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Item Ships From: New Mexico
Listening, bronze sculpture, childs portrait, black granite base, green patina
By Troy Williams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Listening, bronze sculpture, childs portrait, black granite base, green patina 35 lbs
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Reflections, bronze female bust sculpture contemplative peaceful Troy Williams
By Troy Williams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Reflections, bronze female bust sculpture contemplative peaceful Troy Williams
Sculptor Troy Williams unites the timeless and the contemporary i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"Horse Playing with a Dog" Pierre Lenordez (1815-1892) circa 1860
By Pierre Lenordez
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Saddled Horse Playing with a Dog"
Pierre Lenordez (1815-1892)
Bronze with green marble base, circa 1860
11 x 7 inches
Painter and sculptor, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts ...
Category
1860s Realist New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ihi (Power), contemporary Maori sculpture, green patina, warrior figure
By Wi Taepa
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Ihi (Power), contemporary Maori sculpture, green patina, warrior figure
Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa (born 1946, in Wellington) is a New Zealand ceramicist ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Balancing Elephant, Circa 1930s, Art Deco, Louis-Albert Carvin (1875-1951)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Balancing Elephant
Louis-Albert Carvin (France, 1875-1951)
Bronze, marble
Circa 1930s, Art Deco
8 x 7.5 x 2 (4 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 1 7/8 figure) inches
Artist Louis-Albert Carvin, born in Paris in 1875, was exposed to art from an early age through his painter father. Carvin's formal education in art began at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under artists like Émmanuel Frémiet and Georges Gardet. Over the years, artist Louis-Albert Carvin became a renowned sculptor, dedicating his life’s work to the modeling of human and animal figures. He studied under Fremiet and Gardet and became a member of the Société des Artistes Français, exhibiting at the Salon des Artists Francais from 1894 until 1933 winning the Medal of Honor in his first year in 1894.
Remarkably, he sculpted La Muse de l’Aviation, the bronze trophy...
Category
1930s Art Deco New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large 17th century, Sandstone Buddha Head from Thailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Large Sandstone Head of Shakyamuni Buddha
Thailand (formerly Siam), Ayutthaya Kingdom
17th century
16 1/2 inches on stand, 11 1/3 without
Private collection, France.
The face is ...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Antique Bronze Dog "Whippet with a Butterfly" Arthur Waagen (1833-1898) 1 of 2
By Arthur Waagen
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait
“La Levrette au Papillon” or “Whippet (Greyhound) with a Butterfly”
Arthur Waagen (Germany, France 1833-1898)
Circa 1860’s
11 x 8 x 4 inches
(1 of 2. ...
Category
1860s Academic New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian "Alabaster Stone Lions" after Antonio Canova; Mid 19th Century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Pair Recumbent Stone Lions"
after Antonio Canova (1757-1822)
Italian (possibly Florence)
Mid 19th Century
Alabaster, marble
6 x 9 x 4 inches
This is an exquisite pair of Italian alabaster lions on marble bases based on the monumental lions carved by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), the greatest Italian neoclassical sculptor. Canova sculpted the marble lions for the monumental tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St. Peter’s, Rome in 1792
Canova Lions refers to the pair of copies of lion sculptures by Antonio Canova. When Canova created the sculptures in 1792, he installed them on the tomb of Pope Clement XIII. The marble sculptures are some of the most prominent features in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Given the intricacies of creating the original Canova lions, some artists created molds and replicated them. A good example is the pair of lion sculptures...
Category
1850s Italian School New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Heart + Cloud, sculpture by Kerry Green, contemporary, indoor, outdoor, red
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Heart + Cloud, sculpture by Kerry Green, contemporary,indoor, outdoor, red, silver
limited edition 18, fabricated aluminum
Interlocking sculpture for indoor display.
Contact us for information about current delivery times.
Since childhood, Kerry Green has always been creative; painting, drawing, sculpting, and sewing. Her family provided her with materials and encouraged her efforts. She literally grew up in her parents’ art galleries, and with them toured the U.S.,
Europe, Mexico, Japan, and New Zealand, seeing museums and visiting artists’ studios. Growing up in Arizona and New Mexico gave her the opportunity to explore the Native reservations there where she has made life-long friendships. Several of her very early influences were Dr. Harry Wood...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Antique Silvered Bronze Rooster, France circa 19th Century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Silvered Bronze Rooster
France, circa 1900
10 1/4 x 9 1/2 (H x D) inches
A very fine and lively bronze statuette of a preening Rooster. Nicely cast and well-carved and in ex...
