Wood Sculptures

Abstract Mid-Century Modern Organic Wooden Sculpture, 1960's

beautiful unique solid hand-carved ironwood turtle sculpture with beautiful detail great condition and great subject, circa 1970's.

Good size and beautifully carved, wooden Black Forest stag sculpture. From the posture it is obvious that this impressive stag, with his head turned up, is attempting to attract and...

18th century Italian fragment with a calcite crystal cluster in matrix mounted on a Italian glass bobeche base. The fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved f...

Black Forest Linden wood naturalistically carved strolling bear with original glass eyes, crafted in Brienz. This exquisitely carved lindenwood piece features realistic details. A...

Surrealist sculpture by Mexican artist Pedro Friedeberg. This piece was created in 1978 featuring carved and gold leaf hands, carved walnut birds, carved wood hands, and brass elements attached to the lacquered wood truck...

Decorative ebony well hand-carved African statue of a young women. Handmade in Kenya, Africa.

Kay Bojesen articulating and jointed teak monkey. Bought from the original owner who had it in the early 1960s. Nice color and patina the cords are loosely sold AS/IS.

Stunning large carved wooden bull wall shelf. Over the years we have had the pleasure of owning and selling a number of beautiful Black Forest antiques, but never did we come accross a 19th century Black Forest wall bull bracket of this size and with such amazing natural details and warm patina. This marvelously handcrafted and good condition, bull sculpture wall shelf...

A fun solid cedar box by Lane Furniture Company, circa 1990s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 9"W x 5"D x 3.5"H. It comes with a key and has a locking mecha...

The Señora Space Jewelry Floor Sculptures offer an attractive and unique standing sculpture decor piece that combine organic modern style with natural cotton macrame inspired styling...

Amazing Spanish Baroque Pietà in Polychrome Wood with Silver Crown, 18th Century Impressive large-format Spanish Pietà, carved in wood and polychromed, datable to the late 18th cent...

An early polychrome religious santos carving, circa 1800s. The piece is hand carved in a soft wood with original paint and polychrome finish on a wood...

Vallauris wall mounted decoration tiles handcrafted and signed. Beautiful decor of summer flowers glazed tiles in bright colors orange, yellow, blue, gray and red, all signed by Vall...

Mid Century Bali Indonesian hand carved wood woman. This bust statue with headdress is made out of heavy hardwood mahogany. It is dark rich brown in color. This is heavy and well car...

Love this set of Three Vikings . all original from the sixties . One slightly bigger . All complete with there armory . Very scary . Handmade .

Decorative 18th century wooden phoenix bird with polychrome lacquer. From Henan Province, China. Untouched original condition. Measures: Height bird 22....

This is a rare 1965 presentation award bust of JFK. A wonderful piece of mid-century historical decor from an important American sculptor, Robert Berks. Hi...

A magnificent 1930s taxidermy specimen of a Common buzzard with outstretched wings in a large ebonized museum cabinet. This bird has been cleve...

Pair of 19th century Italian hand-carved and gilded angel wings on calcite crystal points in matrix. The pair hand-carved gilded and gilded angel wings are originally from a histor...

