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Art Subject: People
Woman Dressing, Bronze Sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh 1911
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bronze sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, from 1911, is a charming rendering of a young woman dressing.
Vonnoh became one of the so-called "White Rabbits", women artists who a...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Orientalist Arab Slave Trader Female Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze 1910
Located in Portland, OR
A very large 24" (61cm) Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861-1936) cold painted bronze group statue, signed, Austria, circa 1910.
The bronze in the Orientalist manner & depicts a young slave ...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau 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
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Isabella
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original carved wood sculpture by American WPA artist Avis Zeidler Nemkoff.
"Isabella", is a hand carved wood sculpture measuring 18.5 inches tall, exceptional original condition, originally acquired from the estate of the artist who resided in Northern California.
This is a magnificent one of a kind hand carved wood sculpture, c.1938.
Please contact the gallery for additional information
•Avis Zeidler was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1908.
•It is not known when Zeidler moved to California. However, in the 1930s she majored in art at the University of California.
•Later, she enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts after receiving a scholarship for her studies there. She studied with Ray Boynton, Lucien Labaudt, Karl Eugen Neuhaus, and Ralph Stackpole...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
KONGŌRIKISHI
Located in Milano, IT
This magnificent pair of boxwood sculptures, 22 cm high, depicts the Kongōrikishi, also known as Niō, the protective guardians of Japanese Buddhist temples. These towering figures, a...
Category
18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Flower Caryatid - Blue Woman Shaped Painting
Located in Washington, DC
Important one of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). A shaped painting titled " Flower Caryatid". Noche Crist imbued her cutouts with more...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Plaster, Wood, Acrylic
$2,813 Sale Price
24% Off
Art Deco Venetian Mask Handcarved Wood Panel Wall Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superb French Art Deco wooden panel or wall-mounted sculpture features a spectacular Venetian mask and was hand-crafted in the 1930s. The sculpted panel boasts finely detailed c...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Dancer, Signed Cast Paper Relief by Bruno Lucchesi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dancer by Bruno Lucchesi, Italian (1926)
Date: circa 1970s
Cast paper reflief, signed and numbered
Edition of 85/300
Size: 28 x 25 in. (71.12 x 63.5 cm)
Frame Size: 35.5 x 31.5 inches
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
$1,500 Sale Price
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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
"Gynaeceum" , Three Nude Embracing Women With Trees Circular Bronze Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Gynaeceum" ("Gynécée") is a poetic bronze sculpture of three nude women being at one with Nature, by Isabelle Jeandot. The diameter of its circle bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Homage a Colbert - mini
Located in PARIS, FR
" Omaggio a Colbert "
12 x 41 x 14 cm
ed. 7/8 + 4 A.P.
Bronze
2022
Stefano Bombardieri is known for large figurative sculptures of wild animal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Outdoor Italian Stone Garden Sculptures of Mythological subject of Hercules
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Vicenza limestone of Hercules in excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Timeless decoration for your interior or garden.
Measurements: ...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
"Pair of Lovers" 9.25" bronze sculpture on wooden base by Moshe Sternschuss
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Pair of Lovers" bronze sculpture on wooden base of male and female seated figures by artist Moshe Sternschuss. Signature Sternschuss and edition number 153/200 inscribed on side of ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seated Japanese Amida Nyorai Buddha ; Early 20th century.
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Seated Japanese Amida Nyorai Buddha
Polychrome porcelain
Japan, Meiji era, early 20th century
Satsuma Kilns
11 1/2 x 6 1/3 x 6 1/3 inches
...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Gala (cold painted bronze sculpture)
By Erté
Located in Aventura, FL
Cold painted bronze sculpture. Incised Erte signature with stamp numbered edition, foundry and date. From the edition of 300.
Certificate of Authenticity is included. Artwork is in...
Category
1980s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,850 Sale Price
30% Off
Young girl sitting at her toilet
Located in PARIS, FR
"Young girl sitting at her toilet"
also known as "Young girl with braids"
by Joseph BERNARD (1866-1931)
Sculpture in bronze with a nuanced brownish dark green patina
Signed on the ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pothos Sculpture Lost Wax Bronze Method Florence Cesello 18 x 6 x 6
Located in Houston, TX
"Pothos is one of the Ancient Greek Erotes dedicated to yearning and desire. He is the son of the West Wind "Zephryos" and "Iris," the rainbow. This is the artist proof of an edit...
Category
2010s Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of Four Italian Stone Statues Representing the Four Arts 1920'
Located in Rome, IT
Rare set of sculptures composed by a set of the four female figures representing The Arts. 1920'
Music, Painting , Architecture ,Sculpture.
Measures: Height cm 150
Very good origin...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
seated man, '70s - clay sculpture, 36x30x23 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Sculpture made of clay depicting a seated man in a cubist way
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Woman and Panther - Bronze by Albert Poncin (1877-1954), Art Deco influence
Located in Gent, VOV
Albert Poncin’s Femme à la Panthère is a striking and elegant Art Deco bronze sculpture that perfectly encapsulates the movement’s characteristic blend of stylized modernity and clas...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique bronze nude gladiator/ swordsman - Signed "Rudolf Marcuse" + "Gladenbeck
By Rudolf Marcuse
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique bronze nude gladiator/ swordsman - Signed "Rudolf Marcuse" + "Gladenbeck Berlin"
Dimensions:
Sculpture: 16.5 cm high
Base: 6.5 cm high
To...
