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Period: Mid-20th Century
Place of Origin: American
Unusual Pair Teki Modern Lounge Chairs by William Westenhaver for Witco
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Buffalo, NY
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...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Gilded Paper Mache "Boy" Store Display Mannequin / Sculpture, circa 1930s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Boy" department store display / mannequin composed of gilded papier mâché, circa late 1920-early 1930s. There is wear / heavy losses / flakin...
Category
1930s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Pewter Fruit Salt and Pepper Shakers or Decorative Objects, Pair
By Steiff
Located in New York, NY
A set of weathered small pewter fruit (pear and apple) salt and pepper shakers, or, alternatively as decorative objects, circa mid-20th century. With maker's mark on bottom as shown ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
Modern Marble Female Torso Figurative Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
1930s Architectural Silvered Foundry Form, Mold, Casting, Sculpture Garden
Located in Buffalo, NY
Industrial Foundry Form, factory casting, beautiful silver zinc original paint, wonderful patina, whimsical, fantasy Art Deco design,'Emaerald City' Very sculptural, see other listings for additional Foundry molds.
Foundry molds and patterns are wooden tools, carved out or built up to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. To make a wooden mold, wood needs to be stacked up, like a relief, or cut-out, like a sunken relief, with handles or other pieces to grab and pick up the mold from the molding material. Individual pattern pieces that get packed into the molding material are carved and shaped. The space or forms that these pieces make in the molding material will be the inverse of the final cast piece.
These antique foundry molds...
Category
1930s Industrial Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Carl Schmitz Plaster Sculpture, circa 1940
By Carl Schmitz
Located in Sharon, CT
Schmitz was an important German-American figurative sculptor of the 1930s-1940s. Studied with J.Wackerle. Commissions include: Brooklyn B...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Curtis Jere American, 1910-2008 Jump Rope, Bronze
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Buchanan, MI
Curtis Jere (American, 1910-2008) jump rope.
Bronze figure of a girl jumping rope. Signed "C. Jere" along the base
Measure: 10.5" x 6" x 4".
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Clara Shainess 1940s Carved Wood Sculpture
By Clara Shainess
Located in New York, NY
An African School carved wood sculpture made in the 1940s (circa 1940) by U.S. artist Clara Shainess and mounted on a painted wooden base. Good condition, some age cracks and chips; ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Figure of a Female Nude, "Charmion", Alan Clark '1895-1950'
Located in New York, NY
Bronze figure of female nude holding a falcon. Signed Alan Clark.
Category
1930s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Native American Sculpture on a Horse by Buck McCain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bronze Native American on a horse holding a skull to the sky by Buck McCain. Signed "M.C".
Category
Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Paolo Soleri Original Bronze Sculpture - Winged Angel Form
By Paolo Soleri
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Bronze angel sculpture by architect and artist Paolo Soleri (1910-2013).
Soleri is well-known for his experimental Community, Arcosanti, just ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ernest, Tino Trova Early Bronze Falling Man Cube Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
A cube sculpure by Trova. It is bronze with a worn nickel plated finish. All surfaces include representations of his iconic falling man within a circle.
Category
1960s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
1960s Table Top Sculpture by John Steck
By John Steck
Located in Sagaponack, NY
From Steck’s 'Desert Flower’ series, this tabletop sculpture exhibits, per an America House advertisement in Craft Horizons January/February 1965 (which illustrates this sculpture), ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Murano Calcedonia Glass Sculpture Signed Dino Rosin
By Dino Rosin
Located in Stamford, CT
Murano Calcedonia glass sculpture, signed Dino Rosin. Titled: "Aphrodite", circa 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Monumental Midcentury Wrought Iron Skelton Statue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental midcentury handwrought iron Skelton statue. The head and the crown are removable. There are 3 pieces in total. The limestone base measurement of this sculpture is:
15.5 i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Wrought Iron
Gladiator and Jester, Brutalist Sculptures in Mixed Metal, 1966-1967
By B. O'Byrne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superlative examples of welded, Brutalist sculptures from the 1960s, this pairing of Gladiator and "King's Clown" were executed in steel, brass and slate by B. O'Byrne. The sculptor ...
