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Period: 1950s
Grand Poisson (Big Fish) Clay Dish
Located in Aventura, FL
Madoura round dish of white earthenware clay. From the edition of 100. Dish size 16.5 inches (diameter). Frame size approx 22 x 22 inches. Ramie 332. Inscribed 'C.100' and with ...
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Cubist 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Earthenware

Hibou aux ailes déployées (Owl with spread wings), 1957
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1975, this madoura turned round dish of red earthenware clay, engobe decoration in black and knife engraving is from the edition of 200 and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EDITION PICASSO' pottery stamps on the back. Pablo Picasso ceramic Hibou aux ailes déployées (Owl with spread wings), 1957 A.R. 397 features a smiling owl with wings opening above its head. The owl sits on a thin branch that spans the lower length of the plate, extending the scene beyond the bounds of the ceramic. Beautiful, bushy feathers fan out. Picasso uses...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Young Wood Owl, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Multiples, Design, Postwar, Pitcher
Located in Geneva, CH
Young Wood Owl, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Multiples, Design, Postwar, Pitcher Young wood-owl Ed. 500 pcs 1952 White earthenware clay, partly polychromed and glazed 26.5 x 9.5 cm Stampe...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Femme Fleur
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina ...
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1950s Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

American Bronze Sculpture of Male Nude Athlete during Shot Put.
Located in New York, NY
Clemente Spampinato, born in 1912 in Calabria, Italy, was a versatile artist and sports enthusiast. He created Bronze Trophies and Medallions for the Olympics and Italian sporting events in the 1930s and '40s. After becoming a U.S. citizen in 1947, he moved to New York, where he channeled his artistic passion into capturing the essence of the American West, specializing in sports and Western-themed sculptures. His work, celebrated for its realism and dynamic portrayal of athletic movements, is exhibited in museums, galleries, and private collections across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Selected sculptures can be seen in various locations, including Washington DC, Cooperstown, NY, Canton, OH, New Orleans, LA, and the complete collection is on display in Sea Cliff, New York. Large Bronze Nude Of Male Athlete During A Shot Put...
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Academic 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pichet espagnol (A.R. 245), Picasso Ceramic
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Pichet espagnol (A.R. 245) stamped, marked and numbered 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / 62/200 / Mad...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Pichet gravé gris, Picasso, Pitcher, Owl, Portrait, Design, Animal, Postwar, Art
Located in Geneva, CH
Pichet gravé gris Ed. 500 pcs, 1954 White clay with grey engobe painting, partially glazed in white and black with incised decor. H. 30 cm Stamped underside : Madoura, Edition Picass...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware

Tête de chèvre de profil, Picasso, 1950's, Plate, Goat, Animal, Design, Ceramic
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de chèvre de profil, Picasso, 1950's, Plate, Goat, Animal, Design, Ceramic Tête de chèvre de profil Ed. 50 pcs 1950 White earthenware clay, decoration in oxidized paraffin and ...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) – Bouquet à la pomme (A.R. 305) – White terracotta
Located in Varese, IT
white terracotta decorated with oxidised paraffin and glazes, Edited in 1956 Limited edition of 400 exemplars diameter size: cm 25,5 x 2,5 dated at the bottom on the back Ceramiche M...
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Abstract 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

original ceramic pendant " Chêvre-pied & Double Masque "
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) céramiques originales de Jean Cocteau . Pendentifs : "Chèvre-pied " 1958. pendentif ovale (9cm x7cm) . variante terre blanche en relief. " double masque " 1...
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Surrealist 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Alfreda, The Artist's Daughter - British 1950s plaster bust by Richard Garbe
Located in London, GB
RICHARD LOUIS GARBE, RA (1876-1957) Alfreda, The Artist’s Daughter Signed and dated 1956 Plaster with patinated surface on a wooden base 30 cm., 11 ¾ in. high Provenance: Gifted ...
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Realist 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Tete de chevre de profil (Goats head in Profile) Unique color Variant, A.R. 154
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1952, Pablo Picasso Tete de chevre de profil (Goats head in Profile) Unique color Variant, 1952, A.R. 154 is an original white earthe...
Category

Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Visage, Pablo Picasso, Face, 1950's, Ceramic, Madoura, Sculpture, Earthenware
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage, Pablo Picasso, Face, 1950's, Ceramic, Madoura, Sculpture, Earthenware Ed. 500 pcs White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under glaze Inscribed on the reverse: Edition...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Earthenware

