Paper Sculptures

This is a bonsai creation by Japanese artist Yumiko Kuwahata. It is made from washi paper, clay, and fabric. The ceramic vessels are personally selected by the artist, who visits ki...

This is a bonsai creation by Japanese artist Yumiko Kuwahata. It is made from washi paper, clay, and fabric. The ceramic vessels are personally selected by the artist, who visits ki...

An incredible mid-century modern sculpture by listed Mexican artist Manuel Felguérez depicting two children on a seesaw. The sculpture, depicting a boy and girl on a seesaw, or teete...

Picasso Sculpture by Luise Mahler, Virginie Perdrisot & Rebecca Lowery. Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2015. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "Published in conjun...

This is a bonsai creation by Japanese artist Yumiko Kuwahata. It is made from washi paper, clay, and fabric. The ceramic vessels are personally selected by the artist, who visits ki...

Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence by Andrew Butterfield, John Delaney and Charles Dempsey. Publisher Princeton University Press, 20...

Unusual Pop Art Pepsi Cola Decorative Brief Case Artist Unknown, France, 1990's Exterior is lined with French Pepsi Cola Cans Interior is lined with French Cartoons Very Interestin...

This is a bonsai creation by Japanese artist Yumiko Kuwahata. It is made from washi paper, clay, and fabric. The ceramic vessels are personally selected by the artist, who visits ki...

Meißen. Meissner Porzellan des Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. 1710 - 1750. Published by Verlag der Kunst., Dresden., 1956. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Large format book on 18th c Meissen Porcelain. With 120 B&W full page illustrations...

Monumental wall-mounted sculpture executed in painted papier-mâché by Mexican artist Sergio Bustamante (b. 1949). Titled "Sol Eclipse" (Solar Eclipse), this large-scale composition f...

This vintage dress/suit form is perfect for displaying dressed up or simply as a fun vintage accent. An additional feature of the mannequin is the black painted wood tripod base wit...

A museum-quality Arts & Crafts folk art chandelier, conceived and handcrafted in southern Germany in the early years of the 20th century. This exceptional sculptural pendant transcen...

A rare and monumental owl sculpture by Mexican master artist Sergio Bustamante, standing an impressive 31 inches tall. This striking owl beautifully synthesizes everything Bustamante...

This exceptional vintage papier mâché sculpture is the work of renowned Mexican artist Sergio Bustamante, internationally celebrated for his imaginative, surrealist vision and master...

Everyone needs a great conversation piece. Think old school with this vintage dress/suit form, perfect for displaying dressed up or simply as a fun vintage accent. An additional fea...

BABY SUMO, welcome to the world! The legendary Helmut Newton SUMO in a spectacular new edition The Helmut Newton SUMO was overwhelming in every respect: a ...

Amazing gilded paper mache dove/ Holy spirit. Beautiful detailed. The Dove is a symbol for the Holy Spirit inspired by Jesus’s baptism. The dove has been used among many Christian de...

This is the "Cartoons" free-standing corrugated cardboard room screen with cast aluminum structural framing with protective rubber capping to the top and bottom of this piece. Desig...

Beautiful and important wooden memorial temple covered in faux marble. From the purest neoclassical form, this Grand Tour piece of furniture is a classic piece of furniture of grea...

A large, rare floorstanding papier-mache Golden Pheasant sculpture on his original red perch, by acclaimed Mexican artist Sergio Bustamante. The colours and execution are exquisite, ...

A charming vintage zebra statue made of papier-mâché, covered with leather and hand-painted, circa 1960s. In good vintage condition, with minor signs of ...

This is a bonsai creation by Japanese artist Yumiko Kuwahata. It is made from washi paper, clay, and fabric. The ceramic vessels are personally selected by the artist, who visits ki...

Beautifully preserved Grand Tour book-form box housing a collection of twenty-four classical Intaglio Medallions by Bartolomo Paoletti. Paoletti was one of the most respected makers ...

Papier mâché small owl by Sermel. Hand painted design with overall areas of wear and minimal paint loss. Signed on the underside.