Category
1960s Brutalist Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
1950s Paul McCobb Dr. No Tall Windsor Chair Rustic Farmhouse Boho Abstract Chic
By Paul McCobb, O'Hearn Furniture 1
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful and rare example of this early McCobb design in original unaltered tobacco finish. Small remnants of original label remains.
Measure: Seat H 17.5 in. / arm H 27 in.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Birch
1960s Table Top Sculpture by John Steck
By John Steck
Located in Sagaponack, NY
From Steck’s 'Desert Flower’ series, this tabletop sculpture exhibits, per an America House advertisement in Craft Horizons January/February 1965 (which illustrates this sculpture), ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Paolo Soleri Cast Aluminium Sculpture, Nude Female Form
By Paolo Soleri
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Cast aluminium nude sculpture by architect and artist Paolo Soleri (1910-2013).
Soleri is well known for his experimental community, Arcosanti, just north of Phoenix where
his cast...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
"Statuesque Female Nude, " Superb Art Deco Sculpture by Mankowski
By Bruno Mankowski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Imbued with dignity, gravity and Classic beauty, this rare terra cotta sculpture of a standing female nude was sculpted by Bruno Mankowski, a German American artist known for his mur...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Shout, Mid-Century Modern Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Signed “Igor 67”
By Igor
Located in New York, NY
Signed “Igor ’67”, this beautifully cast patinated bronze sculpture depicts a woman on tiptoe, arms folded across h?? chest, head up and screaming with all her might, mouth wide open...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Artist's Model, " Rare and Important WPA Era Sculpture of Male Nude
By Raymond Turner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted from a ruddy block of mahogany and finished with a patina that gives it a lovely glow, this piece is a superb example of WPA-era sculpture. The artist, Raymond T...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
"Polo Player, " Classic and Rare Art Deco Sculpture in Caramel Hue by Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the rarest and most classic Art Deco sculptures ever produced in 1930s America, this striking Polo Player, complete with his original polo mallet, was sculpted by Waylande Gre...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Studio Pop Brutalist Fantasy Figure Signed Ceramic Sculpture Capron Style
By Roger Capron
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This is a unique large brutalist ceramic sculpture Art Studio Pop Surrealist fantasy figure, in the style of Jean-Paul Bonnet who was a close collaborator with Roger Capron and his w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Philip & Kelvin LaVerne Sculpture
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in New York, NY
"Three Graces," Unique Sculpture by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne. Bronze sculpture of abstract figures on pedestal base. Artist-signed on base. Published: Sculpture II, The Art of Philip ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Very Tall Wooden Uncle Sam Flag Holder with Old Paint
Located in New York, NY
A nicely carved, brightly painted figure of Uncle Sam mounted on two wooden blocks. This large piece, painted on both sides, stands at more than six feet tall. A Classic Folk Art pie...
Category
1960s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Mother Embracing Child, " WPA-Era Sculpture in Turquoise and Charcoal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stylized and reductive, this beautiful 1930s-vintage ceramic sculpture depicts a sitting mother holding her child very close, her legs crossed...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Tall Modern Bronze Sculpture of Gymnast in Action Marble Base
By Giocometti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Modern abstract sculpture of gymnast on marble base. Measures: 12 inches.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Memorial", Large Maquette for Art Deco Memorial Monument with Male Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique and powerful, this large plaster maquette for a major monument memorializing the dead, perhaps soldiers lost in World War I, features a trio of Art Deco angels...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Abstract Bronze Figure titled "Fruit Picker" by Gurdon Woods S F, Bohemian Club
By Gurdon Woods
Located in San Francisco, CA
Abstract bronze figure titled " Fruit Picker " by Gurdon Woods, S F, Bohemian Club. Bearing a Bohemian Club label, Post and Taylor, S F, on the wooden bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Country Carved Wooden Clown
Located in New York, NY
American Country style (mid 20th Cent) carved life-size wood figure of a circus side show clown holding a clock-face hat with a gesso and painted surface (possibly made by Boston Carving...
