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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Pair Of Murano Glass Toucans
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Pair of rare Murano handblown glass Toucans sculptures. 20"and 19" height 15" and 14"wide depth 5" base 4"x4" Artist signed (engraved), artist's seal.​ Wa...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Blown Glass

"1959 (Teal)" Metal Sculpture- steel, mid century modern, modernism, monochrome
Located in Marmora, NJ
"1959 (Teal)" is a fun modernist freestanding sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. Made from .25" thick powder coated mild steel, it is vibrant and durable and can be used both inside and outside (powder coated is weather resistant). The color is a retro teal (Even though it appears almost bright blue in the bright sun photos...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Steel

Pablo Picasso, Visage Brun-Bleu (Ramie 2), White Earthenware Clay Plate 1947
Located in Long Island City, NY
Created in 1947, this early Picasso ceramic is the second that artist ever produced. It is in wonderful condition and presented in a fine black wood fra...
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1940s Modern Sculptures

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Clay, Glaze

Petite tête, profil gauche (Small Head, Left Profile), A.R. 535
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1965, this terre de faïence sculpture with white slip is inscribed on the sculptural base with the atelier stamps ‘EDITION PICASSO’ and ‘MADOURA...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Slip, Faience

Woman Seated A Bronze Sculpture of a Woman by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
The bronze sculpture of a woman by Charles Rumsey is undated, but was created at a point in his career where he began to transition from realism to more modern, looser depictions of ...
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1920s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

"Untitled" bronze sculpture of seated female figure by artist Felipe Castañeda
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" bronze sculpture of a female nude by artist Felipe Castañeda. Inscribed F. Castañeda 1984 P/A on base.
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Tranquility, Abstract Art, Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Tranquility, Size: 37" x 17" x 4'' inch...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Penguin B Upside down realism wildlife sculpture artwork-contemporary Wall art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Limited edition of 25 Full of energy and movement, Penguin B br...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Porcelain, Canvas

"Tuxedo" Wall Sculpture- mid century modern, blue, white, navy, yellow, Stella
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Tuxedo" is a minimalist and modernist wood wall sculpture reminiscent of both made century modern forms and the brutalist architectural movement. The piece was inspired by my love ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Terracotta Sculpture by Evert Lindfors, Sweden, Similarities with A.Giacometti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Terracotta Sculpture by Swedish artist Evert Lindfors (1927-2016), made in the 1970s. Evert moved to France in the 1940s where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked from the mid-1950s as a painter in Lacoste in Provence, France. Towards the end of the 1960s, he switched to terracotta sculpture. He met his friend Torsten Renqvist...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Mid Century Modern Tree Sculpture by Curtis Jere
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout vintage object of art tree sculpture handcrafted in brass attached to an organic quartz rock and signed Curtis Jere on the bottom.
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Stone, Brass

Polish Modernist Man Walking Dog Bronze Expressionist Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed bronze from small edition of 8. plus 4 artists proofs Dominik Albiński (born 1975, South Africa) He started carving at the age of twelve. When he was eighteen he went to Pari...
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Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique, 19th C. Peugeot Frères Brevetés French Coffee Grinder Table Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
This is being sold as a piece of (functional?) decorator table sculpture for a kitchen or restaurant. I do not know if or how it works. the wheel and gears turn. It might be missing a cover on the handle. It is a lovely antique piece. Made in France. A halfcentury before they produced their first car, the Peugeot brothers were making coffee grinders, continuing to do so for over 100years. In 1840 the Peugeots produced their first moulin a cafe out of a combination of metal and wood. The beans were inserted into the metal hopper up top; metal gears were turned by a woodenknob-capped metal...
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Late 19th Century Modern Sculptures

