Sculptures and Carvings

A beautiful medium size Austrian 19th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19...

A beautiful medium size Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19...

A beautiful medium size Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19...

This cool painted surface concrete dog door stop or garden ornament. The condition is very good.

Weave of the Universe, 2019 by Alex Hodge Carved porcelain 12.5 H in x 17 W in x 0.75 D in Unique Her poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that ...

Snow Man by Antonio Grediaga Kieff, signed and numbered 3/9 This extraordinary work of art is expertly crafted in bronze and features a unique abstract form....

Neuclosis by Antonio Grediaga Kieff, signed and numbered 2/6 This extraordinary work of art is expertly crafted in bronze and features a unique abstract form. The sculpture stands o...

Made from found industrial objects, this face takes on different looks at every angle. A wedge, sprockets, gears are adhered to a found painted steel plate to complete this "Flatlay Face" Jim Rose Flatlay Face No. 05, 2021 found industrial objects 4.50h x 10.75w x 10.75d in 11.43h x 27.30w x 27.30d cm JR0299 Jim Rose b. 1966, d. 2023 Bio Born in Indiana, Jim Rose lived in Europe until he returned to the United States to attend college. After one year at Bard College, Jim transferred to the School of the Art Institute in Chicago (SAIC) where he graduated in 1988 with a BFA. His skillful interpretation of the Shaker design is a result of intense research and field study of Shaker furniture, architecture, culture and history. After over two decades of dedicated work, he has mastered the minimalism of the Shaker technique and created his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental influence taking this artist's work to new levels of unique interpretation and artistry. His selection of aged steel results in a patina directly related to that of aged wood while his colored strips beautifully mimic worn cloth. Each piece of furniture is masterfully made and intended for daily use. Jim Rose’s steel furniture is featured every year at SOFA Chicago for the past 25 years. Jim Rose b. 1966, Wisconsin Education 1989 B.F.A., Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1988 Student at Large, Welding Technology, Triton College, Chicago, IL 1985 Undergraduate Photography Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Awards 2008 Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship Award, Madison, WI. 2005 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2003 Grant Recipient for Shaker Interpretations in Cast Iron, PA Arts Assoc / WI Arts Board 2003 Arts/Industry Residency Program for Visual Artists, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Solo Exhibitions 2017 New Work, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2012 Simply Steel, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2007 Variation, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Shaker in Steel / New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000 Shaker in Steel / New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Hands and Heart to Steel III, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL National Exhibitions 2017-2018 SOFA Chicago – Gallery Victor Armendariz 2016 - 1995 SOFA Chicago, New York, Palm Beach - Ann Nathan Gallery 2011 - 2002 Art Chicago - Ann Nathan Gallery Group Exhibitions 2017 Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2017 Living with Art: The Newman Collection, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2016 Form Follows Function: The Intersection of Art and Craft, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, Wi 2015 NEO, Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 2015 ICFF, Furniture Society, Javits Convention Center, New York City, NY 2013 Vahki Revisited, The Enduring Spirit of a Craft Collection” Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2013 Fearless Furniture, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Indianapolis, IN 2013 Inaugural Exhibition, Museum Wisconsin of Art, West Bend, WI 2012 Sitting Pretty: Furniture from RAM’s Collection, Racine Art Museum, WI 2011 Hiding Places: Memory in the Arts, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI 2010 Living with Art, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, NY 2009 Summer in Wisconsin, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2009 High Honors, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI 2008 Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum of Art and Design, NY 2007 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, Art Association, Jackson, WY 2007 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX (traveling exhibition) 2006 Show us Your Drawers, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Marriage of the Minds, Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, WI 2006 27th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2006 Containers of All Dimensions, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2005 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2004 Right at Home: American Studio Furniture, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. 2004 American Collections, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 2004 More Than Drawers-Wisconsin Cabinets, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2004 Objects of Wonder, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 2003 Planting, Potting and Pruning, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI 2003 Men at Work, Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI 2002 Case Pieces: Contemporary Studio Furniture, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Univ of WI-Madison 2002 Sitting Pretty: Contemporary Wisconsin Chairs, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2001 Anything with a Drawer - Award Recipient, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2001 23rd Annual Contemporary Crafts - Award Recipient, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2000 New Talent in Craft, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin 2000 Who Knows Where or When, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin 1999 The End is Near! Artists look at the 20th Century, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI Selected collections Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Indianapolis, Indiana The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wisconsin Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, Wisconsin Publications “Selected Artists of Door County” Stonehill Publishing, 2016 “Galvanized Chest” Door County Living Magazine, Autumn 2012 “100 Artists of the Midwest” Schiffer Books, 2012 “Piecework” American Craft Magazine, February 2012 “Hiding Places, Memory in the Arts” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, June 2011 “Second Lives, Remixing the Ordinary” Museum of Arts and Design, NY, August 2008 “Studio Furniture” Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC, May 2008 “Discoveries by Designers” Architectural Digest, December 2005 “Contemporary Metal Furniture” Metalsmith Magazine, Winter 2003 “Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story” American Craft Magazine, October 2002 “Contemporary Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story” Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002 “Chicago Style...

