20th Century Figurative Sculptures

2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century by Agnes Yarnall circa 1940s. Sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian, Agnes Yarnall has, since the age of six been breathing life into her art. Renowned as a sculptor, whose commissioned portrayals of contemporary celebrities are prized. She has sculpted Judith Anderson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Carl Sandburg...

It is marvelous to find discoveries such as Lorrie Goulet's female form, one of our few American women sculptors who direct carved in marble. Goulet has an attractive technique of u...

Inscribed on base, 'W.G.' for Wedo Georgetti (American, 1911-2005) and created circa 1950. Acquired directly from the artist and accompanied by certificate of authenticity. Born in ...

Ermine by Almaric WALTER (1870-1959) Sculpture made in green and brown opaque glass paste representing an ermine signed on the base " H. Bergé sc. " et " A. Walter Nancy " Franc...

French centerpiece from the first half of the 20th century. Finely chiseled terracotta object with masks (faces with different expressions, see photo) and figures of lateral cherubs ...

"Dan Mask Ivory Coast" is a mask sculpted out of wood with hair and mud. Slit eyes and an opened mouth with a heart shaped face. 6" x 9" x 2" Da...

Glenna Goodacre was commissioned to create the largescale bronze Sidewalk Society in Albuquerque Plaza, New Mexico. Her intention was for people to interact with her sculpture, and t...

HIPPOLYTE FRANÇOIS MOREAU French, (1832-1927) Bronze sculpture of Two Beauties The base inscribed H. Moreau, surmounted on a green marble base. ...

This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs. The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...

After studying fine arts, a need for contact with solid material was needed. Ybah took a classic artistic path from an academic education from the Louvre reproductions, learning at t...

The small bronze depicts a small seated faun, immortalized while playing a wind instrument as can be clearly seen by the puffy cheeks. is signed at the base R. Castagnino and is from...

"The Source" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with a glass orb and a working water fountain with edition 94/175. This edition has been Sold out from the creation date of 1995...

Pierre-Marie POISSON (1876-1953) The Comedy Bronze sculpture with black patina signed on the base "P. Poisson" Cast by Valsuani (with the foundry stamp) Raised on a stone base Fra...

Provenance: The artist; thence by descent to his granddaughter: Rhoda Knight Kalt; from whom acquired by: Private Collection, Pennsylvania, 1995–2025. Literature: Richard Milner, Ch...

"The Mother" is a bronze sculpture by the English professor of modeling and sculpture Albert Toft. About the artwork The bronze is covered with dark brown...

Life-size sculpture of a bare-footed boy balancing himself atop a ball.

Maurice Bouval French Art Nouveau Gilt and Silvered Bronze Figural Vide Poche Cast from a model by Maurice Bouval, cast by Jollet & Cie., Paris, circa 1900 Modeled as a maiden in a ...

Alexsander Danel (Estonian, 1940-2001) Brutalist Panther Sculpture, 1996 Signed 'Danel' and 'Austin Sculpture' to back leg 13.5 x 16.5 inches Alexsander Danel was born in Estonia and graduated from both the Moscow Industrial Arts School and the Moscow Fine Arts Academy. He earned many awards and distinctions in the Soviet Union, including "Best Work of the Year" in 1973 for his monumental work commemorating the history of the Russian Wars, installed in Kirov. Alexsander Danel emigrated to the U.S. in 1976, after spending a year in Rome where he sculpted set designs for Fellini's "Cassanova" and the Napoli Theater production of "Aida". After settling in New York, he completed commissions for Rockefeller Plaza and Radio City Music Hall. In 1992, he held his first one person show exhibiting computer generated...

A striking metal sculpture of a fish. Iron with gold gilt decoration. Probably Asian.

Cast in bronze in 1968 in an edition of 8. Wood base. Incised 'Lobo' with edition and foundry. From the edition of 8. Sculpture size not including base 5.25 x 6.25 x 4 inches. Artw...

Young Wood Owl, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Multiples, Design, Postwar, Pitcher Young wood-owl Ed. 500 pcs 1952 White earthenware clay, partly polychromed and glazed 26.5 x 9.5 cm Stampe...

Remarkable, large, hand-carved, tribal-type, teak sculpture of an abstract, female form featuring a mix of refined and rough finishes.

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...

