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"Jacob Wrestling the Angel, " Art Deco Bowl with Male Nudes, 1927, Purple & Gold
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly and energetically painted, this Art Deco bowl depicts two nude male figures -- Jacob and the angel -- wrestling during the night, as related in the book of Genesis. Jacob refu...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Male Nude and Serpent, " Art Deco Dish by Cazaux in Blue and Gray, 1920s
By Edouard Cazaux
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Shaped and painted in gorgeous blue and gray glazes by Edouard Cazaux, master sculptor and ceramicist who exemplified the French Art Deco style at its finest, this ceramic dish or bo...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
"Reclining Male Nude, " Antique Hinged Box with Inset Drawing by Gaston Goor
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created at the height of the Art Deco period, in 1940s France, but clearly inspired by the monumental male nudes of Michelangelo and the high Renaissance in Italy, this 1942 drawing ...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
"Bacchus Teapot, " Bold and Rare Art Deco Sculptural Piece by Rometti, Italy
By Rometti Ceramics 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this 1930s glazed teapot was designed by Dante Baldelli for the famed Rometti ceramic works in Umbertide, Italy, not long after it wa...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Music and Wine, " Lidded Bronze Bowl w/ Greek & Renaissance Motifs, E F Caldwell
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Made by Edward F. Caldwell & Company of New York, America's most distinguished and lauded maker of fine lighting fixtures and metal decorative pieces in the early 20th century, this lidded bowl of cast and repoussé bronze depicts a series of winemaking scenes on the lid and a frieze of Renaissance angels playing lute and pipes on the bowl below. This piece is rare, and rarer still is the fineness of casting and enameling seen here. The Caldwell company was founded by E. F. Caldwell with Victor von Lossberg in 1895, and before long the company was collaborating with the likes of Stanford White and other prominent architects, supplying lighting and architectural details for a veritable "who's who" of prestigious building projects. Among them: the University Club, Andrew Carnegie...
Category
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
"Glory, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Celebrating World War I French Soldiers, 1934
By Jules Bernaerts
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and striking, this bold, bronze allegorical sculpture is entitled "Glory" or "Gloire," and is a smaller version of a grand public scu...
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Shore Leave, " Sailors at Port with Female Escorts, Rare Art Deco Form, 1930s
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suggestive of the work of Charles Demuth in its focus on sailors on leave, and its smudgy, atmospheric depiction of men and women on the edge of society, this large and important vas...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
WPA Period "Pan with Rabbit" in Carved Fruitwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entirely charming and whimsical, the anonymous sculptor of "Pan with Rabbit" has created a masterful portrait of a rotund Pan beguiling a woodland rabbit. Carved from a cylinder of r...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
"Fantastical Bird, " Mid Century Box by Ottaviani in Silver, Enamel and Rosewood
By Ottaviani
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully crafted of hammered silver -- now with a soft, old silver patina -- enamel and rosewood, this exceptional decorative box depicts a wildly imaginative crane-like bird with...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Rare Art Deco Desk Clock w/ Geometric Forms, Bronze and Brass, Tiffany & Co.
