Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Modern abstract brutalist metal sculpture by Houston artist Bob Fowler. The work features a skeletal figure welded in a box or locker. Firmly attached to a white and natural wood bas...

Brutalist abstract sculpture in steel and aluminum by renowned Israeli sculptor Bert Schwartz titled "Prometheus and Pandora". The sculpture was exhibited at the Brooklyn museum in N...

An original bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his Owl Series. Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 50. Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovici, until his arrest by Italian fascists. Antonovici himself survived imprisonment in Germany for his refusal to fight on the side of the Nazis. After the war, he continued his studies in Vienna, under the tutelage of Professor Fritz Behn...

A textile Installation titled 'Eye' comprised of 21 wool-wrapped jute elements by fiber artist Jane Knight 1928-2013. Signed with embossed copper ...

An original carved marble sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his Torso Series. Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 79 Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovici, until his arrest by Italian fascists. Antonovici himself survived imprisonment in Germany for his refusal to fight on the side of the Nazis. After the war, he continued his studies in Vienna, under the tutelage of Professor Fritz Behn...

Oriental sculpture from the mid-20th century. Nicely carved and worked exotic wooden object depicting a character with an animal on a chain of good quality. Sculpture made from a sin...

Claire Weiss (1906-1997), Girl in Jacket, made between 1970 and 1982, model number 2387, first choice. Porcelain with underglaze painting. 18 cm (height) x 9 cm (length) x 7 cm (dept...

"Cow Pull Toy" is a carved and painted wood sculpture by an unknown folk artist. The sculpture is 9 1/4" long and 7 1/4" high.

Silvana Cenci, internationally renowned explosive sculptor, died October 1, 2000 at her home in Gray. Ms. Cenci, who was born in Florence, Italy, before World War II, married Stuart Church and moved to the U.S. permanently in 1959. She lived in Boston for many years, where she was a founder of the Brookline Art Center and a founding member of Summerthing. She exhibited widely throughout Europe and the U.S., and her work is in many museums and public and private collections. After moving to the States, Ms. Cenci began working with new technologies from the aircraft industry, and with explosives. She moved to Northwood, NH, in the early 60s, and pursued and perfected her revolutionary experimentation with explosive sculpture in stainless steel. A native of Italy, she lived most of her life in America where she became internationally known, primarily for using dynamite to blast images into stainless steel and finishing some pieces with pure gold. The pieces created with dynamite were often utilized by architects. One piece titled “Wheels in Motion” hung in Boston’s South Station. Education and Training Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon Selected Individual Exhibitions Galleria Numero, Florence, Italy Galleria San Carlo, Naples, Italy Galleria d'Arte Totti, Milan, Italy Galeria Beno, Zurich, Switzerland Nova Gallery, Boston Weeden Gallery, Boston Capricorn Gallery, New York City Roach-Hoffman Gallery, Naples, Florida Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island, retrospective Frank Tanzer Gallery, Boston Symphony Hall, Boston Musica Viva, Cambridge, Massachusetts Los Llanos Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Selected Group Exhibitions "Oregon Artists," Lincoln County Art Center, Lincoln, Oregon "Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington "West Coast Sculptors," Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon "Mostra Nazionale del Bianco e Nero," Museo Civico Castello Urasino, Catania, Italy "New England Art Today," Northwestern University, Boston "New England Sculptors Association," Boston City Hall, Boston "Silvana Cenci and Calvin Libby," Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island "Adele Seronde and Silvana Cenci," Weeden Gallery, Boston "Contemporary Italian Art-Italian Heritage," Boston City Hall, Boston, catalog "Explosion of Form, Color, Imagination: Works by Silvana Cenci Selected Awards First Honorable Mention, "Design in Transit," Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Competition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts Research in Creative Art Grant, Blanche E. Colman Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts Statue of Victory, World Culture Prize for Letters, Arts and Sciences, Centro Studi e Ricerche delle Nazioni, Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy Harvard-pedigreed architect Harlow Carpenter built the Bundy in 1962. The venue's first decade was lively with exhibitions that featured a large cast of artists, including Dino Basaldella, Judith Brown, Silvana Cenci, Xavier Corbero...

The three graces are described in Greek Mythology as the deification of beauty. These three sisters' role was to attend to the Olympians during feasts and other celebrations. Atonovi...

Wings, Mid-Century Abstract Woven Tapestry, Blue Textile Wall Sculpture, Hand dyed wool hand dyed wool, 73" x 58", (1973) by Czech textile artist, Jan Hladik...

Vita Birgitte Thymann, Boy playing the flute, between 1952 and 1957. model number 2344. First choice. Porcelain with underglaze painting. 13 cm (height) x 11 cm (length) x 12 cm (dep...

In this bronze sculpture the artist (unknown) has welded together a group of figures into a unified piece. These figures take on animal, and human characteristics, which is evident i...

