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Technique: Hand-Crafted
Ahsoka Tano
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Ahsoka Tano reappears in the second season of the successful series “The Mandalorian". The recreation of this character in porcelain exemplifies the high level of detail it is possible to achieve with this material. The execution and decoration are sublime. The etching of the clothing, in impressive detail, and the painstaking decoration of the face, particularly the blue eyes, ensure that this piece will become a must-have for all true Star Wars fans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Capodimonte White Glaze Porcelain Statue Male and Female Figurines
Located in Firenze, IT
A pair of late 18th century Naples, real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, white porcelain figures of a lady and a man are hand modeled in the round. This lovely couple of statuettes in the white feature a fruit vendor and a peasant. The man, modelled in a theatrical pose against a tree stump, wears a hat and a scarf. His right hand in his breeches pocket, he is leaning on the tree with his left hand.
The woman wears a skirt and a low necked jacket and holds a basket of fruit in her arms, the hair gathered with a bow on her head.
This two little statues...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Metal Strutting Man Figure
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian metal figure of strutting black man with cane and top hat on green onyx round base
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Kewpies, circa 1920s
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very rare and whimsical pair of cold painted Vienna bronze Kewpies. We have sold many Vienna bronzes in our over 40 years of dealing in them, but we must say, these are very unusua...
Category
1920s Austrian Other Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Matched Pair of Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture or Statues by Demetre Chiparus
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture or Statues by Demetre Chiparus
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Marco Celotti Mid Century Modern Sculpture Group
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful group of sculptures by Italian American artist Marco Celotti.
Created circumnineteen 70 this highly animated group of characters can only bring to mind thoughts of storyt...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
1960 Vintage Italian Frosted Bronze Finish Blown Murano Art Glass Set 4 Fruits
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Set of 4 Murano hand blown Italian decorative frosted art glass pieces in the shape of fruits. A Lemon, Pear, Banana and Plum.
Hues of frosted silver and bronze colors as se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Scandinavian Modern Shell Sculpture by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stunning stoneware sculpture by Gunnar Nylund in the shape of a shell. Beautifully executed with close resemblance to a real shell. Muted green glaze with a...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Liuli Fine Art Chinese Glass Sculpture “Holding Up Heaven” Blue and Purple
By Lalique
Located in Palm Springs, CA
I have never had a piece of glass in the store that god has many compliments and comments as this piece. It is made by Liuli, a Fine Art glassmaker in China with collectors and museu...
Category
Early 2000s Chinese Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
American Mid-Century Lucite Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-century modern lucite/acrylic abstract sculpture of 2 embracing figures balancing a ball and mounted on a black base.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Two Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain HeHe Groups Kangxi Period
Located in Dallas, TX
A Pair of Chinese famille verte laughing twins 'HeHe Erxian' biscuit group, Kangxi (1662-1722), the two boys with jovial expressions and seated upon an openwork rock-base studded wit...
Category
17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Colour-Blind The Queen, a glass & mixed-media sculpture by Chris Day
By Chris Day
Located in London, GB
'Colour-Blind The Queen' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Chris Day, created from handblown & sculpted glass with microbore copper pipe, copper wire and rope.
Chris Day ...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Bespoke Italian Mondrian Style Blue Green Red Black Murano Glass Mask Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Unique Venetian Murano glass 3D Modern mask, exclusive to Cosulich Interiors & Antiques, Mondrian inspired, realized in several block colors, aqua blue, turquoise, lime green, red, o...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
19th Century French Spelter Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Spelter statue depicts a grape harvester in a classical pose. The revival of the style that originated in ancient Greece and Rome wa...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
'Girl seated' One of a kind bronze sculpture
By RinDesign
Located in London, GB
Girl seated' One of a kind abstract figure sculpture hand crafted and cast in bronze in the lost wax process.
