1930s Sculptures

Clearly influenced by the affectionate depictions of working Americans in the Midwest and the South by Social Realists such as Thomas Hart Benton and James Daugherty, this rare sculpture of a Black male figure with banjo was produced by the Shearwater Pottery...

Signed: Depose No 98 J.B This stylish Bambi sculpture dates to the late 1930s and was Fabricated in France. The piece is in excellent condition and a ...

Walter Bosse (1904-1979), Austria. Three miniature bronze figurines. Baby elephant, cow, and poodle. 1930s/40s. In excellent condition with a beautiful patina. Dimensions of the pood...

Very Rare And Exceptional Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figure: Striding girl in blue coat over beige dress and matching blue cap with beige border with red embroidery pattern, gray ...

A beautiful bronze sculpture of a warbler calling on a branch, mounted on a black marble plinth. By Andre Vincent Becquerel (French, 1893-1981). Signed by the artist and numbered 96,...

Two rare glazed terracotta pigs from a butcher’s shop, France, circa 1930. Most probably made by Filmont pottery or Bavent pottery. Sold individually

The statue is made of plaster, shows signs of use, has chips in some places (see photo) Original condition

"Mother and child" : Tall workshop plaster unsigned showing a maternity Circa 1930-40 Height = 67 cm Width = 34 cm Depth = 32 cm Fair condition : some little misses and an angl...

Green patina bronze Art Deco Animal Sculpture featuring two seagulls, signed G H LAURENT, Reveyrolis Paris, FRANCE 1930.  

Bing & Grøndahl, porcelain figurine of an English Bulldog. Model number 1992. Approximately from the 1930s. Marked. Second factory quality. In perfect condition. Dimensions: L 18.0 c...

Vintage wooden shoe mold from Paris, earlier part of 20th Century. The cobbler's mold features a modern silhouette for a man's shoe. Makes a chic d...

Bing & Grøndahl porcelain figurine of a German Shepherd. Model number 1765. Designed by Laurits Jensen. 1930s. Marked. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Dimensions: H 22.0 cm...

A woman kneels on a pillow and takes off a necklace, by Paul Ponsard (French sculptor). A very attractive, graceful Art Deco bronze. Detailed and masterf...

Royal Copenhagen porcelain figurine of a white dove. Approximately from 1930. Model number: 4787. In good condition with a small chip in the feather pattern. Marked. First factory qu...

Illustrated in "Ceramiche Robj" and considered a major design by the renowned sculptor and ceramicist, this large piece was probably made in early 1930s to coincide with the debut of the Exposition Coloniale Internationale in Paris, which attracted almost 9 million visitors in less than a year. Rare and striking, this porcelain table lamp base depicts the globe surmounted by a tightly composed cluster of nude and semi-nude female figures representing cultures around the world. The women depicted here, all glazed in a gorgeous snow-white glaze highlighted in gold, are clearly representing a range of nations in Asia and Africa, probably coinciding with the nations that were part of the French Colonial Empire in the 1930s, before they won their freedom. Much like the one surviving building from the Exposition, now the Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration, which features a massive bas relief mural...

Beautifully stylized a set of 6 figurines with a great balance of harmony stood, portrays the beauty of the inner world through pure beauty. This Valuable unique art piece is a great...

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...

Bronze figure of female nude holding a falcon. Signed Alan Clark.

Rare and gorgeous eagle perfume lamp attributed to Carl Scheidig Grafenthal, Germany. Excellent condition, lamp is in working order. Size: Height 23 cm, 9.05 inches, width 14 cm, 5...

Dahl Jensen porcelain figurine of a sitting Basset Hound. Model: 1065. From the 1930s. In perfect condition. First factory quality. Dimensions: H 14.0 cm x W 10.0 cm.

Unglazed terracotta pottery vase, by Elmer Early Chia Pet, depicting a soldier's head from the Second World War, wearing a red hat. Made by R...

