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Sculptures For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1990s
Marilyn Newmark Bronze Horse Sculpture, Herculean Limited Edition of 5, 1994
Located in Gardena, CA
Marilyn Newmark Bronze Horse Sculpture, Herculean Limited Edition of 5, 1994
The sculpture depicts a realistically modeled trotting Stallion, with textured skin and even patina, sitting atop a wooden base. Applied award plaques...
Category
1990s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1970s Tarnished Brass Post-Modern Desktop Tape Dispenser Disco Nightclub Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Good working order, warm tarnish brass, a natural time-worn patina. Loaded up with a roll of clear tape.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Nelson Rockefeller Mottahedeh India Brass Bell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Nelson Rockefeller Collection reproduction brass bell by Mottahedeh
Very unusual bell with three bells in one.
Very heavy for the size....
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Postmodern Surrealist Style Metal & Enamel Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Postmodern Surrealist style tabletop sculpture with enameled metal elements and faces, signed illegibly on the base.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Whippet or Greyhound Dog Sculpture
Located in Highland, IN
A beautiful life-size Greyhound or Whippet sculpted in bronze, this handsome fellow has terrific presence in any room.
Category
1980s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lucio Bubacco Signed Devil with Rose Murano Art Glass Sculpture Candlestick
By Lucio Bubacco
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptionally executed signed Lucio Bubacco (Italian, b. 1957) hand-blown Venetian art glass 'Red Devil with Rose' Candlestick, dated 1994.
The visually striking sculptural candlestick of cobalt glass with gilt foil inclusions, featuring a flameworked figural stem in Bubacco's exquisitely detailed fine quality style, resting on circular foot, inscribed: Bubacco Lucio 94
PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION:
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, 1995.
Property from the Estate of Myra Janco Daniels, Naples, Florida
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. Design Signature Auction catalog #8110
DIMENSIONS: (approx)
18.25" High, 5" Wide, 4.75" Deep
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Most of the subjects of Lucio Bubacco’s (b. 1957) glass art are provocative and polarising; at the same time they are sensual and beguiling. In a kind of erotic ‘trance dance’ – Mephistophelian and frequently riotous – nightmarish fabulous creatures and mythological phantasms virtually undulate about each other. His technical virtuosity in creative execution is unparalleled, for the Murano-born glass artist has elevated the Venetian flame technique to a new level of skill and complexity.
Bubacco has captured human feelings and emotions in the masterly play of gestures and muscles of the glass figures featured in his burlesque installations. Full of wit and irony he thus explores the limits of kitsch without overstepping them. Follow him into a world of carnevalesque orgies, crystalline incubi and erotic fantasies in glass!
Lucio Bubacco is represented in numerous museums around the world, including the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, The Corning Museum of Glass, Museum of American Glass, Millville, and Tampa Museum of Art (US); Nagoya Museum (JP); Glasmuseum Frauenau and European Museum of Modern Glass / The Veste Coburg Art Collections (DE); MusVerre, Sars-Poteries (FR); Museo del Vetro, Murano, Venice (IT); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL); J&L Lobmeyr Museum and The Margot and Roman Fuchs Collection, both in Vienna (AT).
BIOGRAPHY:
Lucio Bubacco was born on the beautiful island of Murano, near Venice, in April 1957. Commonly referred to as the Glass Island, Murano provided Lucio with the inspiration and techniques that have set him above and beyond his common contemporaries. He has given life to an art form uniquely his own using the traditional Venetian lampworking...
Category
1990s Italian Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
White Marble Abstract Sculpture by Jean Frederic Bourdier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large white marble floor sculpture with black marble base.
One of a kind sculpture signe by the artist.
Jean Frederic Bourdier.
Sculpture turns 360.
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Abstract White Rock Sculpture Group by Bryan Blow in Ceramic
Located in London, GB
Abstract White Rock Sculpture are hand sculpted in ceramic. The sculptures resemble white cliffs on the British coast line. They are chalk-white washed a...