Pablo Picasso 'Tête de faune' Unique Wax Crayon on Tile
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Tête de faune (Unique) Wax crayon on ceramic; tomette (floor tile). This work is unique. Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work. Prov...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

'Eared Owl with Prey ' Large Bronze Sculpture. circa 1950's.
Located in Frome, Somerset
A Reniassance style piece of Animalier. bronze cast sulpture. 'Eared Owl with Prey'. circa 1950's. The manner in style is exaggerated /grotesque in the 19th C French style of animali...
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Renaissance 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Etrurie " Exemplaire d'auteur "
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 ) " Etrurie " . circa 1958 . coupe en terre blanche Dimension: 36cm " Exemplaire d'auteur " . Edition originale de Jean Cocteau Atelier Madeline -Jolly ...
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Art Deco 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Dancer" David Hare, Male Nude, Figurative Sculpture, Mid-Century Surrealist
Located in New York, NY
David Hare Dancer, circa 1955 Bronze with integral stand 68 high x 17 wide x 13 1/2 deep inches “Freedom is what we want,” David Hare boldly stated in 1965, but then he added the caveat, “and what we are most afraid of.” No one could accuse David Hare of possessing such fear. Blithely unconcerned with the critics’ judgments, Hare flitted through most of the major art developments of the mid-twentieth century in the United States. He changed mediums several times; just when his fame as a sculptor had reached its apogee about 1960, he switched over to painting. Yet he remained attached to surrealism long after it had fallen out of official favor. “I can’t change what I do in order to fit what would make me popular,” he said. “Not because of moral reasons, but just because I can’t do it; I’m not interested in it.” Hare was born in New York City in 1917; his family was both wealthy and familiar with the world of modern art. Meredith (1870-1932), his father, was a prominent corporate attorney. His mother, Elizabeth Sage Goodwin (1878-1948) was an art collector, a financial backer of the 1913 Armory Show, and a friend of artists such as Constantin Brancusi, Walt Kuhn, and Marcel Duchamp. In the 1920s, the entire family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and later to Colorado Springs, in the hope that the change in altitude and climate would help to heal Meredith’s tuberculosis. In Colorado Springs, Elizabeth founded the Fountain Valley School where David attended high school after his father died in 1932. In the western United States, Hare developed a fascination for kachina dolls and other aspects of Native American culture that would become a recurring source of inspiration in his career. After high school, Hare briefly attended Bard College (1936-37) in Annandale-on-Hudson. At a loss as to what to do next, he parlayed his mother’s contacts into opening a commercial photography studio and began dabbling in color photography, still a rarity at the time [Kodachrome was introduced in 1935]. At age 22, Hare had his first solo exhibition at Walker Gallery in New York City; his 30 color photographs included one of President Franklin Roosevelt. As a photographer, Hare experimented with an automatist technique called “heatage” (or “melted negatives”) in which he heated the negative in order to distort the image. Hare described them as “antagonisms of matter.” The final products were usually abstractions tending towards surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved to Roxbury, CT, where he fraternized with neighboring artists such as Alexander Calder and Arshile Gorky, as well as Yves Tanguy who was married to Hare’s cousin Kay Sage, and the art dealer Julian Levy. The same year, Hare received a commission from the American Museum of Natural History to document the Pueblo Indians. He traveled to Santa Fe and, for several months, he took portrait photographs of members of the Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni tribes that were published in book form in 1941. World War II turned Hare’s life upside down. He became a conduit in the exchange of artistic and intellectual ideas between U.S. artists and the surrealist émigrés fleeing Europe. In 1942, Hare befriended Andre Breton, the principal theorist of surrealism. When Breton wanted to publish a magazine to promote the movement in the United States, he could not serve as an editor because he was a foreign national. Instead, Breton selected Hare to edit the journal, entitled VVV [shorth for “Victory, Victory, Victory”], which ran for four issues (the second and third issues were printed as a single volume) from June 1942 to February 1944. Each edition of VVV focused on “poetry, plastic arts, anthropology, sociology, (and) psychology,” and was extensively illustrated by surrealist artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Roberto Matta, and Yves Tanguy; Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp served as editorial advisors. At the suggestion of Jacqueline Lamba...
Category

Abstract 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Large Head with Horns - Nigerian, Ekoi People, " Carved Wood created circa 1950
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This carving is of a large head with three horns. This piece is made of wood and skin by the Ekoi people of Nigeria. Ekoi people, also known as Ejagham, are an ethnic group in the ex...
Category

