Inspired by the nontraditional ways Postimpressionists like Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat depicted the world, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered an even more abstract style in which reality was fragmented into flat, geometric forms. Cubism majorly influenced 20th-century Western art as it radically broke with the adherence to composition and linear perspectives that dated back to the Renaissance. Its watershed moments are considered Picasso’s 1907 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, in which nude figures are fractured into angular shapes, and Georges Braque’s 1908 painting show, which prompted a critic to describe his visual reductions as “cubes.”
Although Cubism was a revolutionary art movement for European culture, it was informed by African masks and other tribal art. Its artists, which included Fernand Léger, Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Jean Metzinger, experimented with compressing space and playing with the tension between solid and void forms in their work. While their subjects were often conventional, such as still lifes, nudes and landscapes, they were distorted without any illusion of realism.
Cubist art evolved through different distinct phases. In Analytic Cubism, from 1908 to 1912, figures or objects were “analyzed” into pieces that were reassembled in paintings and sculptures, as if presenting the same subject matter from many perspectives at once. The palette was usually monochromatic and muted, giving attention to the overlapping planes. Synthetic Cubism, dating from 1912 to 1914, moved to brighter colors and a further flattening of images. This unmooring from formal ideas of art would shape numerous styles that followed, from Dada to Surrealism.
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Cubist Nude Bronze Sculpture, Patinated, Signed 2/4, 1999, 18x14 in"
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Cubist Nude Patinated Bronze Sculpture. Dominique Polles' bronze sculptures of female nude edition 2/4 patinated bronze signed and dated 1999. Born in Paris in 1945, young Pollès of...
Bronze
Standing Female Nude After Alexander Archipenko
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Illustrated: "Walt Kuhn, Painter, His Life and Work, by Phillip Rhys Adams, page 67, plate 27, Courtesy of Kennedy Galleries-Kuhn Estate (see photo) Kuhn’s sculptures were collected...
Wood
"Nu Recomposé" by Grégoire Mathias – Cubist Assemblage in Extruded Polymer
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Nu Recomposé (Recomposed Nude) Assemblage in Extruded Polymer 40 x 40 cm Description: Nu Recomposé by Grégoire Mathias is a striking cubist sculpture that reinterprets the human for...
Polymer
$760
H 17.33 in W 2.76 in D 3.55 in
Colonial West African Baule Baoule Figure Sculpture Woman wearing loincloth
Located in Norwich, GB
An elegant African sculpture from the West African Baoulé or Baule people, depicting a young woman wearing a loincloth. Smooth black lightly worn patina.
Wood
$6,112Sale Price|20% Off
H 50.5 in W 44 in D 2 in
Large Mahogany Relief of Prometheus, The Giver of Fire in Style of Peterpaul Ott
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Mahogany Wood Relief Sculpture of Prometheus, The Giver of Fire In the Style of WPA artist Peterpaul Ott Wonderfully executed wood r...
Wood, Mahogany
$6,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 21 in W 13 in
1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion
Located in New York, NY
1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion Bronze on wood. The wood plaque measures 12 3/4" by 20 3/4 inches. The bronze plaque itself is 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches and the the bronze inscription, which reads "COTY, American Fashion Critics Special Award 1961 to KENNETH of LILY DACHE...
Bronze
$11,783
H 4.73 in W 3.55 in D 3.15 in
Yves Klein Small IKB Venus Brooch Sculpture Jewel in International Klein Blue
By Yves Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Yves Klein, Small IKB Venus Brooch Bronze multiple, painted with International Klein Blue (IKB). From a model created in 1956. Edition of 500 copies + 100...
Bronze, Gold Leaf
$33,187
H 79.53 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Breach by Tom Price - Large-scale sculpture, mixed technique, vertical
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Breach is a unique resin sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price, dimensions are 202 × 45 × 45 cm (79.5 × 17.7 × 17.7 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certificate of...
Concrete
$33,066
H 66.93 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
The Presence of Absence – Female (II) by Tom Price - Coal sculpture, nude body
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
The Presence of Absence – Female (II) is a unique coal, stainless steel and epoxy resin sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price, dimensions are 170 × 50 × 50 cm (66.9 × 19.7 × 19....
Stainless Steel
Arlen Reclining
Located in London, GB
Bronze Numbered 4/10 21cm × 26cm × 57cm Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK and Commonwealt...
