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Technique: Patinated
19th Century Classical Bronze Clock / Sculpture, by Aug. Moreau
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Bronze sculpture with brown patina including a clock and signed Auguste Moreau. It features a woman wearing a flowing dress who is standing on a globe. The title printed on a small p...
Category
19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Animalier Bronze entitled "Biche Buvant" by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
A very rare mid 19th Century Animalier bronze study of a doe drinking by the side of a lake, the bronze with fabulous rich brown patina and very fine hand chased surface detail, rais...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brown Patinated Lion Sculpture Original Max Le Verrier in Cast Iron and Marble
Located in Ulm, DE
Impressive animal sculpture of a walking lion.
Original Contemporary Max Le Verrier, signed
The design was created in 1933, when Max Le Verrier made his observations in front of t...
Category
2010s French Art Deco Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Iron
Emmanuel Villdnis, ‘Nelly’, French Art Nouveau Patinated Bronze Bust, ca. 1890
By Emmanuel Villdnis
Located in New York, NY
DETAILS
Signed and foundry mark on back.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 4-15/16 inches
Width: 2-5/16 inches
Depth: 2.25 inches
ABOUT THE SCULPTURE
This portrait bust is of Nelly Faner, famous burlesque dancer at the turn of the XX Century Paris.
ABOUT THE SCULPTORE
Emmanuel Villdnis (French, 1858 – 1914) was born to Italian parents in France, in 1858. He moved with the family to Piedmont, Italy, in March 1861; after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy.
Known in Italy as Villani, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Albertina in Turin from 1871 to 1880 alongside master-sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi. When Villanis graduated, he exhibited his first works in cities across Italy, notably his bust ‘Alda’ in Milan, in 1881.
Villanis returned to France in 1885, living and working in the Montmartre district of Paris and didn’t leave Montmartre until his death on August 28th 1914.
Villanis specialised in female bronze busts...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eve and the Serpent Symbolist Bronze Sculpture by Isidore De Rudder
Located in Chicago, US
Rare, full size example of this piece. Isidore De Rudder (1855 - 1943) was active/lived in Belgium.
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Bronze
Minimalist, Cubistic Nude bronze by Rini Dado, 1980's.
By Rini Dado
Located in CASTENRAY, NL
Catharina Gerarda Maria (Rini) Dado (Brunssum, January 16, 1955) is a Dutch artist who has been engaged in sculpture since 1979.
She studied at the Stadsacademie Maastricht and pos...
Category
1980s Dutch Minimalist Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Insect TOTEM"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The sculpture is signed at the back but unidentified yet.
Measures: Bronze sculpture
Height 43 cm, length 13 cm, depth 13 cm
Stone base
Height 15 cm, length 15 cm, depth 15 cm.
Category
20th Century Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Classical Bronze of a Greek or Roman Female Figure
Located in Hudson, NY
This finely cast bronze shows great attention to detail. The seated figure is cast in a number of sections giving a level of natural grace only found in the finest works. The rest of the bronze is also cast in a number of sections creating a complete highly detailed form. The figure fully dressed in flowing pleated robes lounges...
Category
19th Century French Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Figural Bronze by Olive Kooken
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This patinated bronze sculpture of a young girl posed with a ball is signed & dated, "Olive Kooken 1930". It depicts a sculpted supple female excersising with a ball. The sculpture i...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Walking grizzli bear : Terracota original sculpture - Monogrammed, France c.1960
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Walking Grizzlibear : Original clay patinated terracotta sculpture
Monogrammed on the base (to be identified)
Good condition
Second half of XXth century
Dimensions
Height = 25 c...
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Contemporary Bronze Sculpture, 'Imaginary Friend' by Gudrun Thompson
Located in Oakland, CA
About 'Imaginary Friend' in Gudrun's words: This piece derives from the sing-song nineteenth century nursery rhyme that begins, “A-tisket, a-tasket, a green and yellow basket. I wrot...
Category
2010s American Modern Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Apel.Les Fenosa, "Violoniste", Epreuve Originale en Bronze Numéroté, 1946
By Fenouil Hennon
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Apel Les Fenosa (1899-1988, Espagne/ Spain) : "Violoniste" (1946)
Epreuve originale en bronze numérotée sur 4 / Original bronze numbered on 4 editions
Epreuve en bronze à pati...