Category
19th Century French School New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Antique Bronze Portrait Draft Horse by Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Portrait of a Draft Horse
Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Circa 1840s
Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth atop a marble s...
Category
1870s Realist New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th cent. Dog Portrait Jack Russell Terrier by Pierre-Albert Laplanche
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Terrier
Pierre-Albert Laplanche (French, 1826-1873)
Signed in script to base "Laplanche"
Stamped "E.V 3753"
8 x 2.75 x 8 1/4 inches
This is a super...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare, Antique, Life-Size Dog Bronze of a Chihuahua "Lydie" Charles Valton. 1890s
By Charles Valton
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Sculpture
Chihuahua "La Petite Belle Lydie"
Charles Valton (French, 1851-1918)
Circa 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 7
Lydie is a Chihuahua making her a very rare image from ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Japanese Buddhist, Meiji Period Foo-Dogs; Satsuma Kilns, 19th Century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Pair of Buddhist Foo Dogs
Polychrome porcelain
Japan, Meiji era (1868 – 1912), circa late 19th century
Satsuma Kilns
12 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches
This exquisite pair of Japanese Foo-dogs ...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer 1, bronze sculpture, multicolored patina Goseyun
By Craig Dan Goseyun
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer 1, bronze sculpture, multicolored patina Goseyun
cast and fabricated bronze sculpture depicting an Apache Mountain Spiri...
Category
1990s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Toucan and Parrot Basket, yellow, cream, black, Tribal, Panama, Rainforest
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Toucan and Parrot Basket, yellow, cream, black, Tribal, Panama, Rainforest
The baskets are made by the Wounaan and Embera Indians from the Darien Rainforest in Panama. The Wounaan believe they emerged from the palm tree. They weave baskets from palm fiber and use natural dyes. The dyes are made from wood, plants, and earth. Achieving a particular color takes weeks. The rainforest baskets are of the highest quality to be found anywhere in the world. Comparable to the North American Pomo and Panamint baskets, widely considered the best weavers in the world. The Wounaan and Embera are the finest weavers working today. The area in which they live is extremely remote and dangerous to reach. From Panama City...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Organic Material
Red Bird Woman
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
E Tu (Stand Tall), contemporary Maori sculpture, green patina, warrior figure
By Wi Taepa
Located in Santa Fe, NM
E Tu (Stand Tall), contemporary Maori sculpture, green patina, warrior figure
Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa (born 1946, in Wellington) is a New Zealand ceram...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Indonesian Horse, yellow, red, sculpture, free standing
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Antique Indonesian Horse, yellow, red, sculpture, free-standing, vintage, walking
Some wear on paint and crack that has been repaired.
Category
20th Century Tribal New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Exceptional Bronze Draft Horse by Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
Exceptional Bronze of a Draft Horse
Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879)
Circa 1860s
4 3/4 (W) x 3.25 (H)
As Mêne personally ov...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orientalist African Hunter Leaning on His Shield 19th cent. Black Forest, German
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Orientalist African Hunter Leaning on His Shield
Black Forest, School Switzerland 19th century
Carved Wood
21 inches
This is an exceptionally beautifu...
Category
19th Century Academic New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Pair of Russian Wolf Hound/Borzoi Dog Portrait Sculptures circa 1930's
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Pair of Russian Wolfhounds/Borzois Dog Portrait Sculptures
by Scalini (aka Scali; Italian, 20th century)
circa 1930's
Patinated spelter
9 x 14 inches (on bases)
Though rath...
Category
1920s Art Deco New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Bronze
$2,310 Sale Price
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Face Jar 13
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Waiting For His Lover, Paul Moore bronze sculpture, Native American Flute
By Paul Moore
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Waiting For His Lover, Paul Moore bronze sculpture, Native American Flute
Outdoor or indoor life size bronze sculpture
Paul Moore
WAITING FOR HIS L...
Category
1990s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Athena, concrete sculpture by Troy Williams, female, nude, steel, green, cement
By Troy Williams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Athena, concrete sculpture by Troy Williams, female, nude, steel, green, cement
intentionally distressed to give an antique look
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Steel
Green Free Range Critter, soft sculpture, by Kerry Green, Oppenheimer, felt, fun
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Since childhood, Kerry Green has always been creative; painting, drawing, sculpting, and sewing. Her family provided her with materials and encouraged her efforts. She literally grew...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Felt, Plastic
Antique 19th century Bronze Dog Portrait of a Löwchen on a Marble Base
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Löwchen on a Marble Base
French 19th century
1/2 x 8 x 5 1/2 inches
The chiseled bronze has a nuanced, rich brown patina depicting a Löwchen in the round, seated on a quadrangular marble base decorated with very fine gilt bronze flowers and fluted feet. Napoleon III, Louis XVI style. Based on a model by Jacques Caffieri for the Prince de Condé in 1773.
