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Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Mini Maria Puzzle Sculpture #4442/9500
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Mini Maria Puzzle Sculpture #4442/9500

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Mini Maria Puzzle Sculpture #4442/9500

By Miguel Ortiz Berrocal

Located in Miami, FL

This three-dimensional mechanical puzzle sculpture is composed of twenty-three interlocking elements and rests upon a black composition rectangular base.

Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Metal

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Sculpture Astronaut (Homage a Jules Verne) 1979-1980
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Sculpture Astronaut (Homage a Jules Verne) 1979-1980

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Sculpture Astronaut (Homage a Jules Verne) 1979-1980

By Miguel Ortiz Berrocal

Located in Miami, FL

This three-dimensional mechanical puzzle sculpture is composed of thirty-four interlocking elements.

Category

Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Steel

“Hamlet - A Crippled Greyhound” American Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Lee Lawrie
“Hamlet - A Crippled Greyhound” American Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Lee Lawrie

“Hamlet - A Crippled Greyhound” American Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Lee Lawrie

By Lee Lawrie

Located in Shippensburg, PA

Steeped in the austerity and mechanical minimalism of Art Deco sculpture, as one of the foremost architectural artists of the movement, the uncomfortable exactness of the present mod...

Category

20th Century American Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

kinetic sculpture of the earth and orbits
kinetic sculpture of the earth and orbits

kinetic sculpture of the earth and orbits

Located in Antwerp, BE

Mid-Century Modern Planetarium mechanical model kinetic sculpture, Europe circa 1950. lacquered metal Measures: 80 cm wide, 80 cm deep, 83 cm high.

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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Robert Rauschenberg Poster "Speaking in Tongues, Talking Heads, " Signed 1983
Robert Rauschenberg Poster "Speaking in Tongues, Talking Heads, " Signed 1983

Robert Rauschenberg Poster "Speaking in Tongues, Talking Heads, " Signed 1983

By Robert Rauschenberg

Located in CA, CA

It would later be connected to a series of mechanical sculptures Rauschenberg completed in 1967, titled 'Revolver', currently held by the NYC based Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

Category

Vintage 1980s American Books

Chaos, Machine Sculpture Lithograph
Chaos, Machine Sculpture Lithograph

Chaos, Machine Sculpture Lithograph

By Jean Tinguely

Located in Surfside, FL

He began experimenting with mechanical machine-like sculptures in the late 1930s, hanging objects from the ceiling and using an electric motor to make them spin.

Category

20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

Indian Silvered & Enamel Engraved Bronze Elephant Automaton Swiss Music box
Indian Silvered & Enamel Engraved Bronze Elephant Automaton Swiss Music box

Indian Silvered & Enamel Engraved Bronze Elephant Automaton Swiss Music box

By Thorens

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Both sculptural and functional, this elephant automaton stands as a rare cross-cultural object—part decorative sculpture, part mechanical curiosity. Its crisp engraving, strong silve...

Category

Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Enamel

Festival du Jazz Montreaux Detroit Offset Lithograph Vintage Music Poster
Festival du Jazz Montreaux Detroit Offset Lithograph Vintage Music Poster

Festival du Jazz Montreaux Detroit Offset Lithograph Vintage Music Poster

By Jean Tinguely

Located in Surfside, FL

He began experimenting with mechanical machine-like sculptures in the late 1930s, hanging objects from the ceiling and using an electric motor to make them spin.

Category

20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Early 20th Century France Female Life-Size Mannequin, circa 1920
Early 20th Century France Female Life-Size Mannequin, circa 1920

Early 20th Century France Female Life-Size Mannequin, circa 1920

Located in Milano, IT

The joints, mechanisms and locking screws are intentionally exhibited and reinforce the "mechanical" and modern taste of sculpture: the intention of the author to diverge from the fo...

