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Period: 20th Century
Félix Agostini, rare original sculpture Dancer or Icarus
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Félix Agostini, rare original sculpture in gilt resin made circa 1960 Representing a Dancer or Icarus, this original sculpture is one of Félix Agostini's rarest creations. Félix Ag...
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20th Century Sculptures

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Resin

Takashi Murakami Flowers Skateboard Decks: set of 2 works (Murakami skateboard)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami Flowers Skateboard Decks: set of 2 works: Vibrant Takashi Murakami wall art produced as a limited series in conjunction with the 2017 Murakami exhibit: The Octopus E...
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Pop Art 20th Century Sculptures

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Wood, Lithograph, Offset

Female torso mask
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
'In the manner of' Aristide Maillol 1861-1944, was a French sculptor, painter and print maker. Maillol predominantly was a painter and weaver of tapestry, however Gaugin advised him ...
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20th Century Sculptures

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Granite, Bronze

Granite Sail - Abstract Wall Sculpture in Wood, Resin, and Aluminum
Located in Soquel, CA
Granite Sail - Abstract Wall Sculpture in Wood, Resin, and Aluminum Whimsical and fluid abstract composition by Craig French (American, b. 1959). Cast re...
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American Modern 20th Century Sculptures

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Metal

Vintage Figurative Abstract Tribal Creature Head Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative figurative abstract sculpture of the head of a tribal creature by Nathaniel Sirles (American, b. 1954). Signed and dated "N. Sirles 1970" on the bottom. Sirles completed th...
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Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

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Stone

Francisco Zuniga Bronze Sculpture, 1964, "Desnudo Acostada"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Francisco Zuniga bronze sculpture, Nude Lying Down. Edition: 3. #377 in the Zuniga catalog raisonne. Titled: "Desnudo Acostado". Measures: 6 7/8" H x 18" L x 19" W not including the...
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20th Century Sculptures

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Bronze

Gilt Porcelain Pear
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large sculptural pear crafted in porcelain and decorated with textured gold leaf with metal leaves.
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Modern 20th Century Sculptures

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Flying Fish with Boy, Resin and Wood Sculpture by Sergio Bustamante
Located in Long Island City, NY
A resin sculpture by Sergio Bustamante from 1987. A piece from Bustamante's animal sculpture period in which his whimsical style is portrayed in fantasy-like animal figures. Artist...
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Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures

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Resin, Wood

Central Structure - Iron Sculpture by Claudio Palmieri - 1998
Located in Roma, IT
Central structure is a contemporary metallic sculpture, realized in 1998 by the Italian artist Claudio Palmieri. Original Title: Struttura Centrale In excellent conditions, this o...
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Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

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Iron

Large Blanc de Chine Figure Of Guanyin
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large 35" tall, fine detail porcelain Dehua Blanc de Chine figure of Kwan Yin, early 20th Century. The goddess is clothed in a voluminous flowing robe which is open at the chest to r...
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Qing 20th Century Sculptures

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Porcelain

Early 20th Century Bronze Figure Sculpture, Shepherd Girl with Staff Statue
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful miniature bronze cast figurative sculpture of a young barefoot shepherd girl holding a staff by R. Hobold (German, 19th c). The girl is dressed in a flowing peasant dress a...
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Jugendstil 20th Century Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Red Devil
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, "Red Devil", Wooden Figurative Folk Art Sculpture, 30 H x 10 W x 6 D, 20th Century, ca. 1989 Colors: Red, Brown, Black Proven...
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Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures

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Wood

Field worker with rake / - The Humility of the Farm Worker -
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski (1865 Mieltschin - 1910 Berlin), Field worker with rake, around 1900. Brown and brown-greenish patinated bronze with cast naturalistic plinth mounted on a wh...
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Realist 20th Century Sculptures

