France - Figurative Sculptures

An elegant African sculpture from the West African Baoulé or Baule people, depicting a young woman wearing a loincloth. Smooth black lightly worn patina.

Monumental Lying Figure is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 110 × 310 × 60 cm (43.3 × 122 × 23.6 in). The sculpture is signed and numb...

3 Seated Figures I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 42 × 49 × 16 cm (16.5 × 19.3 × 6.3 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it...

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...

A rare work by Swiss sculptor Walter Spaeny Head of Tristan Bernad (1866 - 1947) , French novelist, journalist and also lawyer. Terracotta Signed on the back side

Edouard Marcel SANDOZ (1881-1971) Owl A bronze sculpture with a silvered patina Signed on the base " Ed. M. Sandoz " Cast by " Susse Frs Edts Paris " (with the foundry mark used for...

Feline IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 24 × 90 × 20 cm (9.4 × 35.4 × 7.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part o...

Charles Favard is a sculptor who mastered this rare technique of direct cutting: stone, marble, wood ... materials that he uses with particular ease. His innate sense of volume allow...

Pablo Picasso At the Sea, Beach Scene : Bathers, 1956 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, black covered bath and enamel Annotated on the Back : Empreinte origina...

Ilithyia III is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 26 × 16 × 18 cm (10.2 × 6.3 × 7.1 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...

Yves Klein, Dying Slave after Michelangelo IKB blue resin in plexiglas, signed Rotraut Klein Moquay and numbered 224/300 on the base on a label. 300 editions numbered from “1/300” to...

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...

Childhood’s Sail VI is a bronze sculpture with a stainless steel rod by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 73 × 15 × 12 cm (28.7 × 5.9 × 4.7 in). The sculptur...

The Book of Ganesh II, Tribute to Gregory Colbert is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 24 × 71 × 20.5 cm ...

About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...

Small Horse IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 32 × 28 × 8 cm (12.6 × 11 × 3.1 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is par...

Il Trovatore, Chirico, Multiples, 1970's, Bronze, Sculpture, Surrealiste Il trovatore Ed. 250 pcs 1971 Bronze with silver patina H. 31 cm Signed and date...

Siamese Fighting Fish 'Princess' is a one-off sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, representative of the sculptor's interest in the marine world. Bronze, 44 cm × 60 cm × 25 cm. ...

The Welcome is a monumental bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 110 × 53 × 93 cm (43.3 × 20.9 × 36.6 in). The sculpture is signed and numbe...

Attitude III is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 41.5 × 14 × 18 cm (16.3 × 5.5 × 7.1 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is ...

Lapin, modèle 5, circa 1919-1921 Fondeur Susse Bronze with brown patina 6.5 x 4.9 x 6.5 cm Inscribed and foundry stamp : Ed.m.Sandoz, Susse Frères Editeurs Certificate of authentici...

Arms Raised Monumental Standing Figure I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 250 × 60 × 60 cm (98.4 × 23.6 × 23.6 in). The sculpture i...

Horse XV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 71 × 60 × 17 cm (28 × 23.6 × 6.7 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of ...

Two Ibis is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 25.5 × 38 × 21 cm (10 × 15 × 8.3 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certificate of au...

Takioaka Must is a sculpture by French contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek. This sculpture is available in format 6.5 cm x 13 cm x 9 cm (2.5 x 5.1 x 3.5 in). The artwork is signed ...

Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was inspired by it. From the top of his thirty years, he succeeded in retranscribing his observations, his feelings and his impressions. Thanks to his childlike supports, his contemporary details, he achieves a delicious harmony between softness and violence. This discrepancy constitutes his identity. Like life, marked by hardship, his works refer us to our own experiences. Finally, the use of luxury brands in a spirit of "Pop'art" allows him to pay homage or to denounce the way our societies...

Virgin and Child with Goldfinch Workshops of Metz, Lorraine, circa 1330 Limestone carved in the round with remains of polychromy Height: 61 cm The sculpture of the Virgin and Child ...

Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 ) " Centurion " . " Unic work dadaist " circa 1928 . certifié par Madame Annie Guédras en décembre 2004 . (certificat joint en photo )

Peacock Vase by Léopold SAVINE (1861-1934) A rare vase made in gilded bronze in form of two peacocks with their raised plumage. Signed on the base " L....

Furious Demon is a polished bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Marcelo Martin Burgos, dimensions are 27 × 29 × 30 cm (10.6 × 11.4 × 11.8 in). The sculpture is signed and number...

An original sculpture by contemporary French artist Nicolas Krauss. Numbered out of 8 + 4 artist's proofs, with the certificate of authenticity. Made in his studio, based in Paris re...

Pablo Picasso Chouette aux plumes (Owl with Feathers) Original ceramic of Picasso made of white earthenware clay, partially engraved, with colored engobe and glaze. Annoted "Edition...

