Glass Figurative Sculptures

"Man with the Bowler Hat" sculpture by David Gil, the founder of Bennington Potters (1960s, Bennington, VT, USA). Features a ceramic face and derby hat with round mirrored glass eye...

Expertly cast and lacquered bronze finished sculpture of an atlas type figure supporting a bevelled 1" thick glass top. The base is a stepped and black lacquered rectangular plinth.

Statue "Crucifix - Christ" made in glass with grey patina by René Lalique in 1923. Original wooden base. Stamped signature. Perfect condition. Very rare model. Height: 25,5 cm L...

A French Lalique crystal female figurative sculpture piece, circa 1970's, France. A nude crystal female figure sculpture on black glass ba...

Mitchell Gaudet (Lousiana, b.1962) An art glass head on socle. 7 inches wide by 4 inches deep by 11 inches tall

A sleek contemporary figurative aqua color glass sculpture titled “Theoreme” designed by Capo Di Feltre for the studio of Daum France. Etched signature from Daum and Capo Di Feltre. ...

Paperweight "Toby" Elephant made in frosted glass by René Lalique in 1931. Stamped signature. Perfect condition. Height: 8.5 cm Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique - Catalogue Raisonné ...

This Loredano rosin glass sculpture called “2 Faces” was made circa 1984. Made of clear Murano glass in Italy. Loredano Rosin (1936-19991) was a famous glass artist working with the ...

Pedro Friedeberg Snake bar, Mexico, c. 1970s. Made of carved and gilt wood, antique statuary, and glass. The stretched out hands hold the round removable glass tray and the upper han...

A fine French 19th-20th century Belle Époque three light patinated, gilt bronze and gilt-metal figural chandelier pendant. The dark patinated bronze figure of a hovering cherub enwra...

Pino Signoretto Murano Art Glass Nude Sculpture Signed by the Artist As shown. Very complicated nude sculpted into a circle applied to a black glass base.

Important patinated spelter lamp representing a young boy, probably a butcher boy, drinking his soup accompanied by his pit bull / bulldog type dog. The boy is leaning against a gallows holding an electrified green lantern. By Belgian sculptor Victor Rousseau (1865-1954). Art Nouveau / Belle Epoque style. Plate with inscription "La Bonne Soupe par Rousseau" ("The Good Soup by Rousseau") on the front, signature "Rousseau" on the side and stamp "Fabrication française...

A Very Fine Italian 19th century Greco-Roman style carved Carrara marble bas-relief Frieze, after the antique. The finely carved white marble frieze in r...

The Altair Glass Flower Vase was designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1982. Signed on the base, please see below for further information. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. I...

