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Item Ships From: USA
Material: Clay
19th Century, Blue and White Foo Dogs
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Large pair of hand-thrown, hand painted and glazed, left and right, French, faience foo dogs. Wonderful expression, and great scale.
Category
1880s French Antique Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Joanna Poag Encompassed No. 7 Ceramic Sculpture, 2013
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Encompassed No. 7 tabletop sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay fired to cone 6 with clear glaze. Encompassed is a b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Terracotta Figural Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-20th Century terracotta or clay figural sculpture. This vintage terra cotta sculpture depicts a man seated playing a musical instrument.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Pirate with Cutlass, " Early Sculpture by Walter Inglis Anderson for Shearwater
By Walter Inglis Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Walter Anderson is best known for his superb series of watercolor paintings depicting the birds and animals of the Gulf Coast, influenced by the stylization of the Art Deco period, he also collaborated with his brothers in creating ceramic pieces for the Shearwater Pottery...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Mid-Century Modern Sculpture in the Manner of Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-Century Modern sculpture in the manner of Amedeo Modigliani.
Fantastic Mid-Century Modern sculpture signed M.B. Mitchell. This interesting figurative sculpture of a nude male wi...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Stress by Deborah Ballard Art Sculpture Figural Head Bust 1986 Contemporary
Located in Dayton, OH
Stress by Deborah Ballard Art sculpture figural head bust 1986 contemporary 24"
"Stress bust art sculpture circa 1986, made from fired white clay by Deborah Ballard (b.1951). Debora...
Category
1980s Expressionist Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Mysterious and Beautiful Clay and Wood Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An abstract round sculpture suggesting a planet, having two halves of gorgeously fired and carved clay with glass round marbles inside. By renowned artist Connie McIndoe.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Mid-Century Modern Clay Wall Sculpture, circa 1968
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique handmade wall sculpture features a unique painted clay form mounted on a unique Lucite style frame. The textured three dimensional presentation of this vintage work of ar...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Framed Collection of Mesoamerican Pre-Classic Period Sculptures & Arrow Heads
Located in New York, NY
Incredible collection of pre-columbian clay sculptures / figures / statues / pottery, mounted and framed. The pieces date from the pre-classic (Formative) period of Meso-American cul...
Category
15th Century and Earlier North American Pre-Columbian Antique Clay Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood, Precious Stone, Clay
Ceramic Terracotta Sculpture Reclining Nude Figure in the Manner of Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Contemporary figural unglazed terracotta sculpture of an abstract reclining figure. An homage to sculptor Henry Moore. Made in 2019 by Oklahoma artist Emily Ladow Reynolds.
Dimen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Terracotta
Rare Mother and Child Sculpture Bust by Joe Slockbower for Mill Creek Studios
By Mill Creek Studios, Joe Slockbower
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mother and Child clay sculpture by Joe Slockbower for Mill Creek Studios. This sculpture features a realistic depiction of a mother with her newborn wrapped...
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Wood
TOTEM Sculpture #1 by David Haskell
Located in New York, NY
Cylindrical leaning TOTEM-form, hand built with indentations, green glazes. Artist-signed to underside.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Psyche Imploring Cupid, " Sculpted Vessel with Nudes by Bregnoe, Art Deco Master
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and remarkable example of Art Deco sculpture, this vase is adorned on two sides with scenes from the mythological stories of Psyche and Cupid, carved into the clay not molded ...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Paul Serste Art Deco Inspired Young Lady Modern Wall Plaque 1940s Belgium
By Paul Serste
Located in Miami, FL
REDUCED FROM $450...By noted Belgian sculptor Paul Serste´ (1910-2000), this wall plaque sculpture is quite beautiful with its flowing kerchief covering the head of a lovely young la...
Category
1940s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
TOTEM Sculpture #2 by David Haskell
Located in New York, NY
Cylindrical TOTEM-form. Hand built with rounded top, smooth oblong indentations, in green glazes. Artist-signed to underside.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
19th Century Spectacular Clay Goddess of Summer in a Matching Pedestal
Located in Miami, FL
19th century spectacular clay Goddess of summer.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Agriculture", High Style Art Deco Sculpture Depicting Laborer with Wheat
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of the love of allegory among sculptors and painters in the Art Deco period, this rare piece depicts a stylized female figure holding a sheaf of wheat and scythe, ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Ceramic Baby Sculpture Maquette
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A wonderful sculpture of a sleeping baby's face or head. Done by the sculpture Lee Collette, the image invokes thought and is well done. Originally a commissioned piece it was not co...
