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Sculptures For Sale
"Bathsheba at her Bath" Bronze Sculpture on Onyx Base by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful bronze sculpture titled "Bathsheba at her Bath" depicting a nude woman standing gracefully on a green onyx base, bathing delicately poised with a little sponge in hand, gen...
Category
19th Century French Antique Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Contemporary Wood Lacquered Totem
By Maison Brut
Located in Barberá del Valles, Barcelona
Introduce a unique and contemporary piece into your decor with our Totem in Green Lacquered Wood, meticulously handcrafted, and featuring facets. This totem is not just an artistic e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
27.25 Carat Magnifique Tri Color Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
27.25 Carat Magnifique Tri Color Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan
Weight: 27.25 carat
Dimension: 3.2 x 2.2 x 0.7 Cm
Origin: Afghanistan
Tourmaline is a crystalline silicate mi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Adam Style Antique Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Marcel Duchamp Thonet Readymade "Porte Chapeau"
Located in Sharon, CT
Thonet manufactured this object (11022) around the turn of the century and was illustrated in their 1904 catalog (see photo). In 1917 Duchamp hung one from the ceiling of his New Yor...
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Costantini Modern Crystal Pulegoso Made Murano Glass Vase with Butterflies, 2022
By Costantini
Located in Murano, Venezia
Handmade Crystal Pulegoso Murano glass blown vase with 16 multicolored butterflies attached with magnet.
Modern vase ideal for a modern and rustic classic environment, for everyone...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Enigme Art Deco Style Woman Sculpture on top of an Obelisk Lamp Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Enigme”
Original “Max Le Verrier”
Sculpture in Art Deco style, France
Beautiful lady sitting on an Obelisk.
She seems to be hypnotized and fascinated by the lighted Glass Ball. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Porcelain Heron Sculpture in Hand Painted Porcelain and Brass
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture porcelain Heron in hand painted porcelain.
Legs and details in solid brass. On anthracite hand painted
porcelain base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Amethyst Flower I Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture amethyst flower I on marble base
with metal gold finish leaves, with minerals stones
sticks and with amethyst stone in the heart of the flower.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Amethyst, Marble
Antique Pair of Silver Peacock Stand, Decoration Object for Home Decor
Located in Hampshire, GB
A Pair of Artistically created birds for table decor, silver-plated peacocks - ideal for a coffee table or bookends. These figures are Classic Hollywood Regency! They are each unique...
Category
1940s Danish Hollywood Regency Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver
Cenedese Murano Sommerso Yellow Blue Italian Uranium Art Glass Bird Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and very cute, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso glowing yellow green and blue Italian art glass bird figurine. Documented to the Cenedese company. Created with Uranium gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Uranium Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Oaxaca Black Clay Tzinacan Decorative Burnished Polished Fired Oxygen Reduction
Located in London, GB
Tzinacan is the Nahuatl word for bat, and it is our gift for the bats represented in many ceramic pre-hispanic pieces.
Bats have been part of the mythology of the cultures of pre-Hi...
Category
2010s Mexican American Colonial Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Antique Pair of Silver Rooster Stand, Decoration Object for Home Décor
Located in Hampshire, GB
A Pair of Artistically created birds for table decor, silver-plated roosters - ideal for a coffee table or bookends. These figures are Classic Hollywood Regency! They are each unique...
Category
1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver, Metal
Set of Four Vintage Weights, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of four vintage weights: 5, 2, 1 and a half kilograms. By unknown manufacturer, circa 1920.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with...
Category
1920s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Italian Paolo Soleri Brutalist Wind Chime Sculpture
By Paolo Soleri
Located in Forney, TX
A large and heavy patinated bronze Brutalism style windbell sculpture by Paolo Soleri (Italy, later America; 1919-2014).
Beautiful, substantial Mid-century Post Modernist Brutali...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Horse Head Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 1,1 kg
-This is a special working.
-Produced from pressed marble powder.
-Produced from the original molds of the works from the museum.
-The original is displayed in t...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Large Figurative African Mangbetu Anthropomorphic Vessel / Jar
Located in Studio City, CA
This is a fantastic piece likely made by the Mangetu tribe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is finely detailed and quite large and hefty. These pieces were originally made...
Category
20th Century Congolese Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Scholar Rock, Smoke Crystal by Robert Kuo, Hand Carved, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Scholar rock
Smoke crystal
Hand carved
Limited edition.
Crystal inclusions vary. Each item is unique, please see images for references of different variations.
