Sculptures
Sculptures For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Color: Black
Monkey Sculpture by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s, Glazed Stoneware
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware.
Signed.
H: 15.5 cm / 6''
W: 19 cm / 7 1/2''
D: 13.5 cm / 5 1/4''
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
French Art Deco Glazed Ceramic Woman and Dolphin Sculpture
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Lovely glazed ceramic representation of a nude woman reclining on a dolphin's back. Craquelure finish on the woman. Signed and dated "GN, 1946."
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Andirons with Lion Details
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Andirons from the late 1930s-early 1940s
Design is mounted on black iron andirons
Brass lions with hand chased details.
Category
Mid-20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Large Iron Sculpture Designed by Torsten Johansson, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture designed by Torsten Johansson, Denmark, 1960s.
Iron.
Dimensions:
H: 103 cm
W: 77 cm
D: 30 cm
Base: 30 x 45 cm
Category
1960s Danish Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Walter Bosse Brass Poodle Figurine, Lucky Charm, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming poodle figurine, made of brass designed by Walter Bosse, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria. In excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Mary Preminger Vintage Abstract Chrome and Black Marble Sculpture Modernist
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous vintage double U-shaped abstract sculpture by the noted artist Mary Preminger is so modernist. It is chrome on a black marble original base. It was executed in 1968. It...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Walter Bosse Mid-Century Cartwheel Brass Key Hanger, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
A wall-mounted Mid-Century key holder / key board, designed in the shape of a cartwheel or wagon wheel. This piece was designed by Walter Bosse and crafted b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of 1950s Carved Soapstone Foo Dogs
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1950s carved soapstone Foo dogs each one uniquely different.
Category
1950s Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
Painted Metal Sculpture of Palm or Banana Tree and Flower
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A painted metal palm tree or banana with removable leaves. Detailed trunk and leaves and a fabulous white flower. What is it about palm trees, that conjures up the romantic? Perfect ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Murano Glass Decorative Item of a Fig by Martinuzzi for Venini, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1930s.
This fig is made by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini in Murano glass.
This item might show slight traces of use since it's vintage as a chip on the top, but it ...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Royal Doulton "the Carpet Seller" Moroccan Decorative Porcelain Figurine
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Royal Doulton "the carpet seller," Moroccan figurine of a carpet seller.
Made in England, by Royal Doulton England, the "Carpet Seller,"
Royal Doulto...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Walter Bosse Set of 6 Hedgehog Sculptures for Hertha Baller, circa 1950s
By Walter Bosse
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Walter Bosse Set of 6 hedgehog sculptures for Hertha Baller, circa 1950s
Mid-century Walter Bosse hedgehog stackable ashtray made in Austria. This vintage ashtray includes all six...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Mid-century female sculpture with silk black, turquoise, gold shade by Izsépy
Located in Budapest, HU
Mid-century silk black female figure. Fired, hand-painted, silk-glazed matte ceramic sculpture with silky black glazed and gold decoartion around neck. It was made in the 50s. A real...
Category
1950s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Abstract Architectural Wire Iron Sculpture Manner of Roy Gussow
By Roy Gussow
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modern abstract architectural wire iron sculpture manner of Roy Gussow. Classic modernist, strong presence, very well executed.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Iron
A.Giannelli Sculture “testa di moro” 1950 Mable Resin 1950 Italy
By Giannelli
Located in Milano, IT
A.Giannelli sculture “testa di moro” 1950 Marbre resin 1950 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Lion Sculpture or Statue or Figurine in Ceramic or Porcelain, 1950s
Located in Hemiksem, VAN
Beautiful vintage statue of a lion in porcelain. This figurine shows no damage and has a stamp at the bottom of the leg.
Unknown, 1950s
Designer/Manufacturer: See stamp
In very go...
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Midcentury Brass and Black Metal, Locomotive by Hagenauer Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare model of a locomotive, handmade of metal and brass by Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna in the 1920s. Marked on its bottom WHW, Hagenauer Wien, made in Austria, handmade. Very nice ...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Metal
African Antler
Located in Dallas, TX
These antlers display the swirl and texture of the Gazelle antler.
Category
Mid-20th Century African Sculptures
Materials
Antler
Art Deco Cast Iron Cat by Hubley
Located in Stamford, CT
An Art Deco cast iron doorstop in the form of a cat by Hubley Manufacturing Company.
Signed "Hubley" on underside.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Felipe Delfinger Art Glass Flower Sun Catcher
Located in Ferndale, MI
A Felipe Delfinger sun catcher made of amber art glass sculpted and protruding through iron circles creating daisy-like round flowers. Eleven flowers attached by iron rings hang down...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Japanese Hand Painted Ceramic Cat Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-726 vintage Japanese hand painted ceramic cat sculpture
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Markel Robot Sculpture by Bennett Robot Works
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Custom robot sculpture named Markel by Bennett Robot Works, Brooklyn, NY
Bennett Robot Works, robot sculptures created by Gordon Bennett, are comp...
