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Period: 20th Century
Set of Four Italian Stone Statues Representing the Four Arts 1920'
Located in Rome, IT
Rare set of sculptures composed by a set of the four female figures representing The Arts. 1920' Music, Painting , Architecture ,Sculpture. Measures: Height cm 150 Very good origin...
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Academic 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone

Tête de chèvre de profil, Picasso, 1950's, Plate, Goat, Animal, Design, Ceramic
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de chèvre de profil, Picasso, 1950's, Plate, Goat, Animal, Design, Ceramic Tête de chèvre de profil Ed. 50 pcs 1950 White earthenware clay, decoration in oxidized paraffin and ...
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Post-War 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware

"Hitch Hiked" Hayward Oubre, Painted Wire Sculpture, Southern Black Artist
Located in New York, NY
Hayward Oubre Hitch Hiked, 1960 Signed on Base: OUBRE 60 Painted wire sculpture 45 H. x 21 W. x 19 D. inches Provenance: Estate of the Artist Deeply at...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Wire

Bronze Plaque Sculpture Judaica Rabbi Figure Portrait American Boston Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Small Jewish Portrait Relief Plaque Signed and numbered in Roman numerals from limited edition Aronson, David 1923- David Aronson, son of a rabbi, was born in Lithuania in 1923 and immigrated to America at the age of five. He settled in Boston, Massachusetts where he studied at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts under Karl Zerbe, a German painter well known in the early 1900s. Aronson later taught at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts for fourteen years and founded the School of Fine Art at Boston University where he is today a professor emeritus. An internationally renowned sculptor & painter, Aronson has won acclaim for his interpretation of themes from the Hebrew Talmud and Kabala. His best known works include bronze castings, encaustic paintings, and pastels. His work is included in many important public and private collections, and has been shown in several museum retrospectives around the country. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th century American artists. At twenty-two David Aronson had his first one-man show at New York's Niveau Gallery. The next year, six of his Christological paintings were included in the Fourteen Americans exhibition at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art where Aronson’s work was included alongside abstract expressionists Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell and Isamu Noguchi. In the 1950s, Aronson turned more toward his Jewish heritage for the inspiration for his art. Folklore as well as Kabalistic and other transcendental writings influenced his work greatly. The Golem (a legendary figure, brought to life by the Maharal of Prague out of clay to protect the Jewish community during times of persecution) and the Dybbuk...
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Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Vagabond by Édouard Fortiny (Born in 1862)
Located in Gent, VOV
Édouard Fortiny’s sculpture, "Vagabond", is a deeply emotive bronze piece that portrays a man from the margins of society. Standing at 28 cm, the sculpture captures the essence of a ...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Opossum, Resin and Patina Sculpture by Marian Weisberg
By Marian Weisberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marian Weisberg, American XXth Title: Opossum Year: circa 1969 Medium: Resin-cast Sculpture, signature inscribed on base Size: 7 x 7 x 3.5 in. (17.78 x 17.78 x 8.89 cm)
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Art Deco 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Pomme Bouche
Located in PARIS, FR
Edition Signed with the stamp: Lalanne Monogrammed, marked and numbered under the apple: CL ; Artcurial ; 57/250 Literature Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Genève, Éditions Skira, 1991, an other version reproduced p. 123. Claude et François...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Sculpture Figure with Beast American Modernist Leonard Baskin Museum Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Leonard Baskin, American 1922-2000 Homage to the Un-American Activities Committee Bronze relief sculpture plaque This is not editioned, nor signed or numbered, on the piece but according to the catalog there was 12 or less. A number of these are in museum and university art collections and one of them was exhibited at MoMA NY. This was done to commemorate the communist witch hunts of the Mccarthy era. An important, historic piece. Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher. Baskin was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. While he was a student at Yale University, he founded Gehenna Press, a small private press specializing in fine, small edition, book production. From 1953 until 1974, he taught printmaking and sculpture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Subsequently Baskin also taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He lived most of his life in the U.S., but spent nine years in Devon at Lurley Manor, Lurley, near Tiverton, close to his friend Ted Hughes, for whom he illustrated Crow. Sylvia Plath dedicated Sculpto to Leonard Baskin in her famous work, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960). The Funeral Cortege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. His public commissions include a bas relief for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and a bronze statue of a seated figure, erected in 1994 for the Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His works are owned by many major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art and the Vatican Museums. The archive of his signed work at the Gehenna Press was acquired by the Bodleian Library at Oxford, England, in 2009. The McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, Ontario owns over 200 of his works (some religious and biblical), most of which were donated by his brother Rabbi Bernard Baskin. Contemporary Religious Imagery in American Art. Catalog for an exhibition held at the Ringling Museum of Art, March 1-31, 1974. Artists represented: David Aronson, Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Hyman Bloom, Fernando Botero, Paul Cadmus, Marvin Cherney, Arthur G. Dove, Philip Evergood, Adolph Gottlieb, Jonah Kinigstein, Arman, Rico Lebrun, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Abraham Rattner, Ben Shahn, Mark Tobey, Max Weber, William Zorach and others.In 1955, he was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery, they showed many great artists, Chaim Koppelman, for many years, headed the gallery's Print Division; printmakers such as Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Robert Conover, Edmond Casarella...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Modernist Hand Forged Iron Mosaic Sculpture Animal Ram Israeli David Palombo
Located in Surfside, FL
Heavy Hand Forged Brutalist Iron Ram or Goat Sculpture David Palombo was an Israeli sculptor and painter. He was born in Turkey to a traditional family and immigrated to the Land of Israel with his parents in 1923. They lived in the Nahalat Shiva neighborhood of Jerusalem. In 1940 he began his studies at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and from 1942 was a student of sculptor Ze’ev Ben-Zvi. For a period of time, Palombo was an assistant at Ben-Zvi’s studio and also taught at Bezalel. During this period he was also a member of the “Histadrut HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed” (The General Federation of Students and Young Workers in Israel). In the 1940s he took art lessons at night. In 1948 he went to Paris, where he visited the studio of the sculptor Constantin Brancusi whose work influenced him. Around 1958 he married the artist Shulamit Sirota. In 1960 he quit his job to devote himself to art. In 1964 he married for the second time to the artist Yona Palombo. The two of them went to live in an abandoned home on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. In 1966 he was killed when the motorcycle on which he was riding ran into a chain stretched across the street to prevent the desecration of Shabbat. His widow opened a museum in their home that was active until the year 2000. Work by Palombo is included in the Judaic collection of the Jewish Museum (a well known Hanukkah menora). Palombo executed the impressive metal gates of the Tent of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem, the memorial to the martyrs of the holocaust, as well as the gates to the Knesset Building the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco award) awarded him a scholarship for study in Japan. He worked in marble, granite, bronze, iron and steel. as well as with glass mosaic tiles. Palombo’s early works, in the 1950s, were influenced by modernist sculptors such as Brancusi. These works were composed of abstract images from nature and were carved out of stone or wood. At the end of the 1950s he began making metal sculptors, using the technique of welding. His work took on a more abstract and expressive character. Education 1940 Painting with Isidor Ascheim, New Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem 1942 Sculpture with Zeev Ben Zvi, Jerusalem 1956 Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy 1958 Welding Course Awards And Prizes 1966 UNESCO Award Exhibitions: Sculpture in Israel, 1948-1958 Mishkan Museum of Art, Kibbutz Ein Harod Artists: Zvi Aldouby, Yitzhak Danziger, Arieh Merzer, Dov Feigin, Aaron Priver, David Palumbo, Menashe Kadishman, Kosso Eloul, Yehiel Shemi, Zahara Schatz. The Spring Exhibition of Jerusalem Artists, Artists' House, Jerusalem Artists: Palombo, David Bezalel Schatz, Mordechai Levanon, Fima, Ludwig Blum 12 Artists, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem Avraham Ofek, Aviva Uri, Avigdor Arikha, Yosl Bergner, Lea Nikel, Palombo, Ruth Zarfati, General Exhibition, Art in Israel 1960 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Artists: Naftali Bezem, Nachum Gutman, Shraga Weil, Shraga, Marcel Janco, Ruth Schloss
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Arte Povera 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Iron

Three Ducks In Flight - Original John Louw 3D Copper Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Ducks In Flight - Original John Louw 3D Copper Sculpture Vintage 3D Pressed Copper Sculpture of Waterfowl Ducks, ‘Ducks in Flight’ by John Louw (South African, 1949). Three du...
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Impressionist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Copper