Size 28cmH x 7cmW x8cmD
One of a kind and signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Bronze Over Metal Welded Abstract Mother & Child Sculpture by Burry
By Alberto and Diego Giacometti
Located in San Diego, CA
We are offering a wonderful modernist abstract hand made sculpture of a woman and child by the artist Burry. The sculpture dates from the 1960's. Made of welded metal and has a bronz...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Reclining Lady Composite Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
Reclining Lady Composite Sculpture
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Sculpture "Appel Au Passeur" by J. Le Guluche Editor, "A. Hanne" Signed
Located in Verviers, BE
Sculpture "Appel au Passeur" by J. Le Guluche editor, "A. Hanne" signed
Le Guluche, 1849-1915
Appel au Passeur
Editor A.Hanne no 395
Joseph Le Guluche, (1849-1915)
Appel au Passeur...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Wire Sculptures Depicting Waitstaff
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Contemporary black bent wire sculptures depicting a waiter holding drinks and a waiter holding champagne. (in the style of JOHN RISLEY)
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
American Modern Ceramic Gold Glaze "Intertwined Couple", Jaru
Located in Queens, NY
American Modern Ceramic Gold Glaze "Intertwined Couple", Jaru
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Giant Strainer Kitchen Sign Wall Art Sculpture Chrome Basket Tool
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Giant Strainer Wall Art, 55 inches long. Has a repair, one of the strainer reinforcement welds popped, sewn repair with blue wire.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Italian grape bunch sculpture in solid 925 Sterling silver with enamels
By Girò
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sculpture depicting a bunch of white "queen" grapes in sterling silver.
Various techniques were used in the making of this ornament.
The casting , for the slice and berries, the mol...
Category
2010s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Large Terracotta Statue of Discobolus, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Large Terracotta Statue of Discobolus, 19th Century
A Terracotta statue of the classical Greek 'Discobolus" by Myron. This particular figure is modelled after the 2nd century Roma...
Category
19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Marcela Cure Meditative Pose Sculptural Candle - Sandalwood
Located in Barranquilla, CO
The Sandalwood Sculpture in ivory stone is a decorative, hand-sculpted object that doubles as a candle carrying notes of star anise, cedar leaf, sandalwood,...
Category
2010s Colombian Other Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Ancient Stone Statue, West Africa possibly Sierra Leone
Located in Leuven , BE
These sculptures are considered manifestations of their deceased ancestors and are placed in ancestor shrines.
Category
20th Century Sierra Leonean Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Crying Babies in Gilt Bronze on Fluted Columns after Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of parcel-gilt bronze heads of crying babies on fluted bronze doré columns after Jean-Antoine Houdon. They have been placed on custom beveled Luc...
Category
1880s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Human and Child Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Human and Child bronze all in
green solid bronze, lost wax bronze technic.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage ANRI Folk Art Hand Carved & Painted Sculpture "The Lumberjack" by Duquet
By ANRI
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage folk art hand carved and polychrome painted sculpture is signed with the maker's label of the ANRI group of cavers from Italy and done in circa 1960. This carving was bought from a private estate with another one of one entitled "Old Habitant", which has the identical script on the front and back, but posted separately. These carvings were done by the master carvers of the ANRI factory who worked from a model, usually unique to them, but this one shows it is an example of a work done by the Master Quebec wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Softwood
Double Spouted Vase by Vittorio Cornacchia
By Arnaldo Sangiorgi and Vittorio Cornacchia
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic. Figurative design with blue and red glazes. Produced together with Arnaldo Sangiorgi at Keramos Studio in Faenza, Italy. Artist signed on underside.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Anatomical Plaster Model of a Human Ear
By Somso
Located in Faversham, GB
A rare plaster model of the human ear poised on a wooden stand.
The model is made by renowned German manufacturer, SOMSO.
This particular model is rare as it shows in incredible detail the removable eardrum, hammer, labyrinth and cochlea.
A wonderful conversation piece and a fine educational model...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Guest by Kzeng Jiang, Little, Numbered Series
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain sculpture created by the Chinese artist Kzeng Jiang for The Guest collection. This version of The Guest is by Kzeng Jiang, the first Chinese artist to join the creative universe of this iconic character. The work of the Shanghai-based designer reflects the contemporary culture of Asia in vibrant, radical illustrations. Kzeng seeks to render his cultural roots through symbols of traditions like Chinese facial painting or flower painting from the Song dynasty, reinterpreting these elements in his own personal style. In this case, for instance, he is portrayed with three big eyes on his face which, according to Kzeng, “allow him to see the past, present and future as if he were a messenger travelling through time.” As regards color, Kzeng chose blue tones on the white porcelain to ensure a sense of visual harmony and balance. He then combines these colors with touches of golden luster in order to convey the sensation of prestige associated so closely with ancient Chinese porcelain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Erna Kopriva Pottery Sculpture/Terracotta , Figure for Wiener Werkstatte
By Wiener Werkstätte, Erna Kopriva
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great sample of the well known Austrian artist, Erna Kopriva. She was assistant of Joseph Hoffman and worked at Wiener Werkstatte . Similar pieces are now...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
MAGNIFICENT STATUE "DELL'ABBONDANZA" IN TUSCAN TERRACOTTA 21th Century H. 115cm
Located in Madrid, ES
MAGNIFICENT STATUE "DELL'ABBONDANZA" IN TUSCAN TERRACOTTA 21th Century
Statue in Tuscan terracotta.
