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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Period: 1950s
Small Libra Zodiac Sign by Walter Bosse, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Small Libra Zodiac sign by Walter Bosse, circa 1950s Original condition.
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Anne Van Kleeck Plaster Sculpture Midcentury
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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Vintage 1950s Handmade Robot Ashtray Sculpture Metal Scrap Art Articulating
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Vintage One of a kind 1950s handmade metal Robot ashtray with articulating arms, pullout drawer and ash tray that comes out to be cleaned. On a hard plasti...
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Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

French Glazed Terracotta Boy Head, France, 1958
Located in Firenze, IT
French glazed terracotta boy head. France 1958. Signed and dated on the base. Blue, white, pink colors. Measures : 30H x 22 cm Conditions: Excellent.
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Vintage Italian Ceramic Sculpture by Otello Rosa for San Polo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian ceramic sculpture by Otello Rsa for San Polo of Venezia, pink Othello design, signed back of ceramic not visible due to wood pa...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Leopold Anzengruber Mid-Century Vienna Pottery African Woman Figurine
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful Austrian mid-century ceramic figurine portraying a nude African woman wearing a grass skirt made in Vienna by Leopold Anzengruber (1912-1979) ...
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Vintage Figurine of an African Warrior with Spear and Shield
Located in Bochum, NRW
A very beautiful sculpture, displaying an African Warrior with shield and brass spear. Executed in the 1950s, reminding the design of Leopold Anzengruber. Made of black-finished plas...
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Magnificent Sculptural Tea Pot Vintage Art Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sculptural tea pot design art pottery. Measures: 10.75 tall x 19.25 deep x 7.75 wide Unsigned. Untested. Decorative item. Preowned original vintage condition. See images listed p...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Pottery

Vintage Bronze Cast of a Human Skull 1:1, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1:1 cast model of a human skull in silver plated bronze. Its made from a cast of a real human skull, probably female, and is complete with teeth, lo...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Silver Plate, Bronze

Italian Vintage Crucifix in Bronze and Iron
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful vintage crucifix of fine Italian manufacture from the 1950s. The vintage crucifix was made with nickel plated iron and gilded bronze. The v...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Iron

Mid Century Modern Porcelain Statue of Maria with Baby Jesus Made by Goebel
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful porcelain statue of Mary with baby Jesus on her arm. The statue is hand painted in beautiful colors. The statue is marked on the bottom with t...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Tour Eiffel in Brass from Early Sixties
Located in bari, IT
Original decorative object depicting the Eiffel Tower, brass fusion, 1960s production.
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

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 ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Wire

Untitled 'Christ' Sculpture by Karl Hagenauer, 1950, Rosewood and Bronze
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare Untitled (Jesus Christ) table top sculpture by Karl Hagenauer for Werkstätte Hagenauer, Austria, c. 1950 Brazilian rosewood body and bronze head and hands. One hand turns in pl...
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Important Italian Bronze Sculpture by Nado Canuti, Untitled
Located in Milano, IT
Eccentric and rare bronze sculpture by Italian master Nado Canuti from the 1950s. The sculpture is called: Untitled. Made entirely of bronze with a glass base. The sculpture is a per...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Picasso Ceramic Plate "Tête De Chèvre De Profil' Ramié 110
Located in Norwood, NJ
This Picasso ceramic plate "Tête de chèvre de profil' Ramié 110 is one in a small edition of only 60 and is glazed and painted, with the Empre...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Mermaids Offspring Porcelain Figurines by Sadolin & Jespersen, Bing & Grøndahl
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A group of the blanc de chine porcelain figurines two of which are special editions decorated with gold glaze. They are called oceans kids and they are perceived to be a mermaids off...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Vintage Brutalist Brass Cross
Located in Milano, IT
Rare brass cross designed by Arnaldo Pomodoro and his brother Giò Pomodoro in the 1950s, of fine Italian manufacture. It is part of the V/58/16 model. The...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Renato Bassoli Stone Soldier Sculpture, Signed 1955
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful stone statue designed and produced by Renato Bassoli in 1955, of fine Italian manufacture. The statue is made of natural dark stone, very beautiful. The statue would appear...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