Category
1940s French Modern Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Bronze Sculpture with Marble Base of a Sitting Boy
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century french bronze sculpture with marble base of a sitting boy
By: unknown
Material: copper, bronze, metal, ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Copper, Bronze
Bronze Figure of a Priest with Crozier, Italian, 18th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cast bronze figure of a priest holding a cornucopial form crozier.
Mounted on a modern turned ebonized wood socle.
The bronze figure is 9 1/2" tall. Overall height including th...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Chained woman" 2000, by Jacques Tenenhaus
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze with black patina. Signed and numbered on the right foot "Jacques Tenenhaus 1/8", Landowski Foundry's mark, 2001. Provenance: Artist's Workshop.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century, French Hand Carved Walnut Virgin Mary and Child Wall Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique wall statue of the Mother and Child, was carved in Southern France, circa 1960. The large alluring sculpture in high relief, features ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Bronze Sculpture After Le Grande Venus Victrix by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Stamford, CT
Le Grande Venus Victrix by
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919
In collaboration with Richard Guino
Designed 1914-1916
Date of casting 1992
This is a bro...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Temple franco-japonais" 1988, by Catherine Val
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze, Jean Capelli Foundry, 2/8, signed.
Category
20th Century French Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck #4366 Sculpture "Bird", Austria
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4366 sculpture "Bird", Austria.
Category
2010s Austrian Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Mother and child" : workshop original palster, circa 1930-40
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
"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...
Category
1930s French Neoclassical Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Bronze Sculpture "Gagged Head Back" by Michel Warren
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze test with black patina signed and numbered 2/8. Foundry Mark Valsuani F. Bagneux.
Category
20th Century Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Animalier Bronze Sculpture Entitled "Bear and Rabbit" by Charles Paillet
Located in London, GB
An amusing early 20th Century bronze group of a bear peering over the edge of a rock at a rabbit quietly hiding under a ledge, with excellent rich brown patina and fine hand chased surface detail. Signed Paillet
ADditional information
Measures: Height: 18 cm.
Condition: Excellent Original Condition.
circa: 1910.
Materials: Patinated Bronze.
ABOUT
Charles Paillet
Charles Paillet (French, 1871 ~ 1937) Paillet studied sculpture under Georges Gardet. Paillet’s first exhibit was in the Salon of 1897 and he exhibited regularly until 1921. Most of his works were cast by the foundry Thiebault Freres both in lost wax and by the sand-cast method. A few of his works have been recorded bearing the F. Barbedienne foundry mark also. Charles Paillet, Georges Gardet, Rene Paris...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French bronze of Napoleon standing on a column incorporating a thermometer
Located in London, GB
A large and unusual antique French thermometer incorporating a bronze of Napoleon standing upon a silvered bronze column. The base of patinated bron...
Category
1850s Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "L'Homme aux deux mains droites" 1982, by Jacques Tenenhaus
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jacques Tenenhaus (Paris, 1947).
Bronze with brown patination.
Signed and numbered on the lower left «Jacques Tenenhaus 1/8».
« Landowski Fondeur, 2001 » foundry.
Exhibition : Ga...
Category
20th Century Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bayadère Dancer Sculpture in Art Deco Style by Charles for Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier, Janle
Located in Ulm, DE
"Le Bayadère" (The Temple Dancer) is a ballet, full of Indian exoticism and romantic poetry.
Dancing Sculpture with a Hoop
Designed in France by “Charles”, signed
Original “Max...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bust Signed Houdon and Frères
By Susse Freres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze bust of Diana the Huntress, signed Houdon and Susse Frères. The bust is raised by a striking circular base wi...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Art Deco S. Zelikson Bronze Sculpture of a Nude Winged Female "The Temptation"
By Serge Zelikson
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Art Deco patinated bronze sculpture was done by Serge Zelikson of France in circa 1920 in the period Deco style. The bronze is ornately cast and depicts what some have called an...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Carl Auböck #4059 Optimist Pessimist Sculpture, Austria
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck sculpture #4059 "Optimist Pessimist" in patinated brass, Austria. New.
