Wood Figurative Sculptures

Vintage educational anatomical modells used in a soviet school in the 1950s-1960s. Can be used as a wall decor or displayed in a curio cabinet. ? Made out of wood and plaster. ...

An Italian carved wood male figure from the mid 20th century. This vintage carved-wood statue from Italy features a young male figure, dress in 18th century attire (habit à la franch...

Nice 1950's teak wood and brass wall decoration by Tico Teak, Denmark.

A well-known Canadian sculptor, Alice Winant (nee Czitron) Quebec, Canada/ Romania 1928-1989, unique sterling 925 sculpture of an old bearded fisherman si...

This grouping of 3 figurines and 9 sculpture head figures were obtained directly from Dr. Harley Niblack by the consignor's father (who was also a woodt...

A 1960s Belgian ceramic abstract sculpture with bronze textured style finish mounted on natural wooden base, signed on the base "J H '64".

Unusual pair oversized, Teki Modern lounge chairs by William Westenhaver for Witco, definitely over the top, same chairs can be seen in Elvis Presley's Graceland. Crazy carved walnut...

Adorable pair of hand carved wooden figurines of two boys playing the whistle, Germany, the first half of the 20th century. Dimensions: H...

Set of two amazing anatomical models university, circa 1950s. Measurements from left: height 30 cm, 23 cm.

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...

Designed by John Van Koert for his Casa del Sol Collection and produced by Drexel Furniture in the 1950s. This "Table/Bench" as it is referred to on the makers mark, could be used eq...

Exceptional and exclusive Bas Rilief, 1950 Germano Belletti " Centauri" in Faenza, 1914 works with Pietro Melandri, Riccardo Gatti, Mario Morelli. Apprezzated to Giò Ponti.

Mid-Century Modern wood and metal long-legged ibis bird sculptures. Measures: Height 21 inch, 54 cm. Width 6 inch, 15 cm. Depth 7.8 inch, 20 cm.

Ary Bitter was an important French Artist who specialized in animal sculptures and the female form. He created many significant works during the Art Deco period. This unique piece, e...

National harder advertising mascot. Made up of chromed nuts and hardware bits. Shown with old hardware box depicting its image. Robot is in excellen...

Set of 10 hand carved wooden fruits with bowl. High level of craftsmanship, executed in a handful of different hardwoods.

Large minimalist walnut and ash crucifix / cross, circa 1990s. The piece measures 21" high x 11" wide and is in very good condition. #1221.

1960s midcentury Victor Salmones bronze sculpture Offered for sale is a Mid-Century Modern Victor Salmones (1937-1989) sculpture in bronze. V...

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...

A very nice brass and walnut crucifix, circa 1970s. Nice weight and detail. #1199.

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 ...

A masterfully carved wooden sculpture of a professor with books sitting on a chair. Beautifully made in details, this adorable sculpture will decorate any room - office, library, liv...

A pair of Maison Jansen carved wooden fragments from the mid 20th century, depicting scrolling foliage on circular base. Created in France by Maison Jansen during the second quarter ...

8-109 carved and painted wall panel. Andrew "Grandpa" Pfiender born 1909 died 1986 was an outsider artist from upstate NY. Used found objects to create his...

This beautifully carved fruit wood sculpture was crafted in France, circa 1950. The realistic vintage bust sits on a swivel base and features the face of a pensive monk wearing his c...

A beautiful contemporary collector piece of Makonde ebony tree of life art carving with unbelievable detailed wood carving.

Midcentury figurative nude woman in bronze on wood base entitled "Pondering" by Harriet Hochberg, circa 1979. The piece has a wonderful vontage patina and measures: 7.625" D x 9.5" W...

A terrific ceramic wall piece of Bacchus by the Italian ceramic artist H Bertoni. This piece features a roman male figure with an harp resting on a s...

Colonial Art Deco period sculpture in solid wood depicting an African woman.

Very elegant brass statue of a mother with a young child on her lap on a wooden plinth. It is not visibly signed, but the style is very much Hagenauer Werkstätte like. The plinth ...

Sculpture in bronze art Nuragica Sardinia 1960s wood base Chieftain.

Kay Bojeson guardsman figure. Hand painted white red with black feet. Sold by Laurids Lonborg Denmark retains original label. Completely original condition with little to no wear.

Fantastic Faces on this hand carved tribal wood sculpture of a mother carrying her child most likely Oceanic but possibly African as well. This tribal a...

Rare and very stylish, early 1950 fashion model sculpture. This very cool sculpture of a western world lady in a perfect 1950s outfit is in excellent condition. Sculptures of this...

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...

Minimalist wood and brushed aluminum crucifix / cross, circa, 1970s. The piece measures 7.75" high x 5" wide and is in very good vintage condition.

A tall wooden sculpture. 1960s Roman school design by Luigi Cipollone.

Figurative Bronze Sculpture by California Artist Ken Vares, 1968. One of a kind signed 1/1 sculpture on base with artist signature and date of 4/68. Bronze on walnut base. Measures 2...

Very beautifully done, three figures. Signed RZ in base, possibly Roger Zellner. Clyde Burt style as well.

Mid-19th century Spanish painted polychrome figurative sculpture of a saint.

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...

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...

Adrien Dupagne (1889-1980) Africanist sculpture in terracotta, circa 1940-1950. Small wooden base.

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...

Beautiful bronze sculpture of 2 nude males embracing titled LOVE by Norma Goldberg, dated 1977 The piece can really communicate the love this couple ...

Sculpture in bronze Art Nuragica Sardinia 1960s wood base priestess.

A bronze wire sculpture of a prancing horse on a wooden base.

Charming little tree branch Folk Art sculpture hand-carved in the manner of Giocometti.

A vintage Thai ceremonial carved giltwood temple guardian sculpture from the mid-20th century, with gold, black and red patina. Crafted in Thailand during the midcentury period, this...

Midcentury African wood sculpture wonderfully hand carved depiction of the Virgin Mary with Child, with great detailing and beautiful face sig...

A beautiful polish bronze sculpture design by renowned Italian designer Emilio Lancia in the 1960s. The sculpture depicts two sail boats sailing in the ocean. The sculpture is constr...

Highly rare and decorative elegant scene in wood of a man making respectfully advances to a lady, with female servants bringing food. Made in Congo in the 20th century, and offered b...

Rare and early Jens Risom stool for Knoll Associates, New York City. Simple, elegant design. Retains original finish as well as original early oil cloth upholstered top. Also origina...

Wood sculpture by Nat Werner of a woman with arms outstretched. Measures 10" H x 4" W x 4" L. In excellent condition with no damage. The signature "Werner" is seen on the lower fro...

An aesthetically charming antelope sculpture in rich grainy rosewood. Both effortless and valiant despite its diminutive size. Measures: 5.13" T x ...

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...

20th century Thai temple Buddhist hand carved terracotta figural sculpture statue. Item features Thai Buddhist figural carving of solid terracotta, r...

A substantial modern female figurative marble torso sculpture piece by artist/sculptor Helga Brinitzer, circa 20th century, New York. Piece is solid marble, made from one piece, and ...