Giuliano Tosi Large Italian Sculpture - Glass Head with Red Eye
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fascinating Large Italian Glass Sculpture - Face with Red Eye. Incised signature on the base - Giuliano Tosi. Created by the famous Italian glassmaker circa 1970's - 1980's. The work measures 19 ½ inches high and 11 inches across at the widest point. It is in excellent condition with no damage and is quite an eye-catching objet d'art. Master Giuliano Tosi, born in 1942, hails from a lineage steeped in glassmaking tradition dating back to 1483. His journey with glass began at the tender age of 12, under the tutelage of Master Albino Carrara. Recognizing Tosi's burgeoning mastery, Carrara gifted him his corteo, an essential glass-cutting tool, symbolizing a rite of passage and an honor Tosi cherishes to this day. Tosi's expertise extends beyond traditional techniques, evident in his introduction of the external sbruffi technique in furnaces, a method enhancing color vibrancy and variation. His works have graced galleries worldwide, including Milan's Fashion District, Chicago, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, marking him as a significant figure in Murano's glass history over the past six decades. His talent for creating art glass pieces has attracted commissions from luminaries such as the Pope, Julia Roberts, Michael Douglas, and Victoria Adams...
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Abstract 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

Two Dancers
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Two Dancers Bronze Sculpture Artist signed, artist proof, the sculpture stands on a steel base made to be place in the garden, original patina. John A...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

seated man, '70s - clay sculpture, 36x30x23 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Sculpture made of clay depicting a seated man in a cubist way
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Clay

Modern Pop Art Dita Mel Ramos Stainless Steel Nude Sculpture
Located in Zug, CH
MEL RAMOS (1935-2018) Dita 2017 Cast and polished stainless steel 58 x 33 x 26 cm 22.83 x 12.99 x 10.24 inches Number 29 of 60, Edition of 60 + 6 A.P. Cast signature and number on b...
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Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Harriet Frishmuth 1923 Bronze Of The Vine
Located in Dallas, TX
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) The Vine, 1921 Bronze with brown and green patina Height: 11.5 inches (29.2 cm) high on a 3/4 inches (1.9 cm) high marble base Inscrib...
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Art Deco 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Jose Cardona Ferro Bronze Sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jose Cardona Ferro: 1878-1923. Well listed Spanish artist also known as just Jose Cardona. He has had auction prices over $4000. This charming bronze of a...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze "Deer with Fawn" by Karl Lind
By Karl Lind
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, dark patinated. Created by Karl Lind, Germany. Cast from 1940. Top on the plinth signed: K. LIND. On the side of the plinth foundry mark: BILDGIESSEREI KRASS. Dimensions: Hei...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Four Season Extraordinary Set of Italian Stone Caryatids Sculptures
Located in Rome, IT
Four Caryatids sculptures with classically draped figures and their distinguishing symbols. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Measures: Height wi...
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Academic 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone

Cats Hatching From Egg Ceramic
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Cats hatching from egg. Ceramic sculpture, artist signed. Sergio Bustamante is a Mexican Artist and sculptor. Bustamante was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa in 1949 and studied architecture at the University of Guadalajara. Bustamante's first art exhibition showcased...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Set of 12 glossy ceramic popsicles wall hanging
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
12 Glossy ceramic popsicles sculptures on a natural wood base. Color Numbers: SC- 85 SC- 9 SC-15 SC- 93 SC-18 SC-75 SC-24 SC-73 SC-1 SC-2 SC-23 SC-13 Handmade by artists Osnat Zim...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze

"Mother & Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Mother and Child" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman and her baby numbered 43/150. Inspired by the birth of his own child, Frederick Hart masterfully ce...
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Realist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Resin, Acrylic Polymer

Young wood owl, Picasso, Pitcher, Ceramic, Animal, 1950's, Madoura, Design, Clay
Located in Geneva, CH
Young wood owl 1952 Ed. 500 pcs White earthenware clay, partly polychromed and glazed H. 25 cm Inscribed underside : Edition Picasso, Madoura Picasso - Catalogue of the edited cerami...
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Post-War 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware

Saint Michel
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina Display: The sc...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Metal

Large, Cast Bronze Roman Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of large, detailed cast bronze Roman figures of a senator (likely Julius Caesar) and possibly an emperor. Each in cascading drapery with beautifully rendered facial expression...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

