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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Art Nouveau
Large Original French Art Deco Bronze of a Semi-Nude Male Athlete by Le Faguays
Located in New York City, NY
Pierre Le Faguays (1892-1962)
An Impressive and very large 43" high French Art Deco bronze figure of a young athletic man, adorned in scanty attire, almost nude, standing proudly atop a lofty and stylized rocky plinth. His stance exudes strength and confidence as he balances himself gracefully. With arms outstretched in a fluid movement, the sculptor portrays a sense of dynamic energy and prowess.
Beautifully cast in a dark green, brown /black variegated patina.
In his elevated grasp, the man holds a laurel wreath, raised high above his head. This symbol of victory and triumph represents the pinnacle of achievement. Through the artists eyes, it further conveys the athlete's exceptional skill and dedication to his craft.
The artist's attention to detail and skillful execution breathe life into the sculpture, capturing the essence of athleticism and the human form. This remarkable bronze figure epitomizes the grace, power, and triumphant spirit of Olympic competition. It stands as a testament to the artistic brilliance and mastery of Pierre Le Faguays and serves as a timeless tribute to the pursuit of
excellence in art as well as in sports.
Bibliography :
Bronzes, sculptors and founders by H. Berman, Abage, Vol 11, pg 425
Art Deco and other figures,by Bryan Catley,pgs 192-201
Art Deco sculpture by Victor Arwas, Academy Editions, 1992 pgs.121-127
Art Deco sculpture by Victor Arwas, Academy Editions,1975 pg. 38
Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs” by E. Benezit. Gründ 1999, pg 426
The dictionary of sculptors in bronze” by James Mackay, Antique collectors club
Dictionnaire illustré des sculpteurs animaliers & fondeurs de l’antiquité à nos jours, by Jean Charles Hachet.
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Pierre Le Faguays, born 1892 in Nantes, France, gained renown for his innovative approach to sculpting dancers, drawing inspiration from the Tanagra statues. In 1927, he received a prestigious medal of honor for his exceptional work. A close companion of Max Le Verrier, Pierre collaborated extensively with the Le Verrier foundry, which produced numerous pieces of his art. In addition to his given name, he also employed two pseudonyms, Fayral and Guerbe, which were derived from the surnames of his mother and wife respectively.
As a leading sculptor, Pierre's creations earned consistent praise for their exceptional craftsmanship and meticulous attention to anatomical precision.
His artistic endeavors extended beyond sculpture, as he also designed pieces for Goldscheider in Paris, working under the label "La Stele." Pierre's versatility encompassed various mediums, including ivory, bronze, spelter, stone, wood, alabaster, and ceramics. Notably, he received artistic education alongside his friend Max Le Verrier, studying together at the Beaux Arts in Geneva. Throughout their lives, Pierre maintained strong friendships with both Marcel Bouraine and Max Le Verrier, with the latter's foundry being instrumental in producing many of Le Faguays' statues. The bond formed...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1926 René Lalique - Car Mascot Archer Glass
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Car Mascot "Archer" in glass by René Lalique in 1926.
Molded signature.
Perfect condition. Very beautiful model.
Height: 12 cm
Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique - Catalogue Raisonné d...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
French Terracotta Sculpture Nude Woman "Premiere Faute" - by LAMI - Art Nouveau
By Stanislas Lami
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Female nude in terracotta.
Signed "St. Lami" on the base. Stanislas Lami is a French sculptor.
Stamp mark "Terracotta - R. D'ARLY Paris".
This work inspires purity and delicacy.
The sculpture represents a kneeling naked woman, the features are fine and pleasant. The work is neat and delicate. The position of the woman calls for calm and tranquility.
Our terracotta proof is a reduction of Stanislas Lami's marble entitled "Première Faute" which earned him the second medal at the Salon of 1891. The work represents a young woman kneeling, her arms modestly covering her face with closed eyes. At the dawn of the 20th century, this elegant statuette was part of the symbolist movement and announced the Art Nouveau movement.
This beautiful work was included in the second edition of the artist's catalog raisonné.
Related literature:
Grégoire de Thoury, Stanislas Lami (1858-1944), catalog raisonné of sculptures, Paris, 2014, model listed under number FA12.
More widely known for his masterful literary work, Stanilas Lami is an artist as much as a scholarly amateur.
Son of the sculptor Alphonse Lami, grandson of the neoclassical painter Bidauld, son-in-law of the art dealer Charles Sedelmeyer, he benefited all his life from an environment favorable to the promotion and commissioning of his written or sculpted works.
