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Busts For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: Mid-19th Century
Atelier Musee Du Louvre after Pilon Germain, King Henri II Bust, 1850s, France
By Germain Pilon, Atelier de moulage du Louvre
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
A French Grand Tour 19th century plaster, bust of French King Henri II made by Atelier de moulage du Louvre between 1854-1865 after Pilon Germain...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Busts
Materials
Plaster
Marilyn Weinstein 'Medicine Wolf' Modern Carved Alabaster Bust Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Marilyn Weinstein (NY, 1946-2020) 'Medicine Wolf' carved alabaster and mixed-media bust on a rotating black base, mounted on a black pedestal. Carved...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Bronze Figure by Christian Daniel Rauch
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Christian Daniel Rauch (1777-1857), very fine bronze showing the standing figure of Goethe in his typical thinking pose, wearing his 'Hausrock' ...
Category
1830s German Romantic Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Unique Ismet Bekler CAO Napoleon Meerschaum Pipe Hand Carved Limited Edition
Located in Tustin, CA
Outstanding, limited edition, hand carved, estate European Turkish meerschaum pipe is in unused, pristine condition and is a rare and very fine smoking collectable for a pipe aficion...
Category
1970s Turkish Vintage Busts
Materials
Other
Staffordshire Pottery 'John Wesley' Bust
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery porcellaneous bust with a religious theme which features John Wesley, resting on a marbleized base. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse. ...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Busts
Materials
Pottery
Postmodern Bust of a Seductive Josephine Baker with Eccentric Decoration
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This black bust most probably depicts Josephine Baker, the great French American-born performer.
This woman seems to have just stepped out of the Folies Be...
Category
1980s Dutch Post-Modern Vintage Busts
Materials
Resin
20th Century Plaster Bust of a Gentlemen
Located in London, GB
A large plaster bust of a gentleman.
Brought in Belgium, likely mid-late 20th century.
Generally good condition, some evidence of repairs to ...
Category
Late 20th Century Busts
Materials
Plaster
Life-Size Raku Ceramic Female Sculpture by Eva Stettner
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980s life-size Raku-fired ceramic female nude sculpture by American sculptor Eva Stettner.
Constructed of ceramic that is low fired glazed, the stool is...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Busts
Materials
Chrome
Signed White Stone Carved Head in the Manner of Umberto Boccioni
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large finely carved contemporary head looking like a modern image of a classical Greco-Roman faun, very much in the manner of the celebrated Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni...
Category
1990s Futurist Busts
Materials
Stone
Antique Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Bust of Daphne, Apollo's First Love
Located in New York, NY
A fabulously hand carved antique neoclassical style Italian Carrara marble bust of Daphne. This bust is of immaculate quality and craftsmanship. Daphne's hair is beautifully hand car...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Bust of Mark Anthony
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Well-figured decorative composition/resin bust of Roman Emperor.
Category
Late 20th Century British Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Resin
Tentoki, Massiccio Murano Glass Sculpture, Bronze Verdigris and Sulfur Texture
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This sculpture represents the Japanese demon Tentoki. In Japanese tradition is a tutelary deity, usually represented with Ryutoki. They were absorbed in...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Francois Melin '1942-2019' Large Sculpture, Metal Representing a Parisian Cook
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Francois Melin (1942-2019) large sculpture, metal assembly representing a Parisian cook, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Busts
Materials
Metal
Brutalist Ceramic and Bronze Female Bust "Study on A Female Body", 1970s
Located in Culver City, CA
This sculpture is provocative and gorgeous. When we acquired this piece, we were told it was called "Study on a Female Body" and that it had been in the gentleman's office since he first opened in the 1970's.
The sculpture is anatomically correct and features a female torso arching back and has large pieces of attached brutalist bronze pieces that protrude almost evocative of wings to create some sort of angelic aspect to the piece. It's both brutal / crude, but so elegantly executed and really is just a stunning piece.
From the naval to the articulated spine, the attention to detail was masterfully executed on this sculpture. The sculpture sits upon a steel rod, which is mounted to a stone block. The piece is signed illegibly on the stone.
