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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Belle Époque
French Art Deco opalescent chandelier by G.Leleu
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
French Art Deco chandelier by Georges Leleu from 1930. The piece is really special with seven round opalescent glasses and a modernism design. The structure also has some opalescent ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco patinated and silvered bronze figure of a nude, by Armand Lémo
Located in New York City, NY
An original French Art Deco bronze sculpture of a nude dancer with a veil by Armand Lemo 1881-1936
An exceptional and rare French Art Deco statue showcasing a polychrome figure of...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Carved Carrara Marble Art Deco Sculpture of “Stone Carver” by Barsanti
Located in Shippensburg, PA
WORKSHOP OF BARSANTI
Italy, 20th century
A Young Stone Carver
Carrara marble signed to the back by Barsanti, Pietrasanta circa first half of the 20th century
Item # 304QGS30Q
A powerful study of a young stone-carver, he rests against the stone of his tradecraft, the young...
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Cold-painted bronze sculpture by Franz Bergmann. Austria, early 20th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Cold-painted bronze sculpture by Franz Bergmann. Austria, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Suit of Armor Medieval Knight Sculpture Lighter 1930s
Located in San Diego, CA
Very rare and beautiful lighter sculpted as a medieval knight in armor. Whimsical and classical, this piece is sculptural besides utilitarian. A great addition to your decor, bar or ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Crackle Glazed Female Ceramic Figure, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this charming Art Deco ceramic figure depicting a nude young girl with a shallow bowl on her lap. This figure is a great size and so could display as she is...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Posing Figure, Dance Study by Stephan Dakon, ca 1937
Located in Vienna, AT
Gracefully posing dancer with head tilted to the right, tight-fitting top with bustier and floor-length, wide, front-slit, beige skirt with poppy decoration, holding it up with the a...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture of A Woman with a Dog, by George Costes
Located in Toronto, CA
An extremely elegant Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture of a woman with her Borzoi dog, made in 1930 by Georges Coste.
Stamped on the base with the Susse Frères Foundry seal and signed Ge...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture “Sword Dancer” by Ferdinand Ouillon-Carrere
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FERNAND OUILLON-CARRERE
French, 20th century
"Sword Dance" (1919)
Burnished & patinated bronze over verde marble base Signed in base “F. Ouillon Carrer...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Ibex or Ram Bookends Signed by the Sculptor Max Le Verrier France, 1930
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco Ibex or Ram bookends, signed by the sculptor Max Le Verrier.
The bookends are in green and black patinated art metal, France 1930.
Literature:
Art Deco sculpture by Vic...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Porcelain sculpture "Vanity" signed Fraureuth Kunstabteilung. Germany circa 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Porcelain sculpture "Vanity" signed Fraureuth Kunstabteilung. Germany, circa 1930.
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lejan French Art Deco Crackle Glaze Ceramic Ship Sculpture at Orchies's, 1930
By LEJAN
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Crackle glaze ceramic sculpture by Lejan at Orchies, France, circa 1925. "BOUNTY". One of the largest Art Deco crackle glaze ceramic pieces. Measures: Width 15" (38cm), Height 19" (4...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Clarté Very Big Sculpture in Art Deco Style Floor Lamp Original Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
The figurative sculpture "Clarté" is the most important work of Max Le Verrier.
The nearly life-size floor lamp shows a nude lady holding a lighted glass ball.
Famous, very decorative Art Deco Style object...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Deco Bronze Lesbian Art LGBTQ Heinrich Karl Scholz Austrian 1919
Located in Petaluma, CA
This beautiful, warm and loving bronze depicts 2 women embracing. One is dressed very formal and dashing while her partner is nude. The style and especially the faces are pure art d...
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1910s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pure Art Deco Crucifix w. Stylized Bronze Sculpture of Christ on Silkwood Cross
Located in Lisse, NL
Marked altar crucifix with a brass base with Christogram and a bronze corpus with a Gothic crown.