While he wrote his famous dictionaries of sculptors of the French School throughout his career, over around forty years, he also exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes français between 1882 and 1942.
Wonderful decorative piece.
Beautiful dimensions.
France - Art Nouveau - 1891
Stanislas Lami, born in 1858 in Paris and died in 1944, was a French sculptor and art historian. He is the grandson of landscape painter François-Xavier Bidault and the son of sculptor Alphonse Lami.
Some of his works are kept in museums, especially in Spain. In Paris, at the Musée d'Orsay, there is a marble sculpture of the Danish Dog...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Joseph D’Aste “Fete Au Village”
Located in Belmont, MA
Joseph d’Aste (1881-1945), Italian born sculptor who lived and worked in France. “Fete au village” (village celebration), gilt bronze on a marble base. S...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Henri GAUQUIE The Sower French Sculpture, ca.1910
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French bronze sculpture by Henri Désiré GAUQUIE (1858-1927), France, ca.1910. The sower. Height : 18.25"(46.4cm), Width : 7.9"(20cm), Depth : 8.1"(20.5cm). A sharp line, an indisputa...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture, Italy, circa 1940
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Glazed ceramic sculpture, Italy, circa 1940.
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Female 'Hollywood' Girl In Spelter, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superb Art Deco spelter female designed by Lorenzl. She's made from spelter and stands on an ebonized wooden plinth. Her overall height is 36 cm! she l...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Dorothea Charol Rosenthal Art Deco Pierrette Porcelain Figurine
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and stunning Art Deco Rosenthal porcelain figurine titled Pierrette designed by renowned Sculptor Dorothea Charol (German, 1889-1963) dating from around 1926. This tall and ex...
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1920s European Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Innocence" by Demetre H. Chiparus
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"Innocence" by Demetre H. Chiparus (1886-1947). Patinated bronze and ivory on marble base.
Alberto Shayo (1993) "Chiparus Master of Art Deco" p. 74.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Figurine Sculpture by or after Paul Philippe La Danseur Perroquet, Ca1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a cold painted bronze figurine of a Turkish dancer with a Parrot, by or after Paul Philippe, made in France in the Art Deco period, circa 1920 ....
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Art Deco gilt bronze and onyx figure of a dancer by Lorenzl
Located in London, GB
Art Deco gilt bronze and onyx figure of a dancer by Lorenzl
Austrian, c. 1925
Height 31cm, width 17cm, depth 20cm
Josef Lorenzl (1892-1950), a renowned Austrian sculptor and cerami...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
Art Deco bronze sculpture athlete with spear by Pierre Le Faguays France 1927
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture athlete with spear signed by Pierre Le Faguays.
The sculpture has a rich green patina with shades of brown.
France 1927.
This bronze is illustrated on page...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1920s Italian Art Decò Signed Bronze Sculpture Nude of Woman
By Gaetano Martinez
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Italian sculpture representing a seated maiden.
The artwork rests on a square marble base
Signed on the base “Gaetano Martinez Roma”
According a written opinion by Prof. Al...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Style Sculpture Nude & Gazelle Seduction Fayral & Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Seduction, elegant sculpture in Art Deco style of a nude lady with gazelle by Pierre Le Faguays for Max Le Verrier, signed Fayal and with foundry seal.
Art metal with dark green pat...
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2010s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture
By Lalique
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Beautifull Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture
A French Lalique crystal female figurative sculpture piece, circa 1970's, France. A nude crystal female figure sculpture on bl...
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1970s French Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Lady with Birds on Marble Base by Ugo Cipriani
By Ugo Cipriani
Located in Sofia, BG
Bronze sculpture on red marble base representing young lady with birds. It was made and signed by the Italian artist Ugo Cipriani who worked in France f...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Stylish Art Deco Lady in Dress with Her Greyhounds Sculpture on a Marble Base
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful work of art for displaying on a side table, dresser etc.
This Art Deco sculpture embodies everything we love about art and antiques. The beautiful and realistic, young fem...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Art Nouveau Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of Storming Bacchantes by A. Cassmann
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Art Nouveau figurine by Rosenthal.
Entitled "Stürmende Bacchantes" which translates to "Storming Bacchantes".
