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Sculptures For Sale
POLBERT Large French Art Deco Terracotta Lady With a Greyhound, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Rare and large French Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture by Polbert, France, 1920s. "Lady with a Greyhound". This stunning large French Art Deco terracotta sculpture by Pierre Polbert cap...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Sculpture Representing a Fragment of the Bust of Apollo.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture representing a fragment of the bust of Apollo.
Sculpture in resin and plaster, metal base, representing a fragment of a bust of Apollo, Greco/Roman style.
H: 63cm, W: 32cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Greco Roman Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Rare Citrine Cluster with Calcite Inclusions
Located in Ametista Do Sul, BR
A Rare Citrine with Calcite Specimen
▫️ Description
A citrine specimen seemingly shaped by nature with aesthetics in mind, this rare cluster displays the sought-after Madeira-color...
Category
2010s Brazilian Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
Michael Cutler Kinetic Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Michael Cutler was an American Artist from California.
Trained as an electronic technician, he turned to kinetic sculpture in the 1970s.
The sculpture 3 precision balanced elements...
Category
1990s American Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
'Cosmic Pendant Duo Regolith 100' Black Patina & Gradient Brass Ceiling Lamp
Located in London, England
Inspired by planet-like shapes and textures, the Cosmic collection plays with both metal properties and a selection of patina finishes.
The Regolith Pendant...
Category
2010s English Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Gilt Bronze Tibetan Buddha Vajrasattva Statue 13"
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, 4.15 lb, gilt bronze Tibetan sculpture of Buddha Vajrasattva. Seated dhyana asana on double lotus throne, in the left hand a ghanta bell, in the right hand a vajra thund...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$950 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Hawk on a Sodalite Stone
By Ranzoni Fatelli
Located in VALENZA, IT
Hawk in sterling silver on a sodalite stone-base.
The hawk was made in casting. The finish was made completely by hand with chisel and engraving.
The reproductions of animals in sol...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Baroque Virgin of the Immaculate Conception in polychrome and gilded wood, 17th
Located in Madrid, ES
Baroque Virgin of the Immaculate Conception in polychrome and gilded wood, 17th century
An exceptional Baroque wood carving, polychrome and gild...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
1950's Small American Vintage Gas Station Enamel Marquee Letter - M
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s American Vintage Gas Station Enamel Marquee Letter – M.
We sourced these from an old gas station in America, thought to be from the 50’s and 60’s. We have a number of colours...
Category
1950s Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Sheet Metal
Gupta Empire Torso of Vishnu
Located in Chicago, IL
A mesmerizing Gupta Empire (mid-3rd century BCE - 543 AD) mounted terracotta torso of a standing Vishnu. Vishnu is the preserver god, which means he p...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Bangladeshi Hellenistic Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$18,500
Large Antique Carved Wood Male Bambara Chi Wara Antelope Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
Chi wara is a ritual headdress used by the Bambara people in Mali. Portrayed as both male or female figures Chi ware is associated with agriculture. This larg...
Category
Early 1900s Malian Folk Art Antique Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Limited Edition Cold-Painted Bronze Sculpture entitled "Monaco" by Erté
By Erté
Located in London, GB
A captivating limited edition Art Deco bronze figure of an elegant beauty wearing a full length gown with a dramatic black and gold shawl draped across her arms with a large decorati...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vide Poche Soap Holder Swans Sculpture Shaped, in Silvered Metal Italy, 1970's
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vide Poche Soap Holder Swans Sculpture Shaped, in Silvered Metal Italy, 1970's
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$430 Sale Price
20% Off
Benin 'Nigeria' Bronze Sculptures of Leopards, Modern Replicas
Located in Miami, FL
Benin (Nigeria) bronze sculptures of leopards from the mid-20th century
Offered for sale is a pair of modern mid-20th century copies of Benin (modern-day Nigeria) bronze figural s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$16,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Hand-Carved Wooden Ram Head Wall Mount by Sarreid, Spain, 1970s
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Exceptional hand-carved wooden ram's head wall mount, made in Spain for Sarreid Ltd., 1970s. Sculpted with striking detail, the head features curling horns, deeply carved fleece, and...
Category
1970s Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Travertine Marble Elephant Minimal and Rational Sculpture
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Travertine marble elephant minimal and rational sculpture.
