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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1920s
Midcentury Brass and Walnut Crucifix
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice brass and walnut crucifix, circa 1970s. Nice weight and detail. #1199.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Rosenthal Germany Lady Yvonne Dorothea Charol, circa 1930-1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Lady Figurine 'YVONNE'
Slim lady wearing cap stands upright, clad in very special costume: Tight yellow jacket and woollen scarf covering woman's neck and short lilac trousers (hot pants). The woman is wearing golden high heels...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Seguso Murano Orange Blue Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Sculpture Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Rare and unique vintage Murano hand blown gold flecks with orange and blue pigments Italian art glass conch seashell sculpture. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, in the Pulver...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Michael Powolny Style Putto or Putti Ceramic Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Austrian Putto in the style of Michael Powolny with bow, arrow and quiver on his back sitting on a colorful bed of blue bubbles. Magnificent s...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
"African Drummer, " Fabulous Cubist Bronze Sculpture, France, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of early French cubist sculpture, this depiction of an African drummer, her hands beating the two-sided drum and her head looking up as she sings or chants to the music, illustrates the fractured, reinvented reality that Picasso and Braque invented just ten or twenty years before. The abstracted breasts of the figure bring to mind the mature Cubism of Ossip Zadkine, Jean Souverbie...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"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...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Midcentury Sculptures of Nude Women, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of varnish ceramic
- Dimension of grey-white sculpture: H28 x W24 x D20
- Good, original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Ebony Hand Carved Mermaid Sculpture
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful sculpture is entirely carved out of one piece of ebony wood in the 1960s in Tansania The perfectly natural and organic shape makes this handcrafted sculpture extra special ...
Category
1960s Tanzanian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Midcentury Glazed Ceramic Sculpture of a Ballerina, Jihokera, 1960s
By Jihokera
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage sculpture made of glazed ceramic. Produced by Jihokera in former Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. Good original condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Pin Cushion Doll by Fasold & Stuach
Located in Devon, England
Art Deco pin cushion doll by Fasold & Stuach wonderful 1930s Art Deco German porcelain pin cushion half doll related brush topper. Manufactured by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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
Neoclassical Cast Stone Equestrian Statue, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Neoclassical cast stone equestrian statue circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Standing Dancer with Headdress by Wilhelm Thomasch
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Art Deco Goldscheider ceramics figurine
The dancer wears a blue-green dance dress cut low in front and at the back with a wide, short skirt...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Yoruba Four Headed Egungun Headdress
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden headdress was created by the Yoruba People of western Nigeria, and was worn during a masquerade known as egungun. A widespread Yoruba ritual, egungun performances honor a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Dancing African, " Rare Bronze Art Deco Sculpture by Hagenauer Contemporary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the decades-old interest among Europeans in the art and culture of Africa -- starting with Cubism which borrowed heavily from African art -- and also demonstrating th...
Category
1940s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Green Terracotta Sculpture Signed “S.Melanie”, circa 1920
Located in Beirut, LB
Art Deco terracotta sculpture of a young lady and her fawn in green patina. Signed by the artist on the base.
Salvatore Melani was an Italian impressionist and modern sculptor...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Anders Olson, Swedish Bronze Nude Sculpture, 1930s
Located in Skanninge, SE
Very nice bronze sculpture depicting a nude girl kneeling.
It is signed "A Olson" and also with the foundry mark "Cire perdue J.N Rosengren Limhamn". Patinated in dark brown.
Jul...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Carved Sandstone Figural Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
Sinuous modern carving of a Mesoamerican. Aztec? Mayan? Striated sandstone, circa mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Sandstone
Art Deco Colonial Sculpture
Located in bari, IT
Colonial Art Deco period sculpture in solid wood depicting an African woman.