Depicting three half clothed figures stepping towards (or from)...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculpture “Lady with sighthound” by Ugo Cipriani
By Ugo Cipriani
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
“Lady with sighthound” polychrome bronze sculpture with onyx and portoro marble base. made by Ugo Cipriani. (1887-1960)
Son of the sculptor Adolfo Cipriani, after studying at the Ac...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modern/deco Sculpture Ballerina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of the most popular Art Deco figurines designed by D H Chiparus . This is a Ballerina seated on absolute Black Marble stepped base 8" wide and 26" long, tying up her ballet shoes...
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1990s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Enamel Ceramic Sculpture by Abele Jacopi Signed Lenci, Italy
By Lenci
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Enamel ceramic sculpture by Abele Jacopi (1882-1957) signed Lenci. Art Deco period, Italy, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Carrara Marble Sculpture Signed A. Batacchi, Italy, Florence, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble sculpture signed A. Batacchi, Italy, Florence, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Large French Art Deco Grape Picker Couple Sculpture, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco couple of grape pickers, France, 1920s. These large plaster sculptures adorned the entrance to a cellar of a vineyard. Measures: The woman - height 35.4" (90cm), widt...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Art Nouveau Group 'Mother With Child', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, ca 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Mother in a dress decorated with elaborate Art Nouveau decor sitting on a fabric-covered stool and playing with her son, who is wearin...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Bronze Sculpture by Tore Strindberg
Located in Allerum, SE
Early 20th century patinated bronze sculpture "Diana och Hinden" by Tore Strindberg (1882-1968) on an oak pedestal from the Art Deco / Swedish Grace period. Sweden, Signed and dated...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1930 Napoleon Martinuzzi CVM Cappellin Glass Murano Art Deco Figure
Located in Brescia, IT
Napoleone Martinuzzi
CVM
Venice 1930
Nude of woman with amphora
Slightly iridescent glass with gold speck inclusion
Very rare glass sculpture
Has internal threads on the back of th...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Etruscan Bacchus Terra Cotta Head - Vintage Statuette
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Tuscan clay head of Dionisio Etrusco Bacco made of hand crafted terra cotta, in good condition. Minor fading, scratches due to age. Wear consistent...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Reclining Nude with Goats Georges Gori, France, 1930
By Georges Gori
Located in Antwerp, BE
Impressive Art Deco bronze sculpture of a reclining nude playing with two goats. Signed by the French artist Georges Gori, with foundry mark La Pointe, l...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Brother Against Brother, " Rare Art Deco Silver Medal/Sculptural Piece by De Lue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and rare example of late Art Deco sculpture struck in solid silver, this medal was designed by Donald De Lue in 1965 as part of the larger New York University Hall of Fam...
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1960s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Goldscheider "the Captured Bird" Ceramic Statuette by Josef Lorenzl
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Goldscheider Ceramic statuette "The Captured Bird" design by Josef Lorenzl (1892-1950) and it was registered as the "Model 5230".The woman depicted h...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze Entitled "Harem Lamp" by Bruno Zach
By Bruno Zach
Located in London, GB
An erotically charged early 20th century Art Deco cold painted bronze lamp modelled with a harem beauty relaxing on a rug in front of an Arab man with an architectural background with suspended lantern...
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Early 20th Century Ukrainian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Modern Golfing Couple Sculpture by Austin Productions Dated 1987
Located in Miami, FL
For your consideration is a gorgeous table sculpture of two golfers, dated 1987.
This Art Deco style decorative sculpture is constructed of plaster and is delightfully heavy. Hand ...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paint
"L'Effort, " Large Art Deco Bronze with Nude Males in Common Cause
By Joseph Witterwulghe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most powerful depictions of the male nude we have ever offered, "L'Effort" was sculpted by Joseph Witterwulghe, a Belgian sculptor, in the late 1920s. The sculptor studied...
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1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Serving Tray Woman Art Nouveau Metal, WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Stockholm, SE
A serving dish in metal in lovely Art Nouveau-style designed at WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik in Germany. It is 35 x 16...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Garniture of Bronze Figures by Franz Xaver Bergman
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Garniture of bronze figures, depicting a scene of hunters with an elephant with a dead tiger strapped securely on top of it, accompanied with one hunter and another at his side with ...
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Rare Pin Cushion Doll by Fasold & Stuach, c1930
Located in Devon, England
This piece is absolutely gorgeous, and complete with half doll and pincushion together. The porcelain half doll has wonderful mint green colour dr...
