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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: Late 18th Century
Czech Art Deco Hand Painted Porcelain Figurine of Nude Lady with Greyhound
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco sculpture was realized in the Czech Republic- renowned for producing some of the world's finest porcelain, sterling and glass products during this period- circa...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Bronze Sculpture "Woman Sitting Head in Her Arm" by Joseph Csaky, circa 1930
By Joseph Csaky
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture in bronze with black patina.
Signed and numbered 5/8. Stamped with the foundry stamp Landowski and marked AC (Atelier Csaky).
Model from circa 1930, the present cast is a...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chiparus 'The Hunter' Large Art Deco Sculpture with Panther, 1930
Located in Oakland, CA
Large Art Deco sculpture of hunter and panther (or lion) by the famous sculptor Demetre H. Chiparus. The Art metal sculpture has a beautiful green verdigris patina and stands on an angled green/white/black multi-color marble base. Excellent condition and inscribed on the base “D.H.Chiparus”! Original bronze spear and patina. Very large in size and would look incredible in your entryway, living room, mantle or buffet, or just about anywhere you have 36 inches wide.
Chiparus of course the master sculptor, arguably the most important artist for statues of the Art Deco period. He always had a way of rendering both men and women in a most natural and desirable way. A very important piece, pictured in many books on Art Deco...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Goldscheider Vienna Dancer with Tambourine 'La Jana' by Josef Lorenzl circa 1937
Located in Vienna, AT
Most elegant Art Deco figurine of the dancer 'La Jana'
Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria
Dating: circa 1933
Technique: Handcrafted ceramics, finest hand painting, gloss...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Sculpture Women, 1930
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of terracotta
- Author August Otto born 1868 in Oeslau near Coburg, died 1947.
- From 1891 to 1915 he was a modeller in th...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Mythological Diskometal Figurine with Walrus & Faun by Just Andersen, 1930
Located in Esbjerg, DK
- Mythological figurine by Just Andersen designed, circa 1930
- Composed of Just Andersen's own alloy called Disko Metal
- The figurine is signed to the side: Just A.
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
French Art Deco Sculpture by Guislain, 1930s
Located in Meda, MB
Imposing French Art Deco sculpture from the 1930s created by the artist Guislain.
Signature on the marble base.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Lenci, Italian Ceramic Design Helen Scavini Konig Ragazza di Harrar
By Lenci
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lenci, Italian ceramic
Design: Helen Scavini Konig
Ragazza di Harrar, 1936
Size: 54 cm in 21.7
Very good condition.
Category
1930s Albanian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Allegory of Speed, " Art Deco Bronze Depicting the Ecstasy of Athletic Effort
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and dramatic, this Art Deco bronze by Robert Delandre, circa 1930, depicts three nude male athletes all straining to reach the finish line of the race, their arms straini...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Diana Huntress and Leaping Antelope by Le Verrier and Demarco Base
Located in Oakland, CA
This is Diana the Huntress, a theme often repeated in Art Deco folklore. What makes this piece so spectacular: It has the style, small size and all the elements. The quality is of th...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Goldscheider Vienna Lady Dancer Dress Flower Pattern by Dakon Model 6704
By Stefan Dakon
Located in Vienna, AT
Goldscheider Vienna Dancing Lady Clad In Multicolored Dress
Designed by Stefan (= Stephen) Dakon (1904 - 1992), circa 1933 / made 1935-19...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Stone Lifter, " Monumental, Rare Art Deco Sculpture with Nude Male, 1936
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable depiction of a strong, muscled nude male figure bent over in a monumental effort to move a large stone, this sculpture was made by the Hungarian-American sculptor Henry Schoenbauer. By the 1920s, many sculptors had created some version of "Man Against Nature," typically a an exaggeratedly strong male figure, often nude, working to lift a rock, pull a rope, or labor against impossible odds. Schoenbauer's "Stone Lifter...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
French, Art Deco Terracotta Athlete Sculpture by Bargas
Located in Houston, TX
This fabulous French Art Deco patinated terracotta sculpture of a nude male athlete is signed Henri Bargas. This well executed scul...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Art Deco Horse Sculpture in Laveno Ceramic, Made in Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Art Deco horse sculpture in laveno ceramic, made in Italy 1930s.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French 1780s Baroque Style Walnut Sculpture of a Putto Sitting on a Pillow
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Baroque style walnut putto from the late 18th century, sitting on a pillow. Created in France during the last quarter of the 18th century, this walnut sculpture charms us wi...
