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A safe place to fall
By Mary Jo McGonagle
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang.
This piece is offered in the following c...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Neon Light
Spoon to Shell 840 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Spoon to Shell 840 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture
Spoon to Shell 840 is from Linda Stein's Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females series, which hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Colorful Tropical Flower Totem
Located in Rye, NY
Tropical Totem is a vibrant sculptural homage to the totem pole, brought to life through layers of handworked fabric and embellishment. Block-printed with lush florals and detailed w...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Sequins
"JAMÓN JAMÓN VIII", glaze ceramic sculpture, table, food, bait, identity, vessel
By Andrew Cornell Robinson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"JAMÓN JAMÓN VIII", 2019, in slipcast glazed ceramic by artist Andrew Cornell Robinson, is one of a series of sculptural objects that include c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Slip, Glaze
"Millennia", Minimalist Abstract Metal Sculpture in Reflective Aluminum
By Michael Enn Sirvet
Located in New York, NY
"Millennia" Minimalist Abstract Metal Sculpture by Michael Enn Sirvet
Aluminum
Millennia is a large, aluminum, hemispherical shell pierced with thousand of hand-drilled holes that e...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Opossum, Resin and Patina Sculpture by Marian Weisberg
By Marian Weisberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marian Weisberg, American XXth
Title: Opossum
Year: circa 1969
Medium: Resin-cast Sculpture, signature inscribed on base
Size: 7 x 7 x 3.5 in. (17.78 x 17.78 x 8.89 cm)
Category
1960s Art Deco New York - Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Figural Terracotta Sculpture, Alexander Ney, 'Guardian', 2012
By Alexander Ney
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Guardian’ by visionary artist Alexander Ney was handcrafted using italian white terra cotta in 2008. Ney began his professional career as a highly productive visual artist, as a...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$2,240 Sale Price
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Figural Bust Terracotta Sculpture, Alexander Ney, 'Reflection', 2019
By Alexander Ney
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Reflection’ by visionary artist Alexander Ney was handcrafted using italian white terra cotta in 2019. Ney began his professional career as a highly productive visual artist, as...
Category
2010s Minimalist New York - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Monkey Girl II, Copper and Resin Sculpture by James Johnson
By James Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
A mixed media sculpture by James Johnson from 2002. A pregnant female figure of epoxy resin with copper wings and a simian face.
Artist: James Johnson
Title: Monkey Girl 2
Year...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist New York - Sculptures
Materials
Copper
"VERTICAL 4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 4, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 4 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
Soda Springs - Textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format
By Tim Nikiforuk
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to l...
Category
2010s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel
Steven Wolfe Original Bronze Bookends, Ed. 2/3
Located in New York, NY
Steven Wolfe (American, 1955-2016)
Untitled (Book Bookends), 1990
Bronze
6 1/4 x 7 x 4 inches
Stamped: SW 1990 2/3
For more than two decades, Steve Wolfe (1955–2016) created sculptures and drawings of astounding craft and visual presence. Wolfe re-created worn books and used records, primarily from the 1960s and 1970s, that influenced his own personal and artistic sensibilities. Working in the tradition of trompe l’oeil, Wolfe created pieces that quite literally “fool the eye” on first inspection. Using a variety of materials and processes, including oil, acrylic, screen printing, lithography, modeling paste, canvas, wood and aluminum, Wolfe sculpted and painted precise and exacting three-dimensional replicas of books and records that possess a personal significance. Iconic titles include Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dostoyevsky’s Notes From Underground, Alfred Barr’s Cubism and Abstract Art and The Beatles’ Revolver...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Functional Series, Ceramic Baseball Bat: ‘Kanabo’
By Kenjiro Kitade
Located in New York, NY
The main theme of Kitade’s artwork is focused on questioning. The sources of the ideas are picked up from his own life experiences, starting from personal experiences and expanding ...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
Hanging wire sculpture: 'Willa'
By Terri Fraser
Located in New York, NY
As an artist, I am a storyteller wielding visual art as my medium. My creative journey is fueled by a relentless thirst for knowledge acquired through both hands-on experience and ke...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Brambles 1, Abstract ceramic sculpture, brown
By Rachelle Krieger
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement by Rachelle Krieger:
These new ceramic sculptural works are a reflection of biodiversity and vitality, capturing natural elements in various stages of life. During ...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Bust of a Man, Sculpture by Paul von Ringelheim
By Paul von Ringelheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Von Ringleheim, Austrian/American (1933 - 2003)
Title: Bust - II
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Painted Plaster
Size: 26 x 11 x 15.5 inches
Category
1970s American Modern New York - Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paint
John Van Alstine, Kerf V, Sculpture 2024
By John Van Alstine
Located in Greenwich, CT
Kerf V
Granite/pigmented and sealed steel
12" (height) x 14" (width) x 5" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Steel
LMIRL (Let's Meet In Real Life)
By Edie Nadelhaft
Located in East Quogue, NY
"LMIRL" (Let's Meet In Real Life) - Limited edition green glass pill sculpture by Edie Nadelhaft. Edition of 9.
