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Sculptures For Sale
Large Pottery Super Fat Lava Multi-Color 517-45 Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 517-45
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Massive Natural White Rock Crystal Obelisk Healing
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An amazing obelisk shaped rock crystal. Weighs over 400 lbs-almost 27"h.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Au But Antique Bronze Sculpture 3 Nude Runners by Alfred Boucher France 1890
Located in Antwerp, BE
Au But, Antique bronze sculpture of 3 nude runners by Alfred Boucher with the Siot founders' signature.
Patinated bronze on red marble base. France, circa...
Category
1890s French Romantic Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Green Parrot Sculpture Candleholder
Located in Paris, FR
Candleholder green parrot sculpture in
hand painted porcelain with brass details.
For 1 candle. Candle not included.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$1,131 / item
Large Wood African Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Great African Ebony Sculpture
Totem pole of figures
Category
20th Century African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Au But bronze sculpture 3 nude runners by Alfred Boucher & Siot Foundry 1890.
Located in Antwerp, BE
Au But, Antique bronze sculpture of 3 nude runners by Alfred Boucher with the Siot founders' signature.
Patinated bronze on red marble base. France ca. 18...
Category
1890s French Other Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cast Bronze Snail Sculpture
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This exquisite brass snail sculpture captures the beauty of nature with remarkable craftsmanship and elegant form. The spiraled shell is adorned with delicate, swirling etchings that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,900 / item
Bronze Sculpture of Head Bust of Japanese Woman in the Style of Isamu Noguchi
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, well-crafted work reminiscent of Isamu Noguchi's early work in bronze.
Heavy and solid on a beautiful rosewood base.
Apparently unsigned. From a collection of Japanese antiques and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Lifesize Crowned Mother Mary and Child Jesus Gothic Revival Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Hand carved wood antique statue of Mother Mary wearing a Gothic crown.
This original and all hand carved sculpture of the mother of all mothers is anothe...
Category
Early 20th Century European Gothic Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large mid-century impressive wall sculpture by Claire Bataille 1970
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
In their long career, Belgian ( interior) designers and architects Claire Bataille and Paul Ibens have remained true to their starting point: striving for the greatest possible simpl...
Category
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Wood
US Astronaut NASA Sculpture Life-Size in Resin
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture life-size in Resin US Astronaut NASA.
Made in 2018.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Pair of Carved Marble Recumbent Lions
Located in Norwood, NJ
Fine quality antique carved marble recumbent lions after models by Antonio Canova. Architectural elements most likely part of a larger el...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$3,275 / set
Ceramic by Solange Latteur
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bull Ceramic by Solange Latteur
from 1960
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$14,298
French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
Rustic French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen circa 1950 signed Caugant.
Category
1950s French Country Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Murano "Vergogna Distesa" Glass Sculpture by Lorenado Rosin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian smoky Murano glass sculpture depicting a woman with her head in her hands in a keeling position.
It is made of solid glass, hand polished by Loredano Rosin / Made in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$2,100 Sale Price
30% Off
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Figure Leda and the Swan by Paul Philippe
Located in Newark, England
SILVERED BRONZE
From our Sculpture collection, we are pleased to offer this rare example Art Deco Bronze Figure by Paul Philippe. The figure beautifully raised upon a geometric bla...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Mid Century Dot Spaniel Dogs Sculpture Staffordshire England 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic, good original vintage condition. Beautiful and unique decorative sculptures. White Spaniel Dogs Sculpture was produced in Staffordshire, England in 1960s. Only one pair of dogs...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
A Grouping of Mid-Century Ceramic Polychrome Foo Dogs - A Set of 4
Located in Charleston, SC
Great grouping of four mid-century polychrome glazed ceramic foo dogs, circa 1960s. Great detail and a beautiful color combination of green, brown, cream and blue
The largest measu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
1950s Hand Carved Cameo of Dancing Women on Conch Seashell
Located in Tarrytown, NY
A beautiful hand carved cameo on conch seashell depicting dancing women made circa 1950s
.
