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Period: Mid-20th Century
Cowboy Bronco Rider
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1992. Allan Houser's father Sam, was part of the small band of Apaches who traveled wit...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Euterpe – Muse of Lyric Poetry [Eὐτέρπη]
By Joseph Czaky
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH CSAKY 1888-1971
1888 - 1971 Paris (Hungarian/French)
Title: Euterpe – Muse of Lyric Poetry [Eὐτέρπη], 1965
Technique: Signed, Dated and Numbered Bronze Sculpture
Size: 55...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of Italo Balbo - Original Wooden Sculpture by Marco Novati - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Signed lower right: Marco Novati
Italo Balbo was one of the key figures of Italian fascism, being among the four quadrumvirs of the March toward Rome whic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Face Mask, " Wood and Cowry Shells created in New Guinea circa 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This mask was created by an unknown artist from New Guinea. It depicts an elongated face with carved wood and cowry shells for eyes.
Mask: 29 x 8 in, incl...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Wood
Atalanta and Hippomenes - Original signed ceramic, Certificate
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, FR
Jean COCTEAU
Atalanta and Hippomenes, 1958
Original ceramic plate
Signed bottom middle
Limited to 20 copies, numbered on the back
30 cm (c. 12 inch) diameter and about 3cm (c. 1.5 ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"The Baker" Stanley Bleifeld Bronze Sculpture 7/7 of a Man Using a Brick Oven
Located in Edgartown, MA
"The Baker" Stanley Bleifeld Bronze Sculpture 7/7 of a Man Using a Brick Oven
Stanley Bleifeld came to prominence as an artist in the 1950s. In 1967, the Bridgeport Sunday Post art ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pablo Picasso, "Lozenge with Mask", ceramic, clay
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This hexagonal tile, created by Pablo Picasso in 1956, is made of chamotted red earthenware clay and has decoration in engobes in black and white. It is from the edition of 350, num...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Clio – Muse of History [κλειώ]
By Joseph Csaky
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH CSAKY 1888-1971
1888 - 1971 Paris (Hungarian/French)
Title: Clio – Muse of History [κλειώ], 1965
Technique: Signed, Dated and Numbered Bronze Sculpture
Size: 54 x 10 x 9....
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Acrobats", Bronze Scultpure, 1968
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown
Title: Acrobats
Year: 1968
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signed 'PR'
Size: 18 in. x 14 in. x 10 in. (45.72 cm x 35.56 cm x 25.4 cm)
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mother & Child, Mid-Century Figural Brutalist Bronze Sculpture by Curt Beckmann
By Curt Beckmann
Located in Soquel, CA
Mother & Child, Mid-Century Figural Brutalist Bronze Sculpture by Curt Beckmann
Rare and evocative mid-century figural bronze sculpture of mother and fleeing young child by Curt Bec...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
"Large Head with Horns - Nigerian, Ekoi People, " Carved Wood created circa 1950
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This carving is of a large head with three horns. This piece is made of wood and skin by the Ekoi people of Nigeria. Ekoi people, also known as Ejagham, are an ethnic group in the ex...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Animal Skin
Melpomene – Muse of Tragedy [Μελπομένη]
By Joseph Czaky
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH CSAKY 1888-1971
1888 - 1971 Paris (Hungarian/French)
Title: Melpomene – Muse of Tragedy [Μελπομένη], 1965
Technique: Signed, Dated and Numbered Bronze Sculpture
Size: 54 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Head of Young Boy
Located in Roma, IT
This head of young boy is a rare, precious and unpublished sculpture by Marino Marini, belonging to a private collection for over 60 years.
The same subject...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Mende Mask, " Carved Wooden Mask created in Sierra Leone c. 1930
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This mask was hand-carved by an unknown artist from the Mende tribe in Sierra Leone, Africa. It depicts a face with its eyes downcast, hair in rows, and two birds on the top.
16" x 10" x 10 1/2"
The Mende people (also spelled Mendi) are one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone. The Mende are mostly farmers and hunters. Much Mandé art is in the form of jewelry and carvings. The masks associated with the fraternal and sorority associations of the Marka and the Mendé are probably the best-known, and finely crafted in the region. The Mandé also produce beautifully woven fabrics which are popular throughout western Africa, and gold and silver necklaces, bracelets, armlets, and earrings.
