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Karl Hagenauer (wHw) 1930s Wiener Werkstätte Bronze Sailor Figure w/ Accordion
Located in St. Louis, MO
Karl Hagenauer for Werkstätte Hagenauer Wienstamp - stamped WHW, Hagenauer Wein made in Austria, circa 1930s bronze miniature sculpture of a sailor playing an accordion.
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
American Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large 20th Century Nepalese Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama and Yami
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Nepalese tantric gilt bronze figure of the dikpala Yama and his sister, Yami, early to mid-20th century (1920s-1940s).
Well cast and richly gilt, the buffalo headed dikpala (directional guardian) of the South stands upon the back of a bull trampling a prostate figure. Yama is portrayed here in his four armed form. His primary arms hold a flaming kapala (skull cup...
Category
Tibetan Tibetan Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Germany, Porcelain Figure, Reading Woman in a Skirt
Located in København, Copenhagen
Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Germany. Porcelain figure. Reading woman in a skirt.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 7 x 6 cm.
In very good condition. Minim...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Figurine, after H.C. Andersen's "Jack the dullard"
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen porcelain figurine. Design after H.C. Andersen's "Jack the dullard". Model Number: 1228.
Measures: 18 x 15 cm.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
1st factory quality.
Category
Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
20th-Century Chryselephantine Sculpture by J.R. Colinet
Located in Madrid, ES
20th-Century Chryselephantine Sculpture by J.R. Colinet
Elegant chryselephantine sculpture crafted in gilded bronze and mounted on a marble base. Signed "JR COLINET", this piece sho...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Viennese Art Deco Brass Stylized Waterbuck Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
This refined pair of Art Deco stylized waterbuck brass sculptures were realized in Vienna, circa 1940. They feature abstracted interpretations of the waterbuck- an African plains ant...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair Italian Chinoiserie Porcelain Nodding Head Figures, Mid 20th Century, Italy
Located in Austin, TX
A fine pair of Italian porcelain chinoiserie nodding head figures of a Chinese Mandarin couple, made for the Marbo Lamp Company, circa 1960's, Inl...
Category
Italian Chinoiserie Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Thermometer in the style of Hagenauer, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Thermometer in the style of Hagenauer, 1950s.
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Bedouin Women", Rare Art Deco Porcelain Sculpture, Internally Lit, Limoges
By ROBJ
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and striking, this porcelain sculpture and night light depicts two Bedouin women swathed in brilliant white robes, framed by gold headbands and a gold floor beneath their feet. ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bing and Grondahl, three porcelain figurines of girls. White glazed. 1930-1950s.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing and Grondahl, three porcelain figurines of girls.
White glazed.
1930-1950s.
Marked.
First factory quality, one figure in third factory quality.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: He...
Category
Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Art Deco Buste Mother and Child by Belgium Artist G.Wasterlain
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco large sculpture in ceramic of a Mother and Child by Belgian sculpture, Georges Wasterlain. Glazed reddish-brown stoneware with no chips or d...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$2,574 Sale Price
20% Off
Napkin or Letter Holder by Walter Bosse
By Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Napkin or letter holder by Walter Bosse
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Colorful Wall Decorative Ceramic Mask Midcentury
Located in Vienna, AT
Wall colorful ceramic mask, made in Germany in the 1960s
Original perfect conditions.
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Romer italy hand carved desk top downhill skier sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Whimsical carved figure of a downhill snow skier . Bundled up with hat and scarf . Ski poles in hand . One basket on ski pole damaged . . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the s...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Drexel “Casa Del Sol” Table Bench by John Van Koert Vintage, 1950s
By Drexel, John Van Koert
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...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
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
American Post-Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Large Woman Sculpture Patinated Bronze by Johannes Hansen, Denmark, 1940s
Located in Odense, DK
Large cast bronze sculpture by Danish artist Johannes Hansen depicting a young girl lost in thoughts. The sculpture was made in the 1940s at the bronze foundry "L. Rasmussen" in Cope...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1925 Chrome Female Bookends, "The Soul of The Book" by Arturo Levi
Located in San Diego, CA
Timeworn chrome female bookends; spine reads "The Soul of the Book." by Arturo Levi, 1925. These ladies photographed well and we could not resist taking mo...
Category
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$295 Sale Price
25% Off
Minimalist Wood and Brushed Aluminum Crucifix / Cross
Located in San Diego, CA
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.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Romer italy hand carved desk top hockey player on skates sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Whimsical carved figure of hockey player in action on skates . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the seventies . This is one of many carved figures depicting trades and hobbies . ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Alfredo Barbini Italian Art Glass Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
An Alfredo Barbini Italian art glass sculpture 'Nudo a massello' black frit,
fused burst gold foil, clear base with dark green layer. Mark...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Large Wooden Sculpture of an Archer dated and Signed, France 1968
Located in Den Haag, NL
Large Wooden Sculpture of an Archer dated and Signed, France 1968
Wonderful decorative object, in good vintage condition. One hand is missing some fingers but we think gives this piece character. Dated and signed MB...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Cenedese Murano glass fish sculpture /paperweight attb to Da Ros.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful modern fish sculpture by Cenedese .