Early 20th century zoomorphic African puppet head sculpture from the Bozo tribe in Mali. This puppet head would have been used by the Bozo ethnic group during the Sogobo ceremony. This ancestral tradition continues in the region of Segou in Mali along the Niger river. It is an opportunity to regroup the different villages and give rise to musical and theatrical performances whose highlight is the puppet show...

"Apollo" by Henri Bouchard (1875-1960) An Art Deco period masterpiece! Exceptional bronze sculpture with a golden-brown patina Signed " H. Bouchard " Unique piece This work personifies Apollo, god of the Arts. Represented here as Apollo Musagète, leader of the procession of muses and winner of the serpent Python. This subject was commissioned to adorn the entrance to the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, and whose monumental bronze is still exhibited there. To participate in the Venice Biennale in 1938, Henri Bouchard had reduced in 1937 the large Apollo of the Palais de Chaillot, which had not yet been installed. Vintage cast by Bisceglia (cast founder stamp) made during the artist's lifetime. Incised dedication below signature : " à mon cher ami E. Sandoz " This is a unique cast made for the sculptor Edouard-Marcel Sandoz (1881-1971). This cast was exhibited at the 1938 Venice Biennale. France 1937 height : 82 cm width : 45 cm depth : 30 cm weight : 31,2 kgs Stickers under the bronze cast : - Sticker mentioning that this cast has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale of 1938 under the number 354 ("Biennale Internaz. d'Arte Venezia – 1938 – XVI – 354"). - Sticker mentioning that this cast went through Italian customs ("ne – merci – dogana italiana – visitate - 9622") - Damaged Sticker mentioning the name ("A…") and the address ("25…") of the owner of the cast (maybe for the workshop "Atelier Henri Bouchard", 25 rue d’Yvettes, 75016 Paris). Provenance : - Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, Paris, according to the dedication. - Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein (entrepreneur and founder of Sire Records, famous American record label ; and avid collector of 19th and 20th century fine art...

EDITION Monogrammed : FXL Dated : 2003 Numbered EA 2/4B Stamped with foundry mark : bocquel fd. PROVENANCE Marie Lalanne former collection, daughter of the artist. LITERATURE W....

Flute Player is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 170 × 122 × 35 cm (66.9 × 48 × 13.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is ...

Peace by Jules COUTAN (1848-1939) Bronze sculpture with a dark brown patina Signed on the base " Jules Coutan " Cast by " Thiébaut Frères Fondeurs Paris " (with the foundry stamp) P...

Lapin assis, tête tournée, circa 1919-1921 Fondry Susse, Ed. 3/5 pcs circa 1919-1921 Rare bronze proof with a brown patina 8.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm Certificate of authenticity issued by th...

BUST In Marble Probably From Carrara Representing King Henry IV Late 18th Century" Marble BUST probably from Carrara representing King Henry IV with a laurel wreath. late 18th centur...

The Beautiful Lobster is a unique bronze with ochre and sand colour patina, lost wax casting sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 29 × 81 × 45 cm (11.4 × 31.9 × 1...

Man's Torso II is a unique stone sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 55 × 19 × 8 cm (21.7 × 7.5 × 3.1 in). Height of the sculpture with the metal base: 75 c...

Stag IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 87 × 39 × 20 cm (34.3 × 15.4 × 7.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of...

Ultramarine seahorse II is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 25 × 10.5 × 6 cm (9.8 × 4.1 × 2.4 in). The specified dimensions include the stand ...

Chouette, Picasso, Pitcher, Design, 1950's, Ceramic, Black and white, Animal Chouette femme Ed. 500 pcs 1951 Earthenware ceramic vase with engobe and ...

Large Bull, bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. 120 cm × 100 cm × 34 cm. Limited-edition of 8 copies and 4 artist's proofs, each signed and numbered. This m...

Armand PETERSEN (1891-1969) for Bing & Grondahl, Two penguins in polychrome enameled porcelain, each marked under the right paw with the stamp of the Manufacture in green enamel, acc...

Small Horse III is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 40 × 33 × 9 cm (15.7 × 13 × 3.5 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is pa...

Seated Woman is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Eric Valat, dimensions are 26 × 15 × 20 cm (10.2 × 5.9 × 7.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a lim...

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...

A powerful meditation on the human journey, Cheminement by the late Belgian sculptor Isabelle Thiltgès captures a procession of stylized figures asce...

Bull VI (Taureau VI) by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. Bronze sculpture, 54 × 47 × 15 cm. Signed and numbered. Limited edition of 8 copies and 4 artist's proofs. "The bull...

