Federal Abstract Sculptures

Gongshi plates Hand made Unique Undulating Form Plates, Objet d'Art in cobalt blue. These sculptural plates are taking inspiration from the Chinese ‘gongshi’ ‘Gongshi (Chinese...

New sumptuous ceramic vessel from ceramic artist Nicholas Arroyave-Portela. Materials. White St. Thomas clay. Stoneware glazes. Multi fired to cone 9 (1260-1280 degrees) The ar...

1940s long solid brass Greek key architectural element. Recently polished in a satin brass finish. There are 4 pre drilled holes for mounting (mounting har...

Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has two frames that are hinged together. A mirror adorns the outside. When opened, the right panel has a primitive figure painting while the left has a metal plaque with the phrase "I Need a Boy Toy" stamped into it. When closed, the back panel is stamped with "Like I Need a Refrigerator" and signed. John Seubert I Need a Boy-Toy (Like I Need a Refrigerator) mixed media 12.50h x 8.50w x 1.50d in 31.75h x 21.59w x 3.81d cm JSE074 In the early Nineties, John Seubert was living in a former hotel in a high-rise building on St. James Place in Chicago. The apartment was tiny, as hotel rooms tend to be, and clad with paper-thin walls allowing sound to pass from one apartment to the other. At the time, John’s artwork consisted of pounding copper sheets into tables which was a noisy endeavor to say the least. Following several noise complaints from the neighbors, John had a dream that he was living in a ramshackle house but with plenty of room to work and no attached neighbors. The following day after lunching at the McDonalds in Lincoln Park, John wandered the neighborhood a came upon a shabby, falling-down old Victorian house. He located the real estate agent, put in an offer, and weeks later was pushing a shopping cart full of his belongings to his new home. This 144-year-old Painted Lady provided a blank canvas for this inimitable artist. For many years the house remained so empty that John was able to ride his Japanese fold up bike throughout the 1st floor. “Some people want to have sex...

Nice decorative art object. Original vintage condition with a great patina and one chip on the back of the marble. Illegible signature on the back. Great for table-scape, desk or c...

Nice modernist sculpture. Three chrome plated metal discs attached together creating an architectural sphere.. Great art object for a table-scape or display on a credenza…

French architectural piece of a decorative carved crest with the original gilding, circa 1880s. We had a custom black iron display stand made which ...

Beautiful and rare collection of plaster casts, models from a school of fine arts, late 19th century, France.

Ionic capital model with inscr...

A fragment of a sandstone corbel with flat upper face, moulded transverse ledge and two protruding lobes with reserved trefoil detailing. The lower edge has fine dentiled carving and...

Esoteric art object. Simple and mundane. Arresting and bold. Hold it your hand for comfort and energy or cool your cocktail. Solid bronze. Original vintage condition with a nice pati...

Industrial Foundry Form, factory casting, beautiful silver zinc original paint, wonderful patina, whimsical, fantasy Art Deco design,'Emaerald City' Very sculptural, see other listings for additional Foundry molds. Foundry molds and patterns are wooden tools, carved out or built up to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. To make a wooden mold, wood needs to be stacked up, like a relief, or cut-out, like a sunken relief, with handles or other pieces to grab and pick up the mold from the molding material. Individual pattern pieces that get packed into the molding material are carved and shaped. The space or forms that these pieces make in the molding material will be the inverse of the final cast piece. These antique foundry molds...

Neoclassical style building element in the neoclassical taste. Having scrolling design with fleur de lis finials. This item comes with two detached pineapple form finials. Great to u...