Signed and numbered on the back by the artist.
The piece is equipped with a D-ring on the back for easy hanging.
"XOXO" is part of Edie Nadelhaft's "Better Living Thru Chemistry: Luv is the Drug" sculpture series consisting of candy-colored glass and mixed media capsule-shaped objects. Each pill is festooned with text messages...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media
"Bending Figure"
By Chrissy Harris
Located in Southampton, NY
Marble free form sculpture by Chrissy Harris. Composition is cipollino green marble from Greece. Signed on base of marble sculpture. American School....
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern New York - Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$2,720 Sale Price
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Wall Two, Basswood Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Basswood carved sculpture.
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Shard Picker, Glazed Terra Cotta Pottery by R.C. Gorman
By Rudolph Carl Gorman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: R.C. Gorman, Native American (1931 - 2005)
Title: Shard Picker
Year: 1996
Medium: Glazed Terra Cotta Pottery, Signed, Titled, and Numbered
...
Category
1990s Folk Art New York - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Glaze
Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture Warrior Waging Peace 1273
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Warrior Waging Peace: Words Matter 1273 - Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Black and Colorful Contemporary Sculpture
Fre...
Category
2010s Feminist New York - Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
$38,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled
By Neil Tetkowski
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original clay wall sculpture by American artist Neil Tetkowski.
Category
1980s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Clay
$2,240 Sale Price
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Sculpture, abstract record player: 'Kristallo'
By Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat
Located in New York, NY
The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday ar...
Category
2010s Conceptual New York - Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 1), green fantastical sculptures of female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT.
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
Category
2010s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Oil
"Zerques", Abstract, Organic, Industrial Large-Scale Outdoor Sculpture in steel
By Carole Eisner
Located in New York, NY
"Zerques" by Carole Eisner
Rolled and welded steel I-beams
Carole Eisner has worked with scrap and recycled metal for 40 years creating elegant, abstract forms welded in steel. The ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Island Jewel
By Jon Kuhn
Located in Long Island City, NY
A polished glass sculpture by Joh Kuhn from 1992. A spectacular sculpture of crystal clear glass that forms a complicated prism in which light is reflected in a multitude of optical ...
Category
1990s Op Art New York - Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$50,000
Pool, 2023, colorful, abstract collage
By Linda Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Schmidt’s fabric sculptures intertwine public and private, luxury and common. There is a sense of egalitarianism present in both the way Schmidt so...
Category
2010s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Plastic, Pins
"Bloom No. 5" from the Bloom Series, Abstract, Organic Sculpture in Glass
By Norman Mooney
Located in New York, NY
Bloom No. 5 from the Bloom Series by Norman Mooney
Edition of 10 + 2AP
Clear float glass, aluminum
Inspired by the work of the 19th century biologist Ernst Haeckel and his study of ...
Category
2010s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians, Bronze Sculpture by Arnold Goldstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians by Arnold Goldstein, American
Date: 1975
Bronze, signed, inscribed and numbered
Edition of 4/30
Size: 18 in. x 13 in. x 9 in. (45.72 cm x 33.02 ...
