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ERTE "LA DANSEUSE" 1986, BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Femme de luxe" (Bronze)
by
Erte
Type: Sculpture
Media: Patina on Bronze
Dimensions: 13 3/4" High
Year Produced: 1986
Edition Size: 500 Numbered, 35 AP
Edition Number: 13/500
In Exce...
Category
1980s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,399 Sale Price
20% Off
Orientalist African Hunter Leaning on His Shield 19th cent. Black Forest, German
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Orientalist African Hunter Leaning on His Shield
Black Forest, School Switzerland 19th century
Carved Wood
21 inches
This is an exceptionally beautifu...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fetch - contemporary, figurative, bronze, indoor tabletop sculpture
By Susan Valyi
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This indoor tabletop figurative sculpture includes a dog and is forged from bronze that is patinated.
The award-winning sculptures of Susan Valyi were often created from an imaginat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ladyfoot, Resin, Red, Idan Zareski
Located in Porto, 13
“Ladyfoot” by Idan Zareski is an iconic contemporary sculpture, part of the renowned Bigfoot Family series. Cast in high-quality resin and finished in a striking chrome red, this lar...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Lucifer Evangilans Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure
Located in Utrecht, NL
Lucifer Evangilans Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Reclining Nude resin bronze sculpture of a girl
Located in London, GB
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Reclining Nude
Resin bronze
56 x 26 cm
An enigmatic resin bronze sculpture of...
Category
Late 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Satyr with Young Faun on his Shoulders - Bronze Sculpture by Aurelio Mistruzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Numbered and signed. Limited edition of 100 pieces.
Excellent conditions.
Aurelio Mistruzzi was an Italian sculptor and medalist.
He attended the Udine School of Art with professor ...
Category
1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
“Diana”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful golden brown patina bronze of Diana, the goddess of the moon by the French sculptor, Emmanuel Villanis. Signed on her shoulder. Impressed foundry stamp on base, “Society de...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,600 Sale Price
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Pair of Neoclassical Terracotta Bust of Emperor Caracalla and Cicero
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of 19' century Italian Marble imitation painted Terracotta .
Bust of Emperor Caracalla and Cicero .
Measurements : cm 71 H x 60
Available also a pair marble imitation colum...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$11,445 Sale Price
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PAIR OF JANUS SCULPTURES
Located in Paris, FR
Janus.
Pair of bronze sculptures. Edition by Artcurial. Numbered 27/250 and 28/250.
He was born Henri Étienne-Martin 4 February 1913 in Loriol, Drôme, France. He attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon from 1929 to 1933, where he met Marcel Michaud. Martin moved to Paris in 1934, working at the studio of Charles Malfray at the Académie Ranson where he came into contact with such painters as Roger Bissière, Jean Le Moal, Jean Bertholle, Alfred Manessier, Zelman, Véra Pagava...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Dancer - Sculpture by Giacomo Manzù - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancer is a sculpture realized by Giacomo Manzù in 1957. Unique piece.
Exhibitions:
Manzù. L’Uomo e l’Artista, Palazzo Venezia, Roma 2002-2003
Manzù-Marino. Gli ultimi moderni,...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Trail of Prayers
By Denny Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Trail of Prayers by Denny Haskew
Figurative Female Bust 66x16x20" Bronze/Walnut #20/20
sold out edition available on the secondary market, sold...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Marble Bust Sculpture Dante Alighieri 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze and marble bust of Dante Alighieri, circa 1880.
The bronze is most likely Florentine and mod...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Satyr with Cymbals and Kroupezion, Grand Tour after the Antique, 19th century
Located in Beachwood, OH
19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCHOOL
Satyr with Cymbals and Kroupezion, Grand Tour after the Antique
Bronze with marble base
26 in. h. x 15 in. w. x 10 in. d.
