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Art Subject: Furniture
Scarab on a buttercup - Nature forged in iron
Located in Milan, IT
Indoor or outdoor iron sculpture perfect for nature lovers. Ivan Zanoni's hands can forge insects and grasses with authenticity and superb craftsmanship, as this tiny but perfect pie...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Modèle de maquette de dyslexie disloquée by Cécile Raynal - stoneware sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Modèle de maquette de dyslexie disloquée is a unique smoke-fired stoneware sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 170 × 163 × 130 cm (66.9 × 64.1 × 51....
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Wood

"Cuba Mambo" contemporary bronze table, mural sculpture figurative Cuba dancing
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Cuba Mambo is a bronze sculpture with green patina, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 50. This sculpture stands on shelf as well as be hung on wall. This sculptur...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Pair of bookends with Elephants
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of bookends with Elephants by Ary BITTER (1883-1973) Pair of bronze sculptures with a nuanced greenish light brown patina Raised on their original veneered amaranth burl bases ...
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"A Girl Sitting on a High Chair" 20th Century Bronze Sculpture by Juan Clará
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS Spanish, 1878 - 1958 A GIRL SITTING ON A HIGH CHAIR signed "Juan Clara" (on the back of the chair ) bronze figure 8-3/4 x 7-1/8 x 4-3/4 inches (22 X 18 X 12 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Spanish Collector A young girl sitting on a high chair, with a naughty attitude that wants to escape from the high chair. She is making a great effort to get rid of the bars of the high chair, just as her whole body accompanies her to this effort. The candid and innocent attitude of the girl, but at the same time fun and mocking we love and conquer. Juan Clará Ayats. Olot (Gerona), 6.XII.1875 - Paris (France), II.1958. Sculptor Student of José Berga at the Olot School of Fine Arts, developed his training in France, first at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse, in 1896, and from 1901 in Paris. At this stage he lived with his younger brother, José Clará...
Category

1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

La Mattina The Morning Bronze Sculpture Female Figure Lying Down
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
La Mattina The Morning Bronze Sculpture Female Figure Lying Down KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, B...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Viewpoint" contemporary bronze table, mural sculpture figurative girl
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Viewpoint is a bronze sculpture with green patina, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 50. This sculpture stands on shelf as well as be hung on wall. Joan’s lates...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Mountain Lords bookends
Located in Loveland, CO
Bronze bookends by Kent Ullberg "Mountain Lords" Bronze Limited Edition of 100, signed and numbered 23 10.5" x 4.5 " x 5 " Representational sculpting of a Bald Eagle and Mountain Lion This particular casting is available on the secondary market from an original purchaser. It is in excellent condition, sold as pictured. ABOUT THE ARTIST: A native of Sweden, Kent Ullberg is recognized as one of the world's foremost wildlife sculptors. He studied at the Swedish University College of Art in Stockholm and worked at museums in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Africa and Denver, CO. After living in Botswana, Africa, for seven years he has made his home permanently in the United States where he now lives on Padre Island, Corpus Christi, TX. He also maintains a studio in Loveland, CO. Ullberg is a member of numerous art organizations and has been honored with many prestigious awards. In 1990 his peers elected him a Full Academician (NA), thus making him the first wildlife artist since John James Audubon to receive one of the greatest tributes in American art. A selection of his memberships include the National Sculpture Society; the American Society of Marine Art; the Allied Artists of America; Nature in Art, Sandhurst, UK; the National Academy of Western Art in Oklahoma City, OK which awarded him the Prix de West, the foremost recognition in Western Art. In 2010 he received the Briscoe Legacy Award and in 2016 the lifetime achievement award from the Society of Animal Artists. Best known for his monumental works executed for museums and municipalities across the globe, his Fort Lauderdale, FL, and his Omaha, NE installations are the largest bronze wildlife compositions ever done, spanning several city blocks. Both earned him the coveted Henry Hering...
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Barjo
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

Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Embrace", miniature bronze statue by Tom Merrifield
Located in Norwich, GB
Bronze miniature statue by Tom Merryfield marked No 67/95 Tom left the stage and took up drawing and sculpting as a full-time occupation and has never looked back. He has sculpted m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

ARCANIS - 40cm H Tribute Sailing Boat
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artwork: On the surface, Arcanis draws his inspiration from large racing sailboats bearing many prestigious brands. But in essence, the boat and money are associated with ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Giselle II by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Nando Kallweit's Giselle II captures a minimalist, abstract female figure seated in a casual, cross-legged pose. The bronze sculpture exhibits a sleek, matte finish that enhances i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Bruno Zach
Located in New York, NY
Cold Painted Austrian Bronze Table Lamp and Sculpture of a lounging Arab man. Signed with one of Zach's pseudonyms "K. Salat" Size: 16 1/2 inches high Artist Bio: Bruno Zach (6 Ma...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Espalier: Candelabrum
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Nicholas Crombach (BFA, 2012) is an artist working in Kingston Ontario. Crombach has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award. His solo exhibition, Behind Elegantly Carved Wooden Doors, was presented at Art Mûr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Metal

Trois Personnages sur Tremplin (Three Figures on a Trampoline), A.R. 375
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1956, this Madoura small convex wall plaque of white earthenware clay with engraving accentuated with oxidized paraffin in a glaze bath (ivory, brown) is from the edition ...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Pair of Mid Century Scandinavian Giraffe Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Stand out pair of mid century giraffes one standing and one grazing with a unique construction of shaved reed bundles and having carved wood heads,...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Prières et Rituels dans L'émerveillement" - indoor / outdoor sculpture, surreal
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Prières et Rituels dans L'émerveillement" is a surrealist metal sculpture made of stainless steel & bronze with patina. This boat, branch, ladder sculpture...
Category

2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Stainless Steel

Mannequin II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic journey Early days (1970-1975) Paris (1976-2001) Quebec...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Pegasus II Horse Bronze Sculpture Greek Mythology Light Green Wings In Stock
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Pegasus II, is a bronze sculpture of a horse with wings, from Greek mythology, with beautiful light green patina. Pegasus II Horse Bronze Sculpture G...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Domino Effect
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9 + APs
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Hormiga N° 1 con Cereza
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gerardo Fernandez South American Artist set of 10 bronze stick bugs with iron antennas. Some bugs have circles on their feet in order to make an art installa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Melody II by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Melody II is a figurative bronze sculpture in a relaxed pose by Nando Kallweit. Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylise...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Kudu horns side table
Located in Knysna, ZA
Handmade side table with kudu horn legs, all made from solid aluminum. The table has then been detailed with ostrich eggshells, sourced directly from sustainable ostrich farms in Oud...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Mistery" bronze table mural sculpture figurative girl reading book me time
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Mistery is a bronze sculpture with dark patina, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 25. This sculpture stands on shelf as well as be hung on wall. Joan’s latest sc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Gold Leaf

Trophy Table
By Caitlin McCormack
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Trophy Table" is an original crocheted sculptural work by Caitlin McCormack made of crocheted cotton string, glue, enamel paint, antique lace remnant, and an antique wooden table. T...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

Trophy Table
Trophy Table
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Black and White Still Life by Chris Staley (INV# NP5598)
By Chris Staley
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Black and White Still Life (INV# NP5598) Chris Staley soda-fired porcelain, underglaze, and glaze 5 x 16.75 x 8.5" 2001 signed by artist Chris Staley (b. 1954, Boston, MA) has lived...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze, Underglaze

