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MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Pac-Man (Black edition) - Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Pac Man (Black edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic Black About 18 cm (c. 7 in) Presented in original box Excellent condition
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Mexican Art Abstract Brutalist Biomorphic Bronze Sculpture Mathias Goeritz
By Mathias Goeritz
Located in Surfside, FL
Mathias Goeritz (German Mexican, 1915-1990) Bronze sculpture Signed and numbered Dimensions: (approximate) Height: 10 inches, Width: 4 inches, Depth: 2 inches. This is a cast bronze sculpture in an amorphous figure shape, quite heavy. Reminiscent of the biomorphic sculpture of Hans Jean Arp. This came from an estate and bears his signature It is not dated. there is no accompanying documentation. it is priced accordingly. Werner Mathias Goeritz Brunner (Danzig, Germany, April 4th, 1915/ now Gdansk, Poland – Mexico City, Mexico; August 4th, 1990). Mathias Goeritz has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and at the Museo Experimental El Eco. Numerous works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'MENSAJE' sold at Sotheby's New York 'Latin American Modern Art' in 2015 for $466,000. There have been Several articles about Mathias Goeritz, including 'LACMA remaps Latin America' written by Suzanne Muchnic for the Los Angeles Times. Painter, sculptor and Mexican architect associated with the trend of constructive abstraction. He studied medicine at the University of Berlin, but this only lasted a year. The concerns of the young student were aesthetic in nature so he he studied figurative drawing at the Berlin Charlottenburg School of Art. Some of his friends and colleagues were the sculptor Ernst Barlach, painter George Grosz and draughtsman Kaethe Kollwitz. Goeritz studied philosophy and history of art, discipline in which earned a doctorate. He travelled in France, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Austria and Italy, among other countries. It is known that he left Germany to live in Tetuan, Morocco in 1941 and then Granada, Spain in 1945. In 1946 he had a large exhibition in the Sala Clan in Madrid under the pseudonym "Mago". Two years later, living in Santilla del Mar, Spain he was a founder of the Escuela de Altamira. The following year he married Marianne Gast, writer and his companion for more than fifteen years. In Spain followed his artistic work by important artists of the avant-garde. Of Jewish descent, he found refuge from the Second World War in Mexico where in 1949 he was invited by Ignacio Diaz Morales to be a part of the faculty of the School of Architecture at the Universidad de Jalisco. In 1953 he wrote the "Manifiesto de la Arquitectura Emocional" (The Emotional Architecture Manifesto), where he points out that only achieving true emotions from architecture can it then be considered an art form. In Mexico he entered controversy with the artistic stablishment of that country; in an open letter, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros described him as "an impostor without the most insignificant talent and preparation" to be an artist. Despite this, in 1957 he was elected director of visual design of the National School of architecture This same year he founded the Museo del Eco in Mexico City. In 1961 Goeritz participated at the Galería Antonio Souza in a group exhibition, Los hartos, for which he published another manifesto. Other participants included Jose Luis Cuevas and Pedro Friedeberg, with whom he was instrumental in establishing abstraction and other modern trends in Mexico.His work is included in the Gelman Collection of modern and contemporary Mexican art based in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Established by Jacques and Natasha Gelman in 1943 as a private collection. it includes many iconic works by major Mexican Modernists including Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Leonora Carrington, Rufino Tamayo and Francisco Toledo, Lola Alvarez...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Untitled" bronze sculpture of seated female figure by artist Felipe Castañeda
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" bronze sculpture of a female nude by artist Felipe Castañeda. Inscribed F. Castañeda 1984 P/A on base.
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1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Exquisite Signed Murano Handblown Glass Toucan Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
A mid Century Modern Italian Toucan bird on a branch by a contemporary master. smoked and clear hand blown Murano glass. The base is Hand signed with the signature "L Zanetti". Licio...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Blue Catfish Vase
By Sasha Makovkin
Located in Soquel, CA
A tall, modified columnar vase with incised catfish by Canadian-American ceramist Sasha Makovkin (1928-2003). Made of a white clay body. Glaze in varied shades of gray, blue and green. Signed and titled by the artist including trademark on the bottom: "Makovkin," "Blue Catfish." Dimensions: 14.25 Height x 4.75" Top x 5.13" Base. Northern California potter Sasha Makovkin, originally from Vancouver, B.C. and of Russian descent, moved to California in 1954 to work at Heath Ceramics in Sausalito in order to get industrial experience. During the 1050s, Makovkin exhibited at the Association of San Francisco Potters and at the San Francisco Art Festivals. Five years later after arriving in California, Makovkin took some samples of his ceramics to Gumps, a high-end department store in San Francisco. Impressed with his work, Gumps featured Makovkin’s work in the mail floor exhibits for the next three years. He had periods of apprentice with Marguerite Wildenhein at Pond Farm artists’ colony and with Ross Curtis. He also worked for Edith Heath at Heath Pottery...
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1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glaze, Ceramic

