Sculptures
Sculptures For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Color: Beige
Collection of Three Silver Articulated Fish
Located in New York, NY
Comprising a larger pair of fish, perhaps stylized Koi, and a smaller fish; each with jeweled eyes and body realistically modeled with articulated sections allowing the body to move ...
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Lady With Muff, by Konrad Hentschel, ca 1906
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant young lady with a wide-brimmed hat, decorated with green-brown-white checkered ribbons and a blue feather, wearing a floor-length white dress with a green hem and button plac...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Capodimonte Porcelain Figure Of Couple Playing Lute, Early 20th Century
By Capodimonte
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Neapolitan Capodimonte porcelain in the Baroque style depicting a french salon scene, a woman seated in an armchair playing the lute and a male admirer trying to impress her, marke...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Pressed Botanicals from a c1893 Monastery School Set of (6) or More Avail
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisite set of (6) Antique French Pressed Botanicals from a Monastery School in the South of France that opened around 1893. We have several sets of Antique French Pressed Botanica...
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Marble Sculpture by Vichi, 'Exotic Dancer', for 1914, French Salon
Located in London, GB
This astonishing early 20th century Orientalist sculpture is one of the finest of its kind, full of movement, sensuality and effortless charm. The work of celebrated Italian sculptor...
Category
1910s Italian Romantic Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Hand Blown Blue Opaline Glass Vase Cornucopia France Art Deco 1920 - XXth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Blown white and brown opaline vase from the Portieux Vallerysthal crystal factory representing a hand holding a cornucopia and dating approximately from the 1920s
“Cornet” vase or “M...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Opaline Glass
Signed Carved Alabaster Neoclassical Sculpture of Giuseppe Bessi Bust on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed Carved Alabaster Neoclassical Sculpture of Giuseppe Bessi Bust on Stand
Country: France
Materials: Alabaster
Condition: Original Condition
Style: Fr...
Category
1920s French Neoclassical Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Art Nouveau Figurine 'Pierrette' by Martin Wiegand, Meissen Germany, ca 1908
By Meissen Porcelain, Martin Wiegand
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurine:
Red-haired girl sitting on the ground with big hat with brim turned up in front, dressed in green bodice with gold hem, wide sk...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Pair Boy & Girl With Hoops, A. Koenig, c 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurines:
Two children with colorful hoops:
Standing boy in sailor dress, holding the hoop with both hands behind him standing on the ground,...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figure Of A Snake Dancer By Max Bochmann Circa 1914
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and extremely decorative full-sculptural depiction of a young dancer in oriental-looking costume, bare-breasted, with long, softly falling skirt slit high at the front and ...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antinous 'Bitnia 130, Alexandria, Egypt 150 AD the Favorite of Publius Elio
Located in Madrid, ES
Antinous (Bitnia130 - Alexandria, Egypt 150 AD), the favorite of Publius Elio Adriano early 20th century.
reproduction in terracotta follows the original of the National Archaeologi...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Vienna Art Ceramics Art Nouveau Figure Putto Riding A Duck By Doblinger, Ca 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Viennese Art Nouveau Ceramic Piece:
Blond boy sitting astride the duck decorated with colourful flower garlands, resting his hands on his knees.
The group is based on an ov...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
AMAZING "ACHILLES " - BAS-RELIEF IN CARRARA MARBLE early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
ACHILLES - BAS-RELIEF IN CARRARA MARBLE
early 20th Century
Italy
HEIGHT 50 cm
WIDTH 40 cm
WEIGHT 19 kg
MATERIAL White Carrara marble
MAXIMUM THICKNESS 5 cm
good conditions
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Vienna Art Ceramics Art Nouveau Figure Putto Riding A Rooster By Doblinger, 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Viennese Art Nouveau Ceramic Piece:
Blond boy sitting sideways on a rooster decorated with colourful flower garlands and holding on to its comb and plumage.
The group is ba...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Alabaster Portrait Bust of Philip V of Spain, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is beautiful antique carved alabaster shoulder length bust of Philip V of Spain, after the antique and early 20th century in date.
