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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1920s
Continental Bronze Sculpture Roman Style
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning Continental bronze sculpture with three quarter female torso in the Roman style.
Category
1930s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Charles Raphaël Peyre, French Art Deco Silvered Bronze Sculptural Group, c. 1925
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco silvered bronze sculptural group with two female putti figures reclining together in an embrace, surrounded by flowers and filigree. Sculpture has a beautiful silver finish, and rests on the original rouge marble base. Signed on the right front “Raphael Peyre”; and foundry mark “B.L. Paris” with “Cire Perdue” (lost wax) in an oval cartouche in the back.
The piece is very heavy (51 pounds), crating recommended for shipment.
Charles Raphaël Peyre...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Charles Vyse Studio Pottery Figure
Located in New York, NY
"The Cinneraria Boy" circa 1925. Modeled as a boy wearing herringbone trousers and plaid jacket holding a wrapped bunch of blue cineraria flowers.
Category
1920s English Vintage Figurative Sculptures
"Victor Riding His Mount, " Rare Art Deco Sculpture by GyöRgy Zala
By György Zala
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famous for his design of Heroes Square in Budapest, including the sculpting of several monumental bronze figures atop the central column and framing piers, Gyo¨rgy Zala was one of Hu...
Category
1920s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Extremely Rare Flavio Poli Glass Lion, 1930
By Flavio Poli
Located in Rome, IT
Lion
Flavio Poli 1930
white glass "sommerso"
Manufactured by IVAM Murano
Measures: 39 x17 cm
repaired with resin on a foreleg and in a part of the crest
Literature: i...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sommerso, Glass
"Female Head, " Fabulous Lucite Sculpture by Susan Bush
By Susan Bush
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable and rare work by Susan Bush from the 1970s, this piece, to quote the artist, "is very archetypal and the carved forms of the head and hair are ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
"African with Lute, " Rare Sculpture of Female Nude by Archipenko Student
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted in the late 1920s by Margaret Berger, a student of Alexander Archipenko, this is one of the finest sculptures to come out of his ARKO Modern American Ceramics school in Wood...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Bayadera by Francesco Nonni, 1930 - Manufacturer Melandri Faenza
By Francesco Nonni, Melandri-Focaccia
Located in Roma, IT
Bayadera with wide cape.
Terracotta maiolicata by Francesco Nonni.
Marked under the base: Melandri Faenza (manufacturer).
This object is shipped from Italy. Under existing legisl...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Enrico Mazzolani Ceramic Female figure, Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Enrico Mazzolani ceramic female figure, Italy, 1930s.
Category
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Maiolica
Baiadera Sculpture by Anselmo Bucci, Italy, 1935
By Anselmo Bucci
Located in Roma, IT
Anselmo Bucci sculpts this beautiful Art Nouveau ceramic, which represents a dancer. It’s a polychrome sculpture decorated with gilt ornaments.
Bucci was an Italian painter and p...
Category
1930s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Smelling the Rose, " Classic Art Deco Sculpture with Female Nude, France
By Onnaing
Located in Philadelphia, PA
With a basket of roses in her lap, more roses at her feet, and another at her nose, this lovely sculpture of a female nude with a very modern hair style is a classic example of Art Deco design. The sculpture was produced by the famed Onnaing pottery, established in 1821 and best known for a long line of Majolica ware...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"First Born, " Art Deco Marble Sculpture by Chester Beach, Influenced by Rodin
By Chester Beach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of tender affection and familial love, this marble sculpture is one of the finest works of Chester Beach, one of America’s foremost sculptors in the...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Ivory Coast Figures", Important Art Deco Sculptures for Eugène Printz Interior
By Jean Camus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Representing the fascination that so many French and Belgian sculptors had in the people of the colonies established by their nations in West and Central Africa, culminating in the e...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Ceramic Elephant
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful ceramic elephant in a gorgeous robin's egg blue, crackled finish.