David Hostetler Bronze Sculpture African Figurative Female By Commission
Located in Nantucket, MA
Tribal Figure is a bronze cast from a wood carving. The bronze base is cast from an antique mill stone and it is attached to a steel disk to bolt do...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Art Deco Carved Alabaster Figure of a Horse
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and dramatic Art Deco figure of a horse, hand-carved in rose-ochre alabaster. Unsigned, American School circa 1930.
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Art Deco 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Alabaster

Polychrome Bronze Sculpture Jazz Nightclub Piano Player in Tuxedo Bruno Luna
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Bruno Luna (Mexican, b.1963) Era: 20th century Dimensions: 14.5"L x 5.25"W x 10"H Edition Number: 22 of 30 The sculpture, exquisitely fashioned from bronze, portrays a voluptuous jazz cabaret pianist seated at a grand piano, attired in a tuxedo painted to enhance the details. Signed Bruno Luna. Bruno Luna was born in Mexico City in 1963. (his birth name was Norman Bardavid) Interested in art since his childhood, he completed a painting workshop with Professor Robin Bond, and then on to the Anahuac University of Mexico City to study Architecture and Graphic Design. He was an assistant to Marcelo Morandin, A renowned Mexican Sculptor. Over the years, his work evolved into a very distinct style, A style of voluptuousness influenced by Colombian master Fernando Botero (he calls them Gorditos) along with influences of Mexican tradition, and a cubist, almost Picasso esque treatment of the human figure. Bruno Luna's sculptures carry an undeniable air of joyousness, happiness and vitality. His work has been exhibited internationally, and is included in many public and private collections. Among those are the collections owned by Prince Rainier of Monaco, the American actor Chevy Chase, and many others. Bruno Luna's sculptures appeared on Mexican most popular syndicated network, Televisa, in a soap opera called "Mi Abuelo y Yo". in 1986 he founded the 10/10 Gallery, promoting mainly artists from Mexico...
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Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Balances - Sculpture by Lorenzo Servalli - 1998
Located in Roma, IT
Intimate Sculpture, in Excellent Condition, created in Hand-painted Wood by Sculptor Lorenzo Servalli in the year 1998, to quietly share The Experienc...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Polar Bears – Bronze by Marcel Debut (1865–1933), Art Deco Influence
Located in Gent, VOV
This rare bronze sculpture by Marcel Debut (1865–1933) presents a unique departure from his more frequently encountered mythological and allegorical themes, venturing into the realm of animalier sculpture. The piece depicts two polar bears, one resting and the other in an alert posture, rendered with a masterful blend of naturalism and expression. The textured modeling of the fur and musculature reflects Debut’s strong academic training while incorporating an impressionistic approach to surface treatment. A notable aspect of this sculpture is its curved base, a subtle yet clear indication of Art Deco influence. Unlike traditional animalier works, which often rest on rigid, symmetrical bases, this dynamic foundation lends a sense of fluidity to the composition, reinforcing the motion and interaction between the two animals. This element suggests that the piece was created during the later period of Debut’s career, as Art Deco aesthetics—with their emphasis on stylized and elegant forms—began to shape sculptural design. The choice of subject, polar bears, is also intriguing within the animalier tradition. While French sculptors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries frequently depicted felines, horses, and other terrestrial animals, this work stands out for its intimate, contemplative depiction of arctic wildlife. Rather than emphasizing a dramatic hunting or combat scene, Debut captures a quiet moment of interaction between the two bears, showcasing his ability to infuse emotion and realism into his subjects. The patina of the bronze is rich and varied, enhancing the play of light on the textured surface and contributing to the lifelike quality of the sculpture. The artist’s signature “Debut” is clearly visible, further confirming its authenticity. With its balance of academic realism, impressionistic texture, and Art Deco design principles, this bronze sculpture is a remarkable testament to Marcel Debut’s versatility as an artist. Its combination of naturalistic observation, expressive modeling, and modernist elegance makes it a rare and desirable piece within the canon of French animalier sculpture.
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

