Sculptures
Sculptures For Sale
Color: Brown
Umbilical Field
By Mami Kato
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rice stalks, cotton, wood, insulation foam, epoxy resin
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Cotton, Epoxy Resin, Wood
Sculpture; 'Portal'
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts. The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation.
Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...
Category
2010s Conceptual Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Waves and Circles, Large Outdoor/Indoor Steel Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hans van de Bovenkamp, Dutch (1938 - )
Title: Circles and Waves
Year: 1986
Medium: Steel Sculpture
Overall Size: 87 x 50 in. (220.98 x 127 cm)
Category
1980s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 26" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be compared to European and North America: most performances revolve around Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses who fight against evil, mystical, beings to (usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
Mask "Nommo" Brass Wood Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
One of a Kind, Wood and Patinated Brass Mask Sculpture, (Weight 7kg).
About the Artist:
Graduate in ceramic design and metal sculpture (2001, 2003), he worked during two years with ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Carousel
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Nicholas Crombach is interested in the complex interactions between humans and animals. Using sporting and hunting as markers of longstanding traditions of both adversarial and collaborative relationships between humans and animals, Crombach examines the cultural significance and the complex issues percolating domestication and domination, play and survival in the 21st century.
Crombach combines references to mythology via a striking aesthetic, creating works which revel in their contradictions and contrasts. Notably, the artist draws from the myth of Diana and Actaeon, which provides a poignant framework for this new series. In Ovid’s tale Actaeon, a hunter and grandson of King Cadmus, is in the forest with his dogs when he spies Artemis (Diana), the venerated goddess of the hunt, in her bath attended by her nymphs. Diana’s nymphs try to cover her modesty as the goddess feels violated by Actaoen’s brash curiosity. Diana splashes water upon Actaeon, robbing him from his ability to speak and turning him from a mortal man into a stag who flees into the forest only to be hunted down and killed by his own dogs. The hunter becomes the hunted.
Crombach’s Fetch (2018) refers to the mythology of Diana and Actaeon in its last tragic hour, but the classical story of metamorphoses is presented as a game of fetch in the local park. Crombach creates a hybrid between the art historical imagery from paintings of hounds...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Graphite, Mixed Media, Wood, Archival Paper
"Red Karo Wavy Oval Vase, " Hand Blown Glass signed by Ioan Nemtoi
By Ioan Nemtoi
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This piece is a hand-blown glass vase by Ioan Nemtoi. It is bright red with a black rim and features splashes of greens, yellows, and browns. The vase is wavy and unconventionally sh...
Category
Early 2000s Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass
"Indonesian Loro Blonyo 19th Century Wedding Figures (Pair)" Hand-carved Painted
Located in Milwaukee, WI
These two figures were created by an unknown Indonesian artist using carved, painted wood. The bride and groom figures were to be used at a traditional wedding in Indonesia. The Loro Blonyo...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Wood
Bronze Sculpture, Brass, Metal, Iron found objects by Indian Artist "In stock"
By Narayan Sinha
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Narayan Sinha - Ganesha - 30 x 14 x 4 inches
Brass, Iron, Metal and Found Objects.
The artist uses discarded materials such as automobile parts, utensils, latches, locks, keys, wood, nuts and metal scrap to create sculptures and installations that tell the story.
Style : For sculptor, Narayan Sinha, art is all about celebrating beauty. Sinha is mostly known for his installations created with junk automobile parts, metal drums, fuel tanks of kerosene stoves...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Mask "The Monkey" Brass Wood Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
One of a Kind, French Wood and Patinated Brass Mask Sculpture, (Weight 7kg).
About the Artist:
Graduate in ceramic design and metal sculpture (2001, 2003), he worked during two years...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Hard Time
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Mass Incarceration has become a civil rights issue in our country. People of color are dramatically overrepresented in our prison system, mainly due to nonviolent crimes stemming fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Diane Englander, White and Wood 13 2015, scrapwood and acrylic , 7.25 x 12 x 1.25
Located in Darien, CT
Diane Englander uses formal means to create a place between discord and tranquility, a zone with a charged harmony that energizes as it also provides refuge. That often requires tha...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
SCULPTURE in brass by Jacques Jarrige "Angel #10"
Located in New York, NY
Minimalist sculpture formed by 3 bands of brass cut and hammered then arranged on a base of mahogany wood. From every angles the sculpture offers another image renewing the pleasur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Thunderbird (1/2)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Wood, window screen, plaster, joint compound, polymer and acrylic paint
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Acrylic, Polymer
"Ceramic Pot - Mossi, Burkina Fasso (Farmer's Water Jug), " created in Africa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This ceramic pot was made by an unknown Mossi artist in Burkina Fasso. It was used as a farmer's water jug. The Mossi are a people in central Burkina Faso, living mostly in the villa...
