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Art Subject: Decor
'Bird Chicken' original Shona stone sculpture signed by Samuel Likongwe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Bird Chicken' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbbwean artist Samuel Likongwe. Based in Harare, Likongwe was trained in the Shona stone sculpting tradition a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 02
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Beyond the page- bronze and iron mural sculpture with lying woman and books
By Mireia Serra
Located in New York, NY
Mireia Serra's little figurative bronze sculptures capture feelings and sensations of day to day lives. She transforms everyday dilemmas into something beautiful that captures the be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Iron
"Fish on Plate" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
"Storm" - Freestanding Female Bust Sculpture by Swedish Artist Jennie Vinter
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This ethereal freestanding sculpture measures 13 inches high and 16 inches wide and 7 inches deep. The artist signature is hand carved into the side of the sculpture. It is fired in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
"Hemba Stool-Monkeys Zaire, " Carved Wood created circa 1900-1920 in Africa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Hemba Stool-Monkeys Zaire" is a carved wood stool created in Africa circa 1900-1920. The base of the stool is domed in the middle a column goes upwards to...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Daily Grind
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of two men in business suits, back to back with their arms linked
Edition of 9
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
$16,500
Paint tube 3 - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This hyper realistic ceramic sculpture by Tal Sharvit is from her recent body of works. Tal uses her extra ordinary abilities to create these pieces that a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Paint tube 2 - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This hyper realistic ceramic sculpture by Tal Sharvit is from her recent body of works. Tal uses her extra ordinary abilities to create these pieces that a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic wood-fired sculpture: 'Earth And Sky '
By Tony Moore
Located in New York, NY
My work is concerned with the relationship of humanity and nature. I conceive of an expanded concept of “Nature” as embodying all existence, both the seen and unseen, socio-politica...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
"Goblets" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Multiple of 2 bespoke "Goblets" available, sold individually.
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
'Meditation' original Shona stone sculpture signed by Dudzai Mushawepwere
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Meditation' original opal serpentine sculpture signed by Zimbabwean artist Dudzai Mushawepwere. The sculpture uses abstraction in the human figure to capture an abstract state of mind: the sculpture presents the form of a woman, her hips wide and arms long. Her arms reach over and hold her circular head, which floats neckless above the torso like a nearly-setting sun. The figure thusly separates their mind and thoughts from their bodily and earthly concerns and instead connects themselves to the heavens. The image reminds of the dancer drawings...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Vases in Bowl
Located in Phoenix, AZ
unglazed ceramic
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
HEAD - STUCCO AND WAX ANATOMICAL MODEL
Located in Milano, IT
Rare anatomical head made of stucco and wax, of 18th-century German workmanship. Fascinating study model used in academia at the time, a fascinating piece of scientific art.
The piec...
Category
18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Chalk, Wax
'Untitled, Vessel' Porcelain
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Porcelain
1.75" x 1.75" x 1.75"
Sandra Byers creates these small nature-inspired translucent porcelain vessels using a variety of techniques. She begins s...
Category
1980s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Women - Bronze 34" Sculpture on Natural Mahogany Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This bronze sculpture speaks to the nurturing of women with the small symbol of the home on the top of the women's head. Within the outline of the women is the complexity of women.
T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ceramic Pot - Mossi, Burkina Fasso (Farmer's Water Jug), " created in Africa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This ceramic pot was made by an unknown Mossi artist in Burkina Fasso. It was used as a farmer's water jug. The Mossi are a people in central Burkina Faso, living mostly in the villa...
Category
1930s Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
In the Wood - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Good condition.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his child...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
I loved you
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ruan Hoffmann uses ceramic earthenware as his preferred medium. Ruan Hoffmann chooses familiar objects such as plates as his canvases, however the result...
Category
2010s Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze
'Large Disk I' Terra Sigillata
Located in Milwaukee, WI
22x23
Terra Sigillata
Signed to underside
B.S. in Art Education: University of Wisconsin-Stout in 1971
"This work is low-fired and unglazed. The obje...
Category
1980s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Poppy №4" 2023
Located in New York, NY
Anneke Bogardus "Poppy №4" 2023
Entirely hand sculpted. Raku fired.
5 3/4” tall, 12” around
Raku firing is an ancient Japanese ceramics technique. The Raku technique is essentiall...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Forrest II
Located in Bozeman, MT
In 1968 Waddell joined the University of Montana art faculty, teaching sculpture and design. For eight years he lived in Arlee MT, teaching at the Universi...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust with small bust inside torso on pedastool: 'Petit cri du coeur'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Melon (Small Whole)" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
"Cherished Memories" (2024) By Carolyn Barlock, Original Gold and Porcelain Vase
Located in Denver, CO
"Cherished Memories" (2024) by Carolyn Barlock is an original, handmade vase made with Persian luster and 22kt gold on porcelain.
About the Artist:
Carolyn L. Barlock was born in D...
Category
2010s Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Gold
"Bountiful Harvest" (2024) By Carolyn Barlock, Original Gold and Porcelain Bowl
Located in Denver, CO
"Bountiful Harvest" (2024) by Carolyn Barlock is an original, handmade bowl made with Persian luster and 22kt gold on porcelain.