For us the most powerful statement will always be 'the truth will set you free'. It is what we have learned most from the life of Christ and of His teachings and it is the one thing we always think about whenever we look at a crucifix. Anyone who has tried to break down his/her ego and found a clearer consciousness in the process, knows how healing and rewarding that journey can be. After that you can only be grateful for all the good things that are bound to come your way. Good things will come your way, because the universe needs people like you. Both the beautifully designed wooden cross and the Art Deco bronze corpus of Christ have an amazing patina and together they make this meaningful antique a true work of beauty. The striking, geometrical Art Deco details of the corpus of Christ combined with the Gothic crown with the trefoil symbols (for the trinity), truly makes this a stunning and impressive work of religious art that will never cease to impress. This antique European altar...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
1928 René Lalique - Pair Of Bookends Car Mascots Tete De Belier Glass
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Pair of Bookends Car Mascots "Tete de Beliers" made in frosted glass by René Lalique in 1928.
Originally mounted on a black opaline glass base.
Molded signature on each head and acid...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Exceptional French Art Deco J.E Descomps Bronz, 1925
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful French Art Deco bronze figure of a Dancer, by Joseph Emmanuel Descomps Cormier in a standing pose, with arms outstretched holding a drapery, signed "J.E. Descomps" on base,...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
RICHARD W. LANGE (1879-1944) Sculpture early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RICHARD W. LANGE (1879-1944) Sculpture early 20th Century
Sculpture, in gilded bronze, with face and hands in bakelite.
Standing on a marble base.
Signed and dated 1914.
Height: 33 ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Art Deco Group, Russian Ballet, by Claire Weiss, ca 1934
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant dance couple, performing a long dance step to the side: the leading figure with a black hat, red jacket with wide sleeves and matching red breeches hugs the dance partner from behind in a strapless, black and white lace dress...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Karl Hagenauer Art Deco bronze sculpture circa 1930 signed
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible bronze original Art Deco signed and numbered Franz Hagenauer circa 1930.
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Goddess of the Hunt by Andre Lavaysse, Susse Freres
By André Lavaysse
Located in Bochum, NRW
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Goddess of the Hunt by Andre Lavaysse, Susse Freres.
A dark patinated bronze figural group representing Diane with d...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Disc Dancer by Alexandre-Joseph Derenne for Max Le Verrier
Located in Fairfax, VA
Graceful sculpture of a dancer with disk in green finish standing on black marble by Alexandre-Joseph Derenne for Max Le Verrier.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Art Deco Style Lamp Espana Dancer with Fan by Guerbe for Max Le Verrier Original
Located in Antwerp, BE
Espana an Art Deco style lamp Spanish dancer lady with fan.
Signed by Raymonde Guerbe with foundry seal.
Designed in 1920-1930.
Handcrafted.
Posthumous contemporary cast at the Le Verrier foundry.
Patinated art metal, red glass fan and black marble base.
This lamp is illustrated on the cover of the book
Art Deco by Judith Miller...
Category
2010s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Goldscheider Art Déco Dancer Posing In Gray-Blue Dress, by Josef Lorenzl, c 1932
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant Goldscheider Art Déco art ceramic figure from the 1930s:
Dancer with chin-length brunette hair in light gray-blue long dance dress with abstract floral decoration, posing wi...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Just Andersen Art Deco Diskometal Figurine 'Boy on Rhino', 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Mythologically perceived small group figurine with faun and rino by Just Andersen, Denmark. Designed and made around 1930. Composed of Just Andersens own alloy called Disko Metal. Th...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco bronze sculpture Diana with bow and fawn By Charles Breton France 1930
By Charles-Eugène Breton
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture Diana the huntress with bow and fawn by Charles Eugène Breton on a rectangular bronze base.
With artist signature and title.
France 1930.
Art Deco bronze...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Ceramic Group by ODYV, 1930s
By ODYV
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco ceramic sculpture by BERLOT-MUSSIER (Vierzon, 1929-1939), France, 1930s. Measures: Height: 9"(23cm), Width : 16.9"(43cm), Depth: 4"(10.2cm). Marked "Odyv" under the base.