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly designed and rare -- perhaps unique -- this extremely fine desk clock by Tiffany & Company consists of a bronze case inset with an 8-day windup clock...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
"Bathers in the Marsh, " Mid Century Dish with Male Nudes Along Laguna Coast
By Pat and Covey Stewart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An especially rare example of Pat and Covey Stewart's ceramic work in Laguna Beach, California, this dish depicts a group of three nude male figures bathing in a marshy area along the California coast. Here, Pat Stewart used a squeeze bag...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar, " Fabulous Art Deco Footed Bowl/Centerpiece
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fabulous example of cased, wheel-cut glass from the height of the Art Deco period, this large footed bowl or centerpiece features large scenes of Hercules subduing the Erymanthian ...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Centerpieces
Materials
Glass
"Down for the Count, " Extraordinary, Rare Bronze w/ Nude Male Boxers by Howard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most celebrated figural sculptures of the 20th century, and one of the finest depictions of the male figure from the 1920s and 30s, this extremely rare bronze by Cecil de Blaquiere Howard depicts two boxers, one triumphant and one defeated, in the heat of the match. Each of the two nudes is beautifully captured in a scene that is compact and complex, with the standing figure stepping over and around the fallen figure below. The sculpture is depicting a dramatic moment in the boxing ring, but it is also presenting two male figures at their peak of physical perfection. Howard was born in Canada, brought up in America, and trained under sculptors such as James Fraser...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Hydrangea in Blue, " 1930s Enamel Bowl with Leaves and Flower Clusters by Winter
By Edward Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by Edward Winter, one of the masters of American enamel artistry in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, this low bowl features a composition of hydrangea flowers and leaves at its center...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
"Modern Times, " Brilliantly Glazed Art Deco Bowl with Scene of Steel Foundry
By Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly glazed in jade green, canary yellow, midnight blue and lipstick red hues, this vivid Art Deco bowl features, at its center, a scene of steel prod...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Discus Thrower, " Large, Extremely Rare Bronze with Nude Male Athlete, McKenzie
By R. Tait McKenzie 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by America’s foremost artist with a focus on the form and performance of male athletes, this masterpiece of 20th century sculpture -- especially large and rare -- depicts a nude discus thrower as he is about to hurl the disc forward. Robert Tait McKenzie...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Right Jab, " Classic Art Deco Sculpture of Boxer, Nickel Finish by Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by one of the greatest innovators in Art Deco sculpture in 1930s Europe, this nickeled brass figure of a boxer, his right arm reaching out to jab at his opponent, was made b...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Lidded Canister with Handle, Elaborate Repoussé & Enamel Work, Munich Secession
By Ludwig Karl Maria Vierthaler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Crafted by Ludwig Vierthaler for the Josef Winhart metalwork company in Munich, this gorgeous and singular lidded canister displays the bravura repoussé work that the artist is known for. Winhart hammered elaborate Secession-style swirls and geometric patterns into the sides and lid of this piece, and enriched the lid with midnight blue and ruddy brown enamels. The entire piece has a subtle hammered finish and a streaky patina that gives the surface great depth of color. Interestingly, Vierthaler spent years as a metalsmith at Tiffany and Company in New York...
Category
Vintage 1910s German Art Nouveau Jars
Materials
Copper, Enamel
"Classic Nude Torso, " Bravura Nude Male Figure in Pale Gray Marble, circa 1900
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most boldly and superbly carved nude male figures in carved marble we have seen outside a museum, this classic depiction of the figure shows the man with one arm up and on...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Egyptian Revival Centerpiece, " Art Deco Footed Bowl, Bronze and Stone, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking and beautifully made from speckled serpentine and bronze by a French artist, this Egyptian Revival / Art Deco footed bowl or centerpiece ...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Art Deco Vase with Collared Insert, Rare Bronze by Evan Jensen, Danish Master
By Evan Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully finished with a rare, mottled patina, this unusual and very scarce Art Deco bronze vase by Evan Jensen features a bronze, fluted collared insert that distinguishes Jensen...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Bronze
"Poppies and Tulips, " Extremely Fine Art Deco Vase by Fontaine for Sevres, 1927
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most exquisitely designed and painted Art Deco pieces we have ever seen, this flaring vase by Anne Marie Fontaine for Sevres features a flaring, trumpet-form upper section...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Chameleon, " Unique, Striking Art Deco Bowl w/ Chevron Rim, Gross for Knabstrup
By Harald Folmer Gross
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully designed and glazed, this striking, large bowl depicts a blue and green chameleon at its center that is climbing a highly stylized Art Deco foliate element, framed by a w...
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Angel Fish, " Large, Stunning Technicolor Art Deco Sculptures, Occupied Japan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This pair of technicolor-hued Art Deco angel fish sculptures -- glazed in hues of gold, dark pink, cobalt, sea green and canary -- was made in Japan between 1945 and 1951, when American forces occupied the nation after World War II and required that goods made there be marked "Occupied Japan...
