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Period: 20th Century
Modern Abstract Bronze Assemblage Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling abstract bronze assemblage sculpture by California artist David Phelps (American, b.1956). This is a unique modern piece that references times past by juxtaposing several ...
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Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Viral Structure
Located in New York, NY
Eric Rhein “Viral Structure” 1999 Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity Wire, paper, and found objects 18 x 34 x 14 inches (45.7 x 86.4 x 35.6 cm) 61 x 38 x 18 inches (154...
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Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping. Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...
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Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Child's Restaurant Waitress
Located in Boston, MA
Dudley Vaill Talcott, American (1899-1986), Child's Restaurant Waitress, circa 1929. Number 1 of 12, cast 2011. Stamped with the artists' initials; DVT and dated on base. Other ve...
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Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Dorothy Mayhall, Monument 5, 1995, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta, Acrylic

Bon Santé.
Located in Malmo, SE
Limited Edition 30 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Arman explores reality. He strives to transform and sublimate artefacts into works of art. Ev...
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Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Plexiglass

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...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping. Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping. Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Horst Kalinowski Abstract Collage Assemblage Mixed Media Sculpture Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Horst Egon Kalinowski (German, 1924-2013). Mixed media assemblage collage Divan Ophidian. Hand signed in marker upper right and dated 82 Bagnols-en-Foret, Titled upper left. Additionally titled and dated on verso. Dimensions: 30" x 24 1/4" (with frame 27" x 32 3/4") inches. Born in 1924 in Dusseldorf, From 1945 to 1948, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. In 1949-1950, he stayed in Rome and Venice, Italy. From 1950 to 1952, in Paris, France he studied in the abstract art workshop of Jean Dewasne and Edgard Pillet...
Category

Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Board

Mid Century Maquette for Sculpture --Gateways
Located in Soquel, CA
A smaller maquette/model for a larger piece titled "Gateways" wood and aluminum sculpture by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" on bottom. Estate of Doris Warner...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Paul Sisko Abstract Expressionist Steel Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Paul Sisko (American, b. 1942) Untitled, 1971 Stainless Steel Sculpture: 18 1/4 x 6 x 4 1/2 in. Base: 2 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. Signed: Paul Sisko "71" 9/12 Edition 9 of 12 Paul Sisko ...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Mother and Newborn Child, Bronze Sculpture by Kuno Lange
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kuno Lange, German (1950 - ) Title: Mother and Newborn Year: 1997 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and number on base Edition: 2/9 Size: 28 in. x 7 in. x 3.5 in. (71.12 cm...
Category

Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hammered Copper Candlestick
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This lovely hammered copper candlestick by Roycroft, the famed American Arts & Crafts workshop, was likely made in the 1920s and bears the Roycroft mark stamped into the underside. W...
Category

