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Medium: Plaster
"Achtung IV" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture (mcm, mid century, blue, navy, white)
Located in Marmora, NJ
Achtung IV is a vibrant large-scale mixed media wall sculpture. Made cherry wood and with painted layers of MDF finished with satin lacquer. This piece was inspired by mid-century ...
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2010s Modern Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Walnut, Paint

Ragisména series Brown, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ragisména series Brown, 2023 by Rodrigo Zampol From Ragisména Series Plaster and acrylic painting on canvas Dimensions: 20 cm H x 20 cm W Weight: 3 kg ...
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2010s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic

"Wabi-Vase 13" clay, plaster, glass, ceramics, sculpture, textured art
Located in Zofingen, AG
Wabi-Vases A minimalist collection of handmade vases defined by simplicity, harmony and balance between textures, shapes and color. The vases are handmade and have no repeats. Each v...
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2010s Post-Minimalist Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glass, Plaster

Ragisména series Black, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ragisména series Black, 2021 by Rodrigo Zampol From Ragisména Series Plaster and ink on canvas Dimensions: 30 cm H x 20 cm W Weight: 3 kg Unique piece Signed on the back The piece ...
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2010s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Ink

"Flag 231" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Clay Pigeon Wall Sculpture Installation
Located in Houston, TX
Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design. In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

"Everlast" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Boxing Glove Wall Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design. In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

Flower Caryatid - Blue Woman Shaped Painting
Located in Washington, DC
Important one of a kind work by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Shaped painting titled " Flower Caryatid", acrylic paint, wood, plaster and mirror. Noche ...
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Mirror, Plaster, Wood, Acrylic

French Painted Maquette for Sculpture Judaica Klezmer Musician
Located in Surfside, FL
Mane-Katz (1894-1962) maquette plaster relief for bronze sculpture. (it is made from sort of composite material and then painted or colored from the casting. there is no foundry mar...
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20th Century Modern Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Paint

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes. David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.. These Form Studi...
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1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Plaster, Acrylic

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes. David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.. These Form Studi...
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1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Plaster, Acrylic

Femme Fatale
Located in Washington, DC
An original work by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Titled "Femme Fatale" and signed on reverse. Wonderful work made with cut wood, paint and plaster. Catalogue of an exhibition in 2008 ...
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20th Century Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Mirror, Plaster, Wood, Acrylic, Pencil

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes. David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.. These Form Studi...
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1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes. David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.. Hayes received a...
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1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes. David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.. These Form Studi...
Category

1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Plaster, Acrylic

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes. David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.. These Form Studi...
Category

1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Polystyrene, Acrylic

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes. David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.. Hayes received a...
Category

1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes. David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.. Hayes received a...
Category

1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes. David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.. Hayes received a...
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1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

FREN AND CHIE: The Badass Gangstar Couple Of South Of France.
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE TIL MAY 15th ONLY** *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage Of It* Meet Fren and Chie: The BadAss Gangsta Couple of south...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Biomorphic No 1 - white, minimalist, abstract, Venetian plaster wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by the organic shapes, colours and textures of the natural world, Jana Osterman creates stunning wall reliefs. This bright white plaster piece features an elegant, elongated shape and raised ridges. A wax polish on the plaster gives it a light sheen. One in a series. “I’m interested in producing quiet, minimal, contemplative work, concerned with how far I can push a form and material to stay inside that realm.” Jana Osterman Born in Slovenia, Jana Osterman moved to Holland where she studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. She continued with printmaking studies in England. For the last 20 years, Osterman has worked as a full-time artist and fabricator in Canada, first in Toronto and now in Prince Edward County...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Mixed Media

Egret
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ginger Williams Cook is a painter, published illustrator, and arts educator based in Jackson, MS. Her paintings have been featured in numerous exhibitions, publications, and media. Ginger's journey into motherhood and coping through art is featured in an HBO Documentary, The Dead Mothers Club. Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practice to document the mundane. Ginger uses digital illustration to develop mockups, experimenting with imagery, color palettes, and composition. The techniques in her artwork combine washes of acrylic paint that take shape with colored pencils and pastels, serving as a visual conversation between two hemispheres - the creator and the corrector dancing through a changing process. The common thread in her work is emotional attachment to physical objects, and the power nostalgia has to unlock a memory. The artist says of her work... The setting of Fidus Amor and Flora & Zephyr draws inspiration from Baroque- style landscapes with an applied field of color harkening to works by Maurice Noble...
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21st Century and Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Acrylic

