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Giorgio A. Roccamonte, Robot, Abstract Modern Chromed Metal Sculpture, Ca. 1960
By Giorgio Amelio Roccamonte
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT ARTIST
Giorgio Amelio Roccamonte a/k/a Elio Roccamonte (Argentine/Italian, Buenos Aires, 1927 - Rome, 1980) was a renown Italian sculp...
Category
Vintage 1960s Argentine Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Richard Bauroth, Bathers, German Jugenstil Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1919
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT ARTIST
Richard Bauroth (German, 1884-?) was active/lived in Germany. German sculptor, Richard Bauroth studied in Munich et al. under Adolf von Hildebrand.
DIMENSIONS
Heigh...
Category
Vintage 1910s German Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Modernism, a Pair of Nude Males, Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1940s
Located in New York, NY
About Sculpture
This homoerotic ebonized hand-carved wood sculpture of a pair of nude males, the older one supporting the falling down body of the youth, was created by an anonymous...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Linn Lovejoy Phelan, Head of a Woman, Modernist Ceramic Sculpture, 1953
By Linn Lovejoy Phelan
Located in New York, NY
LINN LOVEJOY PHELAN, LINN PHELAN (American, 1906-1992), one of the most famous New York based artist-potter worked with earthenware clay that was coated wi...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Self-Embrace, Mid-Century American Modern Wood Sculpture by Needle, Ca. 1960
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT SCULPTURE
Crafted with great taste and skill by an unidentified sculptor (signed 'Needle'), this stunningly shaped and proportioned remarkable modernist sculpture looks exquis...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Spanish Baroque Repoussé Silver Mirror/Picture Frame, XVII C.
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT FRAME
Handmade during 17th century, this frame is a grandiose piece of master craft by an extraordinary Spanish silversmith. Exceptionally complex, not only in its exquisite an...
Category
Antique 1670s Spanish Baroque Picture Frames
Materials
Silver
Franz Xavier Bergmann, English Bulldog, Vienna Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1900
By Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT SCULPTURE
This great Austrian Jugenstil desk-size cold-painted and patinated bronze sculpture of English bulldog has all the necessary qualities to be loved by a new owner – it absolutely life-like and has very expressive eyes.
DIMENSIONS
Height 3.25 inches
Width 2 7/16 inches
Depth 5.5 inches
MARKINGS
Noted for his detailed and colorful work, Bergman was signing his creations with either a "B" in an urn-shaped cartouche, or "Nam Greb" - for "Bergman" in reverse (these marks used to disguise his identity on the erotic works). They are also often inscribed ‘Geschutzt’, which refers to the model/design being ‘registered’ or copyrighted; or not marked at all, especially if the pieces are miniatures.
ABOUT ARTIST
Franz Xavier Bergmann...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Henri Louis Bouchard, The Victory of Bogota, Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1925
By Henri Louis Bouchard
Located in New York, NY
About ‘VICTORY OF BOGOTA
Henri Louis Bouchard was an important French Romantic sculptor, known for works commemorating heroic moments in the hist...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bernhard Johannes Karl Butzke, Fawn, Jugenstil Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1930
By Bernhard Johannes Karl Butzke
Located in New York, NY
MARKINGS & DETAILS Signed ‘B. Butzke’ on integral base. Original black veined marble plinth.
DIMENSIONS Height: 24 inches
Width: 15.5 inches
Depth: 9 inches
Base height: 1.5 i...
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fall of Eve, Art Deco Multi-Color Patinated Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Bearing a clear aesthetic influence of the Art Deco era, this wonderfully beautiful image of the progenitor Eve is a Western-European school sculptural portrait of a stunningly beaut...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Enid Bell Palanchian, Tackle, Modernist Carved Mahogany Sculpture, ca. 1953
By Enid Bell Palanchian
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS height: 23 inches width; 12 inches depth: 6 inches
MARKINGS Signed at the bottom in back.
DETAILS Original hand-crafted black-painted wood plinth.
REFERENCES Originally, sold to Papillon Gallery of Los Angeles.
CONDITION Excellent antique condition, wear consistent with age and use.