Under Pressure AP
Located in Napa, CA
Bjorn Sjoling has worked in many mediums, including oil painting, stained glass, wrought iron design and traditional sculpture. With a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sjoling is fascinated by mechanics and possesses an uncanny aptitude for understanding and manipulating the mechanical world. He is drawn to the hidden workings of the human body, and of this, the Remains to be Seen collaborative series was born. Remains to be Seen is created in close conjunction with his wife and artistic partner, Amanda Sjoling. The series peels away the external layers of our corporal bodies to showcase the beauty of the mechanical framework of skeletons. These expressive and humorous figures, cast in the traditional lost wax process, are life-size and completely anatomically correct limited edition works. The Sjoling team aims to create such quality bronze works that they present just as well from a distance as they do upon close examination. The works are both nobody and everybody at the same time through their lack of external characteristics. The Sjoling team aims to facilitate the viewer’s thoughts through such expansive and intricate topics as love, vanishing consumerism and greed, and life and death by offering the observer a universal portrait and a profound dichotomy that is so simple that it is obvious. Sjoling currently works out of the United Kingdom and ÆRENA Galleries...
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Fisherman on stilt III by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, human figure, nude
Located in Paris, FR
Fisherman on stilt III is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 45 × 25 × 19 cm (17.7 × 9.8 × 7.5 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Swami II by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Swami II is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit. Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptian...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sea Legs 2/99
Located in Napa, CA
Giuseppe Palumbo’s whimsical, anthropomorphic sculptures delve into the human psyche through irony, wit, and humor. By applying classical techniques to his contemporary subjects, Palumbo’s textured and spirited bronzes embody the essence of each being he portrays. The surprising humanization of common animals urges the viewer to identify with the creatures and forge surprisingly intense emotional connection with the artwork, shattering not only the barriers between viewer and artwork, but between human and beast. In addition to Palumbo’s renowned collection of animals, Palumbo pushes the boundaries of the human experience even further with his exploration of shapes and objects. From small people...
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

“Kinetic sculpture”
By Robert Perless 1
Located in Warren, NJ
Robert perless sculpture in working condition . Really nice piece . Measures 17x12. In good condition
Category

20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Instant Moules I by Ondřej Oliva - Large sculpture, column, totem, mollusc shell
Located in Paris, FR
Instant Moules I is a nickeled aluminium and bronze sculpture by contemporary Czech sculptor Ondřej Oliva, dimensions are 385 × 45 × 34 cm (151.6 × 17.7 × 13.4 in). This sculpture is...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

“piano”
Located in Warren, NJ
This is a Candace Knapp Original Sculpture Signed “piano”. In great condition retailed $11,000. Measures 29x11x11. Buyer must pickup or hire a delivery service because this is too fr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Ballerina - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Painted Terracotta sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his chil...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Garden of Angels
Located in Nashville, TN
Cuban mahogany with hand tint by Tennessee sculptor Brad Sells. Sells explores the relationship between man and tree in his sculptural woodwork. He approaches each piece with a stron...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Mahogany

Juliana II by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Nando Kallweit's Juliana II depicts a reclining female figure with a spear executed in a stylized, abstract manner. The elongated form captures a sense of serene relaxation and intro...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Fast Forward
Located in Napa, CA
California born and educated sculptor Matt Gil graduated from San Jose State University, and his work has been widely exhibited throughout California since 1977. His sophisticated, s...
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Studio Study 25-1
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Matt Devine is a self-taught sculptor working with steel, stainless steel, aluminum and bronze. Born and raised in New England, Devine moved to California in 1995, where he learned t...
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Ana
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Ana, a striking mixed medea sculpture by Juan Manuel Gomez-Quiroz. From the estate of the artist. Painter and printmaker and sculptor Juan Manuel Gomez-Quiroz was born in Santiago d...
Category

1980s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Mixed Media

LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY - (BACHELOR IN MIAMI) 4/15
Located in New York, NY
Cool stainless steel sculpture. Emoji theme. Can be inside or out. Larger sculptures in photos available as well. About the Artist: Lina Condes ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

