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Period: 1920s
The Rape of Sabine Iconic Bronze Sculpture 1930
Located in Rome, IT
Fine Group of Sculptures in Bronze after Jean de Boulogne (Giambologna)
The torturously twisting Rape of the Sabine Women is one of the finest and most technically difficult sculptures in the world. Three intertwined bodies, two men and a woman, spiral upwards as the woman tries to escape the clutches of the younger man standing over the older one. It is an absolute masterpiece by the Flemish sculptor Giambologna.
After the original in Florence’s Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria...
Category
Mannerist 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"A Girl Sitting on a High Chair" 20th Century Bronze Sculpture by Juan Clará
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS
Spanish, 1878 - 1958
A GIRL SITTING ON A HIGH CHAIR
signed "Juan Clara" (on the back of the chair )
bronze figure
8-3/4 x 7-1/8 x 4-3/4 inches (22 X 18 X 12 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Spanish Collector
A young girl sitting on a high chair, with a naughty attitude that wants to escape from the high chair.
She is making a great effort to get rid of the bars of the high chair, just as her whole body accompanies her to this effort.
The candid and innocent attitude of the girl, but at the same time fun and mocking we love and conquer.
Juan Clará Ayats. Olot (Gerona), 6.XII.1875 - Paris (France), II.1958. Sculptor
Student of José Berga at the Olot School of Fine Arts, developed his training in France, first at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse, in 1896, and from 1901 in Paris. At this stage he lived with his younger brother, José Clará...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Statue Female Nude Dancer Josef Lorenzl 1925
Located in Portland, OR
A very elegant antique Art Deco bronze sculpture, statue by Josef Lorenzl, Austria, 1925.
This beautiful bronze sculpture portrays a beautiful young woman, she is modeled as a nude t...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Alhambra Facade Model", Early 20th Century Polychromed Stucco Plaque by R. Rus
Located in Madrid, ES
RAFAEL RUS ACOSTA
Spanish, Early 20th Century
ALHAMBRA FACADE MODEL PLAQUE
signed "Rafael Rus Acosta" (lower left), and inscribed "Granada" (lower righ...
Category
1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Gesso
"A Girl Climbed on a Stool Holding a Doll", 20th Century Bronze by Juan Clará
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS
Spanish, 1878 - 1958
A GIRL CLIMBED ON A STOOL HOLDING A DOLL
signed "Juan Clara" (on the stool seat)
bronze figure
12-1/4 x 3-1/2 X 3-3/8 inches (31 X 9 X 8.5 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collector, France
Art Nouveau bronze sculpture depicting a young girl standing on a stool with a doll in her right hand, and a shovel on the left hand, the bucket dropped on the stool seat.
José Clará...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nubian Water Boy
Located in Greenwich, CT
This wonderful bronze speaks to an important movement in the 1920's toward expression in exotic cultures and to explore not only ethnicities but celebration of that through artistic ...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
L'ABISSO
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Document from the Nashvile Art Association dated 1925. The marble was purchased in Florence, Italy at an exhibit of The Association of of Italian Artists.
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Child's Restaurant Waitress
Located in Boston, MA
Dudley Vaill Talcott, American (1899-1986), Child's Restaurant Waitress, circa 1929. Number 1 of 12, cast 2011. Stamped with the artists' initials; DVT and dated on base.
Other ve...
Category
Modern 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled Portrait Head (perhaps Arnold Geissbuhler, the artist’s husband)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled Portrait Head (perhaps Arnold Geissbuhler, the artist’s husband), c. 1920s, bronze, signed verso, 11 x 9 x 7 inches (excluding base)
Elizabeth Chase was a sculptor, printma...
Category
American Modern 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Water Carrier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE LE FAGUAYS
"WATER CARRIER"
BRONZE AND ALABASTER, SIGNED
ELECTRIFIED
FRANCE, C.1925
15.5 INCHES
A French sculptor of lithe female f...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Miner Bookends
By Max Kalish
Located in Greenwich, CT
Max Kalish was an important and highly collected American sculptor desired for his depictions of the working man. Here we see a miner taking a break. Kalish was adept at conveying ...
Category
Academic 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'The Kiss', Two Young Lovers Embracing, French Lost Wax Bronze Figural Group
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed 'G. Flamand' for Georges Flamand (French, 1895-1925) and created circa 1920.
Standing on a later striated, jade-green marble base. Base dimensions: 1.25 H x 4.25 D x 7.5 W Inc...
Category
Rococo 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Royal Copenhagen Figure Girl in Bornholm costume / - Only the braid -
Located in Berlin, DE
Lotte Benter, Girl in Bornholm costume, design around 1925, execution 1967, model number 1323, First choice. Porcelain with underglaze painting. 21 cm (height) x 12 cm (length) x 10 ...
Category
Realist 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pointer / - The elegance of the hunting dog -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anton Büschelberger (1869 Eger - 1934 Dresden), Pointer, around 1930, made by the Karl Ens porcelain manufactory in Volkstedt (Thuringia), model number 2478, 6. Porcelain with underg...