Enid Bell Palanchian (American, 1904 – 1994) a/k/a Mrs. E. B. Palanchian, Mrs. Enid Bell Palanchian and Mrs. Missak Palanchian was an important American sculptor, author, illustrator and professor who was primarily active in the New York/New Jersey area, but who established a respected body of work recognized throughout Europe and the United States as reflected by awards received in Paris, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico and Florida. Her achievements included numerous public works projects (e.g., the design of the Congressional Gold Medal) on display at public institutions and museums around the country, private commissions and sales throughout the world, group and solo exhibitions, generous donations of art and compilations, and the passing on of her knowledge and skills to 24 years of art students of the Newark School of Industrial and Fine Arts.
Enid Bell was born in London, England, and later studied at the Glasgow School of Art and then at the St. John’s Wood Art School; as well as studying with fellow Scot Sir William Reid Dick in London. Then, after moving to the United States, she taught at the Art Student League in New York City at Miss Chapen’s School. Essentially a figurative, direct carving in wood artist, she was based in New Jersey where she became the head of the sculpture program of the Fedral Art Project for that state and was herself the creator of several FAP commissions. In 1932, she married Armenian/American businessman and artist, Missalk Palanchian athough she retained her name “Bell” for professional purposes. Following the end of the Federal Art Project in 1944, she taught as instructor of sculpture and Head of the Sculpture Department of the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art until 1968, and was active was a member of the National Sculpture Society. Enid Bell died in 1994 in Englewood, New Jersey.
WORK
• Birds, Leonia Public Library in Leonia New Jersey (installed 1981)
• Untitled, Boonton Post Office in Boonton, New Jersey (1938)
• Boonton Post Office, Boonton, New Jersey
• Colonizing America, Center for Youth Education, Newark, New Jersey, (1934)
• Little Indian Dancer, Englewood Public Library, Englewood, New Jersey
• Alexander Hamilton Troy Public Library in Troy, New York
• bird bath, Music, Science, Union City...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Edgardo Simone, Accordion Player, Art Deco Silvered Plaster Sculpture, ca. 1925
By Edgardo Simone
Located in New York, NY
Edgardo Simone, (Italian/American, 1890-1948)
Classically trained in Italy at the Beaux Arts Academy in Rome from 1906 to 1913, Edgardo Simone became a famous sculptor in Italy and the United States using mediums of terracotta, ceramic, bronze, and plaster. He earned a Doctorate of Design and Sculpture at the Academy and then emigrated to the United States where he worked in New York, Chicago and southern California. His style was influenced by Art Nouveau, Art Deco and other modernist influences.
In Italy, he had received three times the Croix de Guerre and was decorated by King Victor Emmanuel II and Queen Margherita. Before moving to America, he had much recognition in Italy. He had created war and city monuments, and tombstones in twenty-six Italian cities. When he arrived in New York City, one of the newspapers carried a headline: "Italy's greatest Sculptor Arrives in New York."
In New York, Simone became prominent in society and did many portrait busts including such of Thomas Edison, John J. Pershing, Henry Ford and Louis Brandeis. Sally Rand, the famous fan dancer of Chicago's World's Fair in 1933-1934, sat as a model in his studio as did President Franklin Roosevelt and author Theodore...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Stanley Stangren, Abduction of Europa, Modernist Terracotta Sculpture, ca. 1950
By Stanley R. Stangren
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions
Total height: 12.5 inches
Width: 19 inches
Depth: 7.5 inches
Base height: 1.5 inches
DETAILS Unsigned, original wood base.
CONDITION Excellent vintage condition, wear consistent with age and use.
Stanley R. Stangren (American, 1928–2014) was an outstanding American jeweler, artist, sculptor and ceramist, residing in New York City. He worked in different styles and in different materials, including oils, watercolor, ceramic and stone sculptures; and fine jewelry. Stangren’s painting styles varied tremendously – from complete abstract works to Holocaust themes in the style of Georges Rouault and Hieronymus Bosch to portraits in the style of Moses and Raphael Soyer. He was also a passionate lover of the performing arts, and, as a young man, spent time studying dance at both the School of American Ballet and with Martha Graham.
Although he worked with dance pioneers like Ms. Graham, Anna Sokolow and Charles Weidman, an injury prevented him from pursuing dance as a career. But he found other outlets for his artistic pursuits. In his youth, Stangrem attended the Brooklyn Museum School of Art, and graduated from the High School of Music and Art in New York City. He later studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Students League, Bard Colledge and in Europe.