A rare and very fine bronze corpus of Christ after a model by Michelangelo, cast ca. 1597-1600 by Juan Bautista Franconio and painted in 1600 by Francisco Pacheco in Seville, Spain. The present corpus reproduces a model attributed to Michelangelo. The best known example, lesser in quality, is one on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). The association of this corpus with Michelangelo was first brought to light by Manuel Gomez-Moreno (1930-33) who studied the wider circulated casts identified throughout Spain. The attribution to Michelangelo was subsequently followed by John Goldsmith-Phillips (1937) of the MET and again by Michelangelo expert, Charles de Tolnay (1960). While Michelangelo is best known for his monumental works, there are four documented crucifixes he made. The best known example is the large-scale wooden crucifix for the Church of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito in Florence, made in 1492 as a gift for the Prior, Giovanni di Lap Bicchiellini, for allowing him to study the anatomy of corpses at the hospital there. In 1562, Michelangelo wrote two letters to his nephew, Lionardo, indicating his intention to carve a wooden crucifix for him. In 1563 a letter between Lionardo and the Italian sculptor Tiberio Calcagni, mentions this same crucifix (a sketch of a corpus on the verso of a sheet depicting Michelangelo’s designs for St. Peter’s Basillica [Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille] may reproduce this). That Michelangelo was working on small corpora in the last years of his life is further evidenced by the small (26.5 cm) unfinished wooden crucifix located at the Casa Buonarroti, considered his last known sculptural undertaking. Michelangelo’s contemporary biographer, Giorgio Vasari additionally cites that Michelangelo, in his later years, made a small crucifix for his friend, Menighella, as a gift. Surviving sketches also indicate Michelangelo’s study of this subject throughout his career, most notably during the end of his life but also during the 1530s-40s as he deepened his spiritual roots. The occasional cameo of crucified Christ’s throughout his sketched oeuvre have made it challenging for scholars to link such sketches to any documented commissions of importance. All the while, in consideration that such objects were made as gifts, it is unlikely they should be linked with commissions. Nonetheless, a number of theories concerning Michelangelo’s sketches of Christ crucified have been proposed and some may regard the origin of the present sculpture. It has been suggested that the corpus could have its impetus with Michelangelo’s work on the Medici Chapel, whose exclusive design was given to the master. It is sensible smaller details, like an altar cross, could have fallen under his responsibility (see for example British Museum, Inv. 1859,0625.552). Others have noted the possibility of an unrealized large marble Crucifixion group which never came to fruition but whose marble blocks had been measured according to a sheet at the Casa Buonarroti. A unique suggestion is that Michelangelo could have made the crucifix for Vittoria Colonna, of whom he was exceedingly fond and with whom he exchanged gifts along with mutual spiritual proclivities. In particular, Vittoria had an interest in the life of St. Bridget, whose vision of Christ closely resembles our sculpture, most notably with Christ’s proper-left leg and foot crossed over his right, an iconography that is incredibly scarce for crucifixes. The suggestion could add sense to Benedetto Varchi’s comment that Michelangelo made a sculpted “nude Christ…he gave to the most divine Marchesa of Pescara (Vittoria Colonna).” Of that same period, two sketches can be visually linked to our sculpture. Tolnay relates it to a sketch of a Crucified Christ at the Teylers Museum (Inv. A034) of which Paul Joannides comments on its quality as suggestive of preparations for a sculptural work. Joannides also calls attention to a related drawing attributed to Raffaello da Montelupo copying what is believed to be a lost sketch by Michelangelo. Its relationship with our sculpture is apparent. Montelupo, a pupil of Michelangelo’s, returned to Rome to serve him in 1541, assisting with the continued work on the tomb of Pope Julius II, suggesting again an origin for the corpus ca. 1540. The earliest firm date that can be given to the present corpus is 1574 where it appears as a rather crudely conceived Crucifixion panel, flanked by two mourners in low-relief and integrally cast for use as the bronze tabernacle door to a ciborium now located at the Church of San Lorenzo in Padula. Etched in wax residue on the back of the door is the date, 27 January 1574, indicating the corpus would have at least been available as a model by late 1573. The Padula tabernacle was completed by Michelangelo’s assistant, Jacopo del Duca and likely has its origins with Michelangelo’s uncompleted tabernacle for the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Rome. The impetus for the Padula tabernacle’s Crucifixion panel begins with a series of late Crucifixion sketches by Michelangelo, depicting a scene of Christ crucified and flanked by two mourners (see British Museum Inv. 1895.0915.510; Ashmolean Museum Inv. 1846.89, KP II 343 recto; Windsor Castle RCIN 912761 recto; and Louvre Inv. 700). A faintly traced block possibly intended for sculpting the sketch of the crucified Christ on its recto was discovered by Tolnay on a version of the composition at Windsor Castle. The Windsor sketch and those related to it appear to have served as preparatory designs for what was probably intended to become the Basilica of St. Mary’s tabernacle door. Vasari documents that the project was to be designed by Michelangelo and cast by his assistant, Jacopo del Duca. Michelangelo died before the commission was complete, though on 15 March 1565, Jacopo writes to Michelangelo’s nephew stating, “I have started making the bronze tabernacle, depending on the model of his that was in Rome, already almost half complete.” Various circumstances interrupted the completion of the tabernacle, though its concept is later revitalized by Jacopo during preparations to sell a tabernacle, after Michelangelo’s designs, to Spain for Madrid’s El Escorial almost a decade later. The El Escorial tabernacle likewise encountered problems and was aborted but Jacopo successfully sold it shortly thereafter to the Carthusians of Padula. An etched date, 30 May 1572, along the base of the Padula tabernacle indicates its framework was already cast by then. A 1573 summary of the tabernacle also describes the original format for the door and relief panels, intended to be square in dimension. However, a last minute decision to heighten them was abruptly made during Jacopo’s negotiations to sell the tabernacle to King Phillip II of Spain. Shortly thereafter the commission was aborted. Philippe Malgouyres notes that the Padula tabernacle’s final state is a mixed product of the original design intended for Spain’s El Escorial, recycling various parts that had already been cast and adding new quickly finished elements for its sale to Padula, explaining its unusually discordant quality, particularly as concerns the crudeness of the door and relief panels which were clearly made later (by January 1574). Apart from his own admission in letters to Spain, it is apparent, however, that Jacopo relied upon his deceased master’s designs while hastily realizing the Padula panels. If Michelangelo had already earlier conceived a crucifix model, and Jacopo had access to that model, its logical he could have hastily employed it for incorporation on the door panel to the tabernacle. It is worth noting some modifications he made to the model, extending Christ’s arms further up in order to fit them into the scale of the panel and further lowering his chin to his chest in order to instill physiognomic congruence. A crude panel of the Deposition also follows after Michelangelo’s late sketches and is likewise known by examples thought to be modifications by Jacopo based upon Michelangelo’s initial sculptural conception (see Malgouyres: La Deposition du Christ de Jacopo del Duca, chef-d’oeuvre posthume de Michel-Ange). Jacopo’s appropriation of an original model by Michelangelo for more than one relief on the Padula tabernacle adds further indication that the crucifix was not an object unique to Jacopo’s hand, as few scholars have posited, but rather belongs to Michelangelo’s original...