Category
Early 20th Century Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Agnus dei - Puerta de sagrario - Siglo XVII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Muy interesante puerta de sagrario de madera tallada y policromada del siglo xvii.
Es de comienzos del barroco, hay la representación del agnus dei con...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood Panel
$1,142 Sale Price
20% Off
Bust of a young woman / - The Opulence of Beauty -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anton Nelson (i.e. Antoine Joseph van den Kerckhoven) (1849 Brussels - after 1910 ibid.), Bust of a young woman, c. 1890. Patinated bronze on cast base, 30 cm (total height) x 20 cm ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"1/2 Shield, " Carved Wood & Vegetable Pigment from New Guinea c. 1930
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This half-shield from New Guinea is carved wood, embellished with vegetable pigment. It features an abstracted face with other designs. The shield is 31" x 9" x 4".
Category
1930s Tribal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Noche Crist Goddess Sculpture
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind Goddess sculpture by Noche Crist (1909-2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Catalogue of a postumous retrospecti...
Category
1970s Outsider Art Nude Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Gorilla kidnapping a woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Emmanuel FREMIET (1824-1910)
Gorilla kidnapping a woman
A rare bronze group with a greenish dark brown patina
signed "E. Fremiet" on the base
cast by " F. Barbedienne Fondeur " (fo...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ex Nihilo Figure 4", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture, Figurative Man
Located in Dallas, TX
Don't miss this opportunity to own a piece of history! Ex Nihilo Figure 4, a full-scale plaster from the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of the Creation Scul...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Buddha, Classic red, Richard Orlinksi
Located in Porto, 13
Buddha
In resolutely contemporary materials and colours, Richard Orlinski's Buddha represents religious freedom and diversity in the 21th century. Throught this sculpture, the artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Géraldine
By Patrick Brun
Located in Pasadena, CA
Patrick BRUN was born in Paris in 1941. After obtaining his Engineering degree, he began his professional life as a teacher in mathematics and physics. After this period, he started ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,761 Sale Price
20% Off
"Crossing the River " contemporary bronze table sculpture girl love horse animal
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Crossing the River is a bronze table sculpture, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 25.
Joan’s latest sculpture series of female figures brings an out-of-the-box a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Leda and the Swan
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent early Art Nouveau bronze by Belgian artist Jef Lambeaux(1852-1908.)
“Leda and the Swan”, is an original Art Nouveau Bronze,...
Category
1880s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Portrait
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is a piece of my private collection from artists of the 20th Century. It is original, signed by artist and numbered 217/220. It is vibrant in color and in very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Plate Glass, Oil, Lithograph, Watercolor
$500 Sale Price
23% Off
Bronze Reliefs of Minerva and Mars by Émile Pinedo
By Émile Pinedo
Located in New Orleans, LA
Émile Pinedo
1840-1916 French
Bronze Reliefs of Minerva and Mars
Bronze
These exceptional bronze reliefs depicting the Roman deities Minerva and Mars represent the pinnacle of 19...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Diana and the Hounds, a bronze sculpture by Giuseppe Joseph D’Aste (1881–1945)
Located in Gent, VOV
Diana and the Hounds by Giuseppe Joseph D’Aste is a finely executed silvered bronze sculpture from the 1920s, cast using the lost-wax (cire perdue) metho...
Category
Early 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pomme Bouche
Located in PARIS, FR
Edition
Signed with the stamp: Lalanne
Monogrammed, marked and numbered under the apple: CL ; Artcurial ; 57/250
Literature
Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Genève, Éditions Skira, 1991, an other version reproduced p. 123.
Claude et François...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$136,905
Susanna
Located in PARIS, FR
Susanna
by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887)
Bronze sculpture with nuanced brown patina
signed to the side " A. Carrier "
old period cast
France
circa 1860
height 62 cm
...
Category
1860s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Roman driver on his chariot
Located in PARIS, FR
Roman driver on his chariot
by Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910)
Bronze group with its original nuanced green patina
signed on the base " E. Fremiet "
cast by More
France
circa 1880
hei...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Night
Located in New Orleans, LA
After James Pradier
1792–1852 French
The Night
White marble on a grey marble socle
Drifting in a dreamlike ascent, this exquisite allegorical sculpture, The Night, pays tribute t...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$168,500
Comes a Horseman
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
11/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,500
Europa & Zeus
By Bruno Zach
Located in Wien, Wien
Europe & Zeus (divine love)
Europa the daughter of the Phoenician king of Tyre, Agenor and Zeus in love in the shape of the bull.