Stangren studied jewelry design in Europe, attending Staatlische Kunst Werkschule in Pforzheim, Germany and Kunstgewerbeschule der Stadt in Zurich, Switzerland. His jewelry and designs were received with great success. His combination of precious and semi-precious stones, high-karat gold and sterling silver, and exotic materials executed with outstanding workmanship in the abstract modernist style gave a unique aspect to his designs, the metalwork usually electroformed, cast, or fused in varying textures. After returning to New York in the later 1950’s, Stangren opened and maintained a ceramic business in Trenton, New Jersey.
Very few pieces of his work remain from this period. When he retired from the ceramics business, he spent much of his time enjoying the arts. He frequently attended Juilliard performances, including most of the opera and drama presentations at the School, and was especially fond of the dance concerts. The last 40 years of his life, he taught painting in the New York area and worked with Metropolitan Museum of Arts in developing annuities, for future acquisitions.
In addition, Stangren left annuities for MoMa in support of educational programs and left, in his will or through his executors, art supplies for the Harlem School of Art and benefits for the Urban Assembly organization. Mr. Stangren's love for the arts and for the performances he was seeing at Juilliard inspired him to take his participation a step further and to establish charitable gift annuities with the School. "I realized what Juilliard offered me, being a passionate music lover, and I decided to give something back" he said.
"What Juilliard achieves is remarkable. When I think of the prominent actors, dancers and musicians that have been educated there, I am always staggered. It is deeply financially satisfying to be able to give back to the School, while benefitting from it at the same time." The Juilliard School is not the only organization that Stanley Stangren...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Cannonball Thrower, American Modernist Patinated Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1960
Located in New York, NY
Definitely created by a master sculptor, this small but very dynamic modernist sculpture depicts a cannonball thrower in the moment of forceful rotation before the actual throw of th...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jacobus Nicolaus Sandig, Icarus Falling, Dutch Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, 1925
By Jacobus Nicolaus Sandig
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT ARTIST
Regretfully, there is only a limited amount of biographical information available on the author of this wonderful sculpture - Jacobus Nicolaus Sandig (Dutch, 1876 - 193...
Category
Vintage 1920s Dutch Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bernhard Sopher, Seated Nude, Art Deco Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1930s
By Bernhard Sopher
Located in New York, NY
Signed on the base: ‘B. Sopher’
Well-preserved original dark brown patina.
Dimensions:
Height: 7.5"
Width: 8"
Depth: 7"
Bernhard (Burnat David) Sopher (1879 – 1949) was a German-American sculptor. He was born in Safed, Syria and studied sculpture at the Berin Art Academy from 1897; and from 1905 to 1908, at the Weimar School of Crafts with Adolf Brutt in Berlin and Weimar. At the end of his studies, he was already involved in the realization of the monument to Grand Duke Carl Alexander...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Xaver Bergmann, Koran Scribe, Vienna Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1900
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful life-like sculpture depicts a Koran scriber, who, bending his legs under him, holds sheets of paper in his hands, on which he transcribes verses from the Koran lying i...
Category
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Xaver Bergmann, Odalisque, Vienna Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1900
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful life-like sculpture depicts a half-naked odalisque reclining in a lazy pose on silk pillows on an ottoman, covered with a lion's skin. With bare breasts, only a small ...
Category
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Anton Pavlos, Couple of Skiers Racing Down Mountainside, ca. 1930s
By Anton Pavlos 1
Located in New York, NY
A Streamline Moderne style sculpture by Ukrainian artist Anton Pavlos (1905-1954), produced circa 1930s.
It depicts a couple of male and fem...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Antique KPM Porcelain Group of Bacchus and Aphrodite’ Feast, XIX Century
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite KPM Porcelain Mythological Group of feasting Bacchus depicts Dionysus (also called Bacchus - a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of ...
Category
Vintage 1910s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine of Lame Cherub on Crutches, ca. 1880’s
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
This delicate statuette, amazing in its plot and executed in the best traditions of Meissen, depicts a charming cherub with a sad face expression, who has injured his leg and is leaning on homemade crutches. It evokes in the viewer compassion and a smile of tenderness at the same time.
Hallmarked with Meissen crossed swords and numbered ‘18’ on the bottom of the base.
Dimensions:
Height: 8.38 inches
With: 3.63 inches
Depth: 4.63 inches
MEISSEN
Meissen porcelain or ‘Meissen china...
Category
Antique 1880s German Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain, Pair of Mandolin Player & Woodcutter Figurines, ca. 1860’s
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
Executed in the best traditions of Meissen, this lovely pair of statuettes depicts a female mandolin player and a woodcutter, where a musician entertains the laborer while he is occupied with his work.
