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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Empire
Mid 19th Century French Gilt Bronze "Rabbits at their Burrow" by Emile Truffot
By Émile Louis Truffot 1
Located in London, GB
Charming mid 19th Century French gilt bronze study of two rabbits standing in alert positions outside their burrow. The bronze exhibiting excellent han...
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Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Glazed Italian Torino-Like Porcelain Figurine of a Boy and his Dog
Located in North Miami, FL
Art Nouveau glazed italian Torino-like porcelain figurine of a boy and his dog
By: unknown
Material: ceramic, porcelain, paint, enamel
Technique: glazed, pressed, molded, painted, h...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Diana the Huntress Bronze Bas Relief Wall Plaque
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
19th century diana the huntress bronze bas relief wall plaque. Diana with raised bow and hunting dog near her side.
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
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...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Empire Style Malachite on a Bronze Doré Gilded Stand Desk Decorative Object LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A Beautiful Empire style malachite orb on a bronze doré stand retour d'Egypte of 3 figures of standing maidens with a pine cone in the center an detailed crown holder hosting a large...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Original large pair of "Chevaux de Marly" france bronzes circa 1850
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible and large pair of "Chevaux de Marly" in bronze with spectacular work on the bases. Circa 1850 in perfect conditions.
Category
1850s French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Porcelain Figurine 'Cabaret', by R. Marcuse, Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1920
By Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau beauty with chin-length dark brown hair, in a strapless dress with a deep neckline decorated with elaborate floral embroidery at the front and back and a softly falling, wave-like billowing skirt hem, posing bent to the side and playing a lute.
Based on a round, white, fluted plinth, artist's signature 'RUDOLF MARCUSE...
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1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Restauration Period Ormolu Lyre Mantel Clock with Apollo Mask
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An unusual French Restauration period ormolu mantel clock. The elaborately pierced gilt bronze case in the form of a lyre, with an Apollo mask cresting, on a white marble stepped bas...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Porcelain Lady Sculpture by Rosenthal from the 1940s
By Rosenthal
Located in Milano, MI
Porcelain figurine of a lady, made by Rosenthal in the 1940s
Ø cm 13 Ø cm 12 h cm 23
Rosenthal is a German company founded in 1879 in Bavaria. It produces porcelain and tableware. ...
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1940s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Life Size Art Nouveau Bronze Bust of a Woman Leopold Savine French (1861-1934)
By Léopold Savine
Located in Petaluma, CA
For the art nouveau lover, or anyone who loves beauty, here is a life size bronze beautifully cast young maiden finished in a warm rich patina. The young woman's countenance is so l...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid 19th Century Animalier Bronze Study "Lièvre au Repos" by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
"Lièvre au Repos" by Pierre Jules Mêne
An entrancing mid 19th Century Animalier bronze study of an alert hare. The bronze exhibiting excellent hand chased surface detail and good ri...
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Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jugendstil German Bronze Sculpture of a Nude Woman with Seashell by Lauchhammer
By Lauchhammer
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century Jugendstil german patinated bronze Sculpture 'Nude woman with Braids and Seashell' by Lauchhammer Bildguss Foundry
By: Lauchhammer Bildguss Foundry
Material: bron...
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Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Antique George van der Straeten Art Nouveau Bronze Bust of Woman with Cherries
Located in Hampstead, QC
Georges Van Der Straeten (Belgian, 1856-1941) created this lovely bronze bust sculpture of a young woman with two cherries held between her teeth. It is in excellent condition with n...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jar, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Foundry: Eug. Blot Paris, Design: JOUANT
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Design: Jules Jouant (1863-1921)
Pitcher sign: Foundry: Eug. Blot Paris / Design: Jouant
Material: Silver plated
Biography
Auguste Jules Alphonse Jouant was born in Paris, Cité Fénelon, in the 9th arrondissement, on June 19, 18632, son of Étienne Alphonse Jouant, carpenter, and Louise Carré.
A student of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris3, Jules Jouant was one of Auguste Rodin's practitioners. He exhibited the Bust of Prince Gedroyc at the Salon of 1883 and sculpted busts of musicians such as Richard Wagner, Frédéric Chopin or Ludwig van Beethoven. He obtained an honorable mention at the Salon of 1913.