A wonderful piece that would really look great in any type of modern environment. Would be great as an entryway sculpture...
Category
1970s Brutalist Vintage Busts
Materials
Bronze
Rare Sophisticated 1970 Buste in Art Deco Style
Located in Weesp, NL
Beautiful 1970s buste in Art Deco style. This is large buste can be used to display scarves, glasses or hats.
The bust will be shipped overseas in a custom made wooden crate. Cost...
Category
1970s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Busts
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Eskimo Boy and Girl by Lladro
Located in Miami, FL
A gres polychromed ceramic figurines by Lladro, two Eskimo children huddle together for warmth. Originally designed by Juan Huerta and one of the first lines ex...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Sculpture Dionysos Herm Plaster Cast Walnut Base France
Located in Munich, DE
The plaster cast of a herm with the head of Dionysos has a beautiful green patina and sits on a mahogany base
France circa 1860-1870.
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Busts
Materials
Plaster, Walnut
Life-Size Ceramic Female Sculpture by Eva Stettner
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spectacular 1980s Raku-fired ceramic female nude sculpture by Eva Stettner. The female sculpture is constructed of sections of ceramic that’s low fired ...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Busts
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Palatial Sculpture of Henri Robert-Marcel Duchamp by Ursula Meyer
By Ursula Meyer
Located in Stamford, CT
Palatial bust of Henri Robert-Marcel Duchamp by Ursula Meyer. The sculpture itself measures 47" in height, 27.5" in width, and 21.5" depth acquired from the home of the most prolific American conceptual artist. Signed and dated.
Provenance:
From the Estate of Ann Pollon Re: The Collection of Ursula Meyer. Descendant.
Acquired from the artist.
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp French: (28 July 1887-2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art He was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Duchamp has had an immense impact on twentieth-century and twenty first-century art, and he had a seminal influence on the development of conceptual art. By the time of World War I he had rejected the work of many of his fellow artists (such as Henri Matisse) as "retinal" art, intended only to please the eye. Instead, Duchamp wanted to use art to serve the mind.
Ursula Meyer was a German-born American sculptor, art-focused academician, and fine art
critic, who proved an influential player in the transmission of and appreciation for European born Modernism to the United States in the post-World War II era. At first a ceramicist beholden to the teachings of 1930s Germany’s Bauhaus and Italy’s Futurists, she eventually became a creator and exponent of a crisp, geometry-focused sculptural lexicon in ceramics, and later wood and metal sculpture. Her legacy includes a decades-long exploration of Minimalism, as well as experimentations in creating and deciphering Conceptual and
Expressive genres.
Born in Hanover, Germany in 1915 to Ernst Josef Meyer and Elsa Katzenstein, Ursula Meyer is
recorded as having “studied with former Bauhaus masters after the Bauhaus itself had closed
under threat of National Socialism” in 1933. Spanning the years 1934 through 1937, Ursula’s
Bauhaus tutorial is not fully documented, but it may well have included at least brief study with
the French-born Marguerite Friedlaender Wildenhain (1896-1985), the first woman to earn the
Master Potter certification in Germany, and who worked with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky,
Max Kehan and Gerhard Marcks (1889-1981). Meyer is recorded as having directly worked
with Marcks, as well as with Otto Lindig...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Busts
Materials
Wood
Modern 20th Century Terracotta Sculpture/ Bust Signed B. Vandenberghe, Belgium
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Out of the ordinary modern terracotta sculpture from the 1970s in Belgium. This large exceptional bust depicts a female postapocalyptic warrior processed in an very unique technique....
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Stress by Deborah Ballard Art Sculpture Figural Head Bust 1986 Contemporary
Located in Dayton, OH
Stress by Deborah Ballard Art sculpture figural head bust 1986 contemporary 24"
"Stress bust art sculpture circa 1986, made from fired white clay by Deborah Ballard (b.1951). Debora...
