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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: Late 18th Century
Brutalist Highwire Tightrope Walker Sculpture
Located in Garnerville, NY
Brutalist period highwire artist in black patinated steel. The aerialist artist comes in two piece with the base and the actual sculpture that fits into the shoe on the base. The art...
Category
1970s Brutalist Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Iron
1970s Lalique Style Crystal and Brass Bacchante Figurative Chandelier Table Lamp
By Lalique
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
This extremely rare crystal chandelier lamp is packed with personality! Outstanding design is exhibited throughout the monumental form. Laliqu...
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Modern Mario Ceroli Signed Wooden Panel
By Mario Ceroli
Located in Roma, IT
Original Mario Ceroli wooden sculpture panel
Silhouette of a man showing his muscles
Multiple sculpture of balsa wood on paper.
Work signed lo...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Stone Sculpture on Lucite Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Stone sculpture on Lucite base.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Murano Purple Glass Nude Female Sculpture, circa 1970
By Cenedese
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Deep purple Murano glass nude abstract figure on black glass base. A beautiful tabletop glass sculpture. In the style of Ermanno Nason for Cenedese. ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Rare Lisa Larson Figure in Glazed Ceramics, Japanese Mother with Child, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare Lisa Larson figure in glazed ceramics. Japanese mother with child. 1970s.
Measures: 29,0 x 14,0 cm.
In excellent condition.
Sticker.
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Original Vintage Mid-Century Italian Modern Ceramic Cheetah Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This large figure of a cheetah probably was produced in Italy during the 1970s. The figure is made of high-quality hand-painted ceramics in intense shades of orange. The cheetah is p...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sculpture Child Hercules on Lion Skin by Renè Rod in Terracotta
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Masterful sculpture by the French artist Renè Rod made in terracotta at the end of the 19th century, sublimely showing us Hercules as a child, lying on a lion skin...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Clodian Terracotta Sculpture of Cherubs and Dog
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Terracotta sculpture of cherubs and dog by Clodian. On wood base, circa 1788. Plaque on base with artists name.
Category
1780s Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Large 1970s Plaster Artist Hand Study Table Sculpture, Style of John Dickinson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Larger than life 1970s cast plaster hand sculpture, possible artist or hand study, in the style of John Dickinson.
Plaster has slight tan wash ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Vintage High Wheel Bicycle Metal Sculpture on Burl Wood Base
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern studio art high wheeler bicycle sculpture circa 1970's. This piece is crafted of mixed metals mounted on a free form burl wood base. The perfect accent tabletop or desktop piece to complement mid century and industrial modern decor.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
1970s Continental Hans Kogl Life Size Tole Polychrome Palm Tree Floor Lamp
By Hans Kögl
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is too fun! This is a limited release piece by the German artist, Hans Kogl. It dates to the 1970s and is a dual trunk floor lamp. Both palms sup...
Category
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Loredano Rosin "Vergogna Distesa" Murano Glass Sculpture, Italy, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
A splendid and rare Murano fume' crystal glass sculpture, hand ground and polished, by the world-famous artist Loredano Rosin, made in Italy between 1960/70.
The sculpture is a figu...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Sculpture of a White Ceramic Aboriginal Woman Bust, Italy 1970
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very nice and large white ceramic bust representing an aborigine. This bust was designed and produced in Italy in the 70s. Wooden base, golden metal piercing. A rare decorative objec...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Copenhagen porcelain figurine of H.C. Andersen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen porcelain figurine of H.C. Andersen # 5245.
1970s
Measuring 19 cm.
In perfect condition.
Designed by Hanne Warming.
1. factory quality.
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Curtis Jere Brutalist Metal Mill Farmhouse Water Wheel Wall Art Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Dayton, OH
"1970s Mid-century Curtis Jere brutalist style wall art sculpture. Made of copper, brass and steel featuring a primitive country or farmhouse ...
Category
1970s Brutalist Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel, Brass
Mid Century Two Face Glass Disc Artwork on Stand
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid Century Two Face Glass Disc Artwork on stand
This artwork measures: 15.25 wide x 8 deep x 18 inches high
Great Vintage Condition
We take our photos in a controlled light...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
20th Century Gio Ponti and Lino Sabattini Sculpture Hands, 1978
Located in Turin, Turin
Now thirty, Sabattini moved from Blevio to Milan, where he found a small laboratory with all the essential tools of his Craft. His contacts with “Domus” became more frequent. This be...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Carved Marble Figural Sculpture
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mid-Century Modern marble figural form sculpture. This decorative object is carved from a single piece of stone.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Original Vintage Mid-Century German Modern Black Glass Head, 1970s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This large glass head was produced in Germany during the 1970s. It is made of black, thick glass. It has a neat form and deep color saturation. The head works well as a decoration or...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Pal Kepenyes Bull Steel and Bronze Sculpture
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Mexico City, MX
A Brutalist bull steel and bronze sculpture by Hungarian-born Mexican artist Pal Kepenyes. The sculpture is signed on the base.