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Late 18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Ceramic Art Deco Buste Mother and Child by Belgium Artist G.Wasterlain
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco large sculpture in ceramic of a Mother and Child by Belgian sculpture, Georges Wasterlain. Glazed reddish-brown stoneware with no chips or defects.
George Wasterlain was a ...
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1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1940s Art Deco Porcelain Man with Lute, Czechoslovakia
By Rako Ceramic
Located in Praha, CZ
- Porcelain man playing the lute
- By Czechoslovakia factory RAKO,which no exists today(1883-2004)
- Figure is dated around 1930-1940
- Nice mantel pi...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Heavy-Lidded Female Head" Dignified Art Deco Sculpture by WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by stylized Etruscan and African sculpture, this heavy-lidded female head is a classic example of Art Deco design. The artist was Jean de Marco...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
1930 Art Deco Terracotta Girl Statue, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Material terracotta, hand painted, about 100 years old
- Author August Otto was born in 1868 in Oeslau near Coburg, he died in 1947. From 1891 to 1915 he was a modeller in the ter...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Rare Danish Porcelain Group of Pig Farmer, Royal Copenhagen, circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
Depicting a well dressed farmer feeding two pigs at their trough.
Category
1780s Danish Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Vienna Group Schoolkids by Claire Weiss, circa 1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Especially rare goldscheider ceramic figurine group.
Boy in sailor suit with shorts, long-sleeved top and sailor hat, carrying a school bag on his back, leading a smaller girl lost ...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Frame with a Marble Profile Portraits Vespesian Roman Emperor
Located in Firenze, IT
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In terracotta with black marble medallion centered by a white marble profile...
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1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Ralph Wood Staffordshire Pearlware Medici Lion
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Ralph Wood Staffordshire pottery earthenware color glazed figure which features a Medici lion, stood on a plinth base. Decorated 'in the round', decoration...
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1780s British Georgian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Pearlware
Art Deco Glazed Terracotta Italian Garden Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Italian made vintage cerulean blue terracotta Deco style female figure sculpture.
Category
1930s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Art Deco Sculpture of a Walking Lion King by Max Le Verrier
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco sculpture of a walking lion by the famous French sculptor Max Le Verrier. Art metal of the highest quality with beautiful dark brown/bronze patina on a Belgian black marble ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Spelter
Pair of Large Carved Moba Tchitchiri Sculptural Figures, Togo, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
Striking in form, of light highly textured wood, two highly stylized anthropomorphic figures carved by the Moba people in Togo, West Africa. These forms most probably we owned by a f...
Category
1930s Togolese Tribal Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Folk Art "Standing Man" Carved Tree Branch Sculpture After Giocometti
By Giocometti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming little tree branch Folk Art sculpture hand-carved in the manner of Giocometti.
Category
1930s Unknown Folk Art Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco W P A Style Sculpture 'WOMAN" Hand Executed by Eugene Frances Savage
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco W P A style sculpture 'WOMAN" hand executed by Eugene Frances Savage ,,signed,,
Eugene Francis Savage, widely known as an American regionalist muralist and a painter of both native...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Composition
Rare Large Italian Art Deco Handcrafted Medallion Signed R.Menon, 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Italian Art Deco handcrafted Medallion signed R.Menon, 1930s
The bronze medallion is in wonderful condition with a pleasant patina all adding to the aged charm and character of...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Harlequin Hand Carved Art Deco Marble Sculpture
Located in Fairfax, VA
Art Deco alabaster harlequin in acrobatic position from 1930s signed sculpture.