Hallmarked with Meissen crossed swords and numbered ‘18’on the bottom of both bases.
Dimensions:
Mandolin Player:
Height: 4.07 inches (10.17cm)
Width: 2.25 inches (5.62cm)
Depth: 1.88 inches (4.7cm)
Woodcutter:
Height: 4.07 inches (10.17cm)
Width: 1.88 inches (4.7cm)
Depth: 2.75 inches (6.87cm)
Meissen
Meissen porcelain or ‘Meissen china...
Category
Antique 1860s German Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Vienna Porcelain Group of Children Playing Wedding, ca. 1915
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful porcelain sculptural group depicting children playing in an 'adult wedding’ conveys with surprising accuracy the emotional component of the moment, conveyed in the expression of children's faces.
Dimensions:
Height: 7.13 inches (17.82cm)
With: 11.75 inches (29.37)
Depth: 4.5 inches (11.25cm)
Royal Vienna Porcelain.
The Royal Vienna Porcelain Manufactory (German: Kaiserlich privilegierte Porcellain Fabrique) was a porcelain manufacturer in Alsergrund in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1718 and continued until 1864. The firm was Europe's second-oldest porcelain factory after Meissen porcelain, and for 25 years the two remained the only European...
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ernst Seger, David and Lion, German Art Deco Patinated Bronze Sculpture, c. 1920
By Ernst Seger
Located in New York, NY
Signed “E. Seger”.
Black patina.
Dimensions
Height: 8 inches (20cm)
Width: 7.5 inches (18.75cm)
Depth: 8.5 inches (21.25cm)
THE BIBLE STORY
Samuel 17:34-36
Originally, Saul would not allow David to fight Goliath (17:33). Saul’s reason was simply that Goliath would be stronger than David. David was young and he did not have the experience to fight such a capable enemy as Goliath. David was likely to die, and his death would benefit nobody.
Often people wrongly imagine that they are acting in faith (in other words, that they are trusting God). Really, they are acting in a foolish manner, as if the danger is not real. They are not trusting in God, but in their own thoughts, hopes and desires.
David’s reply to Saul shows us his attitudes. This reply explains clearly why David had offered to fight Goliath. In other words, it shows how David considered himself able to defeat Goliath.
Like many boys and young men in Israel, David had worked as a shepherd. That is, he looked after sheep. He was responsible to look after those sheep in every way. In particular, he had to protect them from wild animals.
Lions and bears are some of the fiercest large wild animals. They were common in Israel at the time of the Bible. They are much stronger than a man (see for example 1 Kings 13:24 and 2 Kings 2:24). Only the bravest and strongest men were able to kill a lion (Judges 14:5-6; 2 Samuel 23:20). However, David had killed both a lion and a bear. He had killed animals that were stronger than him.
David did not believe that the strongest man would win the fight. David had a close relationship with God; he was trusting God to rescue him (17:37). David was not pretending that there was no danger. However, God’s Holy Spirit was active in David’s life (16:13). By the power of his Holy Spirit, God had given David the faith (trust in God) to fight Goliath. Because David really was trusting God, there was no reason for him to be afraid of Goliath.
THE ARTIST
Ernst Seger (1865 1939), born in Neurode (Nowa Ruda, now Poland), studied sculpturing from 1884 at the Kunstschule in Breslau under Robert Härtel. From 1886 he worked in the Atelier of Christian Behrens, where he created the Eichendorff-Memorial for the Silezian City of Neisse. From 1893 to 1894 Seger stayed in Paris where he worked in the atelier of Auguste Rodin. However, Seger finally chose a ‘Jugenstill’ and a more ‘naturalistic’ or ‘Neuklassizismus’ style. His sculptures, modelled like the Greek antiques, were later greatly admired by the National Socialists.
At the end of 1894 Ernst Seger went back to Berlin, founded his own atelier and created the Kaiser Wilhelm I memorial for the Silesian City of Glatz. In 1897 Seger created the sculpture ‘Jugend’ (‘Youth’), which was displayed at the ‘Große Berliner Kunstausstellung’ in 1898, at the ‘Große Berliner Kunstausstellung’ in 1899, at the ‘Münchener Glaspalast Ausstellung’ in 1899 and at the ‘Münchener Glaspalast Ausstellung’ in 1908. As a sculptor Seger regarded this as his first relevant work, his breakthrough. A copy of the sculpture in bronze, 1.60 metres high, was placed in the ‘Scheitniger Park’ in Breslau (now Wroclaw). In 1898 Segers ‘Diana’, the Roman Goddess of the Hunt, the Moon and Childbirth, was unvealed in Park Szczytnicki, Breslau, Polen (earlier ‘Schneitniger Park’). Until 1945 the sculpture stayed in the Schneitniger Park, Breslau. This part of the park is still called ’Dianagarten’.
