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Arts & Crafts Chinese-Form Ceramic Vase, ca. 1900
By Roseville Pottery
Located in New York, NY
American Arts & Crafts
Chinese-Form Pauleo Pattern Glazed Ceramic Vase
In Manner of Roseville for Tiffany
Circa 1900
DIMENSIONS
Height: 15.75 inches (40.01 cm)
Diameter: 10.5 inch...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Joseph Franz Pallenberg, Bear, German Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1920s
By Joseph Franz Pallenberg
Located in New York, NY
German Art Deco
Joseph Franz Pallenberg
Bear
Patinated Bronze
ca. 1920’s
Signed “Jos. Pallenberg”.
Black patina, original black marble base.
Dimensions:
Height: 8 inches (...
Category
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Abstract Cast Aluminum& Marble Sculpture by D. Calvi, ca. 1970’s
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Brutalism
D. Calvi
Cast & Partially Polished Aluminum, Marble
ca. 1970’s
DIMENSIONS
Height: 22 inches (w/ base)
Width: 9.5 inches
Depth: 4 inches
Base: 11 x 6 x 3 inches
A...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
American Art Deco Wrought Iron Sculpture of Nude Female, ca. 1920’s
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco
Nude Female
Wrought Iron Sculpture
ca. 1920’s
DIMENSIONS
Height: 13 inches
Width: 4 inches
Depth: 4 inches
ABOUT
Designed in...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Surrealist Abstract Bronze Sculpture in Manner of Wifredo Lam, ca. 1950's-60's
By Wifredo Lam
Located in New York, NY
Surrealist Abstract Sculpture
In the manner of
Wifredo Lam
ca. 1950’s-60’s
DIMENSIONS
Height (w/ base): 11.25 inches
Height of base: 5 inches
Width: 5 inches...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
É. M. Sandoz, Art Deco Cubist Sculpture of Parrot in Carved Malachite, ca. 1920s
By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco
Édouard-Marcel Sandoz
PARROT
Cubist Sculpture in Carved Malachite
Circa 1920
DIMENSIONS
Height: 5.75 inches Width: 3-15/16 inches Depth: 1-15/...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Malachite
Abstract Cubist Bronze Sculpture Signed DN, XX Century
Located in New York, NY
Vintage
Abstract Cubist Sculpture
Bronze Granite
XX Century
DIMENSIONS
Height: 7 inches Width: 3-3/8 inches Depth: 3-3/8 inches
ABOUT
This is a brillia...
Category
20th Century American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Soccer Player, German Art Deco Patinated Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1930’s
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco
Soccer Player
Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Germany, ca. 1930’s
DIMENSIONS
Height: 9.5 inches Width: 6.75 inches Depth: 2.75 inches
ABOUT
A rare, laconi...
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Carved Wood Sculpture in manner of Takao Kimura, ca. 1960
By Takao Kimura
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern
In the manner of Takao Kimura
Carved Elmwood
Abstract Sculpture
Japan, ca. 1960s
DIMENSIONS
Height: 17.75 inches Width: 6.25 inches Depth: 6...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Atique Japanese Rootwood & Bamboo Ikebana Vase, XIX Century
Located in New York, NY
Atique
Rootwood & Bamboo
Ikebana Vase
Japan, XIX Century
DIMENSIONS
Height: 19.25vinches
Width: 10.13 inches
Depth: 9.5 inches
ABOUT
This absolutely unique ikebana vase consists of...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Planters, Cachepots and Jar...
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Rena Rosenthal, Madonna & Child, Art Deco Wood & Metal Sculpture, ca. 1920’s
By Rena Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Art Deco
(for Rena Rosenthal possibly, by Hagenauer)
Madonna and Child
Carved Ebonized Wood & Silvered Metal
ca. 1920’s
MATERIALS
Ebonized wood and silvered metal.
MARKINGS
Stamped with “Made in Austria” and "RENA" marks.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 6.25 inches
Width: 4.25 inches
Depth: 2.5 inches
ABOUT SCULPTURE
Quite extraordinary in its design, craftsmanship and selection of materials, this outstanding Art Deco tabletop sculpture of the Madonna and Child was most likely made in the Vienna studio...