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Seahorse Letter Opener, " Rare, Beautiful Art Deco Bronze by Vitello
By Vitello
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and beautifully crafted, this Art Deco letter opener features a high relief seahorse on its handle and a wide, tapering blade, all in a gold-toned bronze. The sculptor was Vitello, a French artist who specialized in very fine bronze desk items...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Letter Openers
Materials
Bronze
"Harvesting Coffee, " Remarkable, Unique Sterling Silver Jar, Castillo for Nestlé
By Los Castillo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable piece of sterling silver artistry and commercial history, this pierced silver container was commissioned by the Nestlé company to mark a visit by its Board of Directors to Mexico in 1988. Nestlé has had a major presence in Mexico for decades, with two coffee plants...
Category
Vintage 1980s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
"Grape Carriers, " Striking and Unique Art Deco Bowl w/ Wine Motif by Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Depicting a Black male figure paired with a white female figure carrying clusters of grapes and ancient wine jars, this unique and striking Art Deco ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
"Bumblebee, " Mid Century Jug in Purple & Blue by Gambone w/ Cubist Influence
By Guido Gambone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Astonishingly modern in color, texture and subject matter, this handled jug by the great mid century master, Guido Gambone, shows the clear influence of Cubism and Pablo Picasso in i...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Ceramic
"Shepherdess and Lamb, " Brilliantly-Glazed Art Deco Sculpture, Primavera, France
By Atelier Primavera au Printemps, Madeleine Sougez
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly glazed in hues of dark pumpkin, emerald green and ruddy putty, this unique ceramic sculpture of a shepherdess in a wide, pleated skirt embracing one of her lambs was crea...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Bowl with Female Nudes, " Rare, Striking Art Deco Bowl by Cazaux, French Master
By Edouard Cazaux
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by Edouard Cazaux, master sculptor and ceramicist who exemplified the French Art Deco style at its best, this small ceramic bowl is ringed by three, sharply-defined female nu...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
High Style Art Deco Vase/Lamp Base w/ Mayan Influence, 1930s, by Glidden Parker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Masterfully carved -- not molded -- and bathed in a textured, rich brown glaze, this very early lamp base/vase by Glidden Parker is a superb example of Art Deco artistry by one of th...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
"The Mourning of Orpheus, " Rare Gilded Bronze by Strindberg w/ Nude Male & Lyre
By Tore Strindberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted by Tore Strindberg, one of Sweden's leading sculptors in the early 20th century, and sensitively cast and gilded by the Otto Meyers fou...
Category
Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Man, Woman and Horses, " Striking Art Deco Covered Urn by Nylund for Rorstrand
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in tones of rust, sable, ivory and chocolate, this unique lidded urn with foliated pinnacle and curving handles depicts a man with upraised arms and rearing horse o...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Urns
Materials
Porcelain
"Poseidon Calming the Sea, " Sculpture w/ Swimmers by Joe Brown Awarded by AAU
By Joe Brown
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Enormously important, both artistically and historically, this unique bronze depicting a monumental Poseidon figure calming the sea and making space for swimmers to complete below, w...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Flowering Cactus, " Rare, Brilliantly Glazed Art Deco Bowl by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully glazed in tones of mossy green, papaya, ivory and blue topaz, this bowl by Waylande Gregory depicts a cactus laden with brilliant blossoms. Gregory was one of America's greatest sculptors and ceramicists before and after World War II. He was prodigious and indefatigable, producing a wide range of sculptures and wares in ceramic during his years working with Lorado Taft...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
"Two Tritons, " Art Deco Plate w/ Mythological Figures in Green and Gold, Mayodon
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Jean Mayodon's fascination with mythological figures, especially gods and goddesses cavorting in the sea, this fine Art Deco plate depicts two Tritons, one sta...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
"Zodiac Clock, " Spectacular Art Deco Sculptural Clock in Wrought Iron and Copper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most unusual and spectacular Art Deco pieces we have ever offered, this large Art Deco clock is composed of fer forgé or wrought iron a...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Wall Clocks
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Verdigris Bronze Art Deco Centerpiece Supported by Three Nude Male Figures
By Maurice Guiraud-Rivière
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Spectacular and very rare, this large, high style Art Deco bronze centerpiece with a beautiful verdigris patina, consisting of a semi-spherical dish richly decorated with a dense pat...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Centerpieces
Materials
Bronze
"Study in Black & Burnt Sienna, " Early Vase, Abstract Pattern by Glidden Parker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This early and important vase by Glidden Parker, an important American pioneer in ceramics for the modern home, dates from the 1940s and precedes the lines of homewares that he is mo...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Perch & Angelfish, " Unique, Ambitious Art Deco Covered Urn by Nylund, Rorstrand
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This ambitious, elongated urn with elaborate handles and a sunburst lid is beautifully decorated with perch on one side and angelfish on the other, all in tones of black, charcoal an...
