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MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Bull (Taureau) - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 500 (Ramié #177)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso Bull (Taureau), 1952 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, enamel and oxidized paraffin decoration Annotated on the Back : Empreinte originale Picass...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Flute Player and Goat - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 450 (Ramié #382)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso Flute Player and Goat, 1956 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, enamel and oxidized paraffin decoration Annotated on the Back : Empreinte originale...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

"Reclining Figure" Louise Nevelson, Modernist, Human Form, Abstracted Body
Located in New York, NY
Louise Nevelson Reclining Figure, circa 1943 Tattistone 8 inches high x 21 inches wide x 9 inches deep With base 10 inches high x 21 3/4 inches wide x 9 1/2 inches deep Provenance T...
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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Cast Stone

"Tovar" figurative bronze of a llama walking with pride
Located in Edgartown, MA
The historic tradition of cast bronze provides a contemporary avenue for the creation of Wayne Salge’s abstracted human and animal figures. Thoroughly modern and distinctly impressio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

At the Sea, Beach Scene - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 450 (Ramié #391)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso At the Sea, Beach Scene : Bathers, 1956 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, black covered bath and enamel Annotated on the Back : Empreinte origina...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Contemporary Solid Bronze sculpture of a ballerina 'Tutu' by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Tutu' is a beautiful sculpture of a ballerina leaning 'en barre'. The elegance and grace of the ballerina is perfectly depicted in the sculpture. Benson's theme is predominately the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Sculpture Relief Rhinoceros with Tree American Modernist Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) Fruitfulness From Permanence signed, edition 3/8 Bronze, 1967 19.5 X 16 X 1.5 inches The inspiration for this work was a Bernini sculpture Elephant Carrying Obelisk, a 17th century commission outside an ancient temple dedicated to Minerva the goddess of wisdom. It was one of several works from 1967 on a theme of continuity 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 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 Contege (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 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...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Mexican Art Abstract Brutalist Gilt Steel Geometric Sculpture Mathias Goeritz
By Mathias Goeritz
Located in Surfside, FL
Mathias Goeritz (German Mexican, 1915-1990) Geometric Torch-cut Steel or Iron Sculpture with gold leaf gilding. Welded signature, MG. This came from an estate and is signed with his ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Iron, Gold Leaf, Steel

Owl with Feathers - Original Ceramic Madoura - Ltd to 300 - Catalog Ramié #122
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso Chouette aux plumes (Owl with Feathers) Original ceramic of Picasso made of white earthenware clay, partially engraved, with colored engobe and glaze. Annoted "Edition...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Tête de Femme, after Modigliani
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tete de Femme after Modigliani, produced by Austin Productions in 1961. Austin Productions started in Brooklyn in 1952 and began manufacturing reprodu...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Israeli Bronze Sculpture Lovers Embrace Abstract Modernist Ein Hod Israel
By Gedalia Ben Zvi
Located in Surfside, FL
Bronze sculpture signed in Hebrew and numbered from small edition of 6 BIOGRAPHY "I was born in Czechoslovakia in the year 1925, of traditional parents. I spent my youth partly in ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"HORSE TAMER" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 22 x 39 across x 11 Medium: Bronze "Horse Tamer" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Texas State Ar...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Tete de Femme III, Modern Cast Stone Sculpture after Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Long Island City, NY
Amedeo Modigliani, After, Italian (1884 - 1920) - Tete de Femme III, Medium: Cast Stone Sculpture, Size: 22 x 6.5 x 5.5 in. (55.88 x 16.51 x 13.97 cm), Publisher: Austin Productions
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

"Couple II" Mid 20th Century Modern Abstract Figurative 1940s European Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"Couple II" Mid 20th Century Modern Abstract Figurative 1940s European Sculpture Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) "Couple II" Bronze signed on the base The sculpture was conceived in 19...
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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Rare Signoretto Murano Glass Aventurine Menorah Italian Sculpture Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Giancarlo Signoretto (Italian, 1962-) Glass Sculpture Undated Hand signed and dedicated to a gallery on underside. Depicting a gold menorah and a Jewish star of David over cobalt...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Red Pumpkin (Dot Obsession Red) - Original sculpture with original case
Located in Paris, IDF
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin red (Dots Obsession Red) A pumpkin sculpture made of resin Signed under the base of the sculpture Diameter: 8 cm Height: 10.5 cm Presented in the original edito...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Femme Du Barbu (A.R.193)
Located in PARIS, FR
Stamps under the base: Edition Picasso; Madoura Plein Feu and inscribed: Edition Picasso White earthenware, decoration engraved with a knife under partial glaze; black, beige Alain...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Faience

