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Item Ships From: USA
Period: 1930s
"Bending the Bow, " Fine Art Deco Sculpture by Henri Bargas
By Henri Bargas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Henri Bargas exhibited at the famous 1925 Exhibition in Paris that helped to usher in the style we now call Art Deco. Bargas created a number of sculptures in the tradition of Antoin...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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
Art Deco Nude Sculpture with Tambourine by Guerbe
Located in Oakland, CA
A petite Art Deco sculpture created in the early 1930s, sometimes referred to by the name “Esmeralda”. This piece is both athletic and feminine in its bold pose holding a tambourine ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
“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
20th Century Carved Wood Religious Figure, 'Joseph' Italy
Located in Buffalo, NY
Recently salvaged from old Downtown Buffalo New York church rectory, lifesize carved wood statue, "Joseph" which once adorned the vestibule, well executed, wonderful detail, great si...
Category
Italian Baroque Revival 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
"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
"Agriculture", High Style Art Deco Sculpture Depicting Laborer with Wheat
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of the love of allegory among sculptors and painters in the Art Deco period, this rare piece depicts a stylized female figure holding a sheaf of wheat and scythe, ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Large Painted Elephant and Rider on Wheeled Base
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful paint decorated carved wood Indian elephant with rider on a red painted wheeled base. Incredible detail to the paint. A large-scale, impressive ...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
"Allegory of Abundance, " Important MGM Movie Prop, Art Deco Sculpture
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An MGM Studios prop and an important survivor of Hollywood's Golden Age, this piece may be the most ambitious Art Deco sculpture produced by any of America's leading porcelain manufa...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"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
Sculptor of Mary in Wax by Vernez
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a wax carving of Mary, probably done before WWII and is actually signed. The signature is Vernez and could have been a model for a future casting.
Signed.
Category
French 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
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
"Girl and Goose, " Rare Pair of Art Deco Bronze Bookends by Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully detailed, with a gorgeous deep patina, this rare pair of bronze bookends by Oscar Bach depict girls holding geese by the neck, like something out of a charming nursery rh...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Diana and Stag, " Superb, High Style Art Deco Large Bronze Bowl by Ystad
By Ystad-Metall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted and executed in bronze by the renowned Ystad foundry in Sweden, this very fine, large bowl depicts the goddess Diana, with bow in hand, racing ahead with hair fl...
Category
Swedish 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
"Neptune & Salacia Riding Dolphins, " Unique Art Deco Sculptures or Lamp Bases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, bold and unique, this pair of Art Deco sculptures, originally designed to serve as lamp bases, depict Neptune and his wife Salacia r...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
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
Chrome-Plated Elephants Bookends French Art Deco
Located in Oakland, CA
Fun pair of Happy Elephants bookends. Rather cubist shape on a nice marble base. These little ones are sitting up straight ready to serve the most astute reading needs!
Measuremen...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Chrome
Galvanized Wind Turbine Blades
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A large and beautifully patinated set of galvanized steel wind turbine blades arranged in a radial pattern and connected by two steel rings.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1930s Sculptures
"Chinese Accordianist in Cubist Form, " Art Deco Sculpture by Primavera
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of Art Deco design heavily influenced by Cubism, this ceramic sculpture depicts a Chinese figure playing an accordian, with the creases of the instrument echoed in ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Cubist Sculpture, circa 1930
Located in Houston, TX
Whimsical Art Deco patinated metal cubist sculpture, figure, or cardholder, circa 1930s. A fabulous Art Deco Folk Art sculpture!.
Category
Unknown Folk Art Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Chinese Figures in Rowboat, " Rare Art Deco Sculpture for Primavera
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of Art Deco design heavily influenced by Cubism, this ceramic sculpture depicts two highly stylized Chinese figures in a curving rowboat upon an Art Deco sea, all e...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Female Head, " Fabulous Lucite Sculpture by Susan Bush
By Susan Bush
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable and rare work by Susan Bush from the 1970s, this piece, to quote the artist, "is very archetypal and the carved forms of the head and hair are ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Resin
"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
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
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
"Conquest of Spain, " Extraordinary, Monumental Bronze Inkwell, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
More of an indictment of the Spanish conquest of North America than a celebration, this quite extraordinary, large bronze inkwell depicts a Conquistador, holding sword and whip, seat...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
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
Art Deco Ceramic Sculpture by Meurice
By Meurice
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Ceramic sculpture of an idolized man staring in the distance while leaning on a ship's rudder.