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Bronze

Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 182 Corrida
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Pablo Picasso A.R. 182 Corrida 1953 17” round Edition of 200 White earthenware clay, partially glazed. Ramie 182 is a Madoura ceramic that one rarely sees come on the market. The photo you see here is the actual piece that you will receive. Most sellers online post using stock photos that don’t necessarily match exactly to the piece you receive. Small blemish on rim, see photo #3 for detail. The Certificate of Authenticity comes with this piece. We have sold over 3300 pieces with all positive reviews. We are located in the USA. When you buy from a foreign seller on 1stdibs, you have to consider the problems of getting the piece through Customs. There are often delays and considerable fees to pay in order to import the item. When purchasing from us, we ship the same day and you receive it via FedEx the next day, no problems or hassles. When you purchase from an auction house, you pay a buyer’s premium of anywhere from 23% to 28% over the “hammer price”. So when you “win” an auction for $20,000, the actual price paid is more like $25,000. By contrast, when purchasing from us, the price agreed to is the price paid by the buyer, no hidden fees. When you purchase from an auction house, you pay the packing and shipping fees, which are usually exorbitant. By contrast, when purchasing from us, the price includes packing and shipping. When you purchase from an auction house, the sale is final. If you receive the piece and are not 100% satisfied with it, there is nothing you can do about it. You are stuck with it. By contrast, when purchasing from us, the buyer can determine if they want to keep it. If not, the buyer returns to piece to us for full refund, and we pay the shipping both ways! The prices of Picasso Madoura Ceramics have been on fire lately (no pun intended). The major auction houses – Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips – have now been regularly holding Picasso Madoura Ceramic auctions...
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Cubist 20th Century Sculptures

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Ceramic

Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 427 Banderilleros
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Pablo Picasso A.R. 427 Banderilleros 1959 16” round Edition of 50 White earthenware clay. Ramie 427 is a Madoura ceramic that one rarely sees come on t...
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Cubist 20th Century Sculptures

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Ceramic

Early 20th Century Cowan Pottery Ceramic Sculpture of a Native American
Located in Beachwood, OH
F. Luis Mora (American, 1874-1940) Native American, c. 1930s Ceramic Stamped on bottom, Cowan Pottery 9 x 7 x 5 inches Francis Luis Mora was one of the better-known American artists...
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20th Century Sculptures

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Ceramic

Space Churn with Squares
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Space Churn with Squares" is an abstract Post War kinetic sculpture in stainless steel sculpture by George Rickey in 1969. The artwork is 35 1/2 x 20 x 13 inches, weighing less than...
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Post-War 20th Century Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Big Traces Italy 1985 Multiple Polished Pewter
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in Pergola, Italy in 1928. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He takes part to Exhibitions in Italy, Europe and Usa. In 1982 he gains the 1st Prize at the Bienneal of Ibiza. This was one of the Prize he won all over the world. This is a multiple of 300. Numbered and signed. Polished pewter...
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Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

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Metal

Takashi Murakami Flowers Skateboard Decks: set of 3 works (Murakami skateboard)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami Flowers Skateboard Decks: set of 3 works: Vibrant Takashi Murakami wall art produced as a limited series in conjunction with the 2017 Murakami exhibit: The Octopus E...
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Pop Art 20th Century Sculptures

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Wood, Lithograph, Offset

Modern Realistic Still Life Sculpture of a Tray of Glass Chocolates
Located in Houston, TX
Realistic glass and plastic still life sculpture of a plate of chocolates. The work is signed by the artist and dated on the underside. Artist Biography: Henri Gadbois is a second g...
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Naturalistic 20th Century Sculptures

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Glass, Mixed Media

Women in the Garden, Porcelain Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painted porcelain vase is of Chinese origin. Women can be seen socializing in an ancient Chinese garden. The analogous color scheme creates a serene and comfortable design. Or...
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Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