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Omaggio To Picasso Woman in Hat Murano Glass Sculpture Artist signed and titled. Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a f...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Mid Century Sgraffito, Saltimbanque and the Card Player, Circle of Picasso.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sgraffito work on plaster by Jean Pierre de Cayeux. The work is signed and dated on the skirt of the card player, bottom right, and on the stretcher of the chair, bo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

Ballerina Tying Shoe Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Sitting Ballerina Tying Shoe Vintage bronze sculpture of a ballerina tying shoe, signed N. Abrams original brown, green patina, very heavy and wonderful sculpture.
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1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Francisco Zuniga Bronze Sculpture, 1964, Reclining Mother with Shawl
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Zuniga bronze, edition: 3. #472 catalog raisonne: "Madre Reclinada con Rebozo". Measures: 5 3/4" H x 12" L x 8" W not including the wood plinth. Signed Zuniga and dated 1964. "Letter of Authenticity", issued by the Zuniga foundation (and son Ariel Zuniga...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bull, Bronze Sculpture by Modern Indian Artist B. Vithal "In Stock"
By B. Vithal
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
B. Vithal – Horse – H 13 x W 14 x D 5 inches Bronze Born : 1935 Vardha Maharashtra Died : 1992 Education : Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai Exhibitions : Selected Posthumous Exhibitions 2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi 2011 'Agape', Hacienda Art...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Pioneer Family" WPA American Modernism Plaster Maquette Realism 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
"Pioneer Family," 23 1/2 x 16 1/4 x 10 3/4 inPlaster. c. 1927. Unsigned. Realism The Smithsonian has a cast of this sculpture in its collection. Pictured on the cover of “The Sculpt...
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1920s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Bruno Zach Deco Bronze Sculpture, 1925, Native American Subject
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautifully cast deco Austrian bronze titled: “Indian Brave on Charging Horse.” Sitz on a marble plinth. The figure has a cold painted buckskin colored shirt and pant. Signed on base...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Untitled" bronze sculpture of seated female figure by artist Felipe Castañeda
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" bronze sculpture of a female nude by artist Felipe Castañeda. Inscribed F. Castañeda 1984 P/A on base.
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1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Head w Crown
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wire sculpture by Steve Martin (b.1968) Note : 'Serious art without seeming to be' describes the whimsical line drawings transformed to three dimensions by artist Steve Martin. Ma...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wire

Large Nike Torso-Bronze Sculpture Ed. 1/6
Located in Zug, CH
Hermann Rastorfer was a draftsman, painter, sculptor, illustrator, ceramist, designer, poster artist, developer of advertising concepts and communication campaigns, inventor, and architect. He began as a typesetter in Salzburg. In the mid-1950s, he moved to Germany, where he soon founded his own studio for graphic design and advertising. His goal was always to give each product a distinctive, highly recognizable appearance. He designed his own design line for the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, artistic cover images for numerous paperbacks from renowned publishers, and packaging for well-known products such as Ferrero Küsschen, Mon Chéri, Martell cognac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Victor Salmones Bronze Sculpture, Kneeling Figure, 29"W
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Victor Salmones (1937-1989) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 4/11 Country of origin; materials: Mexican; bronze Dimensions (H, W, D): 13"h, 29"w, 15"d Ad...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Walter Midener "Contemplation" Seated Figure Clay Sculpture Mid-Century Modern
Located in Detroit, MI
“Contemplation” is an abstract clay sculpture of a female. The figure has both arms and legs extended, but the dignified pose suggests an intimate rather than a sexual moment. The sculpture is delicately rendered, but monumental in pose and clean composition reminiscent of the English artist Henry Moore. The surface is warm and slightly rough to the touch. This sculpture is in the round and beautifully balanced geometrically with the hands clasped behind the head forming a slightly flattened polygon shape that is echoed in the positioning of the legs and draped fabric of a presumed dress. The figure draws the viewer into her contemplation, peace and confidence. An exceptional piece by Midener. Walter Midener...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Clay

Shifting Migrations (14 Blue Birds)
Located in Dallas, TX
(14) Blue Bird Sculptures (nails on back for installation).
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Clay, Pigment