The ODYV brand is a creation of the Berlot-Mussier manufacture in Vierzon near Bourges (Cher, France). Created in 1927 from the meeting of Mr. Berlot, a coal wholesaler, and Mr. Mussier, a coal salesman, the company first produced porcelain before specializing in the production of earthenware. Art Deco style, it is a great success for the manufacture. If production slows down sharply during the Second World War, exports to big families in North Africa allow the company to recover well after 1945. Becoming its majority outlet, Berlot-Mussier will experience great difficulties after the independence of the Morocco and Tunisia in 1956, but especially Algeria in 1962. In the 1970s, the company was drawn into bankruptcy, following a crisis affecting the entire sector in Vierzon.
The ODYV brand is a set of Art Deco objects produced between 1929 and 1939. It includes clocks with pendants, vases, shaped pieces as well as lamp bases. Art Deco appeared in Paris in 1925, during the international decorative arts fair. This style, based on the simplification and geometrization of shapes, will be very successful during the 1930s and ensure great success for ODYV. The specificity of this collection is its adaptability to customers. Indeed, the colors but also the shapes are chosen by the customer who can then order a unique piece according to his tastes. Customers may hesitate between a choice of pastel colors such as shades of pale green, beige, white or pink, all accented with gold or silver. All these objects were distributed by independent distributors who worked with Berlot-Mussier.
A book retracing the history of the factory was published by the Charles VII...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
An Art Deco Dancer by Dorothea Charol, c1920
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
An Art Deco Dancer by Dorothea Charol, c1920
Additional information:
Date : c1920
Origin : Germany
Decoration : Chryselephantine and bronze figure of a dancer.
Size : H 37 cm
Base ...
Category
20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Josef Lorenzl Allegory of Victory, c1925
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Josef Lorenzl Allegory of Victory, c1925
Additional information:
Date : Josef Lorenzl Allegory Of Victory c1925
Period : Deco
Origin : Vienna Austria
Decoration : Cold painted, lust...
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Bronze Statuette of Female Native American Figure, Early 20th century
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Bronze Statuette of Female Native American Figure in Adoration, Early 20th century
Additional information:
Date : Early 20th century
Origin : European
Decoration : A kneeling female...
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Big Vintage Art Deco Sculpture Atlante by Jean De Marco for Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
ATALANTE
Big, dynamic sculpure of a female archer and an antelope.
Colored patinated white bronze.
Sloping stone base with signature.
Original work o...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Spelter
Art Deco Bronze Warrior Javelin Thrower by P. Hugonnet French 1930s
By Pierre Hugonnet
Located in Oakland, CA
Large original bronze by P. Hugonnet signed on the marble, it is depicting the classic javelin thrower. This is a very well-detailed and quite intense figure. Look at his face, his h...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Statue of a Dancer by Molins
By Henri Molins
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful art deco sculpture signed by Charles Henri Molins. The sculpture is signed by the author in the corner of the marble base.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Monumental Important Art Deco Silver & Gilt Bronze Goddess G. Lavaroff
Located in New York City, NY
An exceptionally large and rare French Art Deco original bronze sculpture circa 1927 by a well known artist Georges Lavaroff (1895-1991)
It's quite uncommon to find this very large size and notably featuring the silver and parcel gilt finish.
The artwork features a majestic female nude, adorned with a stylized cloak in alternating stripes of gold and silver, which showcases a pyramid shape. The Egyptian goddess is depicted as an undraped figure with arms outstretched above her head, holding a crescent moon. She wears a north star headdress that adds to her regal appearance. The cloak is embellished with stars and a comet, and the female figure rests on a bed of stylized clouds. The sculpture is presented on its original black and gold marble base.
All of these attributes add to the uniqueness and value of the artwork, making it even more remarkable and sought after by collectors and art enthusiasts.
Water bottle shown for scale.
Documentation :
Les bronzes Art Deco de Georges Lavaroff, sculpteur Russe a Paris 1930
Kastelyn et Mazzucotelli.
Georges Lavaroff was born in Sibera in 1895. He studied medicine and painting. After the revolution of 1917 he moved to Moscow and became a member of the Russian artists association where he began to exhibit his work and take part in shows as a member of the Association of artists of Revolutionary Russia.