Aesthetic Movement 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Abstracted Nude Couple Figurative Relief
By Joe Funk
Located in Soquel, CA
Clay relief of abstracted nude couple by California artist Joe Funk (American, 1918-1981). Monogram signature on individual reliefs and signed on verso. included with photograph and description in his catalog. Catalog with photos of sculpture, and artist biography are included. Ceramics: each 7.25"H x 3.25"W. Overall Size: 10.50"H x 14"W x 5.75"D Joe Funk was an American artist and print maker born in Los Angeles, California, to Polish and German immigrant parents. He died in 1981 in Santa Cruz, California. As a young person in Los Angeles, Joe Funk showed an interest in art. He studied at the Otis and Chouinard Art Institutes and worked on several murals throughout Los Angeles in the Works Progress Administration. He served in the United States Army, from 1943 to 1946, in Korea and Okinawa a s a heavy anti-aircraft artillery mechanic and instructor, warehouseman, and artist, publicist, and graphic designer for special events at Headquarters Company, Asiatic Command. At the ASCOM University in Korea, he was an instructor in pencil sketching. It was during his time in Korea that he developed a lifelong interest in Asian art. Using the G.I. Bill, after the Korean War, he earned a Masters Degree in fine art from the University of Southern California. In the 1950s, Joe met Lynton Kistler and worked at Kistler’s facility in Los Angeles, the only lithographic press open for business on the west coast at that time. During his time as an apprentice, Joe printed for many well-known artists, such as Jean Charlot, man Ray, Max Ernst, Emerson Woelffer and June Wayne. When June Wayne opened the Tamarind Lighography Workshop in Los Angeles in 1960, she offered the status of fellow printer to Joe Funk. At Tamarind, he began work printing lithographs for guest artists and training future printmakers. After Tamarind, Joe became the technical director at Kanthos Press from 1961-1962, where he printed for Jose Cuevasand and Aubrey Schwartz. In 1964, he became co-owner of Joseph Press and was printmaker for Sam Francis, Arnold Belkin and Rico Lebrun. From 1962-1964, Joe taught at the Chouinart Art Institute. Joe established a non-profit corporation in Venice, California in the late 1960s, called Joseph Graphics. Here, he trained apprentice printmakers and printed for numerous artists including Joyce Treiman...
Category

Pop Art 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Oil, Clay, Fiberboard

Vessel
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Robert Winslow's 'Vessel" is carved from fine grain black Pennsylvania granite. Winslow's signature stonework is apparent in this finely polished granit...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Granite

Portrait of Gabriele D'Annunzio - Wax Sculpture by Aurelio Mistruzzi, Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Gabriele D'Annunzio Portrait is an original decorative object realized in the XX century by Aurelio Mistruzzi. The beautiful wax object represents a profile of the famous vate poet ...
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20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wax

Carl Kauba "Desperado" Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Carl Kauba (Austrian, 1865-1922) "Desperado" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 20th century, the U.S. Cavalryman and his horse mounted on a rocky outcrop, signed, and stamped "Austria", on...
Category

Naturalistic 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Up
Located in New York, NY
Bronze, 1967. Height 59" (149.9 cm) width max 15" (38 cm). Signed on base "R Cook." This unique large sculpture was made using the lost wax process. “ ...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Buffalo or Bison in bronze by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
Buffalo Cow by Charles Rumsey, a bronze sculpture that dates C.1910 and may be part of the preparation for the Manhattan Brie Frieze executed in 1916. ...
Category

American Realist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

One Dollar Ring 139 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, One Dollar Ring 139 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture One Dollar Ring 139 is from artist Linda Stein's Brush Assemblage series, where she combine...
Category

Assemblage 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Squirrel I, Bronze Sculpture by T. Galbreath
By T. Galbreath
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: T. Galbreath Title: Squirrel I Year: 1997 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed Edition: 71/100 Size: 7 in. x 3 in. x 3 in. (17.78 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm)
Category

Realist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Giorgio Ceragioli "Danza dei Flori" Bronze, 1910
Located in Astoria, NY
Giorgio Ceragioli (Italian, 1861-1947) "Danza dei Flori" [Dance of the Flowers] Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1910, the draped standing figure clutching a rose, on a circular base, tit...
Category

Art Nouveau 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Royal Copenhagen Figure Peasant girl with goose / - The Mother Goose -
Located in Berlin, DE
Christian Thomsen (1860 Kolding - 1921 Copenhagen), Peasant girl with goose, design c. 1910, execution 1966. model number 527. First choice. Porcelain ...
Category

Realist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Horse (mixed media fiber sculpture)
Located in Maricopa, AZ
About the artist : Siri Hollander’s entire process started from an innate desire to work in large format but being self-taught she had to create her own system through trial and erro...
Category

Naturalistic 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Mayan Warrior
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description Peter Brooke's Mayan Warrior depicts a solemn and dignified military subject. Historically, few Mayan warrior...
Category