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Bronze Lighter by Rick Owens
By Rick Owens
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze lighter by Rick Owens
Dimensions: L 11.5 x W 5.5 x H 3 cm
Materials: Bronze
Weight: 0.45 kg
Available in Black and Nitrate finish.
Rick Owens is a California-born fas...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Panther Leopard Panther Bookends by Maurice Frecourt, Statue
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco leopard panther bookends by the French artist Frecourt on a marble base. Fine animal detailing work and signed on the metal with artist name, France and initial C.R. Unusual...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau House Numbers Bronze Made after Hector Guimard Designs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Nouveau bronze numbers cast in bronze from the design of Hector Guimard from France. They are priced ( Each ) We have many of them . Let us know w...
Category
Early 2000s North American Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Postmodern Multicolored Hand Blown Murano Glass Fish Decorative Figure, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Murano, Italy, 1980s.
This fish is made in hand-blown Murano glass with gold flakes and polychromed fibres.
It is a vintage piece, the...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of Mushroom Sculptures in Cream Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mushroom Sculpture (Set of 2)
Cream Lacquer
Hand Repoussé
Limited Edition
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the Shang ...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Lacquer
Art Deco Period Green Patinated Spelter Sculpture Cougar
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful stylized Art Deco sculpture of a cougar, made of green patinated spelter. On a black Belgian marble plinth. Made in France or Belgium aroun...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Spelter
Leather Elephant Stool by Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie & Fitch, c 1963, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful collectors example of an original leather elephant footstool by Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie and Fitch, circa 1963. This example is signed with the circle 'A&F CO' embossed stamp under one ear, has the early nail heads under its feet, and is covered in beautifully aged and patinated gorgeous brown leather. Ideal collectors example or for an interior designer wanting the perfect finishing touch.
Omersa started producing the Elephant in 1959 and was the first new design after the Pig which had been in production for over 30 years at that point. This example is one of the early 1960s ones produced for Abercrombie & Fitch per the embossed A&F stamped ear.
Some creative ways to use an Omersa is as an ottoman next to a coffee table, a designer footstool for a reading chair or something to rest your elbow while sitting in your favorite lounge chair, on a credenza, sideboard, bookshelf or mantle as a tabletop sculpture, on the floor as a floor sculpture or as a friendly companion for an otherwise lonely house dog or cat, or by the front door as a greeter to your guests and when you return home after a long day. They are made with an inner steel frame so they can withstand a good amount of weight. Adults can sit on the larger ones and kids can sit on most of the smaller ones. We think it's great to name your Omersa, as many Omersa owners do, and we also believe every home needs at least one Omersa.
Omersa's have so much personality and character - each one was hand made of the highest quality leather, beautifully stained and waxed, this one approximately 50 to 60 years ago, and each of the years this one has lived has developed its own stories to tell through its gorgeous patina, it's no wonder most Omersa owners have developed personal relationship with theirs - not too much different than a house pet. We love our personal Omersa's that we keep at home, they always make us smile. A client of ours got one after his dog had passed, he said he wasn't ready yet for another - so an Omersa became the perfect friend at a time in need.
From 1927 though 1950 leather pigs using scrap leather from hand made luggage were made by "Old Bill" for the department store Liberty of London. Around 1958 the business was transferred to Dimitri Omersa when Old Bill retired, and it was at this time that Dimitri came up with the ideas for other leather animals. Around 1963 Dimitri's leather animals caught the eye of Abercrombie and Fitch, at that time purveyor to the fantasies of the rich and famous. The animals were advertised in the A&F catalog from the mid 1960’s through to the late 1980’s.
This leather elephant is an excellent early production Abercrombie and Fitch original of this design with lots of light age and patina, signed with early Abercrombie and Fitch logo, making this example ideal for a collector or interior designer with a love for aged leather.
As you can see in our photos, we have a large collection of Omersa leather animals...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Pair of 19th Century French Zinc Pinecone Roof Finials
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful pair of zinc Pinecone roof finials.
France, circa 1850-1900. Weathered.
Measurement is individual.
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sculptures
Materials
Zinc
Abstract bronze sculpture box produced for Harrods London, 1971
By Harrods
Located in London, GB
Born out of the early 20th-century the Constructivist movement, is characterised by its emphasis on geometric forms, structural elements and a rejection of ornamentation. This abstra...
Category
1970s British Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Era Garden Platinum Goliath Heron Crane Fountain Sculptures 6+ feet
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Magnificent pair of life-size+ bronze Goliath Heron fountain sculptures from the Art Deco era.