Makes a great statement on a Console, Sideboard or Fireplace Mantel.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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
"Callisto Myth" Crystal Vases
By Kosta Boda
Located in New York, NY
Exquisitely hand-carved, this pair depicts a Greek legend. Zeus fell in love with the huntress Callisto, and she bore him a son named Arcas. In a fit of jealous rage, Zeus's wife turned Callisto into a bear. Time passed, and one day Arcas was out hunting. How was he to know that the bear he was stalking was his own mother?! On seeing that Callisto's life was in danger, Zeus whisked her up into the night sky out of harm's way. She can still be seen in the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear.
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
"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
“Two Deer and Faun” Bronze Group by Ary Bitter
By Ary Bitter
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A black patinated bronze group “Two Deer and Faun” by Ary Bitter (French, 1883-1973), from circa 1925. Signed and with foundry mark, “Susse Frères” on the bronze plinth. Mounted on ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jan and Joël Martel Bronze
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Jan and Joël Martel (1896-1966) brown patinated and silvered bronze representing a sea lion playing with a ball and resting on a marble base, circa 1930. Signed "J.J.Martel.&qu...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Seated Female Nude, " Lovely French Art Deco Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finished in a soft ivory glaze with subtle shifts to dove grey, this lovely, placid nude is depicted in a seated position with her hands clasped and her gaze looking into the distanc...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Monumental W.P.A. Plaster Sculpture "Young Abe Lincoln" by Frank Romanelli
By Frank Romanelli
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large W.P.A. plaster sculpture, depicting a young Abraham Lincoln. Done by Frank Romanelli, born Farenza, Italy 1909, died 1974. Amazing detail, retains orig...
Category
American Other Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Well-Carved Pair of Italian Romanesque Style Gray Painted Wooden Masks now Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-carved and stylized pair of Italian Romanesque style gray painted wooden masks now mounted as lamps; each bearded face surrounded by thick curl...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Vintage 1930s Sculptures
K. Perl Austrian Deco Bronze
By Karl Perl
Located in Westport, CT
Signed K. Perl Austria Art Deco nude female figure in motion on green marble original base and patina.
Category
Austrian Art Deco 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
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
Austrian Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Gaetano Cecere Plaster Sculpture Wood Base #36
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
Secessionist Figures by Hungarian Maria Rahmer
By Maria Rahmer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful pair of ceramic or glazed terracotta figures by the noted Hungarian born artist Maria Rahmer. They feature an accordion player and a saxophonist. One is signed and the ot...
Category
Hungarian Bauhaus Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Georges Tribout Bronze Figural Table Lamp
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Georges Henri Tribout (1884-1962).
French Art Deco table Lamp in patinated bronze, depicting a seated nude woman holding the reflector cone, mounted on a two-tiered onyx base, Sign...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
French Art Deco Bronze by Abel R. Philippe
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Abel R. Philippe
"Mother playing with her child," an Art Deco silvered bronze group, on a polychromed bronze base, signed on the base, circa 1930s.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"L'Esperance" Cubist Bronze by Joseph Csaky
By Joseph Csaky
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Joseph Csaky (1888-1971).
"L'Esperance" (Hope).
Black patinated bronze, depicting an abstracted nude figure looking upwards, a posthumous cast by Atelier Csaky with Blanc...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Ceramic Elephant
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful ceramic elephant in a gorgeous robin's egg blue, crackled finish.
Category
Chinese Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1930 Bronze Bas Relief by Codman for Gorham Company
By William Codman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted and expertly cast and patinated by the famed Gorham Company in 1930, this large panel was awarded to the winner of the Commercial Vehicle Inter-Fleet Contest in ...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Rare Art Deco Ceramic Sculpture with Bearded Mask Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in streaky hues of blue, green and burnt sienna, this rare, wedge-shaped bookend by Fulper Pottery features a mask-like face in bas relief. Wedge-shaped and heavy,...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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