Folk Art 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood

Original ceramic pendant " Vé et Astrology "
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 ) Vé and Astrology ceramic's pendant : Vé : signed underneath White 1ere variant ( Terre blanche en relief ). page 212 Size: 7 x5.5 cm catalogue rai...
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Art Deco 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Femme chiffonnée monumentale
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina Display: The s...
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1950s Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Visage Solaire, Picasso, Unique work, Design, 1950's, Sun face, Ceramic
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage Solaire, Picasso, Unique work, Design, 1950's, Sun face, Ceramic Visage Solaire Unique work 27.01.1956 Painted and partially glazed ceramic 20.4 x 20.4 cm Dated and stamped o...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Untitled (Roi David)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Marc Chagall Untitled (Roi David), 1954 is a rare and imaginative culmination of the collaboration between Marc Chagall and the Fucina degli Angeli. This work is from the beginning of Chagall’s usage of Murano glass as a means of expression. In 1954, Chagall was invited into the Fucina degli Angeli by Egidio Costantini who was the master glass blower at the time. This stunning and mesmeric sculpture beckons the eyes through the use of vivid, bold colors that blend seamlessly together. Blue, purple, teal and hints of red coalesce in the center of the glass plate, creating the backdrop for a whimsical scene placed in the foreground. A man in a crown kneels in the center of the work, preoccupied with the string instrument delicately constructed in his hands. Gilded flecks of gold are highlighted around the crown and instrument, showing us the depth of the lyrical poet. The transparent glass allows us to follow suite of the man, becoming entranced and lost in thought. Created in 1954 in the Fucina degli Angeli in Venice, Italy, this Murano glass sculpture was realized by master glass artist Egidio Costantini (Brindisi, 1912- Venice, 1998) in collaboration Marc Chagall, (Vitebsk, 1887 – Saint-Paul, 1985). This work is inscribed ‘M. Chagall E. Costantini 1954 © Fucina degli Angeli’ on verso and is an artist proof. Catalogue Raisonné: Marc Chagall Untitled (Roi David), 1954 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work). Egidio Costantini: Il Maestro dei Maestri. Brussels: Espace Kiron and Espace Medicis, 1990. A different Chagall glass...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Pichet dit chouette
Located in PARIS, FR
Georges JOUVE (1910-1964) Earthenware zoomorphic pitcher, decorated with black and gray plumage on a white ground, black metallic interior, opening border animated by a green fillet....
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French School 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Visage, Picasso, 1950's, Unique work, sculpture, design, Frame, Portrait
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage, Picasso, 1950's, Unique work, sculpture, design, Frame, Portrait Visage Unique work 1957 Painted and partially glazed ceramic ; tomette 16.9 x 15.2 cm Certificate of authent...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Egee assise h cm 70
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina Display: The sc...
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1950s Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Trois Personnages sur Tremplin (Three Figures on a Trampoline), A.R. 375
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1956, this Madoura small convex wall plaque of white earthenware clay with engraving accentuated with oxidized paraffin in a glaze bath (ivory, brown) is from the edition ...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Scène de tauromachie, Picasso, 1950's, edition, earthenware, terracotta, scene
Located in Geneva, CH
Scène de tauromachie, Picasso, 1950's, edition, earthenware, terracotta, scene Scène de tauromachie Ed.274/500 pcs 1957 Red earthenware clay, eng...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware, Terracotta

Scène de Tauromachie, Pablo Picasso, 1957, Plate, Ceramic, Design, Postwar, Toro
Located in Geneva, CH
Scène de Tauromachie, Pablo Picasso, 1957, Plate, Ceramic, Design, Postwar, Toro Scène de tauromachie Ed. 500 pcs 1957 Red earthenware clay, engobe decoration, knife engraved D.24 c...
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Post-Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware

Pablo Picasso, Unique variant of "Tête peinte" (Painted Face), pitcher, ceramic
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an A.R. turned pitcher created by Pablo Picasso in 1953. It is made with white earthenware clay, decoration in engobes and oxides under partial brushed glaze with white...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Picador, by Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Bowl, Sculpture, Design, Edition, Earthenware
Located in Geneva, CH
Picador, by Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Bowl, Sculpture, Design, Edition, Earthenware Picador Ed. 500 pcs 1955 White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes and paraffin, white enamel 12...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Bag of Apples, Mid-Century Ceramic Still Life Sculpture, Cleveland School
By Lawrence Edwin Blazey
Located in Beachwood, OH
Lawrence Blazey (American, 1902-1999) Bag of Apples, c. 1950 Ceramic 6 x 14 x 5.5 inches, including base A graduate of the Cleveland School of Art in ...
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1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida, A.R. 423
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida A.R. 423 is numbered from the edition of 50 on the reverse and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and ‘EMPRE...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze

Scultura figurativa astratta futurista in bronzo
Located in Florence, IT
Il bronzo raffigura un fantino e nel 1957 venne esposto alle personali dell'artista alla Strozzina di Firenze e alla Galleria Cocchini di Livorno. Esiste anche un disegno preparator...
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Futurist 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Face, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Earthenware, Decorative Art, Design, Interior,
Located in Geneva, CH
Face, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Earthenware, Decorative Art, Design, Interior, Ed. 500 pcs 1955 White earthenware clay, decoration in engobe, glaze inside Inscribed and stamped on the...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Crucifixion
Located in Greenwich, CT
signed "Caesar" lower right edge American, 1892-1971 Doris Porter Caesar was born in 1892 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father’s successful career as a lawyer allowed her to attend Mi...
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Expressionist 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Cityscape Sculpture, Mid 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abstract Cityscape, c. 1950-60 Painted mixed metal 19.25 in. h. x 19.5 in. w. x 11.5 in. d.
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Abstract 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Fleet Moment
Located in Greenwich, CT
Featured in the Doris Caesar catalog by Martin H. Bush, page 110.
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Expressionist 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Picador, 1953 A.R. 200
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Capturing the moment in which the picador stabs the charging bull with his lance, Picasso creates an image of action and suspense in Pablo Picasso ceramic Picador...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware

" Trois Faces aux triangles "
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 -1963 ) " Trois faces aux triangles " signed Jean Cocteau . plat en terracotta et engobe partiellement émaillé . diamètre : 36cm . exécuté en 1959 dans une sér...
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Art Deco 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Mid-Century Modern 1950s Kosta Boda Rurik Clear Round Textured Ashtray
Located in East Quogue, NY
Cool Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian 1950s Kosta Boda Rurik clear round textured ashtray in great vintage condition. No chips or cracks. Glass has a nice weight to it —minimal wear c...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Glass

After Alberto Giacometti, Woman Standing Up, Bronze Figure
Located in Pasadena, CA
Modern copy bronze with brown patina figural sculpture, after Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966), signed, depicting abstract nude male a figures, in a parcel gilt finish, stan...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Corrida sur fond noir, Picasso, Multiple, 1950's, Animal, Toros, Spanish, Plate
Located in Geneva, CH
Corrida sur fond noir, Picasso, Multiple, 1950's, Animal, Toros, Spanish, Plate Corrida sur fond noir Ed. 500 pcs 25.09.1953 White earthenware c...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Mother and Child, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Chaim Gross
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chaim Gross, Austrian (1904 - 1991) Title: Mother and Child Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed Size: 10 x 5 x 5 in. (25.4 x 12.7 x ...
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Expressionist 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Francisco Narváez Forma (BFM-002), 1956, Bronze, Edition of 25, 30 x 8 x 10 cm
Located in Miami, FL
Francisco Narváez Forma (BFM-002), 1956 Bronze (1970) Edition of 25 30 x 8 x 10 cm 11.8 x 3.1 x 3.9 in. LITTERATURE Registro General de la obra de...
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Abstract 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Maximus: Circus Horse
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a lifetime masterpiece by American artist Maxine Kim Stussy. “Maxumus: Circus Horse”, is an original wood assemblage of both ha...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Vegetative Form / - Grown Art -
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dierkes (1907 Cloppenburg - 1968 Berlin), Vegetative Form. Mahogany, 1958. 142 x 16 x 10 cm (sculpture), 21 x 17.5 cm (base), monogrammed "PD" on the reverse. - Grown Art - ...
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Post-War 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Mahogany

Cello Player (Tribute to Pablo Casals)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Albert Wein is one of America's great sculptors of the modernist period. Like Paul Manship he won the Prix de Rome and he traveled there to study. His early works were in the WPA a...
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Abstract 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bag carrier, bronze, 36x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Marta Skulme(1890-1962)
Category

Abstract 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pablo Picasso, "Tauromachy Scene", ceramic
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an A.R. turned round plate by Pablo Picasso made in 1957. It is made with red earthenware clay, engobe decoration, and knife engraved in black. It is from the edition o...
Category

Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Two bronze busts of girls
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Two vintage bronze busts of girls by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thanh Le. The bronze busts have a shiny black patina and are mounted on a wood plinth painted wi...
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Other Art Style 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Scène de Tauromachie
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Pablo Picasso's (1881-1973) love affair with ceramics started in 1946, when he came across a pottery fair in the South of France. There, he met the proprietors of the Madoura Pottery...
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Cubist 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware, Glaze

