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Period: 1930s
Material: Clay
Vintage Cubist Clay Sculpture
By Henry Moore
Located in West Reading, PA
This is a very vintage, marginally figural clay sculpture, depicting what seems to be a group of curvy female characters.
The unknown artist attached the sculpture to a piece of we...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Italian Art Deco Fired Clay Black Polished Lion, 1930s
Located in Meda, MB
This Art Deco fired clay lion was produced in Italy in the late 1930s.
Completely black polished.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Lacquer
French 1930s Art Deco Sculpture Man with Spear by Salvatore Melani
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Signed by Salvatore Melani - 1930
Dimension:
47 cm width
42 cm heigh
Material:
Plaster.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
"Architecture, " Rare, Large Mougin Vase with Nude Male Figures by Goor
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and striking Art Deco vase sculpted by Gaston Goor for the Mougin pottery works in France, this brilliantly-hued piece shows the production of terracotta elements for the fac...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Heavy-Lidded Female Head" Dignified Art Deco Sculpture by WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by stylized Etruscan and African sculpture, this heavy-lidded female head is a classic example of Art Deco design. The artist was Jean de Marco...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage 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
"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
"Mother Embracing Child, " WPA-Era Sculpture in Turquoise and Charcoal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stylized and reductive, this beautiful 1930s-vintage ceramic sculpture depicts a sitting mother holding her child very close, her legs crossed...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage 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
"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
"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
"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
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