FUTURE RELIC 02 Limited Sculpture Modern Art Design 35mm Camera Canon Concept
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Daniel Arsham - FUTURE RELIC 02 - CANON AE1 Date of creation: 2014 Medium: Plaster and crushed glass Edition number: 074/450 Size: 14.6 × 15.9 × 9.5 cm Condition: In mint conditions...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Plaster

Israeli Modernist Arts & Crafts Copper Lion Plaque Bezalel Schatz Yaad Studio
By Bezalel Schatz
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand made in israel handwrought tray, platter in Silver plated copper modernist tray, engraving and hammer work, with a whimsical mod lion and design decorations. From the YAAD works...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Copper

Daniel Arsham CRYSTAL RELIC 003 Asahi Pentax Camera Modern Sculpture Conceptual
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Daniel Arsham - CRYSTAL RELIC 003 Date of creation: 2021 Medium: Sculpture made of cast resin Edition number: 445/500 Size: 11.43 × 13.97 × 17.7 cm Condition: Brand new, in mint cond...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

First Love
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZAK BENSHALOM "FIRST LOVE" SIGNED, NUMBERED 12/50 ISRAEL, DATED 1979 28 X 10 INCHES ARTIST TITLED Itzak Benshalom 1945-2018 Sometimes spelled "Itzak Ben Shalom" which is...
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1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Daniel Arsham - FUTURE RELIC 06 POLAROID CAMERA Limited Sculpture Modern Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Daniel Arsham - FUTURE RELIC 06 - POLAROID CAMERA Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Plaster and crushed glass Edition number: 251/500 Size: 12.7 × 14.6 × 14 cm Condition: In mint condi...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Plaster

Two Figures
By Robert Chester Thomas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sculpture is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Two Figures, 1949, ebony wood, 24 x 7 x 5 inches, unsigned, but comes from Thomas' daughters ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wood, Ebony