This dancing faun is now mo...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Finely carved female figural marble engagement statue by C. Dazzi
Located in New York, NY
Finely carved female figural marble statue by C. Dazzi
A full length white marble statue of a young woman in a dynamic dress admiring her engagement ring. Resting on a pink marble vase...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Hero, Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Moreau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hippolyte Moreau, French (1832 - 1927)
Title: Hero
Medium: Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base, signature inscribed
Size: 19 x 11 x 9 in. (48.26 x 27.94 x 22.86 cm)
The tale of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Exceptional Italian Neoclassical Sphinx Carrara Marble Statue
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding Italian Neoclassical Sphinx Carrara Marble sculpture designed as entrance guardian, this mythical lady sphinx statuary display the head and chest of a neoclassical woma...
Category
1790s Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Luca Madrassi "The Fencer" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Luca Madrassi (Italian, 1849-1919) "The Fencer" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the standing figure dressed as a fencer holding his sabre, a mask and glove at his feet...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Diana
By Hans Harry Liebmann
Located in Miami, FL
This is a rare statement piece that commands that eye. It is of museum quality will be the centerpiece of any space. Masterfully crafted details of the human form are finely rendered...
Category
1910s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rose as Sweet, Waiting Woman and Soft Glow. Porcelain Plates. Wall Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Her poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values women not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative quali...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
Located in Milan, IT
ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
Rome, 1st Century b.C.
marble
23 x 15 x 5 cm without base
9 x 6 x 2 in
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Palabres by Marine de Soos - Large bronze sculpture, human figure, man, nude
Located in Paris, FR
Palabres is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 150 × 80 × 65 cm (59.1 × 31.5 × 25.6 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is par...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reflection Series: Inner Voice
Located in Dallas, TX
The figure has always been Deborah Ballard’s muse in her sculptures. Ballard works in bronze, cast stone, and plaster; her figures ranging from life-size to hand-size. Ballard says, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Stainless Steel, Iron
Danseuse au Voile, Renoir, Sculpture, impressionism, naked woman, nude, bronze
Located in Geneva, CH
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) La Danseuse au Voile
Cast in 1964
Ed. 14/20 pcs / Conceived in 1913 Bronze with a black patina
64 x 46 x 28 cm
Signed, foundry's stamp and numbered ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Andy Warhol Bearbrick 400% set of 4 works (Warhol BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol 400% Bearbrick Vinyl Figures: Set of four individual works (2020-2021):
A unique, timeless Andy Warhol Muhammad Ali, Elvis & Marilyn (pink & blue variations) collectibles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Surplus Value (Beige)
By Yue Minjun
Located in Bristol, GB
Mixed materials (wood & copper)
Edition of 75
Signed on the base, and numbered on the base and the accompanying insert card
Mint. Small chip on the wooden box bottom back corner, oth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
"Tape recorder", Needlepoint Embroidery Found Object Sculpture, Textile Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This found object sculpture titled "Tape recorder" is an original artwork by Ulla-Stina Wikander made of needlepoint embroidery and vintage object. Her i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Found Objects
Girl with a Kid / - Caresses of innocence -
By Ary Bitter
Located in Berlin, DE
Ary Bitter (1883 Marseille - 1973 Paris), Girl with Kid, around 1930. Green patinated bronze with cast plinth loosely mounted on a white-veined dark green marble base. Dimensions of the plinth: 5 cm (height) x 80 cm (length) x 24 (width), dimensions of the bronze 28 cm (height) x 72 cm (length) x 18 cm (width). Weight of the bronze 18.2 kg, total weight 39.2 kg. Signed “Ary Bitter.” on the plinth and stamped “L N Paris J L” by the foundry Les Neveux de Jacques Lehmann...
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$8,579 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman - XXI century Contemporary figurative bronze sculpture, Classical, Realism
Located in Warsaw, PL
RYSZARD PIOTROWSKI (born in 1952) Sculptor. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His works include intimate, small forms in marble, bronze and silver. He specializes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
ANTIQUE ITALIAN 18TH CENTURY BOXWOOD SCULPTURE OF CHRIST
Located in Milan, IT
Boxwood figure of Christ
Category
18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Untitled Man With Closed Eyes 1
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Untitled 1982 Young Man With Closed Eyes
Artist signed, and dated.
