Bernhard Sopher California Artist Terracotta Sculpture, Mother and Child

Terracotta sculpture by French artist Georges Oudot (1928-2004). Bears his signature “Oudot” and the date ‘58. Beautiful work depicting a seated female with covered head. Measur...

Frank Vittor (1888-1966) important bronze of mother and child. Signed by the artist “F. Vittor” and dated 1915. Also bears the foundry mark. Measures 12 1/2"h x 12 ½”w x 9"long. Bronze rests on a 1 ½ inch marble plinth. Artist born in Italy, studied with Rodin. The foundry is the National Art bronze works. The bronze was converted to a lamp at one point, and still bears a threaded tube projecting from the lower base approximately ½ inch. Frank Vittor (January, 6, 1888 - January 24, 1968) was an Italian immigrant to the United States who became famous as a sculptor. Vittor was born in Mozzato, Como, a suburb of Milan, Italy. He studied art in Milan at the Academy of Beres and then traveled to Paris, France to study under Auguste Rodin. When Vittor was 18, in 1906, U.S. architect Stanford White brought Vittor to New York to work on his staff. White, who had designed Madison Square Garden II, was murdered at a performance at The Garden two weeks after Vittor arrived. The youth, having little money and knowing very limited English, decided to stay in America and soon opened an art studio. He met his future wife, Ade Mae Humphreys, a resident of Pittsburgh, and made the move to her home town. Aviator Charles Lindbergh's first solo trans-Atlantic 3,600-mile (5,800 km) flight between Long Island, New York and Paris, France was immortalized in bronze by Vittor with a 50-foot-tall (15 m) sculpture showing a winged youth spanning the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. Congress approved the expenditure in 1928, and the work was completed in 1929. Perhaps no work by Vittor created as much controversy and media coverage as did his nude statue of Henrietta Leaver, Miss America 1935. Though Leaver posed for Vittor, she did so in a bathing suit, accompanied by her grandmother. Upon first viewing the life-size 5-foot 5-inch plaster statue Leaver was shocked that it was a nude and demanded her representation be draped or veiled. Vittor did not agree and called in art experts to judge the work and all agreed it should stay as it had been created. Leaver did not back down and demanded people her own age review The American Venus, as it had originally been called. Unfortunately for Leaver her 60 peers, many of whom were art students, agreed it should remain unveiled. Though the strong disagreement between the two eventually did subside, Leaver, Vittor and the statue resurfaced five decades later in recaps of controversial Miss America mishaps. Baseball player Honus Wagner, one of the first five players inducted into the Hall of Fame, was memorialized by Vittor in a 17-foot-tall (5.2 m) bronze statue, originally on display near the Pittsburgh Pirates Forbes Field. It was moved to Three Rivers Stadium and, when that stadium was imploded in 1971, the statue was relocated to PNC Park.[6] In 1958, one of Vittor's greatest works, a 50-foot-tall (15 m) granite base and bronze statue of Christopher Columbus, was unveiled in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park. Shortly after the statue was placed, the bronze plaque at the base was stolen by vandals. The Sons of Columbus USA desire to replace the plaque with the original wording; however, there exists no record of what Vittor had written regarding Columbus. Charles Lindbergh was the recipient of a second work of art created by Vittor. The artist and sculptor designed a commemorative stamp picturing the pilot and his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis. Walter F. Brown, the U.S. Postmaster General, authorized a 175th anniversary commemorative "Battle of Braddock" 2-cent stamp to be designed by Vittor. The artwork he created featured a likeness of Colonel George Washington with the inscription "Battle of Braddock's Field, 1755-1930. In 1936 the U.S. Congress authorized minting a half-dollar coin to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the American Civil War. Vittor was the person selected to design the coin. The obverse depicts the profile of two soldiers, one from the North and one from the South and the reverse holds a symbol of the battle placed between the combatant's shields. The coins were distributed through the Pennsylvania State Commission for Gettysburg. Throughout Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities there exist more than 50 statues...

Excellent bronze of boy and rabbit measuring 15 1/4"H x 5 1/2"W x 5"L. By Massachusetts/New Mexico/New York artist Warren Wheelock (1880-1960). The work has a dark, rich patina and was created circa 1930s. A sculpture by Wheelock is in the collection of the Smithsonian Art Museum. He also had a work that was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. This piece is in perfect condition with no flaws. Born in Sutton, Massachusetts, Warren Wheelock (1880-1960) became a painter, sculptor, illustrator, teacher and writer. He was known for his direct carving of geometric shapes to create figures that were nonobjective, and he also did representational heroic portraits. Exhibition venues include the Corcoran Biennial, the Woodstock Art Association, and the American Abstract Artists. He had a strong connection to the mountains of western North Carolina as well as to Woodstock, New York, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. During his life he was well-enough known and respected to be referenced in articles in Life Magazine, Time Magazine, and the New York Times. A heroic bronze by Wheelock of Baron von Steuben is in Philadelphia. He did WPA work...

Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875.) Bronze maribou stork and snake with rich brown patina, signed “Barye” on the embankment. Antique edition cast marked F...

Accomplished artist Hubert Long created this striking display of found wood in 1977. He enjoyed some success with exhibitions at a gallery on Long Island in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Wonderful sculpture of two figures by Native American artist Allan Houser (1914-1994). The work is in excellent condition and measures 19 1/2"h x 12"w x 9...

Signed on the base: ‘B. Sopher’ Well-preserved original dark brown patina. Dimensions: Height: 7.5" Width: 8" Depth: 7" Bernhard (Burnat David) Sopher (1879 – 1949) was a German-American sculptor. He was born in Safed, Syria and studied sculpture at the Berin Art Academy from 1897; and from 1905 to 1908, at the Weimar School of Crafts with Adolf Brutt in Berlin and Weimar. At the end of his studies, he was already involved in the realization of the monument to Grand Duke Carl Alexander...

Very fine quality French 19 century Mother and Child Terracotta Sculpture Signed Rougelet ( Benoît. Benoît (Benedict) Rougelet (FRENCH, 18...

A 39cm., 15 1/4“ high, modernist, biomorphic, terracotta sculpture of a Mother & Child, mid-20th century. Conceived with a stone finish which has partially worn away over time. Pos...

2016 Walnut on a Koa base Measures: 14.25 x 5 in / 36 x 13 cm.

French Art Deco terracotta sculpture by Ugo Cipriani (1887-1960), France, 1930s. Mother and child - terracotta patinated bronze. Measures: Width 17.7" (45cm), height 14" (35.5cm), de...

"Mother and Child" an impressionist bronze sculpture of baboons by sculptor Blanca Will, American, 1881-1978, dated 1912. Works by Will are rare. Blanca Will Exhibited at the Nation...