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Sculptures For Sale
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Archimede Seguso, Venice, Murano Sculpture in Art Glass, Doves
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Archimede Seguso (1909-1999), Venice. Murano sculpture in mouth-blown art glass. Two nesting doves. Italian design, 1970s.
Measures: 12.5 x 8 cm.
In excellent condition.
Label and...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Stylish Cockatoo / Bird Art Glass Sculpture by Murano Glass
By Murano 5
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish cockatoo art glass sculpture by Murano Glass, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 4"W x 6"D x 11.5"H. The bright pur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Fragile Fingers on a Grand Piano, by Marcel Wanders, 2013, Unique, Single #14/14
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Fragile fingers on a Grand Piano are designed as the hands and arms of world-renown Dutch pianist Iris Hond. This series of porcelain arms are repl...
Category
2010s Dutch Sculptures
Materials
Delft, Porcelain
Lladró Koi Sculpture, Blue-Gold, Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
A new Limited Edition of 750 units. Boldblue collection by Lladró, featuring a koi, a highly appreciated decorative fish and a symbol of good luck, patience and long life. Notable fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Emerald Green and Blue Murano Art Glass Elephant Sculpture Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous vintage Murano Venetian style handblown art glass sculpture of an elephant.
Italian art glass hand blown green and uranium neon green elephant sculpture...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Contemporary Lapis Lazuli Ashtray by Alcino Silversmith with Sterling Silver 925
Located in Porto, 13
Contemporary Lapis Lazuli ashtray with sterling silver 925 apllications is a modern piece by Alcino Silversmith 1902.
This piece was designed and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Silver, Sterling Silver
Contemporary Faceted Multicolour Acrylic Cube Block
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning contemporary multicoloured acrylic block. A perfect riser for a small sculpture or a statement on its own on the table or desk, this beautiful block will reveal different ...
Category
2010s American Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Hand Painted Ataraxia Vase in Ceramic
Located in London, GB
“Ataraxia” is an hand-made series of vases born out of the designers’' reflections on resilience and vulnerability in times of crisis. The collaborative project between Illustrator R...
Category
2010s German Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Long Glass Multi-Color Barcode Centrepiece by Orfeo Quagliata
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
Standing out for its curvilinear shape and range of colors, this linear long centrepiece designed by Orfeo Quagliata transmits an atmosphere that attracts. A fused and thermoformed g...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Salviati, Two Murano / Sculptures / Paperweight Glass, for Luciano Gaspari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice sculpture rocks (two) sold together, by the well known Murano maker Salviati & Co. Luciano Gaspari was the main designer for the company for many years and made many great works...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Apple Green and Lavender Jadeite Elephant on Stand
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Charming carved jadeite elephant on Spinach Jade base. The hand carved elephant in apple green and lavender jade depicting a mother and her calf. The dark gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Mythic Fish by Alcino Silversmith 1902 Handcrafted in Sterling Silver and Horn
Located in Porto, 13
Mythic Fish by Alcino Silversmith 1902 is a handcrafted piece in Sterling Silver 925 and horn, hammered and chiseled by excellent craftsmen, giving this piece a much higher future va...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Randy Polumbo Orb
Located in New York, NY
Randy Polumbo
Orb, 2022
Dimensions: 13” H x 19” W x 5” D
Cast-glass, steel frame, video composition, LED’s
From Polumbo's Oculus series, in which large-panels of hand-cast glas...
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Steel
The Cobalt Voyager, unique glass sculpture by Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
Located in London, GB
'The Cobalt Voyager' is a unique intense electric blue and black hand-blown and cut glass artwork with steel hull by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg.
Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centerpieces are made from smaller blown and cut glass components nestled (in sand) inside a metallic hull.
'We are migratory creatures; the history of our species is about journeys, departures, leaving and arriving, starting over. And none more so than ourselves. Our new work is both culturally and personally inclined. An autobiographical touch in civilizational reflection. Wherever man goes he builds, laying down cultural lines which gradually transform into relics and artefacts over time's inevitable march. Urban landscapes and complex designs grow and expand, deteriorate and decay. And on again we move, taking the memories of our exploits with us to use in the next story.' B&G
Baldwin (1947, New York) and Guggisberg (1955, Bern) have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass.