Category
1970s British Minimalist Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Brass Doe Sculpture, French, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This elegant Doe sculpture is made of brass. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Pewter Teapot
Located in Richmond, VA
Stunning handcrafted metal teapot by classically trained silversmith, Randy Stromsoe. Signed and stamped on the bottom, Randy Stromsoe 95'.
Category
1990s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Stainless Steel and Black Powder Coated Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautiful 1980s Polish stainless steel and black powder coated steel sculpture.
The stainless steel cylinders are all different sizes and are arr...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Rabarbaro Floor Lamp, Carlo Giorgi for Bottega Gadda, Italy, 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
Impressive floor lamp designed by Carlo Giorgi for Bottega Gadda, Italy in the 1970s, composed by nine leaves mounted on ball joints and hidden six electric bulbs, made entirely of polished brass...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of Bonsai, Glass and Ceramic, 1980
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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Category
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Art Glass
Limited Edition Art Glass Bird Sculpture by Oiva Toikka / Nuutajarvi of Finland
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous limited edition (265/300) art glass bird sculpture signed by Oiva Toikka for Nuutajarvi of Finland, circa 1990s. This sculpture is...
Category
Late 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Art Deco Sculpture, Semi-Nude Girl with Boy and Dog After Delandre Large
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A nice size bronze casting of a Semi-nude girl seated with small child and a dog holding a bunch of Flowers. The Artist name is visible in the dress at the bottom ( Delandre). A Larg...
Category
1990s American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gerald Digiusto, Contro Five, 1975
Located in Hudson, NY
Gerald's work can be found in many Museum, public and private collections.
Gerald's work can also currently be seen in the new book titled American Beauty by Thom Filicia and in the November 2012 issue of House Beautiful
Gerald Digiusto was born June 30, 1929 in New York City, the son of immigrant Italian and Jewish parents. He grew up in Boston, and as a young man served a stone carving apprenticeship in Quincy, Massachusetts. From 1950 to 1954, while stationed in Tokyo with the Air Force, he worked in the studio of the Japanese sculptor...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Ettore Sottsass R Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
R-vase made for the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass. Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 numbered pieces, number 9 / 12.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917-31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century. His body of designs included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting and office machine design. Sottsass was born on 14 September 1917 in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan, where his father was an architect. In 1956, Ettore Sottsass began working as a design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment...
Category
1990s European Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
1980 Italy Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture Beppe Bonetti with Base
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Beppe Bonetti. Title "Piccolo racconto" translate "Little tale""
Beppe Bonetti was born in 1951 in Brescia, Italy, where he lives and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cast Metal Sculpture of a Greyhound Dog
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful cast metal bronze greyhound dog sculpture.
An elegant, detailed cast sculpture depicting a greyhound dog..
Sculptures depicting a greyhound dog.
Made with the fusion sys...
Category
1990s American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Italian White Perl Ceramic Horse, 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Beautiful white perl hand crafted ceramic horse sculpture
Italian animal sculptures are a popular form of Italian art that spans many centuries and styles.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sculpture Vessel Regina Heinz Sunrise Pottery
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Regina Heinz B. 1957
SUNRISE 1998
Regina's award winning work has been purchased by the National Art Collector's Fund and is presented in collections worldwide, including the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the Museum of Contemporary Ceramics in Gifu, Japan, the International Ceramics Museum in Faenza, and the Yingge County Ceramics Museum in Taipei.
With degrees in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and in ceramics from Goldsmiths’ College, London, Regina combines in her work the sensibility of a fine artist with outstanding expertise in ceramics.
As an artist, Regina draws on her love for her native countryside and her background as a painter. Her passion for colour, form and beautiful ceramic surfaces led her to set up her architectural ceramics practice in 2011 to explore the integration of art, architecture and landscape.
Regina regularly works with international interior designers, art consultants and private clients world-wide. Her portfolio includes an exclusive 3D tile line for the American tile retailer Ann Sacks...
Category
1990s English Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Stylized Frog Sculpture / Paperweight by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized frog sculpture / paperweight by Baccarat, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clarity. Signed on the unders...
Category
Late 20th Century French Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Murano Glass Carp, Italy, Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Murano glass carp Is a beautiful glass decorative object, realized by Murano manufacture following the japanese style in the late 20th Century.