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Two Art Deco Plaster Sculptures, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Two Art Deco plaster sculptures, circa 1930.
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Sculpture by Kai Nielsen for Kähler, Denmark, 1930s
By Kai Nielsen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Measurements and infos:
Type: figurine of boy and fish.
Height: Approximately 21 cm (8.5 inches).
Base diameter: Approximately 9 cm (3.75 inches).
Material: terracotta w...
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Painted Ceramic Sculptrure "bimba e Mastello" by Sandro Vacchetti Sigend Lenci
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Painted ceramic sculptrure "bimba e Mastello" by Sandro Vacchetti sigend Lenci. Italy, Torino, circa 1933.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vicken von Post-Börjesson for Rörstrand, Porcelain Figurine, Asian Couple
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vicken von Post-Börjesson (1886-1950) for Rörstrand. Rare porcelain figurine. Asian couple on bench, 1930s.
Measures: 17.5 x 14 cm.
In excellent cond...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Forest Nymphs, " Pair of Art Deco Female Nude Sculptures, Alabaster, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted and highly dramatic, this pair of large Art Deco sculptures in creamy alabaster depict two female nude figures resting on leafy tree boughs, their hair streaming...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Art Deco Goldscheider Wien Girl with Dog Pottery Figure, circa 1930
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and stylish Austrian Art Deco Goldscheider, Wien, pottery figure of a young girl with a dog dating from circa 1930. The novelty young girl figure stands on a rectangular bas...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Antique Spanish-Colonial Santo
Located in Atlanta, GA
An very well weathered Spanish-colonial Santo, likely depicting St Michael or St Miguel. Carved from the wood, the statue displays historical loss on both limbs and also the wings on...
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Late 18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ary Bitter Bronze Art Deco Sculpture Woman Running with Lambs Bronze
By Ary Bitter
Located in Oakland, CA
Ary Bitter was an important French Artist who specialized in animal sculptures and the female form. He created many significant works during the Art Deco period. This unique piece, e...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early Papier Mâché Folk Art Store Display "Stork and Baby"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early papier mâché Folk Art store display "Stork and Baby". Charming depiction stylized stork and baby, retains original paint, slight damage to beak...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Female Nude Glass Sculpture by Venini & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Female nude glass sculpture made by Venini & Co. deep purple glass, iridescent.
Marked: Venini Murano, Alma Angelo 1939 (acid stamp).
Category
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Bookends in Patinated Bronze by Tinos, Made in Denmark, 1930s
By Tinos
Located in Lejre, DK
Pair of bookends in bonze, made in Denmark. Great original condition.
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lenci Art Deco Ivan the Russian Boy Pottery Figure by Elena Scavini
By Lenci
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An attractive and rare Italian Art Deco pottery figure of Ivan the Russian Boy designed by Elena Scavini for Lenci and believed to date from circa 1936. ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Ulysse Gémignani 'Satyres aux cymbales' Art Deco Bronze Sculpture
By Susse Freres
Located in New York, NY
Ulysse Gémignani (Paris, 1906-1973) "Satyres aux cymbales" French Art Deco bronze depicting two marching satyrs playing cymbals. Made in the 1930s with the lost wax bronze technique ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Rococo Scene Loving Gallant Couple 5517, Kostial, circa 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Gallant Rococo scene of loving couple
Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria
Dating of manufacture: made circa 1930
Material: ceramics / painted / glossy finish
Technique of manufacture: ceramics modelling
Designer: Josef Kostial...
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1930s Austrian Other Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Walter Von Nessen Bookends for Chase, Toy Soldiers in Brass & Bakelite
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very rare pair of Walter Von Nessen toy soldier bookends in brass and bakelite. All original with beautiful patina and age. Hallmarked. Very slight separation at one corner, see photo.