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Urns
Materials
Porcelain
"Lone Cliff in the Sea, " Remarkable Sculpture with Nudes by Edstrom, 1901
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of Auguste Rodin and the Art Nouveau movement, this remarkable bronze was sculpted by David Edstrom, a Swedish American artist. Here, a nude male figure is perched on the edge of a cliff, looking heavenward as a nude mermaid lies below, nude and full of invitation. Edstrom, the quintessential example of the tortured artist...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Gathering Water, " Fabulous Art Deco Vase with Female Nudes by Nylund/Rorstrand
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully conceived and executed, this elegant vase designed by Gunnar Nylund for the famed Rorstrand porcelain works in Sweden depicts two pairs of nude women, all collecting wate...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Wheat Harvest, " Unique Art Deco Vase with Semi-Nude Worker by Nylund, Sweden
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created in 1934 and commissioned by Från Nyman as a gift to Eric Tiblom, this unique vase depicts a shirtless farmworker using his scythe to cut wheat in a field, all glazed in warm,...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Dance and Music, " Gilded Bronze Door Pulls with Nude Female Figures, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fabulous and rare, this pair of gilded bronze door pulls depict two joyous nude female figures, one a dancer and the other playing the tambourine. Although the sculptor is not known,...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Seated Male Nudes, " Pair of Bookends with Figures in Michelangelo-Esque Poses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and very fine, this set of bronze-toned bookends feature a nude male figure in repose, his arms resting on one knee, in a Renaissance setting topped with an arched cornice and p...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Metal
"Black Male with Upraised Arms, " Nude Sculpture of African Figure by Fenton
By Beatrice Fenton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly unusual in Beatrice Fenton's oeuvre, this dramatic figure of a Black male figure with his arms raised and crossed at the wrist -- either in cele...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"Ocean Bottom, " Mid Century Bronze Sculpture with Fish, Seaweed and Seashells
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and lively, this rare bronze sculpture depicts a school of fish, undulating in the ocean current, intermixed with seaweed rising from the sea floor ...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Nursing Mother in Africa, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, Prob. Belgium
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by the geometric forms and exaggerations of French Cubism, this rare and striking bronze presents an African mother nursing her child,...
Category
Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"in the Forest, " Midcentury Églomisé Painting with Woman and Dog in Red and Blue
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A magnificent example of midcentury reverse-painted glass, this piece by Marianna von Allesch depicts a woman and her square-jawed dog, possibly a boxer, amidst a grove of trees and ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass
"African Drummer, " Fabulous Cubist Bronze Sculpture, France, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of early French cubist sculpture, this depiction of an African drummer, her hands beating the two-sided drum and her head looking up as she sings or chants to the music, illustrates the fractured, reinvented reality that Picasso and Braque invented just ten or twenty years before. The abstracted breasts of the figure bring to mind the mature Cubism of Ossip Zadkine, Jean Souverbie...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Shotputter, " Large Bronze Sculpture of Nude Male Athlete, Exquisitely Sculpted
By Louis Marie Jules Delapchier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The only example we have ever seen, this large (33 inch high) bronze sculpture of a superbly-conditioned athlete about to put the shot was made by Louis Marie Jules Delapchier in the...
