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Period: 1940s
Bronze "Eingekauertes Rind II", 1947 by Ewald Mataré
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze with light gold patina, 1947. Hand signed by the artist. One of seven casts.
Very good condition
Dimensions: Height 3.35 in ( 8,5 cm ), Width 4.92 in ( 12,5 cm ), Depth 1.97 ...
Category
1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Paulux Bisque Porcelain Male Figurine Made in Occupied Japan
Located in East Quogue, NY
Beautiful bisque porcelain hand-painted figurine made by Paulux in Occupied Japan. This post-World War II piece dates from 1945 to 1951, when Western forces occupied Japan.
Size: 7...
Category
Rococo 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Colombe sur Lit de Paille (2nd Version of Ramie 79)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso’s rendering of a white dove on a black earthenware plate is a classic example of the artist’s fascination with the bird. Although prevalent throughout his work, this do...
Category
Cubist 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Miniature Fazzoletto Vase
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Venini
Miniature Fazzoletto Vase, 1949-50
Blown glass
3125 x 4.37 x 4.37 in
Category
Contemporary 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Glass
“Fish” Service, Bowl I
Located in Palo Alto, CA
A whimsical fish sits placidly in the center of Pablo Picasso ceramic “Fish” Service, Bowl E, 1947 A.R. 12. A sweeping orange back and a blue belly make u...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
Horse
Located in Greenwich, CT
Figure of a horse , French 1940's , on a marble base
appears unsigned
finely carved, beautiful rendering, nice patina
Category
1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare 1940s Copper Repousse Judaica "Shtetl Cheder Boy" Plaque
By Arieh Merzer
Located in Surfside, FL
Arieh Merzer was a prominent Israeli artist and metal worker.
Arie Merzer, an artist who worked in hand-hammered copper, was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1905, the scion of a large Has...
Category
1940s Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Femmes Fleurs (Women Pitcher)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Femmes Fleurs (Women Pitcher), 1948 A.R. 50 is an elegant turned pitcher highlights the graceful form of the female nude. C...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Chimpansee
Located in Gent, VOV
One of Belgium’s foremost Animalier sculptors, Thierry van Ryswyck trained at the Antwerp Academy and regularly modelled animals at the Antwerp Zoo, before settling in Paris in the 1...
Category
Art Deco 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"Maternity-Bacongo, Zaire, " created in the Democratic Republic of Congo c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Maternity-Bacongo, Zaire," is a carved wood and glass sculpture created in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo circa 1940. The nude, woman figure rests on her knees. In her...
Category
Tribal 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Visage noir Moucheté, Picasso, Plate, Portrait, Naif, Multiples, Earthenware
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage noir Moucheté, Picasso, Plate, Portrait, Naif, Multiples, Earthenware
Visage noir moucheté
Ed. 39/200 pcs
1948
white earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under glaze
31 x ...
Category
Post-War 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Ceramic
Quatre Poissons Polychromes (Four Polychrome Fishes), 1947
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Picasso Quatre Poissons Polychromes (Four Polychrome Fishes), 1947 is a wondrous mixture of color and charm. In the center of the dish are three fish, e...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Hen, Gilded Hen in Polished Bronze
Located in Brookville, NY
This Sculpture "Hen" by William Zorach in polished bronze is numbered 3/6 although according to the artist son, only 4 were ever cast. Executed in 1946, signed on the reverse and nu...
Category
American Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"In Freiheit (In Freedom)", White Porcelain Horses
Located in Detroit, MI
This gorgeous porcelain sculpture from Hutschenreuther porcelain is of two galloping horses, sculpted in exquisite detail and signed by the sculptor, Max Hermann Fritz...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Colombe sur lit de paille, Pablo Picasso, Plate, Multiples, Earthenware, Ceramic
Located in Geneva, CH
Colombe sur lit de paille, Pablo Picasso, Plate, Multiples, Earthenware, Ceramic
Colombe sur lit de paille
Ed. 300 pcs
1949
White earthenware clair, decoration in engobes, knife eng...
Category
Post-War 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Taureau gravé, Pablo Picasso, 1940's, plate, Sculpture, Design, Bull
Located in Geneva, CH
Taureau gravé, Pablo Picasso, 1940's, plate, Sculpture, Design, Bull
Taureau gravé
Ed. 84/200 pcs
1947
White earthenware clay, engobe decoration, engraved under yellow glaze
32 x 39...
Category
Post-War 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Florentine Figurative Terracotta Low-relief Madonna with Child dated 1942
By Emanuele Zambini
Located in Florence, IT
Terracotta Low-relief representing the Virgin Mary sited while she’s holding her lively Child.
