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Art Subject: Face
Sesame Street, Set of 4 (Elmo, Oscar, Big Bird, Bert & Ernie)
By KAWS
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Sesame Street, Set of 4 (Elmo, Oscar, Big Bird, Bert & Ernie) By KAWS 2025 Allrightsreserve x DDT store Vinyl Elmo: 25,4 cm 10 in Oscar: 25,4 cm 10 in Big Bird: 33 cm 13 in ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Vinyl

Girl holding a Mirror, Painted Bronze Sculpture by Richard Shiloh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Shiloh, Polish/Israeli (1949 - ) Title: Girl holding a Mirror Year: Circa 1975 Medium: Bronze with Painted patina, signature inscribed ...
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1970s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Ceramic Expressionist Head in Refractory Stoneware with Copper Glaze Testa nº 11
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Ceramic expressionist head sculpture created in refractory stoneware with a semi-transparent copper glaze. This ceramic head belongs to the Testas series, a body of work composed of ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Clay, Glaze

Roman Bronze Statue of Youth
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A cast, Roman, Grand Tour bronze figure of a youth. Wonderful patina. Measures : Statue is 23"H. Base is 8.75"W x 7.5"D.
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Early 1900s Sculptures

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Bronze

Crepis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Crepis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Suspensus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Suspensus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Life Size Roman Marble Figure
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully hand carved, full size Carrara marble figure of a boy. The robe is elegantly draped with clasps.
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19th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Head of Lust (Tete de la Luxure)
Located in New York, NY
Originally conceived in 1880-82 for the tympanum of the Gates of Hell, where she is cradled in the arms of L'homme qui tombe, as well as crouching in slightly varied form to the lef...
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1880s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Lucifer Evangilans Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure
Located in Utrecht, NL
Lucifer Evangilans Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse A Figural Bronze Sculpture Melodie
Located in New York, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824 - 1887) Female Figural Bronze Sculpture Melodie (Melody)  A young lady with a lyre  in bronze with a dark green patina 19th Century  31" H x ...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Second Portrait of Kathleen 1922 - British head shoulders bronze sculpture
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning British bronze sculpture is by world famous sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein. It was conceived in 1922 and is the second portrait of Kathleen Garman (1901-1979), Epstein's lo...
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1920s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

" centurion " . Dadaist sculpture . certified
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 ) " Centurion " . " Unic work dadaist " circa 1928 . certifié par Madame Annie Guédras en décembre 2004 . (certificat joint en photo )
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1920s Dada Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Dionysos Tors Torso Bronze Sculpture Classical Mythology Contemporary Art
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dionysisch Tors Bronze Sculpture Classical Mythology Contemporary Art The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, NL) show a perfect command of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Sculpture by noted Chinese artist Xie Ai Ge - Golden Apple series
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a fibre glass sculpture by the noted Chinese artist, Xie Ai Ge, that is hand laid with 99.99% gold leaf, varnished. This piece is for 1 item of "G...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Fiberglass

Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock - Sculpture without Stone is 57 cm high Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Carrara Marble Busts of the Emperor Napoleon and Empress Marie Louise
Located in New Orleans, LA
"I am a true Roman Emperor; I am of the best race of the Caesars—those who are founders." –Napoleon Bonaparte, 1812 Among the most iconic and celebrated figures in history, Napoleon...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Terracotta Bust of a Young Gentleman, Late 18th Century French Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Philippe-Laurent Roland (French, 1746-1816) Bust of a Young Man, 1772 Terra cotta set on painted wood pedestal Signed and dated at back 16.5 x 11 x 8 inches Philippe-Laurent R...
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1770s Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Bust of Jules Dalou
Located in PARIS, FR
Bust of the sculptor Jules Dalou by Auguste RODIN (1840-1917) A stunning bronze bust with a nuanced dark brownish green patina presented on a fine Belgian black marble base Signed o...
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Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Niemand (UE)
Located in Denver, CO
In German, the meaning of the word "niemand" ranges from nobody, none, and no one to anybody. Apply that to Viktor's unique sculptures and a dose of humorous social commentary meets...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Paint, Polyurethane