The list of museums and collections which have acquired their works is long and impressive. Individual showings, as well as participation in group shows, have given them opportunities to present their works at leading galleries and in major museums in Europe, Japan and the United States and their works rank among the best to be found in the international glass art scene. Working freelance, they have also designed successful products for international glass manufacturers since 1985. Their clients have included renowned firms like Rosenthal, Steuben, Corning and Venini.
Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold-working (battuto) combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colours. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Colour, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines.
Over the years they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, while embracing contemporary evolution in form and meaning.
In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Genuine Polished Chevron Amethyst Sphere from Brazil (3.4lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality polished chevron amethyst sphere with vivid purple color and translucent to transparent clarity.
Chevron Amethyst is a combination of Ame...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Flygsfors Coquille Glass Object, Designed by Paul Kedelv, Sweden, 1958
Located in Berlin, DE
Flygsfors Coquille glass object, designed by Paul Kedelv, Sweden, 1958
Coquille glass object designed by Paul Kedelv and manufactured by Flygsfors Glassworks in Sweden in 1958. Ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Murano Fish Sculpture by Livio Seguso for Gral, Germany, ca. 1970ties
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A sculpture of a stylized fish in blue and pink glass. Hand made in the gral glass manufactory, Germany. Designed by Livio Seguso, ca. 1970. Incised signature of the artist (LS) on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Seguso Murano Pink Blue Art Glass Bird Figure Paperweights, 1960s
By Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching pair of Murano Sommerso Dove Bird figures in pink and blue glass. Attributed to Archimede Seguso, Italy, 1960s
Hanblown glass, Sommerso technique: One is made in pink g...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Art Glass
Ceramic Sculpture China Model by Sandra Virlinzi for Superego Editions, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic sculpture model China designed by Sandra Virlinzi for collective Ultrapop and produced by Superego Editions. Limited edition of 44 pieces. Signed and numbered.
About Ultrapop
Aliens, zombies, monsters, Robots, cyclops and freaks are the protagonists in an exhibition of contemporary art “Ultrapop Ultracolor” which opens at the Museo di Arte Contemporanea in Villa Croce in Genoa. Comic strip imagination on full power animates the work of Dario Arcidiacono, Giordano Curreri, Antonio Sorrentino and Sandra Virlinzi, four young artists from Catania and Genoa who have been working together for a number of years under the name Ultrapop. This unusual exhibition at Genoa brings together over forty pieces of “ironic frights”, most of which are being shown for the first time.
Biography
Sandra Virlinzi was born in Catania in 1973.
He studied in Rome and in 1997 he moved to Milan where he began working for the world of publishing, design and web publishing. In the same year, together with Arcidiacono, Curreri and Sorrentino, he founded the 'Ultrapop' group and until 2005 he was part of it, presenting his painting works with them in numerous group exhibitions. Meanwhile, it tries to apply itself in the realization of different types of projects, such as: internet sites, set-ups, short films, ceramic objects, stickers, prints, booklets, light sculptures, leather accessories, stuffed puppets, picture boxes...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Mid-Century Wall Plaque Adam Dworski Wye Pottery Woman
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A Ceramic Wall Plaque made by Croatian Ceramicist Adam Dworski who set up Wye Pottery Studio in Clyro Wales England in the late 1950s.
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Lapis Lazuli Good Fortune Rabbits 7.25 Lb
Located in Somis, CA
A substantial 7.25 lb natural lapis lazuli sculpture of 2 rabbits surrounding a Bok Choi symbolizing great wealth and good fortune. The statue is hand carved using the finest grade of natural gemstone quality lapis lazuli with beautiful saturated blue color and minimal white streaks and gold dust. The larger bunny...
Category
20th Century Asian Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Cobalt Ostrich Egg Tower, Francisco Trêpa
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
Francisco Trêpa was born in Lisbon in 1995, where he lives and works.
Trêpa was awarded with, among other prizes and recognitions, MUSEU BORDALO PINHEIRO residency funding.
Category
2010s Portuguese Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Terracotta
Vug in Turquoise and Purple, Glass Geode Sculpture by Samantha Donaldson
Located in London, GB
Vug in Turquoise and Purple is a unique hand-blown sculpture by the British artist Samantha Donaldson. Created by layers of colored glass in deep blue and rich purple, the transparen...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
XXL Ceramic Pottery Vase by Heinz Siery for Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Murano Purple Glass Nude Female Sculpture, circa 1970
By Cenedese
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Deep purple Murano glass nude abstract figure on black glass base. A beautiful tabletop glass sculpture. In the style of Ermanno Nason for Cenedese. ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
xxl Fat Lava Floor Ceramic Pottery Floor Vase by Fritz van Daalen, Germany 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Fritz van Daalen
Producer:
Fritz van Daalen, Germany
Decade:
1960s
This original vinta...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Vintage Aluminum Casting Flower Base with Polished
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A vintage vase by a Moroccan artist. The artist is unknown. Made of cast aluminum with a unique shape. Polished finish.
