Late 20th Century Sculptures

Melody by Nguyen Tuan The Vietnamese master sculptor Nguyen Tuan is internationally known for his seemingly “weightless” figurative sculpture merging Western techniques with tradit...

"Club" is a bronze cast sculpture made by Kiki Smith in 1992. The artwork is 33 x 8 x 6 inches and weighs less than 50 lbs. The work is signed and dated, lower middle, "Kiki Smith 19...

"Quimeres "original steel unic piece sculpture Sculpture by the Spanish artist FERRAN SORIANO Artist well known for his large format works on the street. Iron and Steel Ferran Sori...

"Mind Your Manner" Abstract Relief Sculpture. Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This large-scal...

Arnaldo Pomodoro Plaque (Placca), 1980 Bronze 3 4/5 × 3 4/5 inches Edition of 500 Incised signature on the front top left, and foundry mark on the bottom; Rotary Club of Palermo plaq...

"Synopsis" by Elsbeth Halvorsen Vever (American, b. 1929). Box sculpture combines aluminum, sand, bone, glass and a magnifier. Signed "Elsbeth Vever 1982" on verso. Image, 24.50"L x 13.75"H x 4"W. Using bone as the central image Elsbeth has assembled an optical and visual experience. One view is the magnification and juxtaposition of the floating effect of the curvature in the stainless steel background; stand back and it's a hologram effect. The first image shows clearly the hologram effect available to the eye of the viewer. From a review of her show of box constructions in Providence, Rhode Island: "Viewing her box constructions is a lot like a walk in the moonlight. What we know, or think, to be true in the hard brightness of daytime reality dissolves into an amorphous space of multiple possibilities and perspectives." Born in Purdys, New York, Elspeth Halvorsen is the daughter, granddaughter, and mother of professional artists. She has studied at prestigious academic and artistic institutions includingthe New School for Social Research, the Art Students League, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1955, she moved to Provincetown, Massachusetts, establishing her home and studio in the former residence of Mark Rothko. Provincetown not only remains her home but also acts as a personal, social, and artistic source of inspiration for her work. Shortly after arriving in Provincetown, Halvorsen and her husband, the late Tony Vevers...

Mallorca landscape original ceramic sculpture. piece unic born in the town of Estellencs on the island of Mallorca, from his youth he dedicates himself to drawing and watercolor, g...

Mixed metal multiple with lightbulb, 1990, signed in black ink, dated, numbered from an edition of 91 unique works, published by Edition Mönchehaus-Museum, Goslar, Germany, height: 5...

Bench (work no. HVP01145) is a small size contemporary modern abstract geometric aluminum sculpture by acclaimed Dutch constructivist Henk van Putten, who was born in The Netherlands...

A high modern abstract, monumentally-scaled sculpture by sculptor, André Fauteux, welded steel and brass. Transfiguration was commissioned for Constitution...

This is an Erte 1986 original bronze “wedding” signed and numbered . In good condition measures 15x18x5

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Oleg Sohanievich (Soviet Ukrainian, American 1935-2017) Cor-ten steel Stress Sculpture #5, 1976 Hand signed and dated Oleg Sohanievich '76 Dimensions 9" h., 13" w., 27" d. Very he...

Allan Houser Native American Bronze Modernist Sculpture created 1978. Beautiful, large Allan Houser bronze - female figure titled "Waiting." The...

Maxine Kim Stussy, a prolific sculptor and painter from the late 1940’s to present. Maxine led an incredibly artistic life traveling the world with h...

Novello Finotti was born in 1939, in Verona, Italy where he lives and works. He is exhibiting since 1958 taking part to several art events, among which: Triennial Europeen de la Scu...

This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Andrea Picini, a talented artist of years 80' in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 pieces; we can...

Frederick Hart is America's greatest figurative sculptor. Not only did he create works of great beauty and gravitas, he was singularly responsible for restoring to American public mo...

John W. Kearney (American, 1924-2014) Godiva on a Rhinoceros Bronze Signed with monogram to base 6.5 x 3 x 8.5 inches Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he studied at the Cranbrook Acadamy of...

A bronze sculpture by Victor Delfin circa 1970. A whimsical, abstracted bird figure in a blissful pose with wings spread. Artist: Victor Delfin, Peruvian (1927 - ) Title: Baby ...

This is an interesting and deep multiple artwork by Annie Lambert, a talented artist of 1980’ in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.00...

Beautiful bronze Cosanti bell by Paolo Soleri. In wonderful condition with a lovely patina. Signed and very unique. Measures 22 inches high. Bell is 5 inches high and 4 inches across...

This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Marisa Ruberti, a talented artist of years 80' in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbered ...