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Metal, Brass

"Harbor Flags" Wall Sculpture mid century modern, blue, yellow, mcm, brown bold
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Harbor Flags" is a minimalist and modernist solid wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece is part of my popular "Small Pops" Series which ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Ouvrir les Frontières pour Mr. Olingou
Located in Atlanta, GA
The universal theme of travel has always inspired Bruno Catalano. Since he started to knead clay, hundreds of “Travellers” went out of his feverish hand...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Spatial Light
Located in Miami, FL
Agustin Cardenas Spatial Light, 1989 Bronce II of III 23 x 11 x 5 in Cárdenas was a descendant of african slaves from Senegal and Congo. He was born in Matanzas, a major export port for the sugar industry. Cárdenas studied under Juan José Sicre, in Cuba, and from 1943 to 1949 at la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana. He was a member of the Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba (AGC) from 1951 to 1955. Also he was a member of the creative group Los Once from 1953 to 1955. Cárdenas' work was exhibited several times in 1952 "Pintura Ávila Escultura Cárdenas" at the Palacio de los Trabajadores in Havana, and in 1955 he exhibited a selection of his pieces in "Agustín Cárdenas...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Nude Woman Figure Knelling On The Pillow
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Nude woman figure knelling on the pillow. Signed illegibly with initials, dated '64 edition 1/3. Bronze on marble base.
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Ballerina Tying Shoe Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Sitting Ballerina Tying Shoe Vintage bronze sculpture of a ballerina tying shoe, signed N. Abrams.
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Satiro - Original Bronze Sculpture by Giulio Aristide Sartorio
Located in Roma, IT
Bronze head sculpture realized by Giulio Aristide Sartorio, an Italian painter, sculptor and film director from Rome. Having attended the Rome Institute of Fine Arts, Sartorio presented a Symbolist work at the 1883 International Exposition of Rome. He made friendships with Nino Costa and Gabriele D’Annunzio, and associated with the painters and photographers of the Roman countryside. His period of greatest renown came at the beginning of the century, when he produced decorative friezes for the 5th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte of Venice (1903), the Mostra Nazionale of Fine Arts (Milan, Parco Sempione...
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Early 20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Curly Haired Face (Visage aux cheveux bouclés), 1968-1969
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This exquisite ceramic impression captures the face of a man. With textured curls cascading down the side of his face and a thin defined nose with wide gazing eyes, he appears to be ...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Earthenware, Ceramic

Morris Brose "Bronze Bull" Figurative Sculptural Abstract
Located in Detroit, MI
"Bronze Bull" is an exquisite example of Morris Brose's abstract/figurative sculpture. No soft edges on this piece and no invitation to caress, the power, strength and beauty of the bronze are front and center and create awe. "Bronze Bull" is a free-standing piece signed on the base. Morris Brose, Polish/American was born in Wyszkow, Poland. He became a sculptor and instructor of sculpture at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State University and Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Cranbrook was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists who are alumni of Cranbrook include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski...
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Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Vintage Life Size Zebra Model or Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and unusual life size sculpture of a zebra crafted in composition in a surprisingly realistic form and hand decorated with the iconic stripes now worn to perfection.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Other Medium

Jerome Ferretti "Record Player" Symphonic Record Player Speakers
Located in Detroit, MI
"Record Player" by Jerome Ferretti, Detroit muralist, painter and sculptor, is a genuine Symphonic Record Player with built-in speakers that Je...
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1990s Modern Sculptures

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Acrylic, Wood

Picasso Ceramic, “Chouette” (A.R. 602)
Located in Madrid, ES
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) CHOUETTE (A.R. 602) stamped, marked and numbered 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / 240/350 / Madoura' (underneath) white earthenware ...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic

Bronze Sculpture American Modernist Art Stanley Bleifeld Girl with Bass or Cello
Located in Surfside, FL
Retaining a fine patina and in overall good condition. Signed with initials SB. I believe the edition size was 7 But I cannot find a mark. Stanley Bleifeld (1924 – 2011) was an American sculptor. Stanley Bleifeld was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bleifeld earned bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of science in education and in 1949 a master of fine arts degree in painting at Tyler School of Art of Temple University. After a trip to Rome in 1959 or 1960 he gave up painting for sculpture. He began his fine-art career as a painter. However, a visit to Italy and exposure to the bronzes of Donatello, Michelangelo, and Ghiberti changed his direction He worked with the Art Foundry of Massimo del Chiaro and alongside artists such as Lucchesi, Harry Marinsky, Fernando Botero, Igor Mitoraj and Ivan Theimer. Many of his early pieces were religious subjects, and reflected both painting and sculptural techniques in bas reliefs* that had "liquid landscapes in undulating reliefs and free-flowing portraits reminiscent of classical fragments" (166-167). He later turned from these abstract pieces to more realistic figures in bronze. Bleifeld was a National Academician in Sculpture, and a member of the National Academy of Design, and helped set policy for that organization. He was also President of the National Sculpture Society. Past presidents of the society have included John Quincy Adams Ward, James Earle Fraser, Chester Beach, Wheeler Williams, Leo Friedlander, Neil Estern, and Cecil de Blaquiere Howard. The first woman to gain admission into the NSS was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, in 1893. She was followed a few years later by Enid Yandell and Bessie Potter Vonnoh in 1898; Janet Scudder in 1904; Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1905 and Evelyn Longman and Abastenia St. Leger Eberle in 1906. In 1946, Richmond Barthé was likely the first African-American to be admitted. In 1994, the NSS held their first exhibition outside the United States at the Palazzo Mediceo Di Seravezza in Italy. Titled “100 Years of the National Sculpture Society of the United States of America in Italy” it ran from the 16th of July through the 4th of September and was curated by Nicky and Stanley Bleifeld along with Costantino Paolicchi, Lodovico Gierut and Paolo Giorgi. Among the 60 notable American sculptors whose work was selected for the exhibition were Stanley Bleifeld, Andrew DeVries, Neil Estern, Leonda Finke, Bruno Lucchesi, Barbara Lekberg...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Vintage Art Deco Style Seahorse Sculpture or Figure
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming Mid Century stylized seahorse sculpture crafted in bronze in an art deco form with a custom acid washed finish.
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Looking Into the Past
Located in Atlanta, GA
For sculptor/ painter/ photographer Roberto Santo, art became a way of life when, at age16, he embarked upon an apprenticeship with Bob Peak, the celebra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Ballerina on a chair
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sculpture from the Ballet series. The series is dedicated to classical ballet and includes over 30 sculptures. This sculpture depicts a dancer tying p...
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Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Metal, Bronze

Large Tea Bowl (brown glaze) (60% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME!)
Located in Kansas City, MO
(60% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME!) Peter Voulkos Large Tea Bowl (brown glaze) Stoneware and wood fired Circa mid-1990s 4.5 x 6 x 6 in Signed (bottom) COA provided Ref.: 924802-1004 Peter Voulkos (popular name of Panagiotis Voulkos; January 29, 1924 – February 16, 2002) was an American artist of Greek descent. He is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures, which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic crafts and fine art. While his early work was fired in electric and gas kilns, later in his career he primarily fired in the anagama kiln of Peter Callas, who had helped to introduce Japanese wood firing aesthetics in the United States. After serving in the United States Army during the Second World War, Voulkos studied painting and printmaking at Montana State College, in Bozeman (now Montana State University), where he was also introduced to ceramics; Frances Senska...
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1990s Modern Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze

"Makaha" (Metal) Sculpture- mid century modern, modernism, monochrome
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Makaha (Metal)" is a fun modernist freestanding sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. Made from .25" thick powder coated mild steel, it is vibrant and dura...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Steel

Dog Toy, Unique Contemporary Wooden Sculpture by Chris Berti
By Chris Berti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chris Berti Title: Untitled Year: circa 1990 Medium: Hand-Carved Wood, signature inscribed on stem Size: 10 x 30 x 10 in. (25.4 x 76.2 x 25.4 cm)
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1990s Modern Sculptures

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Wood

Large Gilt Bronze Sculpture of Leopard
Located in Rome, IT
Fantastic gilt grass leopard sculpture . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
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Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

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Brass

Femmes Fleurs (Women Pitcher)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Femmes Fleurs (Women Pitcher), 1948 A.R. 50 is an elegant turned pitcher highlights the graceful form of the female nude. C...
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1940s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Arch, Sensual White Carrara Statuary Marble Stone Vertical Figurative Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This Carrare statuary marble stone sculpture in a very pure white with slightly colored veins is by Lutfi Romhein. A graduate from the Academy of Fine A...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Marble

Linear MM, Abstract Original Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern design
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Linear MM Size: 36" x 72" x 4'' inch, (91x182x8 cm...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Nature, Abstract 3D Original Glass Wall Sculpture, Modern, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Nature, Size: 65" x 65" x 1'' inch, 165...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Mother and Child Bronze Sculpture
By Rose Van Vranken
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive bronze sculpture of a mother holding an infant by Rose Van Vranken (American, 1918-2013). Signed and numbered "VAN VRANKEN 5/6" on the back of the pedestal. 14.5"H x 5.5"...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Minna Rothenberg Harkavy (1895-1987) Estonian-American This is not signed bronze portrait bust Provenance: Estate of the artist by descent Minna Harkavy (1887 – 1987) (birth occasio...
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Early 20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