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Cotton, Silk
Early 20th Century Art Deco Gilt Bronze Sculpture "Isis" by Claire Colinet
Located in London, GB
An exquisite early 20th Century French Art Deco gilt bronze figure of a young female dancer seated upon a shawl that she is lifting either side of her. The surface decorated with enamel painted ancient Egyptian design, exhibiting excellent colour and detail. Raised on a marble base and signed Cl.J.R.Colinet
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 42 cm
Width: 56 cm
Depth: 21 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1925
Materials: Bronze & Marble
Book Ref: Art Deco & Other Figures by Bryan Catley
Page: 117
SKU: 9176
ABOUT
Colinet
Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet (1880–1950) was French sculptor of Belgian birth who worked during the early-to-mid 20th century. The subject matter of her best known work was primarily Arab female dancers. The majority of her career output in sculpture can be classified as being of the Art Deco style.
Colinet was a frequent exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Francais and Salon des Independents art exhibitions in Paris. Her sculptures, most of which depicted beautifully figured, energized, and dramatic female forms, were exhibited posthumously at the Paris Salon for nearly 30 years.
Early Life
Colinet was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1880. Little is known about her life other than the artwork she produced during a successful career that spanned more than 40 years. As a woman, she was in the minority in her chosen field of sculpture during the era in which she worked and lived.
Career
At an undetermined date – probably around 1910 – Colinet emigrated to Paris, France, where she studied sculpture under the watchful eye of Jef Lambeaux and exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1913 and became a permanent member of the organization in 1929. From 1937 to 1940, she exhibited at the Salon des Independents in Paris and joined the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors. Colinet's work is primarily done in the Art Deco style, and her models included odalisques, exotic dancers, jugglers and artists of cabaret.
A number of her female dancer pieces were influenced by a revival of the Orientalism movement which had been popular in Europe from about 1860 to 1880. Her preferred casting material was bronze; however, a number of her most distinguished sculptures are chryselephantine, being a combination of both bronze and ivory.
Colinet's sculpture has become highly desirable to collectors and, increasingly, is selling for exorbitant sums. At a Christie's sale on 4 May 2007, her Ankara Dancer...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Architecture, " Rare, Large Mougin Vase with Nude Male Figures by Goor
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and striking Art Deco vase sculpted by Gaston Goor for the Mougin pottery works in France, this brilliantly-hued piece shows the production of terracotta elements for the fac...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Art Deco Masterpiece Sculpture by René Buthaud
By René Buthaud
Located in Zurich, CH
This article features a striking statue by René Buthaud, a prominent French sculptor known for his mastery of form and material. Signed and measuring 70 cm in length, this piece exem...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Scandinavian Bronze Figurine of Inuit Girl with Flowers, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small stylized bronze sculpture depicting young Inuit girl collecting flowers. Designed and studio cast in Scandinavia in a style reminiscent of Kar...
Category
1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Silvered Bronze Bookends Sculptures of a Mermaid and Merman, France, 1900
By Jean Garnier
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Silvered bronze bookends sculptures of a Mermaid and Merman, France, 1900.
This enchanting bronze sculpture is the object of many sailors dreams. Silvered bronze sculptures of a mer...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large 24" Art Deco silvered bronze statue of a dancer Stella Guiraud-Rivière
Located in New York City, NY
Guiraud-Rivière 1881-1947
A tall, exquisite, original French Art Deco sculpture in silvered bronze with parcel gilt accents. This largest rendition of the sculpture is truly a rarit...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze
"Snake Dancer, " Extremely Fine Art Deco Sculpture w/ Female Nude, Alabaster Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare and very finely cast, this gilded bronze sculpture of a snake dancer in harem clothes -- but with a modern 1920s hair style -- was sculpted by Raymond Delamarre...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Deco Revival Bronze Diana the Huntress Josef Lorenzl 20th C
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Art Deco Revival sculpture of Diana the Huntress with Hounds, after Josef Lorenzl, dating from the 20th Century.
The decorative sculpture of silvered cast-bronze features a naked Diana the Huntress, with bow and a pair of hunting dogs, standing on a sloping naturalistic base raised on a rectangular black marble plinth.
This high-quality hot cast solid bronze was produced using the traditional "lost wax" process, otherwise known as the "cire perdue" method.
This is a splendid bronze sculpture and it will no doubt become the centrepiece of your collection.
Condition:
In really excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation of condition.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 30 cm x Width 11 cm x Depth 18.5 cm
Weight 3 kg
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 foot x Width 4 inches x Depth 7 inches
Weight 6.6 lbs
Josef Lorenzl (1 September 1892 – 15 August 1950) was an Austrian sculptor and ceramicist of the Art Deco period.