Created around 1975, La Vierge Noire (The Black Virgin) is an acrylic on wood sculpture that is hand-signed ‘Appel’ by Karel Appel (Amsterdam, 1921-Zürich, 2006) in blue on the front...

Geoffrey Rose - Frozen Moments - Cracked Egg, Year: circa 1978, Medium: Resin and Ceramic Sculpture, signed and numbered in marker on bottom, Edition: 1209/2000, Image Size: 5.5,...

'Al Safi' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. This part of the series was inspired by astronomy and the distant galaxies an...

Victor Vasarely Optisk komposition, 1970 is a Studio Line Rosenthal Porcelain relief with aluminum and is hand-signed by Victor Vasarely (Hungary, 1906 – France, 1997) on verso. Numb...

This is an original wooden sculpture with hand painting on both sides. it does not appear to be signed or numbered and does not currently have any label. I believe this might be the ...

This engaging bronze abstract sculpture was created by the Italian artist Luciana Matalon in 1980. This is a mulptiple of 1000 specimens numbered and signed. The title is " Archeolog...

Red and Black Vase David Ruth, American Blown Glass, Signed Size: 10 x 3.25 x 3.25 in. (25.4 x 8.26 x 8.26 cm)

David Hostetler carved the wood original for this bronze casting in 1960. He used an exotic wood board he obtained at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. You only notice the narrowness of the o...

This small metal statuette exemplifies the Italian artist Umberto Del Negro's interest in playing with the themes of civilization and nature. From multiple angles this piece could ap...

Calla Lily by Joy Taylor, Canadian Date: 1989 Cast Epoxy Resin sculpture, signature, date and numbering inscribed on base Edition of 1/25 Size: 25 x 15 x 11 in. (63.5 x 38.1 x 27.94 ...

Interesante lote de 3 composiciones modulares (arte cinético) del artista Josep Navarro Vives. De las 3 obras, solo va firmada una en la parte tra...