Category
2010s Austrian Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Brass
A Harvesting Girl Statue by A . J . Scotte (1885-1905)
By A.J. Scotte
Located in Lisbon, PT
A neoclassical Harvesting Girl Spelter statue by A. J . Scotte (1885-1905) signed and dated ”1906” with foundry stamp mark on the base.
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Water Buffalo Bronze Sculpture by Dylan Lewis (1964- )
Located in New York, NY
Our patinated bronze sculpture by Dylan Lewis (1964- ) depicts a water buffalo with head lowered. Signed Dylan Lewis 97. 9 3/4 by 18 1/4 by 5 1/2 inch...
Category
20th Century Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Bronze, "How Kola" by C. Kauba
Located in Bronx, NY
A vintage multifigure action bronze of the "Old West" by C. Kauba. The pristine polychrome sculpture identifies an unyielding American Indian chief brandishing a tomahawk battling ag...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hebe and the eagle of Jupiter statue by Jules Roulleau
By Thiebaut Freres, Jules Pierre Roulleau
Located in Lisbon, PT
A ‘Hebe and the eagle of Jupiter’ statue by the artist Jules Pierre Roulleau. Statue depicting the Greek goddess of youth, Hebe, the cupbearer to the gods.
Hebe raises a vessel of t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
English Bronze Dish in the Shape of a Pig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This small dish or wall hanging (has a hook on the reverse).
The piece is a very nice English Bronze and makes a great desk accessory or decorative piece. Can be used for desk or w...
Category
20th Century English Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Patinated Bronze Statue of a Native American Indian Archer on the Hunt
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare bronze of a bare chested sinewy Native American Indian warrior/ archer in a crouching position with one leg out for support and the other in a kneeling position as he is in throes of shooting an arrow skywards presumably hunting for a bird. The Indian is dressed in full traditional garb with patterned cotton woven loin cloth, a head band with a single feather. Buckskin leather frilly pants and moccasins. Slung on his back is a leather sheath holding a quiver of arrows. A belt holds a feathered tomahawk on one side and a sheated hunting knife...
Category
Late 19th Century French American Colonial Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Spelter Female Statue with Bird Nest "Le Nid by L. Gregoire”
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a lady's desk or dress a shelf with this elegant antique statue. Crafted in France circa 1870, the spelter composition stands on a circular base and depicts a young female b...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Fernandez Arman, Plexiglass, Paint Tubes, Mixed Media, Lucite/Plastic Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great Arman sculpture showing paint tubes acrylic and plexiglass structure. He was very well known for musical instrument in parts and accumulation of objects inside clear plexiglass...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Standing Nude with Drape Georges Gori & Susse Frères
By Georges Gori
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture standing nude with drape by the French artist Georges Gori with foundry mark Susse Frères, lost wax technique, cire perdue.
The ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture of a Woman in Patinated Bronze, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Antique style sculpture of a woman in patinated bronze, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A 19th century bronze sculpture of a woman in the style of an antique, Napoleon III period...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Classical Orientalist Bronze Statues of Arabs
Located in Brighton, Sussex
These exceptional patinated bronze statues depict ‘Arabe en Marche’ (Arab on the move) and Porteau d’Eau Tunisien (Tunisian water carrier). The former wa...
Category
19th Century French Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Personnage a la plume" Modern Art Sculpture by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Chicago, US
Designed in 1970; cast edition of 6. Signed Miro 2/6 on the base. Fundició Parellada, Barcelona.
LITERATURE: F. Basile, Joan Miró, Bologna, 1997, p. 232 (another proof illustrated i...
Category
1970s Spanish Modern Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Silvana Maisano Bronze Study for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing bronze, lost-wax casting of a study for the MOMA in San Francisco submitted by sculptor, Silvana Maisano in 1984. It is a fantastic sculpture with a wonderful patina. ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th C. Bronze Sculpture of a Nude Woman by Argentine Sculptor J. Mariano Pagés
Located in North Miami, FL
20th century bronze figurative sculpture of a nude woman by argentine sculptor José Mariano Pagés
By: José Mariano Pagés
Material: bronze, copper, metal
Technique: cast, patinated, ...