(More images to be added.)F
Executed during the nineteenth century, this figure is fully in line with the eclectic taste of the reign of Napoleon III. Indeed, the Empress Eugenie brought the Louis XVI style up to date in her castle of Compiègne. Jacques Caffieri is one of the most famous bronze smiths of the eighteenth century. In 1715 he was admitted as a master caster and chiseler, and worked almost exclusively for the crown castles...
Category
19th Century Rococo New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Bronze Miniature Barnyard with a Bull, Sheep & Goat circa 1860, France
By Christophe Fratin
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Miniature Barnyard Scene (Cow, Sheep & Goat)
Christophe Fratin (France, 1801-1864)
Sand cast bronze
5 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches
Highly refined and sensitively modeled miniature bronze representing a small herd of cattle, sheep and cattle on the terrace. Despite its small size, this bronze offers a complete view of a small herd of livestock: a bull is lying in a landscape near a sheep and a goat climbing a tree above a rocky mound. Here we find the skillful hand of the animalier sculptor Christophe Fratin (French, 1801-1864), immensely famous in the 19th century for his thoughtfully crafted animal...
Category
1840s Romantic New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Face Jar 18
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Buffalo Dancer Medallion, bronze pueblo buffalo dancer dark brown, Allan Houser
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Bronze medallion depicting a Pueblo Buffalo Dancer in relief form. Among Houser's first bronze work created and cast in the artist's lifetime at Nambe F...
Category
1960s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Face Jar
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Seated Japanese Amida Nyorai Buddha ; Early 20th century.
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Seated Japanese Amida Nyorai Buddha
Polychrome porcelain
Japan, Meiji era, early 20th century
Satsuma Kilns
11 1/2 x 6 1/3 x 6 1/3 inches
...
Category
Early 20th Century New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Antique Bronze Dog "Whippet with a Butterfly" Arthur Waagen (1833-1898) 2 of 2
By Arthur Waagen
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait
“La Levrette au Papillon” or “Whippet (Greyhound) with a Butterfly”
Arthur Waagen (Germany, France 1833-1898)
Circa 1860’s
11 x 8 x 4 inches
(2of 2. No...
Category
1860s Academic New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Three Balancing Hearts, sculpture, by Kerry Green, Santa Fe, red, silver, outside
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Three Balancing Hearts, sculpture, by Kerry Green, Santa Fe, red, silver, outside
Aluminum with painted surface
limited edition 18
Since childhood, Kerry Green has always been creative; painting, drawing, sculpting, and sewing. Her family provided her with materials and encouraged her efforts. She literally grew up in her parents’ art galleries, and with them toured the U.S.,
Europe, Mexico, Japan, and New Zealand, seeing museums and visiting artists’ studios. Growing up in Arizona and New Mexico gave her the opportunity to explore the Native reservations there where she has made life-long friendships. Several of her very early influences were Dr. Harry Wood...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Eilene, bronze portrait, female by John Waddell, Arizona sculptor
By John Henry Waddell
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Eilene, bronze portrait, female by John Waddell, Arizona sculptor
Waddell was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1921 and moved to Evansville, Indiana at the age of ten. There he began to ...
Category
1970s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Guilt of Innocence (Postage Due Mr. Lee), wood and steel sculpture, Troy Williams
By Troy Williams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
“Guilt of Innocence” (Postage Due Mr. Lee)
Most of us don’t realize the true cost of the lifestyle we enjoy. There is a price paid by humanity that lives in our shadow. Unfair trade practices have stripped multitudes from their means of subsistence, thus forcing them to bow down to the system that has taken from them a meaningful life. The sculpture “Guilt of Innocence” depicts the American consumer’s role in this tragedy.
Who is Mr. Lee?
