1930s Sculptures
Period: 1930s
Color: Brown
"Mermaid Bowl, " Large, Important Art Deco Sculptural Piece by Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by one of America's most important sculptors working in the Art Deco period, this large and heavy sculptural bowl by Waylande Gregory depicts a mermaid holding a fish in eith...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
“New England Woman, ” Minna Harkavy
Located in New York, NY
Hand-built terra cotta bust. Signed on lower rear.
Published: “American Art Today, Gallery of American Art Today, New York World’s Fair.” Whalen & Goodyear, pg 201.
*This sculptur...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ernestine Sirine-Real "Bust of a Man", Signed Plaster
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ernestine Sirine-Real (1899-1994) "Bust of a man". Signed and dated 44, plaster.
Category
French Napoleon III Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Carved Wood Articulated Clown Figure
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Chunky hand carving with simple facial detailing a pointed hat. Found in the southern US. Presented on a custom museum stand.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Aluminium Cast Machine Age Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A mid-1930s aluminium cast Machine Age sculpture, unsigned. The piece has an original rough finish with original painted wood base.
Category
American Machine Age Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Gaetano Cecere Plaster Sculpture "Eunice" #11
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
American Neoclassical Vintage 1930s Sculptures
"Diana with Stag, " Art Deco ceramic sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly stylized and abstracted, yet sumptuously finished in lustrous glazes, this long, lean sculpture is the perfect embodiment of Art Deco design. This piece was hand-formed, ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Satyr and Rabbit, " Superb Art Deco Sculpture, Carved Mahogany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entirely charming and whimsical, this depiction of a rotund satyr beguiling a woodland rabbit is clearly the work of a master carver. Sculpted from a cylinder of ruddy mahogany, the ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ancient Plaster Statue, Origin Musee Civilisation, circa 1900-1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ancient polychrome plaster Museum Statue circa 1900/1930. Origin Musee Civilisation
167 height
Category
European Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
1930s French Antique Lifesize Children Sculptures in Bronze Finish
By Charles Albert Despiau
Located in New York, NY
France, early 20th century.
Pair of two lifesize sculptures, brother and sister, the boy sitting cross-legged and the girl on a stump holding a pla...
Category
French Expressionist Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Ceramic Jazz Band by Cogneville
Located in London, GB
Roger Cogneville (1903-1965)
A highly unusual and extremely stylish Art Deco ivory-colored ceramic sculpture of a jazz trio, the large stylized figures tightly grouped and dynamic...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Art Deco Bronze with Male Nude Holding Shield by Castiglioni, 1930
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Commissioned by Rotary International to celebrate its 25th Anniversary in 1930, the "The Idea of Rotary" was sculpted by Giannino Castiglioni in Milan and cast by the renowned Stefan...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wire Airplane Sculptures
Located in Darnestown, MD
Wire sculptures of two matching monoplanes. These were made by the same hand as the bicycles listed as item #U120310916064 and automobiles U120310916065. The planes measure 10 1/2" ...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Folk Art Hunter Carving, circa 1930s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand-carved wooden Folk Art hunter with a sheet metal hat. Original red, white and black paint surface.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Sheet Metal
American Papier-Mache Camel Figure
Located in New York, NY
American life size camel figure standing on a platform base with hollow construction (attr: Luke Saunders Carnival Show, Michigan, Circa 1930)
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Prototype of Blacksmith by Wessel Couzyn
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
A prototype by Dutch sculptor Wessel Couzyn in plaster depicting a blacksmith with hammer. Signed at base.
Couzyn attended the Dutch Royal Academy of Plastic Arts in the late 1930s and was awarded the Prix de Rome in that time to study in Italy. Some bronze works can be found at the Jewish Heritage...
Category
Dutch Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Continental Bronze Sculpture Roman Style
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning Continental bronze sculpture with three quarter female torso in the Roman style.
Category
Vintage 1930s Sculptures
"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
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Art Deco Bronze Panther by J. Davergne
By J. Davergne
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A French Art Deco Panther by J. Davergne, green patinated bronze on marble base, circa 1930s, incised signature on the marble.
Measures: 23.6" x 6.5" x 10.6".
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Wire Bicycle Sculptures
Located in Darnestown, MD
These two finely detailed wire sculptures depict slightly different bicycles. The piece on the left is actually a tricycle and on the right is what is called a bonecruncher. Both are...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1930s Sculptures
"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
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Art Deco Bas Relief Bronze with New York Skyline
By F. Eue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted and -- appropriately -- cast by the General Bronze Corporation to honor its retiring President in 1934, this handsome Art Deco panel depicts three workers pourin...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Figural Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco figural bronze of a javelin thrower with patina mounted on a black marble base.
Category
Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Figure by D.H. Chiparus
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Demetre H. Chiparus, "Bles," bronze figure of a young girl with a wheat garland, green and gold patinated bronze raised on a black marble base, signed. Ref. in Alberto Shay...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gaetano Cecere Plaster Sculpture Wood Base #34
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
American Neoclassical Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Gaetano Cecere Plaster Sculpture Wood Base #33
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
American Neoclassical Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Art Deco Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco Plaster Sculpture of a Pair of Recumbent Lions on the Front and Back as well as Elaborately Detailed Battle and Construction Scenes
Category
Unknown Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pivoting Carved Wood Gull on Marble Base
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful carved wood bird in flight mounted on a bronze arm painted black which attaches to a marble base. The person we acquired this sculpture from claimed that it belonged to h...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Male and Female Figures with Doves, Rare Art Deco Sculptures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Probably sculpted by Geza De Vegh for Phoenix Pottery, this rare pair of very fine ceramic sculptures depict highly-stylized male and female figures, each holding doves. The gray, de...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
WPA Period "Pan with Rabbit" in Carved Fruitwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entirely charming and whimsical, the anonymous sculptor of "Pan with Rabbit" has created a masterful portrait of a rotund Pan beguiling a woodland rabbit. Carved from a cylinder of r...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Lighted French Art Deco Statue Allegorie "Printemps" by René Lalique
By René Lalique
Located in Köln, NW
French Art Deco Decorative seated female figure by René Lalique, looking slightly upwards, made of colourless and salmon pink patinated glass. Signed on the bottom "Lalique France". ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Rare 1930s Alcoa Aluminum Double Bass / Fiddle / String Bass
By John Burdick, Alcoa Aluminum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare aluminum string bass, circa 1930s, bass was originaly wood grain painted, has been stripped and polished.. restrung and set up, new bridge and custom (alcoa) tail piece, original ebony fret board, Sounds amazing. If purchasing to play, wonderful decorative sculpture,
Pfretzschner aluminum bass
In 1928, The Aluminum Company of America manufactured 50 aluminum double basses...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Amphora, Czechoslovakia, Large Hand-Painted Porcelain Figure of Bear, 1930/40's
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Amphora, Czechoslovakia. Large hand-painted porcelain figure of a bear. 1930/40's.
Measures: 31 x 21 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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