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Reaching Up Torso: Hand Carved Carrara Marble Sculpture, Post-Modern
Reaching Up Torso: Hand Carved Carrara Marble Sculpture, Post-Modern

Reaching Up Torso: Hand Carved Carrara Marble Sculpture, Post-Modern

Located in Atlanta, GA

Born March 15, 1943 in Szekelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Romania), Marton Varo studied sculpture at Ion Andreescu Institute of Arts in Cluj, Romania from 1960 to 1966. In...

Category

2010s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Hope (1/30) - Joyful Figurative Mixed Media Sculpture with Glossy Blue Balloon
Hope (1/30) - Joyful Figurative Mixed Media Sculpture with Glossy Blue Balloon

Hope (1/30) - Joyful Figurative Mixed Media Sculpture with Glossy Blue Balloon

By Nayla Saroufim

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nayla Saroufim’s contemporary sculptures translate optimism into form. Her works feel playful at first glance, then quietly persistent the longer you live with them. Working in metal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. A thru Z
After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. A thru Z

After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. A thru Z

By Fernando Botero

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

After Fernando Botero – Bull, animal sculpture, exquisite reproduction, great patina! Bronze Sculpture Edition A thru Z This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an After Fern...

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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

YVES KLEIN L'OURS POMPON Limited sculpture includes COA IKB Contemporary Design
YVES KLEIN L'OURS POMPON Limited sculpture includes COA IKB Contemporary Design

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 ...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Plexiglass, Pigment

After Botero Horse Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century beautiful work
After Botero Horse Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century beautiful work

After Botero Horse Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century beautiful work

By Fernando Botero

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

After Fernando Botero – HORSE. Please give us up to 10 working days to organize your delivery. Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50 Roman Numerals, 12 Arabic Numerals, A thru Z Edition ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Chroma 'LUCY IN THE SKY' Sculpture, Huichol Series, Mixed Media, 2026
Chroma 'LUCY IN THE SKY' Sculpture, Huichol Series, Mixed Media, 2026

Chroma 'LUCY IN THE SKY' Sculpture, Huichol Series, Mixed Media, 2026

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

By CHROMA (Rick Wolfryd) ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FIGURES FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY! 20 H x 8.5 W x 9 D inches "Lucy in the Sky" transforms one of popular culture's most recognizab...

Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

After Botero Bronze Horse with Saddle Sculpture, Contemporary Edition of 50
After Botero Bronze Horse with Saddle Sculpture, Contemporary Edition of 50

After Botero Bronze Horse with Saddle Sculpture, Contemporary Edition of 50

By Fernando Botero

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

AFTER Fernando Botero – Horse with Saddle, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 2 WEEKS!!!!!!! Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50 Roman Numerals. Edition of 12 Arabic Numerals, and Alphabetical Editio...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Yellow Smudge - Vibrant Yellow Tone Abstract Figurative Sculptural Wall Artwork
Yellow Smudge - Vibrant Yellow Tone Abstract Figurative Sculptural Wall Artwork

Yellow Smudge - Vibrant Yellow Tone Abstract Figurative Sculptural Wall Artwork

By Jamie Burmeister

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptural artist known for his original artworks incorporating original small bronze figures, standing at just up to 4 inches tall. His unique fi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Blue Dots IV - Pink Tone Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptural Artwork
Blue Dots IV - Pink Tone Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptural Artwork

Blue Dots IV - Pink Tone Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptural Artwork

By Jamie Burmeister

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptural artist known for his original artworks incorporating original small bronze figures, standing at just up to 4 inches tall. His unique fi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

After Botero Horse Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century beautiful work
After Botero Horse Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century beautiful work

After Botero Horse Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century beautiful work

By Fernando Botero

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

After Fernando Botero – HORSE. Please give us up to 10 working days to organize your delivery. Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50 Roman Numerals, 12 Arabic Numerals, A thru Z Edition ...

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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Barbedienne Foundry Portrait of a Bearded Man
Barbedienne Foundry Portrait of a Bearded Man

Barbedienne Foundry Portrait of a Bearded Man

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Jean-Baptiste Baujault (1828-1899). Portrait of a Bearded Man, ca. 1880's Cast bronze on bronze base. Measures 12.75 x 5.25 x 4.5 inches. Created by the Ferdinand Barbedienne foun...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

They Rode to Save Wildlife (Red) 95/100 - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 2010
They Rode to Save Wildlife (Red) 95/100 - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 2010

They Rode to Save Wildlife (Red) 95/100 - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 2010

