Important Michelangelo Medici Tomb Inspired Bronze Sculpture

One of the finest living American sculptors, William Behrends created and sculpted this spectacular over life-size bronze polo player. He created portrait work for the White House, State Capitol buildings in D.C and Tennessee, for the Houston Astrodome and has won many commissions for monuments across the US. For over a quarter of a century, nationally celebrated, William Behrends has created the iconic portraits on the Borg- Warner Trophy cup for the Indy 500 winners along with other commissions. He is a popular portraitist and has twice received the Richard portrait Prize by the National Sculpture Society in recognition of his expertise in evoking the character of his sitters in bronze, marble as well as terracotta. Mr. Behrends has sculpted life-size statues of the four great baseball legends Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda which reside at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants (Giants/ AT&T ballpark). He also made baseball’s Tony Gwynn at Petco Park in San Diego, Buck O’Neill in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese in Brooklyn. He has sculpted figures of golfers Ben Hogan...

Bronze sculpture, "Lady with amphora". The base of the figure (with curved profiles) rests on lion legs highlighted with plant motifs. The young woman is sitting, resting a large ...

Art Deco Goldscheider statue of an African warrior. This statue inspired the artist (painter) Luc Tuymans to create his famous work (painting) ; ...

Elegant pair of gilt bronze heron sculptures. The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.