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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Turkish Horse
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
Turkish Horse
by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875)
"Cheval turc, antérieur gauche levé, terrasse carrée"
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
Signed " Barye " on the base...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
seated man, '70s - clay sculpture, 36x30x23 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Sculpture made of clay depicting a seated man in a cubist way
Category
1970s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Testa Head Sculpture No 7, Expressionist Bust in Red Stoneware with Shino Glaze
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Expressionist ceramic head sculpture in red stoneware with Shino glaze. This Testa head sculpture No 7 belongs to Óscar Aldonza’s ongoing “Testas” series, where each ceramic bust is ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glaze
Old Skeleton Puppet
Located in Milano, IT
Fascinating and rare wooden puppet depicting a skeleton, dating from the 19th century and probably of European origin. This piece hand-carved with extraordinary attention to anatomic...
Category
19th Century Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athletes figure , on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male strength and beauty, inspired by the trend i...
Category
1960s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$51,533 Sale Price
20% Off
Four Season Extraordinary Set of Italian Stone Caryatids Sculptures
Located in Rome, IT
Four Caryatids sculptures with classically draped figures and their distinguishing symbols. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Measures: Height with square form bases cm 220.
Time...
Category
20th Century Academic Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Irakli Tsuladze - Horse
By Irakli Tsuladze
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze & Marble
Irakli Tsuladze is a Georgian sculptor born in 1973 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. His sculptures present a peculiar unity of substance and emotions, whe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Monument for the 20th Century
By David Gerstein
Located in PARIS, FR
"Monument for the 20th Century" by David Gerstein is a striking wall sculpture made of metal, composed of three layers that create a dynamic sense of depth and movement. The piece co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Terracotta Bust Portrait of a Lady Italy 18th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Terracotta bust, portrait of young lady, Italy, Tuscany, second half of the 18th century.
The bust, entirely hand-molded, depicts a young woman with an intricate hairstyle wearing ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Magenta Balloon Dog Iconic Sculpture by Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary Art
By Jeff Koons
Located in Zug, CH
In Koons’ hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons manifesting the essence of American popular culture.
Balloon Dog (Magenta) - Jeff K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$9,925 Sale Price
20% Off
Les pinceaux
By Fernandez Arman
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM.
Free shipment worldwide.
Foundry Bocquel.
Edition of 100 ex.
Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à cordes publishe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
NAOR - 60cm Picsou Uncle Scoodge
Located in PARIS, FR
This artwork will be delivered to you in 3 weeks
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot aro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Jenkell - Wrapping Bonbon Red - Sculpture
By Laurence Jenkell
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Laurence Jenkell
Wrapping Bonbon Red
Plexiglas Sculpture
I/I
Signed and Numbered
Dimensions: 90 x 33 x 28 cm
Laurence Jenkell lives and works in Vallauris, in the French Alpes-maritimes. Self-taught, she started to create on her own in the middle of the 90s. Her artistic research led her to experiment with various techniques such as inclusion, dripping, firing, casting, etc.
After multiple attempts, she successfully mastered and dominated Plexiglas, obtaining the “wrapping” technique, which will allow her to produce the Candy sculpture...
Category
2010s Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass
Cruche aux oiseaux (A.R. 456), Pablo Picasso, Design, Ceramic, Madoura, Limited
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
Cruche aux oiseaux (A.R. 456), 1962
Ed. 142/200 pcs
H. 22 cm I H. 8 5/8 in
White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under partial brushed glaze black, white and red patina
Numbe...
Category
20th Century Post-War Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware
The Source, White Carrara Marble Stone Vertical Figurative Sculpture
By Lutfi Romhein
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This figurative sculpture in veined white Carrara marble stone is by Lutfi Romhein.
A graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts of Carrare, in Italy, Lutf...
Category
2010s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Magmatisme 25
Located in Paris, IDF
Forged steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Pélican
By Jorge Borras
Located in Pasadena, CA
After completing his studies at the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts in Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Jorge Borrás moved to France1.