Jules Jouant is renowned for his works of art (vases, dishes, lamp bases, pitchers, candlesticks, table bells, trinket bowls, etc.) typical of the Art Nouveau style, produced in pewter by the Barbedienne founders This link leads to a disambiguation page, Eugène Blot and Ettlinger Frères. He also collaborates with the workshops of the Daum brothers This link returns
He was appointed professor at the Ecole Boulle in Paris.
He is buried in the Cimetière de Passy (2nd division).
Public collections
-Museum of Art and History of Belfort
seaweed, pewter
The Holly, pewter
-Mignard, marble bust, Paris, Manufacture des Gobelins7. Plaster model preserved in Angers in the Maine-et-Loire prefecture8
-Léo Delibes, marble bust, National Opera of Paris9. Plaster model preserved in the town hall of Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
-Two bas-reliefs, stone...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Century Animalier Bronze "Taureau Vainqueur" by Jean-Baptiste Clesinger
Located in London, GB
An impressive late 19th century French bronze study of a majestic bull with standing in a proud stance exhibiting excellent hand chased surface detail and fine rich brown patina. Rai...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Porcelain Pink Pig Figural Catchall Antique, German, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful pink pig figural catchall. Made of Porcelain. A beautiful decorative piece of art for any room.
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Jar, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1900, Sign: Argentor
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Material: Silver plated
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushing the butt...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Edgardo Simone Nude Figurative Sculpture "THE KISS"
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Edgardo Simone (Italian/American, 1890-1948) The Kiss patinated plaster casting sculpture for kissing nudes fountain sculpture signed to top of base.
Classically trained in Italy at the Beaux Arts Academy in Rome from 1906 to 1913, Edgardo Simone became a famous sculptor in Italy and the United States using mediums of terracotta, ceramic, bronze, and plaster. He earned a Doctorate of Design and Sculpture at the Academy and then emigrated to the United States where he worked in New York, Chicago and southern California.
His style was influenced by Art Nouveau, Art Deco and other modernist influences. In Italy he had received three times the Croix de Guerre and was decorated by King Victor Emmanuel II and Queen Margherita. Before moving to America, he had much recognition in Italy. He had created war, funeral and city monuments in twenty-six Italian cities. When he arrived in New York City, one of the newspapers carried a headline: "Italy's greatest Sculptor Arrives in New York."
In New York, Simone became prominent in society and did many portrait busts including of Thomas Edison, John J. Pershing, Henry Ford and Louis Brandeis...
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Early 20th Century North American Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Antique Art Nouveau Lamp w/Partially Nude Woman, Jean-Baptiste Germain, French
Located in Petaluma, CA
We are art nouveau lovers as one might be able to see looking at our inventory. Lamps are always at the top of our "want list". We found a beauty here. She is gracefully standing in a leafy plant base as she holds ups a stem with leaves. The quality casting and rich warm patina all are present. The artist Jean Baptiste Germain...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau french bronze representing naked young lady circa 1900
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible bronze Art Nouveau representing young lady naked circa 1900
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Majolica Swan Jardiniere, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica white & pink swan jardiniere, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Carrara Marble Sculpture by Antonio Frilli, Firenze, circa 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble sculpture by Antonio Frilli, Firenze, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Vintage Sterling Silver Presentation Car
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This exceptional and rare, vintage English sterling silver presentation ornament has been realistically modelled in the form of a car in the Art Nouveau manner.
The body of this stylised Jaguar style car has a plain moulded form.
This exceptional model surmounts the original carved stained oak wood plinth, accented with a vacant silver inscription plaque to the lower rim.
This exceptional vintage silver presentation ornament is fitted to the original hinged leatherette box with satin and velvet lined interior, secured with two hinged catches.
Condition
This vintage sterling silver...
Category
Late 20th Century British Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Porcelain Girl Bust signed Georges Rogron Antique, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Art Nouveau white bisque porcelain girl bust with bronze fittings base. Bust of a girl with averted gaze and her hair tied up. Signed "Georges...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Art Nouveau bronze busts Mignon and Esmeralda by Emmanuel Villanis, 1896
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of Art Nouveau bronze busts of a young woman Mignon and Esmeralda by Emmanuel Villanis.
Both with beautiful patina and foundry mark.
France 1896.
Mignon:
E. Villanis, initial...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Door Knob N.3 by Antoni Gaudí
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Solid cast brass with polished finish.
An exact reproduction in both form and material original metalwork fittings designed by Antoni Gaudí for various of his works of architectur...