Although best known today for his abstract sculptures, many at display at the Howard Whalen Sculpture Garden in Sierra Madre, California, the artist started his career in the WPA era...

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...

Gaston HAUCHECORNE (1880-1945, France) : "Young chinese woman holding a fan" Young chinese woman wearing a traditional costume holding a fan from her right hand looking at herself i...

C.M.Rispal : "The Rooster" Black patinated bronze sculpture figuring a standing rooster art deco shaped, mounted on a 4 slices wood base adorned with an o...

Bing & Grøndahl, small porcelain figurine of a Sealyham Terrier. Model number 2071. Approximately from the 1930s. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: H 6.0 ...

Bronze Art Deco leaping hound on stand. Elegant form that expresses tone and sinew patinated by time, circa 1930s beautifully depicted in stride. Good size and has tremendous gravitas.

Ceramic Sign: Made in Austria Keramos 2051 19/M Wiener Keramos, later Keramos AG or Keramos KG , was a Viennese ceramics manufacturer that made a name for itself especially in the interwar period . In addition to their own designs, designs from the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were also produced from 1932 onwards. In over 60 years of company history, around 3000 model designs have been produced by around 60 ceramists. Keramos also carried out commissions from the Wiener Werkstätte, such as vases by Dagobert Peche . History The origins of the Keramos company lie in two companies with the same name. The company Keramos – Invalid Society for Viennese Art Ceramics was founded at the end of 1919 on the initiative of the three ceramists Rudolf Wolf, Heinrich Wolf and Ludwig Rys, who had become invalids in World War I. Production started in September 1920. Art-ceramic lamps, figures, vases and boxes were produced. The company Keramos – Viennese art ceramics and porcelain manufactory was founded in 1920. Josef Hoffmann was a shareholder of Keramos for a long time, as was the sculptor Rudolf Podany, who was engaged from the start and created a large number of designs. From 1921 Anton Klieber was employed, who was also responsible for most of the models. Around 1924 both companies were merged and converted into an AG, commercial director became Otto Köller, the technical directors were the brothers Rudolf and Heinrich Wolf. "Some war invalid ceramists founded a workshop with the help of some artists, which was subsequently financed by the state and later enlarged with its participation and converted into a joint-stock company." The company's headquarters were in the Hofburg , Schwarze-Adler-Stiege, the factory in the 10th district of Vienna, Schleiergasse 17. Artistic collaborators at that time were Eduard Klablena , Otto Prutscher , Karl Perl , Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , IDA Schwetz- Lehmann and Grete Fucik-Fischmeister. On February 23, 1928, the triangular mark was entered in the trademark register. It was now also produced for the Wiener Werkstätte. Difficulties for the company arose from the Great Depression . Around 1932, 50 people were employed and a large number of models from Eduard Klabena and the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were taken over. The works created by Keramos were labeled with their company brands until after 1941. From 1939 the economic situation of the company was better managed by taking over the production of ceramic winter welfare organization badges, the so-called WHW badges. Before 1941 the company is converted into a KG named Keramos, Wiener Kunstkeramik und Porzellanmanufaktur Brüder Wolf KG . Otto Köller was no longer active from this point on. After the end of World War II, Robert Obsieger recommended Robert Mathis as the new head of Keramos, who took over the management of the ceramics manufactory in 1945. In 1949 Mathis introduced a new company logo, which was used alongside the existing triangle mark, the so-called coat of arms mark. Anton Klieber and Rudolf Podany continued to work as ceramists, and new artists such as Josef Lorenzl and Stephan Dakon , both of whom had previously worked for Goldscheider , as well as Rudolf Chocholka, Karl Grössl and Ina Eisenbeisser were engaged. New models such as dancers, children's figures, animals and nudes were created, as well as the well-known wall masks, young people and poodles from the mid-1950s, which corresponded to the trend at the time. In addition, however, traditional designs such as Madonna statues and busts, saints and angels were still made. Utility ceramics such as crockery, vases, lamp bases, candle holders and flower pots also became an important branch of production, and cooperation with the German manufacturer Carstens at the beginning of the 1960s was just as lucrative. In the course of the 1960s, the sales markets for figurative ceramics became increasingly difficult. So until 1982, production was increasingly shifted to everyday ceramics, since ceramic figures were no longer modern due to changing tastes and the spirit of the times. Ultimately, the economic situation at Keramos became more and more difficult and Klaus Mathis, the son of Robert Mathis and then director, who succeeded his father at the helm of the company at the beginning of the 1970s, initiated the liquidation of the company at the end of 1982 . Staff The following artistic collaborators have worked for Keramos over the years: Hans Adametz , Franz Barwig the Elder , Franz Barwig the Younger , Andreas Beck, Hans Bolek, Angelo Bortolotti, Hertha Bucher , Rudolf Chocholka, Stephan Dakon , Ferdinand Doblinger, Eckstein, Franz Eggenberger , Ina Eisenbeisser, English, Stephan Erdös, Alois Feichtinger, Feyslitz, Hans Friedberger, Grete Fucik-Fischmeister, Kurt Goebel, Anton Grath, Karl Grössl, M. Günther, Otto Hafenrichter, Arnold Hartig , Friedrich Herkner, Trude Hillinger, Leopold Hohl, Hostasch, Karl Jamök, Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , Eduard Klablena, Klar, Anton Klieber, Maria Klinger, Josef Kostial, Josef Lorenzl , Wilhelm Otto Lugerth, Viktor Matula, Gusty Mundt-Amman, Novotny, Carl Perl, Rudolf Podany, Friedrich Pollak, Hugo Postl, Adolf Prischl, Otto Prutscher , Max Rieder , Elisabeth Rieger-Hofmann, Walter Ritter , Willibald Russ, Karl Sailer, Schönberg, Schwarz, Ida Schwetz-Lehmann , Sult, Robert Ullmann , Otto Weigand, IDA Weiss-Moricz, Rudolf Wolf. Exhibitions • Jubilee exhibition of the Wiener Kunstgewerbeverein, Austrian Museum , Vienna 1924. • Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Paris, 1925. • Exhibition of Austrian arts and crafts...