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
American Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of a Nude Woman w/ Sea Shell, ca. 1920s
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
A light, graceful female figure, as if floating in the air, with hair fluttering in the wind, trying not to spill, carefully carries in front of her a large sea shell filled wi...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Bronze Neoclassical Grand Tour Candelabras, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour
Pair of Bronze Candelabras
Late 19th Century
DIMENSIONS
Height: 10.33 inches
Width: 4.75 inches
Depth: 4.75 inches
ABOUT
We present to your attention a pair of stunning...
Category
Antique 1890s English Grand Tour Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Art Deco Bronze and Green Agate Vide-Poche, ca. 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Art Deco
Vide-Poche
Bronze and Green Agate
ca. 1920s
ABOUT
Vide Poche (meaning 'empty pocket' in French) is intended to be a trinket tray used for holding the contents of ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Agate, Bronze
Auguste Rodin, Age of Bronze, Male Nude Patinated Bronze Statue Re-Cast, XX C.
By Auguste Rodin
Located in New York, NY
Auguste Rodin
Age of Bronze
Patinated Bronze Sculpture Re-Cast
XX Century
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Rodin's breakout sculpture, The Age of Bronze (L'Age d'airain) caused a critical scandal ...
Category
20th Century French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Art Nouveau Awaji Ware Art Studio Pottery Flower Vase, ca. 1900s
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Art Nouveau
Flower Vase
Awaji Ware Art Studio Pottery
ca. 1900s
ABOUT AWAJI WARE ART STUDIO POTTERY
Awaji pottery was made on the Japanese island of the same name between...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Pottery
American Art Deco Anodized & Painted Metal Planter, ca. 1920s
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco
Planter with Geometrical Design
Anodized & Painted Metal
ca. 1920s
DIMENSIONS
Height: 13.5 inches
Width: 14.5 inches
Depth: 8.25 inches
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Metal
Japanese Art Deco Ikebana Chromed Metal Basket, ca. 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco
Ikebana Basket
Chromed Metal
Japan, ca. 1930s
ABOUT
Ikebana is the Japanese art of of beautifully arranging cut stems, leaves, and flowers in vases and other containers t...
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Art Deco Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Metal
After Francisco Ruiz Gijon, St. Francis, Spanish Baroque Wood Sculpture, 17th C.
Located in New York, NY
Baroque
After Francisco Ruiz Gijon
Saint Francis of Assisi
Polychrome and Parcel Gilt Carved Wood, Insert Glass Eyes
Spain, Late 17th Century
Francisc...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
French Art Nouveau Etched Crystal and Silver Repose Perfume Bottle, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions:
Height 5 1/2 inches
Maximum width 3 1/2 inches
Bottom diameter 2 7/8 inches.
Both, the neck and the top cover of the lid are stamped with a full set of French hallmarks, half-erased due to long-term use and therefore illegible. The repose bouquet of Irises on the cover is stamped with an essayist' hallmark, containing artist initials "RD".
Fine and unusual French antique perfume bottle of a superb quality and workmanship; can also function as a body lotion or bath salt...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Bottles
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
French Art Nouveau Iridescent Stoneware & Bronze Vase or Cachepot, ca. 1900s
Located in New York, NY
French Art Nouveau
Ocean Life Theme
Vase Cachepot
Iridescent Stoneware & Patinated Bronze Crab Appliqué
ca. 1900s
ABOUT
We present here a most unusual and utterly decorative Fren...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Japanese Patinated Bronze Candelabras, Meiji Period, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
This most unusual pair of original 18th century Japanese patinated bronze candelabras, uniquely designed as branches of mountain flowers entangled by a dragon, are mounted on the con...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
American Art Deco Carved Ebonized Wood Head Bust of a Young Boy, ca. 1940s
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT SCULPTURE
This wonderful sculptural and portrait work was certainly created by a master sculptor, although not signed by the author. The face of this typical all-American boy, ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Art Nouveau Grand Bronze Iris Candelabra, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT IRIS MOTIFS
Iris motifs were popular during the Arts & Crafts movement. The genus of this easy-to-stylize flower has nearly 300 varieties that bloom in many colors—thus its nam...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Vienna Bronze and Green Onyx Vide-Poche, ca. 1920s
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
A vide poche—French for empty pockets—is a valet tray or empty bowl used to collect change, keys, and daily miscellany. This unique object is created during the Art Deco era (c...
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Agate, Bronze
Vally Wiethelthier, Drunken Sailor, Art Deco Art Ceramic Figurine, ca. 1925
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
This funny, humorous tabletop ceramic figurine depicts a drunken sailor lying on his back. Around his neck is a metal ring with an anchor on it.