Masks are the collective Mind of Mende community; viewed as one body, they are the Spirit of the Mende people. The Mende mask...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"BaPende Statue - Zaire, " Carved Wood Sculpture created in Africa circa 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This statue was carved by an unknown Pende artist from Zaire. It depicts a walking man with a disc-shape on his head and large eyes.
25 3/4" x 7" sculpture
The Pende people are an...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pablo Picasso, Unique variant of "Tête peinte" (Painted Face), pitcher, ceramic
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an A.R. turned pitcher created by Pablo Picasso in 1953. It is made with white earthenware clay, decoration in engobes and oxides under partial brushed glaze with white...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Buffalo Dancer Medallion, bronze pueblo buffalo dancer dark brown, Allan Houser
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Bronze medallion depicting a Pueblo Buffalo Dancer in relief form. Among Houser's first bronze work created and cast in the artist's lifetime at Nambe F...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vision
By Doris Caesar
Located in Greenwich, CT
Expressionist figurative sculpture by Doris Caesar
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La Galère, 1950 - ceramic, 46x132x5
Located in Nice, FR
Very Big Ceramic from "Les Argonautes" Vallauris
Workshop "Les Argonautes", Vallauris: Isabelle Ferlay (1917-?) And Frédérique Bourguet (1925-1997)
Isabelle Ferlay and Frédérique Bourguet founded their ceramic workshop in Vallauris in 1953, which they named "Les Argonautes", in reference to the famous Greek epic.
Isabelle studied painting at the Fine Arts school of Lyon in 1940, then she attended the Fine Arts in Marseille. Finally, she finished her artistic training in Montpellier, at the Fontcarade national school, where she learned ceramics.
Françoise dit Frédérique Bourguet studied at the Beaux-Arts in Montpellier until 1945 and it was in Sèvres, in Françoise Bizette's studio, that she trained in the art of ceramics. She created her first workshop in Paris in 1945, which she shared with Valentine Schlegel until 1951. The two women ceramicists then practiced
modeling technique. It was in 1953 that she met Isabelle Ferlay and together, they decided to set up a workshop in Vallauris. They produce
shaped pieces, sometimes molded, made of earthenware, enamelled in bright colors. In the 1970s they made stoneware cooked over a wood fire. Some ceramists frequented their workshop, notably the very talented Jacques Innocenti and François Raty.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Butterfly Chair
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Pedro Friedeberg Butterfly Chair.
Gold leaf, Ink and acrylic over wood.
Signed by the artist.
Includes certificate of authenticity.
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rhino
By Roland d'Andlau-Hombourg
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bronze "Rhinoceros' by Roland d' Andlau-Hombourg (1927-2009)
signed, numbered 1/6
with Godard foundry stamp
R. d' Andlau was a gifted 'animalier' sculptor in the grand tradition ...
Category
French School Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nude
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "1938-42 Morgan Russell" with monogram on base
cast circa 1982 with permission of the Estate of Morgan Russell
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sleeping Owl, Bronze Sculpture by Antonovici - Brancusi's Protege
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Constantin Antonovici, Romanian (1911 - 2002)
Title: Sleeping Owl
Year: 1947
Medium: Bronze with Patina on Marble Base, signature and number inscribed
Edition: 1/9
Size: 29 i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Cylindre au Christ aÌ l'Idole
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Long Island City, NY
A bronze sculpture after Paul Gauguin cast from a 1894 original wood carving. It is a wonderful example of his Primitivist style likely influenced by the Polynesian art...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Up
By Robert Cook
Located in New York, NY
Bronze, 1967. Height 59" (149.9 cm) width max 15" (38 cm).
Signed on base "R Cook." This unique large sculpture was made using the lost wax process.
