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Period: Mid-20th Century
Collection of Whimsical Carved Wood Village People
Located in Ferndale, MI
Carved wood collection bankers, doctors, police, builder, banker, lawyer, golf and tennis players average measurements: 4.25 wide x 3.25 deep x 12.5 tall.
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Signed Abstract Modernist Metal Sculpture Attributted to Early Curtis Jere
Located in Buffalo, NY
Signed abstract modernist metal sculpture. One off, original, stunning form, texture and design, apparently early work of Curtis Jere Company, long before they're sculptures and desi...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Metal

Art Deco Running White Snow Rabbit - Hare Sculpture - Wooden Hand-Carved
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco snow rabbit figure. Made of hand-carved wood. Good conditions with nice patina. Some very small time cracks. in the manner of François Pompon, the Artist has a famous sculpture called Running...
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Unknown Art Deco Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japanese Wooden Shinto Priest
Located in New York, NY
Asian Japanese Mid-Century Modern bleached wood carved religious figure of a Shinto Priest seated in Lotus position with legs crossed.
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Unknown Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

European Ford Factory German Automotive Taunus Vintage Car Plaque Sculpture
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A Handcrafted ford factory commemorative plaque for the Taunus automobile manufactured in Germany celebrating the 30th anniversary of chief designer Herman Schmtz. Hand hammered bron...
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German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Metal

Kinetic Dimensional Works, Abstract Expressionism Sculpture
Located in East Hampton, NY
Perfectly and auspiciously whimsical. Iron and gold leaf kinetic sculpture, in abstract form -a tabletop sculpture. The sculpture is in excellent original condition. In the style ...
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American Expressionist Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Gold Leaf, Iron

Modernist Wire Iron Sculpture, Abstract "Don Quixote" by Irving Lichtman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist wire iron sculpture, abstract "Don Quixote" by Irving Lichtman. Classic modernist.
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Iron

Abstract Metal and Glass Sculpture by Gertrude Schreiber, Cranbrook School
By Gertrude Schreiber
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract metal and glass sculpture by Gertrude Schreiber ,Cranbrook student. Amazing visual, intricate execution, wonderful use of color form and space.
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Metal

Victor Cerrato Atelier, Ten Slabs in Carved Tuff, circa 1960, Turin, Italy
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Victor Cerrato Atelier, ten slabs in carved tuff. Made for the lobby of Hôtel Royal in Spotorno (Savona, Italy), circa 1960, Turin, Italy. Measures: Height 83 cm, width 637 cm, d...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Unusual Brutalist Bronze Figure Mounted Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Brutalist bronze figure mounted sculpture, emotionally charged, raw imagery, beautifully hand executed, depicting cloaked person amazin...
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Unknown Brutalist Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Carved USWV Lodge Pedestal Podiums Folk Art American Flag and Clasped Hands
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic pair of ceremonial lodge pedestals from United Spanish War Veterans lodge in Toledo, Ohio. One with a very well carved and three dimensional Amer...
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Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Rockefeller Irivake Figure
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Abstract and anthropomorphic large figure from the Pie River, located to the east of the Era River. Abstract, anthropomorphic form stands on separate legs with dynamic varying outline, wide hips, and torso leading straight to a rounded head. Figure represents Irivake, the ancestor hero who is considered as the founder of headhunting, also believed to have climbed to the sky and to command lightning. It is enlivened with various curvilinear details highlighted with red and white pigments. The back appears with a collection number in red, and the following: Ipigau (village), Upper Pie River, Papua, P63.20. This is a 'later example', not a first generation piece with several age cracks. It has likely seen field use, but not extensive field use. Provenance: Private New Jersey Collection, ex. Michael Rockefeller...
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Papua New Guinean Primitive Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Jean-Marie Simonnet and Martha, Sculpture Polymorphic Red, circa 1968, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Jean-Marie Simonnet and Martha, Les Simonnet Sculpteurs, Sculpture polymorphic red lacquered fiber glass, Circa 1968, France. Height: 2m50, width: 130 cm, depth: 90 cm. After ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Fiberglass

Large Painted Elephant and Rider on Wheeled Base
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful paint decorated carved wood Indian elephant with rider on a red painted wheeled base. Incredible detail to the paint. A large-scale, impressive ...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Hardwood