Category
1930s Chinese Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Art Deco Terra Cotta Sculpture by Keramos in Austria
By Kéramos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine terra cotta sculpture was a high-end creation of the Keramos ceramic company in Vienna. Although the company produced its share of po...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Secessionist Figures by Hungarian Maria Rahmer
By Maria Rahmer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful pair of ceramic or glazed terracotta figures by the noted Hungarian born artist Maria Rahmer. They feature an accordion player and a saxophonist. One is signed and the ot...
Category
1930s Hungarian Bauhaus Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Male and Female Figures with Doves, Rare Art Deco Sculptures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Probably sculpted by Geza De Vegh for Phoenix Pottery, this rare pair of very fine ceramic sculptures depict highly-stylized male and female figures, each holding doves. The gray, de...
Category
1930s American Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Circa 1930 Belgian Marble Eskimo Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black Marble Belgian Eskimo Sculpture
Category
1930s Belgian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Diana the huntress sculpture Vienna bronze
By Ernst Beck
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Diana the huntress sculpture Vienna bronze
Bronze with marble base
Origin Austria Circa 1920
The sculpture is in very good condition and its silver ...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mayan King Pacal Obsidian Sculpture Mexican sterling silver
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Mayan King Pacal Obsidian Sculpture Mexican silver
Fantastic sculptural bust of this legendary Mayan leader in perfect conditions.
Measurements
30 centimeters height
21,5 centimet...
Category
1930s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
1920s / 30s Just Andersen "Sitting Nude" Design by Asta Lilbæk
Located in Handewitt, DE
1920s/30s Just Andersen, sitting nude woman. Dark patinated bronze / disko metal on base. Very beautiful work. Designed and signed by Asta Lilbæk. No.D1744
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain Figurine 'Pearl Seeker' K. Himmelstoss, Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1920
By Karl Himmelstoss, Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Rosenthal figurine of the 1920s:
Unclothed girl with a wreath of flowers on her shoulder-length hair parted in the middle, kneeling on the ground with her right leg and pic...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figurine 'The Captured Bird', by Lorenzl c. 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
One of the most famous and elegant models from the Goldscheider manufacture:
The dance 'Der Gefangene Vogel' performed by the dancer Niddy Impekoven (1904-2002) in the early twenties...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Lucienne Heuvelmans, Virgin and Child, Art Deco Figurative Sculpture
By Lucienne Heuvelmans 1
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb patinated bronze and ivory art deco sculpture of the Virgin Mary tenderly holding her child, Jesus, by Lucienne Heuvelmans, signed. France 1920s.
Very good condition.
Dimen...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Archer Statue by Salvatore Melani
Located in Austin, TX
Statue of an archer with drawn bow made of bronze patinated pewter. The sculpture sits on a black marble base adorned with two onyx embellishments. The figure is in very good antiqu...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Fallen Gladiator", Rare Gold-Glazed Art Deco Sculpture by Elek, Hungary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This depiction of a half-nude gladiator, wounded or dying, with his shield to one side, was sculpted by Kóbor Elek, one of Hungary’s most celebrated artists in the 1920s. The origin...
Category
1920s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco bronze sculpture nude with spear Amazone by Marcel Bouraine France 1925
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture nude with spear Amazone by Marcel Bouraine
Signed Bouraine with Etling Paris Foundry mark. France 1925.
Bronze, silver & black patina.