By Gillie and Marc Schattner

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary bronze figurative tabletop sculpture featuring animals is by Gillie and Marc. The British/Australian artistic duo of Gillie and Marc’s humorous bronze sculptures h...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Money Trap - Avant Garde Modern Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Table Sculpture
Money Trap - Avant Garde Modern Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Table Sculpture

Money Trap - Avant Garde Modern Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Table Sculpture

By Jamie Burmeister

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptural artist known for his original artworks incorporating original small bronze figures, standing at just up to 4 inches tall. His unique fi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

KAWS - Cat Teeth Bank Limited Edition painted cast vinyl sculpture +original box
KAWS - Cat Teeth Bank Limited Edition painted cast vinyl sculpture +original box

KAWS - Cat Teeth Bank Limited Edition painted cast vinyl sculpture +original box

By KAWS

Located in New York, NY

KAWS Cat Teeth Bank (Navy Blue) in original box, 2007 Limited Edition painted cast vinyl 5 × 5 × 1 in Edition of 400, unnumbered Stamped on the underside This long sold out 2007 KAWS...

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Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plastic

Pair of 20th Century Giuliano Tincani Rock Crystal Obelisks
Pair of 20th Century Giuliano Tincani Rock Crystal Obelisks

Pair of 20th Century Giuliano Tincani Rock Crystal Obelisks

Located in Beachwood, OH

Giuliano Tincani (Italian, 20th Century) Pair of Rock Crystal Obelisks Clear quartz crystal and sterling silver 13 x 4 x 2.5 inches, each These obelisks present as a matched pair of...

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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Silver

Triton in Marble Fragment of Baroque Sculpture Italy 17th century
Triton in Marble Fragment of Baroque Sculpture Italy 17th century

Triton in Marble Fragment of Baroque Sculpture Italy 17th century

Located in Pistoia, IT

Marble sculpture depicting Triton, fragmentary state, Italy, 17th century. Coming almost certainly from a fountain, as evidenced by the presence of holes for the passage of water, t...

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17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Albert - Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture, Papier Mâché, 2010+
Albert - Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture, Papier Mâché, 2010+

Albert - Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture, Papier Mâché, 2010+

By Paul Duval

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary figurative floor sculpture is created from papier mâché. For decades Paul Duval has reimagined the human form in charming sculptures beautifully handcrafted from p...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Neoclassical sculpture Ephebus Harpocratic in Marble Roman workshop 18th century
Neoclassical sculpture Ephebus Harpocratic in Marble Roman workshop 18th century

Neoclassical sculpture Ephebus Harpocratic in Marble Roman workshop 18th century

Located in Pistoia, IT

Rare neoclassical white marble sculpture depicting an ephebe in the gesture of silence, also known as the gesture of Harpocrates, Rome, second half of the 18th century. Harpocrate...

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Late 18th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生
Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生

Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生

By Yayoi Kusama

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Yayoi Kusama (1929) Title: Pumpkin, Red/White Year: 2016 Medium: Painted cast resin sculpture Sculpture Size: 4 × 3.5 x 3.5 inches Inscription: ©Yayoi Kusama, as issued Notes...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Epoxy Resin

Reni by Nando Kallweit.  Elegant bronze Sculpture.
Reni by Nando Kallweit.  Elegant bronze Sculpture.

Reni by Nando Kallweit. Elegant bronze Sculpture.

By Nando Kallweit

Located in Coltishall, GB

Standing tall and poised, Reni captures a sense of grace with her slender, angular silhouette. Her elongated limbs and subtle curvature of the body evoke a delicate balance between m...

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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

1960s Pop Art Unique Cast Bronze Sculpture Americana Folk Art William King
1960s Pop Art Unique Cast Bronze Sculpture Americana Folk Art William King

1960s Pop Art Unique Cast Bronze Sculpture Americana Folk Art William King

By William King (b.1925)