This object belongs to the exclusiv...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Ball Sculpture Paperweight in Steel and Travertine, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury sculpture / paperweight in steel and travertine in the shape of a ball in the style of Italian designer Enzo Mari.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Travertine, Metal, Steel
Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture, from Paris, France, circa 1970s
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
A French Lalique crystal female figurative sculpture piece, circa 1970's, France. A nude crystal female figure sculpture on black glass ba...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Mario Buccellati Life Size Silver Baby Zebra
Located in New York, NY
Mario Buccellati life size silver Zebra. A life-size silver zebra crafted with a technique know as ‘lavorazione a pelo’ or ‘hair-like workmanship. This technique involved infinite si...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Statuette of the Madonna Embellished with 18 Kt Gold and Precious Stones, Italy
Located in Palermo, IT
Statuette of the Madonna embellished with 18 kt gold and precious stones, Italy, 1980.
Made by a goldsmith craftsman relative of mine who created a unique object. He used 18K gold, ...
Category
1980s European Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Marquis Of Beverly Hills Tesselated Stone Large Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
1990s abstract wall sculpture made of onyx, marble and tessellated stone by Marquis Collection Of Beverly Hills, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina due to age an...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Marble
George Tate Abstract Brutalist Hand Welded Bronze Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Hand welded sculpture by George Tate. Masterfully done with virtuoso technique. On its original stand.
Category
1970s American Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Abstract White Lucite Swirl Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning 1970s Lucite or Plexiglass sculpture. Abstract geometrical swirl shape, with milky white color mounted on a tall, stepped black Lucite or acrylic base. The piece boasts diff...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Fat Lava Ceramic Pottery Vase Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1960s
This original vintage...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Custom Made Italian Wood Sculpture or Magazine Rack
Located in Stamford, CT
An Italian artisan's fanciful interpretation of a sheep, crafted with interlocking wooden segments that magically capture its woolly essence. An eye-catching accent piece that will l...
Category
1970s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Detroit Artist Doug Spalding Light Up Pottery Robot
Located in Ferndale, MI
Fun cute quirky industrial themed table top Robot lamp. Colorful lamp accented by intermittent flashing red bulb inside. Designed and built by Detroit area...
Category
1990s American American Craftsman Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Gary Kulak Small Red Painted Bronze Decorative Fine Art Chair 1987 Vintage Decor
By Gary Kulak
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A red painted bronze chair sculpture from Gary Kulak. This marvelous little chair sculpture was created in 1987. This piece is signed and dated on the under...
Category
1980s Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brass Longhorn Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Circa late 20th century Hollywood Regency style decorative brass longhorn skull wall sculpture in a hand polished finish. Please note of wear consistent...
Category
Late 20th Century Korean Hollywood Regency Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Lucite Bird Sculpture by Team Guzzini
By Guzzini, Tim S. Crea
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage stylized bird sculpture in lucite by Tim Crea for Guzzini. In very good vintage condition with “Team Guzzini Made in Italy” sticker.
Measures: 5" x 1.5" x 5".
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Mid-Century Brass Handled Cat Doorstop, by Sarreid Ltd.
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century brass handled cat doorstop, by Sarreid Ltd.
Spain, Circa 1970s
A rare and unique model, by famed the Sarreid Ltd. foundry.
The well thou...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Sculpture by Alessio Tasca, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Sculpture by Alessio Tasca, Italy, 1970s
Designer Biography :
"Tasca was born 1929. He studied at the Art Institutes of Nove, Venice and Florence. He comes from a family of potters and started to work with clay early, first with his brothers (production of huge panels...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bonsai Pink 1980, Glass and Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
Lladró Porcelain Figurine of a Group of Birds Dated from 1978
Located in Marbella, ES
Lladró Porcelain Figurine of a group of birds dated from 1978.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Yew Wood Abstract Organic Sculpture Hand-Carved Mid-Century Modern
Located in Miami, FL
Charming free-form organic wooden sculpture is carved from one piece of Yew with its twisting curves colliding all angles.
Yew trees are som...
