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Sculptures For Sale
"BRAT" Layered Hand-Cut Paper with Glitter Effect by Charles Clary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"BRAT" is an original wall-hanging sculpture by Charles Clary as part of the artist's popular "Text-i-monial" series. To create the artwork, Clary hand cuts a series of individual sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Mafalda by Marie Louise Sorbac - Bronze animal sculpture, frog, green patina
Located in Paris, FR
Mafalda is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marie Louise Sorbac, dimensions are 20 × 26 × 33 cm (7.9 × 10.2 × 13 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Standing Cub by Eric Valat - Bronze sculpture of a bear, animal
By Eric Valat
Located in Paris, FR
Standing cub is a sculpture by French contemporary artist Eric Valat.
This artwork represent a cub standing, head in the clouds, gently lifting one paw.
Dimensions: 3.93 x 5.11 x 3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
F.171201 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary glass sculpture, green, abstract, light
Located in Paris, FR
F.171201 is a glass sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Toshio Iezumi, dimensions are 17 × 42 × 35 cm (6.7 × 16.5 × 13.8 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Amena by Nando Kallweit. Bronze figurine of a nude woman with outstretched arms
Located in Coltishall, GB
Amena is a striking bronze sculpture epitomizing elegance and minimalism. The piece showcases a highly stylized female human figure, characterized by elongated limbs and an abstract ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Italian Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady w/ Pedestal
Located in Beachwood, OH
Italian, Late 19th Century
Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady
White marble, garment in veined buff colored marble on fitted green marble pedestal
Bust: 22 x 18 x 9 inches
Pedes...
Category
Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Entrapped 7 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, yellow & white, organic
Located in Paris, FR
Entrapped 7 is a unique paper porcelain sculpture by contemporary artist Simcha Even-Chen, dimensions are 30 × 30 × 24 cm (11.8 × 11.8 × 9.4 in).
The sculpture is signed and comes w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Signal C14 - Abstract Multi-Dimensional Red Minimalist Sculptural Artwork
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His art is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shiz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
19th Century Bronze of the Borghese Gladiator Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
The Borghese Gladiator, 19th Century
Bronze on marble base
Musée du Louvre signed on base
15 x 12 x 8 inches
Since its discovery in the early seventeenth century, the Borghese Gladi...
Category
19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
YVES KLEIN L'OURS POMPON Limited sculpture includes COA IKB Contemporary Design
By Yves Klein
Located in Madrid, Madrid
L'OURS POMPON - EDITION YVES KLEIN
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Artisanal resin and pigments
Edition: 999 (few numbers available, assigned randomly)
Size: Plexiglas bell size - 49 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plexiglass, Pigment
Barricada #2 ai S by Alejandro Vega Beuvrin -Stainless steel sculpture, abstract
Located in Paris, FR
Barricada #2 ai S is a stainless steel sculpture by contemporary Venezuelan artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin.
Available in two sizes and with a polished or unpolished finish:
(S) 37.5...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Patinated Bronze Torso after the Antique, 19th/20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Patinated Bronze Torso after the Antique, 19th/20th Century
Bronze
Torso: 22 x 13 x 11 inches
Including base: 27 inches high
Category
Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mercury Standing on the Breath of Zeus, Antique Grand Tour
By Giambologna
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608)
Mercury Standing on the Breath of Zeus
Bronze
27.5 x 14.25 x 5.5 inches
The sculpture depicts Mercury wearing his winged helmet and sandals and holding a caduceus. Created after one of Giambologna's most celebrated sculptures in the Renaissance, Mercury, was designed as part of a fountain for the Villa Medici in Rome.The head on which Mercury steps symbolizes the figure being “exhaled, purified, unburdened.” When the Giambologna sculpture...
Category
19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Farblichtung grün gelb orange - abstract contemporary modern sculptural painting
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Farblichtung grün gelb orange is a unique one-of-a-kind contemporary modern sculptural painting by German artist Sybille Pattscheck. Her sculptural paintings are made by applying num...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Wax, Pigment
Stonehenge by Martine Demal - Contemporary bronze sculpture, abstract, harmony
Located in Paris, FR
Stonehenge is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 43 × 43 × 12 cm (16.9 × 16.9 × 4.7 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
"Subway Textures, Assemblage of Sewn Aluminum Foil, Paper, Textile and Cardboard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Subway Textures" is a one-of-a-kind piece created from Eustace Mamba, as part of his ongoing series of sewn mixed media cityscapes. This wall-hanging sculpture is made from sewing a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Foil
Wall mirror “with fold” I by Franck K - Stainless steel sculpture, reflection
Located in Paris, FR
Wall mirror “with fold” I is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 92 × 92 × 3 cm (36.2 × 36.2 × 1.2 in).