Category
1930s Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Colorful Composition 2
By Jozef Bajus
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original woven paper and staple wall sculpture by Jozef Bajus. This piece is comprised of hundreds of pieces of old textile patterns created by the artist in his capacity as a fa...
Category
1980s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper
Oculus Chrome No.1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This piece is created with pleated linen pulled through the center of the wood panel. Then the linen is chromed (like on metal) and has a punch of yellow paint in the center bring t...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Panel
Last Lily Foot
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Foot binding was a practice that crippled Chinese women for a thousand years and vestiges of it linger in the spiked heel and high heeled fashion popular in the present day. The idea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Framed Landscape Construction
Located in Milford, NH
A spectacular three dimensional abstract framed construction by American artist Varujan Boghosian (b. 1926). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Large Mirror Sculpture; 'Sphere Mirror'
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts. The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation.
Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mirabile Composto (Enchanted Composition) - Leather and Stone Abstract Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Angelo Canevari's "Mirabile Composto" is a 106.3 x 106.3-inch leather and stone abstract sculpture composed of 12 elements. This piece is part of a limited number of works where Canevari engaged in a different medium than bronze. The title "Mirabile Composto" comes from a 17th-century quote describing the work of the famous Baroque Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It refers to Bernini's fusion of architecture, sculpture, and painting. In this work, Canevari skillfully plays with different shades of leather and a river pebble to blur the distinction between painting, sculpture, or architectural pieces. The piece projects a magnetic presence. It reminds the immensity and peacefulness of the golden sand mounds in the Sahara desert when viewed from an aerial view.
Angelo Canevari is an Italian sculptor from a long lineage of artists active in Rome since the 17th century. He has been commissioned several works by the Vatican, including the Bronze Doors of the Cathedral of Belluno and the Vatican Coins.
Category
1980s Assemblage Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Joyride by Nick Weddell
By Nick Weddell
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Joyride by Nick Weddell
stoneware, porcelain, and glazes
37 x 29 x 27”
2019
Provenance- The Nevica Project
Nick Weddell is a sculptor from Austin, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Fi...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Abyssal Shrines
By Sarah Louise Davey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original, unique ceramic sculpture by Sarah Louise Davey on a black wooden base. The piece measures 44” x 19” x 21”.
Please note: This piece is pictured with the base on top of a black pedestal and a white pedestal. The black base of the sculpture is included, but the pedestals are not included.
Artist Statement: "The art of making, for me, is very much a response to the human condition of needing to connect to one another, as well as to what lies just beyond the borders of our realities. I am drawn to the idea that art can have the ability to affect those who look upon it, allowing these portraits to be conduits to a realm within our subconscious. Although my females are hard ceramic sculptures, their hollow, eggshell-like interiors feel like a glove or a mask that can easily be slipped on and off, like the psychic armor of a distant self. An introspective dialogue is started as I make each piece, invoking a surreal understanding of the physical and emotional auras of these strange beauties. Heavy in symbolism, they illustrate the psychological scope of a hybrid creature. Their wide-eyed gazes are meant to portray an emotional duality that is constantly evolving. Some are alter egos of women on the verge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Glaze, Mixed Media
Roots #3 - Jean-Paul Réti, 21st Century, Contemporary metal sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Wall sculpture
“It has long been known that the Earth is round, but it is only now in the space age that it is really seen to be so. The stunning pictures of the blue planet floatin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Infinite Clearance" - Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication.
This series "Word on ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Sculptures
Materials
Metal
This Is Not A Manet II - Wood Colored Panel Yellow Green White Blue Orange
By Eric Liot
Located in Sofia, BG
"This Is Not A Manet II is a decorated wood sculpture.
It is created by the French artist Eric Liot.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Mixte, Low reliefs, wood assemblage, collage, ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Spider Chair, Contemporary Brushed Brass Chair
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Zhoujie Zhang, Chinese (1984 - )
Title: Spider Chair
Year: 2015
Medium: Brushed Brass
Signature: Signature, date "2015. 03. 25", and number e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Found Object Wall Sculpture/Relief by Gertie Lowe
By Gertie Lowe
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wall sculpture assemblage by Gertie Lowe, from 1978, is a conceptual abstract with everyday objects. Muted neutral tones are contrasted with vibrant accents. Signed and dated verso...
Category
1970s Conceptual Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Wood
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Female), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 26" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be comp...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
Abstract wood Sculpture: "Fortress'
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday ar...
Category
2010s Conceptual Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Garnish of Oleander
By Philip Campbell
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on hand-carved African mahogany
Signed, titled, and dated, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Philip Campbell writes: “August 2016 we trav...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Mahogany
Phi Beta Red Kappa
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Burton Freund worked in Chicago in the 1930's and 1940’s for the FAP (Federal Arts Project) as an illustrator and sculptor.