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 sculpt...
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Mannerist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Dancer" David Hare, Male Nude, Figurative Sculpture, Mid-Century Surrealist
Located in New York, NY
David Hare Dancer, circa 1955 Bronze with integral stand 68 high x 17 wide x 13 1/2 deep inches “Freedom is what we want,” David Hare boldly stated in 1965, but then he added the caveat, “and what we are most afraid of.” No one could accuse David Hare of possessing such fear. Blithely unconcerned with the critics’ judgments, Hare flitted through most of the major art developments of the mid-twentieth century in the United States. He changed mediums several times; just when his fame as a sculptor had reached its apogee about 1960, he switched over to painting. Yet he remained attached to surrealism long after it had fallen out of official favor. “I can’t change what I do in order to fit what would make me popular,” he said. “Not because of moral reasons, but just because I can’t do it; I’m not interested in it.” Hare was born in New York City in 1917; his family was both wealthy and familiar with the world of modern art. Meredith (1870-1932), his father, was a prominent corporate attorney. His mother, Elizabeth Sage Goodwin (1878-1948) was an art collector, a financial backer of the 1913 Armory Show, and a friend of artists such as Constantin Brancusi, Walt Kuhn, and Marcel Duchamp. In the 1920s, the entire family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and later to Colorado Springs, in the hope that the change in altitude and climate would help to heal Meredith’s tuberculosis. In Colorado Springs, Elizabeth founded the Fountain Valley School where David attended high school after his father died in 1932. In the western United States, Hare developed a fascination for kachina dolls and other aspects of Native American culture that would become a recurring source of inspiration in his career. After high school, Hare briefly attended Bard College (1936-37) in Annandale-on-Hudson. At a loss as to what to do next, he parlayed his mother’s contacts into opening a commercial photography studio and began dabbling in color photography, still a rarity at the time [Kodachrome was introduced in 1935]. At age 22, Hare had his first solo exhibition at Walker Gallery in New York City; his 30 color photographs included one of President Franklin Roosevelt. As a photographer, Hare experimented with an automatist technique called “heatage” (or “melted negatives”) in which he heated the negative in order to distort the image. Hare described them as “antagonisms of matter.” The final products were usually abstractions tending towards surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved to Roxbury, CT, where he fraternized with neighboring artists such as Alexander Calder and Arshile Gorky, as well as Yves Tanguy who was married to Hare’s cousin Kay Sage, and the art dealer Julian Levy. The same year, Hare received a commission from the American Museum of Natural History to document the Pueblo Indians. He traveled to Santa Fe and, for several months, he took portrait photographs of members of the Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni tribes that were published in book form in 1941. World War II turned Hare’s life upside down. He became a conduit in the exchange of artistic and intellectual ideas between U.S. artists and the surrealist émigrés fleeing Europe. In 1942, Hare befriended Andre Breton, the principal theorist of surrealism. When Breton wanted to publish a magazine to promote the movement in the United States, he could not serve as an editor because he was a foreign national. Instead, Breton selected Hare to edit the journal, entitled VVV [shorth for “Victory, Victory, Victory”], which ran for four issues (the second and third issues were printed as a single volume) from June 1942 to February 1944. Each edition of VVV focused on “poetry, plastic arts, anthropology, sociology, (and) psychology,” and was extensively illustrated by surrealist artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Roberto Matta, and Yves Tanguy; Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp served as editorial advisors. At the suggestion of Jacqueline Lamba...
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Abstract 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers
Located in Surfside, FL
Frank Kleinholz (Brooklyn, 1901 - 1987) Lovers Ceramic unique glazed miniature sculptural plaque with gold leaf or foil under the glaze. Initialled recto and hand signed verso with a self portrait drawing. Framed measures 8.75 X 8.75 inches, Plaque is 6 X 6 inches. c.1950's-1960's Born in Brooklyn, New York, Frank Kleinholz was a painter based in New York City whose work spanned several art movements including Expressionism and Social Realism. His work was strongly influenced by Max Beckmann, is a late survival of the social com­mentary expressionism of the WPA era; His early lithograph works were intensely personal and reflected the influence of the Depression and the World Wars, but his palette lightened as he increasingly focused on families and the bonds between adults and children. He was contemporary of William Gropper and Ben Shahn. As the son of a blind father and hard-working mother who supported the family with a delicatessen. From early childhood, he had to earn a living and sold newspapers and ran errands for local businesses. He graduated from Fordham Law School, and at age 23 was admitted to the bar. In the mid-1930s, while practicing insurance as well as law, he began oil painting and printmaking with teachers including Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Sol Wilson. He gained quick recognition and between 1941 and 1980 participated in numerous exhibitions including the National Academy of Design, the Brooklyn Museum and the Worcester Art Institute. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Kleinholz graduated Fordham Law School in 1923. In the 1930s, he began studying painting under Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Sol Wilson. He quickly rose to prominence with the inclusion of Abstract art in the Carnegie Institute exhibition of 1941. His painting Backstreet won a purchase prize by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chronology His strongest influences were American Social Realists Reginald Marsh and Philip Evergood, the German Expressionists George Grosz and Kathe Kollwitz, the Mexican muralists Diego Rivera, Jorge Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, and the early 20th century Paris Modernists. Described by Newsweek as a "Brooklyn-born Gauguin," Kleinholz focused on urban life in New York, Brooklyn and Coney Island, as well as intimate, social realist scenes of parents and children, watercolor paintings of flowers and birds, and sunbathers. His political works include anti war paintings...
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Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Paint, Glaze