L'Echauffeuse Hot Lips
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis Durot was born in Paris on April 22, 1939. He was something of an enfant terrible, and managed to be expelled from various schools for bad conduct. His ambition, as stated to his parents, was to earn money without having to work, and for a time, he was an “escort-boy” for a Parisian Grande Dame. He did, however, manage to get a good education in spite of himself, and received his Baccalaureate degree from Lycee Louis Pasteur in 1956. In 1960, he enrolled in the Facultie de Sciences, where he studied mathematics. He terminated his math studies in 1963, and turned his attention to engineering, working for Equipel, where he was responsible for calculating and measuring resistance for prototype nuclear generators. Equipel became a research facility, and offered Durot the opportunity to study organic chemistry. Durot directed numerous research projects for Equipel between 1966 and 1972. During this time, in fact, starting in 1964, he made many friends in the art world, gathering together artists from a variety of disciplines to form an artists commune — the Freelane Studio. Among the members were jazz journalist Gilles Brinnon, and a young painter, Jean Ihallero — a friend of the painter Maxime Defert. Through them, he met the artist Francois Arnal, who was interested in Durots’ engineering expertise for his sculptures. They got on well, and worked together for two years. Also in this circle were the actress Micheline Presle and the actor Daniel Gelin. In 1968, Arnal and Presle created Le Festival de Theatre de Chateauvallon, and through this, Durot became friends with the noted film director Ulysse Reynaud. In 1966, Francois Arnal introduced Durot to the artist Cesar, with the idea that Durot’s talents as a chemical engineer would be useful. Durot spent a year helping Cesar to master the techniques of working with polyurethane foam, with Durot searching for ways to make this fragile and ephemeral substance more stable and permanent, and more amenable to control. Cesars’ first works in this medium were flat, due to the difficulty of controlling the foam, but he went on to create his famous “expansions”. In 1968, Durot conceived a project to create more three-dimensional sculptures following a simple and precise design. It was during this time that Durot made his first polyurethane sculptures — the Champignons and Plantes Carnivores. Also in 1968, he He opened his first technical studio at 35, rue Leon. In order to support this new endeavor,( he needed more space, equipment, time and money), he created La Societe Durgalith. 1971 saw the Durat’s first works exhibited at the Salon Batimat in Paris. With this exhibition, Durot was hoping to attract the attention of architects with whom he could collaborate. Between 1971 and 1974, Durot created sixty sculptures inspired by fantastical “alien” life, mushrooms, and carnivorous plants. In 1974, Durot”s Societie Durgalith ran into problems with the Italian firm that owned Batimat. Credit Lyonnaise seized his studio and many of his sculptures, and quite a number of them were destroyed. This same year, Durot worked with the architects Sloan and Lecouter on an inflatable structure for the Pavillion Franaise in Osaka. Unfortunately, the project was never realized. Durot continued to pursue his research on polyurethanes, and gained world-wide recognition for his developments in this field. In 1977, a “student prank” had un-expectedly bad consequences. Durot was employed as an engineer at L’Usine Francaise de la Monnaie (the French mint) in Pessac. He took three kilos of “blanks”, and used them for playing slot-machines. For this, he spent seven weeks in jail, which was ended by an amnesty granted by Mitterand in 1981. During Durot’s time in prison, he took up weight-lifting, and also designed his next generation of sculptures. The spirals, feet, lips, and a series of erotic chairs...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Wooden Jellyfish Sculpture, Cedar Wood on Maple, Contemporary Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Daniel Grantham (American, 20th Century) Jellyfish, 2017 Cedar wood on maple Engraved signature on bottom of base 20 x 6.5 x 6 inches Daniel Grantham was born and raised in Clevela...
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Cedar, Maple

"A Girl Climbed on a Stool Holding a Doll", 20th Century Bronze by Juan Clará
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN CLARÁ AYATS Spanish, 1878 - 1958 A GIRL CLIMBED ON A STOOL HOLDING A DOLL signed "Juan Clara" (on the stool seat) bronze figure 12-1/4 x 3-1/2 X 3-3/8 inches (31 X 9 X 8.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collector, France Art Nouveau bronze sculpture depicting a young girl standing on a stool with a doll in her right hand, and a shovel on the left hand, the bucket dropped on the stool seat. José Clará...
Category