Category

Early 20th Century French Other Models and Miniatures

Materials

Beech

The Story of Joseph after Lorenzo Ghiberti's “Gates of Paradise, " Florence

The Story of Joseph after Lorenzo Ghiberti's “Gates of Paradise, " Florence

By Ferdinand Barbedienne

Located in New York, NY

Gary Radke has recently written of this great enterprise: “The Parisian bronze caster Ferdinand Barbedienne began making half-sized copies of ancient and Renaissance sculpture in t...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Wrought Iron Mechanical Sculptures
Pair of Wrought Iron Mechanical Sculptures

Pair of Wrought Iron Mechanical Sculptures

Located in New York, NY

Mechanical Sculptures/Sunflowers on Metal Support

Category

20th Century American Decorative Objects

Materials

Wrought Iron

Fantastic Mechanical Sculpture, with old wax mannequin
Fantastic Mechanical Sculpture, with old wax mannequin

Fantastic Mechanical Sculpture, with old wax mannequin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This piece brings you right back to the time of Jules Verne. When plugged in, the wheel starts turning and the boy starts peddling. The boy is an old wax mannequin with glass eyes.

Category

20th Century Belgian Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Untitled Leather and Mahogany sculpture by Don Potts
Untitled Leather and Mahogany sculpture by Don Potts

Untitled Leather and Mahogany sculpture by Don Potts

Located in West Hollywood, CA

San Francisco, 1936) is well known and has widely exhibited his mechanical sculptures, notably those from the "My First Car" series from the late 1960s.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Sculptures

Materials

Leather, Acrylic

RARE MELVIN "POP'' THAYER FOLK ART AIRPLANE SCULPTURE
RARE MELVIN "POP'' THAYER FOLK ART AIRPLANE SCULPTURE

RARE MELVIN "POP'' THAYER FOLK ART AIRPLANE SCULPTURE

Located in Miami, FL

Rare aluminum bi-plane complete with pilot by self taught folk artist Melvin "Pop" Thayer b.1917(New York).Thayer migrated to Florida in 1973 where he began his complex mechanical...

Category

20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum

Flying Boy With Pipe on Cycling Contraption
Flying Boy With Pipe on Cycling Contraption

Flying Boy With Pipe on Cycling Contraption

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This is a fantastic mechanical sculpture. When turned on, the boy cycles, the lights turn on and the propellers work.

Category

20th Century Belgian Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Mechanical Dog, steel sculpture
Mechanical Dog, steel sculpture

Mechanical Dog, steel sculpture

By Wojtek Biczysko

Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Mechanical Dog, a steel sculpture created by Canadian artist Wojtek Biczysko, is part of a series he started when he moved from Poland to Canada more than 20 years ago.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Mechanical Color Wheel Sculpture
Mechanical Color Wheel Sculpture

Mechanical Color Wheel Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

A rare and mysterious color wheel of interesting proportions fixed to a perforated metal disc backing attached to a cast iron base structure. On the lower part is a gear form with wo...

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Mechanical Light Up Sculpture
Mechanical Light Up Sculpture

Mechanical Light Up Sculpture

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Steam punk before steam punk was a term. One of a kind sculpture made from vintage electronic parts.Artst Stece Lifton made this piece called Cyber Age

Category

20th Century American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Mechanical Cow
Mechanical Cow

Mechanical Cow

Sold|$3,500

Mechanical Cow

Located in Dallas, TX

Mechanical Cow used in diary advertising display.

Category

Antique 19th Century American Animal Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Mechanical Gaming Device
Art Deco Mechanical Gaming Device

Art Deco Mechanical Gaming Device

Located in Chicago, IL

This is a mechanical gaming device, perhaps used for horse racing,or a game of some sort. It is a visually interesting object. Having a lever on the right side, when pulled, makes...

Category

Vintage 1930s American Sculptures

Art Deco Mechanical Bronze by Bergman
Art Deco Mechanical Bronze by Bergman

Art Deco Mechanical Bronze by Bergman

By Franz Bergmann

Located in North Hollywood, CA

This lovely cold painted bronze dancer was created by the Austrian artist, Bergman. Because of prevalent anti-semitism rampant throughout Europe at the time, he disguised his name to...