Pop Art Wall Sculpture, "R2-D2 Star Wars" 2022
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original pop art wall sculpture piece by southern California artist Optimus Volts. It is 11.2" x 9.25" x 2.5". A certificate of authenticity will follow deliv...
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2010s Pop Art Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Plaster, Wood

"Untitled 2" Sculpture 24" x 11" x 7" inch Edition 1/1 by Isaac Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 2" Sculpture 24" x 11" x 7" inch Edition 1/1 by Isaac Pelayo Unique work. Signed by the Artist. Comes with COA. Hand embellished plaster/fiberglass sculpture ABOUT THE AR...
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21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Fiberglass, Spray Paint

Mid-20th Century Lower Torso Sculpture
Located in Stone Mountain, GA
Spectacular 1970s anatomical sculpture of a lower torso rendered in plaster compounds. Perfect for coffee table or pedestal. Artist unknown, unsigned. Both...
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1970s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Money Shot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rafael's studio practice engages with oil painting and drawing, plaster combined with pigments, bronze casting and utilizing industrial materials. Rafael's figure work uses simple b...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Mixed Media

"Falconer" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture (navy blue, wood, indigo, monochrome)
Located in Marmora, NJ
NOTE: This is a commission piece, made after the original. It can be commissioned in custom sizes and colors. Allow 3-4 weeks plus shipping. Sale price reflects 26" x 27" size. F...
Category

2010s Modern Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Walnut, Paint

A Large Scale, Beautifully Sculpted and Patinated Batcham Cameroon Mask.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large scale and beautifully carved wooden ceremonial mask from Cameroon. There are traces of colour and decoration to the surface and the mask has a magnificent patina giving it a wonderful presence as a sculptural object. The Batcham Mask or simply the Batcham originated in western Cameroon although its name refers to the place where it was first found: Batcham. This is a ceremonial mask from the Bamileke culture in the western Grasslands of Cameroon. This tall crest (76 cm in height) has clearly defined features, a powerful yet calm visage, sharply chiselled diamond and triangular furrows, and nearly perfect symmetry. Such painstaking craftsmanship underscores the sophistication and control of the sculptor in preparing this ceremonial piece. It shares the elements of Batcham masks including: The general morphology is built on two axes: a symmetrical vertical axis with chiseled furrows, stylized eyes, lips, nostrils, mouth and teeth; a horizontal axis presenting swollen cheeks, an ovular mouth showing multiple teeth, and triangular ears supported on a hollow cylindrical base. One interpretation is that the masks depict a hippopotamus emerging from watery depths, conveying nature’s power conferred to enthroned royalty. The Batcham mask represents the pi, or double animal of a great dignitary of the kingdom. It was used by a great dignitary of the Msop society who intervened only on rare occasions: during the funeral and enthronement of the king and the nine notables, and to perform the Royal Tso dance, elephant dance...
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20th Century Tribal Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Paint, Plaster, Wood

Alms Woman, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printmaker, sculptor and mixed media artist graduated from the College of the Arts in Windhoek in 2016. Nghidishange has ta...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Glazed, Resin Statue of Horses
By Marino Mazzacurati
Located in Newport Beach, CA
An initialed, vigorously modeled, patinated resin sculpture of two stallions at play signed (see image 5) by listed, Italian artist, Marino Mazzacurati (1900-1969). Mazzacurati was ...
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1940s Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Plaster

"Wabi-Vase 11" clay, plaster, glass, ceramics, sculpture, textured art
Located in Zofingen, AG
Wabi-Vases A minimalist collection of handmade vases defined by simplicity, harmony and balance between textures, shapes and color. The vases are handmade and have no repeats. Each v...
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2010s Post-Minimalist Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glass, Plaster

Academical Plaster Horse Sculpture From The Parthenon Marbles at British Museum
Located in Roma, IT
An Academic plaster sculpture study from the Marble statue from the East pediment of the Parthenon that showed the miraculous birth of the goddess Athena from the head of her father Zeus. Many of the figures from the central scene are now fragmentary or entirely lost. This figure was carved as an isolated horse’s head. Its ears are flattened back, its jaw gapes, it has flared nostrils and bulging eyes. A portion of the lower jaw and the inner side of the top of the head were cut away. There are dowel holes where the metal bridle was attached. On the crest of the mane are eleven smaller holes, in which some metallic ornaments must have been inserted.This is the head of one of the horses that drew the chariot of the moon goddess...
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20th Century Other Art Style Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Biomorphic No 4 - white, minimalist, abstract, Venetian plaster wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Jana Osterman is fascinated and inspired by the organic shapes found in nature. This is one in a series of imposing wall reliefs created in venetian plaster. Osterman’s biomorphic wo...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Mixed Media