Windswept Face Of A Man Marble Sculpture Signed, on wooden base. Leon Saulter (1908 - 1986) was active/lived in California born in Poland. Moved to US in 1921. Leon Saulter is known for sculptures, paintings also writer. Born in Poland on March 31, 1908. By the 1930s, Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while a resident of Los Angeles. Exhibitions: Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1936-40; Artists Union (LA), 1939; Stendahl Gallery (LA), 1941; LACMA, 1940, 1943, 1946 Santa Barbara Museum; Bonita Union High School (Spirit of Youth Learning Industry); David Starr Jordan School, Long Beach (Head). Museums: University of Wyoming Art...

"Man" by Isobel Folb Sokolow Welded steel, found metal, automotive metal, welding rod Sokolow directly welds found metals creating both purely abstract and abstract figurative indoo...

Picasso Quatre Poissons Polychromes (Four Polychrome Fishes), 1947 is a wondrous mixture of color and charm. In the center of the dish are three fish, e...

A super stylized and marvelously detailed work that epitomizes the playful and imaginative works of the 1920's. Garden and conservatory works were highly in vogue and demand at that...

Four Caryatids sculptures with classically draped figures and their distinguishing symbols. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Measures: Height with square form bases cm 220. Time...

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...

"Sea Wind" is an original bronze sculpture by Judye Frankowiak. The artist signed the piece. It depicts a woman with wind-swept hair. It is number 8 from an edition of 10. 8 1/2" x 6" x 7" art B.A. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Further study: Newark State College, Elizabeth N.J.: Education Summit Art Center, Summit, N.J.: Sculpture 1970-1978: Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI. Worked under contract in Exhibits and Graphics Dept. to create life-size human figures for exhibits and dioramas 1970 to Present: Provided exhibit and diorama sculpture...

PABLO PICASSO Le barbu (A.R. 217), 1953 Ed. 500 pcs White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes, knife engraved under partial brushed glaze H. 31 cm I H. 12 1/4 in Stamped undersi...

David Deming (American, 20th Century) Contortion Nude Bronze Signed on base 14 x 12 x 9 inches David Deming is a nationally recognized contemporary Ameri...

Glossy ceramic popsicle sculpture handmade for wall installation. Available at Variant colorful glaze. Harmony and grandeur characterize the ceramic Handmade collection ArtArsouf . ...

Margarett W. McKean Sargent Stepping Out, 1916 Signed and dated on base Bronze 14 x 6 x 8 inches Provenance Private Collection, Hingham, Massachusetts Walker-Cunningham Fine Art, St...

William Zorach (American 1891-1966) First Steps, 1918 Bronze 8.5 x 5 x 4 inches, including base Born in 1887 in Lithuania, William Zorach immigrated with his family to the United States when he was just four years old, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Zorach displayed an exceptional artistic talent at a young age and, at the recommendation of his seventh-grade teacher, began studying lithography at night at the Cleveland School of Art. It was not long before he was apprenticing at a lithography company in Cleveland. It was there that he realized he wanted to become an artist - to escape the commercial end of the field in which he was suddenly immersed. In 1907, Zorach saved enough money to move to New York and study art at the National Academy of Design, where he received several awards for his paintings and drawings. He continued his studies in Paris in 1910 at La Palette. This year abroad would turn out to be quite fruitful because in Paris he was greatly influenced by the Cubist and Fauvist movements and had several paintings exhibited at the Salon d'Automme. This influence and subsequent success fueled his career back in the states where he was honored with his first one-man exhibition. Due to this new-found stability, he married a young woman he met at school in Paris, and they moved to New York and set up a studio. Shortly after, their work was accepted into the famous 1913 Armory Show. For the next nine years, Zorach continued to think of himself as a painter, although he had already begun to experiment in sculpting. He was experiencing modest success with his painting and was therefore reluctant to abandon it completely. However, he was impelled toward sculpting, and in 1922, he painted his last oil. Zorach's involvement with sculpture began largely be accident. While he was working on a series of wood-block prints, Zorach suddenly became more interested in the butternut panel than the print and turned the panel into a carved relief. With no formal training as a sculptor, Zorach's first sculptures were of wood and his carving tools were primitive, such as a jack-knife. I n fact, his early works have a certain stylized look, suggesting the influence of various primitive arts such as African and American folk. Zorach found his sculptural direction by instinct, but was not unaware of what other sculptors were doing, both here and abroad. He soon allied himself with a growing number of modern sculptors who believed in the esthetic necessity of carving their own designs directly in the block of stone or wood rather than modeling them in clay. From the beginning he found a deep satisfaction in the slow and patient process of freeing the image from its imprisoning block, watching the forms emerge and appear. "The actual resistance of tough material is a wonderful guide," Zorach said in a lecture on direct sculpture in 1930. The sculptor "cannot make changes easily, there is no putting back tomorrow what was cut away today. His senses are constantly alert. If something goes wrong there is the struggle to right the rhythm. And slowly the vision grows as the work progresses." Zorach also found that the material itself had a constantly modifying effect on the artist's vision. The grain of the wood, the markings in the stone, the shape of the log or boulder all set limits and suggested possibilities. He was always sensitive to the characteristic qualities of his material and occasionally let them play a major role in determining his forms. In works such as these, the feel of the original material is preserved in the finished piece and is often heightened by leaving parts of the original surface untouched and other areas roughly marked by the sculptors tools...

