Metal Sculptures
Color: Silver
Medium: Metal
Dog scratching its ear
Located in PARIS, FR
This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums.
1. Georg Schweigger
Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models.
2. The success of a naturalistic theme
As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century.
This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes.
This model was later taken up by the Frenchman Barthélemy Prieur...
Category
17th Century Naturalistic Metal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Silver
Silver Circle by Kuno Vollet - Contemporary indoor or outdoor sculpture
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
This stunning large aluminum sculpture is a statement piece for any contemporary collection.
Beautiful for indoor or outdoor installation.
The r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Untitled pendant (Paxil - paroxetine)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Untitled pendant (Adderall)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Untitled (1 Charm Necklace, Gilead)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Love Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Indiana was an American Pop artist whose work drew inspiration from signs, billboards, and commercial logos. He is best known for his series of LOVE paintings, which employed ...
Category
2010s Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Silver Shadow - small, smooth surfaced, brushed aluminum, abstract sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The clean bold lines of this sculpture by California artist Lori Cozen-Geller is accentuated by the artist’s choice of brushed aluminum. A trapezoid shaped cut out sits outside the r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Silver Maple (Large) - figurative, wall mounted outdoor aluminum sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The maple leaf—an iconic Canadian symbol appears in stunning detail in this unique work by sculptor Dale Dunning. Using the human head as a metaphor for our collective experience, th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
SILVER GOWN OF ASCENSION
By Lesley Dill
Located in New York, NY
The language featured on this work of art reads "highest moment of impulse... high collateral glory." John Milton
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
KIng David with Harp
By Hana Geber
Located in Surfside, FL
American sculptor Hana Geber (1910 - 1990)
She was born in Prague of Czechoslovakian heritage and eventually settled in New York. Her sculptures deal with Jewish themes...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Silver
Seki Takehiko Sterling Silver Clipper Ship (Late 20th Century Sculpture)
By Seki Takehiko
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunning model of a clipper ship in sterling silver (actually higher silver content than sterling: .960 vs. .925) by Japanese master silversmith Seki Takehiko...
Category
Late 20th Century Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Shell
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing cast sterling silver object of art in sea shell form stamped sterling and presented on a brass and lucite base.
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Small Owl, silver Nambe, Allan Houser owl sculpture, small, contemporary, edition
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Small Owl, silver Nambe, Allan Houser owl sculpture, small, contemporary, open edition
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Silver Cloud for Andy (A) - Original Lightweight Metal Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of contemporary art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Silver Plate Turtle with Crystal Rocks
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Unusual mid century object of art crafted in silver plate over cast bronze with the unexpected crystal rock shell.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"005" - Colorful Chrome Sculptural Mask by John Monn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This horizontal wall hanging sculptural artwork by John Monn was created using a rainbow clearcoat over a shiny chrome polymer. It measures 7 i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
"007" - Colorful Chrome Sculptural Mask by John Monn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This wall hanging sculptural artwork by John Monn was created using a rainbow clearcoat over a shiny chrome polymer. It measures 8.5 inches high and 9 inches wide and .5 inches deep. It is hand signed on the back. It has wooden cleates on the back for hanging installation...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
"006" - Colorful Chrome Sculptural Mask by John Monn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vertical wall hanging sculptural artwork by John Monn was created using a rainbow clearcoat over a shiny chrome polymer. It measures 12 inch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
"003" - Colorful Chrome Sculptural Mask by John Monn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This wall hanging sculptural artwork by John Monn was created using a rainbow clearcoat over a shiny chrome polymer. It measures 7.5 inches high and 12 inches wide and .5 inches deep. It is hand signed on the back. It has wooden cleates on the back for hanging installation...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
012" - Colorful Chrome Sculptural Mask by John Monn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This wall hanging sculptural artwork by John Monn was created using a rainbow clearcoat over a shiny chrome polymer. It measures 12 inches high and 11 inches wide and 3 inches deep. It is hand signed on the back. It has wooden cleates on the back for hanging installation...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
"015" - Colorful Chrome Sculptural Mask by John Monn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This wall hanging sculptural artwork by John Monn was created using a rainbow clearcoat over a shiny chrome polymer. It measures 10.5 inches high and 10 inches wide and .5 inches deep. It is hand signed on the back. It has wooden cleates on the back for hanging installation...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
"016" - Colorful Chrome Sculptural Mask by John Monn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This wall hanging sculptural artwork by John Monn was created using a rainbow clearcoat over a shiny chrome polymer. It measures 12.5 inches high and 10 inches wide and 6 inches deep. It is hand signed on the back. It has wooden cleates on the back for hanging installation...