Category
20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
French Orientalist Bronze Sculpture of North African Berber Boy by Marcel Debut
By Marcel Debut
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MARCEL DEBUT
French, 1865-1933
"Berber Drinking Water"
Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "Debut", sealed with editeur cachet "Bronze Garanti Au Titre Paris", applied plaque a...
Category
20th Century French Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Âme" 1989, by Catherine Val
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze sculpture with green and golden brown patina, 2/8, signed. Jean Capelli's foundry.
Category
20th Century French Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Sculpture Genius and Brute Force by Cyprien Godebski
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze sculpture Genius and brute force by Cyprien Godebski, 1835-1909.
Impressive sculpture.
France 1888.
Weight 50 KG.
This sculpture is illustrated in Les bronzes de XIXe siècle, Pierre Kjellberg...
Category
1880s Polish Romantic Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Europa-Libertas" 1990, by Catherine Val
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze, Jean Capelli Foundry, 1/8.
On one side reads Europa, another Libertas. The combination of two words sculpture posing interesting problems.
Bibliography : Sculptures, catalogue d’exposition, galerie Thorigny, 1990, page 40...
Category
20th Century French Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Figure on Wood Base, Signed Robert Stoller '1934'
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This abstract bronze figure is by California artist Robert Stoller (1936-). Striking from a distance, the position and the texture of the figure stand o...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
John W. Mills (1933-2023) ‘American Footballer’ Patinated Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A patinated resin figural sculpture titled 'American Footballer' by the acclaimed British sculptor, John W. Mills.
This three-dimensional dynamic piece creates a sense of movement, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Mid-Century Modern Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Sculpture in Patinated Bronze by Auguste Lalouette, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in patinated bronze by Auguste Lalouette, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A sculpture by Lalouette Auguste of a Japanese woman in elega...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Patinated Bronze Hunting Dog Models by Moigniez
Located in London, GB
Pair of large patinated bronze hunting dog models by Moigniez
French, late 19th century
Measures: height 43cm, width 58cm, depth 21cm
Made in the late n...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Etre" 'to Be' 1990, by Catherine Val
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze with green and brown patina, Jean Capelli Foundry, signed, 1/8.
Bibliography : 15th International Impact Art Festival, 1994, Kyoto (Japon), page 15/.
Category
20th Century French Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Anton Mikhailovich LAVINSKY : Original plater of a cubist woman, C.1920
By Anton Lavinsky
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Anton Mikhailovich LAVINSKY (1893-1968) : "Cubist woman seating"
Original plaster, unique piece
Russia, circa 1925
Dimensions
Height = 27 cm
Width = 33 cm
Depth = 23 cm
Anton...
Category
1920s French Modern Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
'Listening Stag' by Romantic Author A.L. Barye Produced by Barbedienne in Bronze
Located in North Miami, FL
Patinated bronze sculpture 'Listening Stag' by romantic author and sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye and produced by F. Barbedienne Fondeur
By: Antoine-Louis Barye, F. Barbedienne Fondeu...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal, Copper
Animal bronze by Max le Verrier from the period 1930-1950
Located in LE CANNET, FR
Rare bronze sculpture by Max le Verrier depicting a bird perched on a branch. Beautiful brown patina.
Signature under the tail: Max le Verrier BRONZE
French work in the manner of Bug...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Orientalist French Bronze Statue of Arabian Warrior
Located in New York, NY
Large patinated bronze figure of a proud Middle Eastern male. Signed in the cast, Koenig with Patent 1888 Paris. Apparently designed as a stick stand.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Statue Amour Captif by Felix Sanzel, 20th Century
By Felix Sanzel
Located in Lisbon, PT
This is a patinated bronze sculpture of "Amour Captif" by Felix Sanzel, with "Amour Vainqueur par F. Sanzel Statuaire, Médaille d'or au salon" marked on its base. The model was origi...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Orage" by Etienne Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze proof with golden patina. Edit font Ed. Artcurial. Signed, proof of draw n° 3/10B.
Category
20th Century Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
F.Parpan : "La Charogne", Original plaster - Worshop sale Provenance, 1949
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Ferdinand PARPAN (1902-2004, France) : « La charogne*» (1949)
Original plaster on wood base - Unique piece
Studio plaster Inspired by Charles Baudelaire's poem ('Une Charogne')
Pl...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Other Patinated Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
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