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Period: 1950s
Place of Origin: American
"Look Award to William Goetz", Gold Art Deco Medal for Film Achievement, 1952
By William Zorach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both artistically and historically, this unique gold medallion for Film Achievement was commissioned by Look magazine, sculpted by William Zorach, struck by the the renowne...
Category
1950s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Louis XV Huge Verdigris Bronze Signed Nishan Toor Nude Cherub Sculpture / Putti
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Spectacular and Important XL Louis XV style Bronze Cherub/ Putti Sculpture Signed by Listed Artist Nishan Toor. Verdigris patina, beautifully detailed classic nude Cherub holding his...
Category
1950s Louis XV Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Salesman Sample Mini Rattan Sofa Chairs Livingroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare Salesman Sample Mini Rattan livingroom set featuring 4 chairs and a sofa each with single strand arch arms. Included is a coffee center table with a woven rattan top. Miniature ...
Category
1950s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rattan
Antique Bronze Children W/ Unmbrella Garden Fountain Signed
Located in Pasadena, CA
Antique Bronze Children W/ Umbrella Garden Fountain Signed. Boy and girl holding umbrella shielding them from the water as is comes down. This is a fun fountain/statue. The umbrella...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century American Folk Art Wood Articulated Man Figure
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a Folk Art wooden articulated man, circa the 1950s. This nearly 5-foot tall, handcrafted piece, epitomizing Mid-century American craftsmanship, is made ...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
"Figure with Instrument" by Joseph J. Greenberg Jr.
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
"Figure with Instrument" by Joseph J. Greenberg Jr. American, circa 1950.
Plaster sculpture with a bronzed green patina on a blackened wood stand by Sculptor Joseph J. Greenberg Jr....
Category
1950s Minimalist Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Sculptor William Conrad Severson Early 1956 Carved Sculpture of Nude Female MCM
By William Conrad Severson, Alexandre Noll
Located in St. Louis, MO
Early large organic mid-century modern hand sculpted wood nude female sculpture by artist / sculptor William Conrad Severson, (1924-1999). A beautiful early piece of work, signed Wm....
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Modernist Bronze and Marble Sculpture in the manner of Lynn Chadwick
By Lynn Chadwick
Located in Buffalo, NY
Striking Modernist Bronze and Marble Sculpture done in the manner of Lynn Chadwick..
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Seated Reclining Nude Female Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Capturing the elegance and beauty of the female form, this sculpture depicts a seated reclining nude female. The sculpture embodies the graceful contours and curves of the female phy...
Category
1950s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Isidore Grossman Signed 1955 “Fegele” Bronze Sculpture of a Figure
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A 1955 bronze abstract sculpture titled "Fegele" by the American artist Isidore Grossman (born 1908). The sculpture depicts an ambiguous nude figure standing with arms to their sides...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
50s Frederick Weinberg "Swing Time" Abstract Nude Dancers Lighted Wall Sculpture
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage 1950s FREDERICK WEINBERG Lighted Abstract Nude Dancers.
This FREDERICK WEINBERG Is Also Known To Be Called - "Swing Time" or "Swingtime" Wall...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
William Westenhaven, WITCO Suspended Wooden Sword Wall Hanging, C. 1960
By William Westenhaver / Witco
Located in Bainbridge, NY
William Westenhaver WITCO hand carved Wall Mount Wooden Sword. Featuring a large, handcrafted tropical style grained, stained solid wood Sword with Black ...
Category
1950s American Craftsman Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Artisan Wall Sculpture Of An Ancient Greek Man in Pewter On Wood 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Artisan made face of an ancient Greek man with a laurel wreath molded in pewter and set on a walnut backing, American 1950's. This captivating work is beautifully made.
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
Vintage Murray "Fire Chief" Flat Front Original Steel Pedal Car
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Murray "Fire Chief" Flat Front Original Steel Pedal Car
Circa: 1950
Dimensions:
H: 17.5”
W: 16”
D: 32.5”
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
1952 Brass Eagle Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of brass spread-wing eagle bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters, stamped 1952. The eagle is shown with its wings fully spread and a laurel branch and bundle of arrows clutched in its left talon. The eagle clutches a Union shield across its breast. The Union shield has a chief with three stars and six stripes completing the design.
The eagle motif in décor and Folk Art has been widely used throughout our nation's history, most notably as part of our Great Seal. The founders of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery, usually the golden eagle, was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States depicting a bald eagle grasping 13 arrows and an olive branch with its talons.
When Charles Thomson put together the final design for the Great Seal, he placed a bundle of arrows in the eagle's left (sinister) talon. The official description specifies the bald eagle holding "in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows." The thirteen arrows are tightly aligned – a symbol of "strength in unity" that's found in the traditional cultures everywhere, from the Romans to the Iroquois— in this case a nod to the unity of the original 13 colonies. William J. Loth founded Virginia Metalcrafters in 1890, under the name Waynesboro Stove Company. The company, which made ornately cast Cook...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Modernist Bronze Sculpture of a Standing Man by L. Shore, 1953
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
This wonderful Mid-Century Mordern sculpture of a standing man is clearly influenced by one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, Alberto Giacometti - Swiss scul...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Anne Van Kleeck Plaster Sculpture Midcentury
By Anne van Kleeck
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A beautiful, stylized bust by Anne Van Kleeck, circa 1950s. Plaster, heavy, this unique sculpture has a real mid-century feel and timeless presence. From the artist's estate.
