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Sculptures For Sale
Color: Gray
Color: Silver
Genuine Amethyst Crystal Cluster with Calcite on Stand from Uruguay (16 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
AAA quality natural formation of gem amethyst variety quartz cluster with lustrous fully terminated crystals with highly This AAA museum quality Amethyst Quartz Cluster features natu...
Category
2010s Uruguayan Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst
Scandinavian Modern Timo Sarpaneva Crystal Art Sculpture Orchid Handblown 1957
Located in EL Waalre, NL
Scandinavian Modern Timo Sarpaneva Crystal Art Object Sculpture Orchid 1957
Clear lead crystal glass, steam blown interior, cut and surface pol...
Category
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Antique 19th Century Articulated Painted Virgin Saint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. articulated virgin, stationary bottom and moveable arms. Meant to wear clothes. Beautiful, fine facial features. Original paint. One broken finger...
Category
19th Century Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Antique Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Wood
Stibnite from Wuling antimony mine, Qingjiang, Jiangxi, China
Located in New York, NY
Stibnite from Wuling antimony mine, Qingjiang, Jiangxi, China Superb museum quality specimen of brilliant metallic luster stibnite crystals in a radial formation with striated crysta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Druzy Quartz Amethyst with Green Celadonite from Uruguay (30 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite light grey druzy quartz stalactite cluster with details in green celadonite and white quartz. This piece is very special due to it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Uruguayan Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Amethyst, Quartz, Other
Lifesize Marble Bust of Apollo
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressive and larger than life size hand-carved Carrara marble bust of Apollo, signed C. Scheggi (1833-1876). Showing natural inclusions in t...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Late 19th Century Italian Marble Statue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carrara marble statue of a young semi nude girl. Holding roses in one hand and a vase in another. Stamped at the base G67573.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
1970s Italian Terracotta Whippet on Base
Located in Marietta, GA
Unusual, and charming, seated Italian whippet. Hand painted, and sitting on a yellow pillow w/ rope design. This design of a whippet, is a little hard...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Swedish Mats Jonasson Small Crystal Sculpture Squirrel
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Sweet miniature full lead crystal signed sculpture by the Swedish artist Mats Jonasson. Very good condition, it has been kept in its original box.
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Purple Fluorite from Minggang Mine, Henan Province, China
Located in New York, NY
From Minggang Mine, Henan Province, China Translucent cubic purple fluorite crystals overgrown on a bed of metallic luster sphalerite crystals on matrix. The fluorite has rich purple...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Large Murano Arte Vetro Glass Bird Sculpture by Livio Seguso
By Livio Seguso
Located in Toledo, OH
Vintage large scale Murano glass bird sculpture by Livio Seguso for Arte Vetri. Smoky green and grey in a stylized form. 16" long in very nice condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Curtis Jere Geometric Brutalist Op Art Kinetic Wall Piece Polished Brass Steel
By Curtis Jeré
Located in PARIS, FR
'Diamonds' by Curtis Jeré, a dynamic wall piece of brass and chromed steel embraces both kinetic and brutalist art to create a piece that celebrates its materials, movement and sound...
Category
1970s American Kinetic Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Galena with Quartz from Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Peru
Located in New York, NY
From Barite on Galena with Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Huanuco Department, Peru Lustrous grey metallic galena crystals showing interpenetrant twinned formation wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Allan Houser Marble Sculpture - Two Figures
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Barovier & Toso Murano Glass Fruit 6-Piece Bowl & Fruit Sculpture, Signed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Barovier & Toso Murano Glass Fruit 6-Piece Bowl & Fruit Sculpture, Signed
Italy, Circa 1980s
This 6-piece Murano glass fruit bowl and sculpture set by Barovier & Toso, hailing fr...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Art Nouveau Pearl Mermaid Porcelain Plaque by Emile Jacob
By Emile Jacob
Located in Chicago, US
With artful and sensuous handling of material, Emile Jacob demonstrates his life-long love of learning with a technical mastery of porcelain and glazes as well as an awareness of current artistic trends such as Japonisme and l’Art Nouveau. From a bird’s-eye view perspective popularized by Japanese wood block prints circulating in Europe, Jacob immediately confronts the viewer with the sea. The variegated blues and greens take on every murky depth, every iridescence produced on a sun-filled water’s surface; while the suggestion of movement created by undulating patterns of water morphs into sand ridges caused by breaking waves as the viewer nears for a closer examination. The effect is remarkable. Upon closer scrutiny, the abstracted ridges create an affect of being even farther away from the sea, as if high in flight. The same captivating qualities are achieved by the opaque and crystalline glazes to suggest the interior of an oyster’s shell. The ultimate pearl, a female nude, is voluptuously modeled; fusing as one with her seascape, her hair spreads out in wavy tendrils and her graceful, long fingers wrap around the plaque’s edge.