Unveiling is a contemporary artwork realized by Maryam Pezeshki in 2021 Terracotta sculpture. Original title: Svelamento Maryam Pezeshki was born in Tehran on August 18, 1977. SHe began to paint at the age of three. Her first painting was a Pinocchio. Participate in national and international painting competitions and festivals among Asian and Iranian children, winning first prize each time. At the age of ten she participated in a television program entitled "Little Great Artists". At the age of fourteen she won the prize for the best drawing and sculpture among Iranian teenagers, and she enrolled in the artistic high school, continuing to do her first personal exhibitions of sculpture, painting and drawing. From the age of seventeen to nineteen she won the national prize for best sculpture at the youth festival for three consecutive years. At seventeen he enrolled at the University of Art in the graphics sector and at twenty-one he graduated with full marks. In the same year she began studying for the master of graphics and managed to be among the seven students admitted. At the age of twenty-five she finished his studies and won a competition for teaching drawing and sculpture at the University of Art. In the meantime, visit the European and Indian museums...

Stag II is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 83 × 39 × 24 cm (32.7 × 15.4 × 9.4 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of ...

Roman driver on his chariot by Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) Bronze group with its original nuanced green patina signed on the base " E. Fremiet " cast by More France circa 1880 hei...

Lapin bijou, sonnette, circa 1920-1930 Fondry Susse, Ed. 1748 pcs Bronze with a brown patina H. 6.5 cm Signed on the side of the base : Ed.m.Sandoz Sandoz : Sculpteur Figuriste et An...

Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely rooted in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travel trains youth, Naor was inspired by it. From th...

An official artist of the Nazi regime, trained in Montparnasse in the 1930s, Arno Breker continued to sculpt after the fall of the Third Reich, producing large-scale public commissions in Germany and portraits of prominent figures. The two small bronzes presented here, dated around 1978, are part of a long tradition of prancing horses dating back to antiquity. The asymmetrical treatment of the two front legs and the inclination of the head make these two copies of the same artwork a highly decorative pair. 1. Arno Breker, a prolific sculptor, from the Bohemia of Montparnasse to the commissions from the Third Reich ... and from the Federal Republic of Germany The son of a stone carver, Arno Breker studied fine art and anatomy in his native Elberfeld. At the age of 20, he entered the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. He moved to Paris in 1926, where he continued his training in the studio of Maillol, who dubbed him "the German Michelangelo of the twentieth century". He shared a studio with Alexandre Calder and frequented Jean Cocteau, Foujita, Brancusi, Pablo Picasso and other artists of the bohemian Paris of the time. It was also in Paris in 1933 that he met Demetra Messala, the daughter of a Greek diplomat who posed for Maillol and Picasso, whom he married in 1937. Having won the Prussian Prix de Rome in 1932, he left Paris to stay at the Villa Massimo, the German Academy in Rome. Returning to Germany in 1934, his style evolved towards a more marked imitation of ancient sculpture. He created two monumental statues for Berlin's Olympic Stadium, before being appointed professor at the Berlin College of Fine Arts in 1937. He came to the attention of the Reich Propaganda Ministry, which awarded him several commissions and provided him with three large studios in which Breker produced many monumental sculptures to the glory of the regime. On June 23, 1940, Breker accompanied Adolf Hitler during a visit to Paris. During the Occupation, his political connections enabled him to intervene on behalf of many artists pursued by the Nazis: for example, he protected Pablo Picasso (then a Communist) from Kommandantur officers. Most of Arno Breker's work was destroyed in Berlin at the end of the war in 1945 by bombing and intentional destruction perpetrated by soldiers of the victorious powers. After the fall of the Nazi regime, however, Arno Breker was never prosecuted. He opened a new studio in Düsseldorf, where he sculpted until his death in 1991. He then carried out several public commissions in Germany (Bayreuth, Wuppertal), as well as portraits of numerous personalities, including King Mohammed V of Morocco, Léopold Sedar Senghor (commissioned by the Académie Française in 1978) and the two chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard. The Arno Breker Museum in Nörvenich is now exhibiting some of his artworks. 2. Related artworks: from the Wild Horses of the Quirinal to the Horses of Marly The prancing horse is a major iconographic theme, found in a series of sculptures from Antiquity, the Renaissance and the Classical Age. Various photos from Arno Breker's studio in Berlin confirm the predominant place of equine representations in his work (alongside male nude statues), and confirm that this reduced version created in 1978 is part of the artist's preferred repertoire. Prancing horses are generally associated with a male figure in a group that, through a reference drawn from Antiquity, symbolizes man's domination over nature. In this respect, it is very interesting to compare our small bronzes with the horse forming part of a large sculpture by Arno Breker (made in 1936 and probably destroyed in 1945) depicting Alexander taming Bucephalus. This statue is itself directly inspired by one of the best-known works of 18th-century French sculpture...

Rare Vierge romane en majesté en pierre calcaire sculptée en très haut-relief. La Vierge tient l’Enfant entre ses deux genoux dans une parfaite frontalité, une caractéristique des pr...

Horse XIII is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 49 × 52 × 17 cm (19.3 × 20.5 × 6.7 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part...

Envol is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 58 × 65 × 9 cm (22.8 × 25.6 × 3.5 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certificate of authe...