Category
Italian Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Walther Bosse for Hertha Baller Blackface Sculpture
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual blackface head/sculpture by Walther Bosse for Hertha Baller, circa early 1950s.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Mid-Century Bronze Sculpture of a Franciscan Monk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Mid-Century Modern bronze sculpture.
In the form of a Franciscan monk.
The base has a later copper insert and threading for possible mounting on a plinth.
Simply a w...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Karl Weiler, Pforzheim, Germany, Nude Figure in Bronze, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Karl Weiler, Pforzheim, Germany. Nude figure in bronze with grass skirt, 1940s.
Measures: 12.5 x 7 cm.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Category
German Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Murano Dandy Clown with Pocket Watch Top Hat Italian Art Glass Vintage Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and unusual, large vintage Murano hand blown white with red, blue and black spots Italian art glass "Dandy" clown figure sculpture. Created in the manner of designer Alfredo Barbini and the Salviati company. He wears an oversized white suit with large bell bottom pants and large jacket...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Three Midcentury French Hand Painted Barbotine Ceramic Gnomes Figurines
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful set of vintage Majolica garden gnome’s sculptures were sculpted in France, circa 1960. The ceramic figures are expressive and unique. One holds a water can and smokes a...
Category
French Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Art Deco Bust On Stand, c1930 By Bohumil Rezl
Located in Devon, England
Superbly stylish is this 1930's Art Deco bust of a female, standing 32 cm high and made from terracotta this bust makes the perfect statement piece. Free from any damage and showing ...
Category
French Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Ceramic Dancing Showgirl , by Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco colored ceramic dancing showgirl pair, by Etha Lempke for Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland Gouda, featuring one solid colored statue and one two-tone statue.
Circa 1930.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$705 Sale Price
40% Off
Large Mid-Century Abstract Reclining Figure Wood Sculpture by Joseph Martinek
By Joseph Martinek
Located in Middleburg, VA
Large Mid-Century Abstract Reclining Figure Wood Sculpture by Joseph Martinek
Joseph Martinek (1915-1989) was an American sculpture who studied ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Avocado Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful and whimsical mid-20th century Italian porcelain sculpture with five avocados, one cut in half with the pit showing, and placed in a basket with grass, all molded in porcel...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$937 Sale Price
25% Off
Brass Statue of Stylized Mother with Child in Hagenauer Werkstätte Style
Located in Doornspijk, NL
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 ...
Category
European Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Biagio Romeo Wood and Bronze Sculpture
By Romeo
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful sculpture designed by Biagio Romeo in the 1960s, of fine Italian manufacture. The sculpture has a rectangular base made of polished black wood, ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,328 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Yellow Power Coated Abstract Figural Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming abstract figure powder-coated in bright sunshine yellow. Absolutely one of a kind, this sculpture will accentuate your home on a bookcase, console table or coffee table.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Brass Gold Italian Tole Metal Palm Tree Pot Statue Faux Bamboo Plant
By Casa Bique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lovely vintage metal gold brass tole palm tree statue decor piece. Made in Italy by Casa Bisque. Size is 81 H x 42 D. Planter base is 16 x 16. Patina to gold brass plating. Please le...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
Greenlandica, tupilak in soapstone. Greenland mid-20th century.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Greenlandica, Tupilak.
Traditional, magic Greenlandic figurine carved in soapstone.
Greenland mid-20th century.
In good condition, with damage to the base (see photo).
Dimensions: H...
Category
Greenlandic Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
Mid Century Hand Blown Two-Tone Murando Art Glass Snail - Italy 1960´s
By Livio Seguso
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Mid Century Hand Blown Two-Tone Murando Art Glass Snail - Italy 1960´s.
This charming stylized snail by Livio Seguso, exemplifies the finesse of the Venetian Glass masters skills in ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Bronze Leaf Centerpiece Sculpture #3
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful bronze leaf centerpiece sculpture is handmade by a French artisan. Please see our additional listings of this design as they are all unique. Amazing details and aged finish...
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair West African Incised Iron and Copper Axe Form Currency Pieces Custom Mounts
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A pair of West African incised iron and copper wire axe form currency pieces or may have used as dance wands. On custom mounts. In the form of a ritual axe, which in many parts of A...
