Berkshires - Statues

A fantastic and highly animated pair of Japanese iron fighting cocks. From the late 19th century these highly detailed Works were no easy task. The body cast from solid iron but each...

Beautiful and sweet putti mounted on base. Likely Italian retaining much of the original gilded and painted surface with repainting likely done in the 18th century.

Originally from a Massachusetts North Shore estate, each antique lion is beautifully crafted, bold in detail and amazing true to life. Created in the Beaux Arts Style by highly skill...

Two charming vintage cast stone concrete scottie dog garden sculpture, one sitting and smaller companion on the side. Smaller one measures: 9" x 5" x 5" H.

The pair of wonderfully charming cast cement toad stools make a welcome addition to any garden. These large hand cast stone mushrooms have a naturalistic pa...

Very handsome 1950s seated cast concrete lion with paw on shield.  

Ezio Ceccarelli Italian, 1865-1929 Two Allegorical Figures Circa 1890 Terracotta patina Metal Signed on base Total Height 63 in. Each figure on a pedestal, one holding a dove in hand other holding an urn. Each figure resting on a draped pedestals...

William P. Katz American, 1926-2003 “Abstract Sculpture” Height 12 in. William Katz was born in New York, studied at The Art Students League and with Sebastiano Mineo of New York City. For five years he worked and lived in the home that was once occupied by the great American sculptor Gutson Borglum. His works are in many private collections in the United States, Norway, England, Canada and Greece. Best known for sculptures, he also created paintings and designed textiles and jewelry. Alexander Kirkland called him an abstract "figurist-fantasist." He has had one-man exhibits at many galleries including: 1964, Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL; 1965, Fordham University, NYC; 1969 Hiram Halle Library, Pound Ridge, NY. This particular work is a fine example of the `drip and splash' style for which Jackson Pollock was best known, emerged with some abruptness in 1947. Instead of using the traditional easel Katz in his “Homage to Jackson Pollock” affixed his canvas to the floor or the wall and poured and dripped his paint from a can; instead of using brushes he manipulated it with `sticks, trowels or knives' (to use his own words), sometimes obtaining a heavy impasto by an admixture of `sand, broken glass or other foreign matter'. This manner of Action painting had in common with Surrealist theories of automatism that it was supposed by artists and critics alike to result in a direct expression or revelation of the unconscious moods of the artist. The painting “Homage to Jackson Pollock” is also associated with the introduction of the All-over style of painting which avoids any points of emphasis or identifiable parts within the whole canvas and therefore abandons the traditional idea of composition in terms of relations among parts. The design of his painting had no relation to the shape or size of the canvas -- indeed in the finished work the canvas was sometimes docked or trimmed to suit the image. All these characteristics were important for the new American painting which matured in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Museums and collections: Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL; Fordham University, New York City; Stratmar Marleting Group, NYC; Paul Associates...

Pair of Fu Dogs with wonderful aged patina. Keywords: garden decoration.

A Terracotta Bust of a Lady on a round marble base French, 18th century Attributed to Jean-Antoine Houdon Illegibly Stamped Jean-Antoine Houdon (20 March 1741 – 15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor. Houdon is famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment. Houdon's subjects include Denis Diderot (1771), Benjamin Franklin (1778-09), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1778), Voltaire (1781), Molière (1781), George Washington (1785–88), Thomas Jefferson (1789), Louis XVI (1790), Robert Fulton, 1803–04, and Napoléon Bonaparte (1806). Born in Versailles, Houdon won the Prix de Rome in 1761 but was not greatly influenced by ancient and Renaissance art in Rome. His stay in the city is marked by two characteristic and important productions: the superb écorché [1] (1767), an anatomical model which has served as a guide to all artists since his day, and the statue of Saint Bruno...

Itzak Ofer (Polish, 1910-1988) “Three Figures” Bronze sculpture bas relief profile of three heads on wood plaque, 24 h. x 8 w. Itzhak Ofer was a Sculptor. b. 1910, Poland. Immigrated 1935. Studies: 1941-45 American University, Cairo, plastic arts and drama. Prize: 1968 Public Council of Culture and Art for Best Play. 1981 Initiated and directed a competition of Environmental Sculpture, Ramat Gan...

GEORGE OUDOT
FRENCH, 1928-2004

“Femme Debout au Drape”

Bronze
Height 22 in. Height with base 24 in.

George Oudot studied a...