Literature: Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Green Fluorite Cluster from XIANGHUALING, HUNAN, CHINA
Located in New York, NY
From Xianghualing, Hunan Province, China
Internally clear transparent crystal cluster of vivid green cubic fluorite crystals on matrix. The matrix is clearly visible through the cry...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Only Hope Remains II, a monochrome glass standing sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
Only Hope Remains II' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Cathryn Shilling.
The phrase 'to open Pandora's box' has become synonymous with human downfall, the point of no re...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
White glazed ceramic sculpture by Gisèle Buthod Garçon, circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
White glazed ceramic sculpture with two faces by Gisèle Buthod Garçon.
Raku fired. Artist monogram and signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990.
H : 11...
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Boho Global Views Glazed Terra Cotta Bust
By Global Views
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho bust of man. Made by the Global Views group. Beautiful glazed finish on a terra cotta form signed on the back. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Stone Head Sculpture, United Kingdom, XVIIth Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Sculpted stone head on a modern base, of a mustachioed man
According to the 1983 sales certificate, it would be a 17th century sculpture, even before, of United Kingdom or Ireland o...
Category
17th Century British Medieval Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Galena with Quartz and Pyrite From Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Located in New York, NY
From Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Lustrous large single 1 inch blue steel colored galena crystals on matrix enriched with quartz and yellow-metallic pyrite crystals. The gale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Mesolite on Matrix from Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Located in New York, NY
From Bombay Quarry, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharastra, India
Large hemispherical formation of thin needle like colorless mesolite crystals on matrix lined with small colorless stilbite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Manganoan Calcite From Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Located in New York, NY
From Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Translucent pale-pink crystals of sharp flattened rhombohedral manganoan calcite in parallel formation. The calcite crystals have lust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Scolecite on Stilbite From Nasik District, Maharashtra, India (284.1 grams)
Located in New York, NY
From Nasik District, Maharashtra, India Large lustrous cluster of an acicular sprays of scolectite crystals on pink stilbite. The scolecite crystals have glassy crystal faces and are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Stunning Postmodern Sommerso Glass Centerpieces by Livio Seguso, Italy
By Livio Seguso
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
These centerpieces / sculpture is made in solid transparent sommerso Murano glass molded by hand and they are by Livio Seguso.
They are vintage, therefore it ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Sommerso
Berd Vay'e Limited Edition "Gears Frame" Lucite Sculpture
By Berd Vay'e
Located in New Orleans, LA
Berd Vay'e Limited Edition "Time Framed" Lucite sculpture.
A juxtaposition of classic art display and inventive process. This backless frame allows for the same exposure of watch co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Manganoan Calcite From Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Located in New York, NY
From Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia Highly lustrous stacked cluster of translucent manganese rich faint pink calcite crystals. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral formation w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Apophyllite from Jalgaon, Aurangabad District, Maharastra, India
Located in New York, NY
From Jalgaon, Aurangabad District, Maharastra, India Lustrous complex cluster of intersecting transparent colorless apophyllite crystals completely covering stalactitic quartz format...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Lalique Gazelle Crystal Jewelry French
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful crystal 'Gazelle' antelope jewelry dish vide-poche from French luxury maker, Lalique, circa late-20th century, France. This crystal Gazelle a...
Category
Late 20th Century French Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Amethyst from Piedra Parada, Las Vigas de Ramirez, Veracruz, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful specimen from Piedra Parada, Las Vigas de Ramirez, Veracruz, Mexico. Parallel formation of amethyst crystals with great transparency and rich purple color with well defined...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Amethyst, Other
Only Hope Remains I, black & white standing glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Only Hope Remains I' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Cathryn Shilling.
The phrase 'to open Pandora's box' has become synonymous with human downfall, the point of no r...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
27"x27" Stainless Steel Wall Sculpture. #197
By Kue King
Located in Blowing Rock, NC
Measures: 27" x 27" x 3"
Stainless steel.