Early 19th Century Unusual Painted Folk Art Coconut A piece of 19th Century curiosity with a very quirky charm. In the form of a hand painted coconut shell. We guess someone got bo...

Over-sized, Paint-Decorated Baseball Bat, Presented To "J. Whipple" of the "Erie Baseball Club," circa 1858-1870s This remarkable bat, the best 19th century example that I have ever seen, was was presented to "J. Whipple" of the "Erie Baseball Club." Painted red, white, blue, and black, the bat it is decorated in gold with the club's crest. The inscribed date of 1871 may have been added later. This could certainly be accurate in terms of its year of use, though it may actually pre-date this. In combination with the date of the Erie Baseball Club of Buffalo, the painted surface and crest suggest a date between 1858 and perhaps the 1870's at the latest. The graphics of the crest are more indicative of the mid-19th century than the latter decades. The "J. Whipple" on the bat may have been Joseph Oliver Whipple of Buffalo, New York (b. abt. 1830 in NY, d. 14 Oct 1884 in Buffalo, NY -- died in the Erie Canal). There was a baseball club by that name in Buffalo, founded in 1858. There were at least two other clubs by the same name, however, in the same period. One was located in Troy New York...

Rose Quartz Mid Century Giant Skull. Rose quartz is in amazing condition. All sides are in tact and no visible damages to any part of the skull. Great weight. Measures approx - 14d ...

One-of-a-kind woodcarving attributed to the Swedish artist Torborg Lindberg-Karlsson, Lapland. This cheerfully smiling Sami man is wearing a traditional garb & hat in traditional colours. Intricately carved and painted by a skilled hand. The artist Torborg Lindberg-Karlsson was born in 1908 and she died 1980...

From our recent Japanese acquisitions The first we have seen. A finch cautiously sits atop a tree while appearing ready to dip into this attached water vessel Japan, an attractiv...

Scultura, Torso maschile, arte classica, arte greca, Torso, marmo bianco Carrara, scultura classica. Torso maschile scolpito su bellissimo marmo bianco di Carrara, ispirato al Kouros...

This late-20th century brass bell is simple in construction but mighty in use. With a resounding ding, this petite bell is a perfect addition to any tabletop landscape.

Continental waxed-pine bread board. Beautiful rich patina and color. Dates to the mid-to-late 19th century. Note: Due to regional changes in humidity and climate during shipping, an...

Monolite Rothko. Scultura monolite in vetro di murano, omaggio al pittore Mark Rothko, da cui opere l’artista si è ispirato per la realizzazione dell’opera. Realizzato con un blocc...

A 1970s French brutalist wall sculpture created with patinated iron. This piece has rich textures and raw edges. It has beautiful inlaid ceramic detailing in pink and blue hues. Unsi...

Adorable unique wood carved head. Austria, 1910s. Ideal decoration item, used in the displaying and making of hats. Hand carved from wood. Nice display piece in any room. Found at an...

Round hand-carved elm cheese platter dating to late 19th century, England. Nice heavy weight and turned footed base. Note: Due to regional changes in humidity and climate during shi...

A brave and diehard pair of miniature Black Forest hand carved wooden Scottish Terrier dogs Carved in typical dark wood and sporting leather collars, these Scotties were most likely ...

Articulated Wood Artist Hand Model, 1950s-1970 The beautifully carved light wood hand is articulated at the wrist and the base of each finger while the forefinger and thumb are also...

A very early collection of slate animal grave markers, these appear to of all been from the same family/estate/property. Likely all working animals and much loved. Cows, Horses and D...

An exquisitely hand-carved Black Forest wooden serving tray, circa mid-late 19th Century. A stunning, open handled tray showing branching exotic fruit – pomegranates, passionfruit, persimmons, and custard apples. The fruit is shown in clusters along with their leaves, immature fruit, and blossoms, hanging from branches that twine to become the side handles and raised rim of the tray. Naturalistically carved with incredible detail. A unique piece of unparalleled artistry. ‘Black Forest’ carvings were originally thought to have been produced in the Bavarian Black Forest...