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Porcelain

Abstract 3D Wall Hanging Sculpture Brad Howe LA Artist Laser Cut Steel Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Letters and numbers cut from a sheet of brushed steel. Hand signed and dated Brad Howe (born 1959) is an American sculptor from California. His work has been exhibited domestically and internationally. This is done in a bold and colorful Pop Art style reminiscent of the work of the Memphis Milano Group. Brad Howe was born in 1959 in Riverside, California. As a student of International Relations at Stanford University, Howe attended the University of São Paulo to specialize in Literature and Economic History. It was there that he discovered his passion for art and architecture that would eventually lead to his first exhibitions. He started his career as a sculptor in Brazil, using stainless steel, aluminum and polyurethane. He credits sculptor Alexander Calder as an early influence in his work. Since then, he has exhibited in over eighteen countries worldwide and his works have been placed in collections in more than 32 countries, including Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany, South Korea and United States. His work can also be found at various universities including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, Temple University in Philadelphia, and UCLA. Monumental and Public Art have become a major focus of his career. Over the past ten years, he has completed over 30 public projects in 7 different countries. One of his sculptures can be seen in the city of Palo Alto, California. Moreover, as part of the Beverly Hills Centennial Arts of Palm Installation, he designed four sculptures outside the Beverly Hills City Hall, on North Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California. The Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, California), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (Lancaster, California), and the Pasadena Museum of California Art (Pasadena, California) are among the museums holding work by Brad Howe. His work was included in the Arts of Palm exhibition in Beverly Hills, palm trees by prominent artists including Brad Howe, Michael McMillen, Mike Stilkey, Peter Shire, Peter Alexander and Ryan Schmidt. His studio is actively completing site-specific commissions and installations for cities, universities, museums, and private corporations. Brad Howe also actively participates in group gallery shows with smaller works that serve as models, or maquettes, for his large-scale pieces. SELECT GROUP EXHIBITS: On The Road: American Abstraction, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, Michigan Properties of Light, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California Blur the Lines, Brad Howe and Takashi Murakami, Asian Art Works, Busan, Korea Brad Howe, Zachary Thornton, Lopez-Herrera, Thomas Punzmann Fine Arts, Frankfurt, Germany Gary Komarin and Brad Howe, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland Color Balance, Marco Casentini and Brad Howe, Melissa Morgan Fine Art...
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Pop Art 20th Century Sculptures

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Metal

Pablo Picasso 'Yan Barbu' (A. R. 513) Bearded Man Madoura Ceramic Pitcher 1963
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Yan Barbu (A. R. 513) Terre de faïence pitcher, 1963, numbered 222/300, incised 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura', painted.
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Modern 20th Century Sculptures

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Ceramic, Terracotta

La Mystérieuse
Located in Greenwich, CT
La Mystérieuse was inspired by Erté’s design for a wedding gown published in Harper’s Bazar in 1923. Erté wrote, “The name comes from the effect of mystery of this exquisite outfit. The dress was designed to be in white crêpe embroidered with geometric designs in silver and adorned with snow-white ermine...
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Art Deco 20th Century Sculptures

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Bronze

Mid Century Mod Judaica Chrome Eiffel Tower Star of David Candle Holders France
Located in Surfside, FL
20th Century Charming Metal Eiffel Tower Star of David Judaica Candle Holders 9.5" X 2.5" X 2.5" These are unmarked. Not sure of the country of origin. ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

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Metal

Standing Female Nude After Alexander Archipenko
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...
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Cubist 20th Century Sculptures

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Wood

Yves Klein Dying Slave After Michelangelo IKB Sculpture Bright Klein Blue
Located in Paris, FR
Yves Klein, Dying Slave after Michelangelo IKB blue resin in plexiglas, signed Rotraut Klein Moquay and numbered 224/300 on the base on a label. 300 editions numbered from “1/300” to...
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Post-War 20th Century Sculptures