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$501 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Umberto Stiaccini Carved Alabaster 'La Perla' Lighted Sculpture or Lamp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-carved alabaster sculpture of lamp is unsigned, but being attributed to Umberto Stiaccini of Italy and dates to approximately 1890 and done in a Neoclassical Reviva...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Very Large French Patinated Bronze Figural Sculpture Apollo After Picault
Located in London, GB
Very Large French Patinated Bronze Figural Sculpture Apollo After Picault
French, Late 19th Century
Height 167cm, width 66cm, depth 40cm
This late 19th century bronze figure is cra...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orange Brown Crystals Amethyst Citrine Decorative Object Sculpture
Located in London, GB
This pleasing open geode contains a bed of orange-brown amethystine
quartz of moderate size with a frontal rosette of several small calcite crystals.
The borders polished.
This ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
1990s Modernist Black Fat Lava Ceramic German Bison
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Ceramic Bison by Otto Keramik is a striking and unique piece of ceramic art that epitomizes the design aesthetics of the era. Created by the renowned German pottery studio Otto ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
SAVIOLI Saint-Clement French Art Deco Ceramic Bull 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Ceramic Bull by Antonio Savioli for Saint-Clément, France, 1930s
Material: Ceramic
Dimensions - Width: 12.6 in (32 cm), Height: 9.4 in (23.8 cm), Depth: 6.7 in (17 c...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Huge Bird Paradise Sculpture Master Designer Eva Fritz-Lindner
Located in South Burlington, VT
A one-of-a-kind monumental Monumental Flamboyant Bird of Paradise -Knuppelhuhn- big sculpture created, handmade, and hand-painted by master designer Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) in about 1992.
Handcrafted and hand-painted in beautiful colors by this artist.
Designer/maker: Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017)
Signed with her stamp i3D.
Glaze: The matte colors in lavender and pink and creams are still vivid and the hand painting is superb
This is the only example we have seen in private hands.
Substantial dimensions: 21.25 inches tall and 31.5 inches length
Handmade / handarbeit and hand glazed
About the artist:
The bold Folk Art sculptress and ceramist Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) studied at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden and Darmstadt and was a master student in the sculptor class by Erich Kuhn.
From 1955 she worked as a master designer at the Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe where she created and designed several hundred highly regarded ceramic folk art animal sculptures...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$7,600 Sale Price
80% Off
Val Bertoia Double Vertical Spray Sculpture, Steel Wires with Brass Base, 2014
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary artist Val Bertoia's Double Vertical Spray Sculpture made in 2014. This Kinetic sculpture was made by cutting one grouping of stainless-steel wires that were made by Har...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
1970s Mid-Century Figurative Roman Travertine Monumental Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
1970s vintage figurative Roman sculpture crafted from unpolished scabos travertine. The natural and textured appearance of the travertine offers a unique blend of tan, off-white, and...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Travertine
Italian Grand Tour Marble Bust of Augustus Caesar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Italian Grand Tour Marble Bust of Augustus Caesar, originally known as Octavian. Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew, and Julius Caesar named him as prime beneficiary and his p...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century.
White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Murano Gambaro Poggi Green Red Blue Italian Art Glass Turtle Figure Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand green, red, and blue Italian art glass sea turtle figurine / sculpture. The piece is documented to the Gambaro & Poggi company, with an original "Ve...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Terracotta Majolica Bulldog Bavent Normandy
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Terracotta bulldog from Bavent (Normandy), circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair Antique Gilt Bronze Grand Tour Sculptures, Music and The Arts
Located in New York, NY
A pair of beautiful gilt bronze maidens representing Music and the Art.s
Music holds a lyre, known for its use in Greek classical antiquity, in her left hand and is bringing her rig...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Extra Large Resin Eagle by Abraham Palatnik
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Beautiful bird of prey by Brazilian artist Abraham Palatnik.
Rare colored XXL eagle. The brown-red plumage has been applied consciously on the resin. The white neck and tail feather...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Black David Bust Museum Replica Cultured Marble 'Florence Accademia G.' 12.3"
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 12.3" (31 cm) / Weight: 4 kg
-Produced from cultured marble.