This accent wall sculpture is created using stainless steel wire. Use multiple pieces to create a large installation or to surround a feature.
The polished stainless steel gives the sculpture a shine, reflectivity, and mirrored finish that adds sparkle to the room and picks up on colors that surround the piece. Metal reflections highlight the feathery radius and create gentle shadows that deepen and project the sculpture into the wall. The radiating central bundles create a kaleidoscopic shadow effect that changes with viewing angle and lighting. Brightly lit, drama and strength dominates through reflection and shadow. By lowering the lighting the same piece becomes soft and alluring.
Kue uses pliers to cut hundreds of wire strands and then ties them together using thin brass wire to form bundles. These bundles are woven together in a mirrored way to build the strength and structure of the piece. Moving outward in process, each reflection becomes unique yet similar. The radiating branches flow outward, intersecting and spreading until the sculpture is complete.
Kue uses an aesthetic reminiscent of trees, electricity, and light to create sculptures of peace and beauty. Adults and children alike see snowflakes, trees, flowers, ocean creatures, a twinkling jewel. His work has been compared to the tied wire sculptures of Ruth Asawa and the wall mounted sculptures of Curtis Jere due to their style, shine, and placement similarities.
Answers to common questions:
- Each work can be hung horizontally or vertically.
- You are working directly with the artist and his partner, not a gallery.
- His full collection is on 1stdibs. Full commissions are possible but rare.
- The material, size, and patina are customizable, but it takes time.
- All sculptures are suitable for indoors or outdoors.
- They are lightweight for a metal sculpture, comparable in weight to a similar sized mirror and just as easy to hang.
Acquiring a Kue King sculpture is an event like no other. Some collectors know just what they want and buy immediately. With others we arrange a video chat or phone call to talk about art, get to know each other, and review your placements and sculpture interests. It’s up to you.
Kue says, ”My work is painstakingly birthed out of me with all I know of beauty. They are my meditations, my passion, my babies. When they find the right collector and home, they shine and radiate a new vibration that is in tune with its new environment.”
Testimonials from collectors:
Katie, Ponte Vedra...
Category
2010s American Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel, Wire
Monumental Continental Horse Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Very impressive plaster reproduction of a classical Trojan horse artifact housed in the British Museum in London. Most likely executed in the early 20th century by a gipsoteca (plast...
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Resin
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slab (7.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
A stunning piece of natural history, this meteorite is a natural Muonionalusta Meteorite with one side sliced & polished which boasts its beautiful, metallic Widmanstätten pattern. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Set of 8 MC Square Clear Lucite Napkin Holders and Salt Pepper Shakers
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful 8 piece set of Mid-Century Modern lucite napkin holders. These novelty vintage pieces also perform as individual salt and pepper shakers...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Ceramic Sculpture of 2 Horses by Ronzan, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Ceramic sculpture of 2 horses by Ronzan, 1940s.
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (fumigated crates or boxes) for US and ...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Botryoidal Fluorite from Minggang Mine, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, China (3.2 lb
Located in New York, NY
From Minggang Mine, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, China Translucent purple fluorite in botryoidal formation with sculptural hemispherical aggregates covering both sides of its matrix. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Scepter Quartz Crystal Cluster from Hubei, China
Located in New York, NY
From Hubei, China. Massive 8'' scepter shaped quartz crystal fully terminated with milky white core on a quartz cluster base. The scepter crystal is damage free, terminated with glas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz
Intermingling, organic patterned black & white glass sculpture by Peter Bowles
By Peter Bowles
Located in London, GB
'Intermingling' is unique glass artwork by the British artist, Peter Bowles.
Initially studying glass at Stourbridge College of Art and Design, Peter Bowles went on to work with so...
Category
2010s Australian Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Barite from Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, L'Oriental Region, Morocc
Located in New York, NY
From Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, L'Oriental Region, Morocco.Here is a superb cluster of these incredible new blue Barites that have been discovered this past year. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Botryoidal Fluorite from Minggang Mine, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, China (2.4 lb
Located in New York, NY
From Minggang Mine, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, China Translucent purple fluorite in botryoidal formation with sculptural hemispherical aggregates covering both sides of its matrix. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Botryoidal Fluorite from Minggang Mine, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, China 3.4 lb
Located in New York, NY
From Minggang Mine, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, China Translucent purple fluorite in botryoidal formation with sculptural hemispherical aggregates covering both sides of its matrix. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Double Terminated Optical Single Selenite Crystal from Guilin, Guanxi, China
Located in New York, NY
Large optical, water-clear crystal of selenite with clean, lustrous surfaces. The crystal is doubly terminated, with sugary white micro crystals coating one termination. It has an im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Pair of Late Staffordshire Recumbent Figures of Dalmatians
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of late Staffordshire Recumbent figures Dalmatians
USA, 20th 1950s
A good pair of a later Staffordshire hand painted and enameled porcelain figures of reclining Dalmatians....