Bronze
Sleeping Nude Large Wall Art Cast Paper
By Frank Gallo
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Sleeping Nude Large cast handmade paper, artist signed AP 10/20, 1981 62x52x5.5 wood, linen and lucite box frame. Stunning art wall sculpture by Fran...
Lucite, Handmade Paper
Torso of Aron
Located in London, GB
Bronze Numbered 10/10 36cm × 11.5cm × 18cm (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...
Bronze
$2,400
H 9 in W 7.5 in D 3.5 in
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Mother and Baby Playing WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) Cast bronze sculpture Caring (or Mother and Child) signed Mounted on wooden plinth Featuring a mother raising her child up in superb high relied i...
Bronze
Man with Arms Raised
Located in London, GB
Bronze Numbered 1/10 32cm × 10cm × 10cm (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...
Bronze
$2,044
H 6.11 in W 2.76 in D 2.17 in
1980 Italy Late 20th Century Bronze Multiple Male Nude Bust by Roberto Nanut
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging bronze sculpture on black wooden base, well represents a human bust, but for its expressive force, the bust turns into an abstract shape of it. The artist who created t...
Bronze
Standing Nude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LORRIE GOULET "STANDING NUDE" WOOD, SIGNED AMERICAN, DATED 1963 52 INCHES Lorrie Goulet Born 1925 Biography from David Findlay Jr. Gallery "Geometry and Flesh: The Sculpture a...
Wood
Dance
By Charna Rickey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
CHARNA RICKEY "DANCE" BRONZE, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1975 22 INCHES OVERALL Charna Rickey 1923-2000 Born Charna Barsky in Chihuahua, Mexico, the future artist lived in Hermosill...
Bronze
Amanda
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunning solid bronze cast sculpture by accomplished sculptress Sandra Oreck, evoking Cubism, yet (unusually for Cubism) emotional and poignant at the same time. Has a wonderful "...
Bronze
WOMAN- original wood sculpture
By Montserrat Sastre
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Beautiful wood sculpture of Montserrat SASTRE. Very popular Spanish artist for his sculptures. Montserrat Sastre i Planella (Barcelona, November 1948) is a Catalan sculptor and cera...
Wood
Seated Nude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOSEPH MARTINEK "SEATED NUDE" CARVED COMPOSITION, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1940 13.5 INCHES Joseph Martinek 1915-1989 American sculptor Joseph Martinek wa...
Underglaze
Modernist Woman
By Itzhak Sankowsky
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZHAK SANKOWSKY "MODERNIST WOMAN" WOOD, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1940 26.5 INCHES Itzhak Sankowsky was born in 1908 in Romania. He lived and was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Wood
Reclining Woman
By Peter Milton
Located in Milford, NH
A fine cubist unsigned sculpture titled “Reclining Woman” by American artist Peter Winslow Milton (b. 1930). Milton was born in Lower Marion, Pennsylvania and is best known as one of America’s top tier printmakers. The artist commented on the sculpture - “About my 1958 Reclining Woman sculpture...
Concrete
Cubist Nude
By Ulises Jimenez Obregon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ULISES JIMENEZ "CUBIST NUDE" WOOD, UNIQUE COSTA RICA, DATED 1998 29 INCHES OVERALL Ulises Jiménez Obregón was born in La Mansion de Nicoya, Costa Rica, in November 1953. He stu...
Wood
Reclining Nude
By Ulises Jimenez Obregon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ULISES JIMENEZ "RECLINING NUDE" STONE, UNIQUE COSTA RICA, C. 2008 26.5 X 32 X 18 INCHES HE HAS CREATED SCULPTURE FOR PUBLIC AREAS ALL OVER THE WORLD. Ulises Jiménez Obregón was ...
Stone
STANDING NUDE
By Ulises Jimenez Obregon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ULISES JIMENEZ "STANDING NUDE" MAHOGANY, SIGNED COSTA RICA, C.2000 20 X 3 X 3 INCHES Ulises Jiménez Obregón was born in La Mansion de Nicoya, Costa Rica, in November 1953. He...
Mahogany
Cubist Dancers
By Charna Rickey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
CHARNA RICKEY "CUBIST DANCERS" BRONZE, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, DATED 1980 20 INCHES Charna Rickey 1923-2000 Born Charna Barsky in Chihuahua, Mexico, the future artist lived in Herm...
Bronze
Torso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful American sculpted marble figure, signed and dated 1985. Stands 24 Inches tall overall.
Marble