While at the Vienna Arsenal, Lorenzl produced many bronze and chryselephantine sculptures, and captivated by the female form he became famed for his shapely dancing girls with long, elegant legs and closed eyes. These pieces of his were signed "Enzl", "Lor", "R. Lor", "Renz" or "Renzl". Occasionally the name "Crejo" appears on his pieces, Crejo having been a painter and one of Lorenzl's friends, and who sometimes applied colour to the pieces. These joint works are sought-after items. The large majority of Lorenzl's figurines were attached to Brazilian green onyx plinths.
Lorenzl's talents also extended to being a gifted ceramicist. He produced pieces for Goldscheider, working from a studio on company grounds. As with his chryselephantine pieces, his ceramic works were in great demand and became the embodiment of the Art Déco period. Famous amongst these is "The Butterfly Girl" after the famous dancer Niddy Impekoven...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Inuit Tupilak - Mythological Figurine in Carved Bone, Greenland 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual miniature Inuit Tupilak in hand-carved bone or tooth (5.2x2x3.5 cm). It depicts a cat-like mythological being/spirit. It has no signature or markings but in was brought home ...
Category
1930s Greenlandic Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Male Bust Ugo Cipriani on marnel base France 1930
By Cipriani
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture male bust by Ugo Cipriani.
Patinated bronze.
Belgian black marble base.
France 1930.
Literatuur:
“Art Deco sculpture” Alastair Duncan.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Meissen the Wave Art Nouveau Bowl Figurine Henschtel Konrad Q 169, circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen rarest Art Nouveau item: The wave
Size:
Height 3.34 inches
Depth 6.10 inches
Width 8.26 inches
Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen sword mark (glazed bott...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Water Lily Vase Jugendstil Bronze in the Manner of Otto Eckman
By Otto Eckmann
Located in Miami, FL
Jugendstil ceramic vase bronze mounted is an original decorative object realized in the early 20th century.
Original ceramic vase with cream and cobalt blue glaze. All around colorf...
Category
Early 19th Century German Jugendstil Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Porcelain Figurine 'Cabaret', by R. Marcuse, Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1920
By Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau beauty with chin-length dark brown hair, in a strapless dress with a deep neckline decorated with elaborate floral embroidery at the front and back and a softly falling, wave-like billowing skirt hem, posing bent to the side and playing a lute.
Based on a round, white, fluted plinth, artist's signature 'RUDOLF MARCUSE...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Patinated Plaster of Paris Sculpture by Joseph Zomers Belgium
By Joseph Zomers
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Statuette of a naked woman sitting in patinated plaster of Paris; plaster of Paris, is a very resistant material, used since ancient times, it was used by the ancient Egyptians as a binder in the construction of the pyramids and is used in sculpture for its strength, the name is linked to the ancient quarries of Montmartre in Paris; the statue is a work of the famous Belgian sculptor and bronze artist Joseph Zomers which he executed between 1915 and 1920 and whose signature is on the pedestal. The woman is represented posing with ill-concealed malice and shows without reticence her body with a thin erotic veil, the artist has not executed the face precisely to accentuate a mysterious charm; it is a figure of harmonic proportions that takes into greater consideration the erotic connotations, however, a refined and elegant eroticism that presents itself in a courteous manner, subtle and suggestive but at the same time provocative and irreverent; the woman, in her most intimate dimension, as a naked presence, defenseless but seductive, becomes the embodiment of the poetic essence of the artist, the emblematic figure of his aesthetics. It is an object in perfect Art Nouveau style (Jugendstil), in fact, many artists of this current used eroticism as their work, portraying women as ethereal and fatal beings, letting themselves be inspired by "le beau sexe" thanks to their naked forms, soft and seductive. Joseph Zomers was born in Liege in Belgium in 1895 and died in 1928; he studied art in Maredsous (Belgium), many of his works are permanently exhibited at the Musèe de Liège; Zomers is well known for his public monument "Tchantchès" in Liege. This great work in stone and bronze is located in the Otremeuse district in Rue Pont-Saint-Nicolas; designed by Joseph Zomers, the statue represents a "hiercheuse", the name was given to the women who pulled the carts in the mine, a tribute to those valiant young people vilified and victims of the exploitation of women's labor, the woman holds aloft the puppet of Tchantchès. Tchantchès is the name given to a puppet that appeared in Liège in the 19th century. The popular character, Tchantchès became over time the archetype of the goodman of Liege, witty and good-natured, wise and subtle, quick to find resolutions and fertile in resources, when he is depressed, he recovers with a joke that reveals the popular Walloon citizen, mocking and sentimental. It was therefore fitting to erect a monument to these two popular and significant symbols of the proud city...