Plains Indian Medallion, bronze, Nambe, Allan Houser, small life-time casting Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1992. Allan Houser's father Sam, was part of the small band of Apaches who traveled with Geronimo and surrendered in southern Arizona in 1886. Allan's parents were imprisoned with that group in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He was the first child to be born in freedom to those Apaches and a fluent speaker of the Chiricahua language. Allan Houser is an important artist in that he is of the culture he depicts in his artwork. Allan's parents would tell stories and sing songs recalling the experiences on the war path. This bronze edition is a life-time casting. Our gallery represented Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994 and were investors and provided quality control in the foundry process. Allan Houser's work is many international collections including the Georges Pomidou Centre, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Dahlem Museum among others. Allan’s first bronze sculptures were started in the late 1960’s and were cast at Nambe Foundry. At the time the foundry was producing both Nambeware and was doing some sculptural foundry work. There was a fire at Nambe and they lost many of the molds for sculpture as well as their records. We acquired these works directly from Allan Houser. Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994) Selected Collections Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France * “They’re Coming”, bronze Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany Japanese Royal Collection, Tokyo, Japan “The Eagle”, black marble commissioned by President William J. Clinton United States Mission to the United Nations, New York City, NY *"Offering of the Sacred Pipe”, monumental bronze by Allan Houser © 1979 Presented to the United States Mission to the United Nations as a symbol of World Peace honoring the native people of all tribes in these United States of America on February 27, 1985 by the families of Allan and Anna Marie Houser, George and Thelma Green and Glenn and Sandy Green in New York City. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC * Portrait of Geronimo, bronze National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. * “Buffalo Dance Relief”, Indiana limestone National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. *Sacred Rain Arrow, (Originally dedicated at the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, US Senate Building) “Goat”, “To The Great Spirit” - dedicated in 1994 at the Vice President’s Residence in Washington, D.C.. Ceremony officiated by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore. Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, Ok * “As Long As the Waters Flow”, bronze Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK *Sacred Rain Arrow, bronze Fort Sill, Oklahoma *”Chiricahua Apache Family”, bronze Donated and dedicated to Allan Houser’s parents Sam and Blossom Haozous by Allan Houser and Glenn and Sandy Green The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona *Earth Song, marble donated by Glenn and Sandy Green   The Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas * “May We Have Peace”, bronze The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, College Station, Texas *"Offering to the Great Spirit", bronze The British Royal Collection, London, England *Princess Anne received "Proud Mother", bronze in Santa Fe Allan Houser’s father Sam Haozous, surrendered at the age of 14 with Geronimo and his band of Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache people in 1886 in Southern Arizona. This was the last active war party in the United States. This group of Apache people was imprisoned for 27 years starting in Fort Marion, Florida and finally living in captivity in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Allan Houser was born in 1914. His artwork is an ongoing testimony to Native life in America – its beauty, strength and poignancy. Allan Houser is from the culture and portrayed his people in an insightful and authentic way. Because of the era in which he lived, he had a rare understanding of American Indian life. Allan was the first child born after the Chiricahua Apaches were released from 27 years of captivity. Allan grew up speaking the Chiricahua dialect. Allan heard his father’s stories of being on the warpath with Geronimo and almost nightly heard his parents singing traditional Apache music. Allan’s father knew all of Geronimo’s medicine songs. Allan had an early inclination to be artistic. He was exposed to many Apache ceremonial art forms: music, musical instruments, special dress, beadwork, body painting and dynamic dance that are integral aspects of his culture. His neighbors were members of many different tribes who lived in Oklahoma. Allan eagerly gained information about them and their cultures. Allan gathered this information and mentally stored images until he brought them back to life, years later, as a mature artist. Allan Houser was represented by Glenn Green Galleries (formerly known as The Gallery Wall, Inc.) from 1973 until his death in 1994. The gallery served as agents, advocates, and investors during this time. In 1973 the Greens responded enthusiastically to the abstraction and creativity in Houser’s work. They were impressed, not only with his versatility and talent but with the number of mediums he employed. His subject matter was portrayed in styles ranging from realism, stylized form to abstraction. With encouragement from the Greens, Houser at the age of 61, retired from his post as the head of the sculpture department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1975 to begin working full-time creating his art. The next 20-year period was an exciting time for Allan, the gallery, and for the Green family. He created a large body of sculpture in stone, wood and bronze. For many years Glenn Green Galleries co-sponsored many editions of his bronzes and acted as quality control for the bronze sculptures according to Houser’s wishes. As both agents and gallery representatives, the Greens promoted and sold his art in their galleries in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona and in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They had bi-annual exhibits in their galleries to feature Houser’s newest work and sponsored and arranged international museum shows in America, Europe and Asia. They travelled for these events including a trip to Carrara, Italy to the famed quarries of Michelangelo and together co-financed and arranged the purchase of 20 tons of marble. A watershed event for Allan Houser’s career occurred in the early 1980’s when Glenn Green Galleries arranged with the US Information Agency a touring exhibit of his sculpture through Europe. This series of exhibits drew record attendance for these museums and exposed Houser’s work to an enthusiastic art audience. This resulted in changing the perception of contemporary Native art in the United States where Houser and Glenn Green Galleries initially faced resistance from institutions who wanted to categorize him in a regional way. The credits from the European exhibits helped open doors and minds of the mainstream art community in the United States and beyond. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii was a supporter of Allan Houser’s artwork. We worked with Senator Inouye on many occasions hosting events at our gallery and in Washington D.C in support of the formation of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and other causes supporting Native Americans. Allan Houser is shown below presenting his sculpture “Swift Messenger” to Senator Inouye in Washington, D.C.. This sculpture was eventually given to the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian’s permanent collection. It is now currently on loan and on display in the Oval Office. President Biden’s selection of artwork continues our gallery’s and Allan’s connection to the White House from our time working with Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994. “It was important for President Biden to walk into an Oval that looked like America and started to show the landscape of who he is going to be as president,” Ashley Williams...

Alexander Liberman Aim I, 1980 Painted aluminum 83 high x 26 wide x 26 deep inches Edition of 15 Regarded as a groundbreaking Minimalist artist, Alexander Liberman created pieces t...

This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...

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...

"Carta Series, Paper Imbeds" Experimental Printmaking Wall Sculpture Handmade paper sculpture by Harold Paris (American, 1925-1979). This piece exemplifies post-minimalist and exper...

Georges Charpentier, French (1937 - 2024) - Nude in Abstract, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Bronze sculpture with gold patina, signature and numbering inscribed, Edition: EA, Size: 3...

“Feu Henrix” from the serie ”The day after” Original sculpture 8 copies. Number 4/8 in the edition. Acquired directly from the artist. Bocquel fondeur. Free shipment worldwide. Ar...

This artwork was created by the artist Jiro Sugawara, the title is "Male horizon" Jiro Sugawara is a post-war artist and he was born in Japon in 1941. He studied sculpture at the Tok...

JOAN STRAUSS CARL 1927-2021 "INVOCATION" CALIFORNIA HARD WOOD, SIGNED DATED 2005 38 INCHES OVERAL -2021 Joan Strauss Carl was a Los Angeles artist, teacher, and humanitarian ac...

Glass Charger Ira Sapir, American (1955) Hand-Blown Glass, signed Size: 2 x 4.25 x 4.25 in. (5.08 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)

This Walter Valentini art work is made in cast lost wax bronze: "sun city" represent the dream of the man, a postive future for all. Signed by the artist.

This engaging bronze sculpture on black wooden base, well represents a human bust, but for its expressive force, the bust turns into an abstract shape of it. The artist who created t...