1815 Brutalist burned edge copper roses with green patinated leaves on wood base.

Movimento wall-hanging sculpture of solid wood, designed by Joaquim Tenreiro. 1970's Measurements W 41.25'' x D 3.50'' x H 17.50''

Vintage "Solitaire" board game designed by Piet Hein for Danish wood manufacturer Skjøde, Skjern. Both the board and the pegs are made from teak. Designed and made ca. 1960s. This piece comes including the original leather bag for storing the pegs and the original instructions in Danish, German and English attached to the bottom. Marked on bottom: Piet Hein Skjøde...

Italian articulated hand painted wood Pinocchio .

'Den Enøjede Krigsgud' from the Glasskibe Collection is a unique glass and oak sculpture by the Danish and British artists, Backhaus & Brown and Egeværk. The title explained by the ...

This wooden ptarmigan statue was carved in Japan in 1967 (Showa 42). The underside of the base is inscribed with ink: "April 1967," "Ptarmigan," and "Living on Mount Tateyama," revea...

A stunning Danish mid-century carved teakwood bison. Reportedly purchased from Den Permanente, Copenhagen, in the early 1950s. Excellent condition. Den Permanente was a Co-operativ...

Wonderful Italian wooden door from Capri belonging to the 1960s, in a beautiful rustic chic style. The door is a classic rectangular door, but lower than the current norm because houses were smaller before. The door is made of fine wood and very durable, with clear scratches and wear, but this is what gives beauty to the object. The lower part is decorated with two pairs of rectangles, finely carved. The upper part, on the other hand, shows two glass rectangles, with a wooden bar dividing them in the middle. The door has a lock and handle: both are made of brass in patina, attached to the wood with two screws. The door is a wonderful piece of furniture to refer to the vintage and rustic...

Pair of Processional Reliquaries with double-sided paintings, carved, gilded, and polychrome wood, Spanish School, 18th century, with original pedestals. Important set consisting of...

Beautiful handmade Black Forest Woodcarving . Tiroler men with Pipe . Very nice quality carving . signed with a monogram M O . and underneath the place where it was made . and dated...

Hand carved & hand painted rooster sculpture. Very folky rooster.

Nobel Truong is an industrial designer and spatial artist working in furniture, ceramics, prints, and textiles. Nobel received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Califo...

Baroque Virgin and Child in Polychrome Wood with Silver Crown, Spain, 17th Century An important Spanish Baroque sculpture of the Virgin and Child, datable to the 17th century, made ...