MARKINGS
Signed on the left buttock: "Italy".
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 2.5 inches
Width: 2 inches
Depth: 3.5 inches
VALERIE “VALLY” WIESELTHIER (Austrian-American, 1895 – 1945) was an outstanding ceramic artist. She was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. Her father, Wilhelm Wieselthier was a lawyer. Valluy attended theWiener Frauenacademie in Vienna from 1912 to 1914 and studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Rosalinda Rothhansl, Kolo Moser, Jodef Hoffmann and Michael Powolny from 1914 to 1920. In addition, she worked as an auxiliary nurse during the First World War.
From 1917 to 1922, she worked for the Wiener Werkstatte. From 1922 to 1927, she ran her own ceramic workshop in cooperation with the Augarten porcelain factory, which was newly founded in 1923, but also with other companies such as Friedrich Goldschider, Gmundner Keramik and Lobmeyr.
Her expressive and humorous porcelain figures attracted attention at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern in Paris in 1925 and are considered typical examples of the Art Deco style style. From 1928, the artist increasingly moved her center of life to the United States. She went to the International Exhibition of Ceramic Art in New York City in October 1928. In 1933, she moved to Chicago with Paul Lester Wiener...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hendrik Scholter, Capitalist & Proletarian, Dutch Art Deco Bronze, ca. 1930s
By Hendrik Scholter
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS
Height: 9.5 inches
Width: 6.5 inches
Depth: 3.75 inches
MARKINGS
Brown-patinated bronze, inscribed on base: H. Scholter
Category
Vintage 1930s Dutch Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Jugendstil Vienna Bronze Sculptural Paperweight by Carl Fiala, ca. 1910
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
This elegant Austrian Jugenstil sculptural desk paperweight depicts some fantastic half-human creature from the underwater world, riding a snail. Signed C. Fiala, dark-green co...
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Carl Kauba, Frightened by the Frog, Viennese Bronze Sculpture, circa 1915
By Carl Kauba
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions
Total Height: 7.5 inches
Base Height: 2 inches
Width: 2.75 inches
Depth: 2.75 inches
ABOUT
This charming desk figurine in dark brown patinated Viennese bronze by the famous Austrian sculptor Karl Kaub stands out for the originality and humor of its subject matter. The author depicted with amazing subtlety a boy who jumped on one leg in fright, suddenly seeing a frog sitting on his arm.
CARL KAUBA (Austrian, 1865-1922) was born August 13, 1865 in Vienna, Austria. The son of a shoemaker, Kauba chose to follow his calling into the world of art. Collectors now rank him in a class with Remington and Russell as one of the great portrayers of American Western. His subjects were typically American Indians, calvarymen, cowboys, and roughriders. In addition to his American bronzes, Kauba produced a lifetime’s worth of Austrian statuary. His work became fully appreciated on both sides of the Atlantic.
Carl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under professor Laufenberg. Later he would study at the academies under Carl Waschmann and Stefan Schwartz. Next, he went to Paris in 1886 to further study before he set off for the U.S. In fact, some debate still remains as to whether Kauba ever visited the U.S.
Kauba’s fascination with the West was fired by the stories of the German writer, Carl May, whose tales of Western adventure were well known throughout Europe. Most authorities feel that he was about twenty-five years old when he traveled widely throughout the American West. He then returned to Austria with voluminous notes, sketches, and several models of Western sculpture...
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Xavier Bergmann, Sculptural Bud Vase, Vienna Bronze, circa 1900
By Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions
Height: 7.25 inches
Width: 5.25 inches
Depth: 4.5 inches.
Markings
Fully marked on the bottom with a "B" in an urn-shaped cartouche (for “Bergmann”), and “GESHUTZED” (German: “PROTECTED).
ABOUT
What distinguishes this unique bud vase from others is a perfect synthesis of a utilitarian object and a Fine sculpture. It is not only the amazing subtlety and taste of the author’s artist skills, but an extraordinary design and an absolutely outstanding original plot. Designed for a single flower only, it is nonetheless a very complex and multifaceted composition filled with warm humor and fantasy. Sitting on a vessel shaped as a gourd, clasping its goat legs with hooves and holding on to the neck with one hand in order not to fall of it; a playful and mischievous faun holds by the tail a fleeing lizard with the other hand.