WILLIAM LUDWIG (1935-2011)
Education:
University of Connecticut, 1957-1961
Hartford Art School, University of Har...
Category
1980s Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eugéne Marioton (French, 1854-1933) The Dance of Zephyr and Psyche
Located in New York, NY
BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP “LA DANSE” BY EUGENE MARIOTON (FRENCH, 1857-1933)
This exceptional work by Eugéne Marioton is a dynamic expression of true love. It is presumed to be an allegor...
Category
Early 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pablo Picasso, "Lozenge with Mask", ceramic, clay
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This hexagonal tile, created by Pablo Picasso in 1956, is made of chamotted red earthenware clay and has decoration in engobes in black and white. It is from the edition of 350, num...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
FIGURE OF A CHILD - Sculpture ligneous
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant 15th-century wooden sculpture of a finely executed infant missing his arms. The work, of central Italian provenance, recalls the Donatello manner in the delicacy of the featu...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian School Nude Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"FRIDA'S WEDDING" FRIDA KAHLO BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 26 tall x 12 x 8
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"Frida's Wedding" Frida Kahlo
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was de...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Et Tu Dors And You Are Sleeping Bronze Sculpture Portrait Classic Contemporary
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Et Tu Dors And You Are Sleeping Bronze Sculpture Portrait Classic Contemporary
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rudolf KAESBACH (1873-1955) Bronze Jugendstil
Located in Berlin, DE
Rudolf KAESBACH (1873-1955), "Snake Charmer"
Inscribed 'R. Kaesbach' on the plinth and with the foundry mark, height with base: approx. 30.2 cm
Founding mark RM
Rosenthal & Maeder ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century White Marble Italian Sculpture The Emancipation of Slavery, 1930
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Refined white marble statue from the first half of the 20th century. This is a very high quality copy of a work by the great Italian sculptor Giacomo Ginotti (1845-1897). Known as Th...
Category
1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Chinese Guanyin Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese Standing Guanyin Patinated Bronze Sculpture, the bodhisattva donning floral pattern robes and holding an articulated vase, atop a double lotus base. 47" H x 14" W x 13" D.
Category
20th Century Qing Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sun God Ra / - The Light of Knowledge -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anonymous, Sun God Ra (bookend), 16 x 13.5 x 6 cm (depiction), 17.5 x 13.5 x 8 cm (with pedestal), patinated brass, c. 1935.
- Nose slightly rubbed, otherwise very good condition
...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$457 Sale Price
20% Off
Bust of Diane de Poitiers, Bronze sculpture of French Noblewoman
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Jean Goujon (French, 1510-1568)
Bust of Diane de Poitiers
Bronze with gilt socle base
9 x 3.75 x 2.75 inches
Provenance: Removed from a private residence at the Pierre Hotel
Di...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of a Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Francisco Vazquez Diaz, known as Compostela (1898-1988). Portrait of a Man, 1949. Carved mahogany, measuring 18.75 inches h, 8.5 inches w, 11 in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
$12,000 Sale Price
40% Off
"LA ROC Cat Woman" Decorated Graffiti Street Art Mannequin Bust Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful street art, abstract Mannequin Bust decorated by artist Angel Ortiz. Here we find this stylish bust figure with the artist signature tag...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Alia Mihi Mens Est Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boy Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Alia Mihi Mens Est Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boy Marble Stone
This sculpture need to be ordered. We will cast a brand new one for you. The edition is 4 pieces. The next scu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
RECLINING NUDE (SCULPTURE)
By Bruno Luna
Located in Aventura, FL
Incised signature and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 50. All reasonable offers will be considered.
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,100 Sale Price
25% Off
Eugene Antoine Aizelin (French, 1821-1902) Patinated Bronze of Psyche
By Eugene-Antoine Aizelin
Located in New York, NY
This fabulous figural bronze statue of Psyche by the Barbedienne Foundry is simply exquisite. Remnants of a lovely green oxidation, nestled within the corners, curves and crevices of...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled (Outsider Art Surrealist Figural Sculpture)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Rocco Monticolo (b. 1931). Untitled, 2022. Found antique object, wood, paint. Signed on reverse of face.