Jesus is holding a key as a probable reference to the “keys of the kingdom of heaven ” ...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
This 18 x 9 x 4 inch carved wood sculpture is unsigned and comes directly from the artist's family.
Louis 'Lou' Bunin (28 March 1904 – 17 February 1994) was an American puppeteer, artist, and pioneer of stop-motion animation in the latter half of the twentieth century. While working as a mural artist under Diego Rivera in Mexico City in 1926, Bunin created political puppet shows using marionettes...
Category
American Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Early Murano Glass Free Form Abstract Blown, Cut, Glass Sculpture in Bronze Vase
Located in Surfside, FL
This piece appears unsigned and unmarked. It came from an important estate in the Palm Beach area.
It is an abstract flame or torch in a bronze vase.
Venetian glass (Italian: vetro ...
Category
Abstract 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture Steel Mid-Century Modern Abstract Expressionist
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
A massive, Mid-Century Modern, steel, abstract Expressionist, sculpture.
- Striking sculpture displaying a sharp contrast between the fluid curling form and the rigid Industrial ma...
Category
1940s Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Käthe Kollwitz Bronze Sculpture "Der Abschied" ( Leave )
Located in Berlin, DE
Very emotional sculpture by Käthe Kollwitz ( 1867-1945 ), Germany. Conceived 1940/1941. Bronze dark patinated on granite rectangular base. One of a 50 pieces, cast 1975. Signed down...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Poisson, Georges Braque, Fish, Sculpture, Bronze, 1940's, Postwar, Valsuani
Located in Geneva, CH
Poisson, Georges Braque, Fish, Sculpture, Bronze, 1940's, Postwar, Valsuani
Ed. 6/6 pcs
Signed and numbered underneath : 6/6, cire perdue, C.Valsuani fondeur.
Certificate of authent...
Category
Post-War 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 1940s Abstract Pottery Vase #2 after George Ohr
By Hamilton Achille Wolf
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful rendition of a "Mad Potter of Biloxi George Ohr" style vase by Hamilton Achille Wolf (American, 1883 - 1967). Size: 6" H x 4" W.
A Post War Cali...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Varnish
Pablo Picasso Madoura Plate 'Corrida verte' Ramie 81
Located in Delray Beach, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881 - 1973) Corrida verte (A.R. 81) is stamped and marked 'Edition Picasso/Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso' (underneath). It is made of white earthe...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
Located in New York, NY
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century by Agnes Yarnall circa 1940s.
Sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian, Agnes Yarnall has, si...
Category
American Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Modernist Face
By Itzhak Sankowsky
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZHAK SANKOWSKY
"MODERNIST FACE"
WOOD, SIGNED
ROMANIAN-AMERICAN, C.1940
24.5 INCHES
Itzhak Sankowsky was born in 1908 in Romania.
He lived and was active in Philadelphia, Penn...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Mixed Media Sculpture Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist mixed media sculpture painting by Duayne Hatchett
(1925 - 2015) . Mixed media metal sculpture . Signed on verso.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Senufo Dance Mask - Ivory Coast, " Wood Carved Mask created circa 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This ceremonial mask was created by an unknown Senufo artist from the Ivory Coast. It depicts an abstracted human face with horns and other protrusions. The wood is dark.
13" x 7" ...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pablo Picasso, "Four Enlaced Profiles, " ceramic plate
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique variation round plate by Pablo Picasso, created in 1949. It is made with white earthenware clay plate, decoration in engobes and enamel under glaze in white an...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Senufo (Gbon) Statute of Royalty, " Wood, Ivory, & Cowry Shells created c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Senufo (Gbon) Statute of Royalty" is a sculpture by thr Senufo peoples of Gabon. It is wood, mixed fiber, textiles, and cowry shells.
14" x 8" x 3"
The...
Category
Tribal 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
"Dan Mask Ivory Coast, " Wood, Hair, & Mud created in African in c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dan Mask Ivory Coast" is a mask sculpted out of wood with hair and mud. Slit eyes and an opened mouth with a heart shaped face.
6" x 9" x 2"
Dan sculptors mainly produce masks whi...
Category
Tribal 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
"Bobo Mask Burkina Fasso-Upper Volta, " Carved & Painted Wood created c. 1945
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bobo Mask Burkina Fasso-Upper Volta" is a wood carved sculpture with painted details. It features the image of an abstracted face with a large almost elepha...
