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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Surrealist
Woman Reclined bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz
Located in Hudson, NY
Organic, abstract bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz of a reclined woman. About this artist: Yulla Lipchitz, née Halberstadt, was born on April 21, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. While g...
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1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Ipazia
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he displayed a strong predisposition for ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Adara
Located in Southampton, NY
J. OSCAR MOLINA Salvadoran, born 1971 J. Oscar Molina is a painter and sculptor as well as Founder of Oscar Molina Gallery in Southampton, NY. He is most well-known for his “...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wire

Alvin Ailey
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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1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Granite, Bronze

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

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

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

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

Angeli
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 most eminent and affirmed artist represented by the Frilli Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Iron, Bronze

Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Leopards
Located in Rome, IT
Fantastic pair of gilt bronze leopard sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Love Disenchantment, 2018
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Artist
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Papier Mâché

Canto Decimosecondo, 2013
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Nicola Domenici was born in 1969 in Viareggio (Lucca). After the University and several experiences in the fields of jewellery and goldsmithery, he dec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Atlanta, 2018
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Artist
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Papier Mâché

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

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

La gatta assise
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

untitle
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Patrizio Moscardelli born in Ripatransone (A.P.) in 1959 actively participates in the national life of art, obtaining recognition and acclaim in various competitions from the most qu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Foam, Polyurethane

The Corner
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Perran started a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts (COFA) Sydney in 2006 and held his first exhibition in the same year. Perran has never limited himself to a single ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Maple

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

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Copper

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

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Bronze

Solid Bronze Wildlife Sculpture 'Dab Chick' by Richard Smith
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Dabchick' is a solid Bronze sculpture with a stunning patination. Richard Smith's ability to convey so much character with such simple lines is a testament to the knowledge and love the artist has of the animals he sculpts. Richard J. Smith was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK in 1955. He studied illustration at Luton School of Art to a high standard and graduated with a diploma in Technical & Scientific Illustration. He was soon offered a job as a medical artist at the John Radcliffe teaching hospital in Oxford. In 1978 he was painting for galleries as a full time artist with his depictions of wildlife. He has gained an international reputation for his work and is best known for his superb paintings of fish and water. He has exhibited at prestigious galleries such as the Tryon Gallery and W. H. Patersons in London, The Sportsman's Edge Gallery in New York, The Call of Africa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the Everard Reed Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa. Richard has exhibited his paintings at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum in the USA and the Natural History Museum and Tring Museum in Britain. He has sold at all the major auctions houses in London, such as Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams and Phillips. In the latter part of 2007, Richard was commissioned to produce several fish paintings, for the Sultan of Oman. Callaghan Fine Paintings has commissioned a series of life size bronze birds. His works include British birds such as the elusive Snipe sitting atop a fence post and the beautiful Little Blue penguin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Molt Clock : Dance of Time - Pate de verre sculpture, Signed - Daum
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and Daum Molt Clock : Dance of Time Original pate de verre sculpture Edited and handcrafted by the Daum crystal gla...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

Pac-Man (Black edition) - Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Pac Man (Black edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic Black About 18 cm (c. 7 in) Presented in original box Excellent condition
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

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

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Stainless Steel

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

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Bronze

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

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Resin

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

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Glass, Plaster

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

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Ebony, Wood

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

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Bronze

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

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Bronze

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

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Bronze

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

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Bronze

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

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Enamel

Pair Of Murano Glass Toucans
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Pair of rare Murano handblown glass Toucans sculptures amber and clear color glass 20"and 19" height 15" and 14"wide depth 5" base 4"x4" Artist signed (en...
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1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Glass sculpture Merkuce from the series The Italians 2008, glass, 37, 5x11x10 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Glass sculpture Merkuce from the series The Italians 2008, glass, 37, 5x11x10 cm
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

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

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Bronze

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

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Ceramic

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

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Marble

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

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Bronze

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

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Bronze

"Semaphore IV" by David Hostetler
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Bronze, patinaed 68″h x 12″w x 11″d on bronze base An elegant sculpture for a garden, office or home. She is part of the dream inspired sculptures in which the aspects of femininit...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Wolf Spirit (Pearl Grey Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Wolf Spirit (Pearl Grey Edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic grey About 13 x 14 x 4 cm (c. 5.1 x 5.5 x 1.5 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Iron-Man (Disneyland Paris Limited edition) - Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Iron-Man Sculpture in resin Bright red About 22 x 12 x 3 cm (c. 8.1 x 4.7 x 1.1 in) Excellent condition
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

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

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Resin

Rhino Spirit (Azur Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Rhino Spirit (Azur Edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic blue About 10.5 x 15 x 4 cm (c. 4.1 x 5.9 x 1.5 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent co...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Pac-man (Yellow Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Pac-man (Yellow Edition) Sculpture in resin Yellow About 21 x 15 x 14 cm (c. 8.2 x 5.9 x 5.5 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent condition
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

After Alberto Giacometti, Man Standing Up, Bronze Figure
Located in Pasadena, CA
Modern bronze with gold patina figural sculpture, in the style of Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966), not signed, depicting abstract nude male a figures, in a parcel gilt finish, ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Daniel Arsham FUTURE RELIC 07 CASSETTE PLAYER Limited Sculpture Sony Walkman 90s
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Daniel Arsham - FUTURE RELIC 07 - CASSETTE PLAYER Date of creation: 2017 Medium: Plaster and crushed glass Edition number: 476/500 Size: 12.7 × 14.6 × 14 cm Condition: In mint condi...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Plaster

Willitts Designs "Sax Appeal" Musician Cast Resin Sculpture, Signed & Numbered
Located in Plainview, NY
A Collectible Jazz Sculpture By Willitts Designs International and Sheng Lung entitled " Sax Appeal" and numbered 62001. This Amazing Resin Metal Jazz Sculpture is from Willitts Des...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Kong Christmas (Red edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Kong Christmas (Red edition) Sculpture in resin Red Edition About 19 x 13 cm (c. 7.4 x 5.1 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent condition
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Together Again, edition 13 of 50
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Ruth Bloch was born in Israel in 1951 to artist parents. Her father was a musician, while her mother worked in ceramics, Ruth's family were members of a Kibbutz called Alonim, a plac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion
Located in New York, NY
1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion Bronze on wood. The wood plaque measures 12 3/4" by 20 3/4 inches. The bronze plaque itself is 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches and the the bronze inscription, which reads "COTY, American Fashion Critics Special Award 1961 to KENNETH of LILY DACHE...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bust Of A Young Vietnamese Woman
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Mid Century bronze bust sculpture of a Vietnamese young woman signed by the artist in Chinese calligraphy, on original black wood base. 10"5hx7"5dx6"w Nguyen Thanh Le was born in 191...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Woman Seated A Bronze Sculpture of a Woman by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
The bronze sculpture of a woman by Charles Rumsey is undated, but was created at a point in his career where he began to transition from realism to more modern, looser depictions of ...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

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

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Bronze

Woman Aflame Salvador Dali 1980
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Salvador Dali Femme En FLamme Woman Aflame Artist signed in the mold, edition 141/350 Edition of 350 + 35AP stamped 'Venturi Arte' and Camblest 1981 Edi...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

MARK RYDEN - YUKI THE YOUNG YAK (WHITE) Limited Surrealism Lowbrow Art Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
MARK RYDEN - YUKI THE YOUNG YAK (WHITE) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Plush and rubber Edition: 500 Size: 43.20 x 30.50 x 25.4 cm Condition: Brand ...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Rubber

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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