Slightly smaller than life-size.
High quality product, very well finished statue....
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Happy Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture happy bronze all in
green solid bronze.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1970s Carved Horn Sailing Ship
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970s Carved Horn Sailing Ship on Horn Base
String and metal rods. - cork for tops
Colors: Brown, White, Cream
Sailing ship
Nautical
Handmade with real Horn bone, it has great detail...
Category
1970s Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Goldscheider Vienna Group 'Jealousy' Elegant Lady With Pekinese, Lorenzl Ca 1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare and delicate Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figurine of the 1930s:
Depiction of a standing, elegant lady in a long, red, checkered dress with tiered flounces, matching hat and red ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Venus of Milo in stucco, dated 1895
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Dated and numbered ('28 mai 1895 XXV') sculpture in stucco of the Venus of Milo. It is clear to see that the sculpture is composed of several parts.
Beautiful patina and in good cond...
Category
1890s French Classical Greek Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stucco
Formia 1980s Modern Italian Comic Ivory Glass Head Sculpture with Red Lips
Located in New York, NY
One 1980s, modernist dynamic, comic mouth blown head sculpture in colored Murano glass, in ivory milk white, the face with blue eyes and red lips. This production has been very limit...
Category
1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Modern Artist Made Signed Crusifix, Russian, Bent Copper and Wood after Heifetz
By Heifetz
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful modernist sculpture, artist made, signed Crusifix, Russian, bent copper and wood, Reminiscent of sculptural designs by Heifetz, amazing quality, Retains original plaque wit...
Category
1950s Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Rare Marcell Goldscheider Art Déco Group, Japanese Girl Riding On Turtle, C 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Marcell Goldscheider Art Déco porcelain figurine group:
Japanese girl with her hair plaited into a long, tight plait, wearing a traditional robe - kimono with elaborate f...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Figure of a Boy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Life-sized porcelain figure of a boy stands on its own. A very heavy and substantial piece. An interesting idea for the garden!
Category
20th Century Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Clay Hooded Female Head Sculpture
Located in Sheffield, MA
The contemporary sculpture in clay represents a female head swathed in fabric for a hooded effect. The figure is hollow. The head sits on a stand with the engraved name of Eli Nuoro.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 20th Century Nude Figure Sculpture, Unsigned
Located in Charleston, SC
Nude sculpture figure of woman kneeling. Late 20th century.
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Bronze Sculptural Thermometer, Long Bodied Lady, Artist Signed and Dated 1911
Located in Petaluma, CA
It wasn't easy trying to title this bronze in one sentence. The first thing about it to my eye is the wonderful whimsy displayed. The fact that it's a thermometer just adds to the jo...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Energy Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Energy bronze all in solid
bronze in brown finish, base included.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early Meissen Rococo Group 'Love and Indulgence' by J.C. Schönheit, Ca 1840
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain genre group:
Young mother seated on a magnificent Louis XVI-style armchair, her left foot set down on a low stool, a boy lying on his stomach on her left thigh, his white shirt slipped up to reveal his bare buttocks, which the mother has probably just struck with the cane in her left hand, to her right a girl in a dress and hat decorated with feathers, clasping her mother's arm so that she can no longer strike the boy.
The group is based on an oval pedestal with gold heightened frieze decoration on the sides.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
This model was based on drawings by Johann Eleazar Zeissig, known as 'Schenau' (1737-1806).
Designed by JOHANN CARL SCHÖNHEIT (1730 - 1805) in 1788
started working as an apprentice in the Meissen factory in 1741 and has been in a responsible position since 1768. For more than 20 years, Schönheit was an employee of both J.J. Kändler as well as from M.V. Acier, who entered the Meissen factory in 1762. After Kändler's death in 1775, Schönheit was head of the model department until 1794.
Design of the model in 1788
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1840
Material: white porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain, finest hand painting
Dimensions:
height: 25,5 cm / 10.03 in
width: 18,0 cm / 7.08 in
depth: 16,0 cm / 6.29 in
Marks:
Blue Meissen crossed sword mark
Model number: I 66 / former's number 35 / painter Da..
Bibliography:
Thomas & Sabine Bergmann, Meissen Artist's - Figures / Erlangen Germany 2014, Model numbers A1 - Z99, page 31...
Category
Early 19th Century German Rococo Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Blooming Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture blooming bronze all in solid bronze,
in dark grey finish, lost wax bronze technic.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Buddha High Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Buddha High all in solid
brass in oxydized finish.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Catcher of the Skies, glass sculpture by Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
Located in London, GB
'Catcher of the Skies' is a unique pink, orange and black hand-blown and cut glass artwork with steel hull by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg.
Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centerpieces are made from smaller blown and cut glass components nestled (in sand) inside a metallic hull.
'We are migratory creatures; the history of our species is about journeys, departures, leaving and arriving, starting over. And none more so than ourselves. Our new work is both culturally and personally inclined. An autobiographical touch in civilizational reflection. Wherever man goes he builds, laying down cultural lines which gradually transform into relics and artefacts over time's inevitable march. Urban landscapes and complex designs grow and expand, deteriorate and decay. And on again we move, taking the memories of our exploits with us to use in the next story.' B&G
Baldwin (1947, New York) and Guggisberg (1955, Bern) have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass.
The list of museums and collections which have acquired their works is long and impressive. Individual showings, as well as participation in group shows, have given them opportunities to present their works at leading galleries and in major museums in Europe, Japan and the United States and their works rank among the best to be found in the international glass art scene. Working freelance, they have also designed successful products for international glass manufacturers since 1985. Their clients have included renowned firms like Rosenthal, Steuben, Corning and Venini.
Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold-working (battuto) combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colours. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Colour, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines.
Over the years they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, while embracing contemporary evolution in form and meaning.
In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral...
Category
2010s European Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure Dancer In Venetian Costume, Vienna Circa 1939
Located in Vienna, AT
A dancer in Venetian costume striding forward: a black, tightly laced corset with a wide peplum, in which she has tucked a purple lace shawl that she holds to one side with an outstr...
Category
1830s Austrian Art Deco Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Lladró Guest by Supakitch Figurine, Small Model, Numbered Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
The small version of The Guest is the contribution by the renowned designer Supakitch to the project which invites leading artists from around the world to personalize this special c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Child on Bicycle Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Child on Bicycle Bronze all in solid
bronze in brown finish, on solid bronze base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Women Cast Bronze Sculpture by W.N. Cardobo 1973
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautiful 1973 Spanish cast bronze sculpture depicting a woman walking with a basket of fish on her head.
Marked W.N. Cardobo 73 (see detail photo).
In original beautiful condition...
Category
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Austrian Viennese bronze of a man practicing salat
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Austrian Viennese Bronze of Man Practicing Salat
This late 19th century Viennese bronze sculpture captures a moment of deep devotion, depicting a figure kneeling in prayer. The work ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Spelter Female Statue with Bird Nest "Le Nid by L. Gregoire”
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a lady's desk or dress a shelf with this elegant antique statue. Crafted in France circa 1870, the spelter composition stands on a circular base and depicts a young female b...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Thoughts Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture thoughts bronze with figurative body sculpture
in solid bronze in brown finish and with aluminium frame
in black coated finish.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Bronze
EARLY 19th CENTURY PAIR OF SCULPTURES "ALLEGORY OF THE ARTS"
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant pair of biscuit small size sculptures depicting the allegory of painting and sculpture. The two works, clearly classically inspired, show two elegant and refined women, dress...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ruben Nakian Bronze Figurine "Leda and the Swan" Limited Edition
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
“Leda and the Swan” is by Reuben Nakian (1897 - 1986). He was an American sculptor and teacher of Armenian extraction. His works’ recurring themes are from Greek and Roman mythology. Nakian’s small bronzes achieve majesty and power which are not dependent on size and amplitude. With characteristic freshness, he has reinterpreted the classical subject of Leda and the Swan refining it in the Classical-Renaissance-Baroque tradition in a contemporary way. Dr. Robert P. Metzger gives us his aesthetic interpretation of this work which retells the myth in classical hedonism and freedom of expression showing Leda and the Swann prior to her being ravaged and during their first meeting. “The young virgin is fascinated with her new found friend and accepts him in a spirit of playfulness, contentment and wonder. She is dreamily available and shyly seductive as the deceptively tame swan snuggles up to her with its phallic-like neck.” Leda appears composed, placid yet open and available as compared to her more intense and passionate states in other of Nakian’s depictions on the same theme. This was cast at the "Renaissance Art Foundry" in 1978 and is so marked on the base being #5 of 7.
It is believed that “no other sculptor of the twentieth century matched Rueben’s heroic renditions with the grand themes of Western Art. His erotic mythological figures exude a joyous energy of gesture and movement which place them among seminal sculptural achievements of the past one hundred years.”
Nakian studied at the Independent School of Art in New York City previously known as the Robert Henri School … with Homer Boss...
Category
1970s American Vintage Hand-Crafted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
