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''News from Earth'' Unique Wooden Sculpture of Astronaut with Newspaper
Located in Utrecht, NL
German artist Philipp Liehr first discovered his extraordinary dexterity as a dental technician. He soon perfected this artistically as a cartoonist and during his training as a scul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Head of a Woman, green patina cement head by Erzia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Head of a Woman, ca. 1939.
Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia, born Stepan Nefyodov on October 27, 1876, in Bayevo, Simbirsk Governorate, Russia, was a distinguished sculptor of Erzya Mordvin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze of the Uffizi Wrestlers
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Lysippos (Greek, 390 BC-300 BC)
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze of the Uffizi Wrestlers
Bronze
J. Chiurrazi & Fils, Naples
17 x 20 x 12 inches
76 lb.
The Wrestlers is a Roman m...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kashan Terracotta Head of a Bearded Man, c. 1st-2nd Century AD
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kashan Terracotta Head of a Bearded Man, c. 1st-2nd Century AD
Terracotta head of a bearded man, with polychrome to the face, lips, and beard, mounted to wood stand.
5.5 in. h. x 3.7...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Corrida - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Rare, only a few proofs (Ramié #182)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Corrida, 1953
Round dish in white earthenware
Decoration with engobe and enamel under partial cover, brown, green decoration with oxidized paraffin.
Signed...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Italian sculptor - 18/19th century terracotta sculpture - Memento Mori
Located in Varmo, IT
Terracotta sculpture - Memento mori. Italy, 18th-19th century.
16 x 25 x h 18 cm.
Entirely in terracotta.
- This item is sold with a certificate of authenticity with legal validi...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Italian sculptor - Pair of 18/19th century wooden sculpture - Lions
Located in Varmo, IT
Pair of wooden sculptures - Lions. Italy, 18th-19th century.
30 x 12 x h 17 cm.
Entirely in finely carved wood.
- This item is sold with a certificate of authenticity with legal ...
Category
Late 18th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Three Skunks of WWII, Carved Wooden Figures of Hitler, Mussolini & Tojo
Located in Beachwood, OH
Three Skunks of WWII
c. 1940s
Carved and painted wood
Unsigned
8 x 10 in. h. each
These skunks are depicted as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo.
Condition: There ...
Category
1940s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Monumental Marble Sculpture Relief Roman Depicting The Apotheosis of Augustus
Located in Roma, IT
A very unusual and interesting monumental marble relief, hand carved in Italy in the early XX century that shown an interesting scene: the Apotheosis of the emperor Augustus. Apotheo...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Contortionist Nude, 20th Century Bronze of Nude Female, Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
David Deming (American, 20th Century)
Contortion Nude
Bronze
Signed on base
14 x 12 x 9 inches
David Deming is a nationally recognized contemporary Ameri...
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Seated Hermes, Early 19th Century After the Antique
Located in Beachwood, OH
Large Figure of Seated Hermes, Grand Tour Bronze, Early 19th Century
19th Century Continental School After the Antique
The large size figure well cast, with brownish green patination...
Category
Early 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large White Marble Head of Alexander the Great Rome 17th century Sculpture
Located in Pistoia, IT
Bellissima e imponente testa neoclassica in marmo di Alessandro Magno, Italia, Roma, XVII secolo.
Fine Arts export certificate available.
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), who enj...
Category
1660s Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Vigils Echo 4" Contemporary Nude Sculpture of a Woman with Bunny Mask
Located in Utrecht, NL
The mysterious artworks by Rachel Ann Stevenson invite you into a dream world. Rachel Ann sees artists as day dreamers who can show the impossible...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Le Pousseur de Lune by M. de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture, human, move
Located in Paris, FR
Le Pousseur de Lune is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 56.5 × 74 × 14 cm (22.2 × 29.1 × 5.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Art Deco Bronze Bust Sculpture Head of Beautiful Young Girl 1920
Located in Portland, OR
Antique French Art Deco Bronze bust sculpture of a beautiful young woman, by Marcel Andre Bouraine (1886-1948), and cast by the Etling foundry, Paris, circa 1920.
The bronze depicts...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Tight Rope Walker with Frogs by Helle Crawford, Gold horse animal sculpture
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Aquila- 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Realistic Sculpture of a Nude Boy
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Aquila
Bronze Sculpture on pedestal of marble
Hight bronze 57 cm with pedestal of marble (included) 68 cm
Wim van der Kant's sculptures are in bronze...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Figure Statue Sculpture "Prise de Corsaire"
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique large French Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Sculpture, titled "Prise de Corsaire" by Emmanuel Villanis (1858-1914), circa 1900.