A sculptor from Hungary...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Signed Pino Signoretto "Lovers" Sculpture Italian Glass Artist Scavo Technique
Located in St. Louis, MO
Italian glass master Pino Signoretto (1944-2017) signed "Lovers" sculpture with the Scavo technique, circa 1970s. Pino was a student of the master Alfredo Barbini, at 19 of age, he was already a Glass Master. Scavo technique gives it a texture as if it was ancient Roman glass, see description below. In very nice original condition, no damage.
Scavo means 'dug up' and imitates ancient objects in the form and texture to those found in archaeological excavations. During manufacturing, a mixture of several powders (carbonates nitrates, talc, silica, etc.) is dispersed on the glass surface. Then the object is heated up to 800-Celsius degrees.
Courtesy of Urbanglass:
One of the most famous and widely hailed glass masters in the world, Pino Signoretto, known for his incredible facility in sculpting from hot glass, died at the age of 74 on December 30th, 2017. Equally comfortable fabricating for international artists such as Salvatore Dali...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Metal Sculpture, Torch Cut Sun Statue
Located in Decatur, GA
Large scale mid century brutalist sun sculpture. Torch cut patinated metal mounted on wood. Signed "CD".
Excellent condition - no flaws of note.
Measures: W 20" x D 20" x H 36"....
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Brass Art Deco Statue of an African woman on a marble base, 1970s
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
A beautiful statue made of gold-coloured brass. It is a representation of an African female figure.
The statue is made in the style of Franz Hagenauer, who designed many African sta...
Category
1970s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Mid-Century Modern Lucite Sculpture by Pierre Giraudon, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Lucite sculpture by Pierre Giraudon, 1970s
Lucite sculpture of a light bulb that glows green in the dark.
The phosphorescent bulb is enclosed in resin. Dating from the French pop a...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Arabesque Torso Sculpture in Bronze 1970s Signed
Located in New York, NY
One-of-a-kind bronze sculpture of a woman's torso in arabesque on an black lacquer wood base by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1970's (signed “PK LaVerne” on back of leg). The hum...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Qing Dynasty Wood Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
18th/19th Century Chinese Wood Sculpture Of A Emperor or General. Retains Some Polychrome Decoration And Horsehair Beard, Male Figure Seated On ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sterling Silver Detailed Pair of Duck Figurines, London 1973, C F Hancock & Co
Located in Braintree, GB
Sterling silver detailed pair of duck figurines
Maker: C F Hancock & Co
Made in London 1973
Fully hallmarked.
Dimensions -
Size 1 standing duck: 6.5 x 3.2 x 5.5 cm
Size 2 si...
Category
1970s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Allan Houser Native American Bronze Modernist Sculpture - "Waiting"
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Allan Houser Native American Bronze Modernist Sculpture created 1978.
Beautiful, large Allan Houser bronze - female figure titled "Waiting."
T...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brass Lying Deer with Shamanic Inlays
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This lying deer sculpture is made of brass with shamanic inlays. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Wagtail Sculpture in Resin and Silver Art Deco style Kneeling Lady, 1970
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Wagtail sculpture in resin and silver Art Deco style Kneeling Lady 1970, resin sculpture covered with silver foil.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Jean-Jacques Prolongeau French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Delightful French Limoges porcelain figure of a girl with a basket of fruit resting on her head by Jean-Jaques Prolongeau for Haviland and dating from the 1970's. The hollow figure is Scandinavian in style and is decorated in natural glazed white porcelain with molded decoration and facial and and hair detail. The figure carries a wide rounded bowl on her head laden with apples and pears. With printed Haviland Limoges marks...
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Signed Vintage Regency Gilded Palm Tree Sculpture Coat Rack, 1970s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Spectacular palm tree made of wood and textured brass with a beautiful pattern, an exquisite work that is completely handmade that can only be the work of a great designer of the tim...
Category
1970s European Hollywood Regency Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Terra Cotta Bust of Marie Antoinette, Terra Cotta Bust of Marie Antoinette
By Jean-Baptiste Nini 1
Located in Vista, CA
After Jean-Baptiste Nini
(French, 1717-1786) inscribed "J. B. Nini, 1780" on shoulder of bust.
Mounted in a neoclassical gilt-brass surround.
In a technique of his own inventi...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ebbe Sadolin for Bing & Grøndahl. Harlequin porcelain figurine.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ebbe Sadolin for Bing & Grøndahl.
Harlequin porcelain figurine. Model number 2354.
1970s.
Measures: 28.5 x 10 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Gigantic Bronze Statutes Representing Nubians Carrying Torches
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Pair of bronze statutes, representing two gigantic Nubians carrying, one in his right hand and the other in his left hand, a torch.
It is an extraord...