Category
1970s Moroccan Post-Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
2 Piece Lot Mid Century Enamel Dishes by Karl Drerup
By Karl Drerup
Located in New York, NY
Nice lot of 2 enamel bowls by noted mid century enamel artist Karl Drerup. Both bowls are in good, original estate condition, the rooster bowl shows an in...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Black Ceramic Sculpture or Ikebana Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Black ceramic sculpture, which can also serve as an ikebana vase. Made in Japan.
Category
20th Century Asian Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Scandinavian Modern Glass Sculpture by Mona Morales-Schildt for Kosta, Sweden
Located in Goteborg, SE
Oval glass sculpture by Mona Morales-Schildt. The sides are cut to reveal the inside, creating a fascinating depth with optical effects.
Made at Kosta, Sweden.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
21st Century Glacoja Centerpiece in transparent methacrylate by Analogia Project
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
"Glacoja is a unique centerpiece with a vivid colored heart, sculpted through technology and craftsmanship from a block of plexiglass. Excavated from the heart of a glacier, formed t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Chinese Lapis Lazuli Carved Group of Figures Sculpture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a large heavy Chinese lapis lazuli well carved in details group of figures sculpture.`It depicts two young ladies very well dressed in southern and northern dynasty clothes with traditional Chinese hair...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Kong XS, Gorilla Violet / Purple Velvet Table Lamp
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Giovannoni's Kong is, surprisingly, technological and almost human. It shines in front of itself just as if the power went out. It's out of scale to be a toy, out of scale to be a lamp, but it is also out of scale to be a gorilla. With its 20.8" (53 cm) height, Kong XS...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Velvet
Abstract Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925 †2005
Decade:
1960s
This ori...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Contemporary Design, Rock Crystal Bowl, by Andredottir & Bobek
Located in copenhagen, DK
One of a kind - contemporary design, rock crystal bowl, embody the surface of rocks and stone.
Made by the art and design duo Andredottir & Bobek
They have in this collection imi...
Category
2010s Danish Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Foam
2 Murano Italian Art Glass Sea Turtle Aquarium Figurines Paperweights Pair
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of hand blown Italian art glass figurines / paperweights or hand chillers in the shape of sea turtles with a miniature aquarium scene of two more turtles inside their shells. Me...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Ceramic Studio Pottery Bowl Shell Element by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925 †2005
Decade:
1970s
This ori...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Mottled Turquoise and Deep Blue, 3 Ceramic Totems, Single Rings on Curved Legs
Located in New York, NY
Three small Ceramic Totems in Mottled Turquoise and Dark Blue. They each consist of a single vertical ring on a small curved leg. Each part is hand built...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Dodo Ceramic Sculpture by Massimo Giacon for Superego Editions, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Limited edition ceramic part of the "Pop Will Eat Himself" designed by Massimo Giacon and produced by Superego Editions.
Biography
Massimo Giacon was born in Padova in 1961. Sin...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Skull Lapis Lazuli Sculpture Minature
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Late 19th-early 20th century lapis lazulli skull
- Object of curiosity and wonder from a collector's cabinet of curiosities and wonder. Measures: 2" long, 1.75" high
Cabinets o...
Category
1890s German Baroque Revival Antique Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Large Lapis Lazuli Sphere from Afghanistan in Acrylic Base
Located in Polanco, CDMX
This beautiful large lapis lazuli sphere from Afghanistan features outstanding hues of blue, gold, and white.
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Quartz
Jungle Contemporary Vase, Small Bicolor Pink and Red by Jacopo Foggini
Located in New York, NY
Nature can stage extraordinary landscapes. The scenarios are vast, the lights are amazing, the surprises are endless. And when man and nature meet, enchantment occurs.
Inspired by t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Polychromatic Interleave 006, Glass Vessel in Red, Blue & Green by Liam Reeves
By Liam Reeves
Located in London, GB
Polychromatic Interleave 006, is a unique handblown glass vessel with fine filigree white cane detail by the British artist Liam Reeves. The three colours of glass in red, blue and green, merge in the making to create a larger spectrum of hues where they meet, covering the white canes below. A truly exquisite piece.
