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Vintage Italian Glazed Great Dane Sculpture

Circa 1960

Striking pair of mid century snarling leopard figures or sculptures crafted in terra cotta, hand decorated and glazed. Stamped "Made in Italy" on the bottoms.

Lofty wall hanging tile art, ambitiously handcrafted in terracotta with each piece cut, fired, decorated, glazed and assembled depicting a cockatoo in a lush jungle setting with bird...

Sculpture by Brazilian-born artist Elizabeth Freire. Sculpture is mounted on marble base and signed "EF". B&W photo is of Ms. Freire with renowned sculptor Etienne Martin at the Ecole Nationals des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Elizabeth Freire is a Brazilian-born, contemporary American artist. At the age of eighteen, she left Rio de Janeiro and moved to Paris to study sculpture at l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, receiving her Diploma there in 1979 under the direction of Claude Viseux, Etienne Martin, and Cesar. During that time she worked as an apprentice at the Fonderie de France where she learned bronze technique and she also attended etching courses at l’Ecole de Montparnasse. In 1976, she won a commission to make three life-size figures representing the printing company, “Les Imprimeries de Boulogne,” at the International Printing Fair in Paris. She spent 1977 in Aix-en-Provence where she carved the local stone of Rogne. Returning to Paris, the painter Lutka Pink introduced her to Otero, Frans Krajcberg and Hajdu from whom she received valuable lessons. In 1978, she traveled to Brazil where she was invited to participate in the exhibit ‘A Century of Sculpture in Brazil’. She also met with the sculptor Sergio Camargo...

Mother Holding Baby, large terra-cotta and clay sculpture. From the Totonaca culture (state of Veracruz). Modern Pre Columbian style large sculpt...