This very...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Figure of a Chanting Warrior
Ceramic with bitumen highlights
300-600 CE (Classic Period)
Mexico, Veracruz, possibly Nopiloa
Veracruz Culture
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz culture...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique French 19th Bronze Equestrian Group Horses Jockeys Statue Sculpture 1895
Located in Portland, OR
A fine late 19th century antique French bronze sculpture group, of a pair of race horses & jockeys, by Paul Louis Emile Loiseau-Rousseau, Paris (1861-1927).
The bronze circa 1895 de...
Category
1890s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Listening, bronze sculpture, childs portrait, black granite base, green patina
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Listening, bronze sculpture, childs portrait, black granite base, green patina 35 lbs
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
The Guardian by Nando Kallweit 167cm Elegant bronze sculpture of human figure
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Guardian by Nando Kallweit bronze sculpture, edition of 13
Dimensions: 167cm tall
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italy Cast Lost Wax Woman Figurine Bronze Sculpture by Aron Demetz Guardando
By Aron Demetz
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense bronze sculpture was made by the well known Italian artist, Aron Demetz, in 2004, Italy.
This is a lost wax bronze hand painted. The title is "Guardando" translated in ...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Girl, Walking- 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a Young Girl in a Dress Walking.
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This bronze sculpture is made by Spanish artist Pedro Quesada Sierra. (2021)
The Spanish sculptor, despite his only 39 years, is already a lot of laureate artist. In March 2018 he...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
An accumulation of Experiences - figurative, bronze, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This figurative, bronze, outdoor sculpture is by Roch Smith. Inspired by life’s big questions, Roch Smith creates thoughtful and playful contemporary sculptures. This figure cast in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pre-Columbian Colima Shaman terracotta figure vessel Mexican sculpture
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Seated Shaman
Colima culture
Mexico
ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hollow-cast and highly-burnished terraco...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
''Lonesome Astronauts'' Unique Wooden Sculpture of Astronaut, Linden wood
Located in Utrecht, NL
German artist Philipp Liehr first discovered his extraordinary dexterity as a dental technician. He soon perfected this artistically as a cartoonist and during his training as a scul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Late 18th Century Bronze Sculpture after the Farnese Hercules
Located in Beachwood, OH
Late 18th Century Bronze Sculpture after the Farnese Hercules
Grand Tour bronze with a fine encrusted patination on a later wooden base
16 in. h., overall
12.5 in. h., bronze
3.5 in...
Category
Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gothic Renaissance wooden sculpture: bust of a young Saint or Angel
Located in Norwich, GB
This young saint or angel has suffered over the centuries, but his spirit has not been broken - and miraculously, his beautiful face has remained intact. With a gentle face and an al...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Naiad - Sculpture by Mario Rutelli - 1905
Located in Roma, IT
This bronze sculpture is a model of the one of the Naiads of the Fountain of the Naiads in Piazza Esedra, Rome, Italy.
Realized by Mario Rutelli in 1905 ca.
Very good condition.
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large 17th century, Sandstone Buddha Head from Thailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Large Sandstone Head of Shakyamuni Buddha
Thailand (formerly Siam), Ayutthaya Kingdom
17th century
16 1/2 inches on stand, 11 1/3 without
Private collection, France.
The face is ...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Origins, Atelier, Platinum
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald has always been intrigued by opposites and he has the range to be able to create both sculptures of delicate, archetypal femininity and powerful, athletic masculini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cloud
Located in Dallas, TX
The alabaster of "Cloud," upon which this bronze is based, is in the collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Anita Huffington's work is also included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Morris Museum in Augusta, Georgia; the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock; and the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Anita Huffington's history includes a long period in New York City starting in the late fifties when she studied dance with Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham. Huffington became acquainted with a circle of artists of the New York School, including Kline and de Kooning, as well as a diverse and individualistic group of painters, sculptors, musicians, and poets in this vital and idealistic period. These experiences, and her later choice to live in the woods of the Arkansas Ozarks, sowed the seeds for the sculpture she makes in stone, bronze, wood, and mixed media. Her work reflects both the world of art and the spirit of her life in the woods.
Anita Huffington states:
"I do direct carving in stone and make bronzes, often using the stone as part of the process. My sculpture is usually based on the human form, primarily the female nude. I often carve torsos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Imposing French Cast Iron Statue 19th century Foundry of Tusey "Polyhymnia"
Located in Pistoia, IT
Impressive cast iron sculpture titled "Polymnie," Tusey Foundry, late 19th century.
Fine Arts export certificate available.
In modern times Tusey, a village in the Meuse, was best k...
Category
1890s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
ANTINOUS Magnificent Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Sculpture
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding 19th century Italian finely carved Carrara "Statuario" marble sculpture of Antinoo , after the Antique The Capitoline 'Antinous'.