This bronze is illu...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze ''Aphrodite'' Sculpture in Verdigris Patina by Gabriel Forestier
Located in Montreal, QC
Bronze sculpture in verdigris patina by Gabriel Forestier (1889-1969), representing "Aphrodite".Signed Gabriel Forestier on the base; also inscribed "Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris". France Circa 1930 Provenance: Private New York Art Deco collection. Forestier entered the Municipal School of Fine Arts of Bordeaux in 1907. He won the end-of-year competition in 1907 and was authorized to compete for the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris where he was permanently admitted in 1908. He settled in Paris. From 1909, at the age of 20, he received his first orders. He exhibited regularly at the Salon of French Artists between 1910 and 1939, and won several medals there. After the war, he obtained several commissions for war memorials across France: He sculpted the War Memorial of La Force, that of Ducey in 1921. In 1922, he made a study trip to Italy and continued his artistic research. He created the war memorials of Bergerac in 1927, and that of his hometown, Eymet. In 1930-1931, he participated in the creation of the large bas-relief for the facade of the Musée des Colonies, for the colonial exhibition of 1931. Returning to Paris, he continued his work. His "Giant Suffocating a Snake" from the Salon of 1934 earned him a gold medal, and he received the grand prize of the International Exhibition of 1937 for the creation of the sculpture of the bronze door of the City's museum of modern art from Paris. He received the title of knight in 1939, then Officer of the Legion of Honor of Arts and Letters in 1949 for his works. He served as a jury at the École des Beaux-Arts between 1939 and 1942. After the war, he created the Sea Horses fountain...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco sculpture seated nude with ball signed by Max Le Verrier France 1930
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco sculpture seated nude with ball signed by Max Le Verrier.
The sculpture is cast in Art Metal with green patina on an oval Portor marble base
France 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Marie-Louise Simard, Art Deco Sculpture of a Woman, France, 1926
Located in New York, NY
Signed M SIMARD, located PARIS and dated 1926 on the base.
This is likely the Mona Vanna sculpture exhibited by Simard in 17th Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1927. Its date (of 1...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ballerina Lenochka by Oksana Zhnikrup for Kiev Experimental Art Ceramic Factory
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Ukraine, 1939.
This is a fire enameled and hand-painted ceramic piece from the 30s, probably produced in 1939.
The pop-art artist Jeff Koon...
Category
1930s Ukrainian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Nude Art Déco Dancer Posing With Large Shawl, circa 1939
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider ceramic figurine of the late 1930s:
Only with ballet shoes dressed young pretty lady with curly hair, with turned to the side and tilted backwards upper body balanc...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco panther Sculpture by Ouline
Located in Madrid, ES
Art deco panther sculpture in patinated metal based on a plate of Belgian marble.
Made in France Ca, 1930. Signed by Online (Alexandre Online)
It is in good condition, with wear on...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Metal, Bronze
1920 René Lalique, Car Mascot Statuette Sirene Glass with Sepia Patina Mermaid
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Car Mascot Statuette "Sirene" made in frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1920.
Molded signature into the decor.
Perfect condition
Height: 10.5 cm
Félix Marc...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Sculpture by Ivanov Dimitry Iosivovich for Lomonosovski S.Pietroburgo, 1923
Located in Montelabbate, PU
The author of the model (1923) is the sculptor Ivanov Dimitry Iosifovich. Signed in paste on the base and under the brand lomonosovski porcelain of St. Petersburg The famous Russian ...
Category
1920s Russian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Sculpture Female Athlete with Palm Leaf by Fayral, Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco sculpture female athlete with palm leaf by Fayral.
Pseudonym of Pierre Le Faguays, France 1930.
Patinated bronze on a stone base.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Art Deco Sculpture Bending Bar Man L'age Du Bronze Demetre H. Chiparus, 1930
Located in Antwerp, BE
Impressive Art Deco sculpture of an athletic man bending a bar.
This work is titled "L'age du bronze" and signed by Demetre H. Chiparus.
The sculpture has a beautiful patina and s...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Lighted French Art Deco Statue Allegorie "Printemps" by René Lalique
By René Lalique
Located in Köln, NW
French Art Deco Decorative seated female figure by René Lalique, looking slightly upwards, made of colourless and salmon pink patinated glass. Signed on the bottom "Lalique France". ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Bathing Nude by Jaume Martrus Y Riera 1925 G. Bechini
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture bathing nude by Jaume Martrus y Riera.
With foundry mark of G. Bechini, Barcelona.
Patinated bronze on a green marble base.
Spain 1925.