About the Artist:
Carolyn L. Barlock was born in De...
Category
2010s Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Fog, texture, textile, pattern, blue, symmetrical
Located in New York, NY
Ana Maria Farina paints using a gun––a tufting gun––along with needles, hooks, and knots. Repurposing a phallic signifier of violence, she conjures vibrant objects of comfort that in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Textile
"Cake (Butterfly)" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze, Luster
Nurture, texture, textile, pattern, pink, red, yellow, 3D
Located in New York, NY
Ana Maria Farina paints using a gun––a tufting gun––along with needles, hooks, and knots. Repurposing a phallic signifier of violence, she conjures vibrant objects of comfort that in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Textile
Semente (Seed), red, yellow, pink, purple, 3D, tufting, textile, texture
Located in New York, NY
Ana Maria Farina paints using a gun––a tufting gun––along with needles, hooks, and knots. Repurposing a phallic signifier of violence, she conjures vibrant objects of comfort that in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Textile
Histérica #2 (Hysterical #2), red, green, black, gold, yellow, fringe, white
Located in New York, NY
Ana Maria Farina paints using a gun––a tufting gun––along with needles, hooks, and knots. Repurposing a phallic signifier of violence, she conjures vibrant objects of comfort that in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Textile
Untitled MM8, silhouette, pattern, textile, icon, yellow, gold, pink
Located in New York, NY
printed fabric, thread, sequins and ink
ARTIST STATEMENT: ICONS
I work on an intimate scale, creating delicate, hand-stitched images of imposing, dazzling, iconic women. They are ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Thread
'Salom 5 lobed pod SB#4' Porcelain
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Porcelain
2" x 2" x 2"
Sandra Byers creates these small nature-inspired translucent porcelain vessels using a variety of techniques. She begins some form...
Category
1980s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Untitled MM7, gray, blue, patterned, textile, figure, silhouette, icon
Located in New York, NY
printed fabric, thread, sequins and ink
ARTIST STATEMENT: ICONS
I work on an intimate scale, creating delicate, hand-stitched images of imposing, dazzling, iconic women. They are ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Thread, Sequins
"SHURA (stripes)" Ceramic Sculpture 10" x 6.5" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"SHURA (stripes)" Ceramic Sculpture 10" x 6.5" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
SHURA ceramic
An elegant shape and free lines are combined together to create an image of the Russian matr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled MM11, silhouette, pattern, textile, icon, purple, pink, gold
Located in New York, NY
printed fabric, thread, sequins and ink
ARTIST STATEMENT: ICONS
I work on an intimate scale, creating delicate, hand-stitched images of imposing, dazzling, iconic women. They are ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Thread, Sequins
Study Buddies
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on lower bronze base with an edition number.
4/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Bowl, Fish and Worm' ceramic, signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
9" dia.
Ceramic, signed and dated
The ceramic sculptures of Wisconsin artist Michael Gross are personal narratives that reveal an unusual mix of earthly magic and primal vitality. The artist works in a variety of forms, including figurines, large vessels and furniture. With over a dozen museum exhibitions under his belt, the artist is a regular exhibitor at SOFA in New York...
Category
1980s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Chickadee Box
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number into the bronze base of the piece.
14/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chirp
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number into the bronze base of the piece.
13/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,200
Seagulls
Located in PARIS, FR
Seagulls
by Léo LAPORTE-BLAIRSY (1865-1923)
Sculpture made in white Carrara marble
signed on the base "Léo Laporte-Blairsy"
France
circa 1904
height 60 cm
width 41 cm
depth 25 cm
...
Category
Early 1900s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"All the way down" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
'Untitled, Lobed Pod' Porcelain
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Porcelain
1.75" x 1.75" x 1.75"
Sandra Byers creates these small nature-inspired translucent porcelain vessels using a variety of techniques. She begins s...
Category
1980s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Infernus #1
Located in Bozeman, MT
Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Protected Spirits, " a Carved Opal signed by Picket Mazhindu Bumhira
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Protected Spirits" is a sculpture carved from Opal stone signed Picket, who is part of the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe. It depicts two abstracted figures, presumably spirits, seeming to float upwards.
38 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 7 1/4"
Picket Mazhindu Bumhira was born 1968 in the Seke communal lands about 5 km. from Harare, Zimbabwe. Picket had a passion for art from childhood and during his school days he loved drawing and painting. He was very inspired by sculpture of the late John Takawira, one of Zimbabwe's first generation of Shona sculptors, whom he met when Picket went to Chapungu. They then agreed to work together. Later he started to sculpt on his own. Some of his works made the headlines in the newspapers, including "Spirit of Love," which was exhibited in Victoria Falls during Arts Gala. He exhibited in the UK and in Germany. He was among the sculptors who went to China for an exhibition at the Poverty Reduction Summit. Picket likes working on springstone and opal and especially enjoys making abstracts.
