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Art Subject: Head
Lady with a book
Located in PARIS, FR
"Lady with a book"
also known as "St. Suzanne"
by Jan & Joël MARTEL (1896-1966)
Sculpture in stone from Euville
France
circa 1935
height of the sculpture : 125 cm
width of base : 25,4 x 21,2 cm
total height with wooden base : 141 cm
width of the wooden socle : 31 x 26 cm
A similar model is reproduced in "Joël et Jan Martel, sculpteurs, 1896-1966", Ed. Gallimard Electa, 1996, page 150.
Biography :
The twins Jan and Joël Martel, born March 5, 1896 in Nantes and died respectively on March 16 and September 25, 1966 in Bois-de-Céné, were both of them French sculptors and decorators. As Parisian artists, they spent long moments in Vendée region, in their Mollin property, or in Saint-Jean-de-Monts, city in which one can see their last monumental work: "The Sea Birds". Their works were sculptures, monuments or fountains of Art Deco or Cubist inspiration. They also realized around 1920 interior fittings for villas.
Jan and Joel Martel shared the same workshop and their work to the point of signing their compositions only by "Martel". The Martel brothers...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Ian Edwards - The Hour of Darkness - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - The Hour of Darkness - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 40 x 31 x 31 cm
Edition of 8
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait Sculpture of Roman Emperor Caracalla White Marble Italian Grand Tour
Located in Roma, IT
A white marble hand carved head, depicting the portrait of the Roman Emperor Caracalla, Rome 20th century .
The sculpture standing on a black metal square base with a central pin pr...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Allegorical mythological figurative bronze from the 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Marble-based bronze statuette depicting Cupid, holding an arrow in his hand, walking caressing a lion's mane, lowered in the act of affectionately licking his little foot. The subjec...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Apple Dancer
Located in PARIS, FR
Apple Dancer
by Jean-Léon GEROME (1824-1904)
Bronze sculpture with a dual patina, brown and gilded
signed on the base "JL. GEROME"
cast by "Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris" (foundry s...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vénus De Milo Aux Tiroirs By Salvador Dalí
Located in New Orleans, LA
Salvador Dalí
1904-1989 Spanish
Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs
(Venus de Milo with drawers)
Signed "Salvador Dalí EA III/IV" (on base)
Bronze
One of th...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Young Lama by Marine de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture, child, portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Young Lama is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 15.5 × 7.5 × 8.5 cm (6.1 × 3 × 3.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is par...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
In the shadow of being loved by Marine de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
In the shadow of being loved is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 32.5 × 25.5 × 39.5 cm (12.8 × 10 × 15.6 in).
The sculpture is signed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gothic head of an apostle - 13th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Head of apostle or Christ in carved limestone. Elongated face with a large forehead and long hair with thick wavy locks on the sides.
The almond-shaped eyes are underlined by the hem...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Little Diver by Yann Guillon - Figurative bronze sculpture, man torso, human
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Little Diver is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 38 × 18 × 20 cm (15 × 7.1 × 7.9 in). Height of the sculpture with the metal base: 63 cm (24.8 i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
NUTS by Ondřej Oliva - Figurative bronze sculpture, fruits
By Ondřej Oliva
Located in Paris, FR
NUTS is a bronze sculpture by contemporary Czech sculptor Ondřej Oliva. The price applies for one sculpture, each measuring 15 × 22 × 15 cm (5.9 × 8.7 × 5.9 in). The set of five nuts...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
An Exceptional White Marble Figural Sculpture Clock, "A Nubian Slaying The Lion"
Located in New York, NY
An Exceptional and Monumental White Marble Figural Sculpture Clock, "A Nubian Slaying The Lion" by Jean-Joseph Jacquet (Belgian, 1822–1898), circa 1860
This extremely impressive whi...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
The Wind II by Chésade - allegorical figure, one-off bronze sculpture
By Chésade
Located in Paris, FR
One-off bronze sculpture, 22 cm × 12 cm × 12 cm.
Chésade’s sculpture is part of the contemporary "expressionism” movement. Even if the realism of these artworks is striking, they car...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Getting Close to the Sky by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture of father and son
Located in Paris, FR
Getting Close to the Sky, by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos.