After the turn of the century the elegant female dancers and nudes by Seger gained great popularity. In 1905 Ernst Seger created -together with the sculptor Bernhard Sehring- the ‘Bismarck Brunnen’ (‘Bismarck Fountain’) in Breslau. This memorial-fountain (which still exists) represents the allegories ‘Kampf’ and ‘Sieg’ (‘Battle and Victory’). Seger’s ‘Verwundete Amazone’ (‘Wounded Amazon’), displayed at the Grosse Münchner Kunstausstellung in the Glaspalast in 1908, was placed in the garden of the ‘Kaufhauses Wertheim’ in Berlin. In the same year he was appointed as a professor. Seger’s marble sculpture ‘Kypris’, created in 1916, was placed in the Alten Nationalgalerie in Berlin. In 1925 the City of Berlin acquired his sculpture ‘Anbetung’ and placed it at the Johannaplatz. ‘Storchenbrunnen’ (‘Stork-fountain’), was placed in 1931 at the Adolf-Scheidt-Platz in Berlin. In 1935 the American newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst bought Seger’s sleeping ‘Ganymede’.
During the Third Reich Ernst Seger was commissioned numerous Hitler busts...
Category
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Art Deco, Grand Patinated Bronze Planter w/ Elephants, ca. 1930’s
Located in New York, NY
Original dark-brown patina.
Dimensions
Height: 9.25 inches (23.12cm)
Width: 14.25 inches (35.6cm)
Opening diameter: 11.4 inches (28.12cm).
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Art Deco Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Kyoto Fuzan Satsuma Ware Double-Handled Vase, Meiji Period, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful end of Meiji Period Japanese Kyoto Fuzan Satsuma Ware double-handled vase has a gold plated intricate infinite circular relief pattern design and two images of goddess...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Taisho Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Rhys Caparn, Extraterrestial, American Mid-Century Cast Stone Sculpture, 1969
By Rhys Caparn
Located in New York, NY
This very unusual American Mid-Century Modern cast stone sculpture by Rhys Caparn, "Extraterrestial" on the original black marble base is one of the sculptor’s famous pieces. This wo...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Alexander Archipenko, Terracotta Abstract Cubist Sculpture, ca. 1937
By Alexander Archipenko
Located in New York, NY
Signed ‘Archipenko’.
Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko (Ukrainia/American, 1887-1964) was an Ukrainian American artist best known for his original Cubist-inspired sculptural style....
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Beaux Arts, Patinated Bronze Figural Vase by A. Bofill, Ca. 1900
By Antoine Bofill
Located in New York, NY
Antoine Bofill (Spanish-French, 1875-1925) was a Spanish artist and member of the Animalier movement of the 19th century. Best known for his small, decorative bronze sculptures, Bofi...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Beaux Arts Vases
Materials
Bronze
Sèvres Cobalt Blue Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Garniture, France, Ca. 1850's
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
This rare Renaissance Revival garniture, consisting of a clock and pair of boxes in form of chalices with hinged bonnets, is richly decorated with numerous hand-painted medallions with portraits of medieval French...
Category
Antique 1850s French Renaissance Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of American Rococo Revival Patinated Bronze Candelabras, Ca. 1825
Located in New York, NY
Bronze, dark-brown patina, unmarked.
Measures: Height: 23”
Width: 14”
The notion of an “American Rococo” seems a contradiction in terms. The very word rococo is as French as Camembert. It connotes a style that reigned along with Louis XV in the aristocratic decadence of the 18th Century. It was garlanded, nonchalant, associated with erotic marshmallow nudes by Francois Boucher and foppish courtiers costumed as shepherds pretending they understood Jean-Jacques Rousseau when all they really wanted was romantic dalliance in the formal gardens of Versailles. In the history of painting it produced but one great artist, Antoine Watteau.