Realist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

1970s French Brass & Raw Mineral Agate Specimen Sculpture Art Candlesticks Pair
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Duval-Brasseur (French, 1934-2021) French (20th C) Pair of Brass and Agate Specimen Stone Candlesticks. Measures 17 inches high x 9 inches wide x 6 inches deep, each candles...
Category

Arte Povera 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Brass

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...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Lake Erie and Other Waters 02
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original unique bronze and silver leaf abstract sculpture by Roberley Bell. This dynamic work from the artist's "Lake Erie and Other Waters" series can...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Silver

Heinz Mack Bronze "Gemini-Atlas", 1967
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze on marble base with gold brown patina, 1967. No 28 of 35 pieces. Numbered and signed on the edge. Dimensions: 8.98 x 8.98 in ( 22,8 x 22,8 cm ), Height: ca. 15.16 in ( 38,5 cm )
Category

Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Sculpture of head done by Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Houston, TX
Sculpture of a head. Done from patinated bronze. Inscribed "Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien" on the bottom Austria, c. 1930s 18"h x 11"w x 11"d
Category

Art Deco 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Fire Spitter's Mask/Senufo Mask of Worship Ceremonies, " Wood from Ivory Coast
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fire Spiter's Mask/Senufo Mask of Worship Ceremonies" is made of wood and was created in the Ivory Coast circa 1930. This mask has to heads on either side...
Category

Tribal 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Dorothy Mayhall, Monument #26, 1993, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta, Acrylic

Untitled, Collage abstract expressionistic wooden collage, monochrome black
Located in Zug, CH
Nevelson’s compositions explore the relational possibilities of sculpture and space, summing up the objectification of the external world into a personal landscape. Although her prac...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Dorothy Mayhall, Rock Crystal, 1995, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta, Acrylic

Tempest - Large Scale Brightly Colored Abstract Sculpture, Intertwined Form
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Fiberglass, Acrylic

"Man", Large Abstract Welded Steel Sculpture, Figurative, Metal, Outdoor
Located in New York, NY
"Man" by Isobel Folb Sokolow Welded steel, found metal, automotive metal, welding rod Sokolow directly welds found metals creating both purely abstract and abstract figurative indoo...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

Wizzard, 1978
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Dating from 1979, this acrylic on wood relief is hand-signed 'Appel' by Karel Appel (Amsterdam, 1921 - Zürich, 2006) in red in the lower left. From an edition of 8, this work was pub...
Category

Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Placebo Prototype
Located in Toronto, Ontario
In 1967, General Idea was founded in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945-1994), and Jorge Zontal (1944-1994). Over the course of 25 years, they made a significant cont...
Category

Post-Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Cat, Unique Glazed Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
A ceramic cat figure with marbling color possibly Chinese 19th/20th Century. Title: Seated Cat Medium: Splash-Glazed Ceramic Figurine Size: 5 x 9 x 5 in. (12.7 x 22.86 x 12.7 cm)
Category

Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Iris little study, Auguste Rodin, Bronze, Sculpture, Modern Art, 1970's, Nudes
Located in Geneva, CH
Iris little study, Auguste Rodin, Bronze, Sculpture, Modern Art, 1970's, Nudes Petite etude pour Iris, douzième épreuve Ed. 12/12 pcs 1973 Bronze with brown and black patina Marked around the left thigh : A.Rodin n°12 c by Musée RODIN...
Category

Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled (Metamorphosis) Brutalist Surrealist Bronze Sculpture Woman Dancing
Located in Surfside, FL
In this bronze cast the artist (unknown) takes an expressionistic approach, not only in terms of technique but also in terms of the treatment of the subject. The female figure seems ...
Category

Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Antoine LePerlier “Vase Ultime” Sculpture, Unique
By Antoine Leperlier
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Antoine LePerlier (b. 1953) Marking(s); notes: signed, numbered (see detail photos); 1996 Country of origin; materials: French; pate de verre glass, gl...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Umberto Del Negro "Prove (Evidence)" Pottery Plaque Series
Located in Detroit, MI
These four ceramic plaques on wood are an exquisite set piece from the Italian artist Umberto Del Negro. Its title "Prove" is Italian for "Evidence". One interpretation is that it re...
Category