His works, especially his bronzes, are sold in major auctions mainly in France (Versailles, Drouot, Saint Germain En Laye, Enghien les Bains, etc. June 30, 1992, two bronzes were sold at Christie's in London) 2. They are exhibited in Parisian salons such as the Salon d'automne3, the Salon des artistes français, the Salon des Independants the exhibitions of the National Society of Fine Arts, the Salon de l'école française [ref. necessary].
He received the Arts-Sciences-Lettresn 1 Medal and is a member of the International Association of Visual Arts (affiliated with UNESCO).
In addition, he produced a series of medals and sculptures for the Monnaie de Paris, and various achievements such as the bust of Dr. Coll Colomé, a monument erected in Benicarlo (Spain) and publishing covers including the novel by Jean-Marc Roberts Vincent's friend.
The work of Jorge Borrás is a tribute to the woman [ref. necessary]. Her favorite themes are ballerinas and bathers as well as women in everyday attitudes. Wild animals, some endangered, are also very present in the work of Jorge Borrás, especially in recent years where he takes great pleasure in capturing the wild moment of his attitudes.
Passionate about drawing, he began painting at the age of ten and made his first exhibition at the age of twenty.
At the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, he discovered sculpture with Luisa Granero and studied painting and sculpture.
The students the drawing section, of the great master of Spanish painting and portrait painter Francisco Ribera Gomez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Französische Bronze Emile Louis Picault „Charity-Bien Faisance“
By Émile Louis Picault
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze Emile Louis Picault
"Charity-Bien Faisance," a French bronze figure by Emile Louis Picault.
50 cm
Bronze signed Emile Louis Picault. With cast stamp.
Wonderful work with a ...
Category
1890s Jugendstil Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Satyr with Young Faun on his Shoulders - Bronze Sculpture by Aurelio Mistruzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Numbered and signed. Limited edition of 100 pieces.
Excellent conditions.
Aurelio Mistruzzi was an Italian sculptor and medalist.
He attended the Udine School of Art with professor ...
Category
1930s Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kinetic sculpture made from coins "Circle XIV" by Kim Seungwoo
By Kim Seungwoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kim Seungwoo is a contemporary Korean sculptor, lives in Seoul, South Korea.
Seungwoo is famous for his sculptures made from coins and buttons. He create...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Hare by Cécile Raynal - Animal smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, fable, clay
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
Hare is a unique smoke-fired stoneware, resin, plaster and clay sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 84 × 30 × 52 cm (33 × 11.8 × 20.4 in). This scul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware, Resin, Plaster
Tire d’aile (avec Natacha) by Cécile Raynal - Stoneware sculpture, wood, pigment
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
Tire d’aile (with Natacha) is a unique smoke-fired stoneware sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 115 × 43 × 30 cm (45.2 × 16.9 × 11.8 in). This scul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pigment, Stoneware, Wood
Bougeoir Elephant
By François-Xavier Lalanne
Located in PARIS, FR
EDITION
Monogrammed, stamped, numbered and marked on reverse: FxL; FX Lalanne; EA 3/15; Artcurial
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"La Danza", Grande scultura in Marmo bianco di Carrara XIX secolo
By Antonio Giovanni Lanzirotti
Located in Pistoia, IT
Antonio-Giovanni Lanzirotti, "La Danza", grande scultura in marmo bianco di Carrara, firmata AG Lanzirotti sulla base.
Antonio Giovanni Lanzirotti, nato a Palermo il 9 maggio 1839 e...
Category
1860s Italian School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Candlesticks
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875)
Pair of Candlesticks
Pair of neo-Greek candlesticks
Bronze with a dark patina
signed on the underside "Barye"
Old cast
France
circa 1890
height 27 c...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bird with a Crest - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 500 (Ramié #173)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso
Bird with a Crest, 1952
Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, enamel and oxidized paraffin decoration
Annotated on the Back : Empreinte originale Pic...