He then worked in France from 1927 until 1935. This period was the richest point of his profession where he produced his most famous works of Art Deco figures...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Figure Owlglass Jester With Owl by Josef Lorenzl, ca 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Art Déco Goldscheider Figurine by Josef Lorenzl:
Man disguised as a jester with jester's cap, wide shirt and tight trousers seated on a black pedestal, on his left outstr...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Art Deco Study entitled a"Femme a la Palme" by Demetre Chiparus
Located in London, GB
A fabulous and very large early 20th Century silvered and gilt bronze figure of an Art Deco beauty holding a palm branch above her head, a particularly rare subject from this famous ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Man on Motorcycle, Presentation at Ames Iowa, 1938 to Wallace Lawrence
Located in Petaluma, CA
For those who loves motorcycles, here is a little gem. Beautifully cast and finished in a warm dark brown with hints of copper showing through, not quite what is referred to as "ja...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ary Bitter Bronze Sculpture of Diana with 2 Greyhounds in Nature
By Ary Bitter
Located in Oakland, CA
Ary Bitter Bronze Sculpture of Diana with 2 Greyhounds in Nature. This is a powerful and artistic statue, unusually large and detailed of museum quality and size. Ary Bitter was an i...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure, Japanese Woman With Lampion, Lorenzl, c1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare and excellent Goldscheider art ceramic figure of the 1930's:
Young standing Japanese woman in traditional kimono with wide sleeves and colored floral decoration on dark blue ba...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art deco porcelain Etling Paris
By Genevieve Granger
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art deco porcelain Etling Paris
Figure ( Spanish lady ) art deco
Origin France Circa 1920
Rare Etling Paris Edition Signed G.Granger
Perfect condition (sealed at its base)
The artist is Granevieve Granger
porcelain test
His company La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling, founded in Paris in 1909, manufactured decorative objects and commissioned sculptors and artists, including Georges Béal, Demétre Chiparus, Claire Colinet, Armand Godard, Geneviève Granger, Marcel Guillard, Maurice Guiraud-Rivière, Géza Hiecz, Fanny Rozet, and Lucille Sevin...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Max Le Verrier lighted Sculpture Aube French Art Deco vintage Table Lamp
Located in Ulm, DE
“Aube” (French. break of dawn)
Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Fayral”, which is one of the pseudonymes from “Pierre Le Faguays” (1892-1962). His good friend and col...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Art Deco Sculpture Signed Carlier
Located in NANTES, FR
Large art deco illuminating sculpture, circa 1930.
Spelter sculpture on marble base.
Opalescent glass ball soap bubble.
In perfect condition and electrified
Length: 17,5 cm
Diam...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Original Demetre Chiparus Art Deco Cold Painted Bronze Figure
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'A Dancer' an Art Deco cold painted gilt bronze figure by Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947). An athletic dancer dressed in scantily clad theatrical costume with arms outstretched in a sty...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 1930's French Art Deco Bronze Sculptures of Girls Dancing
Located in Fairfax, VA
Pair of 1930's French art deco bronze sculptures of dancing girls finished in Verdi green and black lacquered.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wood Sculpture in Oak by French Designer 1950 Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is in solid wood. Hand carved by a french artist in the 1950's
Brown Color. Made in Oak
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Hollóháza, Soccer player porcelain figure, circa 1940
Located in Firenze, IT
Hollóháza - Antique Football player porcelain figure, numbered on the base
Hungary, circa 1940
H: 27 - W: 13.5 - L: 11.5 cm
Founded in 1777,...
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1940s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Germany Hutschenreuther 1930 by Karl Tutter Art Deco Sun Child Women Porcelain
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco 1930 porcelain figure by Karl Tutter (1883-1969) for Hutschenreuther.
This piece has been created in Bavaria, Germany back in the 1930. This was designed by the artist Karl Tutter-one of the premiere porcelain modelers of his day!-and made by the Lorenz Hutschenreuther depicting a naked women, with the arms open in direction to the sun, this pose called Sun Child.
The main body is decorated with delicate skin cream color, with accents of black, red and light gilding. all mounted in a ball on a round pedestal base.
This piece have a height measure of 12.75 inches (32.40 Cm) and the base have a diameter of 3 inches (7.6 Cm).