Bronze, on onyx pedestal
Signed: Bruno Zach
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Preoccupied' original signed Shona stone sculpture by Colleen Madamombe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Preoccupied' is an original black serpentine sculpture by the celebrated second generation Shona artist Colleen Madamombe. The sculpture presents a character common to Madamombe's w...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Jerome Ferretti "Record Player" Symphonic Record Player Speakers
Located in Detroit, MI
"Record Player" by Jerome Ferretti, Detroit muralist, painter and sculptor, is a genuine Symphonic Record Player with built-in speakers that Je...
Category
1990s American Modern Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Group of four 18th century Venetian wooden sculptures - Singer and musicians
Located in Varmo, IT
Four table sculptures - Concertino with musicians and singer. Venice, late 18th century.
9 x 7 x h 20 cm each.
Entirely in wood, finely carved and painted in polychrome.
Condition...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$2,380 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Venus, Unique Carved Green Onyx Sculpture by Anthony Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Date: circa 1980
Green Onyx sculpture on marble base, signature inscribed at base
Size: 45 x 10 x 10 in. (114.3 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Jacob Epstein, 1950, Madonna and Child, lead sculpture, signed, British
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jacob Epstein (British / American 1880 – 1959)
Madonna and Child, 1950
Sculpture (lead with bronze halos)
34cm.
In a bespoke carved oak devotional niche
Signed ‘Epstein’ (on the reve...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Female Torso
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Penny Sculpture.
This incredible sculpture has been created using 10p pieces, intricately welded together.
The sculpture sits on a slate base ...
Category
2010s Abstract Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
“Adam and Eve”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very rare Art Deco three dimensional terracotta sculpture of Adam and Eve by the Austrian artist, Virgil Rainer. Hand painted by the artist. Signed bott...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Plaster
$4,800 Sale Price
26% Off
"Le Rieur Napolitain" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875)
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A stunning bronze bust "Le Rieur Napolitain" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875), a master of 19th-century French sculpture. This piece captures the joyful expression of a young Neapolitan boy, reflecting Carpeaux’s signature realism and dynamic movement.
Details:
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Title: Le Rieur Napolitain (The Laughing Neapolitan)
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: Height 27 cm, Width 19 cm, Depth 12 cm
Period: 19th century
Condition: Good, with a beautiful natural patina
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875) was a leading French sculptor of the 19th century, known for his ability to infuse lifelike movement and emotional depth into his works. Le Rieur Napolitain (The Laughing Neapolitan) is a striking example of his dynamic and expressive style, embodying his fascination with naturalism and human vitality.
This bust is part of Carpeaux’s series of Neapolitan figures...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Dan Mask, " Carved Wood created in Liberia circa the 1950s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The Dan people of Liberia have a history of using masks like these for rituals pertaining to various aspects of their lives.
This particular mask has a commanding, yet gentle presence. The carved wooden face...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Labors of Hercules Bronze Sculpture, 17th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
A rare example of late Renaissance sculpture, this impressive Italian bronze captures one of the greatest divine heroes of myth and legend: Hercules. The figure is rendered with stun...
Category
17th Century Baroque Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Surreal Bronze Sculpture by Lorenzo Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Surrealist bronze sculpture by Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn depicting a male figure with hands reaching into his chest. Published to benefit the World ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Head Status - Sculpture of Head of Tristan Barnard (1866 - 1947)
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare work by Swiss sculptor Walter Spaeny
Head of Tristan Bernad (1866 - 1947) , French novelist, journalist and also lawyer.
Terracotta
Signed on the back side
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Sorbe Small Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Drinking Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Sorbe Small Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Drinking Male Figure Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Monumental Pair French 19th Century Putto Flambeaux Urns Torchere Urn Sculptures
Located in LA, CA
A Monumental Museum Quality Pair of French 19th Century Figural Gilt and Patinated Bronze Rosso Granite Marble Flambeaux Urns, each depicting a pair of standing allegorical and whims...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Marble, Brass, Bronze
Angeli
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.”
Ugo Riva is probably the most eminent and affirmed artist represented by the Frilli Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
$28,080
LARGE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MARBLE CAPITAL, 15th/16th Century
Located in Milan, IT
LARGE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MARBLE CAPITAL
Florence, 15th/16th Century
marble
38 x 47 x 47 cm
15 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in
Category
16th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Kindred
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1961
Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and nephews are the primary source of her inspiration, though DeDecker’s sculptures are not portraits. In fact, her loose style leaves her viewers with room for interpretation, so as to see their own lives within her sculptures. This imprecision, combined with her unique ability to capture specific moments to which each viewer can relate on a personal level, regardless of age, give DeDecker’s work a timeless quality that spans generations.
DeDecker began her artistic training as a painter at the University of Northern Colorado, until a professor, noticing her joy in the portrayal of shapes and forms, suggested she try her hand at sculpture. Taking his advice, DeDecker went on to study at Gobelins School of Tapestry in Paris...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Equos" Bronze Sculpture Lost Wax Method Florence Cesello 10" x 8"
Located in Houston, TX
"Equos" A small study inspired by Classical equestrian examples, the artist in this piece balances the potential energy within the form of the horse with an emotional calm.
Noun...
Category
2010s Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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