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Item Ships From: Illinois
Ceramic Male Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Ceramic male figure, fired stoneware with monochromatic pattern. Incised signature underside.
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Children's Hat Charm, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An unusual and charming antique, this 20th century Chinese charm was once used to adorn the embroidered crown of a traditional children's hat. Amulets such as this were worn on hats ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Beaded Ndebele Initiation Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king...
Category

Mid-20th Century South African Folk Art Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Cotton, Wood

Chinese Female Mingqi Spirit Attendant
Located in Chicago, IL
Molded of earthenware, this petite sculpture is a type of centuries-old burial figurine known as míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to en...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Illinois Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware

Set of Three Beaded Ndebele Fertility Dolls
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king). As beads become gradually more accessible throughout the 19th century, they began to displace the organic materials used in traditional art and attire. This colorful example of African beadwork...
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20th Century South African Folk Art Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cotton, Wood

Beaded Ndebele Ceremonial Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king...
Category

Mid-20th Century South African Folk Art Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Cotton, Wood

Chinese Children's Hat Charm, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An unusual and charming antique, this 20th century Chinese charm was once used to adorn the embroidered crown of a traditional children's hat. Amulets such as this were worn on hats ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ken Warneke – Suite of Triptych Face Paintings 1984
Located in Chicago, IL
Ken Warneke – Suite of Triptych Face Paintings (1984) A striking set of three portrait paintings by Chicago School artist Ken Warneke, exhibited at the MCA Chicago. Each piece is sig...
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1980s American Vintage Illinois Figurative Sculptures

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Masonite

Chinese Celadon Glazed Temple Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman would use a rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or pure...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Beaded Ndebele Ceremonial Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king). As beads become gradually more accessible throughout the 19th century, they began to displace the organic materials used in traditional art and attire. This colorful example of African beadwork is a ceremonial doll...
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Late 20th Century South African Folk Art Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cotton, Wood

"Cut-Rate Liquor Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper

Chinese Lucky Girl Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman would use a rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or purely decorative, such headrests were crafted from a variety of materials and were often decorated with elaborate patterns or symbolic motifs. This porcelain headrest...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Mid Century Sculpture of Two People Dancing
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid century sculpture of two people dancing This sculpture measures: 8.5 wide x 6.5 deep x 9.5 inches high and weighs 1.5 pounds Excellent vintage...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

Beaded Ndebele Ceremonial Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king). As beads become gradually more accessible throughout the 19th century, they began to displace the organic materials used in traditional art and attire. This colorful example of African beadwork is a ceremonial doll...
Category

Mid-20th Century South African Folk Art Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cotton, Wood, Twine

Chinese Polychrome Wooden Altar Spirit, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved in wood, this 19th-century figure of a spirit paid tribute to ancestors past on a traditional altar table. Allowing the base to reflect the wood’s natural state, the artist ca...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Chinese Ho Ho Boy Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. This headrest is shaped in the form of a baby boy,...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Curtis Jere Style Mid Century Copper Butterfly Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Countryside, IL
Curtis Jere Style Mid Century Copper Butterfly Sculpture This piece measures: 4 wide x 5 deep x 9.5 inches high and weighs 0.8 pounds Excellent ...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Beaded Ndebele Fertility Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king). As beads become gradually more accessible throughout the 19th century, they began to displace the organic materials used in traditional art and attire. This colorful example of African beadwork is a fertility doll...
Category

20th Century South African Folk Art Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cotton, Wood

Chinese Bronze God of Wealth Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
No idol in China is more widely worshiped than Caishen, the God of Wealth. His shrine can be found in nearly every home, his image set beside ancestors a...
Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Beaded Ndebele Fertility Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king). As beads become gradually more accessible throughout the 19th century, they began to displace the organic materials used in traditional art and attire. This colorful example of African beadwork is a fertility doll...
Category

20th Century South African Folk Art Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cotton, Wood

"Case Runner" Helmet & Jacket by Patrick Fitzgerald, 2022
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars and the ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper

"Denkbilder" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, eac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint, Paper

A Plaster Sculpture of an Infant Face
Located in Chicago, IL
A French plaster cherub head dating to circa 1900. This evocative sculpture captures the soft features and gentle expression of an infant in the classical style. The surface has a be...
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Early 20th Century French Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Vintage Art Deco Mannequin In The Style of Lindsey Balkweill
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Art Deco Mannequin In The Style of Lindsey Balkweill This Art Deco Revival Black and White Mannequin in the style of Lindsey Balkweill. **...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

David Gil Ceramic Sculpture
By Bennington Potters, David Gil
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-built ceramic sculpture is set on a lucite frame that’s attached to a solid cherry base. There is a crack on the lucite frame, and we’ve priced it accordingly
Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cherry

