Stone Figurative Sculptures

Arbre-monde III is a unique smoke-fired sandstone sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 85 × 44 × 25 cm (33.4 × 17.3 × 9.8 in). This sculpture is a unique piece signed by the artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity. This highly narrative sculpture depicts a tree inhabited by various symbolic elements perched among its branches—birds, a wolf, a hare, and even a human hand. In recent years, animals have become increasingly prominent in Cécile Raynal’s artistic universe: "All kinds of beasts and hybrid forms populate my work. Chimeras, constructed by elective affinities between animal figures and human," she writes in Memories of Embers (Éditions Privat, 2018). More recently, however, the vegetal world has found a place in her sculptures, through representations of trees or the “vegetalization” of human and animal forms with branching elements. This evolution plays a central role in the present work. “The title of this series naturally echoes the novel by Richard Powers...

She-Wolf is a unique smoke-fired sandstone sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 63 × 58 × 52 cm (24.8 × 22.8 × 20.5 in). This sculpture is unique an...

Saigneurs, mes cieux mes yeux is a smoke-fired stoneware sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal. This artwork is composed of three busts placed on their base. Busts a...

S’y jeter ou pas is a smoke-fired stoneware sculpture by the contemporary artist Cécile Raynal. For the artist, the wolf is the animal most similar to man and a very fascinating creature due to its representation in fables: both predator and victim. This sculpture is a one-off piece, delivered with a certificate of authenticity. The dimensions specified are those of the installation with the smoked stoneware wolf and the driftwood board. Dimensions of the wolf sculpture...

Cat/bird is a unique smoke-fired sandstone sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 30 cm × 11 cm × 24 cm (11.8 × 4.3 × 9.4 in). This artwork ironicall...

Eros is a unique smoke-fired sandstone sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 24 × 53 × 23 cm (9.4 × 20.9 × 9.1 in). Greek mythology's Eros, the God ...

Solo (with Chloé) is a unique smoke-fired stoneware sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 48 × 60 × 32 cm (18.9 × 23.6 × 12.6 in). Dimensions include ...

Hare and wolf is a unique smoke-fired sandstone sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 33 × 42 × 16 cm (13 × 16.5 × 6.3 in). The sculpture depicts an...

The Skipper (Le Pacha) is a smoke sandstone, steel and cotton sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 50 × 31 × 25 cm (19.7 × 12.2 × 9.8 in). The sculpt...

Clotilde is a sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal. One-off sculpture in smoked sandstone and steel. 52 cm × 20 cm × 20 cm. It belongs to a series entitled "Ship Cre...