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Oscar Zanetti Murano Art Glass Iridescent Conch Shell Sculpture, Italy
By Oscar Zanetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful Italian Murano art glass sculpture by Oscar Zanetti and dates from the 1950s. Signed on the bottom by the artist. In the shape of a conch shell and has a wonderful iridesce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
20th Century Light Blue Murano Glass Bear
Located in Milan, IT
A beautiful and rare Murano glass bear.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Bronze Sculpture "Feminity" by James L. Lawton, 1967
Located in Miami, FL
Bronze sculpture by James Lawton, titled "Feminity"
Signed and dated Jim Lawton 67
Comes with archive pictures and letter by the artist (see pictures).
Category
1960s North American Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Georges Oudot French Artist Terracotta Sculpture, 1958, Seated Female Figure
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Terracotta sculpture by French artist Georges Oudot (1928-2004).
Bears his signature “Oudot” and the date ‘58.
Beautiful work depicting a seated female with covered head.
Measur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Yoruba Painted Veranda Post
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved with a figurative design, this TOTEM-like wooden post was crafted by an artisan of the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria. Resembling the tall houseposts used to support the roof of a home, this shorter post would have been placed on a veranda courtyard as a symbolic and decorative element and did not bear weight. This veranda post...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
Goldscheider Art Deco Figurine 'Pierrette' by Dakon & Lorenzl, circa 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Viennese ceramic art from the 1920s:
The standing young lady holds a black mask in front of her in her folded hands and looks dreamily to the side. She wears a green two-piece suit with a slouchy top and ruff...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Huge Art Deco Male Figure Tennis Player, French, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
On first viewing of this fabulous original Art Deco figure you can't not be taken aback by the sheer size, very unusual and impressive, standing 55 cm high and 40 cm in length he's t...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Spelter
Willem Verbon, Kees van Dongen, Ninety Years Old, Original Plaster, 1967
Located in Paris, FR
Willem Verbon (1921 - 2003) was a Dutch sculptor.
He made this sculpture in 1967, a year before the death of Kees Van Dongen, in his house in Monte Carlo.
He also made multiple ...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Mid-century Masculine Wooden Sculpture Testa
Located in Weesp, NL
One of a kind beautiful mid-century masculine sculpture cut from one piece of wood. A truly gorgeous piece, a diamond in kust about any interior.
The Testa will be shipped overseas i...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Midcentury African Hand Carved Wood Sculpture of Maria with Child
By Par Makengo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Midcentury African wood sculpture wonderfully hand carved depiction of the Virgin Mary with Child, with great detailing and beautiful face sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Design Ceramic Sculpture Nude Sitting Woman, 1940s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of ceramic
- Labeled Keramia
- Good, original condition.
Category
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Figural Nude Greek Wine God Bacchus Sculpture Statue
Located in New York, NY
A small figural nude verte green bronze Greek God 'Bacchus' sculpture statue, circa mid-20th century. Bacchus was known as the 'wine' God. Piece has nice, made of sold bronze or brass, with a dark green matte verdigris finish. Dimensions: 2.13" Depth x 2.25" Width x 6.25" Height.
Round Side Table shown, search 1stdibs ID#: LU1314219316612 (SOLD.)
Lucite Side Table shown search 1stdibs ID#: LU1314212156103
Modern Art Deco Spheres...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Greco Roman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
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 ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Dux, Rococo Couple in Hand Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand painted porcelain, 1940s.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
The woman measures: 21 x 13 cm.
The man measures: 22 x 9 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Rococo Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Nude with Fish, " Rare, Art Nouveau Porcelain Sculpture for Crown Prince Wilhelm
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and striking, this porcelain sculpture depicting a nude Japanese male figure carrying a fish on his shoulders was sculpted by Adolf (or Adolph) Ambe...
Category
1940s German Belle Époque Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Zaccagnini “Brontolo“ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Ceramic Italian
Located in Milano, IT
Zaccagnini brontolo ceramic 1950 snow white and the seven dwarfs.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Two Centaurs, " Highly Important Original Maquette for Palais de Tokyo, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic and important example of stylized Art Deco figural sculpture, this bas relief of two centaurs -- a father centaur being embraced by a baby centaur -- is the original plaster maquette by Marcel Armand Gaumont for a sculpture adorning the facade of the Palais de Tokyo...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
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.