Monticolo was born in Italy in 1931 and came to America in 1946. He joined ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Gladiator ready for battle / - Ready for anything -
By Bruno Zach
Located in Berlin, DE
Bruno Zach (1891 Zhitomir - 1945 Vienna), Gladiator ready for battle, c. 1930. Blackish patinated bronze with silver-plated helmet, shield rim and shield pommel mounted on a fluted m...
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pierre Lepautre "Aeneas Carrying Anchises" Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
After Pierre Lepautre (French, 1660-1744) "Aeneas Carrying Anchises with Ascanius Out of Troy" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, on a squa...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fregoli - Sculpture by Arrighini Nicola - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Arrighini Nicola (Pietrasanta 1905-1977) a sculptor of Pietrasanta (Italy) in 1930 decided to create, in white Carrara marble on black marble basis, the Mask of Leopoldo Fregoli, o...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$21,461 Sale Price
25% Off
"Lovers" in Carved Wood, Young But Eternal
Located in San Francisco, CA
We are surrounded by graphic images, songs, greeting cards, and even paintings all created toward the effort of expressing romantic love. While so potent, and even sometimes transfor...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Bronze Dancer sculpture After Edgar Degas La Petite Danseuse de 14 Ans
By Edgar Degas
Located in Jerusalem, IL
After Edgar Degas 1834-1917 (French)
'La Petite Danseuse de 14 Ans ' bronze sculpture by Fonderie Giastini, France Made from the original plasters of t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Female Statue "Le Crépuscule" by Emile Andre Boisseau
Located in New York, NY
Emile-Andre Boisseau (French, 1842-1923)
Le Crépuscule
signed 'E. Boisseau' (on the base)
Bronze
height: 29 in. (74 cm.)
Emile-André Boisseau was a...
Category
19th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
ORIGINAL PERIOD BRONZE HEAD SCULPTURE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: artist unknown, dates to circa 1970's period; there are possibly markings to the underside.
Title: Head sculpture of the American President, Richard Nixon (1913-1994).
Medium: exceptionally heavy bronze
Size: height: 14.5 inches
depth : 9 inches ( back of head...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
''Umbrella'' Dutch Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of Woman Under an Umbrella
By Karin Beek
Located in Utrecht, NL
Karin Beek's (1948) bronze sculptures are characterized by a friendly, round and at the same time monumental style. They breathe the atmosphere of everyday life. Beek would like her ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Émile Guillemin (French 1841-1907) Bronze Bust of an Algerian Beauty
Located in New York, NY
Bronze bust with brown patina on marble socle base. Red patina detail on head scarf. In beautiful condition, expertly cast and modeled. Perfect for an art collector looking for European work that depicts Black and African people...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
'Teacher or Preacher' original signed Shona stone sculpture by Colleen Madamombe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Teacher or Preacher' is an original black serpentine sculpture by the celebrated second generation Shona artist Colleen Madamombe. The sculpture presents a character common to Madam...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Italian Limestone Garden Sculptures of Aria a Roman Goddness
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Lecce limestone of Aria a Roman Goddness .
Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto.
Measurements: Statue cm 160, base cm 85.
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Raffaello e Fornarina white marble statue by Raffaello Romanelli (1856 - 1928 )
Located in New York, NY
Raffaello Romanelli
1856 - 1928
Raffaello e Fornarina
signed Raffaello Romanelli Firenze and inscribed Raffaello et Fornarina
marble
height 38 in.; 96.5cm.
diameter 16 in.; ...
Category
19th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Late 15th Century By Florentine School Madonna with Child Bas-relief
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Late 15th Century Florentine School
Madonna with Child Bas-relief
Pietra serena (a blue-gray sandstone) 85.5 x 60.5 cm
Provenance:
- via Stefano Bardini purchased in 1896 by
Prince ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
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