Elephant balloon
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal,...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Équilibre d'éléphants ( mod.01 )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 45 copies ( 30 + 15 P.A ) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, met...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Équilibre d'éléphants ( mod.03 )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 30 + 15 P.A ) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, met...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Hippo et Papillons
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal,...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Mid Century Sgraffito, Saltimbanque and the Card Player, Circle of Picasso.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sgraffito work on plaster by Jean Pierre de Cayeux. The work is signed and dated on the skirt of the card player, bottom right, and on the stretcher of the chair, bo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Robert M. Cronbach (AMERICAN / NEW YORK / MISSOURI, 1908 - 2001) modernist bronze sculpture depicting a st...
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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Hercules and Discobolo
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athlete of Discobolo and the Hercules figure with a lion pelt, on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Colombe sur lit de paille, Ceramic Plate by Pablo Picasso 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: Colombe sur lit de paille, (Dove on a Straw Bed) [Ramie 79 variant] Year: 1949 Medium: White earthenware clay, white enamel brushe...
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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Construction & Garment Worker, WPA Bronze by Robert Cronbach
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Cronbach, American (1908 - 2001) Title: Construction & Garment Worker Year: 1938 Medium: Bronze sculpture with Brown Patina, signature and date in the cast Size: 18 ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Zeus, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Anthony Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anthony Quinn, American (1915 - 2001) Title: Zeus Year: 1992 Medium: Bronze Sculpture with Patina, signature, date and number inscribed Edition: 8/8 Size: 22 in. x 9 in. x 5 ...
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1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Prometheus, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Anthony Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anthony Quinn, American (1915 - 2001) Title: Prometheus Year: 1988 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed Edition: 5/8 Size: 22.5 in. x 10.5 in. x 5 in. (57...
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1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Kong Origin (Red Mat Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Kong Origin (Red Mat Edition) Sculpture in resin Matte red About 21 x 15 x 14 cm (c. 8.2 x 5.9 x 5.5 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent condi...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Iron-Man (Disneyland Paris Limited edition) - Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Iron-Man Sculpture in resin Bright red About 22 x 12 x 3 cm (c. 8.1 x 4.7 x 1.1 in) Excellent condition
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Wolf Spirit (Pearl Grey Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Wolf Spirit (Pearl Grey Edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic grey About 13 x 14 x 4 cm (c. 5.1 x 5.5 x 1.5 in) Presented in original box ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Rhino Spirit (Azur Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Rhino Spirit (Azur Edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic blue About 10.5 x 15 x 4 cm (c. 4.1 x 5.9 x 1.5 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent co...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Pac-man (Yellow Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Pac-man (Yellow Edition) Sculpture in resin Yellow About 21 x 15 x 14 cm (c. 8.2 x 5.9 x 5.5 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent condition
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Daniel Arsham FUTURE RELIC 07 CASSETTE PLAYER Limited Sculpture Sony Walkman 90s
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Daniel Arsham - FUTURE RELIC 07 - CASSETTE PLAYER Date of creation: 2017 Medium: Plaster and crushed glass Edition number: 476/500 Size: 12.7 × 14.6 × 14 cm Condition: In mint condi...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Plaster

Solid Bronze Wildlife Sculpture 'Dab Chick' by Richard Smith
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Dabchick' is a solid Bronze sculpture with a stunning patination. Richard Smith's ability to convey so much character with such simple lines is a testament to the knowledge and love the artist has of the animals he sculpts. Richard J. Smith was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK in 1955. He studied illustration at Luton School of Art to a high standard and graduated with a diploma in Technical & Scientific Illustration. He was soon offered a job as a medical artist at the John Radcliffe teaching hospital in Oxford. In 1978 he was painting for galleries as a full time artist with his depictions of wildlife. He has gained an international reputation for his work and is best known for his superb paintings of fish and water. He has exhibited at prestigious galleries such as the Tryon Gallery and W. H. Patersons in London, The Sportsman's Edge Gallery in New York, The Call of Africa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the Everard Reed Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa. Richard has exhibited his paintings at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum in the USA and the Natural History Museum and Tring Museum in Britain. He has sold at all the major auctions houses in London, such as Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams and Phillips. In the latter part of 2007, Richard was commissioned to produce several fish paintings, for the Sultan of Oman. Callaghan Fine Paintings has commissioned a series of life size bronze birds. His works include British birds such as the elusive Snipe sitting atop a fence post and the beautiful Little Blue penguin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Kong Christmas (Red edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Kong Christmas (Red edition) Sculpture in resin Red Edition About 19 x 13 cm (c. 7.4 x 5.1 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent condition
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Willitts Designs "Sax Appeal" Musician Cast Resin Sculpture, Signed & Numbered
Located in Plainview, NY
A Collectible Jazz Sculpture By Willitts Designs International and Sheng Lung entitled " Sax Appeal" and numbered 62001. This Amazing Resin Metal Jazz Scul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Woman Reclined bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz
Located in Hudson, NY
Organic, abstract bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz of a reclined woman. About this artist: Yulla Lipchitz, née Halberstadt, was born on April 21, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. While g...
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1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bust Of A Young Vietnamese Woman Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bust Of A Young Vietnamese Woman Bronze Sculpture Mid Century bronze bust sculpture of a Vietnamese young woman signed by the artist in Chinese calligraphy, on original black wood b...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Modern High Relief George Bush Cast Metal Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Metal sculpture on wood by Houston, Texas modernist sculptor and painter David Adickes. High relief sculpture of George Bush facing right cast in metal and mounted on wood. Signed by artist. Metal Sculpture Diameter: 6" Artist Biography: Born 1927 in Huntsville, Texas, David Pryor...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Woman Seated A Bronze Sculpture of a Woman by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
The bronze sculpture of a woman by Charles Rumsey is undated, but was created at a point in his career where he began to transition from realism to more modern, looser depictions of ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