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Shell
Carl Auböck Model #4273 'Foot' Brass Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4273 'Foot' brass paperweight. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly clean and refined Viennese paperweight is hand fabricated in polished brass by Werkstätte Car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Lalique Crystal Frosted Head Down Swan Sculpture Resting On Mirrored Plateau
By Lalique
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Elevate your decor with this exquisite Lalique Crystal Large Frosted Swan Sculpture, elegantly poised with its head gracefully lowered, resting on a fitted oval mirror base. This sculpture is a true masterpiece of artistry and craftsmanship, bearing the signature of the renowned Lalique brand and its origin in France. The swan, expertly crafted from frosted crystal, exudes an air of elegance and tranquility. Its sleek form and graceful posture make it a captivating focal point for any space. Resting on the fitted oval mirror base, the sculpture gains an added dimension, reflecting and enhancing its beauty.
Imagine this Lalique Crystal Swan...
Category
Late 20th Century French Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Natural Sculptural Amethyst Butterfly Wings Geode, Large Butterfly Wings
Located in Ametista Do Sul, BR
Gorgeous X-Large Amethyst Geode Butterfly Wings
▫️ Description
With sculptural presence, gorgeous aesthetics and a formation that calls attention, this rare pair of Amethyst Geode...
Category
2010s Brazilian Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
$24,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Gigantic Bronzed Etruscan Horse Sculpture Weinberg Style 1970s, Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a bronzed, plated metal sculpture, in the style of the antique statues and figures of the Etruscans. It is a gorgeous interior furnishing item, an incredibly stylized Horse a...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
1970s Ceramic Art Pottery Rainbow Animals Hippo Pig Horse
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Colorful Rainbow Animal Collection Set of Three
Horse 5.5H x 7D x 2.5W Hippo 2.75H 6D x 3W Pig 3.5T x 6L x 3W
Ceramic-pottery with a Colorful glazed finish
Wonderful lines ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Dryosaurus Altus Dinosaur Femur Fossil // 150 Million Years Old
Located in New York, NY
This is the well preserved and fully intact fossilized femur of a Dryosaurus altus, found in Emery County, Utah within the famous fossil-rich Morrison Formation spanning much of the ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Pair of Huge Chinese Turquoise Glazed Porcelain Mounted Foo Dogs RF#01/02
Located in Norton, MA
Huge, Fine, and very detailed pair of Chinese turquoise glazed foo dogs from the mid-20th century. The hollow biscuit porcelain figures stand raised on a rectangular base and look si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Other Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Rhinoceros Sculpture in Resin from the 1990s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
large Rhinoceros sculpture in resin from the 1990s.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Antique 20th Century Victorian "Blonde" Turtle Shell On Stand c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century “blond” turtle shell. These turtle shells were South American river turtles and would be captured to take on board the merchant ships. The turtles were then boil...
Category
20th Century British Other Sculptures
Materials
Sea turtle
Chinese Treacle Glazed Porcelain Tang Style Horse Figurines c 1970s
By Tang Dynasty
Located in Glasgow, GB
A matching pair of treacle-glazed porcelain horse figurines. Crafted to a 'Tang Dynasty' style in 1970s China.
Overall, both are in good condition for their age and use. One horse ...
Category
1970s Chinese Tang Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$83 Sale Price / set
60% Off
"Seated Male Nude, " Remarkable Bronze Sculpture by Choate, Figural Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although America's sculptors interested in African American life and Black subjects, including Elizabeth Catlett, Richmond Barthé, Sargent Johnson and ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
'Bohemienne' Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Emmanuel Villanis, circa 1890
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'Bohemienne' An Art Nouveau bronze sculpture by Emmanuel Villanis (1858-1914), depicting an elegant young woman holding a lyre with her other arm raised behind her head with robes fl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of 6 Handmade Unique Goto Murano Drinking Glasses
Located in Murano, VE
The Murano Glass Goto collection brings a piece of authentic Italian art to your dining table. Hand-blown with artistic expertise, these glasses are inspired by the traditional Venet...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$287 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Selenite Logs 'Set of 4' with Fireplace Grate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Set of four selenite logs or ruler selenite with a white fireplace grate.
Selenite logs are single, prismatic selenite crystals from Morocco that were formed in extensive beds by th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Metal
$1,550 / set
Whimsical Rare Crocodile Tray Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Adorable Crocodile holding tray. A very unusual piece for your patio or loggia. A fabulous little drinks table.