What sets these apart from all others is their silver pl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Russian Hand-Carved and Hand-Polished Banded Agate Snail, Att. Faberge
By Karl Fabergé
Located in New York, NY
A Gorgeous 19th Century Russian Hand-Carved and Hand-Polished Banded Agate Figure of a Snail, Attributed to Faberge. This snail is an extraordinary exampl...
Category
19th Century Russian Other Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate
Art Deco Bookends, Sculptures, Hood Ornament, France 1935
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Art Deco Bookends, Scultures, France 1935
pair of hood ornaments from french peuget cars of the 1930s.
mounted on solid teak wood bases.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Seguso Murano Dark Amber Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Fox Sculpture Figure
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso dark amber and gold flecks Italian art glass fox sculpture / figure. Attributed to designer Archimede Seguso, and similar to Se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Complete Slice of Imilac Meteorite
Located in London, GB
This complete cross-sectional slice from the Imilac meteorite has been prepared to reveal shimmering olivine and peridot gems embedded in an iron-nick...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Dino Martens Murano Sommerso Sapphire Blue Italian Art Glass Fish Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso sapphire blue to clear Italian art glass fish on base sculpture. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso, circa 1950s. Published in his book (see photo), model 6180, and a later model number 6913 is in the same shape. The fish has little blue murine eyes, with white Latticino ribbons on the fins and tail. It is balanced on a clear glass base. Would make a great display piece on any dresser, coffee table, or display cabinet. Mid-century era. Would make a great addition to any Nautical, Marine / Ocean theme room. Measures: 10 1/2" tall x 7" long x 3 1/2" wide. Last photo shows other colors currently available in the gallery.
Literature:
Dino Martens - Muranese Glass Designer, by Marc Heiremans. Photo provided.
Vetreria Aureliano Toso, Murano 1938 - 1968, Designs by Dino Martens, Enrico Potz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Ribbon, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Lucien Charles E. Alliot French Art Deco Bronze The Gazelles 1930
Located in Oakland, CA
Lucien Alliot French Art Deco Bronze The Gazelles 1930. The brown patina on a marble base signed on the bronze L Alliot and stamped bronze on the deer. This particular piece has exceptional rhythm where the two gazelles interplay in a movement depicting leaping over the hills or water. Very three-dimensional treatment showing the movement of the animals.
Lucien Charles Eduoard Alliot (1877-1967), the sculptor was born in 1877 in Paris, France. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français, member and the gold medal in 1920, out of competition, and member of the sculpture jury from 1934 to 1939. Alliot was well known for his figurative sculptures which were exhibited for many years at the Salon de Paris...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Ballerina Statuette on Black Marble Base with Abstract Inspiration
Located in Yonkers, NY
A bronze ballerina statuette on circular black marble base with white veining. Enhance your home's décor with the captivating grace of this exquisite bronze ballerina statuette, pois...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Modern set of Murano Fish By V. Nason, Italy
Located in Schagen, NL
Set of two colorful Murano Glass Fish by V.incenzo Nason Italy, ca. the 1960s. Both fish are in very good condition. They turn darker or lighter depending how the light falls upon th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian suit of armour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Hutton-Clarke Antiques is delighted to present a replicated Italian suit of armor crafted in the 20th century. Fashioned in the Renaissance style, this piece exhibits meticulous atte...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Sculptures
Materials
Tin
Postmodern Italian Memphis Design Green Blue White Red Black Murano Glass Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A 1980s unique pair of Italian colorful Murano glass lamps in the style of Ettore Sottsass for Memphis. Constructed with tiers of highly vibrant and geometrical colored blown Murano ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Buddhist Lions from the Kangxi Period
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of traditional Chinese Famille Verte male and female Buddhist lions belonging to the Kangxi period (1661-1722). Each stands on a plinth, one with its head to one side and having...
Category
1680s Chinese Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Hand-Made Pottery Pitcher Women Shape
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Rare and unique Mid-Century pottery piece, shape as a women with an apron, has a handle like a pitcher but it’s not an actual pitcher, also has a hole at top of the head but there is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Small Blue Glass Water Bag - Hyperreal glass sculpture by Dylan Martinez
Located in East Quogue, NY
NEW RELEASE! Blue Series - Hyperreal small blue water bag glass sculpture, solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez.
Size: 10.25 x 6 x 3.75 inches
Dylan Martinez' hyperreal sculpt...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Bronze Sculpture of a Girl on Marble Base by D.H. Chiparus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful bronze sculpture depicting a young girl gracefully sitting down on a marble base, listening to the sea with a sea shell on her ear. Signed on the marble base "D.H. Chiparus...