20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Monolyth
By Luis Ortiz Monasterio
Located in Guadalajara, Jalisco
Monolyth Luis Ortíz Monasterio Lost Wax Bronze 70 x 21 x 10 cm 1971, MX Wood Base Luis Ortiz Monasterio (Mexico City, 1906-1990) was a Mexican sculptor noted for his monumental work...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Edward Carter Preston - Athena - 20th Century British Plaster Sculpture Figure
Located in London, GB
EDWARD CARTER PRESTON (1885-1965) Athena Signed: E CARTER PRESTON Bronzed plaster 59 cm., 23 ¼ in. high Edward Carter Preston is best known as the designe...
Category

Realist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Southwest Scene, Pop Art Painted and Glazed Ceramic Sculpture by George Pearlman
By George L. Pearlman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George L. Pearlman, American (1960 - ) Year: 1988 Medium: Painted and Glazed Ceramic Wall Hanging in four parts, signed and dated verso Size: 26 x 36 x 6 in. (66.04 x 91....
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

American Millionairess
Located in Greenwich, CT
The inspiration for this sculpture comes from Erté's original costume design entitled "Texas," for the 1917 New York stage production of "The American Millionaires." This spectacular...
Category

Art Deco 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Jerusalem Rabbi, Repousse Sculpture Relief Plaque Israeli Judaica
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

Modern 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Union Leader
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist assemblage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls. This three piece assemblage includes a Union Leader tobacco can...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects

Cupric I and II, Pair of Bronze Sculptures by Catherine Lee
Located in Long Island City, NY
This pair of bronze sculptures by Catherine Lee, from 1995, is a minimalist abstract that would work well in any contemporary space. Artist:...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool, Metal Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging
Located in Surfside, FL
Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...
Category

Folk Art 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wool

Frog Baby
By Edward Berge
Located in Milford, NH
A fine large cast figural bronze fountain of a nude boy with pan flute and three frogs known as “Frog Baby” by American sculptor Edward Berge (1876-1924)....
Category

20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Israeli Abstract Expressionist Dina Recanati Cosmos Painting, Sculpture in Metal
Located in Surfside, FL
Dina Recanati Cosmos Series (they look like outer space or abstract desert landscapes) 2003 Metallic paint, acid etched on aluminum, wood Hand signed and dated on side Dina Recanati (born Diane Hettena; 1928 – 2021) was an Israeli artist, sculptor and painter. Diane Hettena was born in Cairo, Egypt. In 1946, she married Raphael Recanati in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine. Went to London to study History and Art 1946-1948. Moved to New York 1948. Raised two sons, Oudi and Michael. Attended Art Student League 1959-1962. Studied with Jose de Creft and John Hovannes. Beginning in 1964, she was active on the board of the America-israel Cultural Foundation. In the 1970s, she was a member of the board of the Israel Museum and in the 1980s Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem. At the same time as she was working as an artist, she was also collecting artwork. She lives and works in Herzliya and New York. Most of Recanati's work is in the medium of sculpture. Her works, which contain images of books or parchment, have been influenced by American abstract expressionism in their use of swaths of color. In the 1980s and 1990s, she worked widely in sculptures in the public domain. Dina Recanati was a proponent of Israeli art and supported many Israeli artists. In the 1950s and 1960s, she showcased the work of beginning artists at the 5th Avenue branch of Israel Discount Bank in New York City, while growing Discount Bank’s art collection. She has gone on to exhibit worldwide with permanent works in the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum, Ben Gurion Airport, The Jewish Museum (New York) among others. She is the recipient of the AICF AVIV Award and The Council for a Beautiful Israel Yakir Award. She was represented by Flomenhaft Gallery in New York City (was included in the Feminist Art Project along with Miriam Schapiro) and Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv. Recanati died in Herzliya Pituah at the ate of 93. Israeli Art: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Work. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 1971 Artists: Igael Tumarkin, Bezalel Schatz, Yehiel Shemi, Buky Schwartz, Dina Recanati, Menashe Kadishman, David Palombo, Itzhak Danziger, Sorel Etrog, Yaacov Agam, Jakob Steinhardt, Louise Schatz, Anna Ticho, Ruth Schloss, Moshe Castel, Yohanan Simon, Lea Nikel, Marcel Janco, Mordecai Ardon etc. 40 From Israel: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawing Israel: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawing Brooklyn...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Untitled #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Untitled #1" c.1980 is a painted wood bas-relief by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. ...
Category