Category
20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Table Top Sculpture by Anne Van Kleeck in Bronze
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A unique Anne Van Kleeck bronze, table top sculpture of abstracted figures, dancers perhaps. From the artist's estate. A note about the artist: Anne Van Kleeck was primarily known for her works in cast bronze and ceramics. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A.) and Ohio State University (M.A.) and spent several years as a professor of art in Ohio and Florida. In 1957, Anne traveled to Venice, Italy to study bronze and lost wax casting, beaten iron and mosaic techniques. During that stay she employed an Italian foundry expert and together they established a small foundry on the island of Murano where they cast bronzes for her one woman show in Venice. Van Kleecks work has won multiple awards and is owned worldwide by private collectors and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum and MOMA in New York. She was contemporaries of and exhibited with Ruth Asawa, Gary Knox Bennett...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orientalist Cold Painted Vienna Bronze, Man in Prayer on Rug, Bergmann Signature
Located in Petaluma, CA
This Vienna bronze clearly shows off the quality of the Bergmann Foundry. The detailing is top grade and the cold painting is exceptional. Please note how carefully the man's clothi...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Marble Egg Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of five (5) Italian marble egg sculptures, in the Modern style, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Eggs include marble, alabaster and T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
$1,450 / set
Fossilized Turtle Skull
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully preserved fossilized turtle skull from the Kem Kem fossil formation in Morocco, exhibiting outstanding anatomical detail. The bone structure remains highly intact, with...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Large Bertoia Studios 24-Rod 'Star of Sound / B-2482' Copper & Brass Sculpture
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Bertoia Studios 24-rod 'Star of Sound B-2482' copper & brass sculpture. A lyrical and musical sound sculpture with certificate of authenticity signed by Val, the artist and son of the original designer, Harry Bertoia. Hand made at the original Bertoia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Antique Sicilian Opera dei Pupi Theater Marionette, ca. 1930s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Sicilian Opera dei Pupi Theater Marionette, ca. 1930s
A large Sicilian theater (Opera dei Pupi) marionette, which is made of tin, wood and canvas ca. 1930s.
The Sicilian Pu...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ruler Selenite with Natural Forming Pearls on a Custom Stand
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A single selenite log with natural-forming baroque pearls on a custom hammered metal stand. Ruler selenite or "selenite logs" are single, prismatic seleni...
Category
2010s Moroccan Modern Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Metal
Rare Vaseline Uranium Glass Fish Ashtray
Located in San Diego, CA
A unique rare vaseline uranium glass ashtray, in white color no chips or cracks like-new condition.
Category
20th Century North American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Gogotte Formation
Located in London, GB
Gogotte formation
circa 30 Million y/o
Measures : 42 x 21 x 63 cm.
A magnificent example of a gogotte formation, composed of thick swirls and fo...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
$65,000
Mafra Palissy Majolica Lobster Plate
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Mafra Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plate which features a lobster and four shells, sitting on an extruded clay ground. Colouration: green, brown, pink, are predominant. The piece...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Edouard Drouot "Daphne" Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Edouard Drouot (French, 1859-1945) "Daphne" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the standing nymph clad in reeds with flowing hair and upholding branch, on conforming base...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Two Tall Architectural Sitting Stone Concrete Lions, a Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pair of two concrete stone lions. Such a wonderful way to add a regal look to an entryway. (Or perhaps even a driveway.) Each lion sits on its hind legs, with its front paws outstr...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
$1,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 17th Century Italian 'Florence Fragments' with Free-Formed Copper
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A set of three coordinating 17th century Italian 'Florence Fragments' all topped with varying collections of selenite rock crystal and naturally free-forming copper.
These fragment...
Category
17th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Copper
Mid-Century Modern Hattakitkosol Somchai Bronze Bird Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Stunning large bronze bird sculpture with wood base by Hattakitkosol Somchai.
Category
1980s Thai Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ancient Greek Terracotta Antefix in Form of the Head of Artemis Bendis, Taranto
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ancient Greek mould-made terracotta antefix decorated with the female head of the Goddess Artemis Bendis.
Western Greek, Italy, Taranto, early 4th century BC.