Category
1920s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Onyx, Bone & Silver Pewter Lady w/ Greyhounds Sculpture, After Chiparus
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Art Deco sculpture was realized in France, circa 1930. It offers a lady in repose donning a flapper dress, flanked by two greyhound dogs in silvered pewter presented on...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Pewter
Very Large Porcelain Figure Faun with Crocodile Rosenthal Selb, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable and very rare Art Nouveau Figurine by Rosenthal.
The faun stands frightened on a broken piece of ruins with Egyptian inscriptions, holding a panpipe in his right hand, a s...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Stunning White and Black Art Deco Porcelain Penny Scale by Navco
By NAV
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning white and black Art Deco porcelain penny scale by Navco. Amazing design, reminiscent of a womans cloaked silouette, retains original key...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
1920s Hand Forged Iron Spear Tribal Warrior Sculpture African Dogon
Located in Chula Vista, CA
African tribal Dogon hand forged spear & chain sculpted warrior
West Africa circa 1920s.
6.75 H x 3 W x 2.5 D
Original vintage unrestored condition.
Refer to images.
Category
1920s Congolese Tribal Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Antique Italian Terracotta Classical Bust on a Wood Base
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Italian terracotta classical bust on a wood base.
Italian patinated terra cotta bust or sculpture of a classical Roman on a wood base, circa 1920, possibly a Grand Tour piece...
Category
1920s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Robert Aitken, A Dance, American Art Deco Patinated Bronze Sculpture circa 1920s
By Robert Aitken
Located in New York, NY
Signed ‘AITKEN’, and ‘XOROS’ (Greek: Dance) on the plinth.
Dimensions:
Height 20 inches
Width (top) 11 inches
Depth 6 inches
This remarkable in its expensiveness sculpture depicts a forest spirit – satyr, dancing and playing his reed simultaneously. With horns and horse ears, satyrs were endowed with the qualities of wild creatures with animal qualities, little thought of human prohibitions and moral standards. In addition, they were distinguished by fantastic endurance, both in battle and at the festive table. Their great passion was the passion for music, reed being one of satyrs’ main attributes.
Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878-1949) was a noted American sculptor, born in San Francisco, California. He became a noted sculptor who spent most of his career teaching at the National Academy of Design in New York City. He has done numerous portraits, full size and bust, of well known figures, and his work is in many collections and museums including the Smithsonian Institution and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. For his early study, he was a painting pupil of Arthur Mathews...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Sculpture of Dancing Duo by I. Gallo
Located in Oakland, CA
Ignacio Gallo was born in Valladolid, Spain in the 19th century. He worked from 1910–1935 specialising in statuettes of bathers, dancers, nudes and pagan goddesses. While working in Paris in the mid to late 1920s he created this piece of two women dancing. Unlike a nude sculpture, this gives us a glimpse of the era with the fashionable bobbed hairdo, and the shortened skirt.
The 1920s “Jazz Age” saw a great deal of same sex dancing partners some of it romantic but more often just the popularity of both social dance and “artistic” (think Isadora Duncan) as well as “cabaret” performance. This lively sculpture is a nod to all three forms.
Ignacio Gallo’s creations in bronze were made at the Marcel Guillemard Foundry which has an interesting history of its own. Guillemard worked first with Andre Fau...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of a Nude Male Ballet Dancer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and fine period French Art Deco bronze sculpture of a male dancer or ballerina (nude but for a dancer's belt). The dancer stands with outstretched arms and leg bearing a strai...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Joe Descomps Art Deco Nude Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Sculpted in stone, a beautiful French Art Deco nude female with floral details and fabric draping, signed Joe Descomps, dated under the base, 11-6-26, June 11, 1926.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Eternal Springtime, " Romantic Antique Sculpture in Marble with Nudes by Kalish
By Max Kalish 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Max Kalish is renowned for his bronze sculptures of laborers in 1930s, America, he also carved remarkable pieces in marble, often depicting idealized figures and couples in ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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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