Category
Mid-20th Century Country American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Shepherd and Shepherdess, " Monumental Art Deco Sculptures, Probably by De Vegh
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Monumental and dignified, this pair of Art Deco sculptures depict a shepherd and shepherdess, crisply shaped and stylized like the best of 1930s public sculpture, and painted in rich but subdued colors with an effect like sun-bleached stucco. It is our estimation that they were sculpted by Geza De Vegh, the Hungarian-American sculptor who created a range of pieces for the Lenox and Lamberton Scammell porcelain works, both in Trenton, New Jersey, as well as a group of rare ceramic pieces for the Phoenix Company. Importantly, De Vegh's work was very popular among set designers and art directors in Hollywood. His works are evident in the background of important Bette Davis films such as "The Letter," art directed by Carl Weyl; and "Now Voyager...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Modernist Wire Iron Sculpture, Abstract "Don Quixote" by Irving Lichtman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist wire iron sculpture, abstract "Don Quixote" by Irving Lichtman. Classic modernist.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Bernhard Sopher California Artist Terracotta Sculpture, Mother and Child
By Bernhard Sopher
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Terracotta sculpture by Bernhard Sopher (Syrian/American 1877-1949).
Clay figure of mother and child. Signed on the lower back: B. Sopher.
Measures: 7 1/2" H x 7" W x 5" L. In exce...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Modernist Bronze Sculpture Large Female Torso
Located in New York, NY
A large Mid-Century Modernist style patinated bronze sculpture of a stylized tall female torso. Artist unknown; unsigned. Very good original condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lynn Davis, Couple, Patinated Bronze Mobile Sculptural Group, circa 1961
By Lynn Davis
Located in New York, NY
A remarkable mobile double-figure sculptural group with both, male and female figures rotating freely around their own axis; and where both figures can be installed in any position relative to each other. With any new desirable position, it becomes apparent how their relationships change diametrically with each and any turn of the figures.
Both, male and female sculptures...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage American Sculptural Award Prize Trophy, circa 1969
Located in New York, NY
The inscription on the silvered bronze plaque reads:
A/S 1969 AMERICAN SALESMASTER.
The place for the awardees name is blank.
Solid marble octagonal base.
No dings, dents, or c...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Mermaid Bowl, " Large, Important Art Deco Sculptural Piece by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by one of America's most important sculptors working in the Art Deco period, this large and heavy sculptural bowl by Waylande Gregory depicts a mermaid holding a fish in eith...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fred Press Astrological Zodiac Brutalist Bronze Sculptures Mid Century
By Fred Press
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very rare set of 12 Astrological sign cast bronze brutalist sculptures by Fred Press. Each zodiac sign represented, beautiful age and patina.
Early in the 1950s, Mr. Press moved to...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Original Bronze Sculpture "Family" T. Bowie, 1969
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Original bronze sculpture "Family" by T. Bowie marked 1969 with a marble base.
Category
1960s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
“New England Woman, ” Minna Harkavy
By Minna Harkavy
Located in New York, NY
Hand-built terra cotta bust. Signed on lower rear.
Published: “American Art Today, Gallery of American Art Today, New York World’s Fair.” Whalen & Goodyear, pg 201.
*This sculptur...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Jose de Creeft Carved Wood Sculpture of Feet
By Jose Mariano de Creeft
Located in New York, NY
A carved wood sculpture of multiple interconnected feet, carved by Spanish-born American artist Jose de Creeft around the 1930s-1940s in the Mexican School...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Agriculture", High Style Art Deco Sculpture Depicting Laborer with Wheat
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of the love of allegory among sculptors and painters in the Art Deco period, this rare piece depicts a stylized female figure holding a sheaf of wheat and scythe, ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Brutalist Metallic Glazed Ceramic Sculptural Vase, Man and Woman, Mid Century
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very cool Mid Century metallic glazed sculptural vase with protruding male and female figures. Artist unknown.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Oak Nude Torso
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-century modern (1950s) limed oak stylized carved nude female torso mounted on an ebonized square base
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Hand-Carved Wood Contemplative Seated Nude Sculpture by Aldo Calo
By Aldo Calo
Located in New York, NY
Hand-carved wood sculpture of a seated contemplative woman by an unknown artist.
Seated woman on a rectangular plinth
wood.