Signed at the base, with the company maker's logo for "HUTSCHENREUTHER GERMANY" and the incised inscription "K TUTTER...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Hendrik Scholter, Capitalist & Proletarian, Dutch Art Deco Bronze, ca. 1930s
By Hendrik Scholter
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS
Height: 9.5 inches
Width: 6.5 inches
Depth: 3.75 inches
MARKINGS
Brown-patinated bronze, inscribed on base: H. Scholter
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Art Deco Carved Ebonized Wood Head Bust of a Young Boy, ca. 1940s
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT SCULPTURE
This wonderful sculptural and portrait work was certainly created by a master sculptor, although not signed by the author. The face of this typical all-American boy, ...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Stylized Cat Door Stop by Walter Von Neesen for Chase, circa 1935
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous simple yet elegant design by Walter Von Neesen for Chase circa 1935. Brass & copper stylized in the form of a arching cat. Rare find. In excellent vintage condition with min...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Maurice Guiraud Rivière & Etling Paris Cowboy at the Rodeo Art Deco Statue
Located in Oakland, CA
A rare tall bronze sculpture by Maurice Guiraud Rivière & Etling Paris representing the figure of a cowboy at the rodeo on a bucking bronco.
S...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Goldscheider Art Deco Odalisque 'Aida' by Josef Lorenzl, Around 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Very exceptional decorated Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1920's:
Depiction of a standing lady proudly looking to the side in oriental garb, wrapped in a large blue-gree...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vally Wiethelthier, Drunken Sailor, Art Deco Art Ceramic Figurine, ca. 1925
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
This funny, humorous tabletop ceramic figurine depicts a drunken sailor lying on his back. Around his neck is a metal ring with an anchor on it.
MARKINGS
Signed on the left buttock: "Italy".
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 2.5 inches
Width: 2 inches
Depth: 3.5 inches
VALERIE “VALLY” WIESELTHIER (Austrian-American, 1895 – 1945) was an outstanding ceramic artist. She was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. Her father, Wilhelm Wieselthier was a lawyer. Valluy attended theWiener Frauenacademie in Vienna from 1912 to 1914 and studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Rosalinda Rothhansl, Kolo Moser, Jodef Hoffmann and Michael Powolny from 1914 to 1920. In addition, she worked as an auxiliary nurse during the First World War.
From 1917 to 1922, she worked for the Wiener Werkstatte. From 1922 to 1927, she ran her own ceramic workshop in cooperation with the Augarten porcelain factory, which was newly founded in 1923, but also with other companies such as Friedrich Goldschider, Gmundner Keramik and Lobmeyr.
Her expressive and humorous porcelain figures attracted attention at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern in Paris in 1925 and are considered typical examples of the Art Deco style style. From 1928, the artist increasingly moved her center of life to the United States. She went to the International Exhibition of Ceramic Art in New York City in October 1928. In 1933, she moved to Chicago with Paul Lester Wiener...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Géo Maxim '1885-1940', Sculpture "Woman and Her Greyhounds", France Art Deco
By Geo Maxim
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and rare art déco sculpture by Géo Maxim (1885-1940) representing a woman running after her greyhounds. Beautiful green patina on the regula affixed to a superb black and oran...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
American Art Deco Female Nude Bronze Sculpture by Joseph C. Motto, ca. 1920s
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
This wonderful sculpture in patinated bronze on an original black granite base depicting a nude young woman emerging from the water was created by Joseph C. Motto (American, 18...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Frosted Glass Study Entitled "Floreal" by Marc Lalique
By Marc Lalique
Located in London, GB
An elegant mid 20th century frosted and opalescent glass figure of a naked kneeling lady with fine hand finished detail and good sky blue colour, signed Lalique France
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 8 cm
Condition: Excellent Condition
circa: 1960
Materials: Opalescent Glass
SKU: 20011
ABOUT
Lalique Floreal
Originally designed by René Lalique this vibrant model of a seated Art Nouveau beauty with flowers in her hair was originally produced between 1942 and 1947 and later re-issued by Marc Lalique in clear and opalescent coloured crystal glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
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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