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Resin, Plexiglass

Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) Patinated cast bronze sculpture, Three Acrobats, signed mounted on black marble plinth 24.5"h x 14"w x 7"d (bronze alone) Chaim Gross (March 17, 1904 – May 5, 1991) was an American modernist sculptor and educator. Gross was born to a Jewish family in Austrian Galicia, in the village of Wolowa (now known as Mezhgorye, Ukraine), in the Carpathian Mountains. In 1911, his family moved to Kolomyia (which was annexed into the Ukrainian USSR in 1939 and became part of newly independent Ukraine in 1991). When World War I ended, Gross and brother Avrom-Leib went to Budapest to join their older siblings Sarah and Pinkas. Gross applied to and was accepted by the art academy in Budapest and studied under the painter Béla Uitz, though within a year a new regime under Miklos Horthy took over and attempted to expel all Jews and foreigners from the country. After being deported from Hungary, Gross began art studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, Austria shortly before immigrating to the United States in 1921. Gross's studies continued in the United States at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, where he studied with Elie Nadelman and others, and at the Art Students League of New York, with Robert Laurent. He also attended the Educational Alliance Art School, studying under Abbo Ostrowsky, at the same time as Moses Soyer and Peter Blume. In 1926 Gross began teaching at The Educational Alliance, and continued teaching there for the next 50 years. Louise Nevelson was among his students at the Alliance (in 1934), during the time she was transitioning from painting to sculpture. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he exhibited at the Salons of America exhibitions at the Anderson Galleries and, beginning in 1928, at the Whitney Studio Club. In 1929, Gross experimented with printmaking, and created an important group of 15 linocuts and lithographs of landscapes, New York City streets and parks, women in interiors, the circus, and vaudeville. The entire suite is now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gross returned to the medium of printmaking in the 1960s, and produced approximately 200 works in the medium over the next two decades. For more than sixty years Chaim Gross's art has expressed optimistic, affirming themes, Judaica, balancing acrobats, cyclists, trapeze artists and mothers and children convey joyfulness, modernism, exuberance, love, and intimacy. This aspect of his work remained consistent with his Jewish Hasidic heritage, which teaches that only in his childlike happiness is man nearest to God. In March 1932 Gross had his first solo exhibition at Gallery 144 in New York City. For a short time they represented Gross, as well as his friends Milton Avery, Moses Soyer, Ahron Ben-Shmuel and others. Gross was primarily a practitioner of the direct carving method, with the majority of his work being carved from wood. Other direct carvers in early 20th-century American art include William Zorach, Jose de Creeft, and Robert Laurent. Works by Chaim Gross can be found in major museums and private collections throughout the United States, with substantial holdings (27 sculptures) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. A key work from this era, now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is the 1932 birds-eye maple Acrobatic Performers, which is also only one and one quarter inch thick. In 1933 Gross joined the government's PWAP (Public Works of Art Project), which transitioned into the WPA (Works Progress Administration), which Gross worked for later in the 1930s. Under these programs Gross taught and demonstrated art, made sculptures that were placed in schools and public colleges, made work for Federal buildings including the Federal Trade Commission Building, and for the France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years with a silver medal at the Exposition universelle de 1937 in Paris, and in 1942, with a purchase prize at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Artists for Victory" exhibition for his wood sculpture of famed circus performer Lillian Leitzel. In 1949 Gross sketched Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel, at several functions in New York City where Weizmann was speaking, Gross completed the bust in bronze later that year. Gross returned to Israel for three months in 1951 (the second of many trips there in the postwar years) to paint a series of 40 watercolors of life in various cities. This series was exhibited at the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) in 1953. In the 1950s Gross began to make more bronze sculptures alongside his wood and stone pieces, and in 1957 and 1959 he traveled to Rome to work with famed bronze foundries including the Nicci foundry. At the end of the decade Gross was working primarily in bronze which allowed him to create open forms, large-scale works and of course, multiple casts. Gross's large-scale bronze The Family, donated to New York City in 1991 in honor of Mayor Ed Koch, and installed at the Bleecker Street Park at 11th street, is now a fixture of Greenwich Village. In 1959, a survey of Gross's sculpture in wood, stone, and bronze was featured in the exhibit Four American Expressionists curated by Lloyd Goodrich at the Whitney Museum of American Art, with work by Abraham Rattner, Doris Caesar, and Karl Knaths. In 1976, a selection from Gross's important collection of historic African sculpture, formed since the late 1930s, was exhibited at the Worcester Art Museum in the show The Sculptor's Eye: The African Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross. Gross was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1981. In 1984, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, with Jacob Lawrence and Lukas Foss. In the fall of 1991, Allen Ginsberg gave an important tribute to Gross at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which is published in their Proceedings. In 1994, Forum Gallery, which now represents the Chaim Gross estate, held a memorial exhibition featuring a sixty-year survey of Gross's work. Gross was a professor of printmaking and sculpture at both the Educational Alliance and the New School for Social Research in New York City, as well as at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, the MoMA art school, the Art Student's League and the New Art School (which Gross ran briefly with Alexander Dobkin...
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American Modern 20th Century Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Gros oiseau Picasso (Large Bird, Picasso), 1953
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1953, this Madoura big turned vase of white earthenware clay with decoration in engobes and paraffin (red, black), knife engraved is numbered from the edition of 75. This Picasso ceramic vase is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' pottery stamps on the bottom. A spectacular work to witness in person, Pablo Picasso Gros oiseau Picasso...
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Modern 20th Century Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware, ABS