Antinous, a young Bithinius favorite...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Male Bust - Bronze Sculpture by Igor Mitoraj - 1991
By Igor Mitoraj
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing male bronze bust with a black patina. This work is the 6th from an edition of eight.
Its creator, Igor Mitoraj, is a polish sculptor deeply rooted in the classical tradition....
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Da Vinci's Horse Galloping by Helle Crawford, Gold horse animal sculpture
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
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
Ver Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ver Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement. He embodies a world that is in many ways lost to us; he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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Colonial West African Baule Baoule Figure Sculpture Woman wearing loincloth
Located in Norwich, GB
An elegant African sculpture from the West African Baoulé or Baule people, depicting a young woman wearing a loincloth. Smooth black lightly worn patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Head of Man - Bronze Sculpture by Amedeo Bocchi - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Head of Man is an original artwork realized by Amedeo Bocchi in 1920 ca.
This little sculpture is made in gilded bronze.
The original wax model is published on the artist's monogra...
Category
1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Woman's head, terracotta sculpture, 1930s-40s, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981).
Located in Firenze, IT
Woman's head, terracotta sculpture, 1930s-40s, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981). Tuscan Sculptor.
Terracotta modeled by hand by the artist. Unique piece.
Dimensions: Height 29 cm.
The ch...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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
"Putti" 19th c. Terracotta, Antique, Mythical Figures, Patina
Located in Detroit, MI
“Putti” is a 19th c. terracotta antique of two nude children, babies, as mythical figures. This piece is beautifully rendered with a rich brown patina. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Nude Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century Italian School
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century Italian School
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century
Bronze with black-green patination
24 x 10 x 10 inches
Dionysus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature ...
Category
19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical sculpture in Rome- Pair of 19th century Italian scagliola - Figures
Located in Varmo, IT
Pair of scagliola sculptures - Roman figures. Italy, 19th century.
51 x 26 x h 118 cm (left) - 41 x 28 x h 118 cm (right).
Entirely in scagliola.
Condition report: In good general...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
" THE SPIRIT OF TEXAS " HUGE, 81" TALL BRONZE BUCKING BRONCO COWBOY WESTERN
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones)
(1933-2017)
San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist
Image Size: 81 Inches Tall
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
Dated 2006 I can deliver in Texas or o...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Figure of Sophocles after the Antique, F. Barbidienne
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century Grand Tour after the Antique
Figure of Sophocles
Bronze with green patination
Signed F. Barbidienne, Fondeur
25 x 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Standing figure of the Greek poet, we...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dancer VIII- 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a Male Nude Dancing
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This sculpture is made out of bronze, by Dutch artist Martijn Soontiens.
His male dancing sculptures are about moving and movement. Artist Martijn Soontiens creates special atmospheres with his special bronze male sculptures. His images, from small to life-sized, show bodies in positions and movements that are and remain exciting while you look at them.
The artist himself says about this: "I look for balance, excitement and vitality in my sculptures. I have focused on making bronze sculptures. Human figures...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Miratio Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
Located in Utrecht, NL
Miratio Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively pract...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
RIL Warrior by Walter Peter Brenner - Male figure, bronze sculpture, mythology
Located in Paris, FR
RIL Warrior is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Walter Peter Brenner, dimensions are 80 × 80 × 40 cm (31.5 × 31.5 × 15.8 in).
This sculpture is part of a limited edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Auguste Rodin "Main Droite Feminine" Bronze Sculpture by Alexis Rudier Foundry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Auguste Rodin French, 1840-1917
"Main Droite Feminine, doigts semi replies, annulaire leve"
Feminine Right Hand, semi-folded fingers, raised ring finger
Conceived circa 1890-1900; cast circa 1930-1940
Signed "A Rodin" on the right side of the wrist and with the foundry mark "Alexis Rudier...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Zeus tête vide.
By Arman
Located in Malmo, SE
From the series ”Gods and Goddesses”.
Original sculpture: 3/8 ex
Signed and numbered by the artist and stamped Bocquel fondeur.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment wor...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Huntress with Borzoi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning French Art Deco figural group depicting a Huntress and her Borzoi.
The bronze has a beautiful warm patina and the base is two types of marble.
It is signed on the base and...
Category
1930s Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Dancer V- 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Male Dancer
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This sculpture is made out of bronze, by Dutch artist Martijn Soontiens. The sculpture stands on a natural stone base.
His male dancing sculptures are about moving and movement. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
“Standing Female Nude”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original beautifully patinated solid bronze standing female nude by the Bulgarian/American artist, Ana Ranguel Daltchev. Incised artist signature o...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
''Starfall'' Unique Wooden Sculpture of Astronaut with red umbrella
Located in Utrecht, NL
German artist Philipp Liehr first discovered his extraordinary dexterity as a dental technician. He soon perfected this artistically as a cartoonist and during his training as a scul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
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