Category
1980s Expressionist Vintage Busts
Materials
Clay
1990s Hand Carved Roman Bust in White Carrara and Portuguese Rosa Marble
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s hand carved Roman with toga bust in white Carrara and Portuguese Rosa marble.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Neoclassical Plaster Portrait Bust, Signed A. Frederich, Dated 1843
Located in Greding, DE
Large portrait bust of a middle-aged man in antique garb. The plaster bust is signed A. Frederich and dated 1843 on the underside and stands on an ebonised wooden column base. The bu...
Category
1840s German Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Plaster
1990s Bust of Roman General Hand Carved in Carrara White and Alicante Red Marble
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s bust of a Roman general, hand carved by craftsmen using Carrara white marble for the head and Alicante red for the toga, where the white and red contrast give movement and real...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Marble
Life Size Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture Children on Crib, A. Tantardini
By Antonio Tantardini 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antonio Tantardini (Italian, 1829-1879) An extraordinary Italian 19th century life size carved Carrara white marble sculpture of "A Young Child and a baby in a wicker crib...
Category
1860s Italian Beaux Arts Antique Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Classic Greek Bust
Located in Atlanta, GA
Classical and substantial bust of a figure of Greek and Roman mythology, Laocoon.
Category
Late 20th Century European Classical Greek Busts
Materials
Composition
Marble Bust of a Young Lady as Flora by John Adams-Acton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Marble Bust of a Young lady as Flora by John Adams-Acton (English, 1830-1910)
Signed and dated: JOHN ADAMS-ACTON FECT ROMA 1864 with inscription ELLEN A. HALL
White Marble
Provenance: Adams-Acton won the Royal Academy’s Gold Medal for sculpture in 1858 and his prize was to study in Rome under John Gibson, the important British Neoclassical sculptor. This bust of a young lady as Flora, Roman goddess of flowers and the Spring, was probably executed by Adams-Acton in Gibson’s studio in Rome, where he spent a successful period making portraits of Grand Tour patrons. The inscription, ‘Ellen A. Hall’, is probably the name of the sitter, who was most likely a young British tourist in Rome. Adams-Acton exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1854 until 1892, where his sitters included William Gladstone...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Busts
Materials
Marble
Dragoljub Milosevic Jacqueline, 1998 Proof In Patinated Plaster
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Dragoljub Milosevic (1939-2019) Jacqueline, 1998 Proof In Patinated Plaster, Signed, Dated.
Category
Late 20th Century French Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Plaster
French Terracotta Bust
Located in Austin, TX
French terracotta bust of a woman. This piece is signed “DB 1990” and features a warm bronze color finish.
Category
1990s French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
1990s Bust of Woman Hand Carved in Carrara White and Alicante Red Marble
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s bust of a woman, hand carved by craftsmen using Carrara white marble for the head and Alicante red for the cloth, where the white veins give movement a...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Italian Neoclassical Alabaster Portrait Bust of a Gentleman, by Insom Fece, 1839
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian neoclassical Alabaster portrait bust of a gentleman, by Insom Fece, 1839
Finely detailed portrait bust of young man with wavy hair. Inscribed signature on back right shoulde...
Category
1830s Italian Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Antique H. Lemaire General Hoche Napoleon Plaster Paint Bust Sculpture
Located in Munich, DE
Bust of general Hoche, one of the most important generals under Napoléon the 1st. Signed and dated on the left: H. Lemaire and dated 1830. The plaster with polychrome painting has be...
Category
1830s French Charles X Antique Busts
Materials
Paint, Plaster
1990s Bust of Roman Hand Carved in Carrara White and Alicante Red Marble
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s bust of a Roman, hand carved by craftsmen using Carrara white marble for the head and Alicante red on the toga, where the white veins give movement and realism to the cloth. Si...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Marble
French Terra Cotta Statue/Buste of a Sailor Boy
Located in Brecht, BE
Naive terra cotta buste of a young boy "petit navire".
Category
Late 20th Century French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Modern Spanish White Plaster Female Bust-Sculpture by Lucita Latorre, 1991
Located in Salzburg, AT
Modern plaster female bust / sculpture white colored patinated in grey and brown signed Lucita Latorre 1991.