Lee Kyung was a South Korean farmer whose family farm is now a parking lot due to the WTO and unfair trade practices. Farmers in South Korea, who once made a good middle class living on their land, are now impoverished by the dumping...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Flame, sculpture by Kerry Green, abstract, silver, black, indoor, outdoor, contem
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Flame, sculpture by Kerry Green, abstract, silver, black, indoor, outdoor
Contact us for additional sizes and colors
Delivery times my be impacted by supply chain issues.
fabricated aluminum, 3 part sculpture limited edition of 100
signed on bottom of base
Since childhood, Kerry Green has always been creative; painting, drawing, sculpting, and sewing. Her family provided her with materials and encouraged her efforts. She literally grew up in her parents’ art galleries, and with them toured the U.S.,
Europe, Mexico, Japan, and New Zealand, seeing museums and visiting artists’ studios. Growing up in Arizona and New Mexico gave her the opportunity to explore the Native reservations there where she has made life-long friendships. Several of her very early influences were Dr. Harry Wood...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Awhi Whakapapa, Embracing Geneaology, ceramic figurative sculpture, Contemporary
By Noelle Jakeman
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Awhi Whakapapa, Embracing Geneaology, ceramic figurative sculpture, Contemporary
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Running Heart, red, resin, sculpture, Valentine, Love, Cartoon, humor, feet
By Glenn Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Running Heart, red, resin, sculpture, Valentine, Love, Cartoon, humor, feet
Resin Running Heart sculpture
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Antique Dog: Bulldog Playing with a Mouse- Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux ca. 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog
Bulldog Playing with a Mouse on Sheaves of Wheat
Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux (1815-1881)
6 1/8 x 3 7/5 inches
Signed on the terrace
Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux (Fre...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Slumber by Rodger Jacobsen fabricated steel sculpture sleeping man in bed humor
By Rodger Jacobsen
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Slumber by Rodger Jacobsen fabricated steel sculpture sleeping man in bed humor
Rodger Jacobsen’s sculpture is at once inspiring, amusing, and quite frankl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Plains Indian Medallion, bronze, Nambe, Allan Houser, small life-time casting
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Plains Indian Medallion, bronze, Nambe, Allan Houser, small life-time casting
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1992. Allan Houser's father Sam, was part of the small band of Apaches who traveled with Geronimo and surrendered in southern Arizona in 1886. Allan's parents were imprisoned with that group in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He was the first child to be born in freedom to those Apaches and a fluent speaker of the Chiricahua language. Allan Houser is an important artist in that he is of the culture he depicts in his artwork. Allan's parents would tell stories and sing songs recalling the experiences on the war path. This bronze edition is a life-time casting. Our gallery represented Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994 and were investors and provided quality control in the foundry process. Allan Houser's work is many international collections including the Georges Pomidou Centre, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Dahlem Museum among others.
Allan’s first bronze sculptures were started in the late 1960’s and were cast at Nambe Foundry. At the time the foundry was producing both Nambeware and was doing some sculptural foundry work. There was a fire at Nambe and they lost many of the molds for sculpture as well as their records. We acquired these works directly from Allan Houser.
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994)
Selected Collections
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France * “They’re Coming”, bronze
Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany
Japanese Royal Collection, Tokyo, Japan “The Eagle”, black marble commissioned by President William J. Clinton
United States Mission to the United Nations, New York City, NY *"Offering of the Sacred Pipe”, monumental bronze by Allan Houser © 1979 Presented to the United States Mission to the United Nations as a symbol of World Peace honoring the native people of all tribes in these United States of America on February 27, 1985 by the families of Allan and Anna Marie Houser, George and Thelma Green and Glenn and Sandy Green in New York City.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC * Portrait of Geronimo, bronze
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. * “Buffalo Dance Relief”, Indiana limestone
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. *Sacred Rain Arrow, (Originally dedicated at the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, US Senate Building) “Goat”, “To The Great Spirit” - dedicated in 1994 at the Vice President’s Residence in Washington, D.C.. Ceremony officiated by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore.
Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, Ok * “As Long As the Waters Flow”, bronze
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK *Sacred Rain Arrow, bronze
Fort Sill, Oklahoma *”Chiricahua Apache Family”, bronze Donated and dedicated to Allan Houser’s parents Sam and Blossom Haozous by Allan Houser and Glenn and Sandy Green
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona *Earth Song, marble donated by Glenn and Sandy Green
The Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas * “May We Have Peace”, bronze
The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, College Station, Texas *"Offering to the Great Spirit", bronze
The British Royal Collection, London, England *Princess Anne received "Proud Mother", bronze in Santa Fe
Allan Houser’s father Sam Haozous, surrendered at the age of 14 with Geronimo and his band of Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache people in 1886 in Southern Arizona. This was the last active war party in the United States.