Early 20th century Animalier wood leather sculpture - Toy horse
Located in Varmo, IT
Leather-covered toy horse. Italy, 20th century. 75 x 30 x h 53 cm. Wooden structure entirely covered in leather. - This item is sold with a certificate of authenticity with legal...
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Naturalistic 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Leather

Clown Holding Teddy Bear, Unique Bronze Expressionist Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Agnes Yarnall LePage, began studying sculpture at the age of 6 at the Liberty Tadd School of Modeling. She went on to study with Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts before opening her own studio in the late 1920s, with the support of her parents, Anna B. Coxe and Charlton Yarnall. Over the years, Ms. Yarnall's work included numerous portraits, human figures and animal sculptures. Among her proudest achievements were busts of George Washington and General Lafayette, displayed at the Valley Forge Historical Society, and of Abraham Lincoln, at the Union League of Philadelphia. She also counted among her premier accomplishments busts she sculpted of Ronald Reagan, Jack Nicklaus and Pope John Paul II. One reviewer who had seen her depictions of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dame Judith Anderson, Carl Sandburg and Sir John Gielgud lauded her work for its ''sensitivity, grace and dynamism," her family said. During her early career Ms. Yarnall studied and worked with such great artists as Boris Blai, Paul Manship and Alexander Archipenko. In addition to her long career in sculpture, she also was an accomplished poet. Her books included Indian Summer, Hesperides and Other Poems and Pandora and Other Poems. In 1987 Ms. Yarnall was presented with the Living Legacy Award as ''Evocatrix Extraordinary" by the Women's International Center, joining such honorees as Dame Judith Anderson, Clare Boothe...
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Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Picador, 1953 A.R. 200
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Capturing the moment in which the picador stabs the charging bull with his lance, Picasso creates an image of action and suspense in Pablo Picasso ceramic Picador...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware

Bronze Abstract Space Age Book Sculpture LA California Modernist Charna Rickey
By Charna Rickey
Located in Surfside, FL
Charna Rickey 1923 - 2000 Mexican-American Jewish Woman artist. Signed Bronze House of Books, Architecture Bronze sculpture, signed Charna Rickey and on the front "House of the book." It depicts an open Torah. Original patina. Approx. dimensions: 7 in. H x 9 in. W x 8.5 in. D. Weight: 13.1 lbs. Modernist Judaica Sculpture Born Charna Barsky (Charna Ysabel or Isabel Rickey Barsky) in Chihuahua, Mexico, the future artist lived in Hermosillo and immigrated to Los Angeles when she was 11. She was educated at UCLA and Cal State L.A., she married furniture retailer David Rickey and explored art while raising their three daughters. Moving through phases in terra cotta, bronze, marble and aluminum, she found success later in life. Rickey became one of the original art teachers at Everywoman's Village, a pioneering learning center for women established by three housewives in Van Nuys in 1963. She also taught sculpture at the University of Judaism from 1965 to 1981. As Rickey became more successful, her sculptures were exhibited in such venues as Artspace Gallery in Woodland Hills and the Courtyard of Century Plaza Towers as part of a 1989 Sculpture Walk produced by the Los Angeles Arts Council. Her sculptures have also found their way into the private collections of such celebrities as Sharon Stone. Another of Rickey's international creations originally stood at Santa Monica College. In 1985, her 12-foot-high musical sculpture shaped like the Hebrew letter "shin" was moved to the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The free standing architectural Judaic aluminum work has strings that vibrate in the wind to produce sounds. Rickey also created art pieces for the city of Brea. They commissioned some amazing art pieces by Laddie John Dill, Walter Dusenbery, Woods Davy, Rod Kagan, Pol Bury, Niki de Saint Phalle, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Larry Bell, John Okulick...
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American Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