FRANZ XAVIER BERGMANN (Austrian, 1861–1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronze oriental, erotic and animal figures, the latter often humanized or whimsical, humorous objects d'art. Cold painted bronze refers to pieces cast in Vienna and then decorated in several layers with so-called dust paint; the expertise for the mix of this kind of paint has been lost. The color was not fired hence "cold painted". Mainly women working...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Vases
Materials
Bronze
Zenith Watch Co., Swiss Art Deco Metal Dore and Cloisonne Enamel Clock, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Zenith SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker. The company was started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot at the age of 22, in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel. Zenith w...
Category
Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
Expressionist Ceramic Sculptural Vase Attributed to Vally Wieselthier, c. 1920
By Vally Wieselthier
Located in New York, NY
Although unsigned, this magnificent Austrian expressionist art ceramic sculptural vase with three receptacles is attributed to Vally Wieselthier for Wiener Werkstatte, ca. 1920.
Valerie "Vally" Wieselthier (Austrian-American, 1895 – 1945) was an outstanding ceramic artist. She was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. Her father, Wilhelm Wieselthier was a lawyer. Valluy attended theWiener Frauenacademie in Vienna from 1912 to 1914 and studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Rosalinda Rothhansl, Kolo Moser, Jodef Hoffmann and Michael Powolny from 1914 to 1920. In addition, she worked as an auxiliary nurse during the First World War.
From 1917 to 1922, she worked for the Wiener Werkstatte. From 1922 to 1927, she ran her own ceramic workshop in cooperation with the Augarten porcelain factory, which was newly founded in 1923, but also with other companies such as Friedrich Goldschider, Gmundner Keramik and Lobmeyr.
Her expressive and humorous porcelain figures attracted attention at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern in Paris in 1925 and are considered typical examples of the Art Deco style style. From 1928, the artist increasingly moved her center of life to the United States. She went to the International Exhibition of Ceramic Art in New York City in October 1928. In 1933, she moved to Chicago with Paul Lester Wiener...
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Expressionist Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Brutalist Modernism, Raymond Rocklin, Abstract Bronze Composition, 1969
By Raymond Rocklin
Located in New York, NY
Raymond Rocklin (American, 1922 – )
Birth place: Moodus, CT, USA
Education: Educational Alliance, NYC, with Abbo Ostrovsky; Cooper Union Art Sch., with Milton Hebald...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of She-Bear, Early XX Century
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite French animalistic bronze sculpture from the early twentieth century is beautiful in every way - its artistic expressiveness, as well as the highest-level rendition, h...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Art Deco Ceramic Candle Holders by Roockwood Pottery, ca. 1920
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in New York, NY
MARKINGS
Each candle holder is fully marked on the bottom, including date XX (ca. 1920) and model number (2304).
ROOCKWOOD POTTERY
Roockwood is the synonym of the American Art Pottery. Founded on Thanksgiving Day in 1880 by Maria Longworth Storer, Rookwood made history – the first large manufacturing enterprise founded and owned by a woman in the United States and launching the art pottery movement in America. Within a decade, Rookwood pottery gained international acclaim, rivaling European and Asian firms that had been in existence for hundreds or thousands of years.
Maria Longworth Nicholas, was the daughter of a wealthy art collector, she was inspired by Japanese pottery. When she discussed her desire to create fine pottery with her father, he provided the means and environment that allowed her to pursue her creative passions. And although it may have started as a hobby, the talented Maria quickly managed to establish Rookwood pottery as a quality producer of fine ceramic art potter.
She setup the Rookwood company, hired artists like Japanese artist Kataro Shirayamadani who came to work for the company in 1887, and talented art students and encouraged them to use their creativity to experiment and create unique pottery pieces. Almost every piece designed by these artists sold for hundreds of dollars, and today they are regarded as highly collectible. A Rookwood piece by Japanese artist Kataro Shirayamadani sold for $198,000 in 1991. He was a Rookwood artist from 1887 until 1948.
The Rookwood airbrush, called the mouth atomizer, was developed by Rookwood to apply glazes in an innovative way. The technique helped the company develop its own individual look. The atomizer helped add the beautiful layers of color Rookwood is known for, and the technique is still used at the Rookwood pottery today.
More well-known pottery manufacturers and recognized artists doubted this female led company would have what it takes to succeed, but much to their surprise Rookwood turned out to be one of the best. By combining extraordinary attention to detail and innovative design Maria Longworth Nicholas made Rookwood the standard for ceramic pottery manufacturers to aim for.