Measures: 17" x 4 1/2" x 7 1/2".
The woman seated pr...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Allegory of Abundance, " Important MGM Movie Prop, Art Deco Sculpture
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An MGM Studios prop and an important survivor of Hollywood's Golden Age, this piece may be the most ambitious Art Deco sculpture produced by any of America's leading porcelain manufa...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Satyr and Rabbit, " Superb Art Deco Sculpture, Carved Mahogany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entirely charming and whimsical, this depiction of a rotund satyr beguiling a woodland rabbit is clearly the work of a master carver. Sculpted from a cylinder of ruddy mahogany, the ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Old Die Cut Steel Revolving Uncle Sam with Original Paint
Located in New York, NY
An almost six foot tall die cut steel figure of Uncle Sam with original paint on a stand that allows it to fully revolve. A great image with striking facial fe...
Category
1960s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Neptune & Salacia Riding Dolphins, " Unique Art Deco Sculptures or Lamp Bases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, bold and unique, this pair of Art Deco sculptures, originally designed to serve as lamp bases, depict Neptune and his wife Salacia r...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Original Bob Fowler Metal Art Work Sculptor Man Holding Eagle
By Bob Fowler
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Original metal sculptor of man holding eagle mounted on wood base by renown Texas artist and sculptor, Bob Fowler (1931-2010). Engraved on top of base initials "BF". Stamped on botto...
Category
1960s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
American Modernist Roman Bronze Works Sculpture of a Gazelle by Walter Rotan
By Roman Bronze Works, Walter Rotan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb Modernist model of a Gazelle by Walter Rotan (1912-2001) with a very dark verdigris patina.
Cast at the Roman Bronze Works in the 1930s or 1940s.
The bronze is stamped Roman Bronze Corp. NY to the reverse and bears an integral signature in the plinth.
Rotan was an important 20th century American sculptor. A student of Albert Laessle, Rotan's work is held in public and private collections throughout the country. During his lifetime, his work was exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Art.
A similar gazelle is incorporated into his sculpture installed at Brookgreen Gardens.
References include Beartrice Gilman Proske's 1968 book...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Etched Marble Lover's Embrace by Bernard Simon
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Fine example of the rough and polished sculpting work of Bernard Simon, featuring two figures joined in an embrace, mounted on a square wood block and able to rotate on metal pin.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Unusual Mid-Century Modern Brass and Lacquer Table Lamp, Heifetz
By Heifetz
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Mid-Century Modern brass and lacquer table lamp attributed to Heifetz. Organic flower form, black and white lacquered wood petals surrounded by brass, retains original finial...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Zephyrus and Flora, " Rare and Striking Art Deco Sculpture by Williams
By Wheeler Williams
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived as two nude figures rising out of a bed of cumulus clouds, this sculpture depicts Zephyrus and Flora, Greek gods and lovers. The warm westerly wind of Zephyrus ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Cubist Wood Sculpture of a Nude by Russian American Sculptor Boris Blai, 1930s
By Boris Blai
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A carved wooden cubist sculpture of a seated nude woman by Boris Blai (1893-1985).
This carving likely dates to the 1920s-1930s (during Blai's time in Philadelphia).
Most likely constructed of sections of laminated basswood stained with a dark stain, it has an integral plinth with button feet and a carved signature the base.
The sharp angular lines of the body are starkly contrasted by the soft-edged, almost nondescript depiction of the head and face.
Blai was born in Russia and studied in academies in St. Petersburg, Paris, and eventually under Auguste Rodin. After WWI, Blai emigrated to the US, where aside from his prolific art production, he was also instrumental in the founding of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, the Long Beach Island...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Exotic Head Vases, " Unique California Pottery Sculptures, circa Late 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exotic and dramatic, this pair of tall head vases, partially molded and partially hand-formed, depict mask-like smiling heads with chocolate-brown bodies contrasting with sage-green ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Pop Art Sculpture of a Silver Egg by Herbert Distel, circa 1968
By Herbert Distel
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture, in the form of a silver electroplated egg with a white porcelain holder, represents esteemed Swiss artist Herbert Distel's most iconic form. He created a 22-ton egg d...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
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