Huge Cheetah Metal Sculpture

Midcentury standing metal giraffe with beautiful details throughout. Some signs of oxidation. Please look through all images. Measures: 45 inches in height.

Midcentury standing metal giraffe with beautiful details throughout. Some signs of oxidation. Please look through all images. Measures: 52 inches.

Stunning faux bronze resin sculpture called "We Two Together" depicting a man and a woman holding hands. The front forms a face with eyes, a nose and mout...

Stunning Continental bronze sculpture with three quarter female torso in the Roman style.

Dramatic Hollywood Regency style large cheetah sculpture featuring a dark patinated bronze finish. The life size bronze lost wax method cast has a ri...

Large limited edition (44/500) Seated Cheetah bronze sculpture by Loet Vanderveen. Dimensions are 19 1/2" tall by 21 1/2" wide and 9 1/2" deep. Weighs in at a hefty 44.4 lbs. Nice green/blue patina. Nice vintage condition with only minor signs of wear. Born in Rotterdam, Holland Loet Vanderveen's childhood home was close to the zoo. It was during this period in life that he developed his love for animals. At night he would listen to the sound of the animals in the zoo, and fantasize about African safaris... fantasies which were eventually realized. During the WWII bombardment of Rotterdam the animals were destroyed as well as his home. These events led Vanderveen to a new phase in his life. He escaped occupied Holland for England, and was decorated for valor by Queen Wilhelmia. He served in the R.A.F. during the war. After WWII, Vanderveen lived in Zurich, London and New York working as a fashion designer. Creatively unsatisfied with his profession he began private ceramic studies with the head of the Far Eastern department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Fong Chao). He mastered Chinese...

An unusual variation with subtle color phasing. Signed and dated #1877 Vasa 1981.

Hand made Metal Sculpture stacked pieces welded together with natural patina