Category

Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Coin Operated Mechanical Arcade Music Box
Coin Operated Mechanical Arcade Music Box

Coin Operated Mechanical Arcade Music Box

Located in North Hollywood, CA

This lovely music box is activated by dropping a coin into the plate - an American nickel works just fine. The internal mechanism starts up, as does the wooden mans arm, which revolv...

Category

Early 20th Century German Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Rare figural German mechanical Bulldog bell
Rare figural German mechanical Bulldog bell

Rare figural German mechanical Bulldog bell

Located in New York, NY

This extremely rare bell has a clock work mechanism. You wind it up press the lower jaw and the bell is activated. These celluloid bells were popular in the 1st quarter of the 20th c...

Category

Early 20th Century German Animal Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Vintage 1900's  Carved Wood  Mechanical Strong Man WhIstler
Vintage 1900's  Carved Wood  Mechanical Strong Man WhIstler

Vintage 1900's Carved Wood Mechanical Strong Man WhIstler

Located in Chicago, IL

A hand carved "Whistler" in the form of a Circus Strong Man. The winding key turns the internal movement which pushes up the bellows. The Strongman turns his head and whistles a live...

Category

Antique 19th Century German Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Two 19th Century Cast Iron Mechanical Owl Banks
Two 19th Century Cast Iron Mechanical Owl Banks

Two 19th Century Cast Iron Mechanical Owl Banks

Located in Essex, MA

Two Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Owl" Banks, by J. & E. Stevens, c. 1880, one with amber colored glass eyes, the other with black button eyes. When the lever on the back of each ba...

Category

Antique 19th Century American Animal Sculptures

Incredible violin mechanical mobile sculpture
Incredible violin mechanical mobile sculpture

Incredible violin mechanical mobile sculpture

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Incredible mechanical mobile. When plugged in the wings go slowly up and down and the string goes left to right. Very poetic piece, ideal to be hung in any music room.

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Late 20th Century Belgian Collectibles and Curiosities

Tall Mechanical Flashing Sputnik Light on Stand
Tall Mechanical Flashing Sputnik Light on Stand

Tall Mechanical Flashing Sputnik Light on Stand

Located in San Francisco, CA

a towering universe of blinking lights mechanical, functioning, flickering light sculpture diameter of base is 20", actual diameter of structure roughly 25"

Category

Vintage 1960s American Floor Lamps

Unusual Victorian Sculpture Stand
Unusual Victorian Sculpture Stand

Unusual Victorian Sculpture Stand

Located in Stamford, CT

Mahogany sculpture stand with mechanical mechanism to raise and lower sculpture

Category

Antique 19th Century English Pedestals

Materials

Mahogany

"Mechanic Trooper", Stainless Steel Mechanical Desktop Bike, Modern Pop Art
"Mechanic Trooper", Stainless Steel Mechanical Desktop Bike, Modern Pop Art

"Mechanic Trooper", Stainless Steel Mechanical Desktop Bike, Modern Pop Art

Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY

“Play with sculpture” is Chinese sculptor Xia Hang’s concept of sculpture. The sense of “Play” is to break our common sense of sculpture and Xia Hang leads us to understand sculpture...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

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Mechanical Sculpture For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of mechanical sculpture for your home. Frequently made of metal, wood and bronze, every item from our selection of mechanical sculpture was constructed with great care. Find 25 options for an antique or vintage choice in our collection of mechanical sculpture now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for newer or older items, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each object in our assortment of mechanical sculpture bearing Mid-Century Modern, Folk Art or Art Nouveau hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one option in this array of mechanical sculpture that is appealing in its simplicity, but Mechanical Mirror Works, Franz Bergmann and Gents of Leicester produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Mechanical Sculpture?

Prices for a piece of mechanical sculpture start at $99 and top out at $22,000 with the average selling for $2,748.