RECLINGING WOMAN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANTONIUCCI VOLTI "RECLINGING WOMAN" BRONZE, SIGNED, NUMBERED 2/6 VALSUANI FOUNDRY ITALiAN, WORKED IN PARIS, C.1960 6.5 X 18.5 X 10.5 INCHES Antoniucci Volti 1915-1989 Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family lived in Italy until 1920 when the family moved to France. Volti studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Nice from 1928 to 1920. By 1932 the young artist had won a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs before going to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean Boucher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of only fifteen. After serving in the Second World War, when he was interned as a prisoner of war in Bavaria, he returned in poor health to Paris, only to find his studio destroyed. From 1947 he showed work at various Paris Salons and, in 1954 and 1955 at the Brussels and Antwerp Biennales. In 1957 a retrospective of his work was organized at the Museum Rodin in Paris. He died in Paris in 1989 Works by Volti are in leading museums such as the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Antoniucci Volti is one of the most important Late Modern...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Dancer, Signed Cast Paper Relief by Bruno Lucchesi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dancer by Bruno Lucchesi, Italian (1926) Date: circa 1970s Cast paper reflief, signed and numbered Edition of 85/300 Size: 28 x 25 in. (71.12 x 63.5 cm) Frame Size: 35.5 x 31.5 inches
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1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Paper

Hattakitkosol Somchai Art Bronze Bird Sculpture, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
Soar into the realm of timeless artistry with this magnificent gilded bronze sculpture by celebrated Thai artist Hattakitkosol Somchai (1934–2000)—a commanding representation of a bi...
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1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Female Warrior
Located in New York, NY
A very unique bronze that touches upon the classic, female strength in form and the details beaux arts style in America. A work that really is for a collector and to be put in a spo...
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1910s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Tête de chèvre de profil (A.R. 145), Pablo Picasso, Design, Ceramic, Madoura
Located in Geneva, CH
PABLO PICASSO Tête de chèvre de profil (A.R. 145), June 5th, 1952 Ed. 250 pcs White earthenware, decoration with engobes under partial glaze with a brush 31.5 x 51.5 cm I 12 3/8n x ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Karel Appel, Close Together, original hand painted wood sculpture
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original rotating hand-painted multiple wood sculpture created by Karel Appel in 1977. It was published by Editions Press of San Francisco. This piece is hand sign...
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1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Female Figure
Located in New York, NY
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...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Bust of a Man - Sculpture after Aurelio Mistruzzi - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of a man is an original sculpture in bronze realized after Aurelio Mistruzzi in the late 1990s. Bronze casting. 18 cm height, 24 cm height with wooden base. Good conditions.
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1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

German Shepherd Dog - Georges-lucien Guyot
Located in Gent, VOV
"German Shepherd Dog - Georges-lucien Guyot " A bronze cast of a resting German Shepard Dog, by Georges-Lucien Guyot (1885-1973). An early work, and a cast of 1920 with a brown pati...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1964, this red earthenware clay big rectangular plaque printed with engobe pad is #15 from the edition of 50. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU’ and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO’ stamps on the reverse. Pablo Picasso Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat), 1964 A.R. 518 is a remarkable and beautiful work. It represents Picasso’s most important relationships at the time, namely his artistic partnership with the Ramiés and his romance with Jacqueline Roque. It is also notably one of two ceramic works Picasso has ever made of this scale. Picasso takes immense care in depicting this portrait of his greatest muse Jacqueline; its wonderful texture and delicate variations in line weight are testaments to the artist’s innate creative skill. Composed of a simple linear carved design in an earth tone clay plaque...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Lapin assis, tête tournée, Sandoz, 1910's, bronze, animal, rabbits, rare proof
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin assis, tête tournée, circa 1919-1921 Fondry Susse, Ed. 3/5 pcs circa 1919-1921 Rare bronze proof with a brown patina 8.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm Certificate of authenticity issued by th...
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1910s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Lapin, by Sandoz, rabbit, animal, sculpture, bronze, 1910's, swiss artist, cast
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin, modèle 5, circa 1919-1921 Fondeur Susse Bronze with brown patina 6.5 x 4.9 x 6.5 cm Inscribed and foundry stamp : Ed.m.Sandoz, Susse Frères Editeurs Certificate of authentici...
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1910s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture Artist signed and titled 16"h15.5wx15d Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a f...
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1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Lapin, by Sandoz, Animal, sculpture, rabbit, bronze, 1940's, brown patina
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin, modèle 6, circa 1944-1949 Edition Leblanc-Barbedienne Bronze with a brown patina 7.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm Sandoz : Sculpteur Figuriste et Animalier 1881-1971, Catalogue Raisonné de l...
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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Venus, Modern Abstract Figurative Sculpture #37
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful small scale abstract figurative stone Venus sculpture by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010), 1975. A highly abstracted female form is expressed through the organic, fl...
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1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Sandstone