Category
1950s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A Runner, Contemporary Bronze Figurative Original Sculture
By Michal Kubiak
Located in Warsaw, PL
MICHAŁ KUBIAK (born in 1946)
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan (1967-1972). He received his degree in sculpture in the studio of Olgierd Truszyński. Since 1972 he has p...
Category
2010s Minimalist Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Tartar warrior stopping his horse
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
Tartar warrior stopping his horse
by Antoine-louis BARYE (1796-1875)
Equestrian group in bronze with a nuanced dark greenish brown patina
any cast mark
old edition cast
France
cir...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cigale
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
Cigale (Cicada)
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze sculpture with nuanced dark brown patina
signed "A. Carrier-Belleuse"
old edition cast
France
circa 1870
heigh...
Category
1870s French School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 160 x 60 x 60 cm
Edition of 12
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeav...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Wood Oriental Sculpture, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Oriental sculpture from the mid-20th century. Nicely carved and worked exotic wooden object depicting a character with an animal on a chain of good quality. Sculpture made from a sin...
Category
1960s Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Milan - contemporary bronze sculpture of life-size Woman holding feather
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Milan" is a new, large free-standing bronze sculpture, suitable both for the inside and outside. Edition 8, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom.
The sculptress Susanne Kraiss...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Great Secret by Martine Demal - Contemporary bronze sculpture, human figure
By Martine Demal
Located in Paris, FR
The Great Secret is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 87 × 21 × 10 cm (34.3 × 8.3 × 3.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kop in de Wolken Head in the Clouds Polyester Cortensteel Coating Sculpture
By Evert den Hartog
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kop in de Wolken Head in the Clouds Polyester Cortensteel Coating Sculpture
Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed his education to be a sculptor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polyester
Tree in the Box by Ondřej Oliva - monumental aluminium sculpture, silvery metal
By Ondřej Oliva
Located in Paris, FR
Tree in the Box is an aluminium sculpture by contemporary Czech sculptor Ondřej Oliva, dimensions are 397 × 110 × 130 cm (156.3 × 43.3 × 51.2 in).
This sculpture is a unique piece si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bahia
By Patrick Brun
Located in Pasadena, CA
Patrick BRUN was born in Paris in 1941. After obtaining his Engineering degree, he began his professional life as a teacher in mathematics and physics. After this period, he started ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Matermatrix
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Da sempre sono attratto dagli oggetti semplici, spesso dimenticati o fuori contesto. Riporto alla luce piccoli frammenti del quotidiano – giocattoli, gadget, elementi della cultura p...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Set of Four Italian Stone Statues Representing the Four Arts 1920'
Located in Rome, IT
Rare set of sculptures composed by a set of the four female figures representing The Arts. 1920'
Music, Painting , Architecture ,Sculpture.
Measures: Height cm 150
Very good origin...
Category
20th Century Academic Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Feline by Cécile Raynal - Animal smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, fable, clay
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
Feline is a unique smoke-fired stoneware, resin, plaster and clay sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 78 × 35 × 60 cm (30.7 × 13.7 × 23.6 in). This ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware, Resin, Plaster
Apollo Marble Bust Sculpture of Grand Tour Mythological subject 1850'
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in white Carrara marble of Apollo bust .
Category
20th Century Academic Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$6,203 Sale Price
35% Off
Technological Pinocchio - Wooden Sculpture by F. Codognotto - 2007/2008
Located in Roma, IT
Technological Pinocchio is an original decorative object realized between 2007 and 2008 by Ferdinando Codognotto.
