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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Georgian
Edgardo Simone Nude Figurative Sculpture "THE KISS"
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
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...
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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
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
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
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
Bow Porcelain Figure - Seated Rustic Seasons - the Autumn Vendangeur, c1765
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Bow Porcelain Figure - Seated Rustic Seasons - the Autumn Vendangeur, c1765
Additional information:
Date : c1765
Period : George III
Marks : none...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bow Porcelain Seated Rustic Seasons Figure of Winter, c1765
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Bow Porcelain Seated Rustic Seasons Figure of Winter, c1765
Additional information:
Date : c1765
Period : George III
Marks : None
Origin : New Canton factory...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Derby Mansion House Dwarf Figurines, Set Of 2
By Derby
Located in Bradenton, FL
Wonderful pair of Derby Porcelain "Mansion House" dwarfs. Both figures are modeled wearing large hat advertisements, most likely as they stood outside Mansion House in London. Both f...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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, ...
Category
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...
Category
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 ...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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 ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
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...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Exceptionally Rare Chamberlains Worcester Pea Hen and Chicks, c1821
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Exceptionally Rare Chamberlains Worcester Pea Hen and Chicks, c1821
Additional information:
Date : c1821
Period : George IV
Marks : Iron-red hand painted cursive Chamberlains Worces...
Category
19th Century English George IV Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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
Beautiful Standing Retriever Hunting Dog Statue Vintage, Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An antique decorative dog figure. Made of metal. A nice original antique item for displaying or just to use on your table. It is in the original as foun...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Gilt Bronze Nude Sculpture
Located in Summerland, CA
1900-1920, Beautiful female nude of bronze Dore. Graceful nude lounging on a natural rock that has been newly replaced. It is not the original one. The gilt figure itself is in wo...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Stoneware Commedia Dell’arte Mask by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
Located in Chicago, US
Exploring new firing and glazing techniques and their myriad effects on traditional forms was an exciting approach for many experimental turn-of-the-century ceramists. Here the acid ...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Italian Early 20th C. Glass Grape Bunch Pendant Light (3 available)
Located in San Francisco, CA
A vibrant pendant light from the 1920s; ruddy-red to amber, Venetian glass grape bunches with detailed green and pink leaves. The grapes are hanging from...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Brass
E Villanis, The Sibyl, Bronze Bust, Art Nouveau, Late 19th Early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large bronze bust with polychrome patina (brown and gold), entitled La Sibylle
Epreuve signed by the artist E Villanis, numbered DP5792 and bearing the foundry stamp "Société des br...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Doulton Lambeth Dutch Woman Figure by Leslie Harradine
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce large Doulton Lambeth early Art Deco figure of a Dutch Woman designed by renowned designer and modeler Leslie A Harradine and dating from around 1914. The figure modeled in ...
Category
1910s British Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Eve and the Serpent Symbolist Bronze Sculpture by Isidore De Rudder
Located in Chicago, US
Rare, full size example of this piece. Isidore De Rudder (1855 - 1943) was active/lived in Belgium.
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Bronze
Fine Antique circa 1800 Hand Carved Royal Armorial Lion from Coat of Arms Crest
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning circa 1800 hand carved Royal English Armorial Crest / Coat of Arms Lion.
A truly stunning piece,...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Terracotta Sculpture Nude Woman "Premiere Faute" - by LAMI - Art Nouveau
By Stanislas Lami
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Female nude in terracotta.
Signed "St. Lami" on the base. Stanislas Lami is a French sculptor.
Stamp mark "Terracotta - R. D'ARLY Paris".
This work inspires purity and delicacy.
The sculpture represents a kneeling naked woman, the features are fine and pleasant. The work is neat and delicate. The position of the woman calls for calm and tranquility.
Our terracotta proof is a reduction of Stanislas Lami's marble entitled "Première Faute" which earned him the second medal at the Salon of 1891. The work represents a young woman kneeling, her arms modestly covering her face with closed eyes. At the dawn of the 20th century, this elegant statuette was part of the symbolist movement and announced the Art Nouveau movement.
This beautiful work was included in the second edition of the artist's catalog raisonné.
Related literature:
Grégoire de Thoury, Stanislas Lami (1858-1944), catalog raisonné of sculptures, Paris, 2014, model listed under number FA12.
More widely known for his masterful literary work, Stanilas Lami is an artist as much as a scholarly amateur.
Son of the sculptor Alphonse Lami, grandson of the neoclassical painter Bidauld, son-in-law of the art dealer Charles Sedelmeyer, he benefited all his life from an environment favorable to the promotion and commissioning of his written or sculpted works.
While he wrote his famous dictionaries of sculptors of the French School throughout his career, over around forty years, he also exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes français between 1882 and 1942.
Wonderful decorative piece.
Beautiful dimensions.
France - Art Nouveau - 1891
Stanislas Lami, born in 1858 in Paris and died in 1944, was a French sculptor and art historian. He is the grandson of landscape painter François-Xavier Bidault and the son of sculptor Alphonse Lami.
Some of his works are kept in museums, especially in Spain. In Paris, at the Musée d'Orsay, there is a marble sculpture of the Danish Dog...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ceramic Statue of a Lady with Iridescent Details by Tiziano Galli from the 1950s
Located in Milano, MI
Italian ceramic sculpture of a lady with flowered dress, made by Tiziano Galli in the 1950s. The pleats of the skirt have been made in iridescence.
Ø 24 cm Ø 27 cm h 30 cm
Category
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Art Nouveau Terracotta Sicilian Sculpture of a Young Girl
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A terracotta sculpture hand-crafted in Sicily in the first half of 20th century, it's in original patina with signs of use and age. A terracotta sculpture it's a captivating piece of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sicilian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Serving Tray Woman Art Nouveau Metal, WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Stockholm, SE
A serving dish in metal in lovely Art Nouveau-style designed at WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik in Germany. It is 35 x 16...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Porcelain Hand Painted Very Small Bird Figurine
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an unmarked porcelain figurine of a very small bird. It depicts a very well done hand painted bird. It is standing up over an asymmetrical s...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Animalier Bronze "Taureau Romano" by Jean-Baptiste Clesinger
Located in London, GB
A magnificent late 19th century French bronze study of a large bull in a proud stance, the bronze exhibiting excellent hand chased surface detail and fine rich brown patina. Raised o...
Category
19th Century 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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