Category
1970s American Modern New York - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Together (Brown)
By KAWS
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: KAWS,
Title: Together (Brown)
Series: Toys
Date: 2018
Medium: Sculpture
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" x 5"
Signature: Stamped
Edition: Open Edition
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
PVC
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
Max Kalish
The Road Builder
inscribed M. KALISH 23, with Meroni-Radice foundry mark, on top of base bronze with dark brown patina, on an ebonized rectangular plinth
Height: 13 1/8 in. not including base
Provenance: Spanierman Gallery, New York
BIO
Max Kalish (1891 – 1945)
Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti and Herbert Adams...
Category
1920s American Realist New York - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Abstract Black Painted Metal Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Large Abstract Black Painted Metal Sculpture on Stand, in an openwork form of abstract sails, resting on a tubular steel base atop a square foot. 69.5" H x 25" W x 10.75" D. Provenan...
Category
Mid-20th Century New York - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
ALLEGRO BLUE - Series I
By Mariana Copello
Located in New York, NY
Painted aluminum on metal base.
Mariana Copello is a Houston-based artist who was born and raised
in Venezuela. The artist has developed sculptures and installations in
different m...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric New York - Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Touching Leaves Woman, 1988, Bronze Sculpture by Paul Oestreicher
By Paul Oestreicher
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Oestreicher, American
Title: Touching Leaves Woman
Year: 1988
Medium: Bronze Sculpture with Patina, signature and date inscribed
Edition: 2/12
Size: 15 in. x 11 in. (38....
Category
1980s American Realist New York - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
Category
2010s Surrealist New York - Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Una Dia en el Parque, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Jose Almanzor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Una Dia en el Parque
Jose Almanzor, Mexican (1962–2015)
Date: circa 1990
Bronze, signature and number inscribed
Edition of XVII/XXX
Size: 32 x 23 x 13.5 ...
Category
1990s Modern New York - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Name Unknown
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint
Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis
Edition 1/5
Category
2010s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel, Wire
Conceptual Lawn Mower Sculpture Grass Unique Large White Green Large Cut
Located in Buffalo, NY
Robert Booth is a Western New York visionary conceptual sculpture artist known for his haunting and thought-provoking creations. His work takes viewers on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual New York - Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
$6,400 Sale Price
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Moon 1 - intricate white 3D abstract geometric circle pulled paper drawing
Located in New York, NY
Finesse and delicacy are what characterize best Antonin Anzil’s artistic practice. Paper as a medium seems incompatible with the idea of engraving or sculpturing; and yet. Using a sh...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric New York - Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Moses, Bronze Sculpture by George Gach 1966
By George Gach
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Gach, Hungarian (1909 - 1996)
Title: Moses
Year: 1966
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and date inscribed
Size: 17 x 11 x 10 in. (43.18 x 27.94 x 25.4 cm)
Category
1960s Modern New York - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Up
By Robert Cook
Located in New York, NY
Bronze, 1967. Height 59" (149.9 cm) width max 15" (38 cm).
Signed on base "R Cook." This unique large sculpture was made using the lost wax process.
“ ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern New York - Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
$35,000
Cement Totem Sculpture: 'The Tribe #14'
By Ivy Naté
Located in New York, NY
‘The tribe serves as a sacred narrative of a time passed that I have chosen to birth anew. . Each one of my pieces carries the love of thousands, those who came before us and those who will come after.’ –Ivy Naté...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"ROCKSLIDE D.T.’s", Industrial Abstract Sculpture in Metal & Stone
By John Van Alstine
Located in New York, NY
"ROCKSLIDE D.T.’s" by John Van Alstine
Slate, pigmented and sealed steel
The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone and metal, while ...