By contrast, Americans of the period are remembered as the flinty inheritors of New England Puritans, full of rectitude and having not a moment for furbelow or frippery. Such few painters as were around included hard-nosed realists like John Singleton Copley and Charles Willson Peale.
Well, as it turns out, life once again acts according to the principle of paradox. There was an American rococo. It came to us indirectly via England disguised under the name Chippendale. Now for the first time the style receives comprehensive survey in the exhibition “American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament.” Jointly organized by New York’s Metropolitan Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, it opens here Sundaywith a spread of some 170 works of decorative art and a conscientious catalogue with essays by Met and LACMA curators Morrison H. Heckscher and Leslie Greene Bowman.
There are at least two ways of looking at the decorative arts. Connoisseurs appreciate their design and craftsmanship. Those of sociological bent examine objects of material culture for their revelations of history and the temper of the times. Actually neither view is complete without the other.
Stylistically the rococo reveals a longing for intimacy in its small scale and an urge to organic nature in its love of stylized vines, tendrils, tiny flowers and seashells. If it were a new manner being promoted by Madison Avenue today it would probably be called “Baroque Lite.” There is an ease about the style that makes it airy, but it has an underlying formality that bespeaks lives of gentrified cultivation rather than beer-bellied sloth. It’s fascinating to examine the flintlock firearms on view and find these weapons of death shaped and decorated with the most exquisite care by wood carvers and metal engravers.
All of this is completely consistent with the main currents of 18th-Century European thought. In France, Rousseau sang the virtues of nature and the noble savage like a present-day ecologist. In England, John Locke...
Category
Antique 1820s American Rococo Revival Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Ignacio Gallo, Dancing with Satyr, Spanish Art Deco Silvered Bronze, circa 1920s
By Ignacio Gallo
Located in New York, NY
Ignacio Gallo (Spanish/French, 1850-1935) was a Spanish sculptor, who was active as a sculptor and engraver in Madrid and Paris in the interwar period. His works show animal scenes, ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Spanish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Art Glass and Wrought Iron Flower Vase, circa 1920s
By Charles Schneider
Located in New York, NY
Although unsigned, this Art Deco masterpiece in red and white art glass and wrought iron most probably by Charles Schneider.
Charles and Ernest Schneider were a generation younger...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Wrought Iron
Max Blondat, French Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Timepiece, 1914
By Max Blondat
Located in New York, NY
"L'amour Non Partagé" or "Unrequited Love", an allegorical timepiece by Max Blondat. The base of the clock is stamped with the artist name "Max Blondat", and carries a Valsuani found...
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Art Nouveau Meiji Period Patinated Bronze Vase, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Although unmarked, this rare and important, grand but at the same exquisite patinated bronze vase has just a very few little details, defying the shape of the handles, as well as the...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Bronze
Josselin, French Art Deco Semi-Nude Erotic Female Dancer Bronze Sculpture, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Lovely large French silvered bronze sculpture of a semi-nude erotic dancer, signed in the bronze: Josselin.
Original portorro marble base.
Dimensions: H 15.25”, W 11.5”, D 2.7...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Russian Silver Troika Sculpture, I. Sazikov after E. Lanceray, Moscow, ca. 1875
By Ignaty Sazikov
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite sculpture masterfully captures the essence of rural life, featuring an elderly peasant standing proudly, reins held firmly in his hands. Behind him, nestled in a beautifully crafted sleigh, are his son and grandson, with the latter energetically guiding the horses using a whip. Each figure is adorned in traditional peasant attire, which not only adds authenticity but also reflects their connection to the land and their heritage. Their faces are wonderfully expressive, conveying a sense of pride, determination, and the bond of family.
The craftsmanship of this outstanding silver sculpture, along with its original marble base, showcases an extraordinary level of artistry. The intricate details are so skillfully rendered that one can almost visualize the steam rising from the horses' nostrils in the crisp, frosty air. The air seems to vibrate with the sound of the horses’ hooves crunching through the fresh snow, creating a vivid auditory backdrop to the scene.
As the troika gallops at full speed, it leaves behind distinct impressions of horseshoes on the pristine snow, marking their journey through the wintry landscape. This dynamic movement not only brings the sculpture to life but also invites viewers to imagine the story behind this moment—an intimate glimpse into the daily life and enduring spirit of a hardworking family united by tradition and the rhythms of nature.
Notes:
There are intact little bell on the yoke of a central horse, and an original detachable hallmarked whip. The original, intricately executed marble base is an integral part of the whole composition. The sculpture was never cleaned or polished, and has an original patina.