Category
2010s Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Cuzco School Baptismal Dish
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
Manuel Ortíz de Zevallos y García, Peru; and by descent in the family to:
Private Collection, New York.
This impressive baptismal dish is an example of eighteenth-cent...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
The Struggle, Rare Sterling Silver Israeli Judaica Cubist Sculpture Plate Plaque
Located in Surfside, FL
Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz Terling Silver Anniversary Silver Sculpture Plate Israel
This is a beautiful sterling silver commemorative plate. It was spec...
Category
1970s Modern Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Six pack on a silver platter
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The first work of Clint Neufeld I ever saw was a hulking engine rendered in pink and lime green ceramic, so large that it hung from its own crane. It was called Screaming Jimmy, the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cloud Form Silver - Original Lightweight Metal Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of contemporary art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial materials. Using mostly aluminum mesh—generally found in screen doors, windows and filters—he creates contemporary abstract sculptural artworks and installations, which resemble flowers, clouds, and other natural phenomena. Working in metal, Adams effortlessly transforms rigid material into airy, effervescent artworks.
This 9 by 12 by 7 inch silver metal wall sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Gorham Melrose Vanity Dresser Set
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Troy, NY
This Gorham Vanity Dresser set is made out of sterling silver. It is in the Melrose pattern. The creation date is in the 1950s. Gorham, founded in P...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver wall sculpture
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Silver From the series, Elements, this sculpture references the Bolivian mines that produce much of the worlds silver production ARTIST'S STATEMENT Michael Davis My sculptures and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver
A Pair of Half size Sterling Silver "Pintail Ducks" with black Onyx Eyes
Located in London, GB
A pair of finely modelled half size sterling silver pintail ducks with black onyx eyes created exclusively for Hancocks by Val Bennett.
Drake length 18cm x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Japanese Contemporary Art By Kojun - Mujo Silver
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Cardboard, silver leaf, gilder’s bole
This work was created for an exhibit as part of the artistic unit SHIKŌ, a collaborative effort between sculptors Kanji Hasegawa, Isaji Yugo, a...
Category
2010s Conceptual Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Sculpture 'Curva II' by Carola Eggeling
Located in Paris, FR
Silver Sculpture 'Curva II' by Carola Eggeling
Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines.
German silver sculpture
Silver - Alpaca
Certificate of authenticity
Numbered and sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Sculpture 'Curva I' by Carola Eggeling
Located in Paris, FR
Silver Sculpture 'Curva I' by Carola Eggeling
Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines.
German silver sculpture
Silver - Alpaca
Certificate of authenticity
Numbered and signe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Loving pears - Gold and Silver
By Cat Sirot
Located in New York, NY
A Sculpture, made of resin and Silver Chrome plated, in an edition of 8.
In this silver gold, medium size these are last few editions available from 8.
This Silver Gold edition has ...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Hydrangea Study
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Kim Cridler
Hydrangea Study, 2021
steel, sterling silver, brass, aventurine
27"h x 16"d
Kim Cridler’s sculptures describe branches and man-made vessels ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Brass, Steel
Appearances Italy 1980 Multiple Silver Plated Bronze on Painted Wood
Located in Brescia, IT
Novello Finotti was born in 1939, in Verona, Italy where he lives and works. He is exhibiting since 1958 taking part to several art events, among which: Triennial Europeen de la Scu...
Category
1980s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled (10 Charm Bracelet, Mixed)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour
Located in Rochester, NY
19th century silver plate bust Menelaus mythological king of Sparta. A fine casting with rich patina. Ebonized wood base. Illegible hallmark. In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to the Iliad...