-Produced from the original molds of the works from the museum. (Museum Replica)
-Can be used indoors and outdoo...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
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
Jean de RONCOURT French Art Deco Lumberjack Sculpture, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Sculpture “Lumberjack” by Jean de Roncourt, France, 1920s.
This striking French Art Deco sculpture, titled “Lumberjack,” was created by Jean de Roncourt.. A powerful...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Spelter
Mid-Century French Carved and Painted Carousel Horse on Metal Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France, circa 1960, this large, hand carved sculpture sits on an attached square iron base and depicts a colorful hand-painted horse figure. The horse features a flowing m...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Country Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Italian Silver & Mixed Metal Set of 3 Realistic Circus Clowns Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Comparable to the circus set from Tiffany & Co., these 3 Italian mixed metal (including silver) circus clowns sculptures/ miniature figurines from the mid-20th century are very reali...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver
Bronze Horse and Foal on Marble Base
Located in Annville, PA
Graceful even when standing still the Bronze Horse and Foal on Marble Base is a striking addition to any setting. Using traditional lost wax cast...
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,270 / item
Mid-Century Modern Bleached Wood Abstract Sculpture, circa 1970
By Bois & Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
In the early 1970s, an artist crafted this stunning Mid-Century Modern wood abstract sculpture. The finely carved, stylized free-form sculpture, made of bleached wood, features a ver...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ernest-Justin Ferrand Female "Coup de Soleil" Zamac Sculpture Table Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A bronze alloy Art Nouveau woman entitled "Coup de soleil" table lamp, Signed Ferrand (1846-1932). The sculpture features a thinly dressed nymph with a branching Art Nouveau-style fl...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$1,276 Sale Price
30% Off
"Bucranium," a sculpture made of white Carrara marble
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Sculpture, high relief, bas-relief, ancient Roman bust, Roman art, high relief battle, classical art, Greek art, bust, white Carrara marble, classical sculpture, carved high relief, ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Greco Roman Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Vintage Aldo Londi Italian Ceramiche Bird / Duck Sculpture by Bitossi Raymor
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage ceramiche bird / duck sculpture by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Raymor, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with great color and texture; it would make a fanta...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Two Large Tall Architectural Sitting Stone Concrete Lions, a Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pair of two cast 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 o...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
$1,875 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Mid Century Staffordshire Ceramic Spaniel Mantle Dogs 1378 4 From Beswick, 1960s
By Beswick
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This set of two Staffordshire Spaniel Mantle Dogs ceramic figurines was manufactured by the English Beswick manufacture during the 1960s. The catalogue number 1378-4. The figurines are made of high-quality hand-painted ceramics. Decorated with a gold chain, medallion and a cream white robe. Usually placed on fireplaces in 19th century mansions. In Scotland, these were commonly referred to as Wally dugs. The Staffordshire spaniel was the quintessential Victorian bourgeois ornament and a status symbol. No fireplace was complete without a pair of spaniels standing guard. Staffordshire dogs are now collector's objects. The quality of modeling and painting the figures may vary. Many copies have been produced, but originals in good condition and in the right pairs are now rare. Victorian tales describe the usefulness of placing Staffordshire spaniel figures on window sills. One story tells that a woman may have placed figures on her front window. If the spaniels were facing away from each other, her husband was at home. If he was far away, the dogs would face each other. As her lover walked past the house, he would have known if it was safe to visit her without her husband knowing.
John Beswick...
Category
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,142 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Headboard with Brutalist Bronze Sculpture by Frigerio, Italy, 1968
Located in London, GB
Headboard with large Brutalist bronze sculpture, model "Aurora" by Frigerio, Italy, 1968.
The headboard comprises a large Brutalist sand-cast sculpture, overlaid on an arc of textured lacquered metal, which has a deep gold finish.
The piece is in very nice vintage condition. We have left the sculpture unpolished and it has a developed an aged patina, ranging from brown to gold. There are minor losses to the finish of the headboard frame, both the arc and the cross-bars. The sculpture is bolted to the bed frame; it appears it could be unbolted and used separately, though we have not tried to do so.