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Hauling In, " Possibly Unique Art Deco Bronze Sculpture with Male Nudes, 1931
By Romolo Del Bo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and fascinating sculpture of two nude men hauling in something from a distance, this piece also serves as a fascinating study of the tangled relationship between two figures. ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Models, Bozettis 4 Elements Limewood German, Franconia
Located in Epfach, DE
The four beautiful models, called Bozettis, portray the four elements fire, water, earth and air. They are of good quality and wonderfully fine carved with a love for details. For ex...
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1770s German Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Softwood
"Pirate with Cutlass, " Early Sculpture by Walter Inglis Anderson for Shearwater
By Walter Inglis Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Walter Anderson is best known for his superb series of watercolor paintings depicting the birds and animals of the Gulf Coast, influenced by the stylization of the Art Deco period, he also collaborated with his brothers in creating ceramic pieces for the Shearwater Pottery...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Max Kalish, “Anna”, Seated Nude Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1934
By Max Kalish 1
Located in New York, NY
Signed, inscribed Anna, dated 1934.
Foundry mark for Meroni Radice, Paris
Good original antique condition consistent with age and use. Some minor wear to patination from handling.
Dimensions:
Height: 9.75 inches
Width: 6.25 inches
Depth: 4.75 inches
Max Kalish (1891 – 1945) was an American sculptor born in Valozhyn, Belarus. He was best known for his sculptures of laborers.
His Orthodox Jewish family immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio in 1893, when he was two years old. He studied with Herman Matzen at the Cleveland School of Art; in New York City with Herbert Adams at the National Academy of Design, and in the studios of Alexander Stirling Calder and Isidore Konti...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chess Piece King, Wedgwood, circa 1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A white jasper King from the Flaxman chess set.
Unmarked, which is not unusual for chess pieces of this period.
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
20th Century, Italian Sculpture by Helen König Scavini, Lenci Manufactory
By Helen Scavini, Lenci
Located in IT
Helen König Scavini, Lenci manufactory
"Nude of Woman", e.g. 1927-1936
Signed under the base "Lenci/Italy"
Glazed terracotta
sizes: H 70 cm x W front 83 cm (W back 55 cm) x D 55 cm
The important sculpture, realized in glazed terracotta, is by the famous Lenci Manufactory of Turin (Italy) on model by Helen König Scavini. Of remarkable dimensions, it represents a naked woman, covered of a single cloth to life, sitting with the legs flexed asymmetrically while it supports on the arms with the hands leaned to the plan. The woman has a hieratic expression, big eyebrow arches under which the ethereal eyes are half-closed; the open lips hide a hint of a smile. The loose hair is turned back with big waves on both the head and along the back. The staining of the glazing is on the tones of musky green, which contributes to confer to this woman the appearance of a nymph or a mythological figure.
Below the base is found, hand painted, the trademark of the manufacture "Lenci, ITALY". The brand Lenci was registered in Turin on 23 April 1919, sanctioning an activity undertaken some time before by Helen König, wife of the commercial agent Enrico Scavini. The origin of the word Lenci is still controversial today; the earliest bibliography says it derived from a endearment of Elena (Elenchen, as her father called her and that she, stunned him, pronounced Lenci) while the most recent one considers the acrostic Ludus Est Nobis Costanter Industria, perhaps invented by Ugo Ojetti or built as divertissement by the poet Ignazio Vacchetti (Alias Fantasio) on the endearment of Elena. The Lenci manufactory becomes a meeting point for artists and a forge of ideas for the development and realization of dolls and puppets, children’s furniture, and later also artistic ceramics. The first artists to take an active part in the enterprise were Giovanni Riva and Sandro Vacchetti, soon joined by other great names. The success of these felt dolls earned numerous awards to the Lenci Company during the international exhibitions in Zurich, Paris, Rome or Milan. However, the originality of Lenci’s creations was soon put to the test by numerous imitations. To cope with this type of competition, Lenci began to produce artistic ceramics, whose activity began in 1927. The ceramic figures became perhaps even more famous than the dolls in cloth. The subjects ranged from the famous "nudini", the chic little ladies and emancipated women, from fantasy characters to animals, from religious images to the most disparate vases and much more.
