Midcentury Sandstone Organic Sculpture

A early 17th century French Gargoyle. Gargoyels were originally intented as waterspouts for churches and castles but soon were used as ornamentation. A...

A fine example of a early 20th century iron currency from the Afo tribe in Nigeria. Also called a hoe currency the abstract shape refers to the blade of a hoe as to symbolise the con...

We mounted this Gothic architectural fragment on a custom iron stand. In this new context it becomes a sculpture with a almost abstract f...

Sulawesi, Toraja, a wooden stylized sculpture of a ox head with original patina, For the Indonesioan Toraja people the ox is a sacred animal. Depictions of th...

A great 19th century French marble profile sculpture mounted in a medaillon walnut frame. Beautifully detailed portret of a handsome gentleman. Sign...

We can make this table in any size and dimensions. Also the color of the marbleplaster is at will. This particular one can be purchased together with the smaller wooden table or sepe...

Superb large organic mid century hand carved wooden sculpture, UK. Lovely patina and colour. possibly musical theme.

Modernist Sandstone Sculpture

The Thinker Mid-Century Modern, sandstone sculpture depicting a seated man, artist unknown This Mid-Century Modern interpretation of The Thinker interprets the pain, release and liberation associated with free-thinking. The man conveys vulnerability, tenderness and acceptance, his body yielding into the support of the chair creating a sense of rest and peace. Provenance: Private Collection acquired from The Hidden Gallery, Scotland Measures: Height 50cm.,20" Length 33cm., 15" Depth 22cm., 81/2" The Thinker - Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917). Cast made by Fonderie Alexis Rudier in 1904. Transfered to the musée Rodin in 1922. When conceived in 1880 in its original size (approx. 70 cm) as the crowning element of The Gates of Hell, seated on the tympanum, The Thinker was entitled The Poet. He represented Dante, author of the Divine Comedy which had inspired The Gates, leaning forward to observe the circles of Hell, while meditating on his work. The Thinker was therefore initially both a being with a tortured body, almost a damned soul, and a free-thinking man, determined to transcend his suffering through poetry. The pose of this figure owes much to Carpeaux’s Ugolino (1861) and to the seated portrait of Lorenzo de’ Medici carved by Michelangelo (1526-31). While remaining in place on the monumental Gates...

Beautiful hand carved sandstone of half nude sculpture of standing women in Classical Greek style an attractive outdoor sculpture or as an indoor exceptional object of art.     

Sinuous modern carving of a Mesoamerican. Aztec? Mayan? Striated sandstone, circa mid-20th century.

A sculpture of a male torso in traditional attire, hand carved from a single piece of sandstone. From Thailand. Mounted on a wood / metal stand. Size: 27 inches high.