Category
North African Tribal Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
White Rustic Glazed Bandini Art Deco Fauns circa 1938 for Zaccagnini
By Urbano Zaccagnini, Mario Bandini
Located in Melbourne, AU
A pair of cherubic fauns, playing music. One sports a cupid's bow in one hand and blows a conch Horn. A quiver of cupid's arrows lies at his feet. The second faun accompanies on a ba...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Greenlandica, wooden sculpture of a male figure. Greenlandic craftsmanship.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Greenlandica, wooden sculpture of a male figure.
Greenlandic craftsmanship. Hand-carved.
Signed ZA and dated '66 (1966).
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: H 21.0 cm x D 10.0 cm.
Category
Greenlandic Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Silvered Metal Manjushri, Sino, Tibetan Buddhist Deity
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A silvered figure of Manjusri seated in dhyanasana on a Pala style Indian base, wearing an ornate crown and wearing body jewelry,
Manjushri holds the sword of wisdom in his right hand and above his left shoulder is a lotus flower upon which rests a volume of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras.
Manjushri - Tibetan Buddhist Deity...
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Tibetan Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Candle Lit Mask Sconce, 1960s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic sculptural clay mask candle sconce made in Italy. Hand made in an aged adobe color with a place for a single candle inside. Mask has a metal frame which gives the piece a n...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Patinated Bronze "Medusa" Sculpture by Norma Leon
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous patinated bronze "Medusa" sculpture by Norma Leon, circa 1960s. The piece has wonderful detail and is in very good vintage condition with a great patina. The creatures on he...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Statue of a Dancer by Molins
By Henri Molins
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful art deco sculpture signed by Charles Henri Molins. The sculpture is signed by the author in the corner of the marble base.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Murano Blue White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Duck Bird Figurine Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and cute, vintage Murano hand blown blue and white Italian art glass bird or duck sculpture. The figurine has a nicely sculpted...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$400 Sale Price
33% Off
Thai Cast Silver Alloy Standing Buddha, Mid 20th Century, Thailand
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive and gracious Thai cast silver alloy standing Buddha, mid 20th century, Thailand.
The Buddha stands upright upon a small square plinth. He...
Category
Thai Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Antique Black Forest Wood Carving Hunter Sculpture 1952
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique Black Forest Wood Carving Sculpture – Jägermeister Hunter 1952
Unique hunting scene with hunter, rifle, and real deer antlers.
This beautiful hand-carved Black Forest sculpt...
Category
German Rustic Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Leaf Centerpiece Sculpture #5
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful bronze leaf centerpiece sculpture is handmade by a French artisan. Please see our additional listings of this design as they are all unique. Amazing details and aged finish...
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of Five Mid-Century Bronze Japanese Geisha Figurines
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool set of five 7.5" tall bronze Japanese geisha figurines, circa 1960s. The pieces are very heavy and solid and have a gorgeous dark...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Swedish glass book stands by Erik Höglund Boda, Sweden, 1960s
By Erik Höglund, Boda
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Beautiful sculptural book stands designed by Erik Höglund. Produced by Swedish company Boda suring the 1960s.
Made in frosted glass. Signed on bottom.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Venus De Milo Murano Art Glass Sculpture by Ermanno Nason Silver Flakes
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Venus de Milo Murano Art Glass Sculpture by Ermanno Nason with silver encased flakes. Large and impressive sculpture signed by the artist.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Wayland Gregory Art Deco Porcelain Zebra Sculpture, Glazed, Signed, 1940s, USA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wayland Gregory, Porcelain zebra sculpture, glazed, signed, 1930s, USA. New Jersey, circa 1935, high glazed ceramic, incised signature, Measures: 4 5/8" W x 1 1/2" D x 5 1/2" H
Exhibitions:
Waylande Gregory: Art Deco Ceramics...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mother and Child Bronze by José Mariano Pagés Sculpture
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Exceptional bronze sculpture signed "Page´s '69". Sculpture has a very rich patina to the heavily articulated bronze surface and is seated on a marble base. Excellent modernist examp...
Category
Argentine Brutalist Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Figurine of a Woman, Jihokera Bechyne Czechoslovakia, 1960s
By Jihokera
Located in Żory, PL
This figurine of a woman was made by Jihokera Bechyne in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia. The figurine is in very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Japanese Trappist Nun Figures Wood Turned
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage Japanese lathe-turned trappist nun figures in wood.
Monastery & Convent Hakodate Hokkaido
Dimensions: 4.75 H x 1.25 diameter
Please visit take a...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Bronze Sculpture "Feminity" by James L. Lawton, 1967
Located in Miami, FL
Bronze sculpture by James Lawton, titled "Feminity"
Signed and dated Jim Lawton 67
Comes with archive pictures and letter by the artist (see pictures).
Category
North American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1950's Statue of a Charming and Goodlooking Boy
Located in Brecht, BE
A statue of a very charming and goodlooking boy, ideal to store your umbrellas or canes. or just as an eyecatcher in the house.
Category
Spanish Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cement
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