1950s Sculptures

This exquisite mid-century Murano art glass sculpture captures the delicate beauty of two swallows perched on a vibrant green branch. Expertly handcrafted, the birds feature transl...

- 1950s - Czechoslovakia - Designed and maked by Jaroslav Brychta - Perfect intact condition.

Midcentury Sculpture signed Émile Gilioli, numbered 2/5, France, 1950s.

Mid-century bronze Italian sculpture with black marble warrior on horseback

This vide poche, can be seen as an abstract sculpture too. The form is free, and the wood is olive tree. This has been done in France in the 1950's. The patina is old, and it is a la...

Scultura centauro in bronzo, "il vecchio", Bronzo patinato e base in marmo bianco con misure 62x22 x 15cm.

Large Majolica lobster box tureen signed Michel Caugant circa 1950.

A beautiful bronze sculpture by Italian artist Pietro Cascella, (February 2, 1921-May 18, 2008). Cascella used various materials- ceramic, bronze, cement, sand and wire netting, in the 1950s he created a number of small, tactile reliefs, sometimes adorned with surreal, biomorphic forms inspired by his friend, the Chilean artist Roberto Matta. "As well as being theatrical, much of his art has a ritualistic quality. For open-air settings, he made strange, walled structures that look like Prehistoric sanctuaries, while smaller carvings, in travertine rock, represented archetypal forms: cosmic bodies, germinating seeds, even women in childbirth. Their simplified, geometric shapes are reminiscent of the abstract sculptor Constantin Brancusi, while also looking distinctly archaic." Former collection of Ruth Ford...

Mid-Century Modern Bronze Sculpture of a Bullfighter – Spain, Circa 1950 Description: Step into the vibrant world of mid-century modern art with this striking bronze sculpture of a ...

1463 Hand carved Cambodian sculpture

A modernist female bust elegantly carved from a single block of mahogany. Signed and dated.

Bouquet of French Hand Beaded Ferns from the 1960's. Dozens of hand wired and beaded ferns in a variety of greens and blues. On strand is a pale pink. Easy to form into different arr...

Expressive abstract sculpture formed from welded metal with heavy texture and a greenish patina. The figure is loosely rendered with elongated limbs and a stylized stance, topped wit...

Rare rooster pen holder by Walter Bosse (the feather is not for sale she is decoration for the picture) Original condition.

Seguso.

Bronze female bust made with the lost wax technique, created by Giuseppe Motti (1908 - 1988) in the 1950s Ø 24 cmØ 12 cm h 31 cm

A rare and sculptural art glass bottle by renowned Swedish designer Erik Höglund, created for Boda Glasbruk in the 1950s. This handmade piece features a distinctive figural stopper w...

Otello Rosa Venetian carnival mask Pantalone sculpture for San Polo 1950s.

A fabulous, rare, and unique large horse and rider sculpture/ candelabra by famed Mexican American California studio art potter Dora De Larios. It was recently brought to our attention by a collector of her work that this piece was featured in a presentation at the Scripps Fine Arts Foundation and it was made in 1959. It is one of her earlier works. Quite rare and special in this respect. De Larios was born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents. She grew up in the artistic Silver Lake district near downtown Los Angeles amongst Mexican and Nisei Japanese immigrants. As a result, De Larios was heavily influenced by ancient American...

A good example of 1950’s atomic era decoration. A copy of the Atomium built in Brussels for the 1958 Expo, created as a desktop paperweight. It is still with its label and in excelle...

Incredible BARBINI Murano glass bicolor with gold and bubbles circa 1950 cock.

Mid-Century Ceramic Wild Boar Sculpture by Guido Gambone (c. 1950s) This rare and striking ceramic sculpture of a wild boar, crafted by the renown...

Lifelike figurine of a white Scottish terrier/Aberdeen Terrier. Its executed and molded in white bisque porcelain. This is the large size by Schaubach Kunst...

This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1950s. This netsuke was made by a netsuke artist. (you can find his signature on the bottom of this netsuke). Netsuke i...

Small Majolica Goose Tureen Pate Tureen circa 1950.

3-1120 Natural driftwood lamp ,sculpted by the winds and water of the sea. Original wiring in working condition. Wire was drilled thru the wood. Height to top of socket 23". Comes wi...