The Kiss
Located in PARIS, FR
The Kiss by Alfred PINA (1887-1966) Bronze group with a brownish dark green patina signed on the base "A. Pina" cast by "A. Valsuani" (foundry stamp) France circa 1927 height 51,5...
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French School 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bird on a branch
By Ferdinand Pautrot
Located in PARIS, FR
Bird on a branch by Ferdinand PAUTROT (1832-1874) Bronze with a nuanced old gilded and brown patina Signed on the base " F. Pautrot " old cast Underneath, label of the Resaler-Deco...
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French School 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Dancing Ballerinas Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bronze Sculpture Dencing Ballerinas. Victor Salmones (Mexican, 1938-1989) "'Pas de Quatre" Edition 1 of 10, 1976, 26 x 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. This sculpture was originally created and ...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Pou Pou
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful cement sculpture cast of the artist’s Persian cat Pou Pou by American artist Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1970). Harriet was born in Philadelphia, PA, and, as a teenager , she studied sculpture in Paris classes (with critiques by Auguste Rodin) and later enrolled at the Academie Colarossi there. On her return to the United States she studied with Gutzon Borglum at the Art Students League, served an apprenticeship with Karl Bitter...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Cast Stone

'General (Napoleon)' original bronze sculpture by Doris Jarowsky 1960s abstract
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This small-scale bronze of the General Napoleon by American artist Doris Jarowsky is an excellent example of the sculpture of the 1960s. The sculpture i...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

La Posada
Located in PARIS, FR
La Posada by François-Rupert CARABIN (1862-1932) A bronze group with a silvered patina Signed on the base "R. Carabin" Old cast Numbered "5" France circa 1901 height 24 cm length ...
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French School 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Joueur de flûte, Picasso, Limited Edition, Sculpture, Design, 1950's, Ceramic
Located in Geneva, CH
Joueur de flûte, Picasso, Limited Edition, Sculpture, Design, 1950's, Ceramic Joueur de flûte Ed. 40 pcs 1951 Earthenware clay covered with enamel D. 24.5 cm Stamped on the back : M...
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Post-War 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware

"Spirita", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 15x14x7 in., 330/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Spirita" Dimensions: 15" x 14" x 7" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition of 350 Hart wanted to sculpt light, from which forms move in and out, that defined the very delicate sense of...
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Realist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Resin, Acrylic Polymer

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians, Bronze Sculpture by Arnold Goldstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians by Arnold Goldstein, American Date: 1975 Bronze, signed, inscribed and numbered Edition of 4/30 Size: 18 in. x 13 in. x 9 in. (45.72 cm x 33.02 ...
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American Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Unique Ceramic Cubist Bust
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown, in the style of Pablo Picasso Medium: Painted Terracotta Sculpture Size: 27 tall x 15 x 12 inches
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Cubist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Bust Of A Woman Roberto Cortazar
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bust of a Woman, bronze sculptue. Bronze with dark brown patina signed on the back R. Cortazar 1/9. Originally from Tapachula, Chiapas Mexico, he was b...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Lions and Deer, Bronze Sculpture by A. Ganso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: A. Ganso Title: Lions and Deer Year: 1973 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed Size: 23 x 15 x 13 inches (58.5 x 38 x 33 cm)
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American Realist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Merchant, Orientalist Bronze Sculpture by Franz Bergmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Franz Bergmann, Austrian (1861 -1936) - Merchant, Year: circa 1900, Medium: Cold painted Bronze sculpture, Size: 5.75 x 9.5 x 6 in. (14.61 x 24.13 x 15.24 cm)
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Romantic 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Boris Lovet-Lorski Limestone Art Deco Head, circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
White stone head in the art deco style. Born in Lithuania at the end of the nineteenth century, Boris Lovet-Lorski studied art at the Imperial Academy of Art in St. Petersburg before working briefly as an architect. He immigrated to New York in 1920 and became an American citizen five years later. His sculptures epitomize the ideals of the Art Deco decades: comprised of sleek lines and smooth surfaces, the streamlined compositions reflect the new technological forms of the machine age. Despite their modernist treatment, Lovet-Lorski’s elegant, stylized figures reference both ancient and classical sources and are characterized by a universal and serene sensibility. Concentrating on figural busts, familial groups, and standing female nudes as his subject matter, the artist rendered them in a variety of media. The materials range from the traditional bronze and marble to exotic woods and unusual stones; each is carefully selected so that its surface texture and color contribute to the emotive aura of the work. Carved out of a block of limestone, Untitled (Head) depicts a female visage nearly androgynous in its idealization. The delicate features of her face, the long, straight nose, thin pursed lips and high cheekbones, are made even more diminutive by the massive bulk of the stone that serves as their backdrop. The prominent widow’s peak of her hairline and the strong arch of her brow, two of Lovet-Lorski’s most distinctive characteristics, are elongated to accentuate the linear rhythms of the composition. The layers of her hair are delineated by stepped striations reminiscent of archaic precedents, which meld into structural columns and connect the form architecturally to the stone’s mass. Unlike the majority of Lovet-Lorski’s sculptures, in which the heads of the figures are tilted to the side or downward to convey a pensive mood, the woman in Untitled (Head) looks straight ahead. Her frontal positioning gives the composition a nearly perfect symmetry, in turn endowing the work with a still, eternal sensibility. The notched surface of the surrounding limestone stands in sharp contrast to the smoothness of her skin. In the twenties, the artist tended to finish his sculptures to a highly polished degree of refinement, but in the thirties he began to experiment with contrasts of texture and the aesthetic of the fragment. In this respect, the work is vaguely evocative of Egyptian funerary sculptures, in which the figures were carved with an eye for three-dimensionality but were left intact in a larger piece of stone to give them physical durability and permanence. Embodying classical ideals of stoicism and universal beauty, the sculpture ultimately exudes a surface allure that is difficult to resist. A similar example of this approach can be seen in the 1937 sculpture Diana, which resides in the permanent collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. Carved from a piece of black Belgian marble, the work is a stylized bust of the Greek goddess Diana...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone

Panther licking
By André Vincent Becquerel
Located in PARIS, FR
Panther licking by André-Vincent BECQUEREL (1893-1981) A bronze sculpture with nuanced green patina Signed on the base " Becquerel " Old edition cast Presented on a wooden base Fra...
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French School 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Fisherman
Located in Roma, RM
Francesco Messina (Linguaglossa 1900 – Milan 1995), Fisherman (1930) Bronze sculpture measuring 131 x 52 x 65 cm, signed and dated 1930 on the base. Francesco Messina’s Fisherman w...
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Realist 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Elephant trotting
Located in PARIS, FR
Elephant trotting by Roger GODCHAUX (1878-1958) Rare sculpture in bronze with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed " Roger Godchaux " on the base Artist's cast, with no foundry mark France circa 1930 height 15 cm length : 25 cm Biography : Roger Godchaux (1878-1958) was a French painter, drawer and animal sculptor. If all domestic and wild bestiary was part of his artistic universe, wild beasts and elephants having been his favorite subjects. As a figurative sculptor, he represented the animal without artifice, in his attitudes of everyday life. From Vendôme Godchaux joined Paris, where he prepared in 1894 admission to the School of Fine Arts. He soon turned to animal art. He became a pupil of Jules Adler...
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French School 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Jokwe Maternity, Angola, " Carved Wood created in Africa circa 1910
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Jokwe Maternity, Angola" is a wood sculpture from Africa created circa 1910. The figure kneels on the ground holding a baby in her arms. Her eyes are closed and she is wearing a com...
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Tribal 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Oiseau à la Huppe, Picasso, ashtray, design, ceramic, animals, art, postwar
Located in Geneva, CH
Oiseau à la Huppe, Picasso, ashtray, design, ceramic, animals, art, postwar Oiseau à la huppe Ed. 500 pcs 1952 White earthenware clay, oxidized paraffin decoration, white enamel, bl...
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Post-War 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Bronze Sculpture "Furnace Flowers"
By Francesco Somaini
Located in Rochester, NY
Bronze sculpture Polished and patinated bronze sculpture. "Furnace Flowers" by mid century modern Italian sculptor Francesco Somaini (Italy 1926-...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Mezuza - The twelve tribes - Shimon
Located in Jerusalem, IL
The Chagall mezuzah collection is a limited edition art project celebrating the art of one of the most iconic Jewish artist in history. This edition, ...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Screen

Paysage, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Plate, Design, Ceramic, Figuratif, Editions
Located in Geneva, CH
Paysage, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Plate, Design, Ceramic, Figuratif, Editions Paysage Ed.200 pcs 08.12.1953 White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes, knife engraved, under glaze ...
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Post-War 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

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