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Place of Origin: Austrian
Austrian Bronze Elephant Lamp
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage early 20th century Austrian bronze lamp is beautifully sculpted with two elephants under a palm tree. It has a naturalistic looking base th...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of WHW Hagenauer Art Deco Bronze Felix the Cat Austria Figurine
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Pair of Beautiful Singing Cats. Antique and very rare Karl Hagenauer Felix the miniature cat Art Deco brass figurine from WHW Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Vienna, Austria, early 20th c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orientalist Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Man on Rug, Writing, by Franz Bergmann
By Bergmann Foundry
Located in Petaluma, CA
This Vienna bronze is of the highest quality. The detailing is exceptional to include the man's face, the rug and the accessories. Realistically painted with great care, and cast as ...
Category
Early 1900s Other Antique Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck #4366 Sculpture "Bird", Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4366 sculpture "Bird", Austria.
Category
2010s Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique Austrian Cast and Cold Painted Bronze Miniatures Cat Figurine Whimsy Lot
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Lot of three ornately cast and cold-painted antique Austrian bronze miniatures of whimsical cats. These highly detailed sculptures date from circa 1900-1920.
Approximate dimension...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture Of Seated Ballerina By Josef Lorenzl
By Josef Lorenzl
Located in Norwood, NJ
Period Art Deco bronze sculpture by Josef Lorenzo (1852-1950) of a beautiful ballerina seated with a pleasant gaze, in traditional outfit of tutu and tying her pointe shoes in prepar...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Terra Side Table by Papier Langackerhäusl
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Terra Side Table
W550 D600 H600 mm
A deep impression.
Textured, hemispherical vessels of handmade paper in various sizes shapes and colors.
Suit...
Category
2010s Modern Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Parchment Paper
Carl Auböck #4059 Optimist Pessimist Sculpture, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck sculpture #4059 "Optimist Pessimist" in patinated brass, Austria. New.
Category
2010s Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Walter Bosse, Austrian Artist and Designer for Herta Baller, Fish
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Walter Bosse, Austrian artist and designer (b. 1904, 1974) for Herta Baller. Fish in bronze, 1950s.
Walter Bosse was affiliated with Wiener Werkstätte...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Russian Balalaika Sculpture by Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Wood and bronze sculpture. Signed by Hagenauer Wien, WHW, Made in Vienna, 47/9.
Austria, CIRCA 1920.
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Walter Bosse Sagittarius Zodiac Brass Figurine, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Small Walter Bosse Sagittarius Zodiac Brass Figurine, Austria, 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
A Large Goldscheider pottery classical Roman Figure circa 1890
Located in Central England, GB
A Large Goldscheider Pottery Classical Roman Figure
This impressive and highly decorative late 19th-century pottery figure was made at the Friedrich Gold...
Category
19th Century Art Deco Antique Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Austrian bronze Harlequin with marble base
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Austrian bronze Harlequin with marble base, circa 1920
Beautiful Austrian bronze figure that represents a mocking Harlequin, the bronze has a brown pa...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cold-Painted Vienna Bronze Entitled "Young Bird"
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
An endearing cold painted Austrian Bronze study of an alert young bird with its head raised. The bronze exhibiting rich brown colour and good hand finished surface detail
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
height: 5.5 cm
width: 4 cm
Condition: excellent original condition
Circa: 1900
Materials: cold painted bronze
SKU: 8712
ABOUT
Vienna Bronze Bird...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Kewpies, circa 1920s
By Franz Bergmann
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 Other Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
"Right Jab, " Classic Art Deco Sculpture of Boxer, Nickel Finish by Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by one of the greatest innovators in Art Deco sculpture in 1930s Europe, this nickeled brass figure of a boxer, his right arm reaching out to jab at his opponent, was made b...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Art deco Table Lamp, Sing: Made in Austria "Keramos", 1920 in Ceramic
By Kéramos
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table lamp Art deco
Materia: Ceramic
Style: Art Deco
Country: Austria
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Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Austrian Viennese bronze sculpture
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
19th Century Art Nouveau Austrian Viennese bronze sculpture
Antique art nouveau bronze sculpture depicting a villager with a tray of fruit a...
Category
1880s Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fairytales & Legends, a Green, Red & White Glass Sculpture by Sandra A. Fuchs
By Sandra A. Fuchs
Located in London, GB
'Fairytales & Legends', is a unique green, red and white glass sculpture with zebrano wood base by the Austrian artist Sandra A. Fuchs. Fuchs creates her own multicolored and complex...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Hardwood
Vienna Bronze Deer, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Vienna bronze deer, circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Particle Large Blue by Papier Langackerhäusl
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Particle large blue
Size: W 300 D 250 H 420 mm
Art of the matter.
Geometric sculptures of handmade paper in various shapes, sizes and colors.
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"Papia...
Category
2010s Modern Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Parchment Paper
Caldera Midium by Papier Langackerhäusl
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Caldera Midium
Measures: W 260 D 280 H 120 mm
A deep impression.
Textured, hemispherical vessels of handmade paper in various sizes shapes and colors.
Suitable for dry contents...
Category
2010s Modern Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Parchment Paper
Carl Auböck #4058 Sculpture "Walking", Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4058 sculpture "Walking", Austria.
Category
2010s Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Erna Kopriva Pottery Sculpture/Terracotta , Figure for Wiener Werkstatte
By Erna Kopriva, Wiener Werkstätte
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 Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Goldscheider Vienna Group 'Jealousy' Elegant Lady With Pekinese, Lorenzl Ca 1935
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna, Josef Lorenzl
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 Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Black Wrought Iron Company Sign Pastry Shop Austria, circa 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage curved lettering made of black wrought iron designed and made for a pastry shop in Austria, circa 1950.
The lettering was newly ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze Sculpture "Arab Girl" by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
An excellent early 20th Century cold-painted Austrian bronze figure of a young Arab girl wearing a red shawl around her waist and eyecatching golding jewellery holding an ewer with very fine hand chased surface detail and and good naturalistic colour, signed with the Bergman 'B' in an amphora vase and inscribed Geschutzt
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 10 cm
Width: 3 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1900
Materials: Cold Painted Bronze
Book Ref Antique Vienna Bronzes by Joseph Zobel
SKU: 9133
ABOUT
Vienna Bronze Arab...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Female Tribal Copper & Fiber Figural Dancer Sculpture Hagenauer 1950s
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in Peoria, AZ
Stunning!
Natural Fiber & Copper
Tribal Figural Sculpture
Attributed to Franz Hagenauer
21" Tall
Here is a wonderful figural sculpture of a tribal female dancer with copper neck ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Bauhaus Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Austrian Terracotta Saint Bernard Dog
Located in Kastrup, DK
A decorative and charming sculpture of a Saint Bernard dog.
Hand painted terracotta with the original glass eyes.
Austria approx. 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Other Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Glass
Hagenauer Style Richard Rohac Austria (1906-1956) bronze African male hunters
By Richard Rohac
Located in Buffalo, NY
Hagenauer Style Richard Rohac Austria (1906-1956) bronze African male hunters..
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure Dancer In Venetian Costume, Vienna Circa 1939
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
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 Art Deco Antique Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture "The Fencer" by Rudolf Küchler
By Rudolf Kuchler
Located in London, GB
An impressive Austrian bronze study of a muscular fencer in mid lung with excellent golden patina and very fine hand finished surface detail, raised on a decorative integral base, si...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Studio Ceramicist, Goose in Glazed Stoneware, 1930s / 40s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Austrian studio ceramicist. Goose in glazed stoneware. 1930s / 40s.
Measures: 29 x 16 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1930s Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Walter Bosse, Austrian Artist and Designer '1904 -1974' for Herta Baller, Bird
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Walter Bosse, Austrian artist and designer (b. 1904, 1974) for Herta Baller. Bird in bronze, 1950s.
Walter Bosse was affiliated with Wiener Werkstätte with Josef Hoffmann as his men...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Marcell Goldscheider Art Déco Group, Japanese Girl Riding On Turtle, C 1930
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
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 Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Cold-painted bronze sculpture by Franz Bergmann. Austria, early 20th century.
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Cold-painted bronze sculpture by Franz Bergmann. Austria, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Belle Époque Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Bronze Rabbit Paper Clip
Located in Water Mill, NY
Austrian cold painted rabbit mounted on fruitwood paper clip.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck #4057 Sculpture "Athlete", Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4057 sculpture "Athlete", Austria
Category
2010s Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Small Walter Bosse Sagittarius Zodiac Brass Figurine, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Small Walter Bosse Sagittarius Zodiac Brass Figurine, Austria, 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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 Belle Époque Antique Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Midcentury Walnut Bear on a Chain by Werkstätte Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Vienna, AT
Amazing Austrian 1950s wooden bear, socalled dancing bear with iron chain and glass eyes; perfect minimalistic and characteristic design of the animal. On the underside there are sig...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Carl Kauba, Frightened by the Frog, Viennese Bronze Sculpture, circa 1915
By Carl Kauba
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions
Total Height: 7.5 inches
Base Height: 2 inches
Width: 2.75 inches
Depth: 2.75 inches
ABOUT
This charming desk figurine in dark brown patinated Viennese bronze by the famous Austrian sculptor Karl Kaub stands out for the originality and humor of its subject matter. The author depicted with amazing subtlety a boy who jumped on one leg in fright, suddenly seeing a frog sitting on his arm.
CARL KAUBA (Austrian, 1865-1922) was born August 13, 1865 in Vienna, Austria. The son of a shoemaker, Kauba chose to follow his calling into the world of art. Collectors now rank him in a class with Remington and Russell as one of the great portrayers of American Western. His subjects were typically American Indians, calvarymen, cowboys, and roughriders. In addition to his American bronzes, Kauba produced a lifetime’s worth of Austrian statuary. His work became fully appreciated on both sides of the Atlantic.
Carl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under professor Laufenberg. Later he would study at the academies under Carl Waschmann and Stefan Schwartz. Next, he went to Paris in 1886 to further study before he set off for the U.S. In fact, some debate still remains as to whether Kauba ever visited the U.S.
Kauba’s fascination with the West was fired by the stories of the German writer, Carl May, whose tales of Western adventure were well known throughout Europe. Most authorities feel that he was about twenty-five years old when he traveled widely throughout the American West. He then returned to Austria with voluminous notes, sketches, and several models of Western sculpture...
Category
1910s Jugendstil Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cat Figurine with Shovel and Rake by Walter Bosse
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass figurine blackened with a shovel and rake. Designed in the 1950s by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller Austria.
Excellent original condition.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Hagenaurer Art Deco Carved Wood Charging Ram Bookends
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Striking and hard-to-find pair of charging ram bookends by Hagenauer. These beautifully executed bookends are made of carved wood and chrome-plated bronze...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cold Painted Metal Figure of an Elephant under a Palm Tree
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting cold-painted Austrian metal elephant with a fanciful howdah and driver on a patch of terra firma under a Palm Tree with tole leaves.
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Goldscheider "Indian Dancer" Ceramic Statuette by Podala
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Goldscheider "Indian Dancer" ceramic statuette design by Podola and it was registered as "Model 4495". The stattuete depicts the female dancer Ruth Saint ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Woman, Austria, Material, Bronze and Marble, Sign, K. Sterrer Wiens
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Bronze Sculpture.
Karl Sterrer
Date of birth December 4, 1885
Birthplace Vienna
Date of death June 10, 1972
Place of death Vienna
Professional painter....
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Walter Bosse, for Herta Baller, "Black Gold Line" Elephant in Bronze, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Walter Bosse, Austrian artist and designer (b. 1904, 1974) for Herta Baller. "Black gold line" elephant in bronze. 1950s.
Walter Bosse was affiliated with Wiener Werkstätte with Jos...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Patinated Terracotta Sculpture of Two Dancing Women
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique sculpture is possibly signed by an unknown artist, or titled and originated from Austria and dating to approximately 1890 and done in the period Art Nouveau style....
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Orientation in Gold No 4, Amber Flat Glass Sculpture by Sandra A. Fuchs
By Sandra A. Fuchs
Located in London, GB
'Orientation in Gold No 4' is a unique glass sculpture by the Austrian artist Sandra A. Fuchs, created in amber, white and clear glass.
Fuchs creates her own multicoloured and comp...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Walnut
Wiener Bronze, a Hen with Chicks, Austria, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Wiener bronze depicting a hen with chicks. The group is painted in different colors. Wien Austria, circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Mother and Child, " Brilliantly-Glazed Ceramic Sculpture by Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Glazed in the gorgeous, brilliant glazes characteristic of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop), and adopting a long, lean, almost Mannerist pose, this lovely sculpture of a mothe...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Chenille
Old Vienna Cold Painted Bronze Figure of a Small Lion, Signed Franz Bergmann
By Franz Bergmann
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Superb Old Vienna cold painted bronze lion figure Signed (impressed mark) underside "Geschutzt" for Franz Bergmann
Original paint
Franz Bergman ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Fine Orientalist Composition Bust of a Moor, Austria Circa 1920
By Friedrich Goldscheider
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative portrait bust of a bearded Moor in profile, modelled wearing traditional garb, painted in polychrome detail in the manner of Friedrich Goldscheider, unsigned.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Monumental Mahogany Sculpture, in manner of Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This African warrior, slender and attenuated, is a large and rare example of the stylized work of Karl Hagenauer and his contemporaries in Austria. It is beautifully executed in maho...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Austrian cold painted bronze study of a fox mounted on a green onyx base c 1920
Located in Central England, GB
This superb Austrian cold painted bronze study depicts a fox stealthy prowling after some prey. He is in a lowered position to avoid being noticed, highly alert with one ear up and t...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Art Deco Terra Cotta Sculpture by Keramos in Austria
By Kéramos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine terra cotta sculpture was a high-end creation of the Keramos ceramic company in Vienna. Although the company produced its share of po...
Category
1930s Vintage Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Optimist" Sculpture #4049
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Optimist" Sculpture #4049. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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