Located in Surfside, FL

Mid-Century Modern wrought iron sculpture a person with oversize top, shorts, and carrying a hat, signed, artist's monogram and cipher, further mounted on a plaster base. 28" H. This a unique piece. It is interesting in that it speaks of a transition, leading into the later aluminum public pieces that kind of defined his work in the 70's. According to his estate this is most probably cast bronze. It might possibly be wrought iron.. William Dickey King was born in 1925 in Jacksonville, Florida and grew up in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. As a boy, William King made model airplanes and helped his father and older brother build furniture and boats. “I was 19, 20, my mother gave me a hundred bucks, says, ʻGet out of this state and don’t come back until you’re 65; there is nothing here for you,’ ” Bill King recalled in a video interview for the Smithsonian museum. He came to New York, where he attended the Cooper Union and began selling his early sculptures even before he graduated. He later studied with the sculptor Milton Hebald and traveled to Italy on a Fulbright grant. He was a contemporary, at the Cooper Union, of Alex Katz and Lois Dodd, his first wife, and remained close in many ways to their common aesthetic grounding, shared also with younger sculptors such as Red Grooms and Marisol Escobar. The hallmark of King’s early work was radical experiment keeping company with social connection and hedonism. The mix of big, important, innovative ideas and immediate, sensory, in-the-moment experience was a kind of visual jazz. For this was not just the time of Franz Kline’s big open defiant brushstrokes and Jackson Pollock’s all-over mists of intricately drooling line, but of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. If we look at the works that King made in the early 1950s when he got back from his Fulbright to Italy we see free, experimental, open forms that take their cue from jazz as much as art in their fusion of virtuosity and cool.American sculptor King is most noted for his long-limbed figurative public art sculptures depicting people engaged in everyday activities such as reading or conversing. He created his busts and figures in a variety of materials, including clay, wood, metal, and textiles. Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses — a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step. Mr. King’s work often reflected the times, taking on fashions and occasional politics. In the 1960s and 1970s, his work featuring African-American figures (including the activist Angela Davis, with hands cuffed behind her back) evoked his interest in civil rights. But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer’s arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment. His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners. His first solo exhibit took place in 1954 at the Alan Gallery in New York City. William Dicky King was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2003, and in 2007 the International Sculpture Center honored him with the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. Mr. King’s work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Hirshhorn Museum at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder and Elie Nadelman. The New York Times critic Holland Cotter once described Mr. King’s sculpture as “comical-tragical-maniacal,” and “like Giacometti conceived by John Cheever.” From an article by David Cohen "In a career that ran in tandem with the hegemony of formal abstraction in sculpture, Bill King inevitably struggled with the prejudice that sculpture full of humanity and humor can’t be quite as serious as sculpture devoid of them. But the tide has clearly turned in ways that ought to work in King’s favor, with an increasing number of sculptors, fêted internationally, who are producing work that looks remarkably close in spirit, if not quite as regal in sheer mastery of form, as his own. When art historians of the future connect the dots of modern sculpture then artists like Franz West, Stephan Balkenhol, Huma Bhabha...

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1960s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd COMPANION WITH HEART SERIES 28.5 inches . . .
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd COMPANION WITH HEART SERIES 28.5 inches . . .

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd COMPANION WITH HEART SERIES 28.5 inches . . .

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

CHROMA “Companion With Heart” Sculpture — 28.5 Inches Mixed Media, Resin, Glass Beads, Acrylic Mexico City, Contemporary This striking 28.5-inch CHROMA “Companion With Heart” sculpt...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Resin, Mixed Media

Open the Right Mind by Johnson Tsang

Open the Right Mind by Johnson Tsang

By JOHNSON TSANG

Located in Manchester, GB

Open the Right Mind By Johnson Tsang 2023 Painted, dry cast and porcelain filled resin sculpture. 43 x 15.6 x 13cm (16.9 x 6.14 x 15.1 in) Artist's signature stamped on reverse....

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Resin, Paint

Icarus. Llimited edition: 1/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze
Icarus. Llimited edition: 1/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Icarus. Llimited edition: 1/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Located in Riga, LV

Undoubtedly, Icarus has become a symbol of the longing for freedom, the desire to feel one’s wings – but also of danger and risk. This work is dedicated to teenagers, no longer child...

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2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"The Meanderer" House Turret Tower in Wood, Acrylic and Paper Sculpture
"The Meanderer" House Turret Tower in Wood, Acrylic and Paper Sculpture

"The Meanderer" House Turret Tower in Wood, Acrylic and Paper Sculpture

By Seth Clark

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece, titled "The Meanderer" is an original free-standing sculpture by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". Clark's deteriorating structures h...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite

“Sperm whale”
“Sperm whale”

“Sperm whale”

Located in Warren, NJ

Wayne Robbins Sperm Whale In Linden Made In 2006 Large. In good condition measures 42 inches long one of Wayne’s biggest pieces. Missing some teeth it appears very well done.