Charles Eames Leg Splint In Original Paper Wrapper Evans Products Company And Is Sealed. 1 Splint Designed by Charles And Ray Eames For The N...

The intricate retablos of Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to those who have inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive paint...

A decorative sculpture of a horse made in France circa 1900. A simple, crested saddle rests upon this lovely patinated horse. Gleaming scarlet paint resides within the smiling mouth ...

An incredibly rare pair of 1859 plaster portrait plaques by Henry Dmochowski Saunders (1810-1863) of William Brown Hodgson (1801-1871) and wife Margaret (Telfair) Hodgson (1797-1874)...

A fine boxed, modernist Mini Maria puzzle sculpture by Miguel Ortiz Berrocal. In nickel-plated bronze. Together with its original box, wrapping paper, styrofoam, paperwork and docu...

Large Joan de Bethel papier-mache, glass eyed, cat made in Rye Sussex July 1977

This abstract crepe paper wall art is a captivating modern piece that utilizes paper as a sculptural material in its own right. The composition is crafted from bands of blue crepe pa...

This is a bonsai creation by Japanese artist Yumiko Kuwahata. It is made from washi paper, clay, and fabric. The ceramic vessels are personally selected by the artist, who visits ki...

A hand-made folk art sculpture of a horse from the End of 19th Century/ Early 20th Century. This French made papier mâché horse is wrapped in leather, presented in its authentic old ...

Papier mâché small mushroom by Sermel. Hand painted design with overall areas of wear and minimal paint loss. Signed on the underside.

Pillar of silver cloud (by day). This piece is one part of a duo series that explores the famous saying ‘every cloud has a silver lining’, referencing ...

Antique semi-precious stone and silver-gilt egg model Continental, Late 19th Century Height 19cm, diameter 8cm This superb decorative egg model is inset ...

19th century Anglo Indian papier mache and painted wood pull toy, a striped yellow tiger on wheels.

Antique 1930s judge theatre papier mâché head from Paris This lot is a rare original 1930s papier mâché French theatre heads. This item was obtain...

Sinke & van Tongeren exhibited this extremely rare Auzoux Gorilla by carefully taking apart the model and creating an exploded view of this historically important piece. When viewed from a particular angle all pieces come together to form the original shape. It was part of the exhibition called ‘TIER’ at MOA in The Netherlands The story of a remarkable 19th century anatomical model created just four years after Darwin unleashed a political storm with his theories on human evolution. The publication of Charles Darwin’s controversial On the Origin of Species in 1859 caused debates to rage about human evolution, debates which witnessed the politicisation of a creature whose existence had only recently been confirmed by modern science. On one side of the argument was the Darwinian camp; on the other were those opposed to Darwin’s theory, such as Richard Owen, the famed Director of the Natural History Museum and a man who, interestingly, coined the word ‘dinosaur’. Tales of the creature in question had endured for centuries, but up until 1847 it remained a myth, an unknown. This all changed thanks to the missionary Thomas Savage and the anatomist Jeffries Wyman who wrote a paper for the journal of the Boston Society of Natural History in which they described a new species: Troglodytes gorilla. (Later, in 1929, Harvard zoologist Harold Coolidge would apply the synonym Gorilla gorilla...

Large sculpture of beetle in flight, this is a large cut-away model (on the original base) of a beetle used for anatomical instruction in a Prague, (circa 1950-1959). Model is hand-crafted from papier-mâché and carved wood. Completely hand-painted and features articulated arms, removable painted cloth...

First half of the 19th century Madonna and Child with souls in Purgatory Lacquered and gilded papier-mache with polychrome wooden base cm 96.5 x 37.5 x 28 "At that time I asked the Lord Jesus: 'For whom do I still have to pray?'. Jesus answered me that the following night he would make me known for whom I had to pray. I saw the Custodian Angel, who ordered me to follow him. At a moment I found myself in a foggy place, invaded by fire and, in it, a huge crowd of suffering souls. These souls pray with great fervour, but without effectiveness for themselves: only we can help them. The flames that burned them, they did not touch me. My Guardian Angel did not abandon me for a moment. And I asked those souls what their greatest torment was. And they unanimously answered me that their greatest torment is the ardent desire of God. I read the Madonna who visited the souls of Purgatory. The souls call Mary 'Star of the Sea'. She brings them refreshment ". (Diary of Sister Faustina Kowalska p. 11) A Polish religious, Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) reinterpreted in the pages of her testimony the ancient role of the Virgin as savior and supporter of the souls of Purgatory. The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council established that, assumed into Heaven, the Mother of God should operate a continuous intercession in favor of those children waiting for Paradise who were in the place, quoted for the first time by Pope Gregory the Great...

A quite wonderful Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos festival held throughout Mexico) La Catrina symbolic skeleton figure. La Catrina is the festival’s most recognizable image/figure. She is the model of a high-society woman who has met Death, her maker. She represents something between the fear induced by her skeletal form and the revelry exhibited by the comical way she is typically portrayed, making her a perfect symbol of the Mexican holiday. She often appears in paintings, window displays, and costumes all around Mexico during the Day of the Dead festivities. La Catrina was originally conceived in the early 1900s by newspaper illustrator and printmaker José Guadalupe Posada...

This is a bonsai creation by Japanese artist Yumiko Kuwahata. It is made from washi paper, clay, and fabric. The ceramic vessels are personally selected by the artist, who visits ki...

1900s Foldable Anatomical Brochure Depicting the Human Head A rare brochure illustrating the anatomy of the human head. Very detailed multicoloured depiction of several layers of th...

Fabergé: Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies by Hermione Waterfield. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. 1st Ed, 1st Printing hardcover with dust jacket. The Fabergé egg is one of a limited number of jeweled eggs created by Peter Carl Fabergé and his company from 1885 to 1917. The most famous of the eggs are the ones made for the Russian Tsars...

An antique pair of antique Burmese / Thailand marionette puppet dolls depicting a man and woman wearing traditional Thai silk and linen clothing. Fertility figurative folk art. A uni...

Vintage Cast Figural Silver Tone Finish Monkey on Top of a Wooden Lidded Box by Maitland Smith, Features the form of a Monkey Crafted in Cast Metal and Siver in tone, Wooden Base wit...

Very rare life-sized papier mâché sculpture of boy with cat by Mexican artist, Sergio Bustamante - this is a beautiful example of Bustamantes work and a r...

Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids, MI, he looks to the raw beauty and inherent potential of his manufacturing hometown as an endless source of creative inspiration. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature versions of soap box cars...

Bob Trotman: Business as Usual, Mark Sloan, editor. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, 2017. 1st Ed hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. The catalog tha...

Scultura III Tomasso by Brothers Fine Art. Published by Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2010. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 80 pages. The Tomasso Brothers...

Extremely charming sculpture of a Mid Century Papier Mache Sheep Sculpure in a recumbent position. Covered in natural wood, the sheep has very expressive eyes, looking up at you. A v...

Beautiful handmade rocking horse with metal rod frame covered with a painted and hand-decorated papier-mâché shape. The base is in shaped wood, decorated by hand. Valuable Italian...

Antique papier mâché cow head dating to early 20th century, France.

Thomas Bewick: Graphic Worlds by Nigel Tattersfield. British Museum Press, 2014. 1st Ed paperback. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was the foremost wood engrav...

Lacquered Paper Mache Mannequin Head by Gemma Fane Taccogna, Mexico, circa 1965 Signed to underside ‘Gemma Taccogna Mexico’ "in very good vintag...

This is a new work by Mattia Biagi Sculptural chair with collage on wood.  

Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux (1797-1880) Skinned Human anatomical Model Paris, around 1850 135 cm In the 1820s Louis Auzoux, a French medical graduate ...

A unique work by Irving Harper. This architectural sculpture is housed in an acrylic box. An amazing work.

Damien Hirst 'The Magnificent Seven' Produced in 2000, in conjunction with "Damien Hirst: Theories, Models, Methods, Approaches, Assumptions, Results and Findings" at Gagosian Ga...