This is an artwork created by the well known Italian artist Carmelo Cappello. It is a multiple, an Abstract Sculpture one of the identical 99 specimen edited in 1978. This piece is ...

Wood and iron sculpture realized by Tatiana Pomus in 1977. Exhibited at Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte di Roma in the same year. Placed on a marble base. Height without base: 196 c...

Tablita, by Paul Moore, Pueblo Indian, dancer, female, headdress, bronze, stone Tablita Paul Moore Pueblo Indian dancer, female headdress bronze limestone base Paul Moore was born in Oklahoma City a member of the (Creek) Muscogee Nation. Moore has sculpted more than 110 commissions for numerous municipal, corporate, private, and international collections. He has received awards from the National Sculpture Society in New York City, the 45th Annual Cowboy Artist...

This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...

This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 1000 realized in 1980 by the well known Italian artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by ...

Takashi Murakami Flowers Skateboard Deck: A vibrant piece of Takashi Murakami wall art produced as a limited series in conjunction with the 2017 Murakami exhibit: The Octopus Eats It...

"Marginal Madonna" Abstract Relief Sculpture Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This large-scale relief sculpture features The central fig...

In Line is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 43 × 25 × 7 cm (16.9 × 9.8 × 2.8 in). These dimensions include the base which measures 11 x ...

"Bridge Loan (Basketcase)" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This composition is a surreal and satirical take on fin...

Leonardo Nierman, Mexican (1932 - 2023) - Flight, Year: 1973, Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signed and numbered, Edition: I/VI, Size: 10.6 x 23.6 x 9.6 in. (26.92 x 59.94 x 24.38 cm)

Wonderful post-modern wall sculpture that is part of artist Jack Reilly (American, b. 1950) "Classics Series" solo exhibition held at the Boritzer-Gray Gallery in October, 1989 at Los Angeles. This unique piece juxtaposes classical motifs with 3 dimensional stacked geometrically modern shapes and hues. The combination of linear structure and color field painting with illusionary space resulted in a unique synthesis of abstraction and pictorial depth, which was sometimes referred to as "Abstract Illusionism." Signed and dated on verso "Jack Reilly, October 1989." Image size: 19"H x 29"W x 3.5"D Reilly's early work reflected various influences of prominent artists of the time including Frank Stella, Elsworth Kelly...

Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz Terling Silver Anniversary Silver Sculpture Plate Israel This is a beautiful sterling silver commemorative plate. It was specially made for the Silver Anniv...

Paul Wunderlich "The Couple," 1995 Set of two bronze patinated sculptures Each sculpture is numbered 220/500 from the edition of 500 Each sculpture measures 12 inches high and is ins...

Original hand cast bronze dual figure of a hollow dressed torso of a male and female representing Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The bronze sculpture is attributed to the American sculptor Judith Shea. This piece is a maquette for a life size bronze executed by this artist that is located in an outdoor space in Buffalo, New York. Both are titled “Eden” and were done in 1987. Condition is excellent. Unsigned. Label on the bottom of the thick pine base states the artist and title of the artwork. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collector. Judith Shea has been a notable presence in the New York art world since the 1970s. Trained as a designer at Parsons, she soon found the fashion industry too restrictive and abandoned it in favor of making art. For her first solo show, at The Clocktower in 1976, Shea made a work based on color theory, using transparent silks in a spectrum of colors, worn by a live model. Other early work referenced clothing and its construction, first as flat, minimalist pattern and later as molded draping over implied, absent figures. In the 1981 Whitney Biennial, Shea showed three simple forms that evoked iconic clothes of the 1950s and 60s—the overcoat and the simple sheath dress—which hung from the wall as if on hangers. Five related works were included in the Hirshhorn’s Directions 83 survey. All of these works evoke human presence, felt as absence, as if the clothes were placeholders for missing persons. Thinking about her earlier clothes-based works, Shea has said that she “was looking for characters, for personae, really, to occupy them. I used clothes as stand-ins for people.” With the support of NEA grants, Shea began to learn bronze casting, and she was able to also spend time in Paris studying the statuary of its parks and gardens. This research led to several hollow-figure compositions from the 1980s that were designed to be sited in public spaces, such as Eden (John Hancock Tower, Chicago), Shepherd’s Muse (Oliver Ranch), Shield (Sheldon Museum of Art), and Without Words (Walker Art Center). In the 1990s, after a residency at Chesterwood—the site of Daniel Chester French’s studio in Stockbridge—Shea began to use woodcarving to make monumental public sculpture. The first of these full-scale wooden figures were shown in 1992 at the Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris in New York. In 1994 her wooden equestrian statue The Other Monument, a monumental image of a black man on a black horse, was installed at Doris Freedman Plaza in New York, in the same plaza as the William Tecumseh Sherman...