenwich, CT
Life-size sculpture of a bare-footed boy balancing himself atop a ball.
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1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"SHURA CROSS" Ceramic Sculpture 10" x 6.5" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"SHURA CROSS" Ceramic Sculpture 10" x 6.5" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko SHURA ceramic An elegant shape and free lines are combined together to create an image of the Russian matreshka which has its own peculiarities. An image of matreshka, wearing a head-band with legs and with hands on her hips, give lightness and leave a comic impression to the sculpture. The «SHURA» sculpture that has contrast features, brutal performance and fancy forms is aimed to create a unique atmosphere in any room, filling it with magic and comfort. With the help of the fancy paintings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Three Horses by Pierre Yermia - Animal sculpture, bronze bas-relief, blue patina
Located in Paris, FR
Three Horses is a bronze bas-relief sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 42 × 81 × 2 cm (16.5 × 31.9 × 0.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Love you more - neon art work
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Neon Light

"Calling Head, " Opal Stone Sculpture signed by Shona artist Gift Muchenje
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Calling Head" is an original opal stone sculpture by Gift Muchenje. The artist signed the piece and it weighs 155 lbs. This artwork features a woman with ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

Catalan School of the 13th century. Wooden Bishop
Located in PARIS, FR
Catalan School of the 13th century. Bishop statue in polychrome wood. Large polychrome wooden statue representing a holy bishop carrying a crosier and ma...
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15th Century and Earlier Medieval Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Odds Fish - Ceramic Totem Sculpture By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterwork is currently on display at the Zimmerman Gallery in Carmel, CA Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simple installation process for out...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay, Glaze

Ferran Soriano 9 Gymnast Original Steel Sculpture
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
gymnast Original Steel Sculpture He has exhibited individually since 1970, having performed more than a hundred, being the main ones in: L'Hospitalet; Ibiza; Seville; Terrace; Rome...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Steel

Gladiator In Bronze Galata Dying Italian Statue Of Neoclassical Taste 1930s
Located in Milano, IT
Bronze Gladiator Figure, Wounded Gladiator in dark patina bronze, early 1900s Italian sculpture in good condition. The work is inspired by the Hellenistic sculpture depicting the Dyi...
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style 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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