“ . . . Inspired by a da...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
The Guardian
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maxine Kim Stussy was a prolific sculptor and painter from the late 1940’s to present. Maxine led an incredibly artistic life traveling the world with her husband at the time, artist Jan Stussy, who headed the art department at UCLA for several decades. Both artists were close associates of Stanton MacDonald Wright, known as one of the greatest American modernist artists, also known as the co creator of the synchronistic movement in the teens with Marcel Duchamp.
Maxine was unrestricted by any singular medium; her sculptures took form in wood assemblage, concrete, bronze and unique nail assemblage. Large size seemed natural to her, and she often created figurative sculpture over 7 feet high. The gallery has represented the original sculpture of Maxine Kim Stussy for many years, and this is the first time we have presented any of her original works on 1st Dibs.
“The Guardian...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
The Gate
Located in Boston, MA
Dudley Vaill Talcott (American, 1899-1986), The Gate, 1930s. From the estate of the artist. In fine condition. This large aluminum gate is decorated with the...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Trapeze Artists
By Gérard Koch
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gerard Koch, French (1926 - )
Title: Trapeze Artists
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
Size: 18 in. x 34 in. x 7 in. (45.72 cm x 86.36 ...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ernst Barlach Bronze Christ Mask VI, 1931
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze with light gold patina, 1931. Numbered 6/11, signed. Foundry stamp: H. Noack Berlin
Width: 4.8 in ( 12,2 cm ), Depth: 3.31 in ( 8,4 cm ), Height: 6.1 in ( 15,5 cm )
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceremonial Musician, Chiang Mai Temple, Thailand
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a ceremonial musician from the Chiang Mai Temple in Thailand.
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Molt Clock : Dance of Time - Pate de verre sculpture, Signed - Daum
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and Daum
Molt Clock : Dance of Time
Original pate de verre sculpture
Edited and handcrafted by the Daum crystal glassworks
Signed in the glass
approx. 10....
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
EDWARD BOHLIN 1940s SILVER MOUNTED PARADE SADDLE HOLLYWOOD WESTERN ARTIST
By Edward H. Bohlin
Located in San Antonio, TX
Edward Bohlin silver mounted parade saddle. Black. Great Bohlin Stamp. Cowboy Saddle, Western Saddle. 1940s one of his most desirable periods. Bohlin of Hollywood California. He made all of the saddles and other related western gear for the movies. The Corona was custom made using the original Corona as the sample to copy.
Biography
Edward Bohlin (1895-1980)
Edward H Bohlin Company (Established 1920)
Saddlery-Saddle Maker
1895-1980
BP: Sweden
LKL: Hollywood, CA.
Born in Sweden in 1895, Edward Bohlin ran away from home at age 15, working his way to America on a huge four-mast schooner with dreams of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West in his head. Ed worked cattle drives around Montana before opening his first saddle shop in Cody, Wyoming where he did rope tricks in front of his shop to draw business. He met Tom Mix while performing at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood and Mix convinced Ed to stay and produce silver and leather items in the Los Angeles area. From his humble beginnings to his fame in Hollywood for high-end pieces, Ed crafted more than 12,000 Bohlin saddles...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Silver
Les danseurs (Dancers), A.R. 387
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1956, this Madoura small convex wall plaque of white earthenware clay with engraving accentuated with oxidized paraffin and glaze bath (ivory, brown) is stamped with the ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO’ and ‘MADOURA PLEIN FEU’ pottery stamps on the reverse; from the edition of 500.
In fluid motions floating across the ceramic, the characters in Pablo Picasso ceramic Les danseurs...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze
Romeo and Juliet Bronze interactive sculpture
Located in Brookville, NY
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal has created these interactive sculptures, some with Jewlery hidden inside, others, like this "Romeo and Juliet" with romantic gestures to the viewer. His work ...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Estocado, Scenes de Corrida
Located in Missouri, MO
Estocado, Scenes de Corrida, 1959, July 1st
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Round Dish
O.P. white earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under partial brushed glaze, beige patina...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Tête Tragique
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840 - 1917)
Tête Tragique
6 ½ high x 4 x 4 1/2 inches
9 ½ inches high with base
Bronze, inscribed in three places:
Near top of head signed “Rodin” “No 4”
Inscribed with foundry mark “Georges Rudier...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bélier aux cornes jaunes
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 )
" Bélier aux cornes jaunes "
vase cylindrique . Hauteur 24cm
Année 1958 .
ouverture 11 cm .