The bust reveals a pure and stright lined d...
Category
1990s Spanish Modern Busts
Materials
Plaster
Antique Carved Marble Bust in the Neoclassical Taste
Located in London, GB
A male portrait bust in the Roman manner by Lawrence MacDonald (1799-1878) Carved in Carrara marble, rising from a round socle supporting a waisted column, the bust having resemblances to Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington as a young man. Signed by the artist, 'L. MacDonald, Romae, 1847'. Dated 1847 Dimensions: H: 26 in / 65 cm W: 19.5 in / 49 cm D: 10 in / 26 cm Lawrence MacDonald (1799-1878) Macdonald worked as an ornamental sculptor for the architect James Gillespie Graham before entering the Trustees' Academy, Edinburgh, in 1822. In Rome, in 1823 he was one of the founders of the British Academy of Art. He returned to Edinburgh in 1826 and became a member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1829. Four years later he settled in Rome, and from 1844 he worked in Bertel Thorvaldsen's former studio. He became the city's most fashionable portrait sculptor and, according to the Art Journal, his studio was filled with 'the peerage done into marble, a plaster galaxy of rank and fashion'. His sitters included the essayist Henry Taylor...
Category
1840s British Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Marble
Daniel Dupir Unique Jewelry Sculpture
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A very unique mannequin cover with vintage costume jewelry design by French artist Daniel Dupir Title "Ma Belle". (unique piece) Come glass and mirror display case...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Bust of Prince Albert
Located in New York, NY
In centuries past, lucky artists were ennobled after mastering their craft and achieving renown, but Baron Marochetti had been born into the noblility before he proved his mettle as ...
Category
1850s Italian Victorian Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Hand Carved Bust of Desdemona in Black Belgian Marble and Brown Limestone
Located in Marbella, ES
Hand carved bust of Shakespeare's Desdemona, Othello's wife, in black Belgian marble and brown limestone.
Category
1990s Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Wood Sculpture of an Admiral Signed Whit, 1974
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Wood sculpture of an Admiral, hand painted, signed Whit 1974.
Category
1970s Vintage Busts
Materials
Wood
Pair of Patinated Bronze Figures of Native Americans, La Peche/La Chasse, Signed
By Duchoiselle
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and monumental pair of patinated bronze figures depicting native Americans, La Peche and La Chasse. Known as the "Allegory Of Fishing", sculpted and signed by Duchoiselle, these marvelous patinated bronze figures are seen seated on canoes, hunting. On the Chief's canoe are his hunting spoils, which include birds and wild boar. Bronze with a brown and parcel-gilt patina can be found throughout each subject with elaborate chissel work, making these two as life-like and as natural as possible. The two are further adorned with 24k parcel-gilt decoration on their arm and ankle bangles, feathered crowns, jewelry and fish netting.
Duchoiselle is an exceptional artist known for supplying ceiling reliefs for the Louvre and Garnier's Paris Opera in 1882. These Native American models can also be found in marble at the Frilli Gallery...
Category
1860s French Native American Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Marble Bust of a Young Boy
Located in Uckfield, Sussex
An 19th century Italian grand tour Carrara marble bust of a young boy, In classical taste, his head slightly turned, on a square sienna and Carrara marble socle base.
Category
1860s Italian Antique Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Good Large Bust of the God Hermes
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A good large bust of the God Hermes
A good large bust of the God Hermes, this is a very good ceramic bust, it is in flesh color and has a mat finish
...
Category
1970s Classical Greek Vintage Busts
Materials
Plaster
1990s Bust of Roman Hand Carved in Carrara White and Alicante Red Marble
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s bust of a Roman, hand carved by craftsmen using Carrara white marble for the head and Alicante red for the toga, where the white veins give movement and realism to the cloth.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Antique Terracotta Bust Sculpture of G. Gabrieli Italian Composer of O Jesu Mi
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and stunning Italian sculpture of a composer of famous religious music.