Jean Clesinger "Zingara" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Jean Baptiste Clesinger (French, 1814-1883) "Zingara" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1857, cast by F. Barbedienne, the Neapolitan dancer upholding a tambourine, signed "J Clesinger, Rom...
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Busto Neoclassico in Marmo Apollo del Belvedere epoca Grand Tour
Located in Pistoia, IT
Piccolo busto neoclassico in marmo bianco di Carrara raffigurante l'Apollo del Belvedere. Bottega romana, metà del XIX secolo. I busti di piccole dimensioni raffiguranti capolavori ...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Apollo Marble Bust Sculpture of Grand Tour Mythological subject 1850'
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in white Carrara marble of Apollo bust .
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20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

"MySpace Tom No. 6" Textile Portrait, Glitch Motif, Crochet Acrylic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "MySpace Tom No. 6" is a one-of-a-kind original piece by Nicole Nikolich (Lace in the Moon) and is made from crochet acrylic. This piece measures 30"h x 33"w framed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Textile, Yarn

Italian Bronze Sculpture of Nude Woman, Mid 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Mario Spampinato (Italian 1912–2000) Nude Bronze Signed on base 17.5 in. h. x 5.75 in. w. x 6 in. d. The artist was born, raised and trained in Italy. During one of his exhibits (at San Marcos in Rome) the Director of a New York Gallery asked him to come to New York to work for him. The American Consul, before issuing his visa, asked Spampinato to create a bust of him. In exchange, the Consul paid for his passage on the boat to New York. In New York, he worked with his brother Clemente Spampinato who is a well known sculptor as well. After moving to Chicago in 1954, he discovered that there was no foundry in the Midwest that could cast his bronzes. So, he opened his own foundry called the Spampinato Art Foundry, casting in the lost wax process. He also started his own private school (Spampinato Art Workshop, Ltd) and did some teaching at the University of Chicago and conducted seminars at Lawrence University in Kansas. Many of his own works are pictured and cataloged in Volumes 2 & 3 of Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders, 1800-1930 by Harold Berman. Between 1959 and 1967, Spampinato recast a number of Charles M Russell...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Catalan Polychrome Wood Figure of the Christ Child
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Polychrome Wood Sculpture of the Christ Child, Catalan School, 18th Century A finely carved and expressive figure from the late Baroque period. Crafted in wood with traces of its ori...
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Mid-18th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

La Toilette
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Albert Wein was born in New York in 1915 and was the only son of an accomplished woman artist, Elsa Wein. Her influence and intense commitment to nurturing the young Albert's seeming...
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1970s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

'Grandmother' original Shona stone sculpture signed by Colleen Madamombe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Grandmother' is an original black serpentine sculpture by the celebrated second-generation Shona artist Colleen Madamombe. The sculpture presents a character common to Madamombe's w...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

The Victorious David / - The melancholy of the radiant hero -
Located in Berlin, DE
Henri Honoré Plé (1853 Paris - 1922 Paris), The Victorious David, around 1890. Red-brown and brown patinated bronze with terrain plinth mounted on a round base. 62 cm (total height) ...
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1890s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Eugène Laurent (1832-1898), The Beachcomber
Located in Berlin, DE
Eugène Laurent (1832-1898), The Beachcomber Inscribed "E. Laurent" on the base plate in the cast. H 63 cm Eugène Laurent studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was awa...
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Early 19th Century Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Demian Undressing
Located in London, GB
Bronze Numbered 1/10 66cm × 26cm × 36cm (incl. base) Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK an...
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2010s English School Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Deliverance 3/5 - tall, bronze, balancing, nude, male figure, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The unique contemporary figurative sculptures of William Hung often express the human condition and are imbued with emotion. This striking piece, cast in ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Fratres Bronze Sculpture Boys Brothers Male Nude Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Fratres Bronze Sculpture Boys Brothers Male Nude Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profess...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Art Deco Diana
By Hans Harry Liebmann
Located in Miami, FL
This is a rare statement piece that commands that eye. It is of museum quality will be the centerpiece of any space. Masterfully crafted details of the human form are finely rendered in a pre-art deco style. Hans Harry Liebmann...
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1910s Art Deco Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Mathurin Moreau Triumph of Flora Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Mathurin Moreau (French, 1822-1912) The Triumph of Flora Female figural statue of Flora and two putti resting on a rouge marble base. Bronze and Rouge Marble signed 'Math. Morea...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Lovers. Contemporary bronze sculpture, Limited edition, Italian artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative patinated bronze sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Giancaterino. Sculpture shows a couple in which man is holding woman by her hands as she is floating. Art...
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of 18th century Renaissance style bronze sculptures - Lions
Located in Varmo, IT
Pair of small bronze sculptures - Grotesque lions. Italy, 18th-19th century. 10 x 5 x h 17 cm. Made entirely of patinated bronze in Renaissance style. Depicting two seated grotesqu...
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Late 18th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Diana the Huntress
By Carl Milles
Located in Täby, SE
An Art Deco bronze relief in the style Swedish Graze by an unknown artist inspired by Carl Milles modern classicism. The concept of Swedish Grace was introduced by the English archi...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Cursus Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boys Male Figures Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Cursus Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boys Male Figures Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Et Tu Dors And You Are Sleeping Bronze Sculpture Portrait Classic Contemporary
Located in Utrecht, NL
Et Tu Dors And You Are Sleeping Bronze Sculpture Portrait Classic Contemporary The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