Hand-cast, bronze sculpture of a seated woman by listed, Swiss artist, Robert Lienhard (1919-1989). Signed and numbered on base, #5 of 7.

Paper mache "Les Argonautes" Artist: JS. Ferlay Vallauris Workshop "Les Argonautes", Vallauris: Isabelle Ferlay (1917-?) And Frédérique Bourguet (1925-1997) Isabelle Ferlay and Frédérique Bourguet founded their ceramic workshop in Vallauris in 1953, which they named "Les Argonautes", in reference to the famous Greek epic. Isabelle studied painting at the Fine Arts school of Lyon in 1940, then she attended the Fine Arts in Marseille. Finally, she finished her artistic training in Montpellier, at the Fontcarade national school, where she learned ceramics. Françoise dit Frédérique Bourguet studied at the Beaux-Arts in Montpellier until 1945 and it was in Sèvres, in Françoise Bizette's studio, that she trained in the art of ceramics. She created her first workshop in Paris in 1945, which she shared with Valentine Schlegel until 1951. The two women ceramicists then practiced modeling technique. It was in 1953 that she met Isabelle Ferlay and together, they decided to set up a workshop in Vallauris. They produce shaped pieces, sometimes molded, made of earthenware, enamelled in bright colors. In the 1970s they made stoneware cooked over a wood fire. Some ceramists frequented their workshop, notably the very talented Jacques Innocenti and François Raty.

Midcentury painted terracotta abstract figurative sculpture “La Testa” by Italian Futurist artist Renato Bertelli (1900-1974). Initialized “R. B. A-XI”.

Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous ...

Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963 ) " Visage " signed " jean Cocteau "( lower left ) inscribed and numbered 6/30 edition originale de jean Cocteau . Atelier Madeline -Jolly ( underneath...

Monumental Val Bertoia sculpture 60 Beryllium copper rods silvered in a brass base in two square columns. Makes a beautiful resonating tone. Title: 'Two walking squares for sounds...

Taureau et Toreador, Picasso, Bull, Corrida, Design, Tile, Ceramic, 1950's Taureau et Toreador Unique work 11.2.1957 Painted and partially glazed ceramic, hexagonal tomette tile 15 ...

Artist: Unknown Title: Acrobats Year: 1968 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signed 'PR' Size: 18 in. x 14 in. x 10 in. (45.72 cm x 35.56 cm x 25.4 cm)

A figurative vertical form with two protrusions on top constructed of melt pressed bronze (heated numerous times, squeezed, and shaped. Includes provenance and hand-signed COA from t...

Striking Ron Hitchins wooden architectural sculpture, signed on the back by the artist. An extremely rare example of the artist working with wood. Year: ...

RICHARD GARBE, RA (1876-1957) The Falconer Signed and dated on the reverse: Richard Garbe, ARA / 1932 Patinated plaster 49.5 cm., 19 ½ in. high Proven...

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

This chrome sculpture by Peter Chinni, from 1968, is an modern abstract expressionist work. The reflective surface of the twist adds an element of i...

Artist: Gerard Koch, French (1926 - ) Title: Trapeze Artists Year: circa 1962 Medium: Bronze Sculpture Size: 18 in. x 34 in. x 7 in. (45.72 cm x 86.36 ...

Johanan Ben Yaakov was born in 1913 in Germany. He immigrated to Palestine-Eretz-Israel in 1933. He Studied in 1943 in Bezalel, Jerusalem together with Mordechai Ardon and Isidore As...

Cast plaster with red acrylic paint, 1968, signed in felt-tip pen, incised 'C.O.' and 'Chicago August 1968' on the base, numbered from the edition of 100, published by the Richard Fe...

Exceptional wall mount treehouse sculpture. Crafted from lost wax castings of actual twigs and branches. Made by a mysterious Texas artist. Unsigned.

Anonymous, Soaring Eagle, mid-20th century Patinated cast metal mounted on quartz block. 24 cm (total height) x 29 cm (width) x 12 cm (depth). - Patina heavily rubbed in places, screw connections between sculpture and stone...

Modern surrealist mixed media sculpture by Houston artist Bob Fowler. The work features a pair of metal fly and tree sculptures arranged within a white and r...

Art Deco bronze sculpture two panther heads by Irenee Rochard, France 1930. The bronze has a green patina and stands on a Belgian Black marble base. Information on the artist: Ani...

African Wood c1930 Ceremonial Figure w/Vessel For Offering. Nigeria-Yoruba 32 1/2 x 16 x 10"

Green Cape Lady is a unique wood sculpture carved from elmwood from Hostetler's farm in Athens, OH. He used aniline dyes to "paint" on the hair and dress. He only carved one sculptur...

Modern collection of realistically rendered tupperware cups made out of beeswax and pigment by California artist George Stoll. The piece features a set of...

Charming mid century Italian life size cocker spaniel sculpture or figure crafted in terra cotta, hand decorated and glazed.

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...