Today antique and vintage Rookwood Pottery...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Candlesticks
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Carved Ebonized Wood Female Bust, ca. 1950
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable modernist carved ebonized wood female bust, ca. 1950s with a proudly set head on an exaggeratedly elongated neck and hair flowing over the shoulders, immediately conj...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Wood
Alfonso Canciani, Viennese Secession Orientalist Bronze Vase, c. 1910
By Alfonso Canciani
Located in New York, NY
Alfonso Canciani (Italian-Austrian, 1863-1955) was a famous Italian-Austrian sculptor of the period of accession to the Viennese Secession. Son of a stonemason, after a realist period he managed to establish himself as a leading sculptor of the Viennese Secession. In fact, he worked in Vienna, where he had enrolled in 1886 at the Academy of Fine Arts, then at the Higher School of Sculpture and finally at the Special School, where he obtained the Rome prize for the sketch for Dante's Monument.
He developed a notable business obtaining important prizes and numerous commissions. First among the sculptors of the Viennese capital, he was invited to join the Association of the Viennese Secession, of which Klimt was magna pars, after the exhibition of Dante's group in 1900 at the Secession exhibition, and obtained the most important Austrian artistic prize, the Kunstlerlpreis.
This same work, presented in 1910 in Berlin, at the Great Art Exhibition, also received an important recognition here. He obtained the Rome prize in 1896, exhibited successfully in Munich and in 1899 at the III International Art Exhibition in Venice.
In that period he made some statues of saints for the cathedral of Santo Stefano in Vienna, the monument to Wagner, the bust of Nietzsche for the University, the scepter and the gold chain of the University Rector, figures of Italian poets ( Petrarch, Boccaccio, Tasso, Ariosto).
He submitted a sketch for the official monument to Empress Elizabeth, which was then built in Austrisn Gföhl and Pula. At the time of his accession to the Secession, he dedicated himself to decorating the facade of the Artaria house in Vienna in collaboration with the architect Max Fabiani.
He later abandoned the symbolist decorativism of the Jugendstil for a more concentrated and vigorous style, approaching the Belgian sculptor Constantin Meunier for the theme of work, and preferring to exhibit at the Künstlerhaus.
In Vienna, he was generous with advice and help with the Italians and in particular with his fellow citizens (such as the Brazzanese Luigi Visintin, then a university student).
After the First World War, he returned to Italy and lived in Friuli, penalized by the fact that the Habsburg Empire had by now disappeared. Instead of large-scale public monuments, he then devoted himself to engraving medals (e.g. for Benedict XV and for the Italian mission in Vienna in 1919) and to designing funeral monuments (examples in Mali Lošinj and Trieste) and portrait busts (of Generals Carlo Caneva and Antonio Baldissera in Udine, sculptures of the War Memorial of Corno di Rosazzo). After all, he had already executed the Bab grave monument in the Döblinger cemetery in Vienna in 1909.
He taught in Trieste from 1920 until 1935, at the local school of industrial art, where he had Marcello Mascherini...
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vases
Materials
Bronze
After The Thinker, Modern Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Permanently exhibited at the Musee Rodin in Paris, ‘The Thinker’ (French: Le Penseur), the original Auguste Rodin’s bronze sculpture of...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze Sculptural Iris Vase, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT IRIS
The iris is a special and mysterious flower. Not only because of its striking appearance, but also from an artistic and historical point of view. It is also like a work of art, as though created by Mother Nature. The unique leaves of this plant not only create wonderful shadow casts, but also look as if they were painted by hand. It's no wonder that iris acts as the muse for countless artists, and can be seen in many famous works of art.
The iris was first spotted in the time of Pharaoh Thutmose, in 1504 BC. He had the iris inscribed into the wall reliefs of a temple as a sign of his power, as well as decorating his sceptre with motifs of the flower. Since then, the iris has been a symbol of victory in Egypt. But the symbolism of the iris goes further than that. In Japan, the flower represents courage and is the symbol of the boys' festival. In Islamic cultures, the iris is a symbol of prosperity. In Europe, the flower was a popular weapon symbol in the Middle Ages and stood for chivalry. And in Christianity, the iris was seen as a symbol of the trinity because of its three-part flowers. With more than 300 varieties, the iris is now the most popular flower among growers and gardeners following the rose.