1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Recoleccion de Maiz / Ceramics Black Clay Mexican Folk Art
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Fidel Martinez Martinez MASTERPIECE Made with Black Clay, hand-modeled technique and cooked in a wood-fired oven. - Dimensions: 22" x 18" x ...
Category

2010s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
FRANZ BERGMANN Austrian, (1838-1894) Bath Tent Two nude women in a bathing tent, reverse impressed with "B" within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman. 17 1/2 inches high
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Whimsical Hand Made Glazed Terracotta Sheep
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A whimsical pair of glazed terracotta sheep with a textured white and black glaze. Both are indistinctly signed and the small appears to be dated. The price listed is for the pair. L...
Category

1980s Other Art Style Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Urbanut II by Ondřej Oliva - Bronze sculpture, contrasts, figurative, organic
Located in Paris, FR
Urbanut II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary Czech sculptor Ondřej Oliva, dimensions are 40 × 50 × 40 cm (15.7 × 19.7 × 15.7 in). This artwork is from a limited edition of 6, eac...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cutting Board
Located in Nashville, TN
Cutting Board, crafted by Nashville artist Brad Sells, is a beautiful sculpture made from maple wood. This piece would make a great addition to any home!
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Maple

Two sculptures. The In Light of Her Series. Porcelain, with hand-painted details
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The three series that make up her thesis show all center around the woman as an art historical trope who becomes a contemporary archetype of tenderness and tenacity with her own narrative. The tradition of the woman as muse or object is questioned and turned upside down as she gives her women the position of subject, i.e., the position of power. The jars, which uphold pairs of women, are the ultimate overturn of male dominance as she removes and replaces all male characters from famous artworks with women...
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gold

“Untitled”
Located in Warren, NJ
Jon Wolfe Glass Sculpture 1989 signed with stand . In great shape no chips or breaks. Measures 21x17
Category

20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Glass

MARC CHAGALL 24K, SET OF 12 TRIBE OF ISRAEL MEZUZAH
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
ARTIST: MARC CHAGALL (after) TITLE: THE TWELVE TRIBES SERIES set of 12 MEDIUM: Full color silkscreen on 24K gold plated bronze SIZE: APPROX Size: 13cm X 3.5cm / 5.1" X 1.4" (Each) EDITION: LIMITED EDITION OF 1800 - NUMBERED ON THE COA, ALL 12 ARE MATCHING NUMBERES SIGNED: SIGNED IN PLATE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY: from the publisher: Arta Gallery, Jerusalem Israel. CONDITION: IN MINT CONDITION NOTE: Here and there you may find one Mezuzah but it is extremely rare and hard to find a full set of 12 WITH MATCHING NUMBERES. The Chagall mezuzah...
Category