The superb bust of King Philip V, with long a curls wig, draped with full body armour is mounted on a dark grey stepped square plinth which is inscribed to the reverse 0.48 and bearing a factory seal stamp with the Royal crown.
A similar marble bust on pedestal...
Category
1920s Spanish Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Art Déco Porcelain Figure Korean Dance by C. Holzer-Defanti Rosenthal Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Dancer in an oriental costume with traditional Korean looking headdress, with raised, bent legs and arms performing a dance pose, a Chinese pagoda leaning against her leg. The figure...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Porcelain Group 'Spring of Love' by R. Aigner Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1916
By Rosenthal, Richard Aigner
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Large Art Nouveau Group:
Monumental depiction of a pair of lovers in intimate embrace: Unclothed young lady sitting on a pedestal and kissing the naked young man standing ...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Art Deco Bisque Porcelain Sculpture "Seated Nude With Flowers" 20th C
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique French Art Deco bisque porcelain model of a seated nude woman with flowers by the sculptor Henri Desire Grisard (1872-active until 1940) and bearing his...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Group 'the Air' by Paul Helmig, Germany, Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900:
Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, si...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Majolica Bee Wall Pocket Sarreguemines circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Bee Wall Pocket signed Sarreguemines circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Mythological Group 'Thalia With Tree', by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, c 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen group:
Thalia, the muse of theater and comic poetry, covered only with a large cloth, smiling and sitting on a rock under a cherry tree, holding a mask next to her...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Classical Plaster Head of a Woman on a Brass Base
Located in New York, NY
Classical Plaster Head of a Woman on a Brass Base.
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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
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
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
Fountain in Marble, Year: 1920, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Fountain: Marble Roso Verona
Rosso Francia marble, also known as Rouge incarnat or Languedoc, is a historical French marble used since the 19th century for churches and noble palace...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Stunning Goldscheider Vienna Art Deco Ceramic Barzoi Sculpture, signed
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna, GOLDSCHEIDERSCHE PORZELLAN-MANUFACTUR UND MAJOLICA-FABRIK (1885-1953)
Located in Voorburg, NL
A Stunning and beautiful Hand Painted ceramic Barzoi sculpture made in Austria by Goldscheider in the 1930s. This very decorative ceramic barzoi figurine by the renowned company of Friedrich Goldscheider in Vienna - Austria. The manufactory of Goldscheider, one of the most successful companies in European ceramic history, was founded 1885 and is world famous for their outstanding figurines and amazing shaped busts. This beautiful crafted early 20th century prowling ceramic barzoi dogs impresses with its realistic depiction. The timeless beauty and quality of this Goldscheider dogs sculpture makes...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Group 'Girl With Goat', by Erich Hoesel, Meissen Germany, ca 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Girl in a striped dress with polka dots and a white blouse holding a bouquet of flowers in both hands above her head and fending off a ...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure 'Fascination', Dancer with Headdress by W. Thomasch
Located in Vienna, AT
Impressive Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s:
The young lady with artfully pinned hair wears only transparent stockings and high heels, as well as a headdress densel...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
South Seas Shell Spoon
Located in London, GB
An early twentieth century shell spoon, comprised of two shells and supported on a metal stand. The handle is delicately carved from a singular shell, with...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Sculptures
Materials
Shell
Antique Samson Porcelain Figurine of a Nobleman or Prince
By Samson & Cie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain figurine or bust.
By Samson Edmé et Cie.
In the form of a bust of a man dressed in colorful finery with a frilled collar...
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Vienna, Young Lady Dancer in Flower Dress, by Josef Lorenzl c. 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Ceramics Figure of the 1920s.
Representation of a young dancer in a knee-length dress with a white flounce neckline, elaborate...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Bird Figure, European Roller On A Trunk, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of animal figures:
European roller leaning forward, also known as almond crow in German-speaking countries, sitting on a tree trunk with o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
English Plaster Lion Head Roundel on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An early 20th century English plaster lion head centred on a large plaster roundel decorated with a bead and reel border in high relief. Perhaps once used as part of a frieze embellishment on the interior of a prestigious building or an ornamentation for a roof boss, this striking lion head mask now makes a stunning English architectural display...
