Instrument Figurative Sculptures

This large contemporary clear acrylic sculpture of a piano was inspired by the artist’s love of music. This beautiful and magical piece of modern art is the unique vision of an award-winning author and music lover. Years ago, Ruth Kassinger noticed how sunlight streaming through her living room windows bounced off white walls, through a glass coffee table, and splashed rainbows around the room. When her eyes drifted to the black baby grand piano in the room, she had an epiphany. The idea for a full-scale, transparent piano sculpture filled with colors was born. To create the piano, she worked with a talented team of acrylic glass artisans who created the piano’s body and its keyboard. Using laser technology, thousands of holes were drilled both by computer and by hand to ensure that all of the threads are perfectly parallel. Then, using small acrylic boxes as models, Kassinger spent a year testing various threads to determine spacing and color combinations until they expressed her vision of music. “It takes me months to thread a piano. I use embroidery needles that I manipulate with long-handled surgical forceps. The highly polished, clear acrylic form allows light to flow through the sculpture, illuminating the thousands of multi-hued nylon and French silk threads. The threads change color as you move around the piano and, thanks to an optical phenomenon called moiré, they appear to move as if being played.” Kassinger is best known for her books about science, history, and gardening. As a science writer, she has studied and written about the concepts of transparency and color. As a music lover, Kassinger’s personal experience of listening to music is heightened by a form of synaesthesia where she actually sees colors when she hears music. And, having grown up in a family of craftsmen (her parents had a custom furniture business and she later designed several pieces for her own home), she has the skills to undertake her first sculptural piece: a ‘glass’ piano...

Unique patinated metal cubist sculpture. Ulises Jiménez Obregón was born in La Mansion de Nicoya, Costa Rica, in November 1953. In 1968 he obtained a diploma of "Honor of Merit" i...

Unique. Signed and dated -66 on the right side. Provenance: Galerie Bonnier, Genève Size with socle: 74x38x17 cm Arman explores reality. He strives to transform and sublimate art...

“Feu Henrix” from the serie ”The day after” Original sculpture 8 copies. Number 4/8 in the edition. Acquired directly from the artist. Bocquel fondeur. Free shipment worldwide. Ar...

"Louis Armstrong Blowing His Trumpet" is a unique painted fiberglass sculpture depicting the jazz musician Louis Armstrong. The sculpture is 32" x 48". Louis Daniel Armstrong was a...

A rare sculpture by Willitts Designs International and Shen Lung entitled " Moe Cheeks" from the "all that jazz" series. The sculpture is cold painted ...

Fender Guitar Multi Layers Glass Sculpture Artist signed and dated '98, mixed media, layers of multi color dichroic glass, ceramic tiles, aluminum on wooden base. William Wertz was born in 1946 dide in (2021 Los Angeles). American artist, teacher and photographer. Known for his unique assemble layers of glass sculpture. His art can be found in Musee des Decoratifs, Paris, the country of Oman (stained glass dome...

Bronze sculpture. Incised artist signature and numbered. Edition 4/8. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be co...

This work is cast 1 of 8 plus 1 Artist Proof. This work is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives New York under number: APA# 8310.90.011. A striking sculptural work by Arman, one of...

This sculpture by Astrid Ritmeester belongs to a series she has called 'Memories' Ritmeester also works as a costume and graphic designer for theatre productions. Astrid Ritmeeste...

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

Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids, MI, he looks to the raw beauty and inherent potential of his manufacturing hometown as an endless source of creative inspiration. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature versions of soap box cars...

Grande Baroquial (Acropolis) by Armand FERNANDEZ known as ARMAN (1928-2005) Accumulation of cuts of miniature cellos, welded bronze, patinated gold, signed "Arman" numbered "71/100"...

Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...

Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and edition number. 9/30

Signed and numbered EA 2/2 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à cordes published by GKM Siwert Ber...