Helen Beling (American, 1914-2001) Business is Bad Finished plaster 21 x 9 x 9 inches Helen Beling was an American sculptor. Beling was a native of New ...

Apache Gahn Dancer limited bronze edtion

20 inches tall x 11 inches wide at base. Signed. Numbered 6/100 A cast bronze sculpture that depicts an adult female, rural worker, mid-stride, holding a large bundle of wood on her...

Georges GARDET (1863-1939) Two young Lions Bronze group with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed on the base " G. Gardet " Cast by " Siot-Paris " (with the foundry mark) France circ...

Original terracotta sculpture by the American sculptor William Huppert. Titled “Expecting”. Circa 1960. Post Modern. Overall height 18 inches including base. Base is 6 wide by 5.25 ...

Oriental sculpture from the mid-20th century. Finely carved and crafted exotic wooden object depicting a warrior on horseback and a character (behind him), of good quality. Sculpture...

Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) Cast bronze sculpture Caring (or Mother and Child) signed Mounted on wooden plinth Featuring a mother raising her child up in superb high relied i...

A Songye Male Power Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the male figure with openwork arms and hands resting on the abdomen, typical facial features and a waterbuck (kobus elli...

Elegant hand-carved bicolor jade sculpture from the Oriental tradition, depicting two court ladies beneath a flowering tree. The figures are crafted in translucent light green jade, ...

Julio Pedro Borrego is a Colombian artist born in 1951. He is obviously. Influenced by the Colombian master Botero as he likes to portray Rubenesque women. This fabulous.Bronze of a...

Elephant running with coiled trunk Roger GODCHAUX (1878-1958) Rare sculpture in bronze with a nuanced dark brown patina cast by SUSSE France circa 1930 height 14,2 cm length 24 cm ...

Painted Terracotta sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his chil...

Oscar Lenz Echo, 1904 Signed and dated on base: Oscar L Lenz 1904 Bronze 70 1/4 x 25 x 25 1/4 inches Oscar Lenz was an American sculptor born at Providence, Rhode Island. He receiv...

Isaac Grünewald ( 1889-1946 ) Swedish Expressionist painter . Rare & unique ceramic work ( 1940's ) Glazed stoneware . signed . decorated with nude male and female figures . 28cm .

Mahout washing his elephant by Roger GODCHAUX (1878-1958) A very rare sculpture in bronze with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed on the base "Roger Godchaux" Cast by "Susse Frs Edt...

This is an intense bronze abstract sculpture and it was created by the Italian artist Andrea Picini. The artwork is hand made by the technic of the ...

Tiziano Galli, Italian (1908 - 1986) - Spartico E Il Leone, Medium: Porcelain sculpture, signature and title inscribed, Size: 18 x 12 x 9 in. (45.72 x 30.48 x 22.86 cm)

A delightful and classic bust that celebrates women and figure in sculpture. It was common during this era for sculptors to do a bust like this and interestingly, even though it was...

Else Fürst was a German sculptor and medalist who was murdered by the Nazis. Biographical data: Bronze signed Foundry stamp of the Berlin foundry Kraas. 25 x 73 cm Born: June 25,...

Yaacov Agam 2 +3 = 4, 1981 offers another excellent example of the artist’s ability to induce the illusion of movement through color and pattern. By combining a multicolor palette wi...

Max Sandor (Austrian, 1897-1945) Native American Chief, 20th Century Bronze Signed on base 11 x 6 x 4.5 inches

Cast in 1984, The Crusader presents a modern interpretation of the medieval warrior, blending classical sculptural techniques with a contemporary sensibility. The bronze bust capture...

Bronze artwork made with lost wax casting technique. This is the prototype, unique signed artist proof. Title "Sleeping body" Sergio Monari is an Italia...

Lioness Turning by Roger GODCHAUX (1878-1958) A very fine bronze sculpture with nuanced greenish dark brown patina Signed " Roger Godchaux " on the base Cast by "Susse Frs Edts Par...

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 ...