Category
2010s Spanish Jugendstil Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Painted ceramic couple of parrots. Czech, circa 1920.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Painted ceramic couple of parrots. Czech, circa 1920.
Category
1920s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Bronze Art Nouveau Classical Figural Women by L. Kley
By Louis Kley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French bronze Art Nouveau classical figural woman.
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture in white alabaster 1910 with a child sitting on a wall thinking
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Sculpture in white alabaster 1910 with a child sitting on a wall thinking
Category
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Erotic bronze sculpture. Austria, early 20th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Erotic bronze sculpture. Austria, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Charles Korschann Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Nude
Located in Dallas, TX
Charles Korschann Czechoslovakian
Art Nouveau Gilt-Bronze Figural Bud Vase. Cast from a model by Charles (Karl) Korschann, circa 1899, of urn form, with a handle in the form of a...
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1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Large Sculpture the Crab Bite Seminude Young Boy De Lotto, 20th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Annibale De Lotto Italian bronze fisher boy Sculpture featuring a semi nude young boy figure, a standing fisher boy getting bit by a crab on his f...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Animalier Bronze Sculpture entitled "Standing Ostrich" by Barye
By Alfred Barye
Located in London, GB
A very rare late 19th Century French Animalier bronze study of a standing ostrich, the detailed feathering chased with extremely fine precision, the flightless giant bird...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Two Columns with Heron and Planter in the Style of Delphin Massier
Located in Antwerp, BE
This column surmounted by a vase decorated with flowers is reminiscent of the Mediterranean Majolica tradition. This piece is typical in the style of Delphin Massier’s, established i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Erotic Bronze table bell. Austria, early 20th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Erotic bronze table bell. Austria, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cookie Sculpture of Sarah Bernhardt by Artist Paul Louchet.
By Paul Louchet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cookie sculpture of Sarah Bernhardt by artist Paul Louchet.
Cookie bust representing a sculpture of Sarah Bernhardt, Art Nouveau, circa 1900, by Paul Louchet.
Dimensions: h: 13cm, ...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Retour Des Cerises by Charles Anfrie
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Late 19th Century Art Nouveau sculpture.
Design by Charles Anfrie.
Striking French design from the 1890s.
This wonderful Late 19th Century Art Nouveau sculpture by Charles Anfrie is executed in patinated bronze and signed at the base with Retour Des Cerises.
This attractive young girl walks away happy after picking...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage 1900s Bronze Figure on Marble Base, Metal Statue, Antique Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A classic decorative metal statue. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal, fixed on a marble base. It is a nice and beautiful sculpture. Found at an estate ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Large Porcelain Group 'Joy of Life' by J. Limburg Rosenthal Selb Germany Ca 1923
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely Rare Large Art Nouveau Group:
Monumental figure of Flora with chin-length hair in a long dress loosely embracing the beautiful body, her right foot resting on a low pedest...
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1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Sculpture Gustav Gurschner circa 1904 Patinated Austrian Jugendstil
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Austrian Jugendstil Patinated Bronze Sculpture designed by Gustav Gurschner manufactured by K.K. Kunst-Erzgiesserei circa 1904 Signed
Gustav Gurschner is among the most famous Aust...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Terracotta Woman Sculpture Signed Goldscheider, Austria, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Terracotta woman sculpture signed Goldscheider, Austria, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Bronze Scuplture "Venus Bather" by H.S. München
By H.S. Munchen
Located in Firenze, FI
Lost wax cast Italian bronze sculpture, the subject reproduces 'Venus bather'. The base is made of Bardiglio red marble. Italian manufacture, early 19th century. Made by H.S. München...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figurative Sculpture in Calamine and Biscuit, Art Nouveau signed G. Omerth.
Located in Barcelona, Cataluna
Calamine figure patinated in various golden tones, representing a woman in a period dress, carrying a chest.
Her hands and face are biscuit, with some wear to the face.
The base is i...
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1920s European Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Bronze Proof - Standing Race Horse - John Willis Good - Period: Art Nouveau
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
A bronze proof with a black brown patina on a flowery terrace, magnified by a very nice griotte marble base "Standing Race Horse", also known as "Saddled Race Horse", following the e...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century French Art Nouveau Terracotta Bust, A Gory, c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century French Art Nouveau terracotta sculpture of a female bust. This sculpture is beautifully made with fine detail and with a lovely patination. Signed by the I...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Large Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine 'Helena', Allegory of Beauty, circa 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large and rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figurine:
Art Déco execution of an Art Nouveau design around 1909: young woman as the personification of beauty, with hair tied at th...