"Flashe" Wall Sculpture- mid century modern, red, orange, mcm, modernist, wood
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Flashe" is a minimalist and modernist wood wall sculpture reminiscent of both made century modern forms and the brutalist architectural movement. The piece was inspired by my love ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Lapin, by Sandoz, rabbit, animal, sculpture, bronze, 1910's, swiss artist, cast
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin, modèle 5, circa 1919-1921 Fondeur Susse Bronze with brown patina 6.5 x 4.9 x 6.5 cm Inscribed and foundry stamp : Ed.m.Sandoz, Susse Frères Editeurs Certificate of authentici...
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1910s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Lapin assis, tête tournée, Sandoz, 1910's, bronze, animal, rabbits, rare proof
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin assis, tête tournée, circa 1919-1921 Fondry Susse, Ed. 3/5 pcs circa 1919-1921 Rare bronze proof with a brown patina 8.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm Certificate of authenticity issued by th...
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1910s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Monumental Panel of 15 Brutalist Relief Sculptures by Ron Hitchins
Located in London, GB
Monumental panel of 15 handmade fibreglass relief sculptures from the artist's own home. Each sculpture is signed and unique, with beautiful tarnished...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Fiberglass, Paint, Walnut

Samson, Bronze Sculpture by Arnold Goldstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bronze sculpture of blind Samson collapsing the temple in the ultimate act in the story of Samson and Delilah created by American artist Arnold Goldstein...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Eduardo Paolozzi: 'Steps' plaster sculpture
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
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1990s Modern Sculptures

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Plaster

Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1964, this red earthenware clay big rectangular plaque printed with engobe pad is #15 from the edition of 50. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU’ and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO’ stamps on the reverse. Pablo Picasso Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat), 1964 A.R. 518 is a remarkable and beautiful work. It represents Picasso’s most important relationships at the time, namely his artistic partnership with the Ramiés and his romance with Jacqueline Roque. It is also notably one of two ceramic works Picasso has ever made of this scale. Picasso takes immense care in depicting this portrait of his greatest muse Jacqueline; its wonderful texture and delicate variations in line weight are testaments to the artist’s innate creative skill. Composed of a simple linear carved design in an earth tone clay plaque...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic

"Young Acrobat, Version I" Chaim Gross, 1955 Modernist Ebony Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Chaim Gross Young Acrobat, Version I, 1955 Signed and dated on underside Ebony 48 ½ H. x 9 W. x 5 ½ D. inches Chaim Gross is considered to be one of the greatest American Modernist...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Ebony

Two Abstract Figures Onyx Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Untitled Biomorphic Form Abstract Sculpture Onyx Sculpture on granite base. Artist signature Graham dated 73. Richard D. Graham is a Postwar & Contemporary artist born in 1940 know...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Stone, Granite

Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Herons
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant pair of gilt bronze heron sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
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1990s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Thinking Figure, Modern Bronze sculpture with gold patina by Georges Charpentier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Georges Charpentier, French (1937 - 2024) - Thinking Figure, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Bronze sculpture with gold patina on wooden base, signature and numbering inscribed, Edition:...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Horn Player
Located in Los Angeles, CA
SEMION RABINKOV "UNICYCLE HORN PLAYER" BRONZE, SIGNED, NUMBERED 1/9 MOLDOVAN-AMERICAN, C.1990'S 27.5 INCHES Semion was born in Chisinau, Moldova, 1954...
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1990s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

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

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Ceramic

Vernal Equinox, 20th Century Bronze Figure of Woman, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) Vernal Equinox, c. 1975 Bronze Signed on base 16.5 x 4 x 3 inches Born in Cleveland, Ohio January 28, 1905, Edris was given the name Edythe Alin...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Chouette (Wood-Owl)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
A whimsical work full of glorious artistry, Pablo Picasso Chouette (Wood-Owl), 1948 A.R. 48 stands out as a magnificent ceramic. Verdant, green tendri...
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1940s Modern Sculptures

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Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

'Abstracted Figural Sculpture', Paris, Art Institute of Chicago, Michigan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed on base, 'Clyde Ball' (American, 1929-2017) and created 1975. Mounted on the artist's original granite base. (height, including base, 22 inches) Born in Indiana, Clyde Ball f...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Copper

Garden Wall - Triptych Dandelion - Steel -Modern Outdoor Ornament - 225×195 cm
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Shipping costs on request Beautiful contemporary oxidized sheet steel Garden Wall or privacy screen. With this garden wall you'll conjure up an atmospheric ambience in your garden. I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Steel