Tirage à 15 exemplaires
N° 13 / 15 .
signé Jean Coc...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Escena de recolección de frutas
Located in Miami, FL
Escena de recolección de frutas
BRY-002, 1937
Edition 1/8
Bronze
200 x 113 x 11.5 cm
78.7 x 44.4 x 4.5 in.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Narváez was born in Porlamar, Venezuela, in 1905; he was the fifth son of eleven siblings; his parents were Jose Lorenzo Narváez and Vicenta Rivera. Don José Lorenzo, a multifaceted and creative man, sowed the seed of creativity in his son. “My father did not fit in with his fantasies of cabinetmaker, bricklayer, master builder, and self-taught architect.”1 From an early age, Francis was led to the artistic activity, he traced, carved, made replicas of the furniture and the saints restored by his father.
In 1920 he obtained his first professional assignment, a San Rafael for the Church of Carupano, and, in 1922, his father authorized him to travel to Caracas to pursue his studies as an artist. He studied at the atelier of Marcos Castillo, at of the Angel Cabre y Magriña and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Caracas, where he was introduced to the painters and intellectuals of the time.
In 1928 he presented his first solo exhibition at the Club Venezuela. With the money raised from the sale of the works and the support of Monsignor Sosa, and the Ministers Centeno Grau and Arcaya, he studied in Paris on a scholarship. Once there, he enrolled at the Académie Julian, where Tito Salas, Cristóbal Rojas and Arturo Michelena had also studied. It was in Paris where, unable to work in wood, he turned to stone carving. “In Paris, I didn’t have wood, so I carved a lot in stone (…), when there were demolitions I purchased chunks of stone, I would take them to the workshop and carve them.”2
His first attempts at volumetric sculptures and painting in plain colours, linked to the thematic of American miscegenation and Creole reality, can be traced back to that first trip to Paris. During his stay in the French city, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Alfredo Boulton, and Finita Vallenilla supported the artist both financially and logistically, and in February of 1930, the trio of friends arranged another exhibition for him at the Club Venezuela. Narváez describes his exhibition as follows: “(…) in it I feel that the sculptural work is more my own, done with more assurance, a response to my pursuit of large planes, stylisation and synthesis.”3 By then, as Boulton himself noted in his book about the artist, Narvaez departed from most of the artistic traditions that prevailed by that time in Venezuela.
In 1931 he returned to Caracas and established his atelier at the Barrio Obrero in Catia. The atelier became the hub of the intellectual life of the time. “In those years, the atelier of Francisco Narváez was the hub of the greatest Venezuelan hope. Nothing comparable to it can be found either before or since.”4
From that year onwards, exhibitions, projects, trips, and awards we multiplied. He was awarded the President of the Republic of Venezuela Prize, the National Sculpture Prize of the 1st Official Venezuelan Art Salon, and the John Boulton Prize of the 3rd Annual Venezuelan Art Salon; for the Military Academy, he produced a spectacular relief entitled La Patria.
In 1945, commissioned by the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, he produced two groups of sculptures known as Las Toninas, both located in the O’Leary Square. There, as he himself states, he incorporates some baroque patterns into the figures to the source itself: “It is a work of balance between the decorative requirements and the sculpture of planes and angles.”5
In 1948 he was awarded the National Painting Prize. In the same year, he was called upon by the architect Carlos Raul Villanueva to participate in the project for the arts integration in the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Francisco Narváez’s public output continued with works such as the statue of Fermín Toro, La Educación, La Ciencia, three murals (produced by María Luisa Tovar) for the Instituto de Medicina Experimental, El Cristo; el Atleta, the equestrian statue of General Rafael Urdaneta.