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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Iron horse. Llimited edition: 3/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze
Iron horse. Llimited edition: 3/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Iron horse. Llimited edition: 3/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Located in Riga, LV

When a child learns to ride a bike, it's challenging, sometimes frustrating, and a big milestone. The object transforms into a trusty steed, becomes part of play and imagination – th...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Pink and Blue Dots II - Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptural Diptych Art
Pink and Blue Dots II - Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptural Diptych Art

Pink and Blue Dots II - Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptural Diptych Art

By Jamie Burmeister

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptural artist known for his original artworks incorporating original small bronze figures, standing at just up to 4 inches tall. His unique fi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Teckio by Jacques Owczarek - Animal bronze sculpture of a dog, dachshund, black
Teckio by Jacques Owczarek - Animal bronze sculpture of a dog, dachshund, black

Teckio by Jacques Owczarek - Animal bronze sculpture of a dog, dachshund, black

By Jacques Owczarek

Located in Paris, FR

Teckio is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek, dimensions are 19,5 × 48 × 28 cm (7.7 × 18.9 × 11 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a li...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

CHRIOMA aka Rick Wolfryd SNOOPY TP .0003 . . . best of CHROMA 2026
CHRIOMA aka Rick Wolfryd SNOOPY TP .0003 . . . best of CHROMA 2026

CHRIOMA aka Rick Wolfryd SNOOPY TP .0003 . . . best of CHROMA 2026

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

CHROMA — Beaded Snoop Dawg Figure (Huichol Technique) A sculptural reinterpretation of an iconic cultural figure through the CHROMA language—where contemporary form meets traditiona...

Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

Chariot. Llimited edition: 1/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze
Chariot. Llimited edition: 1/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Chariot. Llimited edition: 1/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Located in Riga, LV

In Greek mythology, the chariot stands as a powerful, multifaceted symbol - representing heroic valor, destiny, and even cosmic order. One iconic image is Achilles charging into batt...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Figure of Crouching Venus/Naked Aphrodite, 19th Century Italian School Sculpture
Figure of Crouching Venus/Naked Aphrodite, 19th Century Italian School Sculpture

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 Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Late 19th Century Italian Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady w/ Pedestal
Late 19th Century Italian Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady w/ Pedestal

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...

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Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Art Deco Sprinter (Track Runner) Wood Sculpture Canadian Artist
Art Deco Sprinter (Track Runner) Wood Sculpture Canadian Artist

Art Deco Sprinter (Track Runner) Wood Sculpture Canadian Artist

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Frances Norma Loring (October 14, 1887– February 5, 1968) Track Runner, ca. 1920's. Carved wood with small nail embellishments representing treads on left foot. Original wood st...

Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Late 19th Century Bronze Bust of Napoleon Sculpture, Italian Artist
Late 19th Century Bronze Bust of Napoleon Sculpture, Italian Artist

Late 19th Century Bronze Bust of Napoleon Sculpture, Italian Artist

Located in Beachwood, OH

Raphaël Nannini (Italian, 1852-1925) Napoleon Bust, Late 19th Century Bronze on marble base Signed on back 17 x 11 x 8 inches Raphael Nannini was born in Florence. He exhibited at t...

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Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Gedimin. Llimited edition: 1/2. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze
Gedimin. Llimited edition: 1/2. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Gedimin. Llimited edition: 1/2. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Located in Riga, LV

The work was created in 2019 as one of the competition entries for the city of Lida – a representation of the founding prince of Lida Castle. This equestrian composition is executed ...

Category

2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mosaic Female Head Atop Large Pedestal, 20th Century California Artist
Mosaic Female Head Atop Large Pedestal, 20th Century California Artist

Mosaic Female Head Atop Large Pedestal, 20th Century California Artist

Located in Beachwood, OH

Mary T. Bowling (American, 1917-1995) Female Head Mosaic ceramic sculpture Head: 13 x 7 x 9.5 inches Overall: 59 inches tall Provenance: Fred Schmidt (American 1936-2001) Mary T. ...

Category

20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Mosaic

Bring Figurative Sculptures into Your Home

Figurative sculptures mix reality and imagination, with the most common muse being the human body. Animals are also inspirations for these sculptures, along with forms found in nature.

While figurative sculpture dates back over 35,000 years, the term came into popularity in the 20th century to distinguish it from abstract art. It was aligned with the Expressionist movement in that many of its artists portrayed reality but in a nonnaturalistic and emotional way. In the 1940s, Alberto Giacometti — a Swiss-born artist who was interested in African art, Cubism and Surrealism — created now-iconic representational sculptures of the human figure, and after World War II, figurative sculpture as a movement continued to flourish in Europe.

Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were some of the leading figurative artists during this period. Artists like Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan propelled the evolution of figurative sculpture into the 21st century.

Figurative sculptures can be whimsical, uncanny and beautiful. Their materials range from stone and wood to metal and delicate ceramics. Even in smaller sizes, the sculptures make bold statements. A bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí enhances a room; a statuesque bull by Jacques Owczarek depicts strength with its broad chest while its thin legs speak of fragility. Figurative sculptures allow viewers to see what is possible when life is reimagined.

Browse 1stDibs for an extensive collection of figurative sculptures and find the next addition to your collection.