The sculpture ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
White Carrara Marble Sculpture of Hercules Italian 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
an important and impressive white marble sculpture of Hercules as torso. The figure standing in contrapposto position wearing on the left shoulder a rest of a drapery with a sculpted...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Sculptures
Materials
Marble
3D shaped painting / wall sculpture of African mask by Haitian-American artist
By Claes Gabriel
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Queen Zaboka" is an acrylic on shaped canvas painting stretched over a wooden armature creating a 3D wall sculpture. With this majestic Queen adorned in radiant color under a shimme...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Inside/Out - large, abstracted, figurative, outdoor stainless steel sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary metal sculpture of a mask is kinetic and was created by a Canadian artist.
This unique, one-of-a-kind ethereal sculpture was hand-forged by the masterful artist, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
Theia by Richard Perry - Abstract sculpture, Carrara marble, colourful, pink
Located in Paris, FR
Theia is a unique ink, paint and wax on Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 20.5 × 23 × 19 cm (8.1 × 9.1 × 7.5 in).
The sculpture is signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Allegro Con Brio - contemporary, figurative, acrylic and thread sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large contemporary clear acrylic sculpture of a piano was inspired by the artist’s love of music.
This beautiful and magical piece of modern art is the unique vision of an award-winning author and music lover. Years ago, Ruth Kassinger noticed how sunlight streaming through her living room windows bounced off white walls, through a glass coffee table, and splashed rainbows around the room. When her eyes drifted to the black baby grand piano in the room, she had an epiphany. The idea for a full-scale, transparent piano sculpture filled with colors was born.
To create the piano, she worked with a talented team of acrylic glass artisans who created the piano’s body and its keyboard. Using laser technology, thousands of holes were drilled both by computer and by hand to ensure that all of the threads are perfectly parallel. Then, using small acrylic boxes as models, Kassinger spent a year testing various threads to determine spacing and color combinations until they expressed her vision of music. “It takes me months to thread a piano. I use embroidery needles that I manipulate with long-handled surgical forceps. The highly polished, clear acrylic form allows light to flow through the sculpture, illuminating the thousands of multi-hued nylon and French silk threads. The threads change color as you move around the piano and, thanks to an optical phenomenon called moiré, they appear to move as if being played.”
Kassinger is best known for her books about science, history, and gardening. As a science writer, she has studied and written about the concepts of transparency and color. As a music lover, Kassinger’s personal experience of listening to music is heightened by a form of synaesthesia where she actually sees colors when she hears music. And, having grown up in a family of craftsmen (her parents had a custom furniture business and she later designed several pieces for her own home), she has the skills to undertake her first sculptural piece: a ‘glass’ piano...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Acrylic Polymer
Pumpkin Cast Resin Figure - Red & Yellow (Set of 2)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Manchester, GB
Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin Cast Resin Figure - Red & Yellow (Set of 2)
Medium: Painted cast resin
2 x 3.94 x 3.35 x 3.35 inches (10 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm).
Accompanied by the original box
Stam...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Another World - modern, abstract, contemporary, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary outdoor sculpture was hand forged in aluminum by Philippe Pallafray.
The provocative abstract sculptural work of Philippe Pallafray has found an international audi...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Authentic Models Demi Dome Architectural Model Wooden Staircase, 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Authentic Models
Demi Dome Architectural Model Wooden Staircase, 20th Century
Wood
Stamped 'AM' on bottom
16 x 18 x 10 inches
Double staircase surrounded by a reticulated domed top...
Category
20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Halcyon Gold - contemporary, abstract, gold-plated, steel, outdoor sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract sculpture was created from stainless steel and painted gold.
This impressive monumental sculpture by Viktor Mitic was forged from stainless steel and pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Stainless Steel
“Shattered” wall mirror I by Franck K - steel wall sculpture, reflection
Located in Paris, FR
“Shattered” wall mirror I is a unique mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Franck K, dimensions are 97 × 97 × 3 cm (3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Nude Torso
By Lorrie Goulet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A tall dynamic chipped wood standing nude torso mounted on a stone base.
Great form and patina.
Stone, wood and ceramics sculptor Lorrie Goulet, who also makes drawings and lithograp...
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Dandelion Drip - Colorful Abstract Figurative Sculptural Contemporary Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptor known for his original small bronze figures, standing at just 4 inches tall. His unique figurative sculptures have been showcased in gall...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Diana the Huntress, the Goddess of Hunting Bronze Sculpture of Woman
By Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828)
Diana the Huntress
Bronze with fine brown green patina
24 x 19 x 10 inches
15 lb.
