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Item Ships From: California
Leon Salat Dancing Lady on Onyx Base Signed, Early 20th Century
By Leon Salat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leon Salat Dancing Lady on Onyx Base Signed, Early 20th Century
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
A Large Patinated Bronze Figure of a Draped Religious Women Titled: Antifonh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine 19th century French patinated bronze figure of a standing draped classical woman with a wreath to her hair holding an urn.
Titled: Antifonh
Measures:
Height 41.5" (105.4 cm)...
Category
Late 19th Century French Classical Roman Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze figural torchere titled: "Music" by Jules Felix Coutan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very fine life-size patinated bronze figural torchere modeled as a classically clad female musician holding a mandolin and a torch. This symbolic representation of Music, falls within Coutan’s allegorical work. The sculpture stands on a period carved wood pedestal.
Inscribed on base: Coutan, Thiébaut Frères, Fondeurs.
Total Height: 101″ (259 cm)
Bronze height: 67″ (170.1 cm)
Pedestal Height: 34" (86.3 cm)
Jules-Félix Coutan (22 September 1848 – 23 February 1939) is considered to be one of the most gifted French sculptors and designers of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Coutan studied under the renowned Pierre-Jules Cavelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1872; after his return to Paris he executed the fountain group France Bearing the Torch of Civilization for the Exposition Universelle (1889), one of the two prominent sculptural commissions for the Exposition grounds.[1] Later he taught at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900, where he expressed his disdain for the researches of Rodin— fumiste—[2] and the Impressionist sculptors who followed him. Coutan was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1905.[3]
Coutan is best known in the United States for the sculptural group above the entrance to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. For Grand Central Terminal, Coutan was contracted to provide a quarter-size scale plaster model of the three-figure allegorical Transportation group, which he developed from 1911 through 1914. The carving was performed by the William Bradley & Son of Long Island City.[4]
Among Coutan's students were Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Raymond Delamarre...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
White Resin Skull
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Decorative white resin skull on acrylic base.
Category
2010s Mexican California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Renaissance Era, Marble Fragment of a Leg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic, 15th Century, Roman marble fragment of a left foot and calf mounted on a custom iron stand.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Tom Greene Alabama Freedom March Sculpture
By Tom Greene
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tom Greene (Famed Lighting Fixture Designer) Original Hand Crafted Sculpture
2015 Specialized Clay on Wood Base/Frame
Hand Signed
Category
2010s American Brutalist California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Wood
Tom Greene Dancer Sculpture
By Tom Greene
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tom Greene (Famed Lighting Fixture Designer) Original Hand Crafted Sculpture
2015 Specialized Clay on Wood Base
Hand Signed
Category
2010s American Brutalist California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Wood
Contemporary Cast Bronze Sculpture 'Brushes of the Artist #10' by Charles Splady
By Charles Splady
Located in Oakland, CA
'Brushes of the Artist' is a series in which each brush, carefully molded and cast in bronze, symbolizes years of creative work in Charles Splady's studio. These once-functional tool...
Category
2010s American Modern California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Saint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
From a beautiful home in Santa Barbara. Slight chipping in silver leaf on back side. Beautifully detailed.
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver Leaf
19th Century Ceramic Bust of a Man
Located in Ross, CA
A favored royal residence, Château d’Amboise was confiscated by the monarchy in the 15th century. King Charles VIII actually died at the chateau in 1489 after knocking himself unconscious on a door...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Two Rare Italian, Terracotta Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare Italian terracotta sculptures of a knight, and horse, both in repousse armor decorated with dramatic plumes. Each mounted on cu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Lucite
Pair of 18th Century Italian Polychrome Candle Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully carved and painted. Nice patina. From a beautiful house in Santa Barbara. They do hold candles on a spike.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Contemporary Cast Bronze Sculpture 'Brushes of the Artist #4' by Charles Splady
By Charles Splady
Located in Oakland, CA
'Brushes of the Artist' is a series in which each brush, carefully molded and cast in bronze, symbolizes years of creative work in Charles Splady's studio. These once-functional tool...
Category
2010s American Modern California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
ANTIQUE marble Figure of Michelangelo Carving the Head of Faun
By Pietro Bazzanti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Young Michelangelo
Carrara marble.
Signed: P. Bazzanti, Florence (Italian, 1825-1895)
Circa 1870
This magnificent 19th-century hand-carved marble sculpture depicts the young artist...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Mid -Century Modern /Deco Lady Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A well made Sculpture of a Young Lady holding an Alabaster Shade . Cast in lost wax bronze with an Antique Silver patina finish . Standing mounted on a solid Black marble base . A n...
Category
1990s American Art Deco California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Orientalist Bronze Figure of a Turkish Arms Merchant by G. Gueyton
By G. Gueyton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Le Marchand d'armes turc" (The Turkish arms merchant)
This magnificent 19th century French patinated bronze figure depicts a standing man wearing headscarf (Ghutra or keffiyeh) holding a flintlock...
Category
1870s French Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
c. 1800, Carved Chinese Figure
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant, turn-of-the-19th century, hand-carved, fully finished polychrome and parcel gilt statue of a Chinese wise man with a cascading braid beneath a...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of French Table Corners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heavy brass applique with Classic detailing, two pairs available.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Painted and Carved Wooden Sculpture of a Knight Crusader, circa 1944 on Pedestal
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A carved wooden sculpture of a knight crusader from the mid-20th century painted in a silver color with brown undertone. The knight is kneeling on a later rectangular black wooden stepped pedestal, holding his sword horizontally while wielding a kite shield mounted on his forearm, emblazoned with a cross and a forked lightning. Looking determined to battle for glory, he wears a silver painted chainmail coif on his head and chest beneath a helmet framing his bony face, a cuirass above a hauberk, greaves and sabatons. The perfect recreation of a crusader’s battle armor enhanced by the silver paint and numerous details make this carved wooden sculpture of a kneeling knight...
Category
Mid-20th Century California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sculpture of Dancers by Mauricio Sorice
By Mauricio Sorice
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture of dancers by Mauricio Sorice.
Category
2010s Mexican California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
French Musical Applique
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heavy, ornate brass applique depicting musical instruments; originally used to decorate a piece of furniture, but will make a fascinating wall decoration.
Category
Early 20th Century French California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Ashanti Ghana African Art Sculpture
Located in Encino, CA
No Longer Available
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Carved Nude with Deer and Sheep
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Continental wood carved nude sculpture with deer and sheep, circa 1940s.
Category
Mid-20th Century American California Figurative Sculptures
Maxime Adam-Tessier Figural Bronze Sculpture
By Maxime Adam-Tessier
Located in New York, NY
Rare and important figural bronze abstract sculpture, Claire, by Maxime Adam-Tessier (1920-2000) circa 1960s. Her unique bust is atypical of his work. Signed with a monogram and mark...
Category
1960s French Vintage California Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