A note about the artist: Anne Van Kleeck was primarily known for her works in cast bronze and ceramics. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A.) and Ohio State University (M.A.) and spent several years as a professor of art in Ohio and Florida. In 1957, Anne traveled to Venice, Italy to study bronze and lost wax casting, beaten iron and mosaic techniques. During that stay she employed an Italian foundry expert and together they established a small foundry on the island of Murano where they cast bronzes for her one woman show in Venice. Van Kleecks work has won multiple awards and is owned worldwide by private collectors and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum and MOMA in New York. She was contemporaries of and exhibited with Ruth Asawa, Gary Knox...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Marc Bellaire California Ceramic Native Head Wall Sculpture, Ca 1950s
By Marc Bellaire
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Rare Marc Bellaire ceramic head sculpture in the Polynesian style akin to the stone "Moai" sculptures found on Easter Island. In the many years I have collected Marc Bellaire, this is the first time seeing this piece. It likely belongs to one of his Island-themed lines.
Measure 12" high x 6" wide x 5-1/2" deep.
Hole at back of sculpture allows hanging on the wall or can place on a surface as shown for use as a tabletop sculpture.
Marc Bellaire was born in 1925 in Toledo, Ohio. He studied at the Toledo Museum of Art while employed at the Libby Glass...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Gilded Earthenware "Turnabout Cat" by Hedi Schoop
By Hedi Schoop
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hedwig “Hedi” Schoop “Turnabout Cat” in glazed and gold-leafed earthenware (ca. 1950s, California, USA).
After fleeing Nazi Germany for the USA in 1930s alongside her husband compos...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Frances Venardos Gialamas Abstract Wire Figure In Motion Sculpture
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Frances Venardos Gialamas Abstract Wire Figure In Motion Sculpture 1950's. A wonderful work of sculptural art by noted artist Fran Gialamas. The form ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
"Double Play, " Sculpture Capturing Dramatic Baseball Play with Male Nude, 1953
By Joe Brown
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant piece of sculpture capturing one of the most dramatic moments in American baseball, this 1953 bronze by Joe Brown shows a baseball player touching second base with his right foot and readying to throw the ball to first base for the second out with his right arm. The figure is cantilvered over the wood base, and the placement of his arms and legs is dancelike in its grace and strength. Brown has captured the tension of his torso and limbs and the beautiful musculature of the man's back, reminding the viewer that he learned from the master of American athletic sculpture...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculptural Glazed Ceramic Lamp by Arpad Rosti
By Arpad Rosti
Located in Buffalo, NY
organic form sculptural glazed ceramic lamp by Arpad Rosti. Dark blue-green and grey in color.
Best known for his remarkably inventive lamps, trays and vessels designed in organic, free form shapes, Arpad Rosti was a highly versatile artist, equally at home in both the ceramics and enameling fields. While most of his work was done in either clay or metal, in the late 1940s he also ventured into furniture design when he produced a group of tables in treated wood, mosaic, copper, and glass. His one-of-a-kind furniture was exhibited in 1949 at the Chinese Gallery in New York and written up in the New York Times. As further evidence of his wide-ranging talents, in 1972 he was commissioned to produce a stained glass window for a residence in North Caldwell, New Jersey which New York Times critic Joan Cook described as “a miracle of color and light.”
Born in Subotica, Yugoslavia in 1909, Rosti studied architecture at the School of Industrial Arts in Budapest. In 1940, he moved with his wife Ilona to the United States and settled in New York where he became a naturalized citizen in 1945. In 1947 his work was featured in an exhibition organized by the Craftsmen’s Equity and presented at the Barbizon-Plaza Galleries in New York. The organization, of which he was President, aimed to “put craft on a business basis without sacrificing the individuality inherent in handmade articles.”
Throughout the 1950s Rosti’s work was regularly chosen for the prestigious National Ceramic Exhibitions at the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (now known as the Everson Museum). It was included in seven of these exhibitions between 1946 and 1958 and in 1947 Rosti’s work was singled out by the New York Times critic Edward Alden...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Bust of the Women
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture is in two parts.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Bronze
Striking Horse & Rider Sculpture with Amazing Details
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Striking dark grey heavy lead sculpture of a horse and rider. The rider is in a passionate pose standing on top of the horse's back, holding the reins in outstretched hands.
Category
1950s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lead
Vintage Hollywood Regency Polished Brass Sea Shell Sculpture Pair of Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly glamourous polished brass seashell sculpture bookends. This pair stands alone as sculptural objects that amplify your style or become an evident ...
