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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Art Nouveau
Sculpture by Lucien Lafaye, female face in molded glass, circa 1950
Located in NANTES, FR
This piece strongly reminds us of Lucien Lafaye (1895–1976), although the sculpture bears no signature. It is made of molded glass and depicts a delicate female face.
The entire piec...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Cut Glass
Bronze Art Nouveau Sculpture from France
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A cast bronze sculpture with original markings. Stamped "Made in France" "LN PARIS JR".
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ronald K. Parker "Life" Bronze Sculpture, 1999
Located in Astoria, NY
Ronald K. Parker (American, b. 1939) "Life", Verdigris Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1999, signed "Parker" and marked "c 99 38/99" to leg. 18" H x 5.25" W x 5.25" D. Provenance: From t...
Category
1990s American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Art Deco Plaster Bust of Christ by A. Gille
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful Art Deco plaster bust of Christ by A. Gille, 1928.
This impressive, large plaster sculpture of Christ is a true masterpiece of the Art Deco period. Created by Belgian arti...
Category
20th Century Belgian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$3,262 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Mandarin Duck Sculpture in Brass by Georges H. Laurent
Located in Stockholm, SE
Art Deco Mandarin Duck sculpture in brass by Georges H. Laurent.. The sculpture is signed G.H:laurent, number 51,. The bird mounted over a black brown port...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
"Sea Dragon Candle Stand", Large Art Deco Masterpiece, Wrought Iron, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique and striking, this Art Deco-Modernist candle stand by Karl Einar Borgström depicts a highly stylized sea dragon using wrought iron bars and rods. Although this piece has a pr...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Art Nouveau Iron Palm Plant Sculpture on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout 19th Century French La Belle Époque life size plant sculpture handcrafted in iron having a palm plant on a distinctive Art Nouveau style wrought iron base, all with a time e...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
French Antique Bust of a Young Girl in Plaster
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Antique Bust of a Young Girl in Plaster
A pretty polychrome plaster bust of a young girl wearing a headscarf with her eyes cast downwards.
The piece features carvings of b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair Of Antelope Bookends, Bronze, 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of antelope bookends: the antelopes are in bronze, the bases are in bronze colour patinated steel
Art Deco
Wear of time on the patina
Height 24 cm
14.5 x 9.5cm
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
$1,714 / set
Art Déco Austrian Ceramic Sculpture 'Aida' by Josef Lorenzl for Goldscheider
Located in North Miami, FL
Art Déco odalisque ceramic sculpture 'Aida' designed by Josef Lorenzl for Goldscheider Manufactory in Vienna, Austria
By: Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory
Material: ceramic, ...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Murano, 1930, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano
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Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,950
Antique Art-Deco Hutschenreuther L.H.S porcelain signed by artist
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antique Art-Deco Hutschenreuther L.H.S porcelain signed by artist.
Beautiful porcelain of a couple of dancers in white with gold details, signed by artist on the side of the base and...
Category
20th Century German Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut 1910s
By A. de Lambert
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Belgium by A. de Lambert. High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual design ...
Category
1910s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Ceramic Art Deco Wall Sculpture designed by Yugoslav Sculptor Ivan Mestrovic
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a spectacular Art Deco wall sculpture designed by Yugoslav sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. It features a female nude done in Art Deco style and very characteri...
Category
1960s Slovenian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Danish Porcelain Sea Lion Figurine by Bing & Grøndahl
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Porcelain sea lion figurine by Bing & Grøndahl
Very decorative hand painted sea lion sculpture in porcelain from the period 1915 to 1947....
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$202 Sale Price
51% Off
German Art Deco Antique Bronze Sculpture “Stalking Panther”, Wilhelm Schade
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A distinctly Art Deco modeling of a Stalking Panther with an overall mechanistic aesthetic, the sleek cat has been reduced to its most essential elements, almost an image of the shad...
Category
20th Century German Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cracked Earthenware Sculpture, Signed LEMANCEAU, Saint Clement Stamp, Circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cracked earthenware sculpture, signed LEMANCEAU, couple of buffalos, Saint Clement stamp, circa 1930.