Markings:
Fully hallmarked with maker's marks IS (for Ignaty Sazikov...
Category
Antique 1870s Russian Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Silver
Franz Xavier Bergmann, Great Dane, Miniature Vienna Bronze Sculpture
By Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
Noted for his detailed and colorful work, Bergman was signing his creations with either a "B" in an urn-shaped cartouche, or "Nam Greb" for "Bergman" in reverse (these marks used to disguise his identity on the erotic works). They are also often inscribed ‘Geschutzt’, which refers to the model/design being ‘registered’ or copyrighted; or not marked at all, especially if the pieces are miniatures, circa 1900.
Dimensions:
Height 0.88 inches (2.2 cm)
Width 0.94 inches (2.4 cm)
Depth 2.07 inches (5.2 cm)
Franz Xavier Bergmann...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alexandre Henri Devaulx, Centaur Nursing her Baby, French Belle Epoque, c. 1880s
By Alexandre Henri Devaulx
Located in New York, NY
Signed “A.H. Devaulx”, and marked “Susse Fes Ed.20”
Dimensions: Height 6-7/8”, width 7-7/8”, depth 4-1/4”
This wonderfully unusual desktop sculpture of gilded bronze, depicting a beautiful female-centaur breastfeeding her cub is made in a classic romantic style of the Belle Epoque era by a remarkable French sculptor, Alexandre Henri Devaulx.
Alexandre Henri Devaulx (French, 1856-1940) was the son of the noted sculptor of the Romanticism period, François Théodore Devaulx (1808–1870). Born in Paris, he studied under E. Devaulx, making his début as a sculptor at the 1876 Paris Salon with Portrait, a plaster medallion. Alexandre Henri Devaulx became a member of the Artistes Français in 1888, winning an award with merit in the same year....
Susse Frères Bronze Foundry, Paris - The French firm Susse Frères manufactured a daguerreotype camera, which was one of the first two photographic cameras...
Category
Antique 1850s French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Shout, Mid-Century Modern Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Signed “Igor 67”
By Igor
Located in New York, NY
Signed “Igor ’67”, this beautifully cast patinated bronze sculpture depicts a woman on tiptoe, arms folded across h?? chest, head up and screaming with all her might, mouth wide open...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Émile Hébert, the Wanderer, Belle Époque Patinated Bronze Sculpture, circa 1880s
By Pierre-Eugène-Émile Hébert
Located in New York, NY
Émile Hébert, the wanderer, French Belle Époque patinated bronze sculpture, circa 1880s
Dimensions:
Height 24.75”
Width 10.5”
Depth 5.75”
Pierre-...
Category
Antique 1880s French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Architectural Chromed Steel Chain Links Bookends, circa 1970
Located in New York, NY
This pair of extremely heavy chain links bookends are of 1970s Italian Architectural design. Although functional if used as intended, they form a kind of very interesting geometrical...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Frederic Rhead, a Pair of Arts & Crafts Terracotta Vases with Peacocks, ca. 1900
By Frederick Hurten Rhead
Located in New York, NY
Frederic Rhead, a pair of English Arts & Crafts Glazed terracotta vases with Peacocks, circa 1900.
This outstanding pair of English Arts & Crafts gla...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Roman Bronze Works, a Pair of Bronze Vases with Nymph and Satyr Relief, 1900s
By Roman Bronze Works
Located in New York, NY
American Renaissance period.
A Pair of Patinated Bronze Vases with Nymph and Satyr Bas-Reliefs by Roman Bronze Works, New York City, circa 1900.
Dimensions:
Height: 16 inches ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American American Craftsman Vases
Materials
Bronze
Maestro Imperio Rossi, Vintage Murano Millefiori Art Glass Vase, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions:
Height 18-3/4 inches
Diameter 8-3/4 inches
Found in the middle section of the vase’ neck, there is a round glass medallion with letter “m”, indented into it for Maestro Imperio Rossi...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Vases
Materials
Glass
French Belle Époque, Patinated Bronze Desktop Sculptural Paperweight, 19 Century
Located in New York, NY
Signed illegibly original red marble base.
Dimensions: H: 8.25” x W: 3.25” x D: 4.25” Base diameter: 2.75”
This beautiful and delicate desktop dark chocolate-brown patinated br...