American Impressionist 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

MIxed Media Conceptual Art Sculpture Drawing Human Rights Welded Iron
By Francoise Schein
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a large sculpture and also includes an artist custom framed silkscreen with extensive handwork titled Line of Time, pencil signed and inscribed, presented in heavy metal and wooden frame (framed piece 24.5 x 30 in., sculpture piece is about 94 X 11 inches) Francoise Schein is a visual artist, trained as an architect - urban planner; She also teaches art at the ESAM Higher School of Arts and Media in Caen in Normandy . She is the founder of the INSCRIRE Association. In 2016, she was elected member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arts and Fine Arts of Belgium. Group Exhibitions Spain: 2016, The "5Contemporary" Paris gallery presented a group show at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Genalguacil, Spain. The show included important artists such as Françoise Schein, Mimouni and Pedro Castrortega. Born in Brussels , Françoise Schein left Belgium after studying architecture at the higher institute of architecture of the French community - La Cambre where she wrote her thesis on fundamental rights, then studied urban design at the Columbia University in the City of New York . She lived 11 years in New York where she begins a work on cartography territories. Subway map Floating on NY Sidewalk is his first monumental urban sculpture located at 110 Greene Street in SoHo (1985). At that time her works are abstract landscapes of cities, made up of networks, lines, trajectories, territories, founding texts and stories. They are constructed of very diverse materials and light. Returning back to Europe in 1989, she continues to work on what she calls her drawings-laboratories while beginning to integrate works in cities on civic themes, the main ones: at the Concorde metro station in Paris in 1991 and then in Brussels, Saint-Gilles , in 1992, these two projects took her to Lisbon in 1993 where she lived for five years and produced two monumental works (in azulejos) for the city of Lisbon at Parque metro station ( 1994) and another for the city of Stockholm at the Universitetet station (1998). She continues to travel to cities where she builds successively projects in Haifa , on the facade of the Beth Hagefen Jewish-Arab Cultural Center with Michel Butor (1994). Then she lives in Berlin where she builds the Westhafen station (2000) which takes her to Bremen to make her first human rights park, Rhododendronpark (2002). In 2005, she made the monumental Time Zone Clock in Coventry in 2005. Since 1999, she has also settled in Rio de Janeiro and initiated participatory artistic projects with the underprivileged population of the favelas . Since then, with the help of a locally trained team, many projects have been carried out, including one in Copacabana and more than 20 in different favelas (from 1999 to 2016). These works transformed the Rio workshop into sustainable development for the people who invested it. In Sao Paulo, since 2009, Françoise Schein has produced a monumental work with the participation of 1000 young people from the favela schools at Luz subway station. Her work is monumental recalling the works of Christo, Maria Dompe, Christian Boltanski, Anish Kapoor, Ai Wei Wei...
Category

Conceptual 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Mali woman bronze sculpture
Located in Three Oaks, MI
These cast figures and objects express status, prestige, and power. This cast metal figure exhibits the technical skill and artistry that Dogon blacksmiths brought to their work. Mad...
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Tribal 20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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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20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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