Category
1950s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Dora De Larios Signed Mexican American California Studio Pottery Sculpture
By Dora De Larios
Located in Studio City, CA
A fabulous, rare, and unique large horse and rider sculpture/ candelabra by famed Mexican American California studio art potter Dora De Larios. It was recently brought to our attention by a collector of her work that this piece was featured in a presentation at the Scripps Fine Arts Foundation and it was made in 1959. It is one of her earlier works. Quite rare and special in this respect.
De Larios was born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents. She grew up in the artistic Silver Lake district near downtown Los Angeles amongst Mexican and Nisei Japanese immigrants. As a result, De Larios was heavily influenced by ancient American...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Brass Seashell Cachepot Jardinière Plant Holder
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in San Diego, CA
Sculptural and incredibly chic plant holder. This beautiful piece is rendered as a seashell. This mid-century piece is completed in brass and brings old Hollywood style...
Category
1950s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
“Rhapsody” Bronze Sculpture by Nathaniel Kaz
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Bronze sculpture of a musician by Nathaniel Kaz, signed and dated 1952. Measures 23” x 10” x 19” including the plinth base.
Nathan Katz was born in the ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Onyx Heart Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful onyx heart sculpture.
Category
1950s Organic Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx
"Poseidon Calming the Sea, " Sculpture w/ Swimmers by Joe Brown Awarded by AAU
By Joe Brown
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Enormously important, both artistically and historically, this unique bronze depicting a monumental Poseidon figure calming the sea and making space for swimmers to complete below, w...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Seated Male Nude, " Remarkable Bronze Sculpture by Choate, Figural Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although America's sculptors interested in African American life and Black subjects, including Elizabeth Catlett, Richmond Barthé, Sargent Johnson and ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Cast Aluminum Mounted Carousel Horse Sculpture Worlds Fair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A mid century streamline design carousel horse in cast aluminum. The original paint was removed 40+ years ago and its been used as a sculptural piece of art.. Last owners claim it ca...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Nude Female Torso, American Mid-Century Modern Wooden Sculpture, ca. 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Striking in form and perfect in its proportions, this graceful and elegant wooden sculpture is a shining example of American art of the mid-20th century - a kind of Venus in the perc...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Figurines by Dr. Harley Niblack
Located in South Charleston, WV
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...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Drexel “Casa Del Sol” Table Bench by John Van Koert Vintage, 1950s
By John Van Koert, Drexel
Located in San Diego, CA
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...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Midcentury Ceramic Vase or Planter Hollywood Regency
By Bauer Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and striking midcentury vase or planter. Glamorous piece with a striking orange glaze and touches of gold. Vintage and made in California. The simplicity of its sinuous des...
Category
1950s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"in the Forest, " Midcentury Églomisé Painting with Woman and Dog in Red and Blue
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A magnificent example of midcentury reverse-painted glass, this piece by Marianna von Allesch depicts a woman and her square-jawed dog, possibly a boxer, amidst a grove of trees and ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Joseph Konzal Bust of Martha Graham
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Bust of Martha Graham made by Joseph Konzal. Created in the 1950s and comprised of a painted bronze patina on plaster mounted to a wooden base. Konzal wa...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Figurative Table Sculptures by Frederic Weinberg, Each is Signed
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare complementing bronze figurative sculptures by Frederic / Frederick Weinberg. Beautiful patina. Both are signed with F. W. on the underside of a foot.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figural Shooting Target
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super cool heavy metal shooting target. Figure of a man is attached to a metal stake that drives into the ground. Figure is on a hinge so when you hit ...
Category
1950s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
"Lehman Bros. Anniversary Medal, " Art Deco Bronze Paperweight, 1925-1950
By Arthur Lee
Located in Philadelphia, PA
First sculpted for Lehman Brothers in 1925 for its 75th anniversary -- with the soaring sentiment, "The Well-Being of Men is Forged on the Anvil of Ind...
Category
1950s Art Deco Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
“Jacob’s Ladder” Welded Metal Sculpture by Max Finkelstein
By Max Finkelstein 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large 1958 sculpture in welded steel, brass, bronze, and copper on a small plate mount by California-based artist Max Finkelstein. Entitled “Jacob’s Ladder,” the piece displays Fin...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Steel
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...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Aluminium Shoe Molds
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of right foot aluminium shoe molds. Both are for the right foot and different sizes. Large one measures 11" wide, 4" deep, 6.5" high. Small one measures...
Category
1950s Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
1950s Modernist Abstract Wooden Figurative Sculpture
Located in Oakland, CA
A 1950s modernist hand carved figurative abstract sculpture in walnut. A symmetrical form with flowing movement in its shape, starting from the top and with its culmination at its wi...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Rare Witco Tiki Figural Table Lamp, , Abstract Modernist Design
By Witco
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Witco tIKI Figural table lamp, abstract modernist design, seldom seen,, retains original shade.. figure measures 27". shade measures 18" in diameter.. ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
1950s, Creamy Tasseled Trumpet Horn of Plenty Decorative Ceramic Art Deco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Creamy tasseled trumpet horn of plenty vintage ceramic art.
Very elegant Mid-Century Modern Art Deco decorative piece.
Measures: 7.5 tall x...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic
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