Hand-Sculpted French Cubist Abstract Sculpture in Terracotta Signed "Philip"
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated and alluring Mid-Century Modern Sculpture was realized in France circa 1950. Executed in terra cotta with a oil rubbed bronze colored glaze, the work presents an abstract and dynamic form- bristling with verve. An elongated form rises from an elliptical base offering both smooth and curvilinear aspects as well as faceted ones concluding in a curved tongue-like appendage with a pointed end. Additionally, there is what appears to be a lug or nut cantilevering from side of the piece, suggesting metamorphosis or some kind of animatronic influence. The amorphic form recalls the highly stylized renderings of tools by Lee Lozano...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Mid-Century Modern Wooden Sculpture Shaped as a Shell
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful wooden sculpture of a shell. The sculpture is made of solid wood and has a beautiful old patina. Very decorative object.
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

1950s Mid Century Life Size Female Sirens Column Sculptures Statues
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
These extremely rare and stylish statues are packed with personality! Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning parchmen...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Wood, Fiberglass

STUNNING CIRCA 1950 ANTIQUE FRENCH ARTISTS LAY FIGURE MEDIUM SIZED LOVELY PATINa
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely mid century French oak Artists lay figure A lovely example and a great size, it was sold to me as circa 1900 but he looks mid century...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Oak

'4' Four Hakone Japanese Bisque Figurines, Circa 1950
By Hakone Manufacturer Japan
Located in Incline Village, NV
Four bisque hand painted Japanese Hakone figurines; also referred to as "Hakata Dolls" or Suyaki Ningyu. These style "dolls" were first introduced in 17th ...
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

"Double Play, " Sculpture Capturing Dramatic Baseball Play with Male Nude, 1953
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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Very Tall Bronze Ndebele Sculpture, Original Mid-Century Modern, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful sculpture by an unknown artist, depicting a Ndebele. Despite of occasionally mistakenly attributed to Carl Hagenauer is it undoubtedly a ...
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African Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Sculptural Glazed Ceramic Lamp 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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Gladiator Statue
Located in Tarleton, GB
Gladiator statue This is a mid-century resin statue of a Roman gladiator.  Fabulous detail on this large room statue. In the same home from new ...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Marcello Mascherini 'Corrida' Bullfighter Italian Midcentury Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Italian midcentury bronze sculpture titled 'Corrida' and created by Marcello Mascherini (Italy 1906-1983) in 1957. The piece depicts an abstracted ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Bronze Bust of the Women
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture is in two parts.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone, Bronze

Gio Ponti Woman Sculpture in Terracotta 'Attr.'
Located in Milano, IT
Rare terracotta sculpture attributed to the great designer Gio Ponti in the 1950s, fine Italian manufacture. The sculpture is intended to be hung on the wall, as the back is flat. ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Mid-Century African Woman Figurine by Cortendorf, 1950s
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Very nice sculpture of an African woman from the Cortendorf Porzellanfabrik in Coburg Germany.
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Otello Rosa Venetian Carnival Mask Pantalone Sculpture for San Polo 1950s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Otello Rosa Venetian carnival mask Pantalone sculpture for San Polo 1950s.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Lucio Fontana Sculpture Bronze for Borsani Fixed in Table Lamps, 1950-2021
Located in Rome, IT
Rare bronze sculpture female figure designed by Lucio Fontana in 1950 during the collaborations with Osvaldo Borsani the bronze figure represents a female, one of a pair, with arms raised used as handles in some works of Osvaldo Borsani (vd photos) for cabinets and doors...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Sculptures
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Please note, priced per item (3 available) - Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown gold flecks art glass seashells. Documented to designer Flavio Poli for the Seguso Vetri d'Arte compa...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Porcelain Figurine of a Sewing Woman, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a sewing woman in regional costume. Made in Denmark by the Royal Copenhagen manufactory Manufactured in 1957. Model number # 1314 Very good conditio...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Large Sculpture Designer Bedřich Neužil, Soldiers, circa 1950
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia. - Made of ceramic. - Marked-Neuzil. - Good, original condition.
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Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Modern Madonna with Child Murano Glass Torchon Frame by Venini, 50s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Murano glass torchon frame Venini production, inside Madonna with child in plaster on a xylonite base, dating back to the early 1950s. Patented Model.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Murano Glass, Plastic, Plaster