An Art Deco period cracked earthenware sculpture, 1930, signed LEMANCEAU repres...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Bust Entitled "Bohémienne" by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in London, GB
Captivating late 19th century French bronze bust of a beautiful woman, enhanced by the variegated rich brown patination and excellent tactile surface detail, raised on an integral bronze base with raised title to the fore. Signed ?E Villanis and further raised on a breche griotte stepped and shaped marble plinth
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 33 cm
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
circa: 1890
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref: Emmanuel Villanis by Josje Hortulanus-de Mik
Page No: 17
SKU: 8616
ABOUT
Puccini's Opera - La Bohème
SYNOPSIS - A group of friends are living a Bohemian life in Paris and trying to make their livings creating art. Rodolfo, the writer, falls in love with the seamstress, Mimi, while Marcello, the painter, and Musetta, the singer, are the on-and-off-again couple by their sides. When the four are happy, they spend their time celebrating life and love. However, Mimi is revealed to be very ill, and Rodolfo struggles to come to terms with the fact that she will inevitably die. Rodolfo and Mimi break up, and months later, Musetta discovers Mimi extremely sick and close to death. She brings Mimi to Rodolfo and Marcello's apartment. Rodolfo immediately takes her in and tries to nurse her back to health, but he is too late. Almost as soon as the two are reunited and have professed their love for one another, Mimi succumbs to her illness and dies.
Emmanuel Villanis
Emmanuel Villanis was an industrious man. He is believed to have created some 200 to 250 pieces. His oeuvre pre-eminently consisted of busts and full body statues. Most of these were manufactured in bronze, but there are also models in white metal and terra cotta. Different patinas were used. The bronzes were mainly cast by the Societé de Bronzes de Paris and can be recognised by the round stamp...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1970 Life Size Brass Greyhound Dog
Located in Staten Island, NY
1970 Life Size Brass Greyhound Dog, in original condition. Can use some polishing to make this fantastic piece shine again in any space
Category
1970s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Paul Phillipe Art Nouveau Gilded Nude Bronze Cast by Goldscheider.
Located in Sarasota, FL
Paul Phillipe gilded ormolu nude bronze cast by Goldscheider foundry.. Vey fine detail and execution. The work is of the period, circ. 1900. It is signed on the marble base, and has ...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Amalric Walter Nancy, Fish In Glass Paste, Early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Fish in glass paste in a gradient of green and blue, signed A Walter Nancy
Good general condition, small chip at the mouth of the fish and below the tail
Art Nouveau
Amalric Walte...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Glass
A. Amorgasti Sculptor 1936 Bronze Gilded Plaster of An Ancient Greek Hunt Scene
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A. Amorgasti Sculptor 1936 Bronze Gilded Plaster of An Ancient Greek Hunt Scene
"Acadmia"
A beautiful bronze gilded plaster sculpture depicting an ancient Greek hunt scene of a shepherd and an eagle.
The Shepherd is depicted as protecting his sheep from the eagle.
The plaster has been signed and dated 1936.
About the Sculptor - We find different ways of writing for his name, such as Antonio...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
B&G, Kai Nielsen 1882-1924, Figurine in the Form of a Lying Woman, 1919
By Kai Nielsen
Located in København, Copenhagen
B&G, Kai Nielsen, 1882-1924.
Figurine in the form of a lying woman with a bunch of grapes, from the series 'Grape Harvesting.'
Signed Kai Nielsen, 1919.
Model number 4...
Category
1910s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th C. Italian Bronze Sculpture Depicting Giambattista Perasso 'Balilla'
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century italian bronze sculpture depicting Giambattista Perasso 'Balilla'
By: unknown
Material: bronze, copper, metal
Technique: cast, molded, polished, metalwork
Dimensi...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
"Sigrid", Exceedingly Rare Art Deco Sculpture, Forest Green, Bopp Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of Art Deco ceramic sculpture, this female head was made by David Seyler for the Harold Bopp Pottery in northern Kentucky, in the brief period before it became the...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French Bronze Figural Ram Bookends, Signed L. Fontinelle, Circa 1900
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French bronze figural ram bookends exported to sale for the America market, Ovington, N.Y. Signed by maker in France. Louis Fontinelle, Early 20th cent...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fritz Klimsch Rosenthal Biscuit Porcelain “Crouching Women” Circa 1940 Sculpture
By Fritz Klimsch, Rosenthal
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fritz Klimsch (German, 1870-1960) for Rosenthal (German, founded 1879), circa 1940. "Crouching Women" model in biscuit porcelain. Signed to sculpture base.
Approx: 12.25" H X 6....
Approx: 12.25" H X 6....
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Early 20th Century Bruno Zach Bronze Sculpture on Onyx Tray
By Bruno Zach
Located in Middleburg, VA
20th century Bruno Zach bronze sculpture on Onyx Tray
Marked "Zach" - Bruno Zach was an Austrian art deco sculptor in the 1920s
Circa 1920s
Measur...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
French Art Deco Bronze by Abel R. Philippe
By R. Abel Philippe
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Abel R. Philippe
"Mother playing with her child," an Art Deco silvered bronze group, on a polychromed bronze base, signed on the base, circa 1930s.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wayland Gregory Art Deco Porcelain Zebra Sculpture, Glazed, Signed, 1940s, USA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wayland Gregory, Porcelain zebra sculpture, glazed, signed, 1930s, USA. New Jersey, circa 1935, high glazed ceramic, incised signature, Measures: 4 5/8" W x 1 1/2" D x 5 1/2" H
Exhibitions:
Waylande Gregory: Art Deco Ceramics...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$3,280 Sale Price
60% Off
Bronze Cup with Race Cars and Motorcycles by Etling, France
By Etling Paris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare, perhaps unique, this beautifully sculpted and cast bronze cup features a frieze of racing cars and motorcycles in the heat of the race, above a series of garlands with oaks lea...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large stylized Cast aLUMINUM Letters "N Y" Gold Patina
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large stylized Cast aLUMINUM Letters "N Y" (NEW YORK) Gold Patina .. Possibly Gold gilt?
