1950s Sculptures
Period: 1950s
Color: Black
Pair of 1950s Carved Soapstone Foo Dogs
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1950s carved soapstone Foo dogs each one uniquely different.
Category
Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
Mid-century female sculpture with silk black, turquoise, gold shade by Izsépy
Located in Budapest, HU
Mid-century silk black female figure. Fired, hand-painted, silk-glazed matte ceramic sculpture with silky black glazed and gold decoartion around neck. It was made in the 50s. A real...
Category
Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A.Giannelli Sculture “testa di moro” 1950 Mable Resin 1950 Italy
By Giannelli
Located in Milano, IT
A.Giannelli sculture “testa di moro” 1950 Marbre resin 1950 Italy.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Lion Sculpture or Statue or Figurine in Ceramic or Porcelain, 1950s
Located in Hemiksem, VAN
Beautiful vintage statue of a lion in porcelain. This figurine shows no damage and has a stamp at the bottom of the leg.
Unknown, 1950s
Designer/Manufacturer: See stamp
In very go...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Midcentury Brass and Black Metal, Locomotive by Hagenauer Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare model of a locomotive, handmade of metal and brass by Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna in the 1920s. Marked on its bottom WHW, Hagenauer Wien, made in Austria, handmade. Very nice ...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Metal
Japanese Hand Painted Ceramic Cat Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-726 vintage Japanese hand painted ceramic cat sculpture
Category
Japanese Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Walter Bosse Figurine Shows the Neptune Sea God, circa 1950s 'Marked on Bottom'
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse Figurine Shows the Neptune Sea God, circa 1950s 'marked on bottom'
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Old Crow Advertising Figure
Located in Stamford, CT
Old Crow advertising figure for "Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey". Heavy composite cardboard like material. He is a charming fellow with his
top ha...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Composition
1950 Giraffes des Ateliers Vallauris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
These stylized giraffes are made from two pieces of sheet metal, hand-worked and lightly hammered together to a fine, delicate finish.
They stand on 4 tapering feet.
The work is akin...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pen holder by walter bosse shows a cat around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Pen holder by walter bosse shows a cat around 1950s
The pen is not for sale it is only for the photoshooting
Original condition
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Robert E. Kuhn Cubist Wall Sculpture of a Violinist in Wrought Iron
By Robert E. Kuhn
Located in New York, NY
A Cubist wall sculpture, produced circa 1950s by American artist Robert E. Kuhn (1917-2000), which depicts the abstracted figure of a musician with violin, pausing between playing, i...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Chinese Ceramic Kwan-Yin Bodhisattva Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Incredible vintage Chinese ceramic sculpture. Subject is Kwan-yin Bodhisattva.
Category
Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
small ceramic circa 1950, in the style of Colette Gueden or Boleslaw Danikowski
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
small ceramic circa 1950, in the style of Colette Gueden or Boleslaw Danikowski
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Small Elephant Figurine by Walter Bosse Vienna Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Small Elephant Figurine by Walter Bosse Vienna Around 1950s
Original condition
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Majolica Palissy Portuguese Lobster Wall Platter Plate, circa 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Portugese Caldas da Rainha Palissy lobster wall plaque plate, circa 1950s.
Decorated with mussels, shells and seaweed. Beautiful condition for thi...
Category
Portuguese Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Bear Bottle Stopper by Walter Bosse around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Bear Bottle Stopper by Walter Bosse around 1950s
Original condition
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Double Spouted Vase by Vittorio Cornacchia
By Arnaldo Sangiorgi and Vittorio Cornacchia
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic. Figurative design with blue and red glazes. Produced together with Arnaldo Sangiorgi at Keramos Studio in Faenza, Italy. Artist signed on underside.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Owl Figurine by Walter Bosse Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Owl figurine by walter bosse around 1950s
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of 1950s Stylized Japanese Design Dragon Serpentine Koi Fish Table Lamps
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Pair of Mid-Century Modern bronze looking Japanese design Serpentine Dragon Koi Fish table lamps in very good working condition. 20 inches high, original glass shades not found and l...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Decorative Rocking Horse Made of Papier-mâché, 1950s
Located in Madrid, ES
Decorative rocking horse made of papier-mâché, 1950s
Measurements: 70 x 28 x 59 cms.
Category
Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Brutalist Welded Nails Sculpture by Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Brutalist Nails Sculpture by Harry Bertoia, circa 1950s.
Category
American Brutalist Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Matl Mexican Silver Santos Style Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
A Rivera Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion in Tonaya adorned with turquoise and amethyst! Signed on back. circa 1950s, Mexico.
Category
Mexican Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Majolica Lobster Tureen, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica lobster tureen or box with green glaze, circa 1950.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Oval Majolica Palissy Fish and Lobster Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large oval Majolica Palissy wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
Large fishes, lobster, seaweeds, shells.
From Provence.