ANTIQUE ITALIAN 18TH CENTURY BOXWOOD SCULPTURE OF CHRIST
Located in Milan, IT
Boxwood figure of Christ
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18th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Think Green, Two Children, Green Patina Bronze Sculpture, "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Think Green - H: 13 Inches x W: 12 Inches X D: 4 Inches Bronze Sculpture. Subrata Biswas’s three sculptures ‘Think Green’, ‘Amigo’ and ‘City Bred’ a conscious selec...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

THE SPRING
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful La Belle Epoque marble in nive vintage condition. Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style. He was born in Dijon, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor...
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1890s Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

THE SPRING
THE SPRING
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" Tête d'Homme " Original Unique prototype
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 ) " Tête d'Homme " . 1961 . Coupe 36 cm . Terre blanche Emaux : Bleu nuit , jaune et bordeaux . Tirage : initialement prévu à 25 exemplaires modifié ...
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1960s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Antique French Art Deco Bronze Bust Sculpture Head of Beautiful Young Girl 1920
Located in Portland, OR
Antique French Art Deco Bronze bust sculpture of a beautiful young woman, by Marcel Andre Bouraine (1886-1948), and cast by the Etling foundry, Paris, circa 1920. The bronze depicts...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Richard Shiloh Bronze Sculpture Seated Male Dancer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Well done bronze by Polish/Israeli artist Richard Shiloh (1946-2012). Title: Dancer on the Bar. Created circa: 1970's - 1980's. Measures: 13 1/2"h x 7"w. Edition size 5 of 8. The work is in excellent condition with no damage. The signature, edition size and foundry mark are seen on the base. Richard Shiloh is an internationally recognized Israeli figural...
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Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Apolo White. Head Sculpture. From the series Apolo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
God of light, beauty, the arts, and prophecy, Apollo embodies balance and power. This series reinterprets his figure through a contemporary lens, where color and pop aesthetics do no...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Lacquer, Paint

ERTE "LA DANSEUSE" 1986, BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Femme de luxe" (Bronze) by Erte Type: Sculpture Media: Patina on Bronze Dimensions: 13 3/4" High Year Produced: 1986 Edition Size: 500 Numbered, 35 AP Edition Number: 13/500 In Exce...
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1980s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Allegory of Progress / - The Driving Force of Inspiration -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ernest Rancoulet (1842-1918), Allegory of Progress, around 1890. Bronze-plated metal cast with cast terrain plinth mounted on a wooden base (6 cm high). 64.5 cm (total height) x 28 c...
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1890s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

A Monumental, Richly Patinated Bronze Bust of Beethoven by G. Leroux
By Gaston Leroux
Located in Queens, NY
A Monumental, Richly Patinated Bronze Bust of Beethoven by Gaston Veuvenot Leroux (1854-1942) Eugène Blot, Fondeur This magnificent sculpture powerfully captures the iconic composer...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Ad Dextram Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ad Dextram Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Nex...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Who Wants to Play Baseball? Contemporary Bronze Figure Sculpture
Located in Taichung, TW
Who Wants to Play Baseball? is a lighthearted and playful work that captures the simple joy of childhood. Cheng-Hsiung Chen uses refined carving techniques to highlight textures, fro...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Expressionist Ceramic Head Sculpture in Refractory Stoneware – Testa #10
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This large ceramic head sculpture, Testa nº 10, is part of the Testas series, a body of expressionist ceramic heads created in refractory stoneware and fired in reduction. The series...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Clay, Glaze