"Apollo V" Wood Wall Sculpture Modern, black, white, tan, mcm, mid century, pink
Located in Marmora, NJ
NOTE: This is a commission piece. It will be made specifically for you. Custom sizes and colors available. Allow 3-4 weeks plus shipping. "Apollo V" is a modern, minimalist, wood...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

“Darling Your Words...” Porcelain cup with sgraffito detailing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“My darling..” My darling your words are often too sharp, and I am always too soft. But as long as you bring me honey and ginger to sweeten and strengthen my body, my wounds. I will always bring the softness to your hard edges. We will blur into each other creating a malleable thing. You will always bring me your backbone, so I can know how to stand up straight (alone). In this way, when the day is long...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Porcelain, Paint

Electric, Abstract 3d Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Design
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Electric, Si...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Pase de cape, from Service Scènes de Corrida
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting his entire life, attending his first corridas when he was a child in Spain and gaining a renewed interest in the events when he settled ...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
Eugenie Gershoy (January 1, 1901 – May 8, 1986) was an American sculptor and watercolorist. Eugenie Gershoy was born in Krivoy Rog, Russia (Krivoi Rog, Ukraine) and emigrated to New York City in the United States as a child in 1903. Considered somewhat of a child prodigy, Gershoy was copying Old Master drawings at the age of 5. Her interest and talent in art was encouraged from a very young age. Aided by scholarships, she studied at the Art Students League under Alexander Stirling Calder, Leo Lentelli, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Boardman Robinson. Around this time, she created a group of portrait figurines of her fellow artists, including Arnold Blanch, Lucile Blanch, Raphael Soyer, William Zorach, Concetta Scaravaglione, and Emil Ganso, which were exhibited as a group at the Whitney Museum of American Art. At age 17, she was awarded the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draughtsmanship. Early in her career she became an active member of the Woodstock art colony. In Woodstock she experimented by sculpting in the profusion of indigenous materials that she found. Working with fieldstone, oak and chestnut, Gershoy created works based on classic formulae. As she became more interested in the dynamism of everyday life, she found that these materials and her idiom were too restrictive. By the time Gershoy came to Woodstock in 1921 her own individual artistic style was already evident in her sculptures. Eugenie Gershoy worked in stone, bronze, terracotta, plaster and papier-mache. Gershoy’s sculptures were mainly figurative in nature and many of her artist peers such as Carl Walters, Raphael and Moses Soyer, William Zorach and Lucille Blanch, became her subjects. Eugenie Gershoy’s works on paper should not be overlooked. She was the winner of the Gaudens Medal for Fine Draughtsmanship at the tender age of 17. Gershoy married Jewish Romanian-born artist Harry Gottlieb. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the pair kept a studio in Woodstock, New York. There, Gershoy was influenced by sculptor John Flanagan, who lived and worked nearby. From 1936 to 1939, Gershoy worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. She collaborated with Max Spivak on murals for the children's recreation room of the Queens Borough Public Library in Astoria, New York. She developed a mixture of wheat paste, plaster, and egg tempera, which she used in polychrome papier-mâché sculptures; she was the only New York sculptor to work in polychrome at this time. She also designed cement and mosaic sculptures of animals and figures to be placed in New York City playgrounds. Alongside others employed by the FAP, she participated in a sit-down strike in Washington, DC, to advocate for better pay and improved working conditions for the projects' artists. Gershoy's first solo exhibition was held at the Robinson Gallery in New York in 1940. She moved to San Francisco in 1942, and began teaching ceramics at the California School of Fine Arts in 1946. In 1950, she studied at the artists' colony at Yaddo. Gershoy traveled extensively throughout her life. She visited England and France in the early 1930s, and worked in Paris in 1951. She traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in the late 1940s, and also toured Africa, India, and the Orient in 1955. In 1977, Gershoy dedicated a sculpture to Audrey McMahon, who was actively involved in the creation of the Federal Art Project and served as its regional director in New York, in recognition of the work McMahon provided struggling artists in the 1930s. Gershoy's work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her papers are held at Syracuse University Grant Arnold introduced her to lithography in 1930 and Gershoy depicted many scenes of Woodstock artists and their daily activities through this medium. From 1942 to 1966 Gershoy lived and painted in San Francisco where she taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. She traveled extensively, filling sketchbooks with scenes of Mexico, France, Spain, Africa and India. During her later years Eugenie Gershoy returned to New York City and concentrated on numerous well received exhibitions. Her last exhibition in at Sid Deutsch Gallery included many of the sculptures that were later exhibited in the Fletcher Gallery. John Russell, former chief critic of fine arts for the New York Times, writes about the 1986 Sid Deutsch exhibition: “As Eugenie Gershoy won the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draftsmanship as long ago as 1914 and since 1967 has had 15 papier-mache portrait figures suspended from the ceiling of the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea, she must be ranked as a veteran of the New York scene. Her present exhibition includes not only the high-spirited papier-mache sculptures for which she is best known but a group of small portraits of artists, mostly dating from the 30’s, that is strongly evocative.” Eugenie Gershoy is an artist to take note of for several reasons. She was a woman who received great awards and recognition during a time when most female artists were struggling to hold their own against their male counterparts. As a young girl she won a scholarship to the Arts Student League where she met Hannah Small...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