Future Relic 05: Telephone
Located in Miami, FL
Daniel Arsham Future Relic 05: Telephone, 2016 Sold in mint condition - in original box with custom foam support and gloves. Plaster and crushed glass sculpture 4.7 x 8.5 x 9 in Edit...
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2010s Modern Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Plaster

Replica of Wilhelm Lehmbruck's Kneeling Woman
Located in Troy, NY
This sculpture is a small replica of Wilhelm Lehmbuck's Kneeling Woman. The original sculpture is much larger at around 69.5 x 56 x 27", currently at th...
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1960s Expressionist Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Plaster

Deep Laugh 3, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Peace Harmonist 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

"Breaker" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture (wood, blue, mcm, monochrome, modern)
Located in Marmora, NJ
Breaker is a modern mixed media wall sculpture, constructed from MDF, acrylic, varnish and repurposed Black cherry wood. The limited monochrome color palette emphasizes the form and ...
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2010s Modern Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Walnut, Paint

Yoga Pose 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media: fabric, round bar and plaster
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Deep Smile 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Liberty, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Telling my Story 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Deep Laugh 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Peace Harmonist 3, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Peace Harmonist 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

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Wire

Art in motion n°12 by Gilbert Pauli - Sculpture concrete 64x96 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
"Art in motion" is a series that offers artworks working with matter; concrete, cement, plaster, mortar, and natural pigments. These works are intended t...
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2010s Abstract Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Concrete

Deep Laugh 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Keeping my Story 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Keeping my Story 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Hope, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media: fabric, round bar and plaster of paris
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Wire

The Walking Stick, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

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Wire

Telling my Story 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category

2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

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Wire

Yoga Pose 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

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Wire

My pet
Located in Almaty, KZ
Artist Ambujerba (b. 1992) is an Almaty-based artist who works in a variety of mediums including ceramics, painting, video art, performance, and collage. His thought-provoking visual...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Acrylic

Glowing creatures
Located in Almaty, KZ
Ambujerba (b. 1992) is an Almaty-based artist who works in a variety of mediums including ceramics, painting, video art, performance, and collage. His thought-provoking visual vocabu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Lights

David Hostetler Figurative Sculpture Torso Gold Plaster Midcentury Rough Surface
Located in Nantucket, MA
Torso 1955 is a cast plaster with oil paint to resemble a bronze cast. The base is wood, carved, sanded and painted. The base shows slight wear on corners. The sculpture is perfect. ...
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1950s Feminist Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Oil

Hourglass (blue): glass sculpture sand, cast camera & quartz crystal; New in box
Located in New York, NY
DANIEL ARSHAM Hourglass (Blue), 2019 Glass, sand, cast miniature camera and quartz crystal in opaque white resin accompanied by its original box with guara...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Resin, Plaster, Mixed Media, Plastic, Cardboard

Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair HAIG PATIGIAN (American/Armenian, 1876-1950) Aeronautics Pediments Two Plaster Casts, c. 1930s each 13.25 x 14.75 x 6 inches It's possible these moquettes were created for the 1939 World's Fair, the Golden Gate International Exhibition in San Francisco. Provenance: Private Collection of Lois M. Wright, Author of "A Catalogue of the Life Works of Haig Patigian, San Francisco Sculptor, 1876-1950),” 1967 Loan to Oakland Museum of California (Oakland, CA) BIO Haig Patigian is noted for his classical works, which are especially numerous in public venues in San Francisco, California. Patigian was born in Van, Armenia, which at that time was under Turkish rule. Haig was the son of Avedis and Marine Patigian, both teachers in the American Mission School there. He and his older brother showed an aptitude for art early on and were encouraged by their parents. Their father himself had taken up the new hobby of photography. The 1880s were harsh times, however, for many Armenians under an oppressive rule by the Turkish government. Many people were fleeing to the safety of the United States. Suspicious Turkish authorities accused his father of photographing city structures for the Russian government, and in 1888 he fled for his life to America. Haigs father made his way to Fresno, California, and began life anew as a ranch hand. Within two years he sent for his wife, as well as Haig, his three sisters and brother, and in 1891 the Patigians made the journey from Armenia. Haigs father, an industrious man, worked on various farms, and eventually bought his own ranch and vineyard. It was among fertile farmland of Fresno that Haig grew up. Young Haigs education consisted of teachings by his parents and by intermittent attendance in public schools. Although he had dreams of becoming an artist, he did not have the opportunity for formal study of art, and began working long days in the vineyards around Fresno. At age seventeen, Haig made a step towards his dreams and apprenticed himself to learn the trade of sign painting. In his spare time he nurtured his interest in art by painting nature and life scenes with watercolors and oil paints. When his sign-painting mentor left Fresno, Haig opened his own shop and made a name for himself in the town. San Francisco, in the meantime, had been attracting artists since the Gold Rush and had become a thriving art center. Within a few years, Haig had put aside several hundred dollars to move to San Francisco, joining his brother who was already working there as an illustrator. In 1899, when he was twenty-three, Haig had saved enough money to enroll at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute in San Francisco. Like many aspiring artists of his time, Patigian supported himself by working as a staff artist in the art department of a local newspaper, and in the winter of 1900, nearing his 24th birthday, Haig began work for the San Francisco Bulletin, producing cartoons, black and white illustrations, as well as watercolors. In 1902 tragedy struck Haig and his family. His 29-year-old brother died of pneumonia, and then his frail mother died a short time later. Five months more saw his youngest sister, just out of high school, die too. Saddened and depressed, Haig moved out of the studio he had shared with his brother, and into a dilapidated studio in a poor section of town. During this time of sadness, Haig fed a growing interest in sculpture. In 1904 Haig created what he later called his "first finished piece in sculpture". The work, called "The Unquiet Soul", depicted a man thrown back against a rock while waves lash at his feet. The body was tense and twisted, with one hand, in Haig's own words, "searchingly leaning and clutching the rock, while the other masks his troubled head". The Press Club of San Francisco, which Haig had joined in 1901, put "The Unquiet Soul" on exhibition and local headlines proclaimed "Local Newspaper Artist Embraces Sculptor's Art", and "First Work Predicts Brilliant Future". With the support of friends and community acclaim, the young illustrator left his newspaper job and became a professional sculptor. The path of his new career was not easy though. Haig had never made much money working for the newspaper and his father needed help with growing debt from funeral expenses and business problems. From time to time Haig sold some artwork, but also occasionally borrowed from friends to pay the rent. He was the classic 'starving artist'. In the spring of 1905 a white-bearded 81-year-old stranger knocked on Haig's door. It was George Zehndner, from Arcata, California. Zehndner had been born in Bavaria, Germany in 1824, the son of a farmer. In 1849 he had come to America looking for prosperity, settling in Indiana, where he worked on a farm and learned English. He found his way to the West Coast in 1852. Penniless, he worked in various jobs from San Francisco to Sacramento, then found some luck working in the gold fields of Weaverville in Trinity County, and eventually moving to a farm on 188 acres near Arcata. In his 77th year in May of 1901, Zahndner had taken a trip to San Jose, where he stood in a crowd to see a man he thought much of, President William McKinley. McKinley was popular as 'the first modern president' partially because he realized going out to meet the common person increased his support. In September of that year, however, an anarchist assassinated the president while he stood in a receiving line at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York. Soon after, the city of San Jose erected a statue of the slain president in St. James Park. Zehndner took a second trip to San Jose where he visited the McKinley monument. Touched, Zehndner decided that, no matter the cost, his town of Arcata too would memorialize McKinley. George Zehndner had read about Haig in a newspaper article and asked if Patigian would create a heroic statue of the late President McKinley for Arcata. When asked how much it would cost, Haig responded, despite his borderline poverty, with the fabulous sum of $15,000. Zehndner agreed. The President was to be portrayed standing, wearing an overcoat, with his feet planted squarely on the ground. In the finished statue, one hand is held out before him in a typical posture of speaking, with the other hand holding the speech as his side. The 9-foot statue...
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1930s American Modern Plaster Sculptures

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Plaster

"Diary 2", Mixed Media Sculpture Suspended from Ceiling or Wall Mounted Bracket
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
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2010s Contemporary Plaster Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Mixed Media, Plaster, Found Objects, Other Medium

Plaster sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Plaster sculptures available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add sculptures created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, pink, purple, red and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Elizabeth Jordan, Skylar Fein, Gilbert Pauli, and Elisia Nghidishange. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Plaster sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.12 inches across are also available

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