These original wood sculptures are time capsules of the 1930's and 1940's, hand carved out of solid wood including their bases. Walking the train platform in Chicago in 1938, the artist saw a "Red Cap" porter with a Phi Beta Kappa key hanging around his neck. When asked, the porter...
Category
1930s American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Daffodils
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials:
Ralph Lauren button down shirts, aluminum wire, floral tape, wood
Artist Statement:
Inspired by the bedroom communities of Mid-America, my work examines the conflict betw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Branded Hosta (Polo)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials:
Ralph Lauren button down shirts, aluminum wire, floral tape, wood
Artist Statement:
Inspired by the bedroom communities of Mid-America, my work examines the conflict between our behavior in our most intimate moments and our desire to appear as ambassadors of a white-picket-fence America. Using materials sourced from the suburban landscape, such as paint chip samples from Home Depot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wire
"Messenger Mask Lega - Zaire, " Wood & Clay created in Africa circa 1925
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This mask, made out of wood and clay, was created by an unknown artist from the Lega tribe in Zaire. This mask was to be worn on the chest.
12 1/2" x 8 3/8" x 1 1/4" mask
Bwami ma...
Category
1920s Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Clay
Ice cream float jar III
Located in New York, NY
This piece consists of a porcelain slip-casted jar base, intricately topped with slip-casted fetus skulls, donut, and sweets. Decorated with hand piped details and hand rolled sprin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Shiva Standing On The Bull Nandi Wood Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
19th Century Shiva Standing On The Bull Nandi Wood Carving with polychrome paint.
27"hight, 12"width, 18"depth.
A rare figure of Shiva or Shiva standing on the bull Nandi. Bali, 1...
Category
19th Century Symbolist Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Gemini, Bronze Horse Sculpture by Jean Richardson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean Richardson, American (1940 - )
Title: Gemini
Year: 1989
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
Edition: 10
Size: 18 x 19 x 12 in. (45.72 x 48.26 x 30.48 cm)
Base: 3 x 12 x 12 inches
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Branded Bird of Paradise (RL Chaps)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials:
Ralph Lauren button down shirts, aluminum wire, floral tape, wood
Artist Statement:
Inspired by the bedroom communities of Mid-America, my work examines the conflict betw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Marriage
By Andrés Amaya
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Reinforced polymer (FV) and acrylic polyurethane. Edition 2 of 9
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Polyester, Acrylic Polymer, Polyurethane
Branded Bird of Paradise (Polo)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials:
Ralph Lauren button down shirts, aluminum wire, floral tape, wood
Artist Statement:
Inspired by the bedroom communities of Mid-America, my work examines the conflict betw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Figured Cube #12
Located in Phoenix, AZ
paper pulp, wood
Denise Yaghmourian’s material based sensibility results in works that reference Feminism, Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, the Pattern and Decoration movement, as well...
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Golek Puppet (Male), " Wood & Cloth created in Indonesia circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek Puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 22" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be c...
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Antique Tribal Guardian Dog Wood Statue BALI
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Rare Guardian Dog Figure, Kalimantan Island 19th Century, this figure was carved from one piece of very strong and hard Ironwood. The statue of a dog was to protect the house agains...
Category
19th Century Tribal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 29" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be compared to European and North America: most performances revolve around Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses who fight against evil, mystical, beings to (usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
Standing Female Nude After Alexander Archipenko Negress (La Negresse)
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Illustrated: "Walt Kuhn, Painter, His Life and Work, by Phillip Rhys Adams, page 67, plate 27, Courtesy of Kennedy Galleries-Kuhn Estate
Kuhn’s sculptures were collected by the noted early modernist collector John Quinn (1870-1924). Among the works in Quinn’s collection was the icon Brancusi Portait of Mlle Pogany, the work that inspired Kuhn to create the wood carving “Mask” (FA10815). Mlle Pogany was chosen by Kuhn for exhibition at the Armory Show, 1913. Other sculptures by Kuhn are in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum and the Heckscher Museum.
The group of 15 wood carvings came from the estate of the artist to his daughter Brenda Kuhn.
The Kuhn Estate (Brenda) originally worked with Kennedy Galleries of New York who published a detailed illustrated catalog of offerings from the estate in 1967. The estate left Kennedy Galleries some time prior to 1983. They established estate representation with Barridof Galleries of Portland, Maine in partnership with Salander O’Reilly Galleries Inc. of New York. This partnership published a monograph catalog on the artist in 1984.
Of our group of 15 works, three of the early c. 1913 examples have Salander O’Reilly labels affixed to them. The group of works were involved in the Salander O’Reilly bankruptcy liquidation where they were bought from. There have been several related examples that have come to auction since the year 2000.
In 1912, Kuhn was one of the founders of the organization Association of American Painters and Sculptors, the organizing body for
what became known as The Armory Show, 1913. The Heckscher Museum exhibition, European Modernism, as Told by Americans, gives insight in to Kuhn’s travels, artistic associations and the influences on his artwork.