Countless artists use the iris in their works and the flower is present in all eras. You can see the flower on furniture, vases, jewelry, fabrics, sculptures, coats of arms and much more. Did you know that the iris is also called the sword lily? It's not a coincidence that it used to symbolize physical and emotional pain and suffering caused by a weapon. We also see the flower in religious art, where it's often associated with Mary and Jesus. The iris is also associated with the Greek goddess Iris, where the flower symbolizes reconciliation and divine messages. This is also reflected in many paintings.
Finally, the iris is also visible in Dutch and Flemish still-life paintings. This can be in a religious form, incorporated into an object or as a decorative flower.
In the Art Nouveau art movement, the iris (along with other plants, such as the birch) was often used as an expression of feminine beauty. With its almost otherworldly appearance, the iris is perfectly suited to the Art Nouveau aesthetic and is featured in many well-known works of art. The poet of that era, Hermann Hesse...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Bronze
Sébastien Tamari, Femme Nu, French Modernist Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1960s
By Sebastien Tamari
Located in New York, NY
Sébastien Tamari (French, 1900-1991)
1900 Birth in Baku of Sébastien Tamari (Russian Empire).
1920 He left his hometown due to political events. He travelled through the Caucas...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Head, French Modernist Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1950
Located in New York, NY
Unusual in its conciseness and modernistic vision of a rather familiar subject - the human head - this original elegant sculpture does not leave anyone indifferent and is imprinted i...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Paul Loiseau-Rousseau, French Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Jug, Ca. 1900
By Paul Loiseau-Rousseau 1
Located in New York, NY
Paul Louis Emile Loiseau-Rousseau (French, 1861-1927) was a famous French sculptor. In his youth, he planned to devote himself to etching, was a student of Antoine-Louis Barye at the...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Bronze
Joahim Berthold, Modernist Bronze Sculpture of a Lounging Couple, ca. 1960
By Joahim Berthold
Located in New York, NY
About object
Signed and numbered in back.
Signed: J. Beithold.
Limited Edition: 4/9
Joachim Berthold (German, 1917 – 1990)
Joachim Berthold, born 1917 in Eisenach, lived and w...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Sculptural Gilded Vienna Bronze Candy Bowl, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Probably, Austrian, this very original Art Nouveau orientalist sculptural candy bowl made of gilded Viennese bronze, depicts a young street vendor in bloomers and a fez, holding a hu...
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Jugenstil Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Fawn Youth, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Probably Austrian, this lovely Jugenstil desk-sized black-patinated bronze figurine on its original marble pedestal depicts a fawn youth, checking the size of his tail to see how muc...
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Continental Patinated Bronze Fawn Candlestick, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Probably Italian, 19th Century patinated bronze candlestick in form of a dancing Fawn holding a candle-vessel in his hands, on its original wood base.
Category
Antique 1880s Italian Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Paul Silvestre, Faun & Goose, French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1920's
By Paul Silvestre
Located in New York, NY
Signed on the plinth “Silvestre”
Original wooden base.
Dimensions
Height: 11.75 inches (29.37cm)
Width: 23.25 inches (58.12cm)
Depth: 6 inches (15cm)
PAUL SILVESTRE (French...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Att: Hugo Lisberg, Striding Giraffe, Dutch Modernist Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1955
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT SCULPTURE
An incredibly graceful depiction of an animal beloved by everyone in the interpretation of the famous Danish master of the last century, Hugo Liisberg attracts the v...
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Emmanuel Villdnis, ‘Nelly’, French Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze Bust, ca. 1890
By Emmanuel Villdnis
Located in New York, NY
DETAILS
Signed and foundry mark on back.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 4-15/16 inches
Width: 2-5/16 inches
Depth: 2.25 inches
ABOUT THE SCULPTURE
This portrait bust is of Nelly Faner, famous burlesque dancer at the turn of the XX Century Paris.
ABOUT THE SCULPTORE
Emmanuel Villdnis (French, 1858 – 1914) was born to Italian parents in France, in 1858. He moved with the family to Piedmont, Italy, in March 1861; after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy.
Known in Italy as Villani, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Albertina in Turin from 1871 to 1880 alongside master-sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi. When Villanis graduated, he exhibited his first works in cities across Italy, notably his bust ‘Alda’ in Milan, in 1881.
Villanis returned to France in 1885, living and working in the Montmartre district of Paris and didn’t leave Montmartre until his death on August 28th 1914.