Approximate dimensions:
Sculpture W 173 cm x H 49 cm
Headboard W 185 cm x H 108 cm
Please be aware this listing is for the headboard only. The remaining three sections of the bed surround...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
$5,240 Sale Price
30% Off
Important Archimede Seguso Opalescent Murano Glass PAIR of Dotted Guinea Hens
Located in Richmond, VA
Matched pair of a female & male guinea hen bird sculptures by Archimede Seguso. They are made of opalescent glass which has been infused with delicate 24K gold powder which creat...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
William Bowie Gilded Mid-Century Modern Abstract Table Sculpture on Teak Base
Located in St. Louis, MO
Signed William Bowie welded spire abstract metal gilded with both gold and silver leaf on teak base, circa 1960. This piece is unusual as most of Bowie's pieces are wall-mounted form...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Teak
Antique Austrian Franz Bergman Cold Painted Bronze Peacock Sculpture Statue 1920
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Austrian Art Nouveau coldpainted bronze sculpture of a peacock by Franz Bergman, Vienna, circa 1920.
The bronze depicts a remarkably lifelike peacock with it's tail fe...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Boehm Porcelain Polar Bear with Cubs Figurine
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Boehm Porcelain Polar Bear with Cubs Figurine
This figurine measures: 11 wide x 7 deep x 6.25 high
We take our photos in a controlled lighting studi...
Category
Early 2000s American Bohemian Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Modern Golfing Couple Sculpture by Austin Productions Dated 1987
Located in Miami, FL
For your consideration is a gorgeous table sculpture of two golfers, dated 1987.
This Art Deco style decorative sculpture is constructed of plaster and is delightfully heavy. Hand ...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paint
$704 Sale Price
28% Off
Spiral6 Kenta Hirai Japanese Contemporary Bentwood Sculpture
By Studio Jig
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Kenta Hirai created it with the technique "Free form lamination." This sculpture mixes free formed wood sculpture and branch. Wood materials are Yoshino Cedar...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Rock Crystal Bull
Located in New York, NY
Carved rock crystal bull:
Measures: 7.5" x 3" x 4".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
$2,750
Pair of Modernist Carved Abstract Figural Scuptures by Stella Popowski, C. 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
A rare pair of carved mahogany abstract figures circa mid-1950s by the modernist jeweler and painter Stella Popowski (1931-2008). Popowski was active in both Los Angeles and San Fra...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Contemporary Morfa nº 01 Side Table by Lucas Recchia, 2025
Located in New York, NY
The Morfa series by Lucas Recchia was inspired by the understanding of glass as a malleable material. The collection comprises five models, which vary in size and shape, numbered acc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Tiffany Studios Style Iridescent Favrile Glass Flower Frog
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco style iridescent favrile glass flower frog
In the manner of Tiffany Studios
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 4"W x 4"D x 2.5"H
Very good ori...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century Pair of French Patinated Bronze Sculptures Candelabra Candleholders
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A pair of heavy patinated bronze sculpture candelabra, France, mid-19th century. Two female sculptures holding a candleholder raised on a b...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Bronze Signed Figurative Sculpture
Located in Augusta, GA
Figurative sculpture of a man
Made of bronze
Made in the mid 20th century
signed "JCB"
Beautiful craftsmanship
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Sommerso Glowing Uranium Yellow Red Heart Italian Art Glass Bird Figure
By Salviati, Livio Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso glowing Uranium yellow green with dark olive head Italian art glass hummingbird sculpture. It stands on a clear ball base. At...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Pair 19th Century French Bronze Marly Horse Sculptures After Coustou
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century French bronze marly horse statues after the original models by Guillaume Coustou (1677-1746).
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Edouard Marcel SANDOZ Bronze Rabbit Sculpture, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco bronze rabbit sculpture by Edouard Marcel SANDOZ, Paris, Susse Freres Foundry, France, 1920-1928. Rabbit, head turned. Just 7 copies edited. Rare. Bronze with dark gr...
Category
1920s French Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of Knight by François A. Clémencin
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ CLÉMENCIN
French, 1878-1950
"Celui qui fut pris" (The one that was taken)
Patinated & polychromed bronze Signed on base "A. Clemencin"
Item # 110BKP22X
An exq...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Selenite Logs for Fireplace 'Set of 7'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Set of 7 "selenite logs" or ruler selenite. Selenite logs are single, prismatic selenite crystals from Morocco that were formed in extensive beds by the evaporation of ocean brine. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
$2,800 / set
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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