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Sculptures
Materials
Yew
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
Caballo De Hierro De Estilo Oriental, China
Located in Marbella, ES
Caballo de hierro de estilo oriental, China.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Iron
1994 Modernist Complete Series of Three Nefertiti Bronze Vases by Lino Sabattini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An extremely rare complete series of Nefertiti gilded and green painted bronze vases by Lino Sabattini, a numbered edition of only 50 specimens, co...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1986 Italy Post-Modern Mirella Forlivesi Abstract Pewter Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense artwork was created by the Italian artist Mirella Forlivesi. Title "Rosone cometa" translated in Comet.
Mirella Forlivesi was born in P...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
1970s Byzantine Cast Iron Bronze Washed Horse Sculpture Candelabra Midcentury
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Stylized plated or washed cast metal horse candleholder, weighs 1 lb.
Category
1970s Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Wood Sculpture Crafted from Organic Molave Root, Philippines
Located in Round Top, TX
Organic molave root sculpture, hardwood from Philippines.
Molave is an indigenous species now protected by Philippine law making this a unique, special find.
Please refer to profes...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Organic or Tribal Influence Bronze Garden Sculpture by Noted Sculptor Tim Doyle
Located in St. Louis, MO
Organic form bronze garden or yard sculpture by California Sculptor Tim Doyle. Influenced by Alberto Giacometti, with use of African tribal motifs and brutal...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ettore Sottsass Y Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Y vase made for the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 numbered pieces, number 9 / 12.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Flower not included.
Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917-31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century. His body of designs included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting and office machine design. Sottsass was born on 14 September 1917 in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan, where his father was an architect. In 1956, Ettore Sottsass began working as a design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment...
Category
1990s European Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
"Sisters" Two Women Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, CA
This sculpture is a beautiful ceramic piece depicting two women leaning affectionately toward each other. The women are wrapped in a large, unique cloak covering their bodies. The tw...
Category
Late 20th Century American Other Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Stunning Pair of Tall Leather Elephants Probably Retailed by Liberty & Co London
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning pair of large (130cm H) 20th century leather elephant sculptures in lovely worn condition. Very sought after item. 1970s. Probably retailed by Liberty & Co of London. Superb quality!
The dimensions are:
height: 130cm (51.2in)
width: 114cm (44.9in)
depth: 44cm (17.3in)
This pair of leather sculpture elephants probably retailed by Liberty & co are in good antique condition throughout with some signs of age and remain in good, clean condition. Overall, a good example. Great quality!
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Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Leather
1970/80 Saxophonist and Trumpeter and Violin in Bronze, Sculptures Signed LOHE
By Lohe
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture in the shape of a trumpeter in bronze signature LOHE Yves born in 1947, good condition, Circa 1970/80
Measures: Width: 17cm
Height: 28cm
Base: 14cm x 11cm
Sculpture in ...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Postmodern Brown Murano Glass Fish Decorative Figure by Vincenzo Nason, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Vincenzo Nason & C. Murano, Italy, 1970s.
This fish is made in Murano glass.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in exce...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Solid Bronze Abstract Sculpture / Statue, Organic Form Mid-Century Modern
Located in Stamford, CT
Organic Form Mid-Century Modern Solid Bronze Abstract Sculpture / Statue on Base
A large and impressive bronze sculpture on a wooden base. Thi...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modern Carved Marble Torso by Luis R. Cuevas
Located in Norwood, NJ
Signed Carved white marble and green sculpture, abstract torso figure that swivels on black marble base by Luis R Cuevas. Contemporary. Born in Utuado, P...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble
1970s Bronze Sculpture of Buddha
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Bronze Sculpture of Buddha.
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Boho Plaster Bust of Man
Located in west palm beach, FL
A brilliant vintage Boho sculpture. An amazing plaster composition with beautiful attention to detail. Rests on a wood plinth. Signed on the bottom. ...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Terracotta Clay Horse Sculpture
By Tang Dynasty
Located in Dallas, TX
A handcrafted terracotta horse in the style of the Tang Dynasty sculptural tradition.
Much of the body of the piece is glazed with a dark indigo blue finish. Some fading in detai...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Tang Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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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