Many artists collaborated in the realization of the models, among which it is worth mentioning the already mentioned Sandro Vacchetti, artistic director of Lenci from 1922-1934, the same Elena König Scavini, Cläre Burchart, Lino berzoini, Giovanni Riva, Giovanni Ronzan, Deabate Theonesto, Giovanni Pietro Spertini, Marcello Dudovich, Gigi Chessa, Mario Pompei, Nillo Beltrami, Mario Sturani, Giulio Da Milano, Giovanni Grande, Ines Grande, Claudia Formica, Luigi Borione, Camillo Ghigo, Giuseppe Porcheddu, Gino Levi-Montalcini, Abele Jacopi...
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1930s Italian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Gilt Bronze Boy Allegory of Geography, French, 18th Century
Located in Kensington, MD
This charming depiction of a boy measuring the earth with a compass is an allegorical sculpture of geography. This bronze was cast using the lost wax technique and is fire gilded. He...
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Late 18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bisque Porcelain Couple in Conversation, French, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
A 19th century French bisque porcelain figurine of a couple seated and engaged in a conversation. The figurine is marked on back and ...
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Late 18th Century French Classical Roman Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Villenauxe After Bohumil REZL: Champenoise in Regional Costume
By Bohumil Rezl
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Villenauxe after Bohumil REZL (1899-1963): Champenoise in regional costume presenting "La vendange".
Terracotta, signed and marked.
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Figurine of a Blacksmith Designed by Auguste Moreau from the 1930s
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a big figurine of bronzed Zamak depicting a blacksmith. This piece of art is based on a draft by Auguste Moreau (casting workshop unknown).
The figurine was created i...
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1930s French Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Zinc
Doccia White Porcelain Caryatid Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Doccia white porcelain caryatid sculpture. A Doccia neoclassical model of a caryatid with one hand outstretched. Italy, circa 1770s
Dimension: 2" ...
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1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Vienna Lorenzl the Spanish Dance Model 5775, circa 1930-1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Goldscheider vienna gorgeous dancingy figurines: The Spanish Dance
Designed by Josef Lorenzl (1892-1950) / one of the most important designers having been active for Goldscheider ...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A Set of Black Americana Baseball Memorabilia Folk Art Figures, Circa 1930s-40s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This collection of three Black Americana baseball figures, circa 1930s-1940s, are attributed to the San Antonio folk artist, Control Valadez. The set of Black memorabilia, sometimes called Black Americana, includes a pitcher, catcher & batter, each having been set and raised onto a custom iron base. They are all quite chippy with losses, nice patina and showing of age, still retaining much of their original paint colors. Likely once outdoor ornaments, we would suggest, due to their delicate condition, that these pieces remain indoors. Though historically, much black memorabilia portrayed racist and offensive ideas, there was also art, such as this collection, which reflects a more positive connotation, commemorating athletic achievements within the black community. These nicely sized baseball sculptures...
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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Antique, New and Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor.
Realistic representation in visual art has a very long history. And while figurative artists, whether figurative painters or sculptors, find inspiration in humans, animals and real-life objects, good figurative sculptures can make us think differently about how the real world should look. Just as figurative paintings might include Photorealistic human likenesses, they can also include elements of Surrealism and can suggest a creative and alternative reality. Figurative sculptures aren’t always realistic impressions of our world — depictions of the human form in classical Greek sculpture, for example, might emphasize beauty and physical perfection.
There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.
When decorating your living room, dining room, home office and study areas with figurative sculptures, don’t be afraid to choose bold colors to inject brightness into neutral spaces. Texture is another factor to consider when purchasing figurative sculptures. A highly textural work of ceramics or wood will catch the eye in a sleek modern space, whereas a smooth, flat glass sculpture can offer an often much-needed contrast in a room that already has many textures.
On 1stDibs, find antique, new or vintage figurative sculpture or other kinds of sculpture for your home decor today.
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