This group of Apache people was imprisoned for 27 years starting in Fort Marion, Florida and finally living in captivity in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Allan Houser was born in 1914.
His artwork is an ongoing testimony to Native life in America – its beauty, strength and poignancy. Allan Houser is from the culture and portrayed his people in an insightful and authentic way. Because of the era in which he lived, he had a rare understanding of American Indian life. Allan was the first child born after the Chiricahua Apaches were released from 27 years of captivity. Allan grew up speaking the Chiricahua dialect. Allan heard his father’s stories of being on the warpath with Geronimo and almost nightly heard his parents singing traditional Apache music. Allan’s father knew all of Geronimo’s medicine songs.
Allan had an early inclination to be artistic. He was exposed to many Apache ceremonial art forms: music, musical instruments, special dress, beadwork, body painting and dynamic dance that are integral aspects of his culture. His neighbors were members of many different tribes who lived in Oklahoma. Allan eagerly gained information about them and their cultures. Allan gathered this information and mentally stored images until he brought them back to life, years later, as a mature artist.
Allan Houser was represented by Glenn Green Galleries (formerly known as The Gallery Wall, Inc.) from 1973 until his death in 1994. The gallery served as agents, advocates, and investors during this time.
In 1973 the Greens responded enthusiastically to the abstraction and creativity in Houser’s work. They were impressed, not only with his versatility and talent but with the number of mediums he employed. His subject matter was portrayed in styles ranging from realism, stylized form to abstraction.
With encouragement from the Greens, Houser at the age of 61, retired from his post as the head of the sculpture department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1975 to begin working full-time creating his art. The next 20-year period was an exciting time for Allan, the gallery, and for the Green family. He created a large body of sculpture in stone, wood and bronze. For many years Glenn Green Galleries co-sponsored many editions of his bronzes and acted as quality control for the bronze sculptures according to Houser’s wishes.
As both agents and gallery representatives, the Greens promoted and sold his art in their galleries in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona and in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They had bi-annual exhibits in their galleries to feature Houser’s newest work and sponsored and arranged international museum shows in America, Europe and Asia. They travelled for these events including a trip to Carrara, Italy to the famed quarries of Michelangelo and together co-financed and arranged the purchase of 20 tons of marble.
A watershed event for Allan Houser’s career occurred in the early 1980’s when Glenn Green Galleries arranged with the US Information Agency a touring exhibit of his sculpture through Europe. This series of exhibits drew record attendance for these museums and exposed Houser’s work to an enthusiastic art audience. This resulted in changing the perception of contemporary Native art in the United States where Houser and Glenn Green Galleries initially faced resistance from institutions who wanted to categorize him in a regional way. The credits from the European exhibits helped open doors and minds of the mainstream art community in the United States and beyond.
Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii was a supporter of Allan Houser’s artwork. We worked with Senator Inouye on many occasions hosting events at our gallery and in Washington D.C in support of the formation of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and other causes supporting Native Americans.
Allan Houser is shown below presenting his sculpture “Swift Messenger” to Senator Inouye in Washington, D.C.. This sculpture was eventually given to the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian’s permanent collection. It is now currently on loan and on display in the Oval Office. President Biden’s selection of artwork continues our gallery’s and Allan’s connection to the White House from our time working with Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994.
“It was important for President Biden to walk into an Oval that looked like America and started to show the landscape of who he is going to be as president,” Ashley Williams...
Category
1970s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles "Thigley" circa 1905
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles
"Thigley"
French School (possibly Franck Burty Haviland)
Lost wax bronze casting
Circa 1910
5 7/8 x 9 x 3 1/4
A sophisticated bronze casting of a Cavalier King Charles spaniel made in lost wax casting (cire perdue) from the beginning of the 20th century by Valsuani Foundry. This an unusual bronze approached in its aesthetic that’s reminiscent of the work of great animal sculptors of the second half of the 19th century except in this presentation which is more avant-garde for the time with a much looser, more impressionistic execution. The patina is a superb bronze color, brown and slightly greenish, going in places towards a more antique green.
The attitude of the dog is extremely well and sensitively rendered with the placement of material unlike the renderings of a bronze by Barye...