Guy Bareff, sculpture, unique piece, biscuit ceramic, signed by the designer, circa 2000, France. Perfect condition. Height 102 cm, width 82 cm,depth 64 cm. Born in Macon, G...

Fiberglass statue with wood framed Masonite menu. Very good shape with a great look. Shows areas of wear and other flaws. Tough piece to find. Measures: 68"X24"X20".

For your special garden spot - rare pair blue gilt Moon Gazing Rabbits from Japan! This is a harder to find matching pair (2) of solid and finely cast ef...

2-340 Scandinavian handcrafted one of a kind Folk Art sculpture signed T.B.

A great set of 13 hand-carved figures each with an individual face depicting a different figure. Varying in size from 6 in to 13 in height. Found an upstate New York.

Hand carved black forest monkey nutcracker with original glass eyes. In excellent condition with good colour and patina. Circa 1890.

Early Ibibio mask fragment from Nigeria, deep black-red pigment, expressive eyes. A compelling face on a custom metal stand. Old insect damage/erosion to p...

Manuel Sandoval Valez Latin American figurative Ceramic sculpture of a newsboy Offered for sale is a folk art-style terracotta ceramic sculpture of a newsboy by Manuel Sandoval Va...

Italian Cherub centerpiece sculpture In White Glazed Ceramics.  

Big wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, wher...

Modern and contemporary artists working in crafts mediums (especially ceramics, metals and basketry) in the Expressionist style developed from the 1950s, were inspired by such artwor...

Early 19th century artists lay figure We are proud to offer an early 19th century artists lay figure, whom we have lovingly named Jean Claude. With ...

Striking Makonde animal helmet mask, dog or hyena, Tanzania. Early 20th century with dark patina from traditional tribal use, wear inside from being used. Finely carved features, wit...

Swiss cylinder music box . 21 1/2" cylinder playing 12 tunes. Housed in a Black Forest carved exhibition box with a carved chamois doe with fa...

A large vintage plaque / sculpture of a women breast cast in aluminum and mounted to a thickly carved satin black wooden plaque, from a private men's club...

Antique cast iron lamb doorstop.

from AMBIANIC 1970s Exotic Rich Grain Rosewood Mod Square Link Belt with Center Buckle Circle in Rosewood. Handmade Natural Organic Vintage Size: 38.5 x 1.5 x .25 Preowned Original ...

A beautifully carved stone Shona sculpture from Zimbabwe depicting a mother tenderly cradling her child. A simple and moving piece by the artist Tmuk. ...

Fantastic multidimensional geometry teaching sphere. Wonderful warm patina to wood surface. Original notes displayed on the sphere and inside. Opens up to many different shapes and o...

These hand carved walnut wood deer are in good condition with minor old repairs on legs or tail. The eyes are hand painted and original. The antlers are made or resin or something fo...

A fine wooden polychrome Spanish Colonial wooden Santos panel of San Lorenzo and the grill that he was martyred on. This Santos panel is unsigned, and pr...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage handmade route root burr walnut fruit bowl and a selection of burr elm and & walnut apples and pe...

A beautifully executed, handmade, buckeye wood turned vase by Rude Osolnik who is widely regarded, along with Bob Stocksdale, as one of the finest woodturners in American woodturning...

Large scale folk art style tin owl sculpture with a painted patina. Attached to a wooden base to ensure that the sculpture is stable.

This hand carved figurative sculpture is in overall good condition. Hand chiseled texture. Mahogany. Made by local artist Jim Pruitt, a well-known San Anton...

Provenance Lino Sabattini, Italy Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature: Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Works 1923-1978, London, 1990, p. 262 for...

Great piece made by the Maori People of New Zealand. Hand carved and decorated. A patu is a club or pounder and was originally designed and carved from wood by the Maori people a...

"Reverie" statue of garden, limestone, folk ar"Reverie" statue of garden, limestone, Folk Art, circa 1950.t circa 1950,

Brutalist cut steel "stalactite" sculpture by Sue Taves, circa 1992, Classic modernist design, manner of Paul Evans.

Early 20th century cast iron andirons in the form of the Easter Islands stone statues. Andirons do not have backs, circa 1900-1920.

Vintage planter peanuts can be used to decorate the kitchen, use as waste receptacle or storage purpose.

Ancient folk work, pair of painted plaster grotesques characters. Measures: H: 71 et 69 cm (repairs and splinters).

One of a kind split grain light sculpture is made by 20th century artist Paul Foeckler from a reclaimed California Incense Cedar with a hollowed core that is illuminated with a built...