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Ceramic Sculpture by Mari Simmulson for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden
Located in Goteborg, SE
Ceramic sculpture made by the Swedish-Estonian artist Mari Simmulson. Simmulson came to Sweden as a refugee during the second world war and started her career at Gustavsberg. Shortly...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Bronze Sculpture Depicting a Mythical Warrior Holding a Flask
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage bronze sculpture from the mid-20th century, depicting a mythical warrior holding a flask. Created with the traditional technique of the lost-wax (à la cire perdue) that all...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Michel Chauvet, Personnage en Mouvement, Modern Sculpture, France, 1960
Located in New York, NY
This terracotta sculpture by Michel Chauvet, the notable midcentury French artist, captures the grace of the human form in motion.
Unique piece. Monogrammed: M. CHT.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Goldscheider Figurine Lady Dancer in Russian Costume by Josef Lorenzl circa 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the 1920s
A standing dancer looking to the side with arms crossed and raised in front of her is shown. The young lady wears a Russian costume, decorated with elaborate blue embroidery, with a high fur cap and a highly tailored,
fur-lined coat with wide sleeves, tight trousers and high, black heeled boots...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"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. ...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet '1880-1950' "Girl with scarf"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet (1880-1950)
"Girl with scarf"
with molded signature R. Colinet and impressed with foundry mark
patinated and gilt bronze. Measures: Height 7.62 in. (...
Category
1920s 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
Berrocal Figural La Mini Cariatide Puzzle Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Berrocal figural puzzle sculpture. Nickel-plated bronze signed and numbered on the base.
Category
1960s European Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Age Art Deco Porcelain Figurine from Hungarian Porcelain Hollóháza
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Age Art Deco porcelain figurine from Hungarian porcelain Hollóháza
About Holloaza
Hollohaza porcelain is one of the oldest porcelain manufactory ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Cubist Figural Female Table Lamp
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s cubist figural female table lamp.
Category
1960s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Composition
French Bronze Glazed Ceramic Statue of Nude Female, circa 1940 Louis Giraud
By Louis Giraud
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A French bronze glazed ceramic sculpture model of female nude. This is a large sculpture from the 1940s. Signed Giraud Vallauris on the wooden base plate. Beautiful patina. Dimension...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Alfredo Barbini Italian Art Glass Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
An Alfredo Barbini Italian art glass sculpture 'Nudo a massello' black frit,
fused burst gold foil, clear base with dark green layer. Mark...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Hand Carved Wood Baby Girl
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant laying down wood statue of baby girl gentle facial expression
with two piggy tail, originally painted in some parts.
Beautiful object of art f...
Category
1960s Thai Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Powerful Makonde Portrait Helmet Mask Lip Plug Tanzania Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Powerful portrait of a Makonde man with a traditional lip plug in his upper lip, high carved cheek bones in the form of a finely carved helmet mask, with attached hair on top from Ta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Large French Figural Group, circa 1930s
Located in Devon, England
A wonderful 1930s figural group depicting a young women playing with a kitten. Signed to the dress France and very much in manner of Uriano, a French sculpture. Weighing in at close ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Antique Hand Sculpted Stone Head Sculpture on Formfit Hand Carved Wooden Base
Located in Miami, FL
Antique hand-sculpted stone head sculpture presented on a hand carved wooden stand.
Head measures: Length 5 inches x 4 inches depth x 8 inches hi...
Category
1940s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Contemporary Ebony Makonde African Wood Carving
Located in Houston, TX
A beautiful contemporary collector piece of Makonde ebony tree of life art carving with unbelievable detailed wood carving.
Category
1950s Tanzanian Primitive Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
Juan Huerta Lladro Midcentury 1970 Gres Eskimo Girl Sleeping Blue White Retired
By Juan Huerta
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A much sought after retired Lladro Eskimo Girl Sleeping, by Juan Huerta. Figure has blue hair and wrapped in a white blanket. A very beautiful and calmin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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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