Incredible BARBINI sculpture in Murano glass green, red and gold with air bubbles and applied glass circa 1950. Unique piece.

Walter Bosse penguin figurine vienna around 1950s ( Marked ) Original condition.

Sculpture “Rabarberblad” designed by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, Sweden. 1950s. Patinated bronze. Signed and numbered "19/20." Dimensions: L: 50 cm / 1' 6 1/2" W: 57 cm / 1' 8" D: ...

Meißen. Meissner Porzellan des Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. 1710 - 1750. Published by Verlag der Kunst., Dresden., 1956. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Large format book on 18th c Meissen Porcelain. With 120 B&W full page illustrations...

Sculptural and incredibly chic plant holder. This beautiful piece is rendered as a seashell. This mid-century piece is completed in brass and brings old Hollywood style...

A set 3 of wonderfully sculptured art glass pieces. They are all shifting in green, white and clear glass. Made in Sweden in the mid-1950s these pi...

A beautiful vintage terracotta wall mask depicting Nefertiti made by the famous Goebel Company in Germany. It is marked on the back with the bee mark. It would make a lovely decorati...

An eclectic personality, from his early days he was active in the fields of architecture, painting, graphics and set design. He graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic i...

Small bear figurine by Walter Bosse, circa 1950s Original condition.

Sustantial bronze sculpture by Austrian artist Franz Bergman depicting a Man holding a nude female and standing on a rug. Beautiful colors and attention to detail. Signed. M...

Small bear figurine by walter bosse vienna around 1950s Original condition

Walter Bosse shoehorn shows a cat, circa 1950s Original condition.

Ceramica di Giuseppe Cappe Gelle Buone condizioni. Grazie

Small Richard Rohac monkey figurine, circa 1950s Original condition.

Beautiful heavy Bronze turtle from the 20th century, wonderful light brown patina, very detailed. This bronze turtle is beautifully crafted, it is finely executed, especially in the ...

Set of two hand-painted antique figures of two ducks made of wood. Made by unknown manufacturer in Barcelona, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consiste...

Splendid blue Murano glass hippopotamus

1950's Very Large Heavy Industrial Sign Letter - Blue N. Sourced in Belgium these are large heavy steel letters used as external signage. Approximate weight 25kg. Listing is for th...

This table lamp, is a sculpture, wood with a shade in Shell. We Have an Old Patina and a Brown Color. This lamp was made in France, circa 1950.

Midcentury Italian sculpture Otello Rosa for San Polo Venezia, horse.

This nice and unusual sculpture representing a stylized bird is made of bronze on a black marble base. This is a Belgian work Signed and Numbered 302/500

Small fish figurine by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller Original condition.

Incredible Murano attributed to Dino Martens glass cock white, green and gold circa 1950, perfect conditions.

A beautiful vintage earthenware wall mask of a Child. It is marked at the backside. It would make a beautiful Decoration on each wall. Made in the 1950s it displays the joy of that g...

A beautiful vintage terracotta wall mask depicting a lady made by an unknown maker in Austria. It is marked on the back with a number. It would make a lovely decoration on any wall. ...

Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français né le 3 juillet 1927 à Champagne-sur-Oise et mort le 9 novembre 2008 à Anglet. 'est dans les années 1959-1960 que la sculpture de Claude Viseux, qualifiée de « protéiforme, onirique, fantastique » — ami de Max Ernst, Man Ray, Francis Ponge et Henri Michaux, il ne désavoue pas une parenté avec le Surréalisme9 — se substitue à la peinture, ses premières réalisations étant les objets trouvés en bord de mer qu'il pétrifie dans la cire10 d'une part, les empreintes de pierres et d'algues coulées en bronze d'autre part. En 1960, il signe le Manifeste des 121 titré « Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie ». En 1961, ses expérimentations s'orientent vers les corps organiques, notamment avec sa série Ostéales constituée d'assemblages d'os fossilisés qu'il patine ou au contraire décape, qu'il visse, scie, assemble et plastifie. Les Concrétudes ou Coulées directes qui suivent en 1961-1962 sont obtenues à partir de coulées de métal en fusion dans le sable, générant des reliefs qu'il soude sur des plaques d'acier. Il va cependant adopter rapidement l'acier inoxydable — qu'il est avec Pol Bury parmi les premiers à employer en sculpture — comme matériau de prédilection. « Il assemble divers rebus industriels — tuyaux, écrous, boulons, cuves… — pour créer des sculptures à mi-chemin du mécanique et du biologique » restitue ainsi Sophie Serra11. Claude Viseux, qui fréquente alors Jean Tinguely, Piotr Kowalski, Michel Guino, Takis et César, confirme : « Ma récupération de l'élément industriel s'élargit vers les aciers spéciaux, avec un essai de vocabulaire formel : des barres, des profilés, des sphères, des rotules, des fonds de cuves, des chambres à combustion de Boeing, des tubulures, des soupapes de navire »9. « L'artiste entre au cœur de la réalité industrielle, prospecte dans les chaînes de montage de Renault et rôde dans les terrains vaques autour des usines », restitue donc l'encyclopédie Les Muses : « il récupère ferrailles, pièces détachées, débris de voitures, vieux châssis, toute une série d'éléments devenus inutiles. Ils les assemblent, tels quels, sans les modifier. Des créatures agressives ou pathétiques vont surgir de ce combat physique et dialectique que l'artiste livre avec la matière et entrer dans le domaine d'une poétique étrange, surnaturelle5 ». Dans les années 1967-1970, Les « structures actives » en acier inoxydable procèdent ainsi de la production industrielle de série. Elles se répartissent en familles de formes combinatoires composées par addition, soustraction, multiplication, division. Il confirme : « le monde industriel est ma nature, mon bouillon de culture, où je cherche des corps, des familles de corps, des genres, des espèces, dans un aller-retour de l'artificiel au naturel pour confondre les règnes, pour en inventer d'autres selon une géométrie organique qui féconde les différents types de structures, qui aménage la forme concernée par la forme à venir »9. En 1968, Claude Viseux s'installe à la villa Baudran à Arcueil, atelier qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1992. Si des corps imaginaires naissent ainsi des pièces mécaniques que Claude Viseux emprunte à l'automobile, à l'avion et au bateau, en 1972, « la symétrie de ces formes pures en inox », constate Lydia Harambourg, « l'amène à s'interroger sur la notion d'équilibre instable »12. Ses Instables sont de la sorte exposés à la Biennale de Venise en 1972 où, rappelle encore Lydia Harambourg, une salle entière est consacrée « aux dessins qui reprennent son vocabulaire mécanique identitaire de sphères, toupies, hélices, anneaux, astrolabes et balanciers »12. Les Instables sont de même, en 1973, présentés à la galerie Le Point cardinal à Paris où Claude Viseux avait déjà exposé en 1968 avec Henri Michaux et Joaquin Ferrer...

Fetching large ceramic bulldog sculpture with great coloring and stance. Heavy and substantial.

Capture the expressive spirit of the Mid-Century era with this compelling 1957 figural sculpture by artist Walt Haynes. This unique piece showcases a contemplative male figure, rende...

Ancient Landbouwtool; France; Wabi-Sabi; Agricultural tool; Mid-Century Modern; Wabi-Sabi XL metal spoon with wooden handle. A mid-century agricultural tool made in the 1950s in ...

An extraordinary Italian Tang-style horse, arguably the most striking example I’ve had the pleasure to own. Monumental in scale and presence, it’s finished in a richly colored majoli...

1950’s American Vintage Gas Station Enamel Marquee Letter – E. We sourced these from an old gas station in America, thought to be from the 50’s and 60’s. We have a number of colours...

This is a masterpiece unto itself, a hand carved and hand painted articulating wood toy of Pinocchio, the wooden toy who became a real boy. This treasure of time has been encased in...

A salt and pepper shaker donkey set designed by Walter Bosse and manufactured by Hertha Baller, Austria, Vienna, in midcentury in 1950s. The donkey is made of blackened brass. The shakers are made of teak wood. This charming piece is an eyecatcher for every kitchen or dining table. About Walter Bosse and Hertha Baller: Walter Bosse (November 13, 1904–December 13, 1979) was a Viennese artist, designer, ceramist, potter, metalworker, and craftsman noted for his modernist bronze animal figurines...

Bottle holder as the ones used by Marcel Duchamp for his readymade, Not signed. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use. Preserving a beautiful ...