Category
Mid-20th Century English High Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Quartz var. Grape Agate from near Pantai Manakarra, Mamuju, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Located in New York, NY
From near Pantai Manakarra, Mamuju, Sulawesi, Indonesia Double-sided cluster of translucent grape purple quartz agate in spherical formations with a radial internal structure and are found in cavities in pillow basalt. Also known as Grape Agate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Early 20th Century Moroccan Silver Jewish Amulet in the Shape of a Fish
Located in New York, NY
A rare, handmade standing sculptural amulet in the form of a fish. Unlike similar items that are mostly two-dimensional and are meant to be hanged only, this amulet is a standing sculpture in the round. The fish's eyes are made of coral, a gem stone typical of North-Africa. The body of the fish is hand-engraved with symbols from the Jewish Moroccan...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Silver
Pair of Reclining Lion Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of reclining lion bookends, a stunning pair with the look of limestone, but a composition material. The pair are of good weight for those larger bo...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Delft Blue Farmer & Farmer Wife #1, by Marcel Wanders, Handpainted, 2006, Unique
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The set of One Minute Delft Blue Farmer & Farmer Wife is available as an exclusive Personal Edition, Marcel Wanders' label carrying works of a more personal and experimental nature. The pieces of the Delft Blue series are unlimited unique by Marcel's one minute delft blue hand-painting. This beautiful set is a perfect wedding or anniversary gift!
With his timeless Delft Blue ceramic pieces, Marcel Wanders re-introduces and revitalizes the ancient Chinese Ming porcelain tradition assimilated into the Dutch culture in the 17th century. The collection includes clocks, figurines, vases, plates, chandeliers, engineer hats, dildos and rabbits amongst others, giving new life to the Delft Blue culture.
The One Minute Delft Blue pieces exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum in 2014.
All One Minute Delft Blue works are unique, we have more Delft Blue Figurines...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Brochantite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Large cabinet specimen of acicular vivid green crystals of brochantite lining one side of gray matrix. The brochantite crystals are emerald-g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Bowl hands
Located in Londrina, PR
Bowl shaped two hands
recycled aluminum
Can be used to serve as decoration
- handmade
valdomiro favoreto
Category
2010s Brazilian Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Rare Lee Duran Modern Art Deco Siren Sculpture Chrome Goddess 1 of 5
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning Lee Duran (1941-2014) aluminum and polished granite sculpture. This important work of art was part of Duran's Chrome Goddess Series Siren Sculptures...
Category
Early 2000s American Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Aluminum
Cloud Sculpture #2202 by Chris Gustin
By Chris Gustin
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware. Unique, wood-fired sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Botryoidal Fluorite from Minggang Mine, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, China (2.6 lb
Located in New York, NY
From Minggang Mine, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, China Translucent purple fluorite in botryoidal formation with sculptural hemispherical aggregates covering both sides of its matrix. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Red Garnet with Muscovite on Albite Matrix From Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian
Located in New York, NY
From Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China Cluster of transparent lustrous deep red spessartine garnet cluster on microline matrix with bladed muscovite crystals. These be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Rupert Deese, Blue, Ceramic/Stoneware" Apple" Sculpture, Paperweight, Marked
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is one of the most simple and elegant sculptures made for the very well known artist, ceramist Rupert Deese, has amazing blue tones in the glaze, marked with cypher 's artist mark.
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Shell Sculpture Paperweight by Mikasa
By Mikasa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Intricate hand blown glass shell sculpture with silver specks / Made in Japan by Kurata for retailer Mikasa, circa 1980s
Original sticker on the base
...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Natural Calcite on Amethyst cluster (9.8 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
From San Eugenio, Artigas Dept., Uruguay
Large 7'' scalenohedral crystal of calcite on amethyst matrix accented by isolated cluster of colorless q...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Uruguayan Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal
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.
Get started on decorating with sculpture now — find figurative sculptures, animal sculptures and more on 1stDibs today.
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