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1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
E Villanis, Egyptian Woman With Turban, Late 19th Century Early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large polychrome spelter bust of an Egyptian woman in a turban, on a base decorated with stylized hieroglyphs
Proof signed by the artist at the birth of the right breast; bears the ...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Hen Merganser Hunting Decoy attributed to John Dawson Folk Art, Americana
By John Dawson
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Carved and polychromed wood; retains original painted surface. Glass Eyes.
Attributed to John Dawson, Trenton, New Jersey, 1900-1925.
Dawson worked as a ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Figurine of Thumbelina Patinated Bronze n Stone Base 19th Century Art Nouveau
Located in Sweden, SE
Wonderful bronze sculpture of Thumbelina from the fairy tale of the world Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Very fine cast bronze figure of the late 19th century in the Art Nouv...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze "Panthère de L'Inde No.1" by Antoine L Barye
Located in London, GB
An excellent mid 19th Century French animalier bronze study of reclining panther with wonderful autumnal (green, orange, black and brown) patination and very intricate hand chased su...
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Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Colorful Portuguese Cistern/Humidifier with 17th Century Flowers & Masque Decor
Located in Verviers, BE
Beautiful old water tank or cistern intended to humidify the home in hot weather. Made of white ceramic in Conimbriga (near Condeixa, Portugal).
This impressive hand decorated cist...
Category
1940s Portuguese Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Girl with Wheat Bronze Sculpture by Hippolyte Moreau
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Girl with Wheat bronze sculpture by Hippolyte F. Moreau. He is famous for his bronze statues of young women. He is also the son of another renown French sculptor named Jean Baptiste Moreau. It depicts a young lady with long curly hair who is dressed with a see-through robe. She is holding a basket of wheat with one arm and some branches of them with the other one. She appears to be in the countryside and is observing a pair of doves that are on the ground. The bronze sculpture is standing over two...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Pearl Mermaid Porcelain Plaque by Emile Jacob
By Emile Jacob
Located in Chicago, US
With artful and sensuous handling of material, Emile Jacob demonstrates his life-long love of learning with a technical mastery of porcelain and glazes as well as an awareness of current artistic trends such as Japonisme and l’Art Nouveau. From a bird’s-eye view perspective popularized by Japanese wood block prints circulating in Europe, Jacob immediately confronts the viewer with the sea. The variegated blues and greens take on every murky depth, every iridescence produced on a sun-filled water’s surface; while the suggestion of movement created by undulating patterns of water morphs into sand ridges caused by breaking waves as the viewer nears for a closer examination. The effect is remarkable. Upon closer scrutiny, the abstracted ridges create an affect of being even farther away from the sea, as if high in flight. The same captivating qualities are achieved by the opaque and crystalline glazes to suggest the interior of an oyster’s shell. The ultimate pearl, a female nude, is voluptuously modeled; fusing as one with her seascape, her hair spreads out in wavy tendrils and her graceful, long fingers wrap around the plaque’s edge.
Literature: Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Art Nouveau Large Bronze Sculpture Daphne by Jules Dercheu, France, circa 1900
Located in Bochum, NRW
Jules Alfred Alexandre Dercheu (1864-1912), Daphné followed by Apollo.
Bronze statuette with yellow, brown and gold patina, signed to the base, mounted on a round plinth of sea-gree...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Charles Raphaël Peyre Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Maiden
Located in Dallas, TX
Charles Raphaël Peyre (French 1874-1949)
A French Art Nouveau Gilt-Bronze Figure of a Maiden
Cast by Louchet, circa 1900
Modeled in a standing pose with her hands clasped closed...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Dante Alighieri Bust Antique Italy, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Art Nouveau bronzed colored plaster bust. Bust with lots of patina, damages, as found condition, this adds lots of character to the item. A nice addition in every living ro...
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Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Bronze Figural Group Erotic Scene in the Manner of Bergman
Located in Montreal, QC
Bronze figural group erotic scene in the manner of Bergman depicting a bacchante hold a grape over a Faun.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Bronze Representing Woman Lounging Signed Philippe
By G. Philippe
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible gold bronze signed Philippe with black marble base Art Nouveau.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique 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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