Measures: Length / 22.5 inches on 10 inches, height / 3.5 i...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Rocking Horse by Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Rocking horse by Walter Bosse
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
1950s Japanese Owl Sculptures Brutalist Metalsmith Birds Iron like Isamu Noguchi
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Designed by an unknown Japanese craftsman. A pair of heavy welded metal abstract bird sculptures, minimalist in design and creation. Some remna...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Ceramic Alligator from Søholm, Danish 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A glazed black crocodile or Alligator decorated with green dots across its spine. It can be displayed lying of wall mounted. Designed and made a...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Murano, 1950, Italian Attributed to Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano
The sommerso technique was originally developed in the 1930's by Carlo Scarpa at Venini & Co. Sommerso (Italian for "submerged") is the Murano glassmaking technique of creati...
Category
Italian Space Age Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Bear Figurine in Ceramic by Knud Kyhn
Located in Berlin, BE
Bear figurine in ceramic by Knud Kyhn
Ceramic figurine from Royal Copenhagen.
Additional information:
Material: Ceramic
Artist: Knud Kyhn
...
Category
Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Magnificent Sculptural Tea Pot Vintage Art Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sculptural tea pot design art pottery.
Measures: 10.75 tall x 19.25 deep x 7.75 wide
Unsigned. Untested. Decorative item.
Preowned original vintage condition.
See images listed p...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Figurine of an African Warrior with Spear and Shield
Located in Bochum, NRW
A very beautiful sculpture, displaying an African Warrior with shield and brass spear. Executed in the 1950s, reminding the design of Leopold Anzengruber. Made of black-finished plas...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of fish, seaweeds, lemon, starfish.
Nautical style.
Measure: 11" diameter.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Unique Scandinavian Bird Sculpture Rolf Hansen Kongsberg Keramikk, Norway, 1950s
By Kongsberg Keramikk, Rolf Hansen
Located in Odense, DK
Playful unique bird sculpture in glazed chamotte ceramics by Rolf Hansen, Norway. The sculpture was handmade by Hansen at Konsberg Keramikk in the early 1950s.
Rolf Hansen was a Norwegian ceramist. From 1947 he attended Kongsberg Keramikk until his death in 2004. Rolf Hansens works make people feel easy to mind, and motives of roosters and bulls were closest to his trademark. The source of inspiration for Rolf Hansen was Pablo Picasso. In 1949 he was in Vallauris in France and became acquainted with Picasso's pottery, and in the early 1950s Rolf Hansen made dishes and jars with abstract decor in his spirit. Rolf Hansen was one of Norways most popular ceramics...
Category
Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Abercrombie & Fitch Ceramic Piggy Bank
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abercrombie & Fitch ceramic piggy bank, England, circa 1950s. Modeled after their famous leather animal toys and footstools, this little ...
Category
English Folk Art Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Cat Figurine by Walter Bosse, Vienna, Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Cat figurine by Walter Bosse, Vienna, around 1950s
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Leopold Anzengruber Mid-Century Vienna Pottery African Woman Figurine
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful Austrian mid-century ceramic figurine portraying a nude African woman wearing a grass skirt made in Vienna by Leopold Anzengruber (1912-1979) ...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Modern Gunnar Nylund Stoneware Antilope Sculpture Rörstrand ca 1955
Located in EL Waalre, NL
Gunnar Nylund, Stoneware Sculpture of an Antilope, Rörstrand, Sweden, circa 1955
Description
A large stoneware sculpture of an Antilope, finished in matte reddish brown and dark brown glazes on a satin-gloss black lacquered wooden base, made in a limited edition of 200 pieces.
Gunnar Nyland was particular known for his animal figures with beautiful experimental glazes. The larger examples of exotic animals - like this antilope - are especially sought after.
This sculpture was designed by Gunnar Nylund and executed by the Swedish ceramics factory Rörstrand in the 1950's. It is fully signed underneath: R (Rörstrand) Sweden with 3 crowns (after 1951 Rörstrand changed to the international spelling Sweden), GN (Gunnar Nylund) and 83/200. As it lacks the post 1960 VDN markings, this piece can be dated between 1951 and 1960.
Artist
Gunnar Nylund (1904-1997) was a Swedish artist, ceramist and sculptor most known for his work for the Swedish ceramic manufacturer Rörstrand.
He was born in Paris to a Danish mother...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ronzan “Stile” Jaguar Ceramic, 1950, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Ronzan “stile” Jaguar ceramic, 1950, Italy.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Seahorse Figurine by Walter Bosse, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Seahorse figurine by Walter Bosse, circa 1950s.
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Small Walter Bosse Penguin Figurine Vienna around 1950s ' Marked '
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse penguin figurine vienna around 1950s ( Marked )
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Small Fox Figurine by Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Small fox figurine by Walter Bosse
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Renato Bassoli Stone Soldier Sculpture, Signed 1955
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful stone statue designed and produced by Renato Bassoli in 1955, of fine Italian manufacture.
The statue is made of natural dark stone, very beautiful.