Category
19th Century Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Untitled pendant (Klonopin)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Abstract Modern Garden Sculpture "Lookout" Figurative Aluminium Created 2021
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Sculpture " Lookout” is a unique piece made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2021, sand cast in aluminium in our foundry, handcrafted by the Artist in his worksho...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Begin to Bloom" Necklace, handmade sterling silver wire with freshwater pearls
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Begin to Bloom" is an original artwork by April Field made of 98 ft of sterling silver wire, freshwater pearls, and lacquer. This piece measures 11"h x 7"w x 1.75"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Wire
"Stainless Circle" Abstract, Metal Sculpture in shiny stainless steel, Silver
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Stainless Circle" by Joel Perlman
Unique cast stainless steel
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While min...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel, Metal, Steel
Cosmogony #38
Located in New York, NY
ADRIANA MARMOREK
COSMOGONY #38, 2020
silver, 90
5 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. 13 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm.
egg
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Untitled pendant (Viagra)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Untitled
By Eva Zethraeus
Located in Morton Grove, IL
porcelain, glaze, silver luster
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Waves, Contemporary Tapestry by Adela Akers
By Adela Akers
Located in Wilton, CT
Silver Waves, Adela Akers, linen, horsehair, paint & metal foil, 63” x 24”, 2014
“There is a mathematical discipline in the way the work is constructed,” ...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Foil
Untitled pendant (codeine, and caffeine)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Handmade Israeli Modernist Brutalist Studio Silver Sterling Necklace, Pendant
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a 925 sterling silver hand made necklace with large hanging pendant, with some sort of decorative stones. due to its form and shape it is not signed. beautiful craftsman work. The pendant is embedded with 6 Amber stones in different sizes. 44cm long opened, pendant is 95X75mm, total weight 64 grams.
Attributed to Rachel Gera, Jewellery designer, born 1936 in Tel Aviv, Israel to Polish parents was caught by accident traveling in Poland with her parents during the Nazi "Kristallnacht", and was saved by her mother pushing her onto a train of the "Tehran Children" and narrowly escaped the Holocaust.
This is from the period of Maskit and the sculptural studio silver movement in Israel that included some wonderful designers and artisan craftsmen such as Hanna Behar Panet, Ludwig Wolpert, Menahem Berman, Moshe Zabari...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Untitled (3 Charm Necklacem Mixed)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Opus 531
Located in Zug, CH
A unique cast in silver of a Robert Klippel Opus.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Untitled pendant (Prozac)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Two Minds Meeting, small turquoise sculpture ltd. edition Native American animal
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Two Minds Meeting, small turquoise sculpture ltd. edition Native American animal
Melanie A. Yazzie "Two Minds Meeting" fabricated aluminum with a po...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Damien Hirst - Abacus, hirst, skull, silver, sculpture, contemporary art
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst (b.1965)
Abacus - The Dream is Dead
2007
silver
14.5 x 14 x 21 cm
incised, titled and numbered ‘Abacus Damien Hirst The Dream is dead 2/12’ (on the verso)
edition 2/12
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Sea Form - Silver Three-Dimensional Lightweight Metal Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial materials. Using mostly aluminum mesh—generally found in screen doors, windows and filters—he creates contemporary abstract sculptural artworks and installations, which resemble flowers, clouds, and other natural phenomena. Working in metal, Adams effortlessly transforms rigid material into airy, effervescent artworks.
This 24 by 20 by 14 inch silver metal wall sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
"Fernande", Contemporary Abstract Metal Wall Relief Sculpture in Silver
Located in New York, NY
"Fernande" by Kevin Barrett
Large Abstract Wall Scupture in Aluminum
Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculptu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Untitled pendant
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Untitled pendant (b 972 1 0, Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I have been taking impressions of pills and creating a pill archive where pills are cast in silver and/or gold since 1995. At that time I was given pills as an answer to something th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
The De-Memorialized
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: clay sculpture, glass beads, metal beads, chains, crystal, silver leaf, metal
Esperanza Cortés is a Colombian born multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Cortés ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver
"Ethereal Oracle" Abstract, Metal Sculpture, Large-Scale, Outdoors, Silver
Located in New York, NY
"Ethereal Oracle" by Hans van de Bovenkamp
Stainless steel
Renowned for his monumental sculpture created primarily for open-air public locales, Hans Van de Bovenkamp has been descri...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
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