Bronze, 37.5 cm × 16 cm × 8.5 cm. Limited edition of 8 copies and IV artist’s proofs.
Each of Marine de Soos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Perseus
Located in New Orleans, LA
The legendary Greek god Perseus is the subject of this elegant half-bust by Ubaldo Gandolfi, a major painter and sculptor from Bologna. The son of Zeus and Danaë, Perseus was the le...
Category
Mid-18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Inès - Female Portrait, Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, pigments, cypress plinth.
One-off sculpture sold with a plinth (variable dimensions). Contact us for more details.
This portrait is part of a series...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Wolf's Dream - Teenager Portrait, Stoneware Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Rêve de loup - avec Gabriel-le (A Wolf's Dream, with Gabriel-le), by contemporary French artist Cécile Raynal.
Smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, base made of three wood boxes, 180 cm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Dancer
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
David Hare
Dancer, circa 1955
Bronze with integral stand
68 high x 17 wide x 13 1/2 deep inches
“Freedom is what we want,” David Hare boldly stated in 1965, but then he added the c...
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Wife of Lot"
By Robert Bodem
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Robert Christian Bodem is a sculptor of figurative work, primarily showing in bronze. He received both his Bachelors and Masters in Fine Arts in Sculpture at Boston University. Durin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Bouraine of Amazon Queen Penthesilea
Located in Oakland, CA
Iconic sculpture by Marcel Andre Bouraine of “Penthesilea, queen of the amazons”, is cast bronze in the rarest original antique silver color patina. Depicted is a nude woman archer i...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Portrait of Pierre Vérité
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of Pierre Vérité
by Marcel GIMOND (1894-1961)
Bronze sculpture with a dark brown patina
signed on the neck "M. Gimond"
cast by "Bisceglia, cire perdue" (with the foundry st...
Category
1940s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of Suzanne Vérité
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of Suzanne Vérité
by Marcel GIMOND (1894-1961)
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced green patina
signed on the neck "M. Gimond"
cast by "Bisceglia, cire perdue" (with the foundr...
Category
1940s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bufo Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Male Figure
Located in Utrecht, NL
Bufo Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Male Figure
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively practises his profession as a sculptor. Only when his work would measure up to his own standards, he decided to present it to the rest of the world. In 1995, he exhibited for the first time with Morren Galleries. Van der Kant desires to sculpt young people who still stand uninhibited and curiously in life. The reason he chooses to sculpt boys is, because he is one himself, this way the subject is closer to him. The anatomy of his figures testify of perfectionism. Van der Kant's subjects show similarities with the sculptures from the Greek and Roman antiquity...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bust in patinated plaster " terracotta style " 19th century with Louvre seal
Located in Gavere, BE
Important patinated plaster bust representing the Faun of Vienna.
the original of which is in the collections of the Louvre museum (marble statue discovered in Vienna in 1820 and dat...
Category
1870s Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Woman taking off her shirt
Located in PARIS, FR
Woman taking off her shirt
by James PRADIER (1790-1852)
Bronze with a nuanced brown patina
cast by SOYER and INGE
France
circa 1850
height 28,5 cm
Biography :
Jean-Jacques Pradier...
Category
1850s French School Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Marble Sculpture Of Venus And Cupid
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully detailed and lifelike, Venus and Cupid share a soft embrace in this remarkable Italian white marble sculpture. The feminine beauty gracefully leans against roughened rock...
Category
19th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Vertical Position N.1
Located in PARIS, FR
" Vertical Position N.1 "
by Laurent Belloni (né En 1969)
Bronze cast with a nuanced black patina
Signed "Belloni" on the base
Foundry mark "Susse fondeur Paris", and foundry stamp...
Category
1990s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique white marble statuary sculpture depicting Marie Antoinette.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique white marble statuary sculpture depicting Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), the Austrian archduchess who would become the wife of King Louis XVI and the last queen of France.
Hi...
Category
17th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Unknown woman
Located in Täby, SE
Inspired by the head of Apollo by Antoine Bourdelle. A woman with strong firm but still vulnerable expresson.