With pride we offer you this antique and incredibly well crafted bust of 16th century, Venetian composer...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Busts
Materials
Terracotta
1990s Bust of Roman Hand Carved using Different Carrara and Alicante Marbles
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s bust of a Roman, hand carved by craftsmen using Carrara white marble for the head, Arabescato for the main toga body and Alicante red for the arms, where the veining provide re...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Marble
20th Century Exotic Wood Indian Old Man With Stick And Turban Sculpture, 1970
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Indian sculpture of the 20th century. Nicely carved exotic wood object depicting an old man with a stick and turban. Work created from a sing...
Category
1970s Indian Vintage Busts
Materials
Wood
Susana Espinosa Cabeza Mujer Bronze Sculpture Puerto Rico Isla del Sol Artist PR
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful and Rare version of the Cabeza de Mujer series in Bronze. Signed and Number; Espinosa 246/300. Bronze Bust Only (not including base) W: 3 1/8 x D: 2 1/2 x H: 3 3/4 in.
Category
1980s Puerto Rican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Busts
Materials
Bronze
Rare 1840 Large Bronze Head of Russian Priest Labelled James Bourlet & Sons Ltd
Located in GB
We delighted to offer for sale this lovely and very rare bronze head of a Russian Priest with a paper label from the very famous James Bourlet & Son's L...
Category
1840s German Victorian Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Carved Beige Marble Bust Sculpture of Young Girl
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1850, this large antique marble bust is a true representation of French elegance. The figural sculpture features the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Busts
Materials
Marble
1980s French Glazed White Ceramic Bust
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s French glazed white ceramic bust.
Highly realistic white glazed ceramic bust of person with a straight haircut.
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Italian Alabaster Bust
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian alabaster bust.
Well sculpted antique Italian alabaster or marble bust of a classical female mounted on a plinth. This is a beautifully detailed antique alabaster bust...
Category
1860s Italian Classical Roman Antique Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Classical Hand Carved White Marble Female Bust
Located in Marbella, ES
Classical hand carved white marble bust of a woman wearing Greek period dress and a laurel wreath.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Large Pair of Signed 19th Century Relief Portrait Busts of Wellington & Napoleon
By Nathaniel Palmer
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome and impressive pair of relief portrait busts in copper depicting portrait busts of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) on the left, and Napoleon Bona...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Busts
Materials
Copper
Classical Hand Carved White Marble Female Bust with Black Marble Base
Located in Marbella, ES
Classical hand carved white marble female bust with black marble base.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Large Othello and Desdemona Bronze Busts on Red Marble Bases
Located in Marbella, ES
Large Othello and Desdemona bronze busts on red marble bases.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Classical Hand Carved Portuguese Rosa Marble Two Faced Winged Bust
Located in Marbella, ES
Classical hand carved Portuguese Rosa marble two faced winged bust on a white marble base.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Marble Bust of Caesar
Located in New Haven, CT
This very handsome 40" tal marble bust was hand-carved in Italy in the Grand Tour period. Made of rouge- grey- and Statuario-Marbles.
Circa 1860.
It is possibly of Marcus Junius Brut...
Category
1860s Italian Classical Roman Antique Busts
Materials
Marble
Shop Mid-Century Modern Busts, Neoclassical Busts and More
The presence of vintage and antique bust sculptures can add a necessary decorative layer to any interior. And just because a statue looks classical doesn't mean it has to be conventional.
A touch of whimsy, a dose of drama — a single bust can alter a room. And when placed in just the right spot, these statues can almost feel alive.
“They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give,” says Los Angeles designer Timothy Corrigan, who loves pieces that beg to be touched. For a welcoming entry hall project in California, Corrigan selected an antique Persian rug and a bust that invites you to touch it. A collection of sculptures in wood, marble and brass complement the star of the show.
For Consort cofounder and creative director Mat Sanders, a bust doesn’t have to be pretty. “I most enjoy busts that are a little busted,” Sanders jokes — but choose something with a soul you can live with, as “sculpture representative of the human form carries with it an energy you will add to the space.”
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