$1,800
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
By Abraham Harriton
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a carved glass panel. I belive this is milk glass. it is a classic Americana scene of a cowboy or frontier trapper and an Indian or Native American with a feathered headdress...
Glass
Sold
H 16 in W 20 in
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
By Abraham Harriton
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a carved glass panel. I belive this is milk glass. it is a classic Americana scene of a cowboy or frontier trapper and an Indian or Native American with a feathered headdress...
Glass
Sold
H 16 in W 20 in
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
By Abraham Harriton
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a carved glass panel. I belive this is milk glass. it is a classic Americana scene of a cowboy or frontier trapper and an Indian or Native American with a feathered headdress...
Glass
$4,953
H 32.68 in W 24.81 in D 3.94 in
Spherical bas-relief in plaster by Geo Verbanck, Belgium, 1920s
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A rare and monumental plaster bas-relief by Belgian sculptor Geo Verbanck (1881–1961), signed lower right and mounted on a custom walnut base. Dating from the 1920s, the relief is co...
Plaster
$600Sale Price|20% Off
H 9 in W 7 in D 5 in
Early 20th Century Cowan Pottery Ceramic Sculpture of a Native American
By F. Luis Mora
Located in Beachwood, OH
F. Luis Mora (American, 1874-1940) Native American, c. 1930s Ceramic Stamped on bottom, Cowan Pottery 9 x 7 x 5 inches Francis Luis Mora was one of the better-known American artists...
Ceramic
$320Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.5 in W 3.13 in D 2 in
1960s Native American Chief Sculpture by Universal Statuary Corp.
By Universal Statuary Corp.
Located in Miami, FL
Artfully crafted and attributed to Universal Statuary Corp. this collectible Native American Indian statue will look great in any western setting or as an educational tool. Althou...
Plaster
$1,923
H 23.8 in W 19.8 in D 0.7 in
1940s Hand Painted Native American Chief Portrait on Wood Panel, Oak Frame
Located in Lisse, NL
Striking mid-20th century hand-painted portrait of a Native American chief. Dating from circa 1940-1950, this atmospheric portrait was painted directly onto an old wooden panel and ...
Wood, Oak, Paint, Plywood
Thomas B. Maracle Indigenous Canadian Mohawk Stone Carving or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large Indigenous North American stone carving was done by Thomas B. Maracle of the Mohawk Nation in circa 1985 in his signature Indigenous Folk Art style. The sculpture depicts ...
Stone
$2,250
H 15.5 in W 16 in D 5.75 in
Midcentury Indigenous Chief Intaglio Cold-Painted Figurative Sculpture & Stand
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This unique and interesting double-sided figurative sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1965 in the period midcentury style. The sculp...
Stone, Metal
$3,150Sale Price|30% Off
H 56.5 in W 32 in D 5.5 in
Late 20th Century Italian Carved Marble Panel of a Man and Woman
Located in Stamford, CT
Stunning Italian carved marble panel of a man and woman brought over from Italy in the 1980s. This is a well carved and detailed piece of a woman embracing her man with a sign of aff...
Marble
French Petrified Limestone Bas Relief Sculpture
Located in Norton, MA
France 20th Century Bas relief depicts a young woman carrying fowl and a young man with a sheep. The relief was created by dissolved limestone in water running from stalactites int...
Limestone
Midcentury Czech Hand-Carved Wooden Shepherd Wall Relief, 1960
Located in Praha, CZ
This midcentury wooden wall relief originates from Czechoslovakia, dating to circa 1960. The piece features a stylized shepherd figure carved in layered relief, showcasing skilled ha...
Wood
Hand Carved Folk Art Soapstone Indian
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand Carved Folk Art soapstone Indian.
Soapstone
$1,850
H 32 in W 12 in D 8 in
Monumental Hand-Carved American Folk Art Indigenous Figure, Signed, 1980s
Located in San Diego, CA
Impressive large-scale American folk art sculpture, hand carved from a substantial solid block of wood and depicting an Indigenous figure wearing an elaborate feathered headdress and...
Wood
$375
H 1.5 in Dm 8.38 in
1978 Gino Ruggeri Italian Alabaster Figural High Relief Wall Plaque Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful alabaster wall plate features a high relief sculpture commemorating the opera, Carmen. Made by hand in Tuscany, Italy by master sculptor Gino Ruggeri. Comes in the original...
Alabaster
$49,151
H 63.59 in W 84.85 in D 6.7 in
Francisco Xavier de Viveiros Costa (1914/1997) Low relief , dated 1941, signed
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Francisco Xavier de Viveiros Costa (1914 / 1997) Low relief in plaster depicting an African scene, in a woodframe Signed and dated 1941 161,5x215,5 cm supplied with wall hanging brac...
Plaster
Mid-Century Modern Terracotta Indian Bust, Hand-Carved, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Small Old Indian Bust . Terracotta on a Wooden stand . Unknown Maker
Terracotta
Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 412 Scène de Tauromachie
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Pablo Picasso A.R. 412 Scène de Tauromachie 1959 16.5” round Edition of 100 White earthenware clay, partially glazed. Ramie 412 is a Madoura ceramic that one rarely sees come on the ...
Ceramic
$3,059Sale Price|25% Off
H 18.12 in W 11.82 in D 6.3 in
Sculpture. Indian Chief. Signed Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand 1940s
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
A sculptured head of an American Indian Chief. It is said that this really is a self-portrait of Gunnar Nylund, the artist. It has its original wooden stand . The height is 42 cm wi...
Clay
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
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