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1910s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Bronze & Copper Sculptures of Seated Flappers by Ferdinando De Luca
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical pair of Art Deco Bronze and Copper Sculptures of Seated Women by Ferdinando De Luca originate from Italy during the dawn of the 20th Century. Featuring a pair of women...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Iron
Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Entitled "Hindu Dancer" by Claire Colinet
Located in London, GB
A dramatic early 20th Century French Art Deco gilt and enamel bronze figure of a beautiful elegant dancer in stylised pose wearing an attractive costume and headdress with superb intricate surface detail and colour, raised on an intergral shaped bronze base and lifted on a lavanto marble plinth, signed Cl.J.R.Colinet
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 37 cm
Width: 16 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1925
Materials: Gilt Bronze & Marble
Book Ref: Art Deco & Other Figures by Bryan Catley
Page: 120
SKU: 8717
ABOUT
Colinet
Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet (1880–1950) was French sculptor of Belgian birth who worked during the early-to-mid 20th century. The subject matter of her best known work was primarily Arab female dancers. The majority of her career output in sculpture can be classified as being of the Art Deco style.
Colinet was a frequent exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Francais and Salon des Independents art exhibitions in Paris. Her sculptures, most of which depicted beautifully figured, energized, and dramatic female forms, were exhibited posthumously at the Paris Salon for nearly 30 years.
Early Life
Colinet was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1880. Little is known about her life other than the artwork she produced during a successful career that spanned more than 40 years. As a woman, she was in the minority in her chosen field of sculpture during the era in which she worked and lived.
Career
At an undetermined date – probably around 1910 – Colinet emigrated to Paris, France, where she studied sculpture under the watchful eye of Jef Lambeaux and exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1913 and became a permanent member of the organization in 1929. From 1937 to 1940, she exhibited at the Salon des Independents in Paris and joined the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors. Colinet's work is primarily done in the Art Deco style, and her models included odalisques, exotic dancers, jugglers and artists of cabaret.
A number of her female dancer pieces were influenced by a revival of the Orientalism movement which had been popular in Europe from about 1860 to 1880. Her preferred casting material was bronze; however, a number of her most distinguished sculptures are chryselephantine, being a combination of both bronze and ivory.
Colinet's sculpture has become highly desirable to collectors and, increasingly, is selling for exorbitant sums. At a Christie's sale on 4 May 2007, her Ankara Dancer...
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20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco German Pewter & Brass Allegory Sculpture Attributed to Kayserzinn
By Kayserzinn 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco German Pewter & Brass Allegory Sculpture Attributed to Kayserzinn
Germany, circa 1925
In two parts, the floating female nude warrior holding a shield and brass trumpet, ...
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pewter, Brass
Art Deco Period Copper Figurative Sculpture by Chase
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful rare American Art Deco period copper figurative sculpture piece by the Chase Brass and Copper Company Inc., circa early-20th century, USA. This copper sculpture is of a 'waiter in coattails' holding a tray and smiling. A very cool design, great for a wine store...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Henri Michel Chapu "La Jeunesse" Bronze Statue by Barbedienne H 46.5 inches
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu
Located in London, by appointment only
A very large parcel-gilt bronze figural sculpture: “La Jeunesse”
By Henri Michel Chapu (1833-1891)
Signed Chapu, F. Barbedienne Foundeur Paris, Seal Achi...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture “Bacchanalian Wine Dance, ” by E. Piron, Signed on the base - W7683
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a fantastic Eugene Desire Piron (1875-1928) bronze sculpture, “Bacchanalian Wine Dance.” It is made from olive green/brown patinated bronze on a striated green marble base. T...
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1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
RARE Art Deco Butler holding ash tray figure Black Americana made in Germany
By Ronson
Located in Buffalo, NY
RARE Art Deco Butler holding ash tray figure Black Americana made in Germany,,, Great little item.. extremely rare..
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Limoges Porcelain Pierrot Musician in White and Gold by Edouard Marcel Sandoz
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Edouard Marcel Sandoz
(1881-1971)
Figure "Pierrot Musicien", ca. 1917.
Hard-paste porcelain with a white glaze, and painted gold.
Signed to the base, appears to be Théodore Havil...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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