Shona artists and crafts people have been working in different media for generations. These include paintings, pottery, basket ware, wood carvings, and sculpture done in metal as well as the stone carvings. While there is not a long standing tradition of sculpture in what is now Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia), stone carvings dating from the 15th century were seen in Great Zimbabwe, an excavated temple near Bulawayo. Most of the artifacts from this location have been moved to museums in Cape Town, South Africa or London.
It is generally agreed that Zimbabwean stone sculpture...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
Marriage
By Andrés Amaya
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Reinforced polymer (FV) and acrylic polyurethane. Edition 2 of 9
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polyester, Acrylic Polymer, Polyurethane
"Tall Jar with Figures, " Original Ceramic signed by Christine LePage
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tall Jar with Figures" is an original ceramic by Christine LePage. The artist signed and dated the piece on the bottom. It features silhouettes of figures as...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Extrapolation 6
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In Extrapolations, Lachapelle extracts seemingly mundane mechanical objects from a typical cityscape – such as radiators, fire hydrants, and balconies – and manipulates their appearance by creating 3D printed models that visually oscillate between the magical and the monstrous.
In some of his sculptures, Lachapelle uses photogrammetry – a method that scans a series of two-dimensional photographs or images to create three-dimensional models. While photogrammetry typically enables real-life objects to be accurately reproduced, the artist challenges this paradigm by tampering with the machine’s process, both by accepting the machine’s glitches and by triggering them. When scanning images, the results may not always be what is anticipated, however, for Lachapelle it is about welcoming the unknown. In several examples, he encourages the program to read screenshots of images and extrapolates what should be there, filling in blank data with added images and various shapes. The resulting sculptures are symmetrical and geometric, appearing uncannily familiar like human vertebrae, yet unfamiliar in fantastical abstracted forms. The sculptures merge between two different worlds, bridging human and machine through unexpected adaptations to everyday things.
Extrapolations balances between this duality, ultimately reflecting on the increasing dependency humans have on technology in our everyday world. For Lachapelle, this is especially pertinent in a world where technology is continuously developing. The sculptures highlight the dynamic and everchanging relationship between humans and technology, making us question this reliance on technology.
In this exhibition, Lachapelle also introduces the inclusion of human characters back into his art practice. He places people in unnatural and impossible exchanges with machines and technology. For instance, while in past exhibitions, he has usually tried to conceal the electronic components that make moving pieces...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
Vapos #1
Located in Bozeman, MT
Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Untitled Vase, " Neo-Expressionist Ceramic Vase signed by Michael Gross
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Untitled Vase" is an original ceramic vase by Michael Gross. It features abstracted and grotesque figures on a yellow ground.
11 1/2" x 4 1/2" art
The ceramic sculptures of Wisconsin artist Michael Gross are personal narratives that reveal an unusual mix of earthly magic and primal vitality. The artist works in a variety of forms, including figurines, large vessels and furniture. With over a dozen museum exhibitions under his belt, the artist is a regular exhibitor at SOFA in New York...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Creating Spirits, " Red Jasper Abstract Sculpture by Farai Darare
By Farai Darare
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Creating Spirits" is an original red jasper sculpture by Farai Darare. It depicts an abstracted figure holding a pot.
19" x 6 1/2" x 3 1/4"
Farai Walter Darare started working as a washer and polisher for his father's sculptures when he was seven years old. He worked and studied under the renowned Shona sculptors Chikumbirike, Runyanga, Muropa, and his father Casper Darare...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Contemporary buddha head sculpture - blue car paint
By Tal Nehoray
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Buddha sculpture is made of ceramic covered with glossy car paint. It is part of an edition of 25 and comes in other colors as well.
Easy to h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Automotive Paint
$600 Sale Price
29% Off
Kansas City Water Tower by Dan Anderson
By Dan Anderson
Located in Morton Grove, IL
KANSAS CITY WATER TOWER (INV# NP5057)
Dan Anderson (1945 - 2023)
clay, glaze, and decals with metal base
woodfired ceramic!
11.5 x 8 x 8”
circa 2016
signed
RARE!
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Undersea Living, " Ceramic signed on Verso by Bill Reid
By Bill Reid
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Undersea Living" is an original ceramic sculpture by Bill Reid. The artist signed the piece on the back and the title is stamped into the front. Reid's narratives have many humorous...
Category
1980s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sculpture of Bust: 'Paulette'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Vase 5
By Ray Smith
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Vase
Ceramics
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$20,000
'Sharing One Heart' original opal serpentine sculpture by Tichona Nyakambangwe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Sharing One Heart' is an original sculpture carved from opal serpentine by the Zimbabwean artist Tichona Nyakambangwe. The sculpture presents three figures grouped together, represe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Joseph Cheret Patinated Bronze Art Nouveau Vase
Located in New York, NY
A verdigris patinated cast bronze, relief vase decorated with maidens and putti frolcking while holding a long garland and centaur masacron handles.
Cast signed and foundry mark fo...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Neck and Neck" -- Sculpture by Jenny Day
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze, Epoxy Glue
Coupe Anthropomorphe Sirène
Located in PARIS, FR
2008
17 x 28 x 20 cm
Ceramic
Incised handwritten signature and date “Derval, 2008”. Excellent condition.
Category
Early 2000s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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