Large Cast Bronze Eagle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large, lost wax cast of an eagle by important Italian artist, Sirio Tofanari (1886-1969). Executed by the Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli in Florence. Mounted on a marble ...
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20th Century Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Kinetic Bronze Expressionist Sculpture Skier or Surfer Modernist Sporting Figure
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage stylized figural sculpture by J James Akston (1898-1983 Poland/New York/Florida) Crafted of cast bronze with a rich dark brown patina. A sports figure, depicting a snow skii...
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Surrealist 20th Century Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Large Bronze Bas Relief Danse Macabre Expressionist Sculpture Totentantz
Located in Surfside, FL
We have not located any markings on the piece and it does not appear to be signed. it bears similarities with works by Wilfredo Lam and other Cuban and Latin American masters and it ...
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Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

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Bronze

Vase avec Decoration Pastel (Vase with Pastel Decorations), by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: Vase avec decoration pastel (Vase with Pastel Decorations), [Ramie 190] Year: 1953 Medium: Chamotted red earthenware clay, pastel ...
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Modern 20th Century Sculptures

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Ceramic

Extra-large Post-War Inspired Structured Metal Assemblage From Late 20th Century
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Presenting an extraordinary and commanding work of art, an extra-large metal assemblage in post-war style which truly makes a statement. The patinated metal objects create a rich, darkened and golden metallic nuances that are deep and saturated. The physical three-dimensionality arising from the of the metal assemblage further enriches the overall depth, creating an intensely dramatic and captivating visual experience. Due to its size and volume this piece is both remarkable and rare, and will without a doubt stand out in any interior. Within the assemblage, a diverse array of scrap metal objects and plates of varying sizes and forms coexist alongside intriguing remnants, including a leather sole, large leather straps, fragments of a robe, and vintage nails...
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Assemblage 20th Century Sculptures

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Metal

Belle Main (Les mains libre) - Bronze sculpture by Man Ray - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Belle Main (Les mains libre) is a bronze sculpture realized by Man Ray in 1971. Signed with initials and numbered on the base. Cast by Fratelli Barberis in Turin for Luciano Anselm...
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Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

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Bronze

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...
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Modern 20th Century Sculptures

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Wood

Carousel, State II (Glenn 131A), James Rosenquist
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: James Rosenquist (1933-2017) Title: Carousel, State II (Glenn 131A) Year: 1978 Medium: Etching & Aquatint on Pescia Italia paper Edition: 21/78, plus proofs Size: 22.75 x 40 ...
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Pop Art 20th Century Sculptures