Villanis specialised in female bronze busts...
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Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Art Nouveau, Awaji Ware Art Studio Pottery Flower Vase, Ca. 1900
By Awaji Pottery
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 12.5 inches
Width: 6.75 inches
Depth: 6.75 inches
ABOUT AWAJI POTTERY
Awaji pottery was made on the Japanese island of the same name between 1830 and 19...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Paul Dachsel for Turn Teplitz, Austrian Jugenstil Ceramic ‘Fern’ Vase, ca. 1900
By Paul Dachsel
Located in New York, NY
DETAILS:
Fully marked on bottom.
DIMENSIONS:
height: 6.75 inches, width: 4.5 inches, depth: 4.5 inches
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Paul Dachsel (Czech, born circa 1880) was the son-in-law of Alfred...
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Meiji Era Bronze Lotus Leaf Bowl, Vide Poche, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS: Height: 4 inches Width: 6 inches Depth: 6 inches
ABOUT THE OBJECT
With the laconic Japanese-style Art Nouveau design, filled with symbolism and metaphorism, this multi-use bowl...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Art Deco, Bird & Flower Motif Cloisonné Enamel Trinket Box, Ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco
Bird & Flower Motif
Cloisonné enamel trinket box
ca. 1920
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 1.75 inches
Width: 6.75inches
Depth: 3.75...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
Chinese Art Deco Enameled Bronze Inkwell w/ Bird and Flower Motif, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco
Enameled Bronze Inkwell
w/ Bird and Flower Motif
ca. 1920
Dimensions:
Height: 2.5 inches.
Width: 6.75 inches.
Depth: 3.5 inches.
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Alexandre Zeitlin, Faerie, American Art Deco Patinated Bronze Sculpture, C. 1920
By Alexandre Zeitlin
Located in New York, NY
DETAILS
Signed by the author and stamped with Roman Bronze Works Foundry NYC stamp.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 14.5 inches
Width: 6.5 inches
Depth: 9inches
ABOUT THE SCULPTURE
Made of black patinated bronze, the fairy literally floats in the air thanks to a wonderful composition using a huge light scarf fluttering in the wind.
ABOUT THE SCULPTOR
Alexandre Zeitlin (French/American, 1872 - 1946) was an outstanding sculptor known for his portrait busts. Alexander Zeitlin was born in Tiflis, Georgia (Russian Empire), in 1872. He held his first art exhibition in his hometown in his early teens. At first, the novice sculptor studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts (1890–1894), where his portrait busts of Archduke Otto were noted.
He then studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Zeitlin's ‘Despair’ statue and a portrait bust of the opera singer Jeanne Hatto were among the first to receive public recognition. He became known for his portrait busts. Zeitlin received the Ordre des Palmes académiques (1903) for the busts of Camille Flammarion...
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Vintage 1920s North American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Art Deco Carved Slate Nude Kneeling Woman Sculpture, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco
Nude Kneeling Woman
Carved Slate Sculpture
ca. 1920
DETAILS
Mounted on original marble base.
Apparently unsigned.
DIMENSIONS
Hei...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Slate
Sier Kunst, Bull, Austrian Art Deco Wood & Brass Sculpture, ca. 1930
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Art Deco
Sier Kunst
Bull
Wood & Brass Sculpture in Haguenauer Manner
ca. 1930
DETAILS
Marked ‘SK’ in a triangle for Sier Kunst and ‘Made In Aus...
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique Carved Wood Lion’s Head from a Manhattan Bar, ca. 1880s-1890s
Located in New York, NY
Dimension:
Height: 14 inches
Width: 13 inches
Depth: 12 inches.
About the object:
This elaborately carved wood lion's head was an integral decorative piece of a bar counter or shelf unit in a Manhattan bar...
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Antique 1880s American American Classical Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Head of a Jazzman, Patinated Bronze Sculpture, American, ca. 1940s
Located in New York, NY
About sculpture
This remarkable portrait bust is in all likelihood a privately commissioned sculpture from around 1940s. Despite the fact that the sculpture is not signed, it is cer...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Streamlined Moderne Busts
Materials
Bronze
Harlequin, American Cubist Modernist Welded Metal Sculpture, ca. 1970s
Located in New York, NY
About sculpture
This figurative sculpture of a Harlequin standing in a relaxed pose is unusual not only in the choice of materials; but, most importantly, due to the unusual combina...
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Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