A very important early work by Bertil Vallien b. 1938. Unique and monumental wall sculpture, hand painted and contour sawn wood. Made in Sweden 1966. One of a kind! The sculpture is depicting fishes in the water. It was commissioned by an optician in 1966. That is why the eyes are made of oval glass mirrors. They are also hiding the holes where you screw the sculpture to the wall. The sculpture would be great in a fish restaurant or in an indoor pool area. It will certainly make a statement wherever it will hang! A photograph depicting the artist in front of the sculpture is included (see image)! Fully signed and dated 1966 (see image). The sculpture is in 3 parts. The upper part is in one piece. The lower part is in 2 pieces. There are no problems hanging this on the wall. It is heavy but not that heavy. Measurements: The upper part, Lenght 226cm, height 68cm, 7cm deep. The lower part, Lenght 245cm, height 75cm, 7cm deep. As mounted as in the pictures: length 304cm, height 120cm. Total length if one put these pieces after one another, circa 475cm. You can put this sculpture on the wall with different combinations and variations. In 2017 Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan bought the "One million Dollar Boat". They paid one million dollars for the mixed media sculpture "Passage" made by Bertil Vallien. BERTIL VALLIEN EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 1963 - ongoing Freelance designer for Kosta Boda glassworks, Sweden 1963 - ongoing Independent artist/designer 1961-63 Studies in USA and Mexico 1961 University of Art and Design, Stockholm, Sweden PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION) Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA HM de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA Yokohama Art Museum. San Francisco, USA Imagine Museum, FL, USA The State Hermitage museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Düsseldorf Museum of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA The Art Institute, Chicago, USA National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden VIDA Museum, Sweden, permanent wing Everson Museum, NY, USA Museum of Fine Art, Boston, USA National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, Wa, USA JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, USA The Prescott Collection at Pacific First Centre, Seattle, USA Detroit Art Institute, Detroit Il, USA Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte, NC, USA Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico Musée des Art and Design, The Louvre, Paris, France The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL, USA Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, USA National Museum, Edinburgh, UK Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, USA AWARDS (SELECTED) Prince Eugen´s medal for outstanding achievement in art, conferred by the King of Sweden (1998) Gold medal, Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm, Sweden (2005) GAS Visionary Award (2020) Honorary doctorate, Växjö University, Sweden (2002) Artist of the future Award, Imagine Museum, FL, USA (2020) Visionaries Award, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA (2001) Medal for exhibition “Nine Rooms” at the 13th Biennale in Venice given by Instituto Veneto di Scienze ed Arti (2012) Young American award, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA (1961) Award in recognition of the promotion of Glass Art in the world, Museo del Vidrio Monterey, Mexico (2004) The Libensky Award, Seattle, WA, USA (2008) The Wilson Award, GAS, New Orleans, USA (2005) Urban Glass Award for >>Outstanding Achievement in Glass<< NY, USA (1998) Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis, Coburg, Germany (1985) BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTION) 2020 Ytspänning, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 2020 Drawings, Ceramics, Glass, Staffan Bengtsson, Kosta förlag, Sweden 2012 Bertil Vallien, Nine Rooms, Publisher Marsilio, Italy 2008 Staven, Gunnar Lindqvist, Kamras/ Kamras förlag 2007 Transperent Bounaries, Ulla-Britt Edberg, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2006 Vallien, Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2002 Somna Vakna, Matthew Kangas, University of Washington Press, London 2002 Fiat Lux, Johan Unger Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag 1998 Glass eats light, Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag 1997 Headbook, Niclas Rådström, Publisher, Kamras/Kamras 1995 Anod, Peter Nilsson, Nordstedts förlag, Sweden 1990 Bertil Vallien, Gunnar Lindqvist, Carlson Bokförlag 1983 Sandcast, Ulf Thomas Moberg, Moberg Publisher EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2020 Ytspänning, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 2020 Vida Museum, Öland, Sweden 2019 Habatat gallery, Detroit, USA 2019 Schantz Gallery, Stockbridge-MA, USA 2018 Leger Gallery, Malmö, Sweden 2017 Gallery Schantz, Stockbridge, MA, USA 2017 Art Miami, Schantz gallery, Miami FL, USA 2017 Spritmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden 2016 Hawk Gallery, Columbus. OH, USA. 2016 Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden 2016 Millesgården, Stockholm, Glasstress, Sweden 2016 Edsvik Konsthall, Edsvik, Sweden 2016 SOFA, Navy pier Chicago IL- USA 2015 Galleri Berengo, Muranoi, Italien 2014 Palazzo Guinigi, Lucca, Italien 2013 Gallerie Azur, Spa, Belgien 2011 Marina Barovier Galleria, Venedig, Italien 2011 Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH, USA 2009 Imago Gallery, Palm Springs. CA. USA 2008 Etienne gallery.Oisterwijk, The Netherlands 2007 Heller Gallery, NYC, USA 2007 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Il, USA 2006 Prince Eugen´s Waldermarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden 2005 Landkrona Konsthall, Landskrona, Sweden 2005 Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden 2004 Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico 2003 Rockford Art Museum, IL, USA 2003 Glass Museum, International Centre for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, USA 2002 Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon, France 2002 >>In Transit<< Gävle Museum 2002 Eremitaget, St. Petersburg, Ryssland 2002 The state Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 2002 Konstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway 2001 Riihiimäki Museum, Finland 2000 Traver gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland 1999 Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel 1998 Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 1998 The Bullseye Gallery Portland, OR, USA 1998 Museum of History, Stockholm, Sweden 1997 Museum of Arts, Indianapolis, USA 1997 Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA 1969 Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy PERFORMANCE 2012,18,19, 20 Rainshower, Kosta glassworks, Sweden 2007 Diamonds and Ashes, Music: Tomidas, Midnight session at Åfors glass...