After Alberto Giacometti, Man Standing Up, Bronze Figure
Located in Pasadena, CA
Modern bronze with gold patina figural sculpture, in the style of Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966), not signed, depicting abstract nude male a figures, in a parcel gilt finish, ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Meditation" Modern Figurative Outdoor Sculpture Cast Brass
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Sculpture " Meditation ” is a unique metal Sculpture made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2010, sand cast in brass in our foundry, handcrafted by the Artist in hi...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

"FRIDA'S WEDDING" FRIDA KAHLO BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 26 tall x 12 x 8 Medium: Bronze Sculpture "Frida's Wedding" Frida Kahlo John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was de...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"TWO BAD APPLES" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 23 x 21 x 13 Medium: Bronze "Two Bad Apples" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"WILLOW" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 36 tall x 13 x 14 Medium: Bronze "Willow" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist 20...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"BELLE STARR" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 25 x 18 x 4 Medium: Bronze "Belle Starr" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist 201...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"GRACE IN THE STORM" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist "Grace in the Storm" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist 2010 by the 81st Texas Legislature....
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"HORSE TAMER" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 22 x 37 across x 10 Medium: Bronze "Horse Tamer" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Texas State Ar...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"FIESTA SONG" ACCORDION PLAYER BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 19 x 13 x 9 Medium: Bronze Sculpture "Fiesta Song" Accordion Player John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was design...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"THE GUARDIAN" WESTERN BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 19 x 15 x 19 Medium: Bronze Sculpture "The Guardian" Western John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Te...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"MAIDEN'S HONOR" ZUNI BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 14 Tall x 7 x 7 Medium: Bronze Sculpture "Maiden's Honor" Zuni John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"IF WISHES WERE HORSES" WESTERN BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 27 tall x 12 x 8 Medium: Bronze Sculpture "If Wishes Were Horses" Western John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"LA DOLCE VITA" THE SWEET LIFE BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 26 x 12 x 8 Medium: Bronze Sculpture "La Dolce Vita" The Sweet Life! John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was desig...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"WINGS FROM HER PRAYERS" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 29 tall x 13 x 10 Medium: Bronze Sculpture "Wings for Her Prayers" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designa...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Woman with Lowered Head
Located in Greenwich, CT
Joseph Goethe was one of our finest American modernist carvers in wood. He loved to use exotic and or beautiful woods to inspire his compositions which ranged from figurative, to an...
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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Mahogany

