Study Of Faun in Plaster

Beautiful and rare collection of plaster casts, models from a school of fine arts, late 19th century, France.

Ionic capital model with inscr...

Beautiful and rare collection of plaster casts, models from a school of fine arts, late nineteenth century, France. Doric capital with inscri...

Beautiful and rare collection of plaster casts, models from a school of fine arts, late nineteenth century, France. Doric column base with inscriptions and stamp. Diameter of col...

2008 bronze statue after a 1937 plaster of a "Bather" by Philippe Besnard (1885-1971). Signed and with the founder's mark; numbered 2/8. But for the moment, it is the only piece tha...

A male head study from the twentieth-century, in patinated plaster, possibly depicting a head of a friar, or a Saint. Patinated plaster sculpture is a process in which plaster is ap...

This remarkable pair of "faun" and "nymph" sculptures memorializes the legendary performance of Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun in Ballets Russes' renowned production of "Afternoon of a Faun" in 1912. Sculpted by Fred Press several decades later -- in the 1930s or 1940s -- the Faun captures the bold and sensual costume and headpiece of Nijinsky's character as designed by Léon Bakst, complete with spotted, form-fitting tights, a bare torso and a headpiece with horns in gold. Press was a kind of Renaissance...

Evocative nude plaster study in cubist / soviet style. Some minor scuffs and knocks. Signed verso. France 1960s H 45cm x W 35cm x D 15cm

A plaster study of an ionic column. Marked in pencil “American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA.” Rough unsealed plaster patina.