Category
Realist 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grondahl Figure Playing Girl / - Seriousness of the game -
Located in Berlin, DE
Adda Bonfils (1883-1914), Playing Girl, designed c. 1920, made between 1966 and 1969, model number 1995, first choice. Porcelain with underglaze painting. 13.5 cm (height) x 9 cm (le...
Category
Realist 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Terpsichore, Muse of Dance
Located in PARIS, FR
Terpsichore, Muse of Dance
by Pierre-Marie POISSON (1876-1953)
Sculpture with a dark old gold patina
signed on the base "P. Poisson"
Cast by Bisceglia (with the foundry stamp)
Fra...
Category
French School 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique American Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Statue of Diana French Foundry Stamp
By Edward McCartan
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American Bronze sculpture of Diana The Huntress with a Doe, by Edward Francis McCartan (1879-1947), New York circa 1920.
The Bronze depicting the Roman Goddess Diana, holding...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Art Déco Représentant Une Oie, Les Ailes Déployées
Located in ROUEN, FR
Bronze Art Déco représentant une oie, les ailes déployées. Il est à fine patine brune. Socle en marbre vert. Signé de LUC. H.31 L.21.
Category
French School 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bogota's Glory
Located in PARIS, FR
Bogota's Glory
by Henri Bouchard (1875-1960)
Sculpture in bronze with a nuanced yellow-brown patina
Signed "H. Bouchard" on the base
Cast by "Siot" (stamp)
France
circa 1927
height...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Japanese Dancer I" by Bernhard Hoetger
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze with brown patina, 1923 by Bernhard Hoetger ( 1874-1949 ), Germany. Signed and numbered. Very good condition.
Height: 5.98 in ( 15,2 cm ), Width: 3.54 in ( 9 cm ), Depth: 2.44...
Category
Expressionist 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Westside Highway Cast Iron Roundel Art Deco - Rene Paul Chambellan
Located in Miami, FL
This sale is for one of them of the Cast Iron Roundels. However, we have 3 Cast Iron Roundels from the Old West Side Highway in Manhattan if you want to buy all three... reach out to us. . Each retains its original industrial paint. If the paint is removed, the clear shape of the iron cast will be removed. Each roundel has a different image and story. They were designed in 1928 by Rene Paul Chambellan...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Signed, Life-Sized, Abstract Figurative, Bronze Sculpture
By Joseph Csaky
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A chic, signed and dated, 1928, cubist style cast bronze sculpture, "L' Etudiente" by highly regarded Austria-Hungarian born artist, József Csáky (1888-1971), who was among the most ...
Category
1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Nude Girl with Fawn, Amazon with Fawn
Located in Miami, FL
Signed on base. This was exhibited at the Goldscheider Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exhibition
Marble base has loss to right edge and very small lose to center edge. , Bronze is in ve...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Charles Paillet "Medaille D'or" Bronze of Two Playful Goats
By Charles Paillet
Located in Dallas, TX
A large Charles Paillet French (1871-1937) bronze of two playful goats "Medaille D'or"
Here we have a fun and whimsical statue sculpture of two young goats playing in the grass. One...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Life-Sized, Abstract Figurative Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Remarkable, large, hand-carved, tribal-type, teak sculpture of an abstract, female form featuring a mix of refined and rough finishes.
Category
1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Woman with Square Umbrella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture in wood depicting a woman holding an umbrella. "Woman with Square Umbrella" by Post War artist Alexander Calder is signed underneath, "Calder." "Woman with a Square Umbre...
Category
Post-War 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Little Red Riding Hood Inkwell
Located in Missouri, MO
Antoine Bofill
"Little Red Riding Hood"
Bronze Inkwell
6H x 10W x 6D
Signed
Inscribed: 25 Septembre 1920
Antoine Bofill was born in Barcelona i...
Category
Realist 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Maximilien Louis Fiot 'Fr 1886 - 1953' Combat Des Aigles
Located in Dallas, TX
Maximilien Louis Fiot (French, 1886 - 1953)
A very large bronze animalier sculpture of combatant eagles in flight above an outcropping or rocks. The Eagles are fighting for their li...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Art Nouveau Silvered Bronze by Gustavo Obiols
Located in Dallas, TX
Gustavo Obiols Delgado (1858-1910) – Spanish sculptor
Signed in the cast ‘G. Obiols’
Spanish Dancer with Castanetas; Silvered bronze and finely carved bone
No damage or repairs.
H...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture Winged Buffalo Bronze 1921
By Badeau Georges Laurent
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze Sculpture with Black Patina dated 1929
Signed G.L.BADEAU and dated 1929 on the corner of the base
Seal of the founder BISCEGLIA on the base
Put on an independent marble Pedest...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Art Nouveau Sculptural Bronze Group of Children", 20th Century by Juan Clará
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS
Spanish, 1878 - 1958
ART NOUVEAU BRONZE GROUP OF CHILDREN
signed "Juan Clara" (lower right on the bench)
bronze sculpter group
4-3/4 x 6 x 3-1/2 inches (12 X 15 X 9 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Spanish Collector
Juan Clará's Art Nouveau bronze sculptural group representing two boys and a girl sitting on a bench in a funny and surprise attitude to something they are seeing.