Category
1980s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alexander the Great Sculpture II /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Joker Bust Head
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Alexander the Great Sculpture II"
Series: Sculpture
*Signed, titled, and dated by Grav...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Cast Stone
Mahatma Gandhi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lladró launched this special commemorative piece coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). The sculpture is an excellent likeness of the great ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bursting the Bounds
Located in Concord, MA
This De Lue design was chosen as the 111th issue of the prestigious Society of Medalists series. Both obverse and reverse bear a muscular nude constrained by the rectangular medal's ...
Category
1980s American Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Terracotta figurativa italiana a tema mitologico dei primi del Novecento
Located in Florence, IT
Piccola terracotta a soggetto mitologico firmata sul retro sulla base "Zambini", che per la grafia (in particolare la Z che ricorda una F) permette di identificare l'artista con Ferr...
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Nude Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
G Gori Bronze Female Nude Statue Classic Art Deco France
Located in Oakland, CA
G Gori bronze Female draped nude statue Classic Art Deco made in France. A verdigris green patinated bronze sculpture depicting a bare-breasted female stan...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ape riding on a Gnu
Located in PARIS, FR
Ape riding on a Gnu
by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875)
A bronze group with a nuanced dark green patina
signed "Barye" on the base
Old cast probably by Brame
France
circa 1890
heig...
Category
1890s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Inverted Portrait with Setting Sun (Version 2)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Dirk Staschke is a full time studio artist who is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Mid 19th century White Carrara Marble bust. Portrait of young male.
Located in Firenze, IT
Italian Portrait White Marble Bust in a Heroic Attitude.
Carrara statuary Marble.
Tuscan school.
Circa 1850.
Bust depicting a young man with bare shoulders.
This model draws inspira...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Miss Kiss (Lightbox), Pop Art Wall Sculpture by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: Miss Kiss (Lightbox)
Year: 2015
Medium: 3-D Sculpture multiple: Lightbox with Steelcut, Acrylic Paint, electrical cord and switch
Edition...
Category
2010s Pop Art Nude Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Enamel
Bronzetto italiano figurativo allegorico della fine del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Bronzetto firmato alla base F. de Luca, artista meridionale attivo fra XIX e XX secolo, raffigurante un'allegoria delle Arti.
In secondo piano, la "Scultura", identificata da un put...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marble Sculpture Head Portrait Of Roman Emperor Nero Archeological Style Classic
Located in Roma, IT
An Italian marble sculpture head, carved in white aged statuary marble probably in central Italy in the first half of the 20th Century, depicting the Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Caes...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Marble Sculpture Head Portrait of Julius Caesar Grand Tour Archeological Style
Located in Roma, IT
The head of Jiulis Caesar stand on a central pin on a squared base in black metal in an archeological grand tour style, classical Roman carved in white statuary marble aged.
Gaius Ju...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Sculptures
Materials
Marble
An Early 20th Century Cigar Store Indian, Carved Wood With Polychrome Decoration
Located in Cotignac, FR
A 20th Century wood carved male figure, a 'Cigar Store Indian' with original polychrome decoration.
A now controversial subject, but none the less charming rendition, of a native North American man originally probably used as an advertising figure. Wonderful quality of carving capturing the stance of the man looking out to the distance, hair flowing to his back and plait to the side, all the details of his costume, his native dress and hairpipe breastplate (suggesting he is possibly a Comanche) and chest ornament, apron, trousers, mocassins, shield and arrows. The original Polychrome decoration has weathered beautifully as has the wood itself to present a sculpture that would adorn any collection or interior.
Because of the general illiteracy of the populace, early store owners used descriptive emblems or figures to advertise their shops' wares. American Indians and tobacco had always been associated because American Indians introduced tobacco to Europeans. As early as the 17th century, European tobacconists used figures of American Indians to advertise their shops.