Category
1940s American Machine Age Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Amethyst Geode
Located in East Hampton, NY
Large beautiful amethyst geode.
Category
Mid-20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst
J.Laugerette (XXth c., France) : Silver plated bronze sculpture of a Bull
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
J.Laugerette (XXth c., France) : " Bull"
Silver plated bronze sculpture on a balck and grey veined marble base showing a very strong french breed standing bull
Dimensions
Height =...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French folk art depicting a blacksmith at his anvil France 1960
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A piece of French folk art from the 1960s depicting a blacksmith at his anvil, striking metal with his hammer. Superb primitive steelwork.
Category
1960s European Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Alessio Tasca Anthracite Ceramic Sphere Sculpture, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Exceptional anthracite metallic enameled sphere sculpture by Alessio Tasca, Italy, circa 1968. Interesting extruded sphere shape with a beautiful and exceptional metallic anthracite ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Vintage Painted Plaster Model Dogs Sculpture By Frederick Thomas Daws
By Thomas Frederick Daws
Located in Sale, GB
- An incredible pair of painted plaster model dogs by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956), England, Mid-Twentieth Century.
- The models have a wonderful lifelike quality in regards to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Walter Bosse Figurine Shows the Neptune Sea God, circa 1950s 'Marked on Bottom'
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse Figurine Shows the Neptune Sea God, circa 1950s 'marked on bottom'
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Black Carousel Horse, Wood Horse Sculpture on Metal Base, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wooden Carousel Horse - Fairground horse - Merry-go-round Horse.
Smaller model, so easy to be placed.
This Mid-20th century hand carved Animal Sculptu...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Brutalist Iron Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A large Brutalist forged iron sculpture
France, 1960s
82 cm high by 37 cm wide by 31 cm depth
Category
1960s French Brutalist Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intriguing advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Old Crow Advertising Figure
Located in Stamford, CT
Old Crow advertising figure for "Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey". Heavy composite cardboard like material. He is a charming fellow with his
top ha...
Category
1950s American Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Stunning Pair of Vintage Pineapple Shaped Finial Sculptures
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Timeless pineapple motife cast cement finials or acorns having marvelous aged and verdigris patina. The imperfections where some of the cement has chipp...
Category
1940s American Neoclassical Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Cement
Abraham Palatnik Large Giraffe Lucite Acrylic Sculpture Figurine
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Gorgeous large size resin giraffe sculpture by Brazilian artist Araham Palatnik. Black outline detail encased in clear resin with yellow ombre at the base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Huge French Art Deco Black Lacquered Panther, 1930s
Located in Meda, MB
This huge Art Deco panther sculpture was produced in Paris, France in the 1930s.
It is completely made of ceramic effect black lacquered plaster (gypsum) and lays on a walnut wood ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
1970s Modernist Murano Glass Figure of a Tropical Fish
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Murano Glass Figure of a Tropical Fish is a stunning and iconic piece of art that embodies the artistic spirit of the era. Murano glass, hailing from the famous glassblowing isl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Art Nouveau “Eve” Bookends 1930s by Verona
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of vintage Art Noeveau bookends by Verona. This set in beautifully aged cast iron reminiscence of the art noeveau era with its use of arches and curved forms. In this ...
Category
1930s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Iron
1960s Modern Leather Elephant Table Sculpture
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Midcentury Modern Leather Elephant Table Sculpture
13.5 d x 13.25 tall x 4.75 w
Original vintage unrestored condition
See all images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Leather
1950 Giraffes des Ateliers Vallauris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
These stylized giraffes are made from two pieces of sheet metal, hand-worked and lightly hammered together to a fine, delicate finish.
They stand on 4 tapering feet.
The work is akin...
Category
1950s French Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pen holder by walter bosse shows a cat around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Pen holder by walter bosse shows a cat around 1950s
The pen is not for sale it is only for the photoshooting
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Silver Gilt and Enamel Peacock
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antique Chinese Silver Gilt and Enamel Peacock from the 1940's on hand carved wood stand. Delicately constructed of vermeil sterling with colorf...
Category
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Roger Favin Ceramic Art deco Ram head
By Roger Favin
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Roger Fabian Ceramic Art deco Ram head Artist Roger Favin Ceramic sculpture Art deco Ram head
Circa 1930 Origin France
Very good condition- Small restoration on one horn but very wel...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1969 Cast Aluminum Sculpture artist Myrna M. Nobile California
By Myrna Nobile
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modern Brutalism Cubist Sculpture Corrugated Aluminum Myrna M. Nobile.