Original wood sculpture realiz...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH. Limited Ed. Vinyl Figure Surrealism Lowbrow Pink
By Mark Ryden
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Vinyl figure
Edition: 500
Size: 15.25 cm height
Condition: In mint conditions, brand new inside its original package
Desc...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Field worker with rake / - The Humility of the Farm Worker -
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski (1865 Mieltschin - 1910 Berlin), Field worker with rake, around 1900. Brown and brown-greenish patinated bronze with ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,526 Sale Price
20% Off
The Feeding / - Natural grace -
Located in Berlin, DE
Erich Schmidt-Kestner (1877 Berlin - 1941 Nordhausen), The Feeding, around 1915. Gold and black patinated bronze with cast brown patinated plinth mounted on a lightly veined black-gr...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,294 Sale Price
20% Off
Elephant running with coiled trunk
Located in PARIS, FR
Elephant running with coiled trunk
Roger GODCHAUX (1878-1958)
Rare sculpture in bronze with a nuanced dark brown patina
cast by SUSSE
France
circa 1930
height 14,2 cm
length 24 cm
...
Category
1930s French School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Secret
Located in PARIS, FR
The Secret
by Pierre-Félix FIX-MASSEAU (1869-1937)
Sculpture in bronze with a gilded patina
Signed on the side " Fix-Masseau "
Cast by " Siot-Paris " (with the foundry mark)
France...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tete de Chevre Goat Head - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition /100 (Ramié #148)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso
Tall Dish witth Goat Head, 1952
Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth and enamel
Stamp on the Back : Empreinte originale Picasso - Madoura Plein Feu
L...
Category
1950s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Graffiti Lips
By David Gerstein
Located in PARIS, FR
3D wall sculpture by David Gerstein built on 3 consecutives layers
It is made of cutout steel and painted by the artist with great movement and colors combinations.
This is an iconic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Mother and Child, with a base
By Baltasar Lobo
Located in PARIS, FR
Mother and Child, with a base
by Baltasar LOBO (1910-1993)
A bronze group with a dark brownish green patina
Signed on the base " Lobo "
Cast by " Susse Fondeur Paris " (with the fou...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Et in Arcadia Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Mythology Contemporary Classic
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Et in Arcadia Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Mythology Contemporary Classic
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a pe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of bookends with Elephants
By Ary Bitter
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of bookends with Elephants
by Ary BITTER (1883-1973)
A very fine pair of bronze sculptures with a nuanced green patina
Signed " Ary Bitter Sclp " on an original plaque on one o...
Category
1930s French School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 15th Century By Florentine School Madonna with Child Bas-relief
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Late 15th Century Florentine School
Madonna with Child Bas-relief
Pietra serena (a blue-gray sandstone) 85.5 x 60.5 cm
Provenance:
- via Stefano Bardini purchased in 1896 by
Prince ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Bird on a branch
By Ferdinand Pautrot
Located in PARIS, FR
Bird on a branch
by Ferdinand PAUTROT (1832-1874)
Bronze with a nuanced old gilded and brown patina
Signed on the base " F. Pautrot "
old cast
Underneath, label of the Resaler-Deco...
Category
1970s French School Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
INVADER - 3D LITTLE BIG SPACE. Limited edition Sculpture, Urban, Street art
By Invader
Located in Madrid, Madrid
3D LITTLE BIG SPACE
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Vinyl sculpture
Edition: 5000
Size: 28 x 20 x 4 cm
Condition: New, inside its sealed original box
This is the first vinyl sculptu...
Category
2010s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Ink
Korean Contemporary Art by Choi Han Jin - Country Boy
Located in Paris, IDF
Stainless steel - unique artwork marked with stamp from the artist
Sculpture sold with fiberglass pedestal
Artwork located in Seoul, South Korea at the artist's studio
Choi Han-Ji...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mahout washing his elephant
Located in PARIS, FR
Mahout washing his elephant
by Roger GODCHAUX (1878-1958)
A very rare sculpture in bronze with a nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the base "Roger Godchaux"
Cast by "Susse Frs Edt...
Category
1930s Art Deco Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Felino De Bronce - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Bronze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Edition of 7.
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Violet Balloon Rabbit Iconic Sculpture by Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary
By Jeff Koons
Located in Zug, CH
In Koons’ hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons manifesting the essence of American popular culture.
