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 Archipenko, Cubist Wood Sculpture, 1910s
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude After Alexander Archipenko Negress (La Negresse) Wood carving, c. 1913 Unsigned Provenance: the Artist's Estate Brenda Kuhn (his daughter) Kennedy Ga...
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
$4,900
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
$765
H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 5.52 in
Bust of a young woman / - The Opulence of Beauty -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anton Nelson (i.e. Antoine Joseph van den Kerckhoven) (1849 Brussels - after 1910 ibid.), Bust of a young woman, c. 1890. Patinated bronze on cast base, 30 cm (total height) x 20 cm ...
Bronze
$2,441
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
Pair of Baroque putti or triumphant angels in carved wood
Located in Valladolid, ES
Pair of Gorgeous Putti or triumphant angels, carved wood, 18th century. Traditionally associated with the Italian or French Baroque. With curly hair and expressive arms and legs, T...
Wood
$32,491
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
$1,968
H 12.8 in W 4.73 in D 2.76 in
Naked warrior with short sword / - The New Hercules -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermann Volz (1847 Karlsruhe - 1914 ibid.), Naked warrior with short sword, c. 1935. Partially (?) patinated bronze with cast plinth mounted on a black marble base (6.8 cm high). 32....
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
$32,373
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
$2,000
H 17.7 in W 5.5 in D 4.3 in
Hajime Sorayama Lady Ninja Sculpture (Web Exclusive Version)
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Gorgeous and very rare Lady Ninja Statue by Hajime Sorayama. Web exclusive version is even harder to find than the standard release colorway. This is a limited edition of 100 and is ...
Resin, Plastic, Paint
Modern Male Torso Sculpture by Zura – Resin or Bronze, 2025
By Zura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A powerful study in form and presence, Zura’s Male Torso distills the human figure to its essential structure. Sculpted with a raw, expressive hand, the work captures both strength a...
Bronze
African Hand-carved Wooden Female Figure
Located in San Francisco, CA
This sculpture is a standing female figure from West Africa. As standalone wooden figures are relatively rare compared to masks, this is quite a notable traditional piece. The head ...
Wood
Girl with a Kid / - Caresses of innocence -
By Ary Bitter
Located in Berlin, DE
Ary Bitter (1883 Marseille - 1973 Paris), Girl with Kid, around 1930. Green patinated bronze with cast plinth loosely mounted on a white-veined dark green marble base. Dimensions of the plinth: 5 cm (height) x 80 cm (length) x 24 (width), dimensions of the bronze 28 cm (height) x 72 cm (length) x 18 cm (width). Weight of the bronze 18.2 kg, total weight 39.2 kg. Signed “Ary Bitter.” on the plinth and stamped “L N Paris J L” by the foundry Les Neveux de Jacques Lehmann...
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
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
Visage d'homme Picasso Madoura Ceramic Ramie 539
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Artist: Picasso, Pablo (1881 - 1973) Title: Visage d'homme Reference: A.R. 539 Medium: Original Madoura plate in clay, decorated englobes and oxidized p...
Ceramic
Baigneuse
By Alexandre Calinescu
Located in Pasadena, CA
Alexandru Călinescu (1889 Ramnicu Valcea - 1978 Bucharest) was a Romanian sculptor. Between 1909 and 1914 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux - Arts in Bucharest. He continued his s...
Bronze
Thalie - Bronze Sculpture
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Thalie is a contemporary bronze sculpture with a black patina color in reference to ebony. From the greek etymology Thalia is the joful, the bloom. In mythology, she is th...
Bronze
Eris
By Mariko
Located in Miami, FL
Mariko’s Eris is an unique contemporary dark brown sandstone sculpture melting the curves of the feminine body with cubism. Mariko grew up in Africa, where she discovered the sand...
Sandstone