A blue-red vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian parrot sculpture made of hand blown Murano Glass, designed and produced by Archimede Seguso in good condition. The décor piece is particularized by multicolored details. Wear consistent with age and use. circa 1960 - 1970, Murano, Venice, Italy. Base: 3" diameter The Seguso Familly is an Italian Murano glasswork, manufactor founded by Antonio Filius Seguxi in 1397, in Venice, Italy. Until today, the Seguso Family...

Italian design, this cactus is a fashion icon of the Italian style, water green with a beautiful red glass vase underneath. In limited edition, manufactured in one of the furnaces i...

A most spectacular antique Spanish Colonial figure of Madonna, Mexico circa 19th century possibly earlier. Constructed in plaster with carved and gilt wood accent. Realistic in style...

A very fine and large Museum Quality french, 19th century Versailles Style Figural Torchère with two side-by-side Putti in a Brown and Parcel-Gilt Patina Holding a Four-Light gilt bronze Candelabrum with Frosted glass flame shades, by Lacarrière Delatour...

Sculpture Amethyst and Shell with base structure in solid brass with a frosted glass shell and with amethyst stone and whit crystal sticks.

5 Atamante vase is in blown glass, and originally designed in 1986 by Ettore Sottsass. Signed on the base, for further information please see authenticity info below. Ettore Sott...

A very fine and palatial French 19th-20th century allegorical figural cast-iron group torchere - sculpture - fountain - representing spring and the harvest, probably cast by Le Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne. The charming four-putti sculpture with a front standing putto holding a pole amongst wheat stalks, another putto kneeling and collecting wheat, a third one wearing a hat and picking flowers for a wreath and the fourth kneeling putto holding a bird's nest, all below an elongated classical stem with a glass globe (Electrified), circa: Paris, 1900. Overall height: 84 inches (213.4 cm). Width: 29 1/2 inches (74.9 cm). Circular base diameter: 24 inches (61 inches). Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought-iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...

An hour glass on a custom stand - the piece keeps time at about 50 minutes, however is far more decorative than practical. A unique and hand crafted metal stand holds this hand blown glass hour piece. A perfect compliment to any shelf, or a wonderful desk accessory displayed...

Alessandro Barbaro, artist and master glassmaker (Dorsoduro, 1936), transforms glass by playing with large-scale pieces that challenge the material'...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Summerso orange, green and gold flecks Italian art glass bird sculpture. Created in the manner of designer Alfredo Barbini. The pheasant, or roost...

A bronze sculpture of a hand with an open palm. Resting on the palm is a bronze object that resembles a traditional spinning top. The hand appears to be life-sized (Small Children s...

Guitar Butterflies AC DC made of a real Gibson SG black guitar staging with real butterflies from farms, cites are provided for the butterflies. Art work und...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent blue and white, with gold flecks Italian art glass farmer woman figure. Attributed to the A.Ve.M. (Arte ...

Murano blown glass amber grape cluster. Great for accessorizing on shelves, coffee tables or in the kitchen.

Early 19th century Opticians Trade sign A larger than normal example of an early 20th century cast metal and glass opticians trade sign, in the form of a quirky pair of spectacles. M...

An elegant mid 20th century frosted and opalescent glass figure of a naked kneeling lady with fine hand finished detail and good sky blue colour, signed Lalique France ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 8 cm Condition: Excellent Condition circa: 1960 Materials: Opalescent Glass SKU: 20011 ABOUT Lalique Floreal Originally designed by René Lalique this vibrant model of a seated Art Nouveau beauty with flowers in her hair was originally produced between 1942 and 1947 and later re-issued by Marc Lalique in clear and opalescent coloured crystal glass...

Important 19th century French Art Nouveau oil torchiere lamp with hand painted floral green glass shade and glass chimney, rising on a circular faux bois wood base with brass placard...

Iridescent Amber Cornucopia Sculpture Vase in Blown Murano Glass 1990s Italy. This exquisite cornucopia, crafted from amber-hued Murano glass, is...