Category
Late 20th Century American Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
21st Century Sculpture by English Artist Corinna Button
Located in Chicago, IL
21st century sculpture by English artist Corinna Button
Corinna's work is primarily figurative although her sculptures are often more abstract.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Phyllis Hammond Ceramic Abstract Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This circa 1970s sculpture by East Hampton artist Phyllis Hammond, depicts a highly unique abstract form in multi-toned clay; detached from base. Markings include [Phyllis] to the ba...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Joanna Poag Custom Ceramic Untitled II Sculpture, Equilibrium Series, 2016
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Untitled II Sculpture is part of the Equilibrium Series. It's hand built and sculptured, fired to cone 5 and hung by fishing wire. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Ellen Key Oberg Modernist Ceramic Sculpture, Impetuous Person
By Ellen Key Oberg
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Ellen Key Oberg exhibited with all the major artists of her time including
Alexancer Archipenko and William Zorach.
This piece received an honorable mention in one of the many exhibitions
she participated in.
It's a large Modern ceramic sculpture on a mahogany base with a
matte gun metal glaze with an abstract bio-morphic design.
It's signed Ellen Key Oberg and titled "Impetuous Person" on the base
in magic marker. The artist's name is also incised in the clay.
Measures: 16.25" H x 14" W x 9.5" D.
Ellen Key-Oberg (1905-1989).
Ellen Burke Key-Oberg was born in Marion Alabama in 1905. She studied art in New York at Cooper Union Art School and with John Steuart Curry at the Art Students League. She was a member of: The Artists League of America; the League of Present Day Artists; New York Society of Ceramic Artists; New York Society of Women Artists and the Audubon Artists.
Her sculpture exhibitions include: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Artists for Victory”,
1942; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1942; Allied Artists of America, 1941; the National Academy of Design, 1943-46; Audubon Artists, 1943-46; Artists League of America, 1945; Riverside Museum, 1945-46; Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, 1946; Museum of Natural History (NY), 1946 with William Zorach; Studio Guild Traveling Exhibition, 1938-42, Washington D.C. (prize), Alabama, New York and Connecticut.
She taught at the Chapin School and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Ellen Key-Oberg exhibited and sold with her contemporaries: Paul Manship, William Zorach, Alexander Archipenko, Jose de Creeft and Louise Nevelson. She is listed in art and sales references: mantel Fieldings; Mallett; Who Was Who in American Art and Davenports. She is also listed online
with Ask Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Seated Female Nude, " Lovely French Art Deco Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finished in a soft ivory glaze with subtle shifts to dove grey, this lovely, placid nude is depicted in a seated position with her hands clasped and her gaze looking into the distanc...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Two Women, " Large, Lovely Mid-Century Sculpture by Lore Friedrich-Gronau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of movement and grace, this entrancing sculpture was designed by Lore Friedrich-Gronau for the famous Karlsruhe ceramic works in Germany in the 1950s. She was famous for her app...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Indian Chief and Family, " Important WPA-Era Sculpture by Seaver, 1930s
By Elizabeth Anderson Seaver 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable ceramic sculpture, probably the best work of Elisabeth Andersen Seaver, one of the famous Cleveland School ceramicists -- depicts an Indian chief with full feather he...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Exotic Head Vases, " Unique California Pottery Sculptures, circa Late 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exotic and dramatic, this pair of tall head vases, partially molded and partially hand-formed, depict mask-like smiling heads with chocolate-brown bodies contrasting with sage-green ...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Tomiya Matsuda Parcel Glazed Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Abstract ceramic sculpture in parcel glazed finish of brown and yellow border with center dotted open green band. Reverse side features an organic top element that is glazed dark green.
From the estate of William August Hoffman, a professor of ceramics at SAIC during Matsuda's (1939-2011) time there. Hoffman acquired the work from the artist when Matsuda returned to Japan in 1968.
1939 born in Nara Japan.
1961 Graduated from the Kyoto City College of Fine Arts Ceramic faculty.
1963 Graduate studies Kyoto City College of Fine Arts.
1963~1966 Instructor of Ceramics, Kyoto City College of Fine Arts.