Because European carvers had never seen a Native American, these early cigar-store "Indians" looked more like Africans with feathered headdresses and other fanciful, exotic features. These carvings were called "Black Boys" or "Virginians" in the trade. Eventually, the European cigar-store figure...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
White Marble Italian Sculpture of Young Fisherman Signed And Dated Guliani 1871
Located in Roma, IT
an interesting sculpture carved in Rome in 1871 by F.Guliani as signed and dated on the bottom rear of the sculpture; the boy fisherman is portrayed as he collects his net which is ...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Female torso
Located in Täby, SE
Gunnar Knut Nilsson, born 1904 in Karlskrona, died 1995 in Versailles in France, was a Swedish sculptor. Gunnar Nilsson studied watercolor painting and modeling at the Technical Vocational School in Karlskrona in 1918-19 and on his own in addition to working as a clerk at Finspångs Metallwerk. His debut exhibition was in Finspång in 1927. With the help of a local fundraiser, and after the encouragement of Carl Eldh, he traveled to Paris in 1928 to study sculpture for, among others, Charles Despiau and Paul Niclausse. In Paris he socialized with Bror Hjorth, whose former studio he also rented, Carl Frisendahl and Alberto Giacometti. He came to belong to "Le groupe des Neuf'' with Paul Cornet...
Category
1950s French School Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Classical Roman Archeological Style Sculpture Portrait Emperor Maximinus Thrax
Located in Roma, IT
A classical roman archeological style, sculpture head depicting Emperor Maximinus Thrax; the head standing on a pin centered on a square metal base carved in an aged statuary marble...
Category
20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Paranthropus Robustus
Located in Oswestry, GB
Paranthropus Robustus.
An early man (hominid), one of the Australopiths from the subepochs of the early to middle Pleistocene period 2.6 - 1.5 million years ago. Some distinctive fea...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Naturalistic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Zeus Haring - Original Sculpture
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Daniele Fortuna's sculptures masterfully blend classical Greco-Roman subjects with vibrant pop art, infusing elements from contemporary culture. This art piece, intricately hand-cut ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Kaws Monsters Count Chocula
By KAWS
Located in Central, HK
KAWS x Medicom Toy
Kaws Monsters Count Chocula, 2024
Vinyl
11 × 9 2/5 × 7 9/10 in 28 × 24 × 20 cm
From an unknown edition
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
French Art Deco Diana the Huntress Bronze by S. Melanie 1930s
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco Diana the Huntress Bronze by S. Melanie 1930s, crafted in the 1930s, stands as a testament to the artistic brilliance of the era. This extraordinary sculpture exudes ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Capodimonte porcelain antique sculpture 20sec
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Capodimonte porcelain sculptural group belonging to the early 20th century.
The group depicts a putto in a romantic attitude while holding a wreath.
The fineness of the carving and...
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Untitled Standing Figure No. 3
By Manuel Neri
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled Standing Figure No. 3" is a bronze sculpture made by Manuel Neri in 1992. The work is number 1 from an edition of 4. The piece is stamped on base, "Manuel Neri 1/4 1980 C"....
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Violet Swimmer - Contemporary Handmade Acrylic Resin Sculpture, Man Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The sculpture was created and shaped by the artist using Acrylic One (which is an acrylic casting resin connection). The artist then painted this sculpture expressively with oil pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Oil
Dancer with Torches
Located in PARIS, FR
Dancer with Torches
by Agathon LÉONARD (1841–1923)
A rare sculpture made in bronze with a nuanced light brown patina
Signed on the backside "A. Léonard Sclp"
Cast by Susse Frères (w...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 ...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jockey Pipe Rack in Bronze A Bronze by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
Charles Rumsey was a child prodigy sent to Paris to train in sculpting at age 12. He was not only a prodigy sculptor but an avid horseman and sportsman...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"BELLE STARR" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 25 x 18 x 4
Medium: Bronze
"Belle Starr"
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist 201...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Charlie Chaplin
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical tribute to the silent film icon, Charlie Chaplin was created by Red Grooms in 1986 as a three-dimensional lithograph in colors. Encased in a Plexiglas box measuring 23 x ...
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lithograph
Raro busto Art Nouveau in alabastro e micromosaico
Located in Firenze, IT
"Raro busto Art Nouveau in alabastro e micromosaico. "
Il busto di una giovane ragazza.
Epoca Art Nouveau, con un rarissimo lavoro in alabastro e micromosaico.
Firenze, circa 1900. U...
Category
19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
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