The first, life-size version of this representation ...
Category
19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bust of Antinous as Bacchus/Dionysus w/ Gilt Floral Wreath
Located in Beachwood, OH
Bust of Antinous as Bacchus/Dionysus with Gilt Floral Wreath, 19th Century
F. Barbedienne foundry
Gilt bronze
23 x 12 x 14 inches
Antinous, also called Antinoös, was a Greek youth f...
Category
19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dylan Martinez - Limited Edition Blue Glass Water Bag Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Limited Edition Blue Glass Water Bag Series - Hyperreal blue water bag glass sculpture, solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez.
Dylan Martinez' hyperreal sculptures are hot sculp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Spiraling Upward by Kuno Vollet Contemporary Steel Sculpture for indoor/ outdoor
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
This beautiful large corroded steel sculpture can be used for indoor or outdoors. It makes for an elegant statement in any garden, lobby or private home. Please specify if you want ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel
Cuerpos Magnéticos Gold, Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cuerpos Magnéticos was born searching for the relationship between nature and our bodies: we see rocks, bones, structures, flexibility, attractions, spaces, movement, stillness. Cuer...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Pigment
"Edwards" - Found Object Assemblage Robot Sculpture, 2025
By David Lipson
Located in Denver, CO
David Lipson's "Edwards" (2025) is a striking found-object assemblage sculpture that reimagines mechanical components into a humanoid form. Standing 26.5 inches tall, this meticulously crafted piece fuses vintage industrial elements, including a repurposed electrical meter as the torso, metallic coils forming the limbs, and canisters elegantly supporting the figure. The sculpture embodies a nostalgic yet futuristic aesthetic, reminiscent of early robotics and steampunk influences.
David Lipson assembles robot sculptures...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
ZT 210307 - contemporary modern red & black abstract geometric painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
ZT 210307 is a unique one-of-a-kind contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Hewrman Coppus. The relief is made from meticulously hand cut, bend and glued cardboard paper ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Vase with 3 Openings (Handmade, Pastel, Warm Tones, Smooth, Curvy)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman
Vase with 3 Openings
Porcelain, Glaze, Cone 6 Firing
2025
Size: 7.5 x 4.5 x 7 inches (19.05 x 11.43 x 17.78 cm)
Signed by hand
COA provided
*One Opening slightly cr...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Figure of Crouching Venus/Naked Aphrodite, 19th Century Italian School Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus, or The Naked Aphrodite, 19th Century Italian School
Bronze raised on a marble base
21 in. h. x 10 in. w. x 7 in. d., overall
18 in. h. x 8.5 in. w....
Category
19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
ZT 250304 - contemporary modern red & white abstract geometric painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
ZT 250304 is a unique one-of-a-kind small contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Hewrman Coppus. The relief is made from meticulously hand cut, folded and glued cardboar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Cardboard
"DALL·E 2023-04-23 11.28.12" Large red and yellow textured, patterned rug
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled DALL·E 2023-04-23 11.28.12 is a crafted original piece by Tuft the World as part of the inaugural collection of TTW Editions. This piece measures 57"h x 57"w and is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wool
Square Multicolor Clay Relief Wall Sculpture. “Bubbles Night” 3D Mosaic Wall Art
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Bubbles Night" is a contemplative and richly textured piece from the Fake Candies series by Elizabeth Art Candy, exploring the interplay of color, shape, and void through hundreds o...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Canvas, Spray Paint
Symphonie verticale III - geometric contemporary modern painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Symphonie verticale III is one of the latest medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting reliefs by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. The relief is made from 140 (!) individu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
''Arctic Bear'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of an Arctic Bear
Located in Utrecht, NL
Nichola Theakston (1967) has established herself as one of the UK’s foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre.
With the ''Arctic Bear'' Nichola shows how exqu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Multicolor 3D Bubbles Wall Sculpture in Clay. Round Mosaic with Candy-Like Forms
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Bubbles" is a vibrant circular wall sculpture from Elizabeth Art Candy’s Fake Candies series, celebrating her signature artistic language through a dynamic composition of hand-sculp...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Canvas, Spray Paint
Counterpart (diptych) by Tom Price - Bench sculpture, resin, coal, LED light
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Counterpart (diptych) is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of coal, resin, tar, steel, acrylic, LED, dimensions are 45 × 220 × 35 cm (17.7 × 86.6 ×...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Davinci's Horse Rears by Helle Crawford, Bronze sculpture of a horse
Located in DE
Bronze sculpture of a horse that rears on granite base
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Large Lying Figure I by Pierre Yermia - Bronze sculpture, nude woman statue
Located in Paris, FR
Large Lying Figure I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 46 × 120 × 17 cm (18.1 × 47.2 × 6.7 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
After Botero - Bull Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
¡ Special Pricing !