"El Tren" Ceramic, Glaze, Colors, Mexican Folk Art, Four Sections
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "El Tren" is a whimsical and playful rendition of a train. It is beautifully glazed in various colors. This particular ceramic was from the collection of Jane and Richard Knight’s Estate. Jane Knight was a famous fiber and textile artist. Richard was a photographer who worked for Eliel Saarinen and Alexander Girard. The Knights and Girard became close friends and it was Girard who gifted “Santa Cruz De Las Huertas Jalisco” to the Knights. Alexander Girard left his personal collection to the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM. The Girards eventually amassed a collection of more than 106,000 objects from across the globe. Their 1978 gift of this collection to the Museum of International Folk art quintupled the size of their collection and prompted the construction of a new wing, which opened in 1982 and houses a mere 10% of the Girard Collection in the permanent exhibition Multiple Visions: A Common Bond, which was designed by Alexander Girard himself. This collection includes numerous multiples and is notable for its great breadth, including traditional arts, popular arts, and paper ephemera. “I believe we should preserve this evidence of the past, not as a pattern for sentimental imitation,” Girard once said, “but as nourishment for the creative spirit of the present.” Indeed, folk art was an important inspiration for Girard’s design work. The renowned Candelario Medrano...
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Folk Art 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Mid-Century Metal and Colored Glass Sculpture - Like Stained Glass - Gaudi
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century enameled steel, glass sculpture that is visually balanced from 360 degrees. All the positive and negative spaces work in total harmony which is a testament to Samuel Cashwan...
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American Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Pichet Gravé Gris (Ceramic Pitcher)
Located in Aventura, FL
White earthenware ceramic pitcher painted in black, white and grey patina with knife engraving and partial brushed glaze. Inscribed 'Edition Picasso' in black and with the Edition P...
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Cubist 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Scène de Tauromachie
Located in CANNES, FR
Pablo Picasso ( Ceramic work made in Vallauris .France ) "Scène de tauromachie " model created 11 June 1959 , numbered 54 / 100 . Mint Condition .Original work edited in a series of ...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Atalanta and Hippomenes - Original signed ceramic, Certificate
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean COCTEAU Atalanta and Hippomenes, 1958 Original ceramic plate Signed bottom middle Limited to 20 copies, numbered on the back 30 cm (c. 12 inch) diameter and about 3cm (c. 1.5 ...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Modernist Bronze Brutalist Sculpture (Manner of Pomodoro)
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Modern Brutalist bronze sculpture in Manner of Arnaldo or Gio Pomodoro. We cannot locate a signature or any markings. it has an abstract quality to it. heavily textured with or...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Owl Perched on Ball, Modern Bronze by Antonovici 1957
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his Owl Series. Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 43 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. Antonovici himself survived imprisonment in Germany for his refusal to fight on the side of the Nazis. After the war, he continued his studies in Vienna, under the tutelage of Professor Fritz Behn...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Patte d'ours et Pied fumeur Matthieu Mategot
Located in PARIS, FR
Bear paws in glazed and cracked ceramic PIED FUMEUR BY MATHIEU MATEGOT
 Lacquered metal and rattan base 7 x 18 x 18 cm (Paw) 55 x 32 x 30 cm (Smoking Foot) 63 x 32 cm (Set)
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French School 1950s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Jesus Christ, Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture by Constantin Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jesus Christ Constantin Antonovici, Romanian (1911–2002) Date: circa 1950 Hand-Carved Wooden Sculpture Size: 20 x 16 x 2 in. (50.8 x 40.64 x 5.08 cm) Reference: Uricariu/Bulat pg. 45
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1950s Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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By working with lettering, neon and Pop imagery, Chryssa pioneered several postmodern themes at a time when most male artists detested commercial mediums.

How to Spot a Fake KAWS Figure

KAWS art toys have developed an avid audience in recent decades, and as in any robust collectible market, counterfeiters have followed the mania. Of course, you don’t have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where all our sellers are highly vetted.

A Giant Wedding Cake Has Us Looking at Portuguese Tiles in a New Light

At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.

These Soft Sculptures Are Childhood Imaginary Friends Come to Life

Miami artist and designer Gabriela Noelle’s fantastical creations appeal to the Peter Pan in all of us.

Hideho Tanaka Carefully Stitched Together Pieces of Paper to Make This Sculptural Textile

The Japanese fiber artist’s ‘Vanishing and Emerging Wall’ may seem innocuous — but it plays with conceptions of time.

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