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
French Art Deco Bronze Hunter and Panther Sculpture Signed Lemoine
By Lemoine
Located in North Bergen, NJ
French Art Deco hunter and panther. Bronze figures sitting on green onyx marble and portoro marble.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"The walk " by Fernand Gysen. bronze sculpture
By Fernand Gysen
Located in Wijnegem, BE
"The walk " by Fernand Gysen. (Antwerpen 1879-Ukkel 1943)
A beautiful Art Deco bronze in green patina on a marble base, signed F Gysen,
Foundry stamp 'Batardy/cire perdue/Bruxelles...
Category
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture of a Woman with Her Borzoi Signed Georges Coste
By Georges Coste
Located in Beirut, LB
Georges Coste Art Deco terracotta sculpture of a young women with her Borzoi, her dog lying beside her on a rectangular terrace.
Signed on the terrace and stamped “Susse Frères” pub...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Art Deco Ceramic Sculpture Elephant, Czechoslovakia, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of ceramic
Re-polished
Original condition.
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
(6) Six MEDICI VASES IN CAST IRON 1850/1900 H: 60cm
Located in Madrid, ES
(6) Six MEDICI VASES IN CAST IRON
19/20th Century
HEIGHT 60 cm
DIAMETER 33 cm
WIDTH 33 cm
WEIGHT 15 Kg
SQUARE BASE - SIDE X SIDE 16 cm
very good condition
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$5,201 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Deco sculpture Vendanges by Max Le Verrier dancing nude with grapes, 1940s
Located in Ulm, DE
Art Deco sculpture of a dancing woman with grapes – collectible décor for wine lovers.
This elegant Art Deco sculpture, titled Vendanges (French for “Harvest”), captures the spirit ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Spelter
$1,152 Sale Price
35% Off
Art Deco Stylized Cat Door Stop by Walter Von Neesen for Chase, circa 1935
Located in Buffalo, NY
Fabulous simple yet elegant design by Walter Von Neesen for Chase circa 1935. Brass & copper stylized in the form of a arching cat. Rare find. In excellent vintage condition with min...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Sunbeam Supreme Talbot Rare 1947 Radiator Cover Front In Steel And Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
Radiator cover from a 1947 Sunbeam Supreme Talbot.
Rare and very decorative piece from the American retro period. This a radiator cover panel from the iconic and popular Sunbeam Sup...
Category
1940s North American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Steel, Chrome
$1,739 Sale Price
30% Off
Auguste Rodin "Hanako" Ceramic Executed by Jean Mayodon
Located in Sharon, CT
Sculpture of the head of the Japanese Dancer Hanako by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), circa 1930. Gold glazed ceramic version by Jean Mayodon (1893-1967). 11"...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Godard, Woman And Lamb, Art Deco Bronze, 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Bronze with double brown and dark green patina of a young woman with a boyish cut hiding her nudity behind a sheaf of wheat, and sitting next to a lamb
The brown onyx base is signed ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Art Deco Original Figure 'The Jouster' by Josef Lorenzl, C1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautifully detailed and crafted Art Deco female figure in cold painted spelter dating to the 1930's. She's unsigned but attributed to Josef Lorenzl. It's more common than not his pieces of this styling were unsigned. From any angle she gracefully poses a movement. Her condition is very good with minimal signs indicating her age. She stands on a stepped alabaster plinth...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Spelter
Art Deco Sculpture Women, 1930
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of terracotta
- Author August Otto born 1868 in Oeslau near Coburg, died 1947.
- From 1891 to 1915 he was a modeller in th...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Wooden Sculpture Decorative Figurine Seated Figure on Stool Swedish
Located in Wembley, GB
Beautifully stylized a woman figurine with a great balance of harmony seated on a stool, portrays the beauty of the inner world through pure beauty.
This unique art piece is a great ...