Juan Clará's Art Nouveau bronze sculptural group representing two boys and a girl sitting on a bench in a funny and surprise attitude to something they are seeing.
Juan Clará Ayats. Olot (Gerona), 6.XII.1875 - Paris (France), II.1958. Sculptor
Student of José Berga at the Olot School of Fine Arts, developed his training in France, first at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse, in 1896, and from 1901 in Paris. At this stage he lived with his younger brother, José Clará...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Art Nouveau Bronze Sculptural of a Boy and Girl", 20th Century by Juan Clará
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS
Spanish, 1878 - 1958
ART NOUVEAU SCULPTURAL BRONZE OF A BOY AND GIRL
signed "Juan Clara" (on the lower left )
sculptural bronze
4-3/8 x 4-3/8 x 3-1/2 inches (11 X 11 X 9 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Spanish Collector
Art Nouveau Bronze sculpture representing a boy and a girl sitting on a stool in a funny and surprised attitude to something they are seeing. Sgned "Juan Clará" lower left with the foundry seal and marks on the right side of the bench
Juan Clará Ayats. Olot (Gerona), 6.XII.1875 - Paris (France), II.1958. Sculptor
Student of José Berga at the Olot School of Fine Arts, developed his training in France, first at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse, in 1896, and from 1901 in Paris. At this stage he lived with his younger brother, José Clará...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"A Girl Sitting on a Stool Tying Her Shoe", 20th Century Bronze by Juan Clará
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS
Spanish, 1878 - 1958
A GIRL SEATED ON A STOOL TYING HER SHOE
signed "Juan Clara" and stamped A.G. Paris and marks L.R. 213 (on the stool )
bronze figure
6-3/8 x 3 x 4 inches (16 X 7.5 X 10 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collector, Madrid
A brown patia bronze sculpture of Art Nouveau style, depicting a little girl sitting on a sidewalk tying her shoe.
The plasticity that Juan Clará achieves with the bronze when shaping this beautiful little sculpture is wonderful. We notice the effort that the little girl is making to put on her shoe, her gestures and attitudes which moves us and attracts us towards her.
Juan Clará Ayats. Olot (Gerona), 6.XII.1875 - Paris (France), II.1958. Sculptor
Student of José Berga at the Olot School of Fine Arts, developed his training in France, first at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse, in 1896, and from 1901 in Paris. At this stage he lived with his younger brother, José Clará...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"A Girl Sitting on a Stool Tying Her Shoe", 20th Century Bronze by Juan Clará
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS
Spanish, 1878 - 1958
A GIRL SEATED ON A STOOL TYING HER SHOE
signed "Juan Clara" and stamped A.G. Paris (on the stool )
bronze figure
6-3/8 x 3 x 4 inches (16 X 7.5 X 10 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collector, France
Gilded bronze sculpture of Art Nouveau style, depicting a little girl sitting on a sidewalk tying her shoe.
The plasticity that Juan Clará achieves with the bronze when shaping this beautiful little sculpture is wonderful. We notice the effort that the little girl is making to put on her shoe, her gestures and attitudes which moves us and attracts us towards her.
Juan Clará Ayats. Olot (Gerona), 6.XII.1875 - Paris (France), II.1958. Sculptor
Student of José Berga at the Olot School of Fine Arts, developed his training in France, first at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse, in 1896, and from 1901 in Paris. At this stage he lived with his younger brother, José Clará...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"A Girl Bust" 20th Century Bronze Sculpture by Spanish Artist Juan Clará Ayats
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS
Spanish, 1878 - 1958
A GIRL BUST
signed "Juan Clara" and Buenos Aires stamp mark (on the back )
bronze figure
6-3/8 x 4-1/8 x 4-1/8 inches (16 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm.)
8 x 4-1/8 x 4-1/8 inches (20 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm.) base included
PROVENANCE
Private Spanish Collector
Art Noveau bronze...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nuska, Portrait of a Girl, unique bronze portrait by Isamu Noguchi 1924
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Nuska, Portrait of a Girl, bronze portrait, 1924, unique
Isamu Noguchi (Japanese American 1904 - 1988); "Nuska, The Deaf Girl"; cire perdu cast bronze with complex dark patina on bronze base; 15 x lOx 8 inches; base 4.5 x 5.75 x 5,75 inches; signature quilled under and at back - "Isamu"; foundry stamp quilled in wax at the back - "Roman Bronze Works N.Y."
Excellent condition.
"Nuska, The Deaf Girl" is included in the Catalogue Raisonne of Noguchi's sculpture by Nancy Grove and Dianne Botnick (Garland, 1980) as Number 21. It is currently listed in the digital catalogue being assembled by the Isamu Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, New York as Number 10. This is apparently a unique casting, not part of an edition.
This is an apparently early, cire perdu bronze cast by Roman Bronze Works, probably when the foundry was located in the Louis Comfort Tiffany red...
Category
Contemporary 1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