1980s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Gold, Gold Leaf

Stalactite Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis Durot was born in Paris on April 22, 1939. He was something of an enfant terrible, and managed to be expelled from various schools for bad conduct. His ambition, as stated to his parents, was to earn money without having to work, and for a time, he was an “escort-boy” for a Parisian Grande Dame. He did, however, manage to get a good education in spite of himself, and received his Baccalaureate degree from Lycee Louis Pasteur in 1956. In 1960, he enrolled in the Facultie de Sciences, where he studied mathematics. He terminated his math studies in 1963, and turned his attention to engineering, working for Equipel, where he was responsible for calculating and measuring resistance for prototype nuclear generators. Equipel became a research facility, and offered Durot the opportunity to study organic chemistry. Durot directed numerous research projects for Equipel between 1966 and 1972. During this time, in fact, starting in 1964, he made many friends in the art world, gathering together artists from a variety of disciplines to form an artists commune — the Freelane Studio. Among the members were jazz journalist Gilles Brinnon, and a young painter, Jean Ihallero — a friend of the painter Maxime Defert. Through them, he met the artist Francois Arnal, who was interested in Durots’ engineering expertise for his sculptures. They got on well, and worked together for two years. Also in this circle were the actress Micheline Presle and the actor Daniel Gelin. In 1968, Arnal and Presle created Le Festival de Theatre de Chateauvallon, and through this, Durot became friends with the noted film director Ulysse Reynaud. In 1966, Francois Arnal introduced Durot to the artist Cesar, with the idea that Durot’s talents as a chemical engineer would be useful. Durot spent a year helping Cesar to master the techniques of working with polyurethane foam, with Durot searching for ways to make this fragile and ephemeral substance more stable and permanent, and more amenable to control. Cesars’ first works in this medium were flat, due to the difficulty of controlling the foam, but he went on to create his famous “expansions”. In 1968, Durot conceived a project to create more three-dimensional sculptures following a simple and precise design. It was during this time that Durot made his first polyurethane sculptures — the Champignons and Plantes Carnivores. Also in 1968, he He opened his first technical studio at 35, rue Leon. In order to support this new endeavor,( he needed more space, equipment, time and money), he created La Societe Durgalith. 1971 saw the Durat’s first works exhibited at the Salon Batimat in Paris. With this exhibition, Durot was hoping to attract the attention of architects with whom he could collaborate. Between 1971 and 1974, Durot created sixty sculptures inspired by fantastical “alien” life, mushrooms, and carnivorous plants. In 1974, Durot”s Societie Durgalith ran into problems with the Italian firm that owned Batimat. Credit Lyonnaise seized his studio and many of his sculptures, and quite a number of them were destroyed. This same year, Durot worked with the architects Sloan and Lecouter on an inflatable structure for the Pavillion Franaise in Osaka. Unfortunately, the project was never realized. Durot continued to pursue his research on polyurethanes, and gained world-wide recognition for his developments in this field. In 1977, a “student prank” had un-expectedly bad consequences. Durot was employed as an engineer at L’Usine Francaise de la Monnaie (the French mint) in Pessac. He took three kilos of “blanks”, and used them for playing slot-machines. For this, he spent seven weeks in jail, which was ended by an amnesty granted by Mitterand in 1981. During Durot’s time in prison, he took up weight-lifting, and also designed his next generation of sculptures. The spirals, feet, lips, and a series of erotic chairs...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Experiment in Time + Space
Located in Nashville, TN
Experiment in Time + Space is a beautiful sculpture made from spalted yellowwood burl with hand tint.
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Head w Crown
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wire sculpture by Steve Martin (b.1968) Note : 'Serious art without seeming to be' describes the whimsical line drawings transformed to three dimensions by artist Steve Martin. Ma...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Zebra Reaches New Heights 1/15 - figurative, playful, bronze, tabletop sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The contemporary artistic duo of Gillie and Marc are passionate environmental activists who have used their sculptures, paintings and photographs to celebrate and save endangered ani...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Shell of the Gods: Italian Carrara Marble, Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Description This sculpture by Bela Bacsi was inspired by a Hellenistic marble based on...
Category

2010s Academic Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Horse
Located in PARIS, FR
George Merheb was born in Lebanon in 1960 where he currently works and resides. He obtained a Master’s degree in Drawing and Painting from the Lebanese University of Beirut, Lebanon....
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Here for Me
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Rubber, Wood

Bravado II - playful, abstracted figure, laser cut steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dramatic abstract sculpture by Robert Clarke Ellis a silhouette of a figure, broad chest puffed up in confidence, strides boldly forward towards the viewer. Constructed of la...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel

SIRI GIRL, Figurative Sculpture. From the Series Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Wood, stone, iron. The raw material and the material of a sculptor. ancestor of any architectural practice. But the architect, the sculptor and the artist do not remain alone in thei...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Copper, Iron, Wire

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