Polychromed Sculptures

Franz Hagenauer Bronze Sculpture Dancer Wiener Werkstatte, Josephine Baker. Very rare Art Deco 1920´s Josephine Baker dancer sculpture. Lovely...

Rare particularly beautiful depiction of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. Created by Gustave van Vaerenbergh under his pseudonym G. Carli from the Art Deco period. This terracotta was p...

Beautiful sculpture of a woman in polychrome bronze entitled "Wisdom" by ERTÉ . The sculpture is signed and engraved ''1988 Chalk and vermilion and sevenarts'' and numbered AP1 / 37.

This stylish and chic Art Deco style sculpture is after the Snake Dancer sculpture by the Romanian-born sculptor Demtre Chiparus, which was originaly crea...

Art Deco Nude Erotic woman bronze bookends. c. France 1925. Signed Scribe Pair of Art Deco green patinated bronze bookends, modeled as kneeling naked ladi...

Large French Art Deco ceramic pelican by Gabriel Beauvais for Kaza, rue de Paradis, Paris (10e), France, early 1930s. Polychrome crackle glaze ceramic. Measures: Height : 8.7"(22cm), Width : 16.9"(43cm), Depth : 7.3"(18.5cm). Signed "G.Beauvais" on the base. Marked "Edition Kaza France...

Marvelous, polychromed Art Deco terracotta sculpture created by the famous belgian sculptor Gustave Van Vaerenbergh under his synonym G. Carli in the period around 1920. An impressiv...

Johann Philipp Ferdinand Preiss (Germany, 1882-1943), Sonny Boy patinated cast bronze, incised signature to figure's right foot. A confidently standing youth figure depicted with tie and smart dress with hands in pockets, mounted atop a rectangular black marble base. Height: 11.5 Inches. Condition: Excellent with wear commensurate of age and use. Johann Philipp Ferdinand Preiss (13 February 1882 – 29 July 1943) was a German sculptor. He was one of the leading sculptors of the Art Deco period. Ferdinand Preiss was born in Erbach im Odenwald as one of six children to Karl Daniel Heinrich Preiss and his wife Katharine Preiss née Elisabetham. He attended school s in Michelstadt and had aspirations to become an engineer. Both of his parents died within a short time span when he was 15 and shortly thereafter he was apprenticed to the ivory carver Philipp Willmann and lived with his family. In 1901 he traveled to Rome and Paris. He became a friend and acquaintance of Arthur Kassler in Baden-Baden, which led to the founding of the company Preiss & Kassler operating from Berlin. Kassler became the business-minded partner and Preiss controlled artistic production. In 1907 he married Margarethe Hilme, producing two children, Harry and Lucie. Initially the company created small ivory carvings of children and statuettes of classical form, often carved from old ivory billiard balls. From 1910 the firm grew to specialize in limited edition Art Deco cabinet sculptures that used painted bronze with ivory...

A distinctive Art Deco period work with a stylized depiction of a pigeon in march, this fine period model is characterized by a perfectly smooth cast bronze surface that has a comple...

Art Deco Bronze Hoop Dancer. Beautiful quality Art Deco hoop dancer in a multi-tone patina mounted on an onyx or alabaster base.

Austrian artist Bruno Zach is considered the "wild man" of erotic figures, and this Art Deco objet d'art is certainly inspired by his creativity. At fir...

Art Deco bronze bookends of Chinese children playing by M. White, England, 1920. A pair of bronze bookends with Chinese children playing, one...