Category
1970s French Colonial Revival Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Joseph Simon Sculpture for Søholm, 1970's
By Joseph Simon
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Manufactured on the Danish island of Bornholm by Joseph Simon for Søholm Stentøj in the 1960s- 1970's.
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Hand-Carved Cypress Knee Figural Sculpture After Botticelli's Venus, 1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressively sized and strikingly beautiful semi-nude female figural sculpture strongly evocative of Sandro Botticelli's "Birth of Venus", hand-carved from an unusually large cypr...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cypress
18th Century Viennese Figural Porcelain Greek Mythology Group of Europa and Zeus
Located in Haarlem, NL
Beautiful large Greek mythology white porcelain figural group with Europa en Zeus.
I never came across such a large model and think it's impressive by size, details and color.
...
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Studio Pottery Wall Hanging Canteen Sculpture by Joan Pearson Watkins
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage studio pottery crafted by ceramic artist Joan Jockwig Pearson Watkins circa 1970's. This unique sculpture depicts an original canteen water jug made out of a clay medium with...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Rope
Large Pair of Hollywood Regency Brass Ostrich Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Large pair of Hollywood Regency brass ostrich figures. This stunning pair of midcentury brass ostriches are well detailed and make the perfect design accessory for many interiors. Gr...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Monumental Set of Five Crayola Crayons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare set of monumental Crayola crayons. Each crayon is just under 5 feet tall! Red, orange, yellow, green and purple. Heavy plastic frame with thi...
Category
1970s American Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Paper
Carved Modernist Plaster Mask Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Carved modernist plaster mask sculptures mounted on painted black metal bases and supported stand.
Bali, Indonesia, circa 1970s
Size: largest (pict...
Category
1970s Oceanic Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
1970s Iron Eiffel Tower Sculpture
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970s heavy iron Eiffel Tower sculpture.
Category
1970s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Sculpted Patinated Bronze Figure by Antonio Grediagia Kieff
Located in Montreal, QC
Sculpted Patinated bronze figure by Antonio Grediagia Kieff Signed engraved: Kieff e/a for épreuve d'artiste artist proof.
Category
1970s Canadian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Polychrome and Gilded Wooden Statue, Late 18th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient wooden statue, hand-carved depicting a devotee, with hand-made polychrome and gilded lacquering, built in the late 1700s for a church in Italy.
Size cm W 45 x H 97 x T 27.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pal Kepenyes Couple Hugging Bronze Sculpture
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Mexico City, MX
A Brutalist sculpture depicting a couple holding hands by Hungarian-born Mexican artist Pal Kepenyes. The sculpture is signed on the base.
A s...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hand-Painted Ceramic Silver Glazed Glass Woman Long Face Mask
Located in Pasadena, CA
This hand-painted mask features a female long face. Gold accents that highlight lips and eyes suggest Japanese culture.
It is resting on a clear Luci...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Lucite
Scent, or Perfume, Bottle, in Pale Blue Jasperware, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver CAP and dipper.
Decorated with Cupid playing the lyre, and Cupid singing. The God of Love suggests this was intended a...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
1970s Large Toucan Sculpture by Sergio Bustamante in Copper and Brass
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Large, life-size brass and copper Sergio Bustamante toucan on a hanging perch. Bustamante's work was most recently featured by Architectural Digest i...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Italian Brutalist Coffee Table in Tree Shape by Salvino Marsura 1960s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous coffee table handcrafted by Italian Artist and Sculptor Salvino Marsura, who passed away in May 2020.
The coffee table shows an amazing tree in heavy gilt wrought iron.
On t...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Wrought Iron
Bill Mack Harmony Mid Century Signed Bonded Bronze
By Bill Mack 1
Located in Countryside, IL
Bill Mack Harmony Mid Century Signed Bonded Bronze
This bonded bronze piece measures: 72.5 wide x 6 deep x 39.5 inches high
Good Vintage Condition. Some...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Figures of Mythical Characters
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain large mythical figures,
Probably of Shouxing, God of Longevity
Circa 1775
The two Chinese Export figures stand on green shaped bases and although they a...
Category
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg, Rare Figure in Glazed Ceramics, Baby, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg. Rare figure in glazed ceramics. Baby. 1970s.
Measures: 11 x 9 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Life Size Wood Sculpture of 1950s Female Homemaker
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Hand carved life size wood sculpture of a 1950s female homemaker. Sculpture is 3 pieces.
Category
1970s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Ceramic Lotus Sculpture Incense Holder
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and sculptural vintage ceramic piece that is full of detail. This piece functions as an incense holder or could double as a candle holder. Bea...
Category
1970s American Bohemian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Gio Ponti and Lino Sabattini Sculpture Diavolo, 1978
Located in Turin, Turin
Now thirty, Sabattini moved from Blevio to Milan, where he found a small laboratory with all the essential tools of his craft. His contacts with “Domus” became more frequent. This be...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Rooster, 1970's
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Beautiful ceramic rooster with some great colors.
Category
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.
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