“In 1912 Kuhn traveled through Europe securing loans from artists and dealers to represent Impressionism, Post Impressionism and the newer strains of art like Fauvism and Cubism. Inspired by these developments, Kuhn tried out Fauvism and Cubism for himself.”
“Kuhn would later become an adviser to collectors like John Quinn and Lillie Bliss, a supporter of the Armory Show and later one of the founders of the Museum of Modern Art.”
Quinn acquired seven Kuhn sculptures in wood, bronze and gilt bronze which are listed in his estate inventory.
This work is directly inspired by an Archipenko sculpture, Negress (La Negresse...
Category
1910s Cubist Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wonder Woman Times Ten
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene
Epos II
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Wood, window screen, plaster, joint compound, polymer and acrylic paint
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Acrylic, Polymer
Unique wooden sculpture by Chris Berti
By Chris Berti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chris Berti
Title: Untitled
Year: circa 1990
Medium: Hand-Carved Wood, signature inscribed on stem
Size: 10 x 30 x 10 in. (25.4 x 76.2 x 25.4 cm)
Category
1990s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Birds of America
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: hardcover book, acrylic varnish
[New Orleans, LA ::: b. 1952 - Queens, NY]
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 28" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be compared to European and North America: most performances revolve around Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses who fight against evil, mystical, beings to (usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
Canteen
Located in Denver, CO
Rooted in observation, Glovinski’s practice is inspired by an astute curiosity about the patterns, icons and organizing mechanisms of the everyday world. Employing trompe l’oeil and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
"Relax UR OK" -Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication.
This series "Word on ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Impressive Papua New Guinea Shield, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
This striking shield was realized in Papua New Guinea towards the end of the 19th century. The rectangular form in unfinished nubuck hued hardwood has been inscribed with white curvi...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Pigment
"Indonesian Triangular Wooden Tray, " Painted with Yellow, Blue & Red
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This triangular wooden tray was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. It features intricate painted patterns of yellow, blue, and red. It was created in the 19th Century. Holds ri...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Don Quixote - Original signed ceramic, Certificate
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, FR
Jean COCTEAU
Don Quixote, 1958
Original ceramic dish
Signed bottom middle
Limited to 50 copies, numbered on the back
36 cm (c. 14 inch) diameter and about 5cm (c. 12 inch) high
Han...
Category
1950s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Saint Mark's Theater
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique terracotta sculpture of Saint Mark's Theater.
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Doble giro, estructuras variables (rosa)
By Rosa Brun
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, once famously said: “Works of art that try to tell us something about the world are bound to fail (…)The absence of reality in art is exactly...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
Nude, Abstract and Figurative Sculptures for Sale
The history of sculpture as we know it is believed to have origins in Ancient Greece, while small sculptural carvings are among the most common examples of prehistoric art. In short, sculpture as a fine art has been with us forever. A powerful three-dimensional means of creative expression, sculpture has long been most frequently associated with religion — consider the limestone Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt — while the tradition of collecting sculpture, which has also been traced back to Greece as well as to China, far precedes the emergence of museums.
Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metal — bronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.
If you are a lover of art and antiques or are thinking of bringing a work of sculpture into your home for the first time, there are several details to keep in mind. As with all other works of art, think about what you like. What speaks to you? Visit local galleries and museums. Take in works of public art and art fairs when you can and find out what kind of sculpture you like. When you’ve come to a decision about a specific work, try to find out all you can about the piece, and if you’re not buying from a sculptor directly, work with an art expert to confirm the work’s authenticity.
And when you bring your sculpture home, remember: No matter how big or small your new addition is, it will make a statement in your space. Large- and even medium-sized sculptures can be heavy, so hire some professional art handlers as necessary and find a good place in your home for your piece. Whether you’re installing a towering new figurative sculpture — a colorful character by KAWS or hyperreal work by Carole A. Feuerman, perhaps — or an abstract work by Won Lee, you’ll want the sculpture to be safe from being knocked over. (You’ll find that most sculptures should be displayed at eye level, while some large busts look best from below.)
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of exceptional sculptures for sale. Browse works by your favorite creator, style, period or other attribute.
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Miami artist and designer Gabriela Noelle’s fantastical creations appeal to the Peter Pan in all of us.
Hideho Tanaka Carefully Stitched Together Pieces of Paper to Make This Sculptural Textile
The Japanese fiber artist’s ‘Vanishing and Emerging Wall’ may seem innocuous — but it plays with conceptions of time.
When Art Galleries Join Together, Everybody Wins
Art associations are known for their glitzy fairs, but these organizations do a ton of work behind the scenes to help gallerists and collectors. Here, the heads of five major art associations give us the rundown of what they do.
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