Two small feathered win...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rock Crystal And Agate Bird Sculpture On Amethyst Base
Located in Queens, NY
A hand carved rock crystal heron bird sculpture engraved with detailed patterns. The birds beak and crest are made from agate. The bird stands on a large, natural amethyst geode base...
Category
20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Rock Crystal
A Pair Of Italian Carved Wood Dog Table - Pedestals
Located in Bradenton, FL
Fine 19th Century Italian Carved Wooden Dogs believed to be Whippets or Italian Greyhounds. Carved on Pedestals. Figures are characterized by their elegant, elongated forms and carv...
Category
19th Century Italian Other Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Mid-century Modern Amber Lucite Glass Grapes, Olive Branch Stem
Located in Miami, FL
Large Mid-century Modern Amber Lucite Grapes, Olive Branch Stem
Offered for sale is a large mid-century modern amber acrylic Lucite and olive branch cluster of grapes. The cluster i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Driftwood, Acrylic, Lucite
Antique Vintage French Gilt Marble Religious Holy Crucifix Jesus Christ Cross
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Museum Quality Example of a Well Cast Parian (unglazed porcelain) Figure depicting Jesus Christ nailed to a plain black marble standing Cross of impressive prop...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
Art Deco Lady Figurine Table Lamp Bronze Sculpture, French circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a stunning figurine table lamp of a nude lady bronze Figurine sculpture made in France, circa 1930.
The figurine is heavy and made of bronze metal with good detail. It has been cold painted with a green colour which has worn away in places, showing a patinated bronze colour beneath. The lady is stood on a round ball above a shaped shell like base. The figure is holding the lamp above her head with the electric cable running into the base and vertically up her back to the lamp fitting above. A coloured spherical glass shade firmly sits in the dished support.
The light is currently fitted with a small bayonet fitting, the whole electrical fitting having been PAT tested for safety compliance in the UK. The fitting could easily be modified to suit the electricity supply of the country where it might be used .
This piece is typical of the Art Deco aesthetic, with the sleek lines of the nude girl figure holding the globe light above.
The lamp is in full working order.
This is a substantial heavy piece weighing about 2.5Kg unpacked.
Overall a beautiful original Art Deco Lady Figurine...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Wire
$1,498 Sale Price
55% Off
Vintage Miniature Chinoiserie Figures
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Miniature Chinoiserie Figures. Set of six miniature glazed pottery chinoiserie figures in rich blue, green, red and yellow with various professions. China, early 20th century...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$450 / set
Rare Vintage Anne Klein Red Resin and Brass Shapes Statement Necklace
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible vintage necklace by Anne Klein. This is a true burst of color in a rare piece that is sculptural and unique. Created with artistry and detail, resin and brass combine to...
Category
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Monoliti Magma Carlo Moretti Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind Murano crystal multicolored sculpture created in 2017.
Carlo Moretti: An artisan factory
Strolling afoot through the foundations of Murano, the visitor provi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Livio Seguso, Heavy Murano Glass Bowl, Rainbow Design and Glass Orb, 80s Signed
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Exceptional historical piece. It has the rainbow patter. A sequence of canes that Livio loved to place in sculptures where the play with the lens effect of the other clear massiccio ...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Chondrite Meteorite with Regmaglypts
Located in London, GB
NWA 12759
Stone, Chondrite - L5
18.3 KG
“This specimen of the NWA 12759 L5 chondrite has a smooth posterior fusion crust where meteoritic melt pooled as the rock descended through the atmosphere and was heated by friction with molecules of air. The meteorite is from the L-chondrite asteroid that was destroyed by an energetic collision 470 million years ago.”
Dr Alan E. Rubin, PhD Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA
Detached from its parent body by a mighty impact, this large, oriented meteorite travelled over a hundred million miles through space before falling to Earth in the North African desert. Beautiful regmaglypts radiate from the apex of its cone shaped nose. These elongated dimples formed when streaks of superheated molten rock streamed off the meteor’s surface as it blazed through the atmosphere. The entire piece is coated in a glossy, umber-coloured fusion crust and close examination reveals remnants of encrusted, orange dirt.
Whilst most meteors tumble as they travel through the Earth’s atmosphere, oriented meteorites...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Pompeii" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
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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