"1959 (Teal)" Metal Sculpture- steel, mid century modern, modernism, monochrome
Located in Marmora, NJ
"1959 (Teal)" is a fun modernist freestanding sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. Made from .25" thick powder coated mild steel, it is vibrant and durable and can be used both inside and outside (powder coated is weather resistant). The color is a retro teal (Even though it appears almost bright blue in the bright sun photos...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Steel

Fratelli Fanciullacci Elbee orange & gold ceramic pottery set
Located in East Quogue, NY
Gorgeous Vintage MCM Fratelli Fanciullacci Elbee Italian Pottery Pitcher and Platter, made in Italy in the late 1950s/60s. A beautiful example of MCM Italian ceramic design featuring...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic

Mother Holding Baby Large Clay Sculpture Pre Columbian Style
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Mother Holding Baby, large terra-cotta and clay sculpture. From the Totonaca culture (state of Veracruz). Modern Pre Columbian style large sculpt...
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1990s Modern Sculptures

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Clay, Terracotta, Resin

Large Gilt Bronze Sculpture of Leopard
Located in Rome, IT
Fantastic gilt brass leopard sculpture . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
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Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

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Brass

Vintage Alabaster sculpture - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Alabaster sculpture is an original design object realized by Artist of the Late 20th Century. A very elegant sculpture realized in alabaster and base in olive wood.
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Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Alabaster

Coral, Abstract 3DOriginal Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture Modern Design
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Coral, Size: 17" x 34" x 4'' inch, 43x94x10 ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athletes figure , on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male strength and beauty, inspired by the trend i...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Marble

Chien à la sauterelle, Sandoz, Dog, Sculpture, Bronze, Animal, 1910's
Located in Geneva, CH
Chien à la sauterelle, Sandoz, Dog, Sculpture, Bronze, Animal, 1910's Chien à la sauterelle Susse Fondeur circa 1918-1930 Bronze with brown patina and shade of green 13 x 13 x 9 cm Signed and seal of the foundry on the base : Sandoz, Susse Fondeur Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté de Edouard Marcel Sandoz, sculpteur figuriste et animalier 1881-1971, by Félix Marcilhac, Les Editions de l'amateur, 1993...
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1910s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Steel Garden Wall - "Diptych Tree with Firewood Rack" - Outdoor Art - 205×195 cm
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Beautiful contemporary oxidized sheet steel Garden Wall or privacy screen. Customization possible. With this garden wall you'll conjure up an atmospheric ambience in your garden. Id...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Steel

Large Ceramic Clay Sculpture Of Striped Shirt In Man Size On Piedestal
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Large sized sculpture of a standing shirt including large piedestal.
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Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay

Lovers Figurative Bronze Sculpture Signed Illegibly edition 2/10
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lovers Figurative Bronze Sculpture Signed Illegibly edition 2/10 Large bronze sculpture signd illegible possible in Hebrew.
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Cavalier et cheval (AR 137), Ceramic Stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu/Edition Picasso'
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Cavalier et cheval (A.R. 137) stamped, marked and numbered 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / 274/30...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic

Lapin bijou sonnette, Sandoz, Ring, Rabbit, Bronze, animal, sculpture, 1920's
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin bijou, sonnette, circa 1920-1930 Fondry Susse, Ed. 1748 pcs Bronze with a brown patina H. 6.5 cm Signed on the side of the base : Ed.m.Sandoz Sandoz : Sculpteur Figuriste et An...
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1920s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

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