Category
Vintage 1910s French Beaux Arts Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Flight, " Beautifully Carved Stone Paperweight with Dove and Clouds
By Giuseppe Bessi, Brenda Putnam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly distinctive and unique, this cylindrical paperweight is decorated on its upper surface with exquisitely detailed sculptural relief: a dove in flight, shown flying over a cluster of clouds and the word "FLIGHT." Although it shows a beautiful bird, storied in mythology and literature, this sculpture also hints at the flight of man, and the curving sides of the piece are decorated with Art Deco geometric forms, sharply incised into the stone. The artist was Brenda Putnam, who used this same image for one side of her well-known bronze medal, also entitled "Flight", issued in 1941 by the Society of Medalists...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Stone
"Forest Nymphs, " Pair of Large Art Deco Female Nude Sculptures, Alabaster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted and highly dramatic, this pair of large Art Deco sculptures in creamy alabaster depict two female nude figures resting on leafy tree boughs, their hair streaming...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
"Seated Male Nude, " Remarkable Bronze Sculpture by Choate, Figural Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although America's sculptors interested in African American life and Black subjects, including Elizabeth Catlett, Richmond Barthé, Sargent Johnson and ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Hauling the Net, " Rare Art Deco Bronze with Nude Male Fisherman
By Alexandre Ouline
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This powerful bronze -- depicting a nude fisherman hauling in his net -- is a superb example of Art Deco sculpture influenced by Auguste Rodin's emphasis on the emotion and physicality of the human figure. Here, the strength and muscularity of the male figure is shown to great effect, its power belying the sculpture's diminutive size. It was sculpted by Alexandre Ouline, who executed a series of bronzes that depicted male figures performing feats of strength and courage, such as pulling a great weight or steering a ship in a stormy sea. Ouline won First Prize in the Seine et Marne agricultural fair...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Eve and the Serpent, " Unique, Carved Art Deco Ceramic Sculpture by Merignargues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly carved -- not molded -- and beautifully glazed, this stylized figure of Eve, sensuously encircled and surmounted by a powerful serpent, was sculpted by Marcel Merignargues, ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Allegory of Speed, " Art Deco Bronze Depicting the Ecstasy of Athletic Effort
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and dramatic, this Art Deco bronze by Robert Delandre, circa 1930, depicts three nude male athletes all straining to reach the finish line of the race, their arms straining forward to win, and upward in ecstatic joy. The concentration and focus evident in their faces, and the beauty of their physiques, is beautifully captured by the artist, and the bronze is gorgeously finished in a green-brown patina that brings out the details of each figure. Delandre is largely known for his tabletop bronzes for the home or office, but he also entered competitions for public monuments and memorials. His most famous work is the "Monument to the Latham 47 Heroes" in Caudebec en Caux, France. The sculpture honors the men who disappeared in the prototype of the Latham 47 twin engine airplane in 1928, with Roald...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Pan and Nymph, " Art Deco Sculptural Group with Nudes by Salomon for Rörstrand
By rorstrand studio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully finished in an ivory-hued glaze, this ambitious and rare sculptural grouping of a Pan and Nymph with flute and cymbal was sculpted by Harald Salomon for the famed Rörstra...
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Ode to Music, " Exceptional Art Deco Vase with Bars of Music by Kåge, 1938
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning and elegant, this unique 1938 vase by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg demonstrates the clean, unfussy lines that Scandinavian Art Deco is known for, yet tells a complex, fascin...
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Nude Male with Lyre, " Rare Bronze Sculpture by Cummings, San Francisco Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Masterfully conceived and executed, this highly rare, perhaps unique, bronze sculpture captures a young male nude figure twisting to his right to pluck the strings of his lyre. Perhaps a reference to Orpheus who was able to charm all living creatures, the sculptor Earl Cummings...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