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Etching, Aquatint

Large Aharon Bezalel Israeli Modernist Bronze Brutalist Puzzle Sculpture Figures
Located in Surfside, FL
Aharon Bezalel (Afghani-Israeli, 1925-2012) Family Grouping Hand signed in with initials in English Figures fit together like puzzle pieces in solid cast bronze with original patina. Aharon Bezalel (born Afghanistan 1926) Born in Herat, Afghanistan in 1926 and immigrated to Israel at an early age. His father, Reuven Bezalel, was a rabbi and kabbalist. As a youth Aharon studied gold and silver casting as well as applied arts and worked in these fields as a silversmith and judaica craftsman, and was a student of the sculptor Zev Ben-Zvi at the Bezalel Academy for Art & Design where he also studied with Isidor Ascheim and Mordecai Ardon. There he absorbed the basic concepts of classic and modernist art and interpreted, according to them, ideas based on ancient Hebrew sources. He also studied miniature carving with the artists Martin and Helga Rost applying himself at their workshop. Aharon Bezalel worked and resided in Jerusalem, he taught art for many years. His sculptures - works of wood, bronze, aluminum, Plexiglas - were shown at his studio in Ein Kerem. “I saw myself as part of this region. I wanted to find the contact between my art and my surroundings. Those were the first years of Jean Piro’s excavations at the Beer-Sheba mound. They found there, for example, the Canaanite figurines that I especially liked and that were an element that connected me with the past and with this place.” “…a seed and sperm or male and female. These continue life. The singular, the individual alone, cannot exist; I learned this from my father who dabbled with the Kabbalah.” (Aharon Bezalel, excerpt from an interview with David Gerstein) “The singular in Aharon Bezalel’s work is always potentially a couple if not a threesome, the one is also the many: when the individual is revealed within the group he will always seek a huddling, a clinging together. The principle of modular construction is required by this perception of unity and multiplicity, as modular construction in his work is an act of conception or defense. His work bears a similarity to Berrocal as well as affinities to Henry Moore, Lynne Chadwick and Kenneth Armitage. Two poles of unity, potentially alone, exist in A. Bezalel’s world: From a formal, sculptural sense these are the sphere and pillar, metaphorically these are the female in the final stages of pregnancy and the solitary male individual. Sphere-seed-woman; Pillar-strand-man. The disproportional, small heads in A. Bezalel figures leave humankind in it’s primal physical capacity. The woman as a pregnancy or hips, the man as an aggressive or defensive force, the elongated chest serves as a phallus and weapon simultaneously. (Gideon Ofrat) EIN HAROD About the Museum's Holdings: Israeli art is represented by the works of Reuven Rubin, Zaritzky, Nahum Gutman...
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Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

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Bronze

Greg Copeland 3-Dimensional Multi-Layered Cut Paper Nine Shapes
Located in Detroit, MI
Nine unique 3-Dimensional multi-layered abstract structural and architectural shapes fill the frame with the added interest of the shadows cast by the layering. Greg Copeland was the...
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Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Multifaceted Copper Enamel Tiles Abstract by N.G. Bloome
Located in Soquel, CA
Multifaceted Copper Enamel Tiles Abstract by N.G. Bloome Enameled Copper panels "Picasso" esq by an unknown artist. N.G. Bloome (American, 20th C). Uniq...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

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Copper, Enamel, Wire

Sun God
Located in Boston, MA
Donald De Lue, American (1897-1988). Sun God, 1937. Bronze, 35 x 19 x 9 inches. Bronze with Renaissance Brown patina and gold patina on sun. Number 6 in an ed...
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Art Deco 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Liberty vs Slavery Van Loen Bronze Abstract Chess Set Modernist Museum Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Alfred Van Loen signed 32 piece chess set. In heavy solid bronze. Rare Chess Game: Liberty versus Slavery Dimensions: a) Joy-Tenderness H. 6 3/16 in. a...
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Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Egee debout h cm 50
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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Other Art Style 20th Century Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