The Bride
By Janet Scudder
Located in PARIS, FR
The Bride by Janet Scudder (1869-1940) Bronze with dark brown patina signed "Janet Scudder" on the base cast by Alexis Rudier, fondeur Paris (foundry mark) France early 20th century height 28 cm Biography : Janet Scudder (1869-1940) was an American sculptor. Born Netta Deweze Frazee, but called Janet, her childhood was difficult. Her mother died at age 38 in 1874. Despite limited financial means, her father sent her to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. She also studied sculpture with Louis Rebisso. She taught in 1888 women wood...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Small Bronze Sculpture Cast Head After Rodin "Petite tete au nez retrousse"
Located in Surfside, FL
(after) Auguste Rodin Posthumous cast "Petite tete au nez retroussé" Featuring a bust of a woman. Limited edition bronze is mounted on a marble base and is signed on the lower right. Great detail. Dimensions: approx. 7-1/4" tall x 5" across x 5" deep with base Foundry mark on the reverse, #13 of 299 produced. François Auguste René Rodin (1840 – 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell. He modeled the human body with naturalism, and his sculptures celebrate individual character and physicality. Although Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, he refused to change his style, and his continued output brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community. Rodin became the preeminent French sculptor of his time. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist. Wealthy private clients sought Rodin's work after his World's Fair exhibit, and he kept company with a variety of high-profile intellectuals and artists. His student, Camille Claudel, became his associate, lover, and creative rival. Rodin's other students included Antoine Bourdelle, Constantin Brancusi, and Charles Despiau. Rodin entered the studio of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, a successful mass producer of objets d'art. Rodin worked as Carrier-Belleuse' chief assistant until 1870, designing roof decorations and staircase and doorway embellishments. With the arrival of the Franco-Prussian War, Rodin was called to serve in the French National Guard, but his service was brief due to his near-sightedness. Rodin took classes with animal sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye. The teacher's attention to detail and his finely rendered musculature of animals in motion significantly influenced Rodin. Rodin won the 1880 commission to create a portal for a planned museum of decorative arts. Rodin dedicated much of the next four decades to his elaborate Gates of Hell, an unfinished portal for a museum that was never built. Many of the portal's figures became sculptures in themselves, including Rodin's most famous, The Thinker and The Kiss. With the museum commission came a free studio, granting Rodin a new level of artistic freedom. By 1900, Rodin's artistic reputation was established. Gaining exposure from a pavilion of his artwork set up near the 1900 World's Fair (Exposition Universelle) in Paris, he received requests to make busts of prominent people internationally, As Rodin's fame grew, he attracted many followers, including the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and authors Octave Mirbeau, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Oscar Wilde. Rodin and Beuret's modest country estate in Meudon, purchased in 1897, was a host to such guests as King Edward, dancer Isadora Duncan, and harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. He left Beuret in Meudon and began an affair with the American-born Duchesse de Choiseul. From 1910, he mentored the Russian sculptor, Moissey Kogan...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Art Moderne Bronze Sculpture Esther Wertheimer Mother Baby Child Art Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
Esther Wertheimer ( Polish, Canadian 1926 - 2016 ) Hand signed Wertheimer Dimensions: 14.5 X 8 X 5.75 in. This semi abstract figurative bronze scul...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Midnight Murmur, Steel contemporary bird sculpture in midnight blue colour
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
Jake Michael Singer (b. 1991) experiments with a broad range of disciplines from photography to works on paper, and commands an exquisite mastery of sculpture. Meticulously construct...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Kong Oil Spirit (Gold edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Kong Oil Spirit (Gold edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic Gold About 18 x 10 cm (c. 7 x 4 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent condition
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Roaring Lion Spirit (Petrol edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Roaring Lion Spirit (Petrol Edition) Sculpture in resin Metallic petrol About 13 x 13 x 5 cm (c. 5,1 x 5,1 x 1,9 in) Presented in original box with certificate Exc...
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Croco Spirit (Purple edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist coa
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI Croco Spirit (Purple Edition) Sculpture in resin Purple About 24 x10 x 8 cm (c. 9.5 x 4 x 3 in) Presented in original box with certificate Excellent condition
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion
Located in New York, NY
1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion Bronze on wood. The wood plaque measures 12 3/4" by 20 3/4 inches. The bronze plaque itself is 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches and the the bronze inscription, which reads "COTY, American Fashion Critics Special Award 1961 to KENNETH of LILY DACHE...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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