Metal Figurative Sculptures

Erica Larkin Gaudet has been fabricating sculptural work for over 30 years. By forging, welding, applying patinas and leafing, she creates ethereal...

Erica Larkin Gaudet has been fabricating sculptural work for over 30 years. By forging, welding, applying patinas and leafing, she creates ethereal forms that oscillate between abstract and figurative sculptures. In her new series entitled Open Vessels, the works are created out of copper with surface finishes from metallic luster to matte aged patina. Open Vessels My new series of sculptures, Open Vessels, are hand forged copper abstracted forms inspired by elements of nature, human-nature interaction and in particular stages of growth. The abstracted vessels...

After the series of "Coca-Cola Girls", Alex Katz published a small Coca-Cola Cut out. In 2021 the large-scale sculpture "Coca-Cola Girl" appeared. The two-side sculpture is made of h...

Quebecois sculptor Paul Duval has created a series of expressive paper mache and wire figurative sculptures. Each one exudes a different personality evident in their posture, gesture...

The concrete works of David Umemoto stand as studies about volume. At the juncture of sculpture and architecture, these miniature pieces evoke temporary buildings or monuments standing on far-away lands. The images conveyed in the mind by these works are numerous. They refer to the archaic and the ephemeral, despite the solidity and the modernity of the medium. Appearing before our eyes are pre-Columbian rock dwellings, god statues...

A bouquet of brightly coloured balloons appears to lift a woman dressed in a simple skirt and heels high into the air, her long locks flying behind her. Turkish born artist, Derya Oz...

A very impressive pair of Obelisks made in a warm and elegant white creamy marble standing on gold bronze spheres, grand tour style. The Grand Tour was the 17th- and 18th-century cus...

This miniature, wall-hanging sculpture titled "Drugs Arrow (Green)" is an original artwork by Drew Leshko made of paper, enamel, pastel, inkjet prints, chain, wire, tubing. Using var...

A slender figure in a blue dress stands pensively in this intriguing paper mache sculpture by Paul Duval. The elongated shapes of the sculpture are reminiscent of the expressive form...

A pair of seated figures in yellow and blue wait quietly in this contemplative paper mache artwork by Paul Duval. The elongated shapes of the wo...

This is a model of the large Picasso sculpture in Chicago it is a vintage piece from 1967 and was made for the Chicago Public Building Commission by the Chicago replica co. The Chicago Picasso (often just The Picasso) is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture, dedicated on August 15, 1967, in Daley Plaza in the Chicago Loop, is 50 feet (15.2 m) tall and weighs 162 short tons (147 t). The Cubist sculpture by Picasso was the first such major public artwork in Downtown Chicago, and has become a well-known landmark. Publicly accessible, it is known for its inviting jungle gym-like characteristics. Visitors to Daley Plaza can often be seen climbing on and sliding down the base of the sculpture. The sculpture was commissioned by the architects of the Richard J. Daley Center in 1963. The commission was facilitated by the architect William Hartmann of the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Picasso completed a maquette of the sculpture in 1965, and approved a final model of the sculpture in 1966. The cost of constructing the sculpture was $351,959.17 (equivalent to $2.7 million in 2018), paid mostly by three charitable foundations: the Woods Charitable Fund, the Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation, and the Field Foundation of Illinois. Picasso himself was offered payment of $100,000 but refused, stating that he wanted to make his work a gift. e the sculpture.[6] Picasso accepted saying "You know I never accept commissions to do any sort of work, but in this case I am involved in projects for the two great gangster cities" (the other being Marseille, France). Picasso refused the $100,000 payment, considering his work a gift to the people of Chicago. The sculpture was fabricated by the American Bridge Company division of the United States Steel Corporation in Gary, Indiana using COR-TEN steel, before being disassembled and relocated to Chicago. Although Picasso never explained what the sculpture was intended to represent, it may have been inspired by a French woman, Sylvette David, now known as Lydia Corbett...

An original hand built paper over wire armature sculpture by contemporary conceptual American artist Bethany Krull. Alligator, 2018 Paper over wire armature This work is currently ...