Liam Reeves has been making glass professionally since 1998 when he graduated from Middlesex University with a BA (Hons) in three-dimensional design. During this time he has honed his skills whilst working in the glass industry for some of the best glassmakers in the UK. In 2009 Reeves studied for an MA at the RCA in order to explore the creative possibilities of the medium of glassblowing. He is currently hot-glass technician at the very same and prestigious Royal College of Art in London.
While at the RCA Liam discovered a passion for investigating pivotal techniques from glassblowing’s two-millennia of rich history. From the mould blowing of ancient Rome to the complex goblet-making techniques of Renaissance Venice...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Glass
Set of 2 Ceramic Studio Pottery "BLUE" Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron Germany 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object set of 2
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925-2005
Decade:
1980s
Th...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Contemporary Chair WEI by Studio 1+11, in Blue Edition , 21st Century Germany
By Wim Yanov
Located in Berlin, DE
The Chair WEI by Studio ONE PLUS ELEVEN is delicately hand made steel in geometrical, graphical forms .
The Chair is metal made but it gets a very del...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Minimalist Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Fragile Fingers on a Grand Piano, by Marcel Wanders, 2013, Unique, Single #12/14
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Fragile Fingers on a Grand Piano are designed as the hands and arms of world-renown Dutch pianist Iris Hond. This series of porcelain arms are repl...
Category
2010s Dutch Sculptures
Materials
Delft, Porcelain
Italian Majolica "Castelli" 20th Century " Aquarius "
By Castelli
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian Majolica "Castelli" 20th century
Terracotta plate representing "Aquarius" zodiac sign
Measures: 30cm x 15cm
Hand made
Perfect conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Ceramic
Cryptograph 0402511, Aqua, Purple & Black Glass Sculpture by Louis Thompson
Located in London, GB
Cryptograph 0402511 (in Violet and Aquamarine Light) is a unique solid glass sculpture created by the British artist, Louis Thompson. Employing a variety of glass techniques, the enc...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Moretti Cat
Located in Catania, IT
Cat in Murano glass by the glass master Franco Moretti.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Glass
1950s Glass 'Shell' Sculpture by Flavio Poli, for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Murano
By Flavio Poli
Located in London, GB
Acid-etched sommerso elongated glass stylised seashell in shaded purple, red and clear glass. The sculpture has been acid-etched and has a tactile textured surface.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Kong XS Gorilla Fuchsia Lamp, Designed by Stefano Giovannoni
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Giovannoni's Kong is, surprisingly, technological and almost human. It shines in front of itself just as if the power went out. It's out of scale to be a toy, out of scale to be a lamp, but it is also out of scale to be a gorilla. With its 20.8" (53 cm) height, Kong XS...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Clovis in Grey to Ruby, a Unique Tall Glass Sculpture by James Devereux
Located in London, GB
'Clovis in Grey to Ruby' is a unique tall glass sculpture by the British artist James Devereux.
Refinement and daring combine within this statues...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Steel
2 large 1950s Vietri ceramic sea creatures wall hangings blue, yellow and ochre
Located in London, GB
2 impressive Vintage Vietri wall hanging ceramic or stoneware sea creatures, a huge jelly fish and a starfish designed and signed by Ceramiche Artistiche Solimene, CAS, manufactured ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Deneb Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Deneb vase in multicolored glass was originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1982 for Memphis. Signed “E.Sottsass per Memphis Milano”.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Statue of Liberty at Cost Price
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Unique Statue of Liberty in resin tainted in blue Klein with and enlightened opaline glass flame.
France, 2010.
Category
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Materials
Opaline Glass, Resin
Contemporary Art Red, Purple Lighting Sculpture EVA by Marco Lodola
By Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
Edition of 7 unique pieces plus 2 PA, part of the special collection of 10 different Playing Cards subjects.
"The intervention of an artist, citizen of the world, like Marco Lodola...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Other Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass
Contemporary Art Violet, Green Lighting Sculpture Acrobata by Marco Lodola
By Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
Edition of 7 unique pieces plus 2 PA, part of the special collection of 10 different Playing Cards subjects.
"The intervention of an artist, citizen of the world, like Marco Lodola...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Other Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass
Ikebana Style Petite Japanese Ceramic Bell
Located in San Diego, CA
Whimsical decorative ceramic Japanese bell, Ikebana style. hand painted.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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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