Category
2010s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Slate, Metal, Steel
VO5 - Black Porcelain geometric free standing sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Artists Statement:
My interest is in exploring ways of building structural forms in ceramics. Many ideas for the forms come from architecture while the inherent organic quality of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
The cover of Newsweek - 2
Located in New York, NY
Title: The cover of Newsweek - 2
Materials: Magazines, Books, Iron Mesh, Transparent sealing materials
Size: 31.4 × 33.4 × 1 inches
Rarity: Unique
Medium: Mixed Media
Signature: Can ...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Garnish of Oleander
By Philip Campbell
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on hand-carved African mahogany
Signed, titled, and dated, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Philip Campbell writes: “August 2016 we trav...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Acrylic
polygon in space #25 - large geometric bright color wall sculpture
By Zin Helena Song
Located in New York, NY
Zin Helena Song was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1983 and completed her undergraduate studies there at the Kook Min University before traveling to New York, where she earned her MFA...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern New York - Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"ALTAR", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, contemporary, tribal, pattern, mark
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Altar, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Altar was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman, Poet & Art Critic – "Wortsman re-examines ancient and modern traditions in light of what it means to make art." – Tussle Magazine, July 2019.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"FOR THE OLD ONES", sculpture, clay, abstract, contemporary, ceramic, tribal
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
FOR THE OLD ONES, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, sitting on a slab of limestone. It is a recent work by artist Harold Wortsman. Note the blending of volumetric and organic form in this work, the mark-making and perforations on the surface, the striking colors of black and copper in variable stripes – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe—like naked skin. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides painted on. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman, Poet & Art Critic – "Wortsman re-examines ancient and modern traditions in light of what it means to make art." – Tussle Magazine, July 2019.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Fig. 9.4
By Eric Rhein
Located in New York, NY
Eric Rhein “Fig. 9.4”
1998
Signed, verso
Wire, paper, and found objects
19 x 17.5 x 3 inches (48.3 x 44.5 x 7.6 cm), framed
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1990s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Wire
$9,375
"Monument 8" Calvin Marcus, Mixed Media Construction Contemporary Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Calvin Marcus
Monument 8, 2018
Wood, glass, hot glue, cardboard, plastic, paper pulp, sulfur, ash, gesso, Cel-Vinyl, flashe, watercolor and other media sculpture
22" high x 13 1/4" w...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Wood, Paper, Glue, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Cardboard
$9,600 Sale Price
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M/otherhood, texture, textile, pattern, black and white, pink
Located in New York, NY
Ana Maria Farina paints using a gun––a tufting gun––along with needles, hooks, and knots. Repurposing a phallic signifier of violence, she conjures vibrant objects of comfort that in...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Textile
Butterfly Girl
By Eric Rhein
Located in New York, NY
Eric Rhein “Butterfly Girl”
1992-1995
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
Steel, brass, and gold-filled wire, thread, glue, and found object...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel, Wire
Stockings in the Air
By Aima Saint Hunon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sensual bronze sculpture.
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$11,600 Sale Price
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Museum Quality French White Marble Roundel Relief of Emperor Napoleon III, 1860
Located in Queens, NY
A Museum Quality French White Marble Roundel Relief of Emperor Napoleon III, circa 1860.
The quality of this marble sculpture of Napoleon III is trul...
Category
19th Century New York - Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"RED, BLACK & BROWN", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Red, Black & Brown, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Red, Black & Brown was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"Sisyphean Circle 8-14-17", Industrial, Abstract Sculpture in Metal & Stone
By John Van Alstine
Located in New York, NY
"Sisyphean Circle 8-14-17" by John Van Alstine
Granite, galvanized and powder-coated steel
The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone...
Category
2010s Abstract New York - Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite, Metal, Steel
Ceremonial Chair of Support and Receptivity
Located in New York, NY
Becky Bailey is an artist whose practice is an ongoing attempt at resisting the compulsion of production and consumption, and the unceasing demands on our time and attention. She mak...
Category
2010s New York - Sculptures
Materials
Muslin, Thread, Polyester
Untitled (Arrows), Graffiti Sculpture by John Crash Matos
By John Crash Matos
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique spray painted cut steel sculpture by New York Graffiti artist, John "Crash" Matos. signed and dated lower edge. Crash (b. John Matos, Bronx, New York, Oct. 11, 1961) is a g...
Category
2010s Street Art New York - Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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