Quirky American Folk Art Human Form Chair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Have a seat! One of a kind human form chair. Wonderfully carved muscles, toes, clenched fists for support. Looks like the chair is ready to go crawling ac...
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American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Modernist Copper Sculpture, Indoor or Outdoor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist copper sculpture, indoor or outdoor. Can be hung or placed as stationary element, amazing design made with one continuous copper strip.
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Unknown Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Copper

Folk Art Hunter Carving, circa 1930s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand-carved wooden Folk Art hunter with a sheet metal hat. Original red, white and black paint surface.
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American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Sheet Metal

Cock in Wood by R.J Lakin from Streatham Workshop in London, Carousel, 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Cock in wood by R.J Lakin from Streatham Workshop in London. Unique piece from Carousel 1930. Devided piece of Beam in sculpted wood hand-painted with optical illusion, 1930. Rare...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Monumental W.P.A. Plaster Sculpture "Young Abe Lincoln" by Frank Romanelli
By Frank Romanelli
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large W.P.A. plaster sculpture, depicting a young Abraham Lincoln. Done by Frank Romanelli, born Farenza, Italy 1909, died 1974. Amazing detail, retains orig...
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American Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Plaster

Floor Sculpture after Louise Nevelson, 1970s
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Floor Sculpture after Louise Nevelson, 1970s. Large wooden Industrial found objects art sculpture after Louise Nevelson, 1970s. This piece - entitled "Marilyn" after Marilyn Monroe -...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Vintage 1950s Mexican Carved Wood Sculpture Polychrome Bookends Siesta Folk Art
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A pair of vintage 1950s North American Mexican handmade polychrome painted wood "Mexican Siesta book ends". Beautiful, colorful design and a great example of Mexican Folk Art male and female wood...
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Mexican Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Wood Carved Store Display Trade Sign Artist Paint Brushes Original Paint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic hand carved giant wood artist paintbrushes. All original multi colored paint surface. Completely wood carved. Perhaps part of a retail w...
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American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Diehard Pair Of Miniature Black Forest Hand Carved Scottish Terrier Scottie Dogs
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
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 ...
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English Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Tramp Art Birds in a Tree Sculpture
Located in Highland, IN
This charming piece of folk art features a stylized tree with the classic notched tramp art carving and an inlaid mirror, festooned with four carved birds. 24"h X 15"w X 9.5"d
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American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Mirror, Wood

Mid-20th Century American Painted Tole Doorstop
Located in Chicago, IL
A whimsical mid-20th century American hand-painted tole floral basket doorstop made from cut tin and with some flowers in relief. May also be used as a decorative object on a bookshe...
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American Country Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Tin

Mid-Century Era Cypress Knees Sculptural Table Lamp with Woven Wooden Shade
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage 'live edge' folk art table lamp was made by the Cypress Knee of New Ordleans, Louisiana of the United States in approximately 1960 in the period Mid-Century Modern style...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal

Inuit Native American Eskimo Stone Carved Walrus Sculpture with Tusks
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful soapstone carving of a walrus with tusks by the indigenous Inuit people who inhabit parts of the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska. Some markings to the ...
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Canadian Native American Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Soapstone

Sandstone Carving of a Peregrine Falcon
Located in Nantucket, MA
Masterfuly carved Peregrine Falcon, depicted on a stump, showing a nice contrast pof mixed polish and rough contrast, with inserted black stone eyes Unknown maker.
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American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Sandstone

Yoruba Style Figurative Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved in a classic Yoruba form, this figurative stool is unusual for its highly patterned painted surface. Using traditional techniques, a single tree trunk was carved into a column...
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Nigerian Tribal Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Vintage Leather Viking Gym Wrestling Dummy
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great simple human form. Vintage Viking white leather gym wrestling dummy. This guy is solid. Nicely worn leather. Team Viking on front and makers iden...
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North American Steampunk Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Rude Osolnik Signed Rare Large Pale Buckeye Wood Turned Vessel Bud Weed Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Maori New Zealand Hand Carved Wood Hand Club Patu
Located in Studio City, CA
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...
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New Zealand Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

"Reverie" Statue of Garden, Limestone, Folk Art, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Reverie" statue of garden, limestone, folk ar"Reverie" statue of garden, limestone, Folk Art, circa 1950.t circa 1950,
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Limestone

Curtis Jere 5 Ft Tall Brutalist Sculptural Raindrops Tree
Located in Redding, CT
Curtis Jere 5 Ft Tall Brutalist sculptural Raindrops tree. Amazing designer item. Three large round starbursts pom pom style balls adorn this three branched tree with large Brutalis...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal, Cut Steel

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