1966~1968 Visiting Instructor in Ceramics, Art Institute of Chicago.
1963~1966 Exhibition of the Modern Arts Association.
1967 Art Institute of Chicago exhibition with Earl Hooks...
Category
1960s American Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
"Rearing Goat, " Highly Stylized Art Deco Sculpture, Cleveland School
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This unique Art Deco sculpture -- carved, not molded -- depicts a highly-stylized goat figure with the ears of a satyr rearing up over a mound of Art Deco tendrils. The mythological feeling of the goat is reminiscent of the animals that romped to the strains of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony in "Fantasia," and the detail is very fine. This piece, though not signed, comes from an artist from the Cleveland...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
William A. Hoffman (1920-2011) Two-Piece Clay Sculpture Titled "Two Crates"
Located in Chicago, IL
Two white glazed ceramic "crates" stacked in a T shape, by William August Hoffman (1920-2011), a ceramic sculptor and professor of ceramics at the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago. Originally part of a one man show at Lewis Towers, Chicago, 1973.
William Hoffman (1920-2011) was a respected artist, and professor of ceramics and sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago and Loyola University. Born 1920, Roswell, NM. Attended School of the Art Institute of Chicago on the GI Bill, BA, 1948. MFA Alfred University, 1952. From the Hoffman estate...
Category
1970s American Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"African with Lute, " Rare Sculpture of Female Nude by Archipenko Student
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted in the late 1920s by Margaret Berger, a student of Alexander Archipenko, this is one of the finest sculptures to come out of his ARKO Modern American Ceramics school in Wood...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Business Card Holder Sculpture
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1970s Large Clay and aluminum business card holder sculpture in the style of Arthur Court
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Rosemary Taylor Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Rosemary Taylor pottery circa the 1970's. First piece is a Mother holding a Child....2nd is Mother attached to a young girl.
(2) separate piec...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Modern Ceramic Sculpture by Ilona Golovina / Mugly.NYC
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This work is a meditation on the tapestry of human existence. As we journey through the course of life, we encounter a myriad of events, navigating the ebbs and flows. Each experienc...
Category
2010s American Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain
1970s Roberto Nischli Don Quixote Sculpture
Located in Charleston, SC
Signed Spaghetti Sculpture of Don Quixote by Roberto Nischli.
This is a vintage spaghetti sculpture of Don Quixote by Roberto Nischli, circa 1973. This...
Category
1970s Unknown Brutalist Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Blue Fat Lava Ceramic Cylinder Vase, 1960s
Located in San Diego, CA
Fat lava glazed ceramic cylinder vase. Underside incised with illegible artist’s signature. Reminiscent of work by Georges Jouve. France, 1960s. This piece origin is the Netherlands.
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Amphora Ceramic Mother and Child Wall Plaque, Belgium, Elie Van Damme, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful creation in ceramic of Madonna and Child by Elie Van Damme for Amphora Ceramics situated in Sint-Andreis outside Bruges, Belgium. Rogier Vandeweghe,b. 1923 Bruges, Belgium,...
Category
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Ceramic, Pottery
Hal Fromhold California Studio Ceramic Hippo, 1960s
By Hal Fromhold
Located in San Diego, CA
Ceramic hippo sculpture by California artist, Hal Fromhold. Signed.
Hal Fromhold was born in England and immigrated to Canada in his early 1930s. He t...
Category
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Phyllis Hammond 1970s Ceramic "Container's" Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Phyllis Hammond 1970s Ceramic "Container's" Sculpture
Offered for sale is a large hand-built two-piece ceramic sculpture by the American artist Phyllis Hammond from 1970. Hammond created sculptures of...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Stoneware and White Glaze Sculpture by Hertha Hillfon, circa 1965
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful ceramic sculpture by one of 20th century foremost Swedish artists, Hertha Hillfon.
Hertha Hillfon (Swedish, 1921–2013)
Ceramic sculpture, circa 1965
Stoneware, white...
Category
20th Century Swedish Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Antique Japanese Clay Figure of Young Geisha; Late Meiji Period
Located in New York, NY
A figure of a geisha in oyster shell lacquer with intricately detailed painted robes. The piece is signed on the bottom and a similar example is in the collection of the Peabody Esse...
Category
20th Century Japanese Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Paint
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