The Test, Assembled Kinetic Modernist Sculpture Puzzle Construction
Located in Surfside, FL
"The Test," 1970 Aluminum sculpture in 5 parts. Artist's cipher and AP stamped into male figure, front, 20 5/16" x 12 1/2" x 6 5/7" (approx.) American sculptor King is most noted for his long-limbed figurative public art sculptures depicting people engaged in everyday activities such as reading or conversing. He created his busts and figures in a variety of materials, including clay, wood, metal, and textiles. William Dickey King was born in Jacksonville, Florida. As a boy, William made model airplanes and helped his father and older brother build furniture and boats. He came to New York, where he attended the Cooper Union and began selling his early sculptures even before he graduated. He later studied with the sculptor Milton Hebald and traveled to Italy on a Fulbright grant. Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses — a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step. Mr. King’s work often reflected the times, taking on fashions and occasional politics. In the 1960s and 1970s, his work featuring African-American figures (including the activist Angela Davis, with hands cuffed behind her back) evoked his interest in civil rights. But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer’s arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment. His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners. His first solo exhibit took place in 1954 at the Alan Gallery in New York City. King was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2003, and in 2007 the International Sculpture Center honored him with the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. Mr. King’s work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Hirshorn Museum at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder and Elie Nadelman. The New York Times critic Holland Cotter once described Mr. King’s sculpture as “comical-tragical-maniacal,” and “like Giacomettis conceived by John Cheever.”
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American Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Construction & Garment Worker, WPA Bronze by Robert Cronbach
By Robert Cronbach
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Cronbach, American (1908 - 2001) Title: Construction & Garment Worker Year: 1938 Medium: Bronze sculpture with Brown Patina, signature and date in the cast Size: 18 ...
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American Modern 20th Century Sculptures

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Bronze

"Stuck in the Membrane of Illusion" Abstract Relief Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Stuck in the Membrane of Illusion" Abstract Relief Sculpture by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This unique piece is composed...
Category

Outsider Art 20th Century Sculptures

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Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper, Glass, Resin

Early 20th Century Ceramic Bust of a Woman, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) Bust, 1933 Ceramic Signed and dated base 8.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches, including base Born in Cleveland, Ohio January 28, 1905, Edris was given the na...
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20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Stacked Illustrated Blocks
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Bromley Title: Stacked Illustrated Blocks Year: circa 1990 Medium: Six Oil- and Acrylic-Painted Wooden Blocks, Staggered in Size Size: Smallest Block: 5.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 i...
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Pop Art 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic

Woman with Long Neck
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed underneath. This carved stone sculpture by Bernard Takawira (1948 - 1997) is from a private collection. The family owns a quality collection o...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Stone

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 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Horse - Taal Mayon, Sculpture by Ben Gonzales
By Ben A. Gonzales
Located in Long Island City, NY
Title: Horse - Taal Mayon Year: 1981 Medium: Terra Cotta Sculpture, signed and dated Size: 20.5 in. x 23 in. x 6 in. (52.07 cm x 58.42 cm x 15.24 cm)
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Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 2 works)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 2 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black & Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the universal polka...
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Pop Art 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Resin

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 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware

Richard Serra, Torqued Spirals Toruses and Spheres, Gagosian Gallery
Located in Pasadena, CA
Richard Serra, Torqued Spirals Toruses and Spheres Poster, Hal. New York: Exhibition : Gagosian Gallery, October 18th - December 15th 2001. Size is framed. Richard Serra was an A...
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Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Black and White

Male Nude and Female Nude Pair of Sculptures
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of original wire mesh figurative sculptures by American contemporary artist Randy Cooper.
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Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Chest (1968) Sculpture by Allen Jones
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Allen Jones (1937) Chest (1968) Sculpture. Silkscreen print on fiberglass published by Xartcollection 14 3/5 × 10 1/5 × 4 7/10 in 37 × 26 × 12 cm An iconic example of Jones's early w...
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Pop Art 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Fiberglass

Hot Dog Man, Found Objects and Paper Mache by Kay Ritter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kay Ritter Title: Hot Dog Man Medium: Papier-mache Figure Sculpture with Mixed Media Found Objects, signed Year: 1981 Size: 48 x 16 x 15 in. (121.92 x ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Papier Mâché

Tête de Faune, Picasso, Unique work, 1960's, Terracotta, Tiles, Design, Sculptur
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de Faune, Picasso, Unique work, 1960's, Terracotta, Tiles, Design, Sculptur Tête de faune Unique work 14.03.1961 Painted and glazed terracotta tile...
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Post-War 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

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