Think II
Located in Dallas, TX
The figure has always been Deborah Ballard’s muse in her sculptures. Ballard works in bronze, cast stone, and plaster; her figures ranging from life-size to hand-size. Ballard says...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Iron, Stainless Steel

Limestone figure of Virgin and child, Lorraine, 14th century, French Gothic
Located in PARIS, FR
Virgin and Child with Goldfinch Workshops of Metz, Lorraine, circa 1330 Limestone carved in the round with remains of polychromy Height: 61 cm The sculpture of the Virgin and Child ...
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15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone

Labyrinth II Small Bronze Sculpture Face Woman Green Patina In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Labyrinth Bronze Sculpture Face Woman Green Patina In Stock - Sizes without stone The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwriting. They breathe the atmosphere of a narrative poem, where the reader not only encounters the artist, but also himself. Though the statues are realistic, there is still enough room for interpretation. Do the artist and the viewer see the same story? It doesn’t really matter, because the beauty in his work has a autonome quality. How can we interprete the work in the conscious and unconscious brain? The first will be hit by the clear styled forms and the technical know-how. The second by his favourite theme, nature, the loving images of men and animals, often together in harmony. Very common in his work is the symbolic worth within the story. The viewer experiences an emotion, seeing a human or human presence, funny or vulnerable. You sympathize with the myth and feel the power of the methaphorical meaning. This is confirms we are dealing with a real artist. Erwin Meijer managed very well to give his sculptures a classic universality, timeless, surpassing the boundaries of reality. With a signature beyond countries and cultures. . East and west meet each other in many sculptures, like Europe and the bull...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Florentine singer / - The Renaissance of the Renaissance -
By Paul Dubois
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentine singer, 1865. Light brown patinated bronze with cast round plinth mounted on a square marble base (3.5 cm high). Total height 53 cm. Bronze dimensions: 49.5 cm (height) x 20 cm (length) x 10 cm (width), weight 5.6 kg. Inscribed on the plinth "P.[aul] DUBOIS", dated "1865", with the foundry's mark "F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR" and the signet "REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS". - Patina very occasionally darkened, lute with loss of one tuning peg, otherwise in excellent condition. - The renaissance of the Renaissance - The bronze is a precisely executed and masterfully cast contemporary reduction of Paul Dubois 155 cm tall masterpiece "Florentine Singer", which is exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay and for which the artist was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Paris Salon in 1865. The work acted as a beacon, and was followed by a plethora of depictions of juveniles. Inspired by Donatello and Luca della Robbia, but also by painters such as Piero della Francesca, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Pinturicchio, the "Florentine Singer" is not an epigonal work that pays homage to a vanished era, but a successful attempt to draw vitality from the art of the past and thus give it new life. The effect of vitality is the core of Italian Renaissance art theory. In order to fulfill itself as art, art had to appear like nature. This naturalism also characterizes the "Florentine Singer". The young man appears to have been taken from life, which is reinforced by the momentary nature of his action. He has just struck a now fading chord. In addition, the natural appearance is enhanced by the detailed shaping of the figurative details, such as the laces with the slightly curved leather of the shoes, the belt buckle, or the ornamentation on the body of the lute. Even the fingernails are clearly defined. Unlike the Renaissance, however, the effect of liveliness here is not based on the "discovery" of nature and the human body, but primarily on the rediscovery of the art of the Quattrocento. The liveliness of the artwork is therefore at the same time a revitalization of this art, so that we can speak of a Renaissance of the Renaissance, just as the Pre-Raphaelites in England at the same time transferred the Quattrocento to contemporary art. Dubois takes on the most difficult of all subjects, the depiction of singing through silent sculpture. He was preceded in this by Luca della Robbia and Donatello with their pulpits of singers created in the 1430s in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence. Compared to these works, the physiognomy of Dubois singer is far less animated, yet he also depicts singing in a convincing manner. He uses the whole body. He takes the ancient contrapposto, which was essential to Renaissance sculpture, and transforms the standing leg-playing posture into a late medieval S-swing, giving the body an elegant beauty and at the same time setting it in