Art Deco Clydesdale wood sculpture featuring a pair of hand carved race horses with undulating bronze manes mounted to a chrome base, featuring one horse finished in a naturally tone wood and one black lacquer finished horse. The sculpture is reminiscent of the style and quality made by Hagenauer, signed "SK" for designer Sier Kunst...

Art Deco Norman Bel Geddes American Magazine Rack, Newspaper Stand made in the 1930s. A chrome-plated stainless steel magazine rack with tension spring holder, metal loop handle sit...

Beautiful crackled earthenware rooster from the Art Deco period, signed Jacques "Adnet" on the base. Very high quality. The rooster stands proudly in a beautiful pose. A tiny crack o...

French Art Deco hunter and panther. Bronze figures sitting on green onyx marble and portoro marble.

Art Déco porcelain mask "Portrait of a young woman". KPM Berlin, Germany 1930. Design: Hermann Hubatsch (1878-1940) H.Hubatsch was a German sculptor and ceramist. Gold medal world...

Mid-20th century Modern italian glazed black ceramic rearing horse sculpture by Ugo Zaccagnini & Figli By: Ugo Zaccagnini & Figli Material: ceramic, paint Technique: pressed, molded...

Ceramic bas-relief depicting soccer players LENCI production signed Enrica Robecchi 1930s. Enrica Robecchi has worked with the Turin-based "Lenci" factory since the early 1930s as a painter and decorator. Her decorations, often made on ceramics modeled by Helen Konig Scavini...

Bing & Grøndahl, rare porcelain figurine of a Doberman pinscher. Model number 2244. Approximately from the 1930s. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: Heigh...

Rare and striking, this bold, bronze allegorical sculpture is entitled "Glory" or "Gloire," and is a smaller version of a grand public scu...