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Art Deco Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Wood, Fruitwood, Driftwood, Bog Wood
Art Deco Bronze French Study of an Albatross by Emile Dautrive, circa 1930
Located in Central England, GB
A large and impressive art deco bronze study of an albatross on the wing above a crested wave, by Emile Dautrive circa 1930
This most eye catching and stylish large art deco bronz...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Sculpture By Henri Payen (1894-1933) France, Girl and Goose
By H. Payen
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful Art Nouveau sculpture by the french artist and sculptor Henri Payen (1894-1933).
Depiction of a girl holding a little dog and a goose.
Nicely chiseled on a marble base.
Sig...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Harald Salomon for Rörstrand, Large Unique Sculpture of Naked Woman
Located in København, Copenhagen
Harald Salomon for Rörstrand. A large unique sculpture of a naked woman in glazed stoneware.
Dated 1944.
Measures: 43 x 22 cm.
In excellent conditio...
Category
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage mannquin head
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Beautiful female mannequin head made from plaster servings as an advertising bust in a shop.
It was used to be displayed at a shopcounter or vitrine.
Comes from a lot acquired from a clothes shop...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$413 / item
Karl Weiler, Pforzheim, Germany, Nude Figure in Bronze, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Karl Weiler, Pforzheim, Germany. Nude figure in bronze with grass skirt, 1940s.
Measures: 12.5 x 7 cm.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Vase, Nude Pulling Net, Bronze Golder Patina, after Clr Vibert
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A great looking nude lady hanging on the side of a vase pulling in a fishing net. Good size at 16" in height and 11" wide. Very heavy casting, and with great details in hi-quality lo...
Category
1990s North American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carving Wooden Sculptures A Set Of 2 Antique Decorative Figurines of Man & Woman
Located in Wembley, GB
Beautifully stylized a set of 2 figurines with a great balance of harmony stood, portrays the beauty of the inner world through pure beauty.
This Valuable unique art piece is a great...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Wood, Fruitwood, Driftwood, Pine, Bog Wood
$754 Sale Price / item
35% Off
Georges H. Laurent Art Deco Period Seagulls Bronze Animal Sculpture France 1930
Located in Miami, FL
Green patina bronze Art Deco Animal Sculpture featuring two seagulls, signed G H LAURENT,
Reveyrolis Paris, FRANCE 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lurelle Guild Copper Butler 1934 Chase Art Deco Copper Pretzel Man
Located in Buffalo, NY
Seldom seen Lurelle Guild Copper Butler 1934 Chase Art Deco Copper Pretzel Man:,, Bagel butler, Classic Deco design.Great original condition,,
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Art Deco Chrome Hood Woman Ornament
Located in Queens, NY
American Art Deco chrome hood ornament/figure of woman with wheel on Lucite base (Goddess of Speed, 1939 - 1942 Parkard, designed by JOHN D. WILSON).
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
John Bernard Flannagan "Elephant" Whitney Museum Authorized Cast Stone
Located in Sharon, CT
A charming and totaling accurate (artist authorized) Whitney Museum of American Art 1940 cast stone reproduction of one of Flannagan's most well-kno...
Category
1830s American Art Deco Antique Sculptures
Materials
Cement
French 19th-20th Century Art Nouveau Polychromed Terracotta Bust of "Crépuscule"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Art Nouveau polychromed terracotta bust of "Crépuscule" (Twilight) After Henri Jacobs (Belgian, 1864-1935) version of Crépuscule, depicting a young ma...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$4,750 Sale Price
26% Off
Art Deco Ceramic Minuet Carnival Dancers By Atelier de la Maitrise, France
Located in Devon, England
For you consideration is this large figural group beautiful and rare, dating to the 1930's France porcelain sculpture in polychrome. Features a stylised pair of eighteenth-century no...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Exchange of Cultures, " High Style Art Deco Porcelain Lamp Base w/ Nudes by Robj
By ROBJ
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Illustrated in "Ceramiche Robj" and considered a major design by the renowned sculptor and ceramicist, this large piece was probably made in early 1930s to coincide with the debut of the Exposition Coloniale Internationale in Paris, which attracted almost 9 million visitors in less than a year. Rare and striking, this porcelain table lamp base depicts the globe surmounted by a tightly composed cluster of nude and semi-nude female figures representing cultures around the world. The women depicted here, all glazed in a gorgeous snow-white glaze highlighted in gold, are clearly representing a range of nations in Asia and Africa, probably coinciding with the nations that were part of the French Colonial Empire in the 1930s, before they won their freedom. Much like the one surviving building from the Exposition, now the Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration, which features a massive bas relief mural...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ronald K. Parker "Life" Bronze Sculpture, 1999
Located in Astoria, NY
Ronald K. Parker (American, b. 1939) "Life", Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1999, signed "Parker" and marked "c 99 24/99" to leg. 18" H x 5.25" W x 5.25" D. Provenance: From the collect...
Category
1990s American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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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