Category
Tribal 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pablo Picasso Madoura Ceramic Plate 'Service visage noir' Ramié 46
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Picasso's Madoura Ceramic Plate - Service Visage Noir, Ramié 46 is one in an edition of 100 numbered copies produced inscribed "K" on the back. The plate is part of a set of 10 simil...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Glaze, Ceramic
Jester Head
Located in Cleveland, OH
Robert Lohman
Jester
1949
Ceramic
21 x 13 x 14 inches
Category
1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Bambara Queen, Rep. Mali, " Wood created in Africa in c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bambara Queen, Rep. Mali" is a carved wood sculpture with abstracted human and animal figures.
20" x 6" x 3"
The Bambara are a Mande ethnic group native to West Africa, primarily ...
Category
Tribal 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Figural Group Wood Sculpture
Located in Cleveland, OH
Robert Lohman
Figural Group
1940s
Carved Wood
30.5 x 10.5 x 13 inches
Category
1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Monkey Mask" Carved Wood & Vegetable Pigment created by Aboriginal Australians
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This mask was made by an unknown aboriginal Australian artist. It is made from carved wood and vegetable pigment. The artist used natural colors ...
Category
Folk Art 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Acrobats, Wood Sculpture by Chaim Gross 1948
By Chaim Gross
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chaim Gross, Austrian (1904 - 1991)
Title: Acrobats
Year: 1948
Medium: Hand-carved wood sculpture, signature and date inscribed
Size: 21 in. (53.34 cm) tall
Category
1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Carved Horse Head, " Bas-relief Mahogany Wall Sculpture by Marshall Shields
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Carved Horse Head" is a bas relief sculpture hand-carved from mahogany by Marshall "Buster" Shields. In features two horses in profile, one behind the other, rearing back with their...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Pablo Picasso, Visage Brun-Bleu (Ramie 2), White Earthenware Clay Plate 1947
Located in Long Island City, NY
Created in 1947, this early Picasso ceramic is the second that artist ever produced. It is in wonderful condition and presented in a fine black wood frame.
Artist: Pablo Picasso
...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glaze
Passo di Danza - Original Bronze Sculpture by Giuseppe Mazzullo - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Bronze sculpture with wooden base. Signed and dated under the base.
Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist,
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"BaPende Statue - Zaire, " Carved Wood Sculpture created in Africa circa 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This statue was carved by an unknown Pende artist from Zaire. It depicts a walking man with a disc-shape on his head and large eyes.
25 3/4" x 7" sculpture
The Pende people are an...
Category
Folk Art 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Face Mask, " Wood and Cowry Shells created in New Guinea circa 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This mask was created by an unknown artist from New Guinea. It depicts an elongated face with carved wood and cowry shells for eyes.
Mask: 29 x 8 in, incl...
Category
Folk Art 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Colombe sur lit de paille
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973)
Title: Colombe sur lit de paille, (Dove on a Straw Bed) [Ramie 79 variant]
Year: 1949
Medium: White earthenware ...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Bambara Fertility Stick, " Wood created in Mali c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This piece is a ceremonial fertility stick used by the Bambara tribe in Mali in West Africa. Sculptures like this fertility stick were created ...
Category
1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fishmonger
By Sally Grosz Bodkin
Located in Cleveland, OH
Sally Grosz Bodkin [New York, 1900-1974]
Fishmonger
1942
Ceramic
15.5 x 6.25 x 5 inches
Category
1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Plate "Black face"
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic, 1948
Edition : 100
Publisher : Edition Picasso
Catalog : Ramié 45
Plate "J" from the "Black face" service
White earthenware, engobe decoration, engraved with the knife under...
Category
Abstract 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Fenton Glass Rose Pink Overlay Powder Jar with Clear Lid
Located in East Quogue, NY
Gorgeous Vintage Mid-Century Modern Fenton Glass Rose Pink Overlay Powder Jar Box with Clear Lid circa 1940s.
Great decorative item that can also be used as a trinket box. Perfect ...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Seagull Lamp
Located in Missouri, MO
William F. Boogar, Jr.
Seagull Lamp 1946
Bronze
approx. 15 1/4" High x 6 1/2" Wide
Signed and Dated Bottom
WILLIAM F. BOOGAR, Jr., the Provincetown sculp...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Owl III, Patinated Bronze Sculpture by Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovici, until his arrest by Italian fascists...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sleeping Owl, Bronze Sculpture by Antonovici - Brancusi's Protege
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Constantin Antonovici, Romanian (1911 - 2002)
Title: Sleeping Owl
Year: 1947
Medium: Bronze with Patina on Marble Base, signature and number inscribed
Edition: 1/9
Size: 29 i...
Category
Modern 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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