Category
Early 20th Century English Georgian Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure 'Papagena', Dancer In Exotic Costume, by Dina Kuhn
Located in Vienna, AT
Impressive Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s:
The young lady with artfully pinned up hair and headdress wears only an exotic-looking short skirt in the manner of a ro...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
'Top-Hat', Goldscheider Art Déco Dancer Posing In Tight Costume, Dakon, c 1928
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Viennese ceramic figure from the late 1920s:
Young, fancy dancer in a tight costume with a shoulderless and backless top held by a pearl necklace and short harem pants, bl...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Blanc de Chine Elephant
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Porcelain blanc de chine elephant, Austria, Art Deco period. Chip on tip of ear and front right foot. 5 3/4" h., 9 1/4" w., 3" d.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Dancer 'Dignity', by Stephan Dakon, Around 1926
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Large Goldscheider Art Deco Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s:
Young lady with short hairstyle in a short, low-cut strap dress with large floral decoration, posing lasciviously and...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Ceramic Montserrat Virgin Memorabilia
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th Century traditional Spanish 'Montserrat' virgin statue made of ceramic.
Made in Barcelona, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, pre...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Patinated Plaster of Paris Sculpture by Joseph Zomers Belgium
By Joseph Zomers
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Statuette of a naked woman sitting in patinated plaster of Paris; plaster of Paris, is a very resistant material, used since ancient times, it was used by the ancient Egyptians as a binder in the construction of the pyramids and is used in sculpture for its strength, the name is linked to the ancient quarries of Montmartre in Paris; the statue is a work of the famous Belgian sculptor and bronze artist Joseph Zomers which he executed between 1915 and 1920 and whose signature is on the pedestal. The woman is represented posing with ill-concealed malice and shows without reticence her body with a thin erotic veil, the artist has not executed the face precisely to accentuate a mysterious charm; it is a figure of harmonic proportions that takes into greater consideration the erotic connotations, however, a refined and elegant eroticism that presents itself in a courteous manner, subtle and suggestive but at the same time provocative and irreverent; the woman, in her most intimate dimension, as a naked presence, defenseless but seductive, becomes the embodiment of the poetic essence of the artist, the emblematic figure of his aesthetics. It is an object in perfect Art Nouveau style (Jugendstil), in fact, many artists of this current used eroticism as their work, portraying women as ethereal and fatal beings, letting themselves be inspired by "le beau sexe" thanks to their naked forms, soft and seductive. Joseph Zomers was born in Liege in Belgium in 1895 and died in 1928; he studied art in Maredsous (Belgium), many of his works are permanently exhibited at the Musèe de Liège; Zomers is well known for his public monument "Tchantchès" in Liege. This great work in stone and bronze is located in the Otremeuse district in Rue Pont-Saint-Nicolas; designed by Joseph Zomers, the statue represents a "hiercheuse", the name was given to the women who pulled the carts in the mine, a tribute to those valiant young people vilified and victims of the exploitation of women's labor, the woman holds aloft the puppet of Tchantchès. Tchantchès is the name given to a puppet that appeared in Liège in the 19th century. The popular character, Tchantchès became over time the archetype of the goodman of Liege, witty and good-natured, wise and subtle, quick to find resolutions and fertile in resources, when he is depressed, he recovers with a joke that reveals the popular Walloon citizen, mocking and sentimental. It was therefore fitting to erect a monument to these two popular and significant symbols of the proud city...
Category
1910s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
20th Century French Stone Lion with Shield on Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th century French stone lion holding a shield on a pedestal. A 20th century lion carved from stone holding a crest carved with a lion with wearing a crown. It is a representation o...
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Large Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine 'Helena', Allegory of Beauty, circa 1920
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 the nape of the neck, head tilted to the side and looking down, covering the nakedness of her shapely body only at the legs with a large cloth...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Nymphenburg Frankenthal Figurine 'Lady With Bird Cage' by Johann Friedrich Lück
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare figurine from the former manufacturer Frankenthal Germany.