Strikingly stylized and abstracted, yet sumptuously finished in lustrous glazes in tones of tan and ruddy brown, this long, lean sculpture is the perfect embodiment of Art Deco desig...

Alabaster fawn sculpture Alabaster sculpture Circa 1930 Origin Italy Pair of deer motif Very good condition and without restorations Its black veins are...

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...

Stunning French Art Deco bronze patina spelter figure gracefully kneeling and decorated in two colors: bronze patinated blue color for her dress and gilt col...

Frankart Inc. (American 1920s-1930s), No. T330. Original Frankart figural smoking stand with depiction of a female nude with legs crossed standing at full length with arms raised up holding a dish in dark brown jap finish. Figure raised on a chromed orb on a square metal stand with striped Art Deco motif. Marked on back edge of base "FRANK ART PAT...

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...

Art Deco sculpture of jumping bucks in patinated metal on a marble base. 1930s. In very good condition. Beautiful patina. Measures: 37 x 13.5 cm.   

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...

Superbly carved -- not molded -- and beautifully glazed, this stylized figure of Eve, sensuously encircled and surmounted by a powerful serpent, was sculpted by Marcel Merignargues, ...

1930 Spelter sculpture representing Jockey and his horse.

French 1940s Majolica stylized horse with extended legs & head arched towards back in pale blue with white mane & tail (att: PRIMIVERA/GAUDIN)

Gaston SCHWEITZER (1879-1962, France) : "Breton old woman sitting on a rock" Original plaster, unique piece, showing an old Breton (French Brittany )woman sitting down on a rock S...

Monumental and dignified, this pair of Art Deco sculptures depict a shepherd and shepherdess, crisply shaped and stylized like the best of 1930s public sculpture, and painted in rich but subdued colors with an effect like sun-bleached stucco. It is our estimation that they were sculpted by Geza De Vegh, the Hungarian-American sculptor who created a range of pieces for the Lenox and Lamberton Scammell porcelain works, both in Trenton, New Jersey, as well as a group of rare ceramic pieces for the Phoenix Company. Importantly, De Vegh's work was very popular among set designers and art directors in Hollywood. His works are evident in the background of important Bette Davis films such as "The Letter," art directed by Carl Weyl; and "Now Voyager...

Armand PETERSEN (1891-1969) : "Caïman" "New" white mat porcelain figuring a Caïman walking Rare edition from Bing and Grondahl made at 29 pieces Edited between 1932 and 1955 Wea...

Sculpture en terre cuite patine bronze par Ugo Cipriani

Charles Lemanceau cubist elephant craquelé. Art Deco crème Craquelés glaze ceramic. Saint-Clement, France circa 1930 Bibliography: ‘Craqueles ...

Large Art Deco carved wood reclining nude, Stylized Hair / Face, Iconic design, pose. Retains original surface, patina. Possibly held a planter, fish bow...

Royal Copenhagen, porcelain figurine of a boxer puppy. Model 3169. Approximately from the 1930s. Marked. First factory quality. In excellent condition. Dimensions: H 7.5 cm x L 8.0 cm.

Seldom seen Lurelle Guild Copper Butler 1934 Chase Art Deco Copper Pretzel Man:,, Bagel butler, Classic Deco design.Great original condition,,

Fine Chinese parrot or bird expertly decorated with enamel on brass presented on a custom wood perch and lucite stand.

Large Rosenthal Germany porcelain c. 1934 reclining Art Deco nude figure by Gustav Adolph Bredow (1875-1950). Marked with green Rosenthal Germany...

Brilliantly glazed in hues of dark pumpkin, emerald green and ruddy putty, this unique ceramic sculpture of a shepherdess in a wide, pleated skirt embracing one of her lambs was crea...

1934's sculpture ceramic " Head of a lady " signed Koos van der Kaay Rare piece Typical woman head " Garçonne" Beautiful piece