melodic motion. In the equally elegant finger position, the music is expressed in a much more literal way with the beating of the lute. Finally, the musicality of the sculpture culminates in the face with the mouth open to sing. Through the act of singing, which is a great challenge to the artistic will to depict perfect beauty, the gracefulness of the classical face is not diminished, but enhanced. Starting from the face with the singing mouth and the gaze absorbed by the sounds, the inner vitality spreads, giving the bronze sculpture an intense aura, enhanced by the music. Dubois transfers the beauty of the Renaissance to the musical, sublimating the visible sculpture to the invisible of music. He took up the challenge of transcending the Renaissance with the Renaissance, thus responding to the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, which arose at the end of the 17th century around the French Academy and remained virulent into the 19th century, in which antiquity was regarded either as an unattainable ideal or as a standard to be surpassed. With his work, Dubois proved that the Renaissance, which had championed the art of the ancients, could lead to a new renaissance of art. About the artist Paul Dubois' great-uncle was the famous French Baroque sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, in whose footsteps the talented great-nephew followed. When he debuted at the Paris Salon in 1858, he signed his work "Dubois-Pigalle". At his father's request, however, he first studied law before devoting himself to sculpture under the tutelage of François Christophe Armand Toussaint in 1856 and entering the École des Beaux-Arts in 1858. From 1859 to 1863, he lived in Rome and traveled to Naples and Florence. Inspired by Florentine art of the quattrocento, Dubois initiated a school-forming neo-Florentine style that combined the elegantly simple forms of youthful grace with a precise wealth of detail.Two purchases by the French state (“envois de Rome”) were made during his stay in Rome, which brought him recognition in Paris. After his return there, he quickly became an internationally sought-after artist. Dubois was also active as a creator of monuments. His most famous work is the equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (1896) on the forecourt of Reims Cathedral. He was also a sought-after portraitist who produced around 50 busts and - Dubois was also a passionate painter - around 100 portraits in oil. From 1873 to 1878 he was curator of the Museum du Luxembourg, in 1876 he became a member of the Institut de France and from 1878 to 1905 he was director of the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1865, Dubois was awarded the Paris Salon Medal of Honor for his “Florentine Singer”. In 1867 he became Chevalier, in 1874 Officier, in 1886 Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, which awarded Dubois the Grande Croix in 1896. Selected Bibliography Stole, Elmar: Paul Dubois. In: Saur. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, vol. 30, Munich - Leipzig 2001, pp. 677-678. GERMAN VERSION Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentinischer Sänger, 1865. Hellbraun patinierte Bronze mit gegossener runder Plinthe auf quadratischem Marmorsockel montiert (3,5 cm Höhe). Gesamthöhe 53 cm. Maße der Bronze: 49,5 cm (Höhe) x 20 cm (Länge) x 10 cm (Breite), Gewicht 5,6 kg. Auf der Plinthe mit „P.[aul] DUBOIS“ bezeichnet, auf „1865“ datiert, mit dem Gießereistempel „F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR“ und dem Signet „REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS“ versehen. - Patina sehr vereinzelt nachgedunkelt, Laute mit Verlust eines Stimmwirbels, ansonsten ausgezeichnet erhalten. - Die Renaissance...
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1860s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Ondine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Art Deco dark green patinated metal figure titled "Ondine" by Pierre Le Faguays using his pseudonym Fayral. Beautifully executed and posed, she is holding a draped cloth in ...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Orientalist African Hunter Leaning on His Shield 19th cent. Black Forest, German
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Orientalist African Hunter Leaning on His Shield Black Forest, School Switzerland  19th century Carved Wood 21 inches This is an exceptionally beautifu...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Awaiting, Contemporary Bronze Figure Sculpture
Located in Taichung, TW
Growing up in the fishing village of Anping, Cheng-Hsiung Chen was deeply influenced by the lives of local fishermen. Their struggles at sea and their humble joy in a good catch beca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Mary, Mother Of God Wooden Carved Holy Figure South Tyrol Italy Baroque
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
South Tyrolean woodcarver, circa 1760 Wood, painted Mary, Mother of God, is missing the fingers of her right hand, and the baby Jesus is missing a foot, an arm, and a hand. The origi...
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1760s Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

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