In 1953 he was appointed Director of the School of Plastic and Applied Arts, and in July of the same year, he exhibited “Francisco Narváez, Maderas, Piedras y Bronces” (Francisco Narváez, Woods, Stones and Bronzes) at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Narváez is, unquestionably, one of the great Venezuelan sculptors, his work goes through various stages and interests; as the art world evolves, the artist does not remain in his initial scopes of work. His creations are not imposed by the prevailing trends or fashion but do evolve by experimenting with new materials and interests.
When one peruses the artist’s lengthy list of exhibitions, commissions, and awards, it is worth remembering the Narvaez who embark on his career as a child and who, overcoming obstacles, knew how to make the most of his curiosity. He did not settle for living off his successes. He did not remain stagnant as many creators of his environment did. Narvaez managed to understand the changes in the history of art around him. We must not overlook the fact that Francisco Narvaez is an artist amid all the changes occurring in the art world. He moves from the classics to the great transformations in the art world. It is the Europe of Picasso, Braque, Arp. He observes, he is aware of what is happening in the centres of the world of art, but between his craft and his sensitivity, the result is NARVAEZ, his stamp, and his identity.
Francisco Narváez comes from tradition, and his first stage is linked to the classics, to the exploration of his heritage, but always with his very own language. Throughout his prolific career, he knew how to remain true to himself, without disregarding the influences of his surroundings or his artistic interests: his ability as a sculptor, his selection of materials, whether they were wood, stone or bronze; his choice of the subject of his work…His mastery and great craftsmanship are a constant that over time have made him a leading player in the history of contemporary Venezuelan and world art.
From his beginnings, no subject was foreign to him. His paintings, drawings, aquarelles, and sketches are testimony to his prolific output. Among his themes are portraits, our traditions, still lifes, and landscapes. Narváez is an artist who represents his time. Later, he evolved towards purer and simpler forms, abandoning figurative art for short periods.
In 1956 he declared to the newspaper El Nacional: “Every day I am freeing myself, it is a soul that frees itself from the ephemeral wrappings of the circumstantial always, as well as from the inevitable weight of the anecdote. This second stage of my work is remarkably close to abstractionism, even if there are still certain figures or figurations in the sculptures that I will shortly be showing. However, pure, and absolute abstractionism, it will treat the form itself as the sole reason for its existence on the plane of artistic excellence.”6
The artistic development was his professional life. Each period of his life as an artist, he went one step further, searching, solving, seeing plenty of things and understanding how diverse expressions were transforming themselves. His hands followed his gaze and his mind, always inquisitive. He added movement to the volumes.
Arturo Uslar Pietri, “Formas Nuevas”, Cromotip editions, 1956 “Francisco Narváez is a path: the path that Venezuelan sculpture...
Category
Constructivist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Molt Clock : Dance of Time - Pate de verre sculpture, Signed - Daum
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and Daum
Molt Clock : Dance of Time
Original pate de verre sculpture
Edited and handcrafted by the Daum crystal gla...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Jeune Fille sur L'oreiller (Young Girl on Pillow) /// Art Nouveau Auguste Moreau
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Auguste Moreau (French, 1834-1917)
Title: "Jeune Fille sur L'oreiller (Young Girl on Pillow)"
*Signed in the cast "A. Moreau" on pillow, behind the model. It is also ...
Category
Art Nouveau Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Wrestlers" 1936 Olympic Porcelain Gay Mid 20th Century Art Deco WPA Modern LGBT
By Herend
Located in New York, NY
"Wrestlers" 1936 Olympic Porcelain Gay Mid 20th Century Art Deco WPA Modern LGBT
Hungarian porcelain sculpture designed by Bela Pankotai Farkas for the 1936 Berlin Olympics...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Beach Scene : Bathers - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 450 (Ramié #391)
Located in Paris, FR
Pablo Picasso
Beach Scene : Bathers, 1956
Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, black covered bath and enamel.
Annotated on the Back : Empreinte originale Picasso ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pichet Espagnol, Picasso, 1950's, Pitcher, Ceramic, Earthenware, Multiple
Located in Geneva, CH
Pichet Espagnol, Picasso, 1950's, Pitcher, Ceramic, Earthenware, Multiple
Pichet Espagnol
Ed. 47/200 pcs
1954
White earthenware clay, decoration in en...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware
Reclining Figure - 20th Century, Bronze, Sculpture by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Conceived circa 1936-37 and cast in 1959 in an edition of 6.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Hand Forged Iron Mosaic Sculpture Menorah Israeli David Palombo
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand Forged Iron Stone Mosaic Hanukah Menorah Candelabra
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...