Category
Antique 1870s French Belle Époque Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jugenstil, Harlequin in Golden Mask, Vienna Bronze, Austria, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions: 4.33 high x 2.25 wide x 2.75 deep
This elegant desk-size statuette of a kneeled harlequin wearing a golden mask is a perfect example of the little masterpieces in cold...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carl Kauba, Bookworm & Art Connoisseur, a Pair of Bronze Sculptures, circa 1910
By Carl Kauba
Located in New York, NY
Both sculptures are signed ‘C. Kauba’ on the plinth.
Dimensions: 9.75” high x 3.75” deep x 3.5” wide
Dark brown patina.
Original marble pedestals.
Carl Kauba (Austrian, 1886 – ...
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
American Contemporary Anodized and Gold Painted Iron Sculpture, 21st Century
Located in New York, NY
Illegibly signed by the artist on the base, this laconic in form anodized iron sculpture’s rough and brutal surface is further enhanced with only a few segments of circles painted wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Lynn Davis, Couple, Patinated Bronze Mobile Sculptural Group, circa 1961
By Lynn Davis
Located in New York, NY
A remarkable mobile double-figure sculptural group with both, male and female figures rotating freely around their own axis; and where both figures can be installed in any position relative to each other. With any new desirable position, it becomes apparent how their relationships change diametrically with each and any turn of the figures.
Both, male and female sculptures...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tibetan Equestrian Bronze Sculpture of Horse in Full Harness, 17th Century
Located in New York, NY
This little antique Tibetan equestrian figurine is distinguished not only by the remarkably detailed sculpture of a horse in a complete harness, but also by the high quality of the b...
Category
Antique 17th Century Tibetan Tibetan Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Anodized Brass Lotus Candlesticks, USA, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
A duo of anodized brass candlesticks, each featuring a round base, stem and a lotus flower that contains a regular size candle. Manufactured in the USA during the 1960s.
The cand...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
Jenő Kerényi, Magician, Hungarian Art Deco Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Signed KEREMYI on the back of the plinth.
Some patina abrasions are noticeable in the back area.
The white Carrera marble base obviously is a later replacement.
Dimensions:
Height 14.75”
Width 11.75”
Depth 7.75”.
Jeno Kerényi...
Category
Vintage 1930s Hungarian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Magali, Rhinoceros, Modern Duralumin & Wood Sculpture, circa 1990s
Located in New York, NY
Materials: Duralumin aircraft parts, recycled wood, paint.
Dimensions:
Width 31.5 inches
Height 11.25 inches
Depth 5.75 inches
MAGALI a/k/a Lev...
Category
1990s European Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Charles Raphaël Peyre, French Art Deco Silvered Bronze Sculptural Group, c. 1925
By Charles Raphaël Peyre
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco silvered bronze sculptural group with two female putti figures reclining together in an embrace, surrounded by flowers and filigree. Sculpture has a beautiful silver finish, and rests on the original rouge marble base. Signed on the right front “Raphael Peyre”; and foundry mark “B.L. Paris” with “Cire Perdue” (lost wax) in an oval cartouche in the back.
The piece is very heavy (51 pounds), crating recommended for shipment.
Charles Raphaël Peyre...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alexander Ney, Abstract Perforated Terracotta Sculpture, 2012
By Alexander Ney
Located in New York, NY
Abstract sculptural composition.
Perforated and painted terracotta.
Signature & 2012 Copyright on the bottom
Dimensions: H 15.25”, W 9”, D 8”
Alexander Ney (Russian/American, born...
Category
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
F. Falcone, Orientale, Italian Art Deco Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, circa 1925
Located in New York, NY
Signed on the side of the base, "F. Flacone" and "Orientale 1800", dated "1925".
Carved out inscription on the bottom of the base, "Chiavari". (Chiavari is a small town in the Pro...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Abstract Sculptural Composition, American, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
This very unusual alabaster abstract sculpture is a quintessential example of the American figurative arts in the 1970s, but will definitely be a great addition to any stylish interi...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
French Art Nouveau, Female Bust, Gilt Bronze, 1900s
Located in New York, NY
Signed under the left shoulder: ”CerNelille”.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Bronze
Ronald Edward Street, Spear Thrower, Oxidized Bronze Sculpture, 1970s
By Ronald Edward Street
Located in New York, NY
Ronald Edward Street (American, 1950-2016)
This is most unusual and one of a kind work of art from the sculpture garden of the Estate of Ron Street, ex-employee of the Metropolitan ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze