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Period: 1940s
Place of Origin: North American
Very Large Charming Carved Wood Folk Art Swan Decoy Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classic country Folk Art swan decoy of impressive scale, made of painted carved wood and having a wonderful aged patina.
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Bronze Sculpture Profile of a Woman Face by Sacha S. Schnittmann
By Sacha S. Schnittmann
Located in St. Louis, MO
This 1940s bronze sculpture wall plaque of a profile portrait of a woman's face, possibly his wife was created by New York native artist and sculptor, S...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Art Deco Brass Siam Couple Kissing Sculpture Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of antique cast iron bookends depicting an Asian kissing couple. These Art Deco pieces are dense in weight and beauty. The sc...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Stylized Art Deco Statue
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual, stylized Art Deco statue of Aphrodite, goddess of love. Polished pewter on a marble base. Approximate 13.5" H.
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Waylande Gregory Art Deco Ceramic Rooster Sculpture, Glazed, 1940s, USA
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Waylande Gregory Art Deco ceramic rooster sculpture, glazed, 1940s, USA
Literature:
Folk, Thomas, Waylande Gregory: Art Deco Ceramics and th...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Stylized Ceramic Swans by Waylande Gregory, circa 1940s
By Waylande Gregory
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of large scale ( 18"L) ceramic swan sculptures by Waylande Gregory. Brown/gray with gold paint and sgraffito stylized and typical of Gregory's work, circa 1940s, signed Waland...
Category
1940s Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Patinated Plaster Bust of an Asian Woman by Herbert McRae Miller
Located in Montreal, QC
Patinated plaster bust of an Asian woman by Herbert McRae Miller.
"Signed: H. M. Miller 40" Herbert McRae-Miller was born in Montreal. He studied at the Art Students League, New York...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"Aquarius, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Bas Relief with Nude Male by Manship, 1946
By Paul Manship
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly and brilliantly sculpted in high relief, this depiction of Aquarius -- the water bearer, a mystical healer who bestows water upon the land -- shows a bearded, nude male figure...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Style Hand Painted Figurines of Couple with Their Children
By ABCO
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The pair of these chalk figurines of a mother and father with their children are done in a wonderful Art Deco style. Made in the late 1940s in America. They are entirely hand painted...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Other
Finely-Modeled Vintage Patinated Bronze Figure of a Golfer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Dressed in vintage 1940s clothes, the pensive golfer stares down the fairway after completing the perfect swing; inscribed EG.
Category
1940s Other Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
G.E. Robot Sculpture by Bennett Robot Works
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Custom robot sculpture named G.E. by Bennett Robot Works, Brooklyn, NY
Bennett Robot Works, robot sculptures created by Gordon Bennett, are comp...
Category
1940s Machine Age Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Hand Carved Black Cat Trinket Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wooden ebonized cat with dish sculpture mounted to a mahogany plinth. Dish can accommodate keys or smaller objects.
Patina / light wear present (paint loss to the tips of ears / edges of green dish...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
Substantial Driftwood Table Lamp on Mahogany Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Circa 1940s sculptural driftwood table lamp with organic form and large size.
Beautiful, natural patina and good age present. Mahogany oval base has been refinished; driftwood is i...
Category
1940s Primitive Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Driftwood, Mahogany
Hagenauer Manner Patina Bronze & Wood Bust, Child Head Sculpture Sucking Fingers
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco style manner of Franz Hagenauer terra cotta bust of a little girl's head sucking on her fingers.
No signature found.
Made circa 1940s.
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1940s Topless Flamenco Dancer Plaster Sculpture Style of Frederick Weinberg
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in St. Louis, MO
Midcentury stylized topless 30" tall flamenco female dancer in plaster signed by the artist B. Rosenthal and dated 1941. Original paint, with loss and age crackles, plus older repair...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Monumental Glass and Iron Deco/ Victorian Fantasy Chandelier / Pendant Lighting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental oversized ...glass and iron deco/ Victorian fantasy chandelier / pendant lighting, Salvaged from theater, outrageous fantasy chandelier, featur...
Category
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Pair of 1938 Andre Bourgault Miniatur Carved Wood Statues Couple Rocking Chairs
By Andre Bourgault
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of very small original Andre Bourgault statues hand carved and stamped
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Classic First Year Production Eames LCW, Evans Label 5 2 5 Screw Configuration
By Herman Miller, Evans Products Company, Charles Eames
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of the nicest examples I ve owned in quite a while, stunning figured birch plywood, circa early 1946-1947, L C W (Lounge chair wood) designed by Charles and Ray Eames, Manufactur...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Antique Hand Sculpted Stone Head Sculpture on Formfit Hand Carved Wooden Base
Located in Miami, FL
Antique hand-sculpted stone head sculpture presented on a hand carved wooden stand.
Head measures: Length 5 inches x 4 inches depth x 8 inches hi...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Virgo, " Rare, High Style Art Deco Bronze Bas Relief by Paul Manship
By Paul Manship
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly and brilliantly sculpted in high relief, this depiction of the classic symbol of the Zodiac sign of Virgo. A nude female figure with a sheaf of wheat -- was sculpted by Paul M...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Rare Hand Wood Carved Walnut J Rozec Signed Portraits Fisherman & Wife
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare pair of original hand carved from solid walnut J Rozec signed portraits of a fisherman and his wife
A very good looking and high...
Category
1940s Arts and Crafts Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Rodin Style Bronze Woman Sculptor
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Very intriguing sculpture made of bronze of a woman elegantly undressing.
Sign by: RUSL.
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Seated Figure, " Important Photograph of Male Nude by Barthe
By Richmond Barthé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original black and white photograph of one of Richmond Barthé's rare, little-known sculptures was taken by the famous studio of Morgan and Marvin Smith, who located on West 125th Street next to the renowned Apollo Theater. The Smith brothers moved from their native Kentucky to New York in the early 1930s, and proceeded to establish a studio that brought together almost every major figure in the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, mentoring artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Gwendolyn Knight, Selma Burke, Ernest Crichlow and Robert Blackburn. The Smiths captured the night life of Harlem, including musicians and actors such as Harry Belafonte, Sydney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Hattie McDaniels, Zora Neal Hurston, Step n' Fetchit, Pearl...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Paper
"Fantail Pigeon, " Rare Dusty Pink Art Deco Sculpture with Painted Base, Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and beautiful example of the porcelain sculptures of Waylande Gregory, this depiction of a fantail pigeon in deep, dusty pink and white dates to ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Rare and Early Jens Risom Stool for Knoll Associates, New York City
By Knoll, Jens Risom
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and early Jens Risom stool for Knoll Associates, New York City. Simple, elegant design. Retains original finish as well as original early oil cloth upholstered top. Also origina...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Upholstery, Birch
Carved Wood Folk Art Airplane, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This carved wood Folk Art airplane has an amazing original paint surface and functional propeller and wheels.
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Sheet Metal
1947 Bronze Plaque by Warner Williams
By Warner Williams
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bronze plaque of a boy and a girl in profile, seated on a bench and holding hands. Marked: April 1947 c Warner Williams
Gorham Co. Founders.
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Gray Swan, " Iconic Art Deco Sculpture by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of Waylande Gregory's most dynamic and winning sculptures, this example glazed in a velvety grey flannel color, the swan is shown from two sides, with its lovely taupe wings on full display. Like most of his animal sculptures, this one displays the artist's virtuoso Sgraffito effect, where he scratched through one layer of glaze to reveal another layer below. Gregory was a renowned a WPA sculpture...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1930s Vintage Solid Cast Iron Sachs Carbine Rifle Gun Molds Industrial Factory
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Listing is for one rifle. So let us know which one you would like to have when making order. One is stamped, 133 Sacks Gun.
Vintage industrial cast iron rifle molds, time worn patin...
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Carl Schmitz Plaster Sculpture, circa 1940
By Carl Schmitz
Located in Sharon, CT
Schmitz was an important German-American figurative sculptor of the 1930s-1940s. Studied with J.Wackerle. Commissions include: Brooklyn B...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Clara Shainess 1940s Carved Wood Sculpture
By Clara Shainess
Located in New York, NY
An African School carved wood sculpture made in the 1940s (circa 1940) by U.S. artist Clara Shainess and mounted on a painted wooden base. Good condition, some age cracks and chips; ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Onyx Walrus Sculpture
Located in Montreal, QC
Large and unusual onyx sculpture of a walrus.
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Onyx
"Benga, " Important Photograph of Barthe Sculpture by M. Smith
By Richmond Barthé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original black and white photograph of one of Richmond Barthé's most important sculptures was taken by the famous studio of Morgan and Marvin Smith, who located on West 125th Street next to the renowned Apollo Theater. The Smith brothers moved from their native Kentucky to New York in the early 1930s, and proceeded to establish a studio that brought together almost every major figure in the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, mentoring artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Gwendolyn Knight, Selma Burke, Ernest Crichlow and Robert Blackburn. The Smiths captured the night life of Harlem, including musicians and actors such as Harry Belafonte, Sydney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Hattie McDaniels, Zora Neal Hurston, Step n' Fetchit, Pearl Bailey...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Quirky American Folk Art Human Form Chair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Have a seat! One of a kind human form chair. Wonderfully carved muscles, toes, clenched fists for support. Looks like the chair is ready to go crawling ac...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Fawn" Art Deco Sculpture by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in tones of brown and gold, this very rare sculpture depicting a spotted fawn was created by Waylande Gregory, the renowned WPA sculptor and innovative ceramicist. ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Mannerist Nude by Fred Press, circa 1940s
By Fred Press
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted with finesse and sensitivity, this late Renaissance-influenced male nude figure is probably a unique piece, and is marked with Fred Press' monogr...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
"Designers Fair Award, 1947, " Art Deco Sculpture for Henri Bendel
By Oronzio Maldarelli
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An important piece of American fashion history and a significant example of American Art Deco sculpture, this unique piece was awarded to Priscilla McCaffrey of Henri Bendel for her fashion design at the Designers Annual Fashion Fair...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Plaster
A Beautifully Rendered American 1940's Bronze Bust of a Young Boy; by JG Kendall
By JG Kendall
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully rendered American 1940's bronze bust of a young boy on marble plinth; signed 'JG Kendall 1945' (Gorham Co. Foundry); the richly-patinated bust of a young boy with seren...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gaetano Cecere Biomorphic Sculpture #2
By Gaetano Cecere
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Gaetano Cecere N.A. was born in New York on November 26th, 1894, to Ralph Cecere and Catherine La Rocca. He studied with Hermon A. MacNeil at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. His service during World War I earned him a soldier’s medal...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
Smashing Pair of Carved Giltwood Chinese Style Dolphin Statues
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very glamorous Palm Beachy pair of Chinese style dolphins in carved and gilded wood.
Category
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
"Wild Youth, " Art Deco Sculpture by Fred Press
By Fred Press
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This depiction of a youthful figure, perhaps a street urchin from the alleys of New York, with his or her hair blowing wildly, is a rare or unique sculpture by Fred Press...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"Leaping Zebra, " Fine and Rare Art Deco Sculpture, Signed by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and élan, this rare sculpture by Waylande Gregory, dating from the 1940s, depicts a zebra in mid-air, looking behind with elegant unconcern. The ceramic form is glazed in a lovely off-white glaze, and is mounted on a dark-stained walnut plinth. Gregory was a renowned a WPA sculpture...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Zephyrus and Flora, " Rare and Striking Art Deco Sculpture by Williams
By Wheeler Williams
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived as two nude figures rising out of a bed of cumulus clouds, this sculpture depicts Zephyrus and Flora, Greek gods and lovers. The warm westerly wind of Zephyrus ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Custom Tree Form Lamp by Frances Elkins
By Frances Elkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a custom tree from floor lamp by Frances Elkins from the estate of Elkin's daughter, Katherine Elkins Boyd. This whimsical lamp is carved in wood and finished in Gesso. It is...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood
"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 Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Cattails Sculpture by James Prestini
By James Prestini
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A sculpture in the form of potted Cattails.
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
A Beautifully Rendered American Bronze Bust of a Young Girl by JG Kendall
By JG Kendall
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully rendered American 1940's bronze bust of a young girl on marble plinth; signed 'JG Kendall, Gorham Co. Founders'; the richly-patinated bust of young girl with serene dir...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Wooden Sculpture of a Woman, Attributed to Albert Wein
By Albert W. Wein
Located in New York, NY
Sculpture of a standing female figure, attributed to American sculptor Albert Wein (b.1915 - d.1991), in natural wood grain. The figure stands in a languid...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wood Cubist Sculpture by Leo Russell
By Leo Russell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wood sculpture by artist Leo Russell. Chicago born artist who worked mostly in painting and silkscreen did a series of wood sculptures in the 1940s. Pieces were acquired by the Gugge...
Category
1940s Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A Ceramic Chicken in a Modernist Art Deco Abstracted Form
Located in NYC, NY
A ceramic chicken in a modernist Art Deco form. Possibly by Raymor.
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Three Plaster and Sheet Metal Human Head Prototypes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very interesting collection of three male human head forms. We found them perched on a nickel-plated iron hat stands. The stands are marked Hugh Lynons & Co, Lansing MI. Most likely store display...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Composition, Sheet Metal
Emerson Woelffer Bonze Sculpture, Abstract Face, Signed, Dated, Numbered
By Emerson Woelffer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice modern abstract Face, by the well known artist, Emerson Woelffer. Signed, numbered 1/4 and dated 1947.
Category
1940s Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Female Carving
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Carving of a female head.
Category
1940s American Craftsman Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Important, Rare Pair Art Deco Polynesian-Themed Sculptures or Lamps by Powell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully modelled, molded and glazed, this pair of sculptures was originally designed to serve as tabletop torchere lamps, with light washing the wall above, and lighting the eyes of each head. Very finely crafted, the sculptures were made by Doane Powell, an important Nebraska cartoonist and illustrator who later became famous for the masks he made of celebrities such as Mae West, Governor Huey Long...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Anita Weschler Stone Sculpture
By Anita Weschler
Located in Westport, CT
Stone Sculpture Anita Weschler 1903-2000 artists collection Hail and Farewell -4-WPA
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
Midcentury Arched Cat with Glass Eyes Doorstop in Old Green Paint
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous style with arched back and tail with green glass eyes. Green is not original color. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Nathan Lerner "Chair", 1947
By Nathan Lerner
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nathan Lerner, whose parents were Ukrainian emigrants, was born in Chicago in 1913. At the age of nine he attended painting courses at the Art Institute,...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Plywood, Upholstery
Harry Bertoia Patinated Silver Brooch with Coral and Ebony, USA 1943
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
An unusual piece of Bertoia's jewelry with a figurative quality. This brooch was included in an exhibit, "In Nature's Embrace: The World of Harry Bertoia" at the Reading Public Museu...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Silver
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