Incredible and rare sculpture by Alfredo Barbini for Gino Cenedese 1948 group "Charming and Serpent".

Italian design, this cactus is a fashion icon of the Italian style, water green with a beautiful red glass vase underneath. In limited edition, manufactur...

Napoleone Martinuzzi (1892-1977) for Venini, cactus, ca. 1930 glass succulent in a glass vase produced by Venini & C., Murano, Italy 46 cm (height) signed with two-line acid stamp ...

Casted glass lemon in pink by Devon made glass fruit inspired by blown glass fruit makers and collectors from the 1960's. The light playful approach to everyday fruit is contrasted w...

Set of 5 Murano glass coffee glasses. This set consists of these 5 colors: white, light blue, ivory white, blue and millefiori. Other colors available: light blue, harlequin, musta...

Exquisite Italian pair of Murano Art glass sculptures, featuring a contemplative pair of figures - a woman and a man - captured in a moment of meditation and introspection, signed Re...

A composition depicting a vase-shaped wicker basket with a decorative fruit triumph made of wax. The elegant wicker basket contains an arrangement of colored wax fruit. The branches ...

Beautiful large, vintage Murano handblown transparent aqua, pink, sky blue, white and gold flecks Italian art glass Victorian woman sculpture. Starting from the top, she has large twisted white top bun hairstyle. Large sky blue double collar with ruffles down the flaunsy pink and gold blouse...

Female nude glass sculpture made by Venini & Co. deep purple glass, iridescent. Marked: Venini Murano, Alma Angelo 1939 (acid stamp).

Fantastic large Mid Century Brutalist Figurative Sculpture in Steel with circular glass inserts, on a wood base. Patinated welded steel with red and yellow stained glass depicting a ...

Gorgeous, and very unusual, vintage Murano hand blown orange polka dot, purple and gold flecks Italian art glass Parisian woman playing an accordion. He...

Sitting black painted sitting Buddha sculpture, Cambodian, circa 1920s The statue is decorated with multiple red and green colored mirrored glass pieces. Several area around the che...

Three Murano glass clowns, Italy, 1970s. Left clown: Height 26 cm, width 15 cm, depth 10 cm. Middle clown: 23 cm, width 18 cm, depth 14 cm. Right clown: 27 cm, width 15 cm, depth ...

Incredible Huge Clown in Murano glass with pivoting had by Gino Cenedese

Obsidian Pyramid Sculpture by Homa Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 50 cm Materials: Blown Glass. Smoke Mirror. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Istanbul. The atelier’s tra...

The jellyfish is the main element of the Mosche Bianche's "Medusa" Collection: fluid, delicate but also dangerous and deadly. It represents the water, the circle of life. The speci...

Gorgeous large vintage Murano hand blown gold flecks on opal base Italian art glass Queen Woman figure, holding purple flowers. She has a very ornate dress with lots of ruffles, and ...

A rare woman's torso, called Eurydice, in white pat de verre, beautifully designed according to nature, by Maurice Legendre, from the well-known manufacturer Daum Nancy, France. The...

Murano, Italy. Large sculpture in art glass. A religious official. Pink and light blue mouth-blown glass. 1960/70s. Perfect condition. Dimensions: H 42.0 cm x D 10.0 cm.

A really cool and whimsical surfer sculpture by Mitch Berg, circa 2008. The piece is in good vintage condition and measures 10.5" W x 4.5" D x 15" H. ...

Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch’s white marble mortar and glass pestle was made during 2006-2010. Its wheel thrown and hand built clay, black glaze, sculpted whit...

Misty Cloud Sculpture by Homa Dimensions: W 150 x D 90 x H 0.4 cm Materials: Smoke and Silver Oxidized Mirror. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier ...

On offer is an Ashanti female fertility figure from Ghana, West Africa, circa Mid-20th century. Carved from a single block of wood, the statue depicts a female with typical coiffure ...

Italian design, this cactus is a fashion icon of the Italian style, green with a beautiful amber glass vase underneath. In limited edition, manufactured in one of the furnaces in Ve...

Cluster of yellow blown glass grapes. Two clusters available for purchase and sold separately. Slight variations in shape and color between the two ...