"Grocery-Getter" Helmet & Jacket by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars and the branded attire of their imagined drivers. Futuristic forms imbued with history, each sculpture is an exercise in imagining the future through the lens of the past – or vice versa. Entitled “Grocery-Getter," this helmet & jacket set is an homage to High-Low Foods, a Chicago-area grocery chain from the mid-20th century. Ever-appreciative of old-fashioned aesthetics, Fitzgerald captures the spirit of the grocery's painted purple facade in this colorful jacket...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper

Chinese Miniature Mingqi Skirted Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This miniature ceramic table is from Shanxi Province and may have been made to represent Mingqi, a type of ancient Chinese burial good. Mingqi were plac...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Meng" Pillow by Xie Dong
By Xie Dong
Located in Chicago, IL
Capturing the ephemeral beauty of a pillow recently dimpled with use, Xie Dong’s porcelain pillow sculptures are at once realistic and mysterious. Sculpted with a subtle impression i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Stone Shoemaker's Weight with Zhu Bajie, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved of stone, this object would have been used in a shoemaker’s shop to press down large pieces of leather. Doubling as a handle, the central figure depicts the curious figure of a man with pig-like facial features holding a rake. The figure is Zhu Bajie, a character from the Ming-dynasty novel “Journey to the West...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Carved Wooden Bamana Tribe Style Post
Located in Chicago, IL
Bamana tribe art is known for masks, textiles and architectural elements. This Y-shaped post supported a heavy roof timber and acted as a welcoming symbol...
Category

20th Century African Tribal Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

David Gil Ceramic Sculpture
By David Gil
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-built ceramic sculpture is set on a lucite frame that’s attached to a solid cherry base. The piece is signed on the reverse side by Gil who is the founder of Bennington Pot...
Category

Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cherry

"Embrace" Luba Headrest Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The Luba people of Zaire believed that ancestors visited them through dreams. This belief led to elaborately worked headrests, known as "seats of dreams." Such headrests were used to...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Thai Gilt Bronze Seated Buddha, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once ornately gilt, this serene bronze seated Buddha was created in Thailand in the mid-19th century. Cast in the older Sukhothai style, the Buddha bears a uniquely Thai flame-like s...
Category

Mid-19th Century Thai Antique Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Curtis Jere Style Mid Century Brass Tennis Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Countryside, IL
Curtis Jere Style Mid Century Brass Tennis Sculpture This sculpture measures: 42 wide x 5.5 deep x 30 inches high We take our photos in a controlled...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass

"Yesterday" Helmet & Jacket by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars and the ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum

"Pexto Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper

"A + L" Car & Jacket by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper

"Drafting Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids, MI, he looks to the raw beauty and inherent potential of his manufacturing hometown as an endless source of creative inspiration. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature versions of soap box cars...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper

Richard Walter Bock Bronze Bust of Theodor Menges Sculpture on Marble Base
Located in Countryside, IL
Richard Walter Bock Bronze Bust of Theodor Menges Sculpture on Marble Base This sculpture measures: 20.75 wide x 13 deep x 26 inches high This bust is in Good Vintage Condition with...
Category

2010s American Modern Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Mid Century Two Face Glass Disc Artwork on Stand
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid Century Two Face Glass Disc Artwork on stand This artwork measures: 15.25 wide x 8 deep x 18 inches high Great Vintage Condition We take o...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ken Warneke Face Painting "Female looking Left"
Located in Chicago, IL
Ken Warneke Face Painting "Female looking Left" Chicago School of Painters Ken Warneke Face Painting "Female Looking Left"
Category

1980s Modern Vintage Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Masonite, Paint

Antique Bronze Putti on Marble Base styled after Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Bronze Putti Sculpture on Marble Base styled after Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) created the sculpture known as the, “Allegorie d...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Baroque Revival Antique Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Set of Linda Kramer Ceramic Chairs
By Linda Kramer
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of five ceramic chairs sculpture by Chicago based artist Linda Kramer. Measures: Chair heights: 5.5", 7.5", 10.25", 14.5", 19.5" Born in New York City in 1937, raised in C...
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Sculptor of Mary in Wax by Vernez
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a wax carving of Mary, probably done before WWII and is actually signed. The signature is Vernez and could have been a model for a future casting. Signed.
Category

1930s French Vintage Illinois Figurative Sculptures

"Jubilee Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Vintage Metal Art Organ Player Statue On Black Base Figurative Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Metal Art Organ Player Figurative Sculpture Statue on Black Base
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Illinois Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

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