This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs.
The edition is 5...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$975 Sale Price
50% Off
Seated Nude Woman Sculpture, Early 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
William Zorach (American, 1887-1966)
Seated Woman
Painted plaster
Inscribed underside "V"
12.5 x 9 x 5 inches
Provenance: The Tatti Family Collection
Bill Zorach was born in Lithuan...
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Silver Orbit by Kuno Vollet Contemporary Stainless Steel sculpture for Outdoors
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Silver Orbit
Very large Contemporary stainless steel sculpture for inside or garden outdoor spaces.
Beautiful spiral dancing its way towards the sky.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
After Botero - Seated Nude Woman Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs.
The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$990 Sale Price
44% Off
"Burgundy Wall Phone", floral needlepoint wrapped around vintage landline phone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Burgundy Wall Phone" is an original piece by Ulla-Stina Wikander that can be wall-mounted or be free standing. This piece is made from sourcing vintage needlepoint embroidery and ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Textile, Tapestry, Mixed Media
Light – Contemporary Surrealist Lunar Relief with Acrylic and Clay on Wood
By Vera Vizzi
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Light (Leggero) is a mixed media wall sculpture by Vera Vizzi combining modeling clay and acrylic paint on a circular fir wood support. This 30 cm Ø piece presents a textured lunar r...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Elemental - Neon Yellow Pink Colorful Acorns Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, 2024
By Julie Maren
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary sculptural wall installation consists of more than 270 individual acorn caps mounted on brass pins - each cap is filled with plaster and paint in bright hues of pin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Unity II by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, terracotta, brown
Located in Paris, FR
Unity II is a unique terracotta sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 26 × 19 × 12 cm (10.2 × 7.5 × 4.7 in).
The sculpture is signed and comes with a cer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Wrestlers IV by Yann Guillon - Large-scale outdoor bronze sculpture, nude male
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Wrestlers IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 70 × 113 × 66 cm (27.6 × 44.5 × 26 in). A base can be created as necessary.
This sculptu...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Leslie Fry_Support Quartet_2014_Sculpture_Glazed Vitrious China_Koehler Artist
Located in Darien, CT
Leslie's public projects respond to site, history and the body. Figures are female or hermaphroditic, of imaginary descent, often melded with animal, architecture and plant forms. I ...
Category
2010s Feminist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Blueprint of Chaos (Abstract Geometric Blue White Wood Wall Sculpture)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric, minimalist three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in blue and white
"Blueprint of Chaos", hand-carved wooden wall sculpture by Hudson Valley artist, Stephen Wallin...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Leslie Fry_Arise_2022_Sculpture_Cast Bronze_Feminist
Located in Darien, CT
Leslie's public projects respond to site, history and the body. Figures are female or hermaphroditic, of imaginary descent, often melded with animal, architecture and plant forms. I ...
Category
2010s Feminist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cotton Candy Cumulus Citrine - Original Orange Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Nude, Abstract and Figurative Sculptures for Sale
The history of sculpture as we know it is believed to have origins in Ancient Greece, while small sculptural carvings are among the most common examples of prehistoric art. In short, sculpture as a fine art has been with us forever. A powerful three-dimensional means of creative expression, sculpture has long been most frequently associated with religion — consider the limestone Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt — while the tradition of collecting sculpture, which has also been traced back to Greece as well as to China, far precedes the emergence of museums.
Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metal — bronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.
If you are a lover of art and antiques or are thinking of bringing a work of sculpture into your home for the first time, there are several details to keep in mind. As with all other works of art, think about what you like. What speaks to you? Visit local galleries and museums. Take in works of public art and art fairs when you can and find out what kind of sculpture you like. When you’ve come to a decision about a specific work, try to find out all you can about the piece, and if you’re not buying from a sculptor directly, work with an art expert to confirm the work’s authenticity.
And when you bring your sculpture home, remember: No matter how big or small your new addition is, it will make a statement in your space. Large- and even medium-sized sculptures can be heavy, so hire some professional art handlers as necessary and find a good place in your home for your piece. Whether you’re installing a towering new figurative sculpture — a colorful character by KAWS or hyperreal work by Carole A. Feuerman, perhaps — or an abstract work by Won Lee, you’ll want the sculpture to be safe from being knocked over. (You’ll find that most sculptures should be displayed at eye level, while some large busts look best from below.)
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