Category
Early 1900s French School New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mother's Tear, sculpture by Troy Williams, wood, steel, abstract, figure
By Troy Williams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Tears of a Mother, sculpture by Troy Williams, wood, steel, abstract, figure
Our mother is sad and tired. The forest's song is gone, replaced with digital steel. Heartbroken, Mother...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Forest Spirit
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Bolognese Dog- Dresden Porcelain- after Meissen Johann Gottlieb Kirchner
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bolognese Dog- Dresden Porcelain-
After Meissen master artist Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775).
Carl Thieme founded Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in 1872 in the city of Pot...
Category
Early 1900s Rococo New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Painted Cast-Metal Tiger circa 1900
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Painted Cast-Metal Tiger
Continental School, circa 1900
8.75 x 19.5 inches
Ex. Collection Interior Designer Joseph Cicio
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Joseph Cicio followe...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Horse Playing with a Dog (The Good Companions) Pierre-Jules Mene (1810-1879)
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
"Horse in the Stable Playing with a Dog (The Good Companions)"
Jument à l'écurie jouant avec un chien
Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879)
Bronze
19 x 10 inc...
Category
1860s Realist New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Face Jar Vessel 2
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Places In The Heart, Nut wood sculpture on steel base, female nude, brown
By Troy Williams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Places In The Heart, Nut wood sculpture on steel base, female nude, brown, Williams
Sculptor Troy Williams unites the timeless and the contemporary in sculptures of rare beauty and meaning Beyond all the narrative potential of the three obvious physical dimensions of Troy Williams’ sculpture, there are many other considerations that contribute greatly to the enjoyment, appreciation, and understanding of his entrancing 360-degree works of figurative art. Among these are the emotional responses and intellectual interpretations that first go into the artist’s creative process and then into every subsequent spectator’s viewings at least somewhat differently each time. Some artists insist on leaving these entirely up to each viewer, but Williams is glad to enrich the experience by inviting the viewer in for a little insight into the artist’s intention. Certain ambiguities and unintended provocations might otherwise arise, as Williams uses original combinations of materials or ideas in highly original ways. Williams specializes in figurative and facial sculptures...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Indian Ponies, realistic bronze sculpture, dark brown patina, horses, Nambe
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Indian Ponies, realistic bronze sculpture, dark brown patina, horses, Nambe Foundry
limited edition bronze
solid casting
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994)
Selec...
Category
1970s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Shattered Heart, sculpture by Troy Williams, wood, gold leaf, steel, female
By Troy Williams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A Shattered Heart, sculpture by Troy Williams, wood, gold leaf, steel, female
Refugee, sculpture by Troy Williams, wood, gold leaf, steel, female, figure
Genocide came to her peopl...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Gold Leaf
Pair of 19th Century Busts by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Signed: A. Carrier-Belluese
Two large bronze matching busts of an unknown male and female
22 x 10 x 11" male
23 x 10 x 9" female
Both show signs of wear with their age but are in fa...
Category
19th Century Baroque New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$6,000 Sale Price
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Face Jar 27
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Beat of the Drum Paul Moore bronze Native American man with Drum, headdress
By Paul Moore
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Beat of the Drum Paul Moore bronze Native American man with Drum, headdress
Paul Moore was born in Oklahoma City a member of the (Creek) Muscogee N...
Category
1990s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Face Jar 23
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Storm, sculpture by Kerry Green, aluminum, silver, stacked, totem, outdoor
By Kerry Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Storm, sculpture by Kerry Green, aluminum, silver, stacked, totem, outdoor
125 lbs
Since childhood, Kerry Green has always been creative; painting, drawing, sculpting, and sewing. Her family provided her with materials and encouraged her efforts. She literally grew up in her parents’ art galleries, and with them toured the U.S.,
Europe, Mexico, Japan, and New Zealand, seeing museums and visiting artists’ studios. Growing up in Arizona and New Mexico gave her the opportunity to explore the Native reservations there where she has made life-long friendships. Several of her very early influences were Dr. Harry Wood...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Face Jar 22
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fandango, by Rodger Jacobsen, figurative, bronze, sculpture, steel, pedestal
By Rodger Jacobsen
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Fandango, by Rodger Jacobsen, figurative, bronze, sculpture, steel, pedestal
Rodger Jacobsen’s sculpture is at once inspiring, amusing, and quite frankly, amazing. Inspiring, in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
BUFFALO HUNT MEDALLION, bronze Apache hunting scene Allan Houser
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Bronze medallion depicting a Pueblo Buffalo Dancer in relief form. Among Houser's first bronze work created and cast in the artist's lifetime at Nambe Foundry in New Mexico.
Allan Houser...
Category
1970s Contemporary New Mexico - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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