California artist 1960s in San Diego CA
11 w x 18.5 x 8.75 d
Preowned Unrestored O...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Italian ceramic from 1940 Green glazed horse sculpture Perugia manufacture
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian ceramic from 1940 Green glazed horse sculpture Perugia manufacture
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Vintage American Midcentury Iron Rabbit Candle Holders with Green Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage pair of American iron candle holders from the mid 20th century, with rabbit sculptures and green patina. Made in the USA during the Midcentury period, each of this pair of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Aries Ram by Miguel Duran-Loriga for Alfaraz Ceramics, circa 1960
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Aries Ram by Miguel Duran-Loriga for Alfaraz Ceramics, circa 1960. Wonderful ceramic ram sculpture by Miguel Duran-Loriga, manufactured by Alfaraz Workshops ...
Category
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Old Signed Carved Inuit Sculpture of a Salmon Fish Attributed to Simon Pov
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine carved stone sculpture.
In the form of a salmon or other fish.
In 2 parts. Comprised of salmon fish supported on a carved plinth joined by a central wooden dowel.
Signed Pov likely for Simon Pov.
With Inuit characters possibly for Port Harrison / Inukjuak.
Simply a wonderful Indigenous carving...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Primitive Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Cortendorf West German Mid-Century Pottery Seated African Man
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century West German figure of a seated African man by Cortendorf. The pottery figure sits on a rounded base with a flat back edge and portrays a seated man resting on h...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Bertil Vallin Swedish Modernist Ceramic Man on Horse Wall Tile Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Swedish modernist partially glazed ceramic tile wall hanging created by Bertil Vallien, circa 1960s. Tile measures 11.25" by 15.75" by 5/8" and is signed on the front Vallin. In very good vintage 1960s condition.
Swedish glass master Bertil Vallien was born in 1938 in a suburb north of Stockholm, where he felt the inclination to be an artist from a very early age. He studied ceramics at the Konstfack School of Arts, Crafts, and Design in Stockholm, then spent two years at the School for Advanced Industrial Design. His love of ceramics took him the Los Angeles for a position with HAL Fromholt Ceramics, and soon he was meeting artists, critics, and gallery owners, attending events at California universities, and exhibiting his ceramics. In 1963, he was invited back to Sweden by the C.H. Åfors glass...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bulldog Cigar Ashtray, 1940, Chicago. Usa
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Central Die Casting & Mfg Co. Chicago- Usa
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at you...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
Walter Bosse Cat Figurine with Thermometer, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian desk thermometer, consisting of a lovely cat figurine and a lantern-shaped thermometer. A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria in th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
1971 Monumental Brutalist Abstract Art Sculpture Metal and Bronze
By Paul Evans
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Fabulous Art Sculpture
Big Brutalist sculpture metal structure covered with composite in faux bronze finish.
Style of Paul Evans
Unknown artist.
Signed RN 1971.
H 63 in. x W 20 in. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Portrait of a Woman" by K. Server for Austin Productions
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With it’s raw, organic form and masterful use of space, Klara Server’s “Portrait of a Woman” is a mesmerizing highlight in any room. Made by the renowned New York company Austin Prod...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Miguel Berrocal La Mini Zoraida Puzzle Sculpture and Book
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Miguel Berrocal La Mini Zoraida puzzle sculpture that is nickel plated and brass. The puzzle is made up of 25 elements. It comes with the book. The measurements without the base is...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
2 Stoneware Owls - Carl-Harry Stålhane - Rörstrand - Midcentury Vintage
Located in Stockholm, SE
Two rare owl sculptures in stoneware designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand. They are 8.5 cm (3.4") high. They are in good condition except from some marks from the production ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Oriental Blue & White Large Foo Dog Terracotta Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful vintage blue & white foo dog. No chips or breaks. Incredible details. Dimensions: 18 H x 16 W x 9 D.
Category
1940s Hong Kong Hollywood Regency Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Robert E. Kuhn Cubist Wall Sculpture of a Violinist in Wrought Iron
By Robert E. Kuhn
Located in New York, NY
A Cubist wall sculpture, produced circa 1950s by American artist Robert E. Kuhn (1917-2000), which depicts the abstracted figure of a musician with violin, pausing between playing, i...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid 20thc Cast Iron Smiling Dachshund Boot Scraper #2
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous cast iron dachshund dog boot scraper in black paint. Two available, this one has a straight tail as opposed to the other with a circle tai...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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.
Get started on decorating with sculpture now — find figurative sculptures, animal sculptures and more on 1stDibs today.
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