Category
Arte Povera Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Iron
Primavera
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present an original very early bronze, (1958) by American sculptor Robert Russin.
Robert Russin began his career as a WPA sculptor, and received dozens of commission...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Petit masque découpé Montserrat", 20th Century Bronze by Julio González
Located in Madrid, ES
JULIO GONZÁLEZ
Spanish, 1876 - 1942
PETIT MASQUE DÉCOUPÉ MONTSERRAT
signed "GONZALEZ"
5 of an edition of 9
Cire Perdue "C. VALSUANI" foundry seal
bronze...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modern Brutalist Metal Abstract Running Jaguar Sculpture on a Wooden Base
By Bob Fowler
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract metal animal sculpture by Houston,TX artist, Bob Fowler. The work features a running jaguar mid stride. The open weave of the sculpture mimics the undulating muscles ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Figures in Space - 20th Century, Bronze, Sculpture by Reg Butler
By Reg Butler
Located in London, GB
Signed with monogram and numbered from the edition of 8 (on left leg); stamped with foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris (on right leg).
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Acrobat Family - Bronze Sculpture by Arturo Martini - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Acrobat Family is an original artwork realized by Arturo Martini in 1936.
Bronze sculpture with wooden base.
Provenance: Pecci Blunt Collection.
Published in the general catalogue...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fischer mit Netzen (Fisherman with Nets)
Located in Missouri, MO
*The large version of this work is in the Falkenseer Platz Plaza in Spandau, Berlin (scroll thru pictures above)
The oeuvre of the Berlin artist Ursula Hanke-Förster (1924-2013) contains graphic works, a variety of sculptures and a range of objects in public space. Hanke-Förster started her career studying painting, drawing and sculpting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Berlin. Her teachers were among others Max Kaus und Gustav Seitz. She met artists such as Alberto Giacometti and Germaine Richier in Paris as well as Henry Moore and Kenneth Armitage...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Chouetton (A.R. 135)", Ceramic Dish Stamped Madoura Plein Feu, Edition Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO
Spanish, 1881 - 1973
CHOUETTON (A.R. 135)
stamped and marked 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / Madoura' (underneath)
white earthenware ceramic va...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Visage (A.R. 288)", Ceramic Dish Stamped Madoura Plein Feu, Edition Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO
Spanish, 1881 - 1973
VISAGE (A.R. 288)
stamp underneath: Foundry Mark: EDITION PICASSO and MADOURA PLEIN FEU
white earthenware, polychr...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Seascape (Foot)
Located in Missouri, MO
"Seascape" (Foot) 1967
Screenprinted Vacuum-Formed Plexiglass In Colors
Scratch-Signed, Dated and Numbered 92/101
14 1/4 x 12 15/16 x 3/4 in (36.1 x 32.9 x 2 cm).
Known for his Pop-...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Screen, Plexiglass
Herodias
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed and dated 1952 and numbered 3/10 on the back. This sculpture was included in a 1966 exhibition of Nakian's work at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.
Reuben Nakian, born August ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of John F. Kennedy
Located in Long Island City, NY
This iconoclastic sculpture links two of the twentieth century’s most renowned figures: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Salvador Dalí. Cast in wax and decorated with paperclip...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seagull Lamp
Located in Missouri, MO
William F. Boogar, Jr.
Seagull Lamp 1946
Bronze
approx. 15 1/4" High x 6 1/2" Wide
Signed and Dated Bottom
WILLIAM F. BOOGAR, Jr., the Provincetown sculp...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1, 000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair
By Chester Beach
Located in New York, NY
1,000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair is available for sale.
This sculpture, "Riders of the Elements," is the original 7' plaster maquette from the NYC 1939 World's Fair by Chester Beach...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Photographic Paper, Plaster
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