Mounted on custom black-painted metal stands, this striking pair of antique Singa sculptures originates from the Batak tribe of Sumatra. Each piece is carved from a single block of wood and features the iconic protective Singa motif, a mythical creature often used in Batak architecture to ward off evil spirits. The sculptures showcase wonderful polychrome detailing, with traces of natural pigments still visible, adding depth and character to the intricately carved surfaces. The weathered patina, fading, and age-related wear and tear speak to their authenticity and long history of use, possibly as architectural or ritual elements. Together, these pieces present a rare opportunity to own a significant example of Batak tribal...

Highly decorative African hand carved mask, in the style of a Goli tribal mask, Baule People, Ivory Coast. Mounted on a custom steel base. Measures: 23.75 inches high (including sta...

Japanese Hand Carved Wood Koi Fish. Small Hand Carved Wood Japanese Koi Fish Sculpture. Antique hand carved wooden Asian Koi fish "goldfish" with gl...

One of a kind and superb condition, extra large ( diameter 38.6 inches) pendant light. If you have a passion for sculptural and meaningful Art then this antique and fully hand carved owl chandelier could be flying your way soon (no pun intended). Because of its size and quality it must have taken one very skilled German artisan weeks rather than days to fully handcarve this unique light fixture. With a diameter of 38.6 inches this is one of the largest, hand carved wooden chandeliers...

A lovely quality 19th Century black forest centre piece, having an ornate carved trunk at the centre with a removable glass stem with out swept scalloped edge, a large hunting dog st...

For Your consideration is this wonderful hand carved Makonde Ujamma Life Sculpture from the Tanzania Mozambique region. The intricate details on this sculpture are truly amazin...

An extraordinary and museum-worthy 15th century Gothic Corpus Christi, masterfully hand-carved in wood with exceptional anatomical detail and partially polychromed in white and royal...

"Pässi" sculpture by Kaija Aarikka in charcoal-painted wood, an emblematic piece of Finnish design created in 1973, vintage Aarikka edition. "In 1954, Aarikka co-founded together wi...

This buddha is in Jade, in, a green color. He is sitted on his wood base. It has been done in china during the 20th century.

A stunning Indian blue peacock taxidermy mount showcasing its signature iridescent blue and green plumage, this piece is a testament to nature's artistry. The vibrant metallic hues o...

This retired Swarovski crystal Paradise bird is the Cockatoo. Made from kakadu red crystal (which is more of a dark pink colour) and sits on a wooden base. Roland Schuster was com...

Early 20th Century bronze male nude sculpture on wood pedestal base.

Kenta Hirai created it with the technique "Free form lamination." This sculpture mixes free formed wood sculpture and branch. Wood material is Yoshino Cedar.

Mid-late 19th century expertly hand carved and fully articulated artist mannequin

Bring nature indoors. Large ball natural burl wood.

This large Indian brass-mounted wooden ram figure is a remarkable example of traditional craftsmanship, blending the natural beauty of wood with intricate brass appliqués. The carved...

Anthropomorphic Modernist 'Makonde' sculpture 1950s This is a wonderful piece of modernist African art. It is a so called 'Makonde' sculpture. These unique pieces are crafted by t...

“Still Stand” sculptures by Joel Escalona Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a testament to the power of the material...

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...

FRAGMENT OF SARCOPHAGUS Painted with the djed pillar topped with the atef crown. This type of symbol was frequently painted on the bottoms of sarcophagus vats. H. 79,5 cm Egypt, end ...

Wharton Esherick important sofa for Lawrence and Alice Seiver. We are pleased to offer this exceptional item, the epitome of the Americ...

This is a wooden puppy figurine created in Japan during the Showa period. Crafted from a coniferous wood like cypress, it retains its soft grain and warm texture. Finished without a ...

A pair of Black see fan (Iciligorgia Schrammi, Duchassaing 1870), natural purple-black branches from a Wunderkammer collection. Originating from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, their retic...

A fine massive and elaborate 18th/19th century English hand carved, geso and paint decorated ship's masthead of Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson. Traditionally carved in Maritime tradit...

Mini Side Object by Studio Lugo Dimensions: W 60 x D 44.5 x H 50 cm Materials: Roupala Tree/Lacewood Veneer. Finishing: Matt Varnish. Weight: 8 kg. Studio Lugo in Istanbul, Turkey c...

In the early 1970s, an artist crafted this stunning Mid-Century Modern wood abstract sculpture. The finely carved, stylized free-form sculpture, made of bleached wood, features a ver...