Balloon Rabbit (Violet) - Jeff Koons, 21st Century, Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Decor, Limited Edition
Limoges porcelain with chromatic metalized coating
Edition of 999
Signed and numbered
In mint condition, as acquired from the manufacturer
In the original box designed by Jeff Koons, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
Inspired by a twisted rubber balloon rabbit, Balloon Rabbit (Violet), is a highly reflective red porcelain limited edition. Incorporating the vocabulary of his iconic Celebration sculptures, Balloon Rabbit, along with two other animals, Balloon Monkey and Balloon Swan, marked a spectacular new chapter in Jeff Koons’s oeuvre.
“One of the things that I’m most proud of is making work that lets viewers not feel intimidated by art, but feel that they can emotionally participate in it through their senses and their intellect and be fully engaged”. — Jeff Koons
The idea for a Balloon Rabbit sculpture came to Jeff Koons from his upbringing in south-central Pennsylvania. At special times of the year, people would decorate their front yard with reindeer at Christmas and inflatable rabbits at Easter. As his neighbors wished t give pleasure to other people with these decorations, the artist is proud to make art that is not intimidated for the viewers.
JEFF KOONS
Jeff Koons (born 1955) playfully tests the boundaries of commerce, celebrity, banality and pleasure, turning banal commercial or everyday objects into art icons by using seductive materials, a shift of scale and a contextual displacement.
He rose to prominence in the mid-1980s as part of a generation of artists who explored the meaning of art in a media-saturated era. Koons turns banal commercial or everyday objects into art icons by using seductive materials, a shift of scale, and a contextual displacement. Jeff Koons’s “Balloon Dog” (featuring his enormous iconic chromium stainless steel dogs); his large-scale vinyl “Inflatables”; or the giant “Split-Rocker” all follow this principle. For instance, Jeff Koons in “Puppy” engaged the past and the present, referencing the eighteenth-century formal garden, while adding the most sugary of iconography.
“It’s basically the medium that defines people’s perceptions of the world, of life itself, how to interact with others. The media defines reality.” —Jeff Koons
Originally licensed as a commodities broker, Koons decided to become an artist in the late 1970s and moved from Wall Street into a factory-like studio in SoHo with hundreds of assistants. Since then, he has produced different iconic series, like the “Pre-New”, a series of domestic objects in strange new configurations, and “The Equilibrium” series, consisting of basketballs floating in distilled water tanks. The “Banality” series, which includes Jeff Koons´s “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” and “Woman in Tub”, among others, is characterized by oddly eroticized, comic, and kitsch images. However, it is indeed Koons’s “Made in Heaven” series that is his most provocative and controversial work, in which he examines the place of sexuality in visual culture.
Koons is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential, and controversial contemporary artists. He constantly tests the boundaries between art and commerce...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$17,368 Sale Price
41% Off
Girl with a Kid / - Caresses of innocence -
By Ary Bitter
Located in Berlin, DE
Ary Bitter (1883 Marseille - 1973 Paris), Girl with Kid, around 1930. Green patinated bronze with cast plinth loosely mounted on a white-veined dark green marble base. Dimensions of the plinth: 5 cm (height) x 80 cm (length) x 24 (width), dimensions of the bronze 28 cm (height) x 72 cm (length) x 18 cm (width). Weight of the bronze 18.2 kg, total weight 39.2 kg. Signed “Ary Bitter.” on the plinth and stamped “L N Paris J L” by the foundry Les Neveux de Jacques Lehmann...
Category
1930s Art Deco Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$8,588 Sale Price
20% Off
Sèvres terracotta Bust Sculpture of Moliere after Jean Antoine Houdon
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Gavere, BE
Sèvres terracotta Bust Sculpture of Moliere after Jean Antoine Houdon
Bearing the Sèvres mark underneath the base
Additional information about the work:
Title: Bust of Moliere
Med...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