Lapin bijou sonnette, Sandoz, Ring, Rabbit, Bronze, animal, sculpture, 1920's
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin bijou, sonnette, circa 1920-1930 Fondry Susse, Ed. 1748 pcs Bronze with a brown patina H. 6.5 cm Signed on the side of the base : Ed.m.Sandoz Sandoz : Sculpteur Figuriste et An...
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1920s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Tete de chevre de profil (Goats head in Profile) Unique color Variant, A.R. 154
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1952, Pablo Picasso Tete de chevre de profil (Goats head in Profile) Unique color Variant, 1952, A.R. 154 is an original white earthe...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Petite tête, profil gauche (Small Head, Left Profile), A.R. 535
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1965, this terre de faïence sculpture with white slip is inscribed on the sculptural base with the atelier stamps ‘EDITION PICASSO’ and ‘MADOURA...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Faience, Slip

Ouvrir les Frontières pour Mr. Olingou
Located in Atlanta, GA
The universal theme of travel has always inspired Bruno Catalano. Since he started to knead clay, hundreds of “Travellers” went out of his feverish hand...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Joie De Vivre, bronze figurative dance sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This joyous in the round bronze can turn on its base, making for dramatic presentation and enjoyment that is interactive. It is based on the idea of the Three Graces which is often an allegorical subject in sculpture. Wein has done a contemporary feeling interpretation of this classic theme. Piece itself measure 12 1/2 inches and sits on a 3 1/4 inch base and is attached to its base at two points and it is a revolving or rather turning base. The two points on which the toes touch and are secured are striking for how little of the bronze touches the base. It is Fourth in an edition of 13. Albert Wein...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Hibou aux ailes déployées (Owl with spread wings), 1957
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1975, this madoura turned round dish of red earthenware clay, engobe decoration in black and knife engraving is from the edition of 200 and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EDITION PICASSO' pottery stamps on the back. Pablo Picasso ceramic Hibou aux ailes déployées (Owl with spread wings), 1957 A.R. 397 features a smiling owl with wings opening above its head. The owl sits on a thin branch that spans the lower length of the plate, extending the scene beyond the bounds of the ceramic. Beautiful, bushy feathers fan out. Picasso uses...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Victory (La Vittoria) - Sculpture by Adolfo Wildt - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Second Edition of 6 copies plus 3 Artist’s Proofs, realized in 1990 after the famous homonymous sculpture realized by Wildt in 1918/19. Authorized by Wildt's heirs, from the original...
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1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Hand of Glory (Americana, Iconic, Classic, Modern, Mid-Century)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hand of Glory Sculpture; Metal, car paint, vintage light bulbs, motorized Year: 2018 Signed Size: 28.5 x 18 x 5.75 inches COA provided Tom Binger f...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Harmony, 20th century bronze & green marble base, nude man and woman with lyre
Located in Beachwood, OH
Max Kalish (American, 1891-1945) Harmony, c. 1930 Bronze with green marble base Incised signature on right upper side of base 14 x 9 x 5 inches, excluding base 17 x 10 x 8 inches, including base Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti...
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1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

The Dancer - Sculpture by Giacomo Manzù - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancer is a sculpture realized by Giacomo Manzù in 1957. Unique piece. Exhibitions:  Manzù. L’Uomo e l’Artista, Palazzo Venezia, Roma 2002-2003 Manzù-Marino. Gli ultimi moderni,...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pedro Friedeberg, "Hand Foot", unique sculpture
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pedro Friedeberg Unique Hand Foot Sculpture Gilt finished wood Signed PEDRO FRIEDEBERG on bottom of the foot 12 inches tall, 6 inches wide (base of hand), 3 inches wide (base of foot...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Mother and Child: Petal Skirt - Henry Moore, sculpture, modern, british, small
Located in London, GB
Henry Moore (1898-1986) Mother and Child: Petal Skirt conceived in 1955; cast in 1955 bronze; edition 4 of 6 plus 1 artist’s proof by the Fiorini foundry, London 19 x 9 x 15.5 cm (in...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Lovers" in Carved Wood, Young But Eternal
Located in San Francisco, CA
We are surrounded by graphic images, songs, greeting cards, and even paintings all created toward the effort of expressing romantic love. While so potent, and even sometimes transfor...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Head Of A Warrior Large Clay Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Head of a warrior. From the Totonaca culture (state of Veracruz) created about 1982. Modern Pre Columbian style clay, terracotta sculpture artist signed on the right bottom. Walter...
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1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta, Clay

Jacqueline Au Chevalet (A.R.333)
Located in PARIS, FR
Numbered and stamped on the back: 200/200 ; Empreinte Originale de Picasso ; Madoura Plein Feu White earthenware, decorated with partially covered brush-applied engobe, gray, ivory...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Modern figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern figurative sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, red, blue, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Pablo Picasso, Richard Orlinski, Mauro Corda, and Dominik Albinski. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Bronze and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern figurative sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative sculptures made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $68 and tops out at $580,000, while the average work sells for $5,349.

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