The statue would appear...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Danish Knud Kyhn Baby Bear Figurine for Royal Copenhagen
Located in Knebel, DK
Danish Knud Kyhn baby bear sculpture for Royal Copenhagen
The lively bear sculpture of a playing baby bear was created by Knud Kyhn (1880-1969) Knud Kyhn ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Hand-Sculpted French Cubist Abstract Sculpture in Terracotta Signed "Philip"
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated and alluring Mid-Century Modern Sculpture was realized in France circa 1950. Executed in terra cotta with a oil rubbed bronze colored glaze, the work presents an abstract and dynamic form- bristling with verve. An elongated form rises from an elliptical base offering both smooth and curvilinear aspects as well as faceted ones concluding in a curved tongue-like appendage with a pointed end. Additionally, there is what appears to be a lug or nut cantilevering from side of the piece, suggesting metamorphosis or some kind of animatronic influence. The amorphic form recalls the highly stylized renderings of tools by Lee Lozano...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Large Oval Majolica Palissy Crab and Fish Wall Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large oval Majolica Palissy crab and fish wall platter Vallauris, circa 1950
Large crab in relief, fish’s, shells and seaweeds.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Mid Century Modern Black Buddha Head by Alexander Backer, 1950's
By Alexander Backer
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very cool mid-century black Buddha head by Alexander Backer, 1950's, made of plaster composite, hallmarked.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Danish Knud Kyhn Baby Bear Figurine for Royal Copenhagen
Located in Knebel, DK
Danish Knud Kyhn bear sculpture for Royal Copenhagen
The lively bear sculpture of a playing baby bear was created by Knud Kyhn (1880-1969) Knud Kyhn worke...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of fish, starfish, seaweeds, garlic.
Nautical style.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Seguso Murano Glass Gold “Papera” 1950 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Seguso.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Sculptural Glazed Ceramic Lamp by Arpad Rosti
By Arpad Rosti
Located in Buffalo, NY
organic form sculptural glazed ceramic lamp by Arpad Rosti. Dark blue-green and grey in color.
Best known for his remarkably inventive lamps, trays and vessels designed in organic, free form shapes, Arpad Rosti was a highly versatile artist, equally at home in both the ceramics and enameling fields. While most of his work was done in either clay or metal, in the late 1940s he also ventured into furniture design when he produced a group of tables in treated wood, mosaic, copper, and glass. His one-of-a-kind furniture was exhibited in 1949 at the Chinese Gallery in New York and written up in the New York Times. As further evidence of his wide-ranging talents, in 1972 he was commissioned to produce a stained glass window for a residence in North Caldwell, New Jersey which New York Times critic Joan Cook described as “a miracle of color and light.”
Born in Subotica, Yugoslavia in 1909, Rosti studied architecture at the School of Industrial Arts in Budapest. In 1940, he moved with his wife Ilona to the United States and settled in New York where he became a naturalized citizen in 1945. In 1947 his work was featured in an exhibition organized by the Craftsmen’s Equity and presented at the Barbizon-Plaza Galleries in New York. The organization, of which he was President, aimed to “put craft on a business basis without sacrificing the individuality inherent in handmade articles.”
Throughout the 1950s Rosti’s work was regularly chosen for the prestigious National Ceramic Exhibitions at the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (now known as the Everson Museum). It was included in seven of these exhibitions between 1946 and 1958 and in 1947 Rosti’s work was singled out by the New York Times critic Edward Alden...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Small Walter Bosse Cat Figurine, Vienna, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Small Walter Bosse cat figurine, Vienna, circa 1950s
Original condition.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Blackened Brass Bear Candleholder/Figurine by Walter Bosse and Herta Baller
By Walter Bosse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Viennese bear figurine designed by Walter Bosse and Herta Baller as part of “Black Golden Line" (Austria, ca. 1950).
Composed of solid brass patinated in a black finish,...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
'4' Four Hakone Japanese Bisque Figurines, Circa 1950
By Hakone Manufacturer Japan
Located in Incline Village, NV
Four bisque hand painted Japanese Hakone figurines; also referred to as "Hakata Dolls" or Suyaki Ningyu. These style "dolls" were first introduced in 17th ...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Plaster Traditional Dog Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rare plaster figure of two doves. Hand-painted.
Made in Spain, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Mid-Century African Woman Figurine by Cortendorf, 1950s
By Cortendorf
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Very nice sculpture of an African woman from the Cortendorf Porzellanfabrik in Coburg Germany.
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hermelin Figurine in Ceramic by Gunnar Nylund
Located in Berlin, BE
Hermelin figurine in ceramic by Gunnar Nylund.
Stoneware figurine from Rörstrand.
Additional information:
Material: Ceramic
Artist: Gunnar Nylund
Size: 23 W X 9 D X 10 H cm.
Category
Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Set of Five Danish Knud Kyhn Bear Figurines for Royal Copenhagen
Located in Knebel, DK
Set of five Danish Knud Kyhn bear sculptures for Royal Copenhagen
The five lively bear sculptures were created by Knud Kyhn (1880-1969) Knud Kyhn wor...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Otello Rosa Venetian Carnival Mask Pantalone Sculpture for San Polo 1950s
By Otello Rosa
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Otello Rosa Venetian carnival mask Pantalone sculpture for San Polo 1950s.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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