Category
1930s French Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Marble Bird Sculpture By Maitland Smith
Located in London, GB
A marble Sea Gull sculpture in tessellated Emporador Italian marble with brass accents by Maitland Smith USA circa 1980
Captured in movement, great scale and form.
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine pair of Italian Grand Tour putti bronze statues on Breccia marble bases, circa 1850.
One of the nicest pairs of antique Grand Tour bronze putti we have had in a while, th...
Category
1850s Italian Grand Tour Antique Sculptures
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Pair of Rock Crystal Obelisks and Sphere
Located in Hanover, MA
Beautiful grouping of clear rock crystal quarts pair of obelisks and a sphere.
Category
1950s Brazilian Grand Tour Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Late 19th Century Marble Sculpture of Two Girls by Hippolyte Moreau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French late 19th century hand carved marble sculpture depicting two girls gracefully standing together with traditional wear, one appears to be holding a flower. Signed on the base "...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Spatial Spiral: Crawl - Abstract spiral ceramic sculpture by Michael Boroniec
Located in East Quogue, NY
Spatial Spiral "Crawl" ceramic sculpture by Michael Boroniec - ceramic, glaze
Michael Boroniec’s “Spatial Spiral” series is an adventure in three dimensions and expands the concept ...
Category
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Late 19th – Early 20th Century Italian Tole-Peinte Model of an Orange Tree
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Late 19th – early 20th Century Italian Tole-Peinte Model of an Orange Tree. Iron branches with leaves and 9 oranges, the trunk terminating in a and on five legs, ht. 65 in
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Century Italian Alabaster Carved Head Of A Bishop Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian carved alabaster head of a saint wearing a bishop's mitre in the Gothic style. Though a fragment, the intense gaze of this small carving gives it a lot of presen...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Gothic Antique Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Terracotta sculpture girl with a mandolin attributed to Vallmitjana
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Excellent sculpture of great quality and mastery of volumes. Attributed to the great sculptor Venancio Vallmitjana y Barbany (1828-1919) in his well-known theme of a supported pose, ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Retro Delight: Vallauris Style Ceramic Fish
Located in Hamburg, DE
Retro Delight: Vallauris Style Ceramic Fish – 1950s Joie de Vivre in a Burst of Colors
Immerse yourself in the exuberant ambiance of the 1950s with our ceramic fish inspired by the i...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Mid Century Modern Abstract Metal "Wall Jewelry" Sculpture Harry Bertoia
Located in Peoria, AZ
MAGNIFICENT!
BRUTALIST HANDWORKED
SCULPTED METAL WALL ART
Attributed to Harry Bertoia.
INCREDIBLE WELDS, WORKMANSHIP & DESIGN!
HUGE!
Approximately 42" x 35" and up to 8" Deep...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
A large Marble Perched Crane Sculpture By Maitland Smith
Located in London, GB
A large perched crane bird sculpture in tessellated Emporador marble and brass by Maitland Smith USA. Great scale, size and caught in perfect movement this modernist stylised sculptu...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Large Fossilized Whale Vertebrae
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural weathered fossilized Whale Vertebrae. One section / specimen. Possibly sperm whale. Likely 19th century.
Category
19th Century American Organic Modern Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Large Christ in walnut wood , France 17th or 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Large Christ on the Cross carved in the round in walnut wood.
With great realism, the sculptor has used the wood grain on the bust and to emphasise the shape of the legs.
The right p...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Carved Wood Lions from Minas Gerais
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable pair of mid century lions in repose hand carved, in a stylized modern form, from the Cammatillo tree or Kingwood grown in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil.
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Kingwood
Fred Brouard, "Drôle d’Oiseau" Sculpture, France, 1992
By Fred Brouard
Located in New York, NY
An unique piece composed of bronze and fruitwood parts that move on a hinge, evincing the flight of a bird.
Fred Brouard was renowned in his time for bringing unique curves, strikin...
Category
Late 20th Century French Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of 10 Glazed Ceramic Swallows, Italy, 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Flock of 10 swallows in glazed terracotta, Italy, 1960s
Intact and in good condition. Small signs of aging.
Found in a noble apartment.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bronze Sculpture of Dancing Figure By D. Delo
Located in New York, NY
An animated Bronze Dancing Figure stands on a marble pedestal by D.Delo numbered 34/150. The simple form twists elegantly.
Category
1960s Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique, New and Vintage Sculptures
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
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