Cast in bronze in 1968 in an edition of 8. Wood base. Incised 'Lobo' with edition and foundry. From the edition of 8. Sculpture size not including base 5.25 x 6.25 x 4 inches. Artw...

"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...

A unique cast in silver of a Robert Klippel Opus.

Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 ) " Bélier aux cornes jaunes " vase cylindrique . Hauteur 24cm Année 1958 . ouverture 11 cm . Tirage à 15 exemplaires N° 13 / 15 . signé Jean Coc...

"Cara Grande (Taparapay tribe) Amazon Circumcision Mask" is a Brazilian mask made out of feathers, fiber, mother of pearl, and wood. It was made to be ...

Émile Gilioli Architectural Apparition 1964 Bronze 40 x 6 x 6 in, 101 x 16 x 16cm Inscribed “Gilioli” & numbered “2/6” Edition 2/6 Gilioli’s ...

Robert Winthrop White 1921-2002, was an American sculptor who lived most of his life in New York. He was the grandson of the architect Stanford White and his great grandfather was th...

This exquisite pair of Art Deco wood sculptures attributed to Ferdinand Parpan features elegantly stylized nudes, masterfully carved with smooth, ...

Stuart Mathews was a prolific sculptor who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Cranbrook in the 1950s. His work is characterized by his ability to combine a variety of differ...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Grosse tête, profil droit (A. R. 536) Terre de faïence sculpture, 1965, numbered 19/50, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps. *The ceramic has bee...

"The Baker" Stanley Bleifeld Bronze Sculpture 7/7 of a Man Using a Brick Oven Stanley Bleifeld came to prominence as an artist in the 1950s. In 1967, the Bridgeport Sunday Post art ...

Glazed stoneware, wheel thrown with hand-built slabs, signed on the bottom by Dennis McLaughlin. 7' x 10" diameter McLaughlin’s artistic sensibilit...

Beautiful table top sculpture by renowned Israeli sculptor Menashe Kadishman. Super quality, and visually stunning. it is signed and numbered and dedicated Janet love george Menashe Kadishman was born in Tel-Aviv in 1932. He is a Graduate of St. Martin's School of Art, University of London. From 1947 to 1950, Kadishman studied with the Israeli sculptor Moshe Sternschuss at the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv, and in 1954 with the Israeli sculptor Rudi Lehmann in Jerusalem. In 1959, he moved to London, where he remained until 1972. He had his first one-man show there in 1965 at the Grosvenor Gallery. His sculptures of the 1960s were Minimalist in style and so designed as to appear to defy gravity. This was achieved either through careful balance and construction, as in Suspense (1966), or by using glass and metal so that the metal appeared unsupported, as in Segments (1968). In 1995, he began painting portraits of sheep. These instantly-recognizable sheep portraits...

This piece is unsigned. Irving Lehman (1900-1983) was an American Jewish painter, sculptor, engraver, and designer. Born in Kiev in then Russia, Lehman studied at the Art Students League, Cooper Union and the National Academy of Art and spent much of his working life in New York City. Part of the Abstract Expressionist school, he worked in oil and watercolor as a painter and in metal and steel as a sculptor; his works have been shown in galleries in England, France, Italy, Israel and Japan, and were included in an international traveling exhibition in Europe in 1951. Like many other artists of his generation, he painted for the WPA and then adopted a more abstract style after WWII. Lehman spent much of his career in NYC. He had his first exhibition at ACA Gallery in 1934. He also exhibited at the Whitney, National Academy, PAFA, Brooklyn Museum, Chicago Art Institute, and others. This work contains Constructivist elements anticipating the more gestural abstraction of the post-WWII New York Abstract Expressionist School. Member of American Art Congress, worked near Woodstock and in Columbia County...

Parrotlet by Armand PETERSEN (1891-1969) & SEVRES Manufacture Sculpture in white paste porcelain Signed « A. Petersen » Old edition artwork. Stamped by the porcelain manufacture of ...

Created in 1960, ceramic Round-eyed Face (Visage aux yeux ronds) A.R. 451 is a Madoura round/square plate of red earthenware clay stamped with the ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO’ an...

Monumental, Art Nouveau, Bronze Sculpture – Anonymous (20th Century) “Woman with Two Borzoi Dogs” 6 feet 7 inches high x 3 feet 3 inches wide x 2 feet 5 inches wide Medium: Silvered, patinaed and painted bronze Provenance: Maxwell House...

"Tool Relief II" is an original sculptural stonework vase by David Barnett. It is signed and dated on the bottom. 13" H x 3.50 D David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and ...

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. “ ...

John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor. He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...

The present work is a rare piece from Roland Goeschl's time at the academy. In the technique of chased copper, which was unusual for him, forms are modelled that are still strongly r...

Whimsical Italian porcelain bust of a Crow or bird decked out in the Classic Venetian boatman's striped shirt and straw hat. Signed on the bottom Italy Royal Majolyca.