The lady, dressed in Rococo style: white dress with flowered bodice and apron, white bonnet, is holding an open ...
Category
1920s German Rococo Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Alabaster Table Lamp Sculpture Attributed to Bastiani, Italy, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Alabaster table lamp sculpture attributed to Bastiani. Italy, late 19th century
Attributed to Ildebrando Bastiani.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Meissen Porcelain Cherub Motto Figurine "Je decouvre tout" Model F13
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain Cupid figurine.
By Meissen.
Model no. F13 from the Cupid Motto Series.
Entitled "Je decouvre tout".
Originally de...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Girl with Child', A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, c 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Girl and child in clothes from around 1900, the girl in a blue, polka-dot long-sleeved dress with a white apron kneeling on the fl...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Figurine of 'Mata Hari' by Capodimonte / Naples Porcelain Company
By Capodimonte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco Figurine of 'Mata Hari' by Capodimonte / Naples Porcelain Company
Italy, circa 1925
An exceptional work, displaying grace and movement, subtly hand- painted. The seductive turban and gold earring wearing dancer draped in a White and Iron-Red Moon and Star motif garment, on a tasseled pillow.
Hence our Mata Hari, attribution/suggestion. The name Mata Hari, is a Malay expression for the sun. Literally meaning “eye of the day"/ dawn of the day'
This exquisite figure, depicts the The dancer (Mata Hari ?) as the sun-wearing the moon and stars.
Marked with the variation Blue underglaze Crown & N.
In remarkable well cared for condition, some minor wear to the gilt.
The figurine stands...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Sculpture Signed Friedrich Goldscheider. Austria, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Ceramic woman with sled sculpture signed Friedrich Goldscheider. Austria, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Two Girls', by A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, ca 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Two barefoot girls in summer clothes, the older one in a striped skirt and white and blue long-slee...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Single Staffordshire Dog
Located in South Salem, NY
Handsome porcelain ruby Staffordshire dog, made in England at the turn of the century. Due to its handpainted nature, each dog figurine has a distinct face with expressive eyes and muzzle. The seated dog sports a black collar. Also known as mantel dogs...
Category
Early 20th Century British Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Cast Stone Standing Sculpture of Roman
Located in Cypress, CA
Italian cast stone standing sculpture of a Roman dressed in classical robes leaning near a tree stump, raised on a conforming oval plinth.
First half of t...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Pair of framed Roundels in Black Jasperware, Wedgwood, circa 1920
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An exceptionally fine pair of roundels in black jasperware, decorated with two images of Cupid: The first sharpening his arrows; the second, of him st...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Large Alabaster JUG and Illuminated Base
Located in Madrid, ES
Large alabaster pot and illuminated base
Large jug and stand of illuminated alabaster. Years 1920-1940. Measurements: 170 cm total height-stand 105 cm high and 30 cm diameter.
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Girl With Child', T. Eichler, Meissen Germany, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Two girls in clothing of circa 1900, the elder with hair pinned up in a bun in a blue fringed white dress with a yellow petticoat...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Ceramic Sculpture of Lady Liberty with Early 20th Century Flower Holder
Located in Milano, MI
French ceramic figurine of a lady carrying flowers, made in the early 20th century.
The figurine is in good condition, has some chipping due to ageing, detailed photos of which ha...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Head of a Potter, " Highly Rare Art Deco Sculpture of Male Figure by Nielsen
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and remarkable "Head of a Potter" in the pebbly Sung glaze by Jais Nielsen is both strong and subtle, an evocative and beautiful capturing of a young man's visage, no doubt...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Nymphenburg Porcelain Figurine of the Disturbed Slumberer/Der Gestörte Schlummer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Nymphenburg porcelain figurine.
Entitled "Der Gestörte Schlummer", which translates to English as "The Disturbed Slumber".
After the 18th Century Frankenthal Porcelain model modeled by Johann Friedrich Lück.
Depicting a sleeping gallant attended to (and being awakened by) two maidens. The gallant is sleeping on patches of grass that are supported by a stylized Rococo rocaille base.
Simply a wonderful antique Nymphenburg figurine...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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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