Art Nouveau 'Plaster' Detailed and Stylized Image of a Women's Buste Signed C.G.
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau 'Plaster' Detailed and Stylized Image of a Women's Buste Beautifully Detailed 1935, France Signed: Depose C.G.390 The Buste is in good condition with a nice age pati...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Midcentury African Woman Figurine by Albert Strunz for Cortendorf, 1950s
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This beautiful sculpture was designed and manufactured in Germany in the 1950s by Porzellanfabrik Cortendorf Julius Griesbach in Coburg. Designer was Albert Strunz...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Pair of Turquoise Murano Glass Louis XV Style Figurines by Seguso Vetri Arte
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of turquoise Murano glass costume figurines in the Louis XV style with ruffles by Seguso Vetri Arte with gold leaf circular base.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

1950s Plaster Modernist Figural Three Graces Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Vintage circa 1950s sculpture featuring a Picasso-esque version of the classical theme The Three Graces. The sculpture's medium is plaster and its measurements are 18" by 17" by 8". ...
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Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Large Modernist Etruscan Brass Horse Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Large Modernist Etruscan brass horse sculpture. Stunning large Gio Ponti inspired Modernist Etruscan brass horse sculpture. Our Mid-Century Modern...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

1950s Mid-Century Wall Plaque Adam Dworski Wye Pottery Woman
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A Ceramic Wall Plaque made by Croatian Ceramicist Adam Dworski who set up Wye Pottery Studio in Clyro Wales England in the late 1950s.
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English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Stoneware

Boleslaw Danikowski (1928-1979) large ceramic circa 1950/1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Boleslaw Danikowski (1928-1979) large ceramic circa 1950/1960 Boleslaw DanIkowski, collaborated with Robert Guillerme to the creation of decorative ceramic elements for "Votre Maison...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Franco Toffolo Commedia Dell'Arte Glass Clown Acrobat Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Murano commedia dell'arte clown style art glass figure designed by Italian Maestro glassmaker Franco Toffolo and dating from around 1960. Toff...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Dora De Larios Signed Mexican American California Studio Pottery Sculpture
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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Stoneware

“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 Bronx, NY in 1917, and he d...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Porcelain Figurine of a Boy, Bing & Grondahl, Denmark, 1950s / 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a boy asking for help in putting on his shoe Made in Denmark by Bing & Grondahl Produced in 1958-1962 Model number # 2275 Very good condition, no da...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Midcentury Black String Iron Rigshaw by Bror Bonfils, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Graphic looking string Figurine designed and manufactured by Bror Bonfils in Denmark during the 1950s. It is made from blackened iron. The figure's clothes are made textile and his h...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Steel

Bronze Saint-Michel Sculpture by Olivier Strebelle
By Olivier Strebelle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Interlocking bronze sculpture of St. Michel by Belgian artist Olivier Strebelle. It was created as an award for the Brussels Film Festival and presented to classic Hollywood film actress, Ann Miller...
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Viking Rune Stone Paperweight in Bronze, Scandinavia, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Detailed model in bronze depicting what we believe is the famous Jellingestenen/Jellinge Stone in Denmark. It is executed in cast bronze and can be displayed decoratively or used as ...
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Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Lucio Fontana Sculptures Bronze Female Figures Table Lamps, 1950-2021
Located in Rome, IT
The table lamps designed by Lorenzo Ciompi for series Masterpieces of Lights" in 2021 , n. 5 supports a pair of rare bronze sculptures designed by Lucio Fontana in 1950 during the ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Brass, Bronze

'Cesto di Dalie' Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s Italy, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rare and highly sought-after collectors item is the 'Cesto di Dalie' umbrella stand by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1950s, signed underneath with a Fornasetti medallion label. This h...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Brass Winged Bird Spirit Totem Pole Beer Bottle Opener Midcentury Cocktail Bar
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Please let me know which one you would like to purchase, listed price is for each opener. No markings but very Carl Aubock, Native Northwest, or Central American influenced. Possibly...
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Venezuelan Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Wood Sculpture, by French Designer 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is in solid wood. Hand carved by a french artist in the 1950's It is signed P.Leclerc.
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Lauritz Adolph Hjorth Danish Midcentury Pottery Seated Nude Figurine
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish midcentury Danish Bornholm terracotta pottery sculpture of a nude maiden sat on a rock her arms raised by Lauritz Adolph Hjorth. The figure is glazed in white with elements...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Pottery

Mid-Century Modern Carrara Marble Bust
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-Century Modern Carrara marble bust Mid-Century Modern Carrara marble bust. This unusual marble bust sculpture depicts a male figure with an elongated head. Signed Tarr 1952 on th...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

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