New York Figurative Sculptures

Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch and glass artist Michael Rogers' Figure Sculpture was created in 2007. This sculpture is comprised of a cast glass head...

DIMENSIONS Height: 9.5 inches Width: 6.5 inches Depth: 3.75 inches MARKINGS Brown-patinated bronze, inscribed on base: H. Scholter

Marked with blue crossed swords. Modelled standing in a long coat, the base impressed "Goethe 1828".

Our bronze statue by the Israeli artist, Daniel Kafri (1945- ) depicting kissing lovers has a verdigris patina and measures 40 by 19 by 11 inches. Signed and marked A/P.

Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's White Alabaster Torso Sculpture on a black marble base. Hendelman’s work reflects her love of the prim...

Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's black and green Alabaster heads sculpture on black marble base. The small scale and style hav...

Italian porcelain white dolphin group on bronze base, Ginori, circa 1860.

Signed “E. Seger”. Black patina. Dimensions Height: 8 inches (20cm) Width: 7.5 inches (18.75cm) Depth: 8.5 inches (21.25cm) THE BIBLE STORY Samuel 17:34-36 Originally, Saul would not allow David to fight Goliath (17:33). Saul’s reason was simply that Goliath would be stronger than David. David was young and he did not have the experience to fight such a capable enemy as Goliath. David was likely to die, and his death would benefit nobody. Often people wrongly imagine that they are acting in faith (in other words, that they are trusting God). Really, they are acting in a foolish manner, as if the danger is not real. They are not trusting in God, but in their own thoughts, hopes and desires. David’s reply to Saul shows us his attitudes. This reply explains clearly why David had offered to fight Goliath. In other words, it shows how David considered himself able to defeat Goliath. Like many boys and young men in Israel, David had worked as a shepherd. That is, he looked after sheep. He was responsible to look after those sheep in every way. In particular, he had to protect them from wild animals. Lions and bears are some of the fiercest large wild animals. They were common in Israel at the time of the Bible. They are much stronger than a man (see for example 1 Kings 13:24 and 2 Kings 2:24). Only the bravest and strongest men were able to kill a lion (Judges 14:5-6; 2 Samuel 23:20). However, David had killed both a lion and a bear. He had killed animals that were stronger than him. David did not believe that the strongest man would win the fight. David had a close relationship with God; he was trusting God to rescue him (17:37). David was not pretending that there was no danger. However, God’s Holy Spirit was active in David’s life (16:13). By the power of his Holy Spirit, God had given David the faith (trust in God) to fight Goliath. Because David really was trusting God, there was no reason for him to be afraid of Goliath. THE ARTIST Ernst Seger (1865 1939), born in Neurode (Nowa Ruda, now Poland), studied sculpturing from 1884 at the Kunstschule in Breslau under Robert Härtel. From 1886 he worked in the Atelier of Christian Behrens, where he created the Eichendorff-Memorial for the Silezian City of Neisse. From 1893 to 1894 Seger stayed in Paris where he worked in the atelier of Auguste Rodin. However, Seger finally chose a ‘Jugenstill’ and a more ‘naturalistic’ or ‘Neuklassizismus’ style. His sculptures, modelled like the Greek antiques, were later greatly admired by the National Socialists. At the end of 1894 Ernst Seger went back to Berlin, founded his own atelier and created the Kaiser Wilhelm I memorial for the Silesian City of Glatz. In 1897 Seger created the sculpture ‘Jugend’ (‘Youth’), which was displayed at the ‘Große Berliner Kunstausstellung’ in 1898, at the ‘Große Berliner Kunstausstellung’ in 1899, at the ‘Münchener Glaspalast Ausstellung’ in 1899 and at the ‘Münchener Glaspalast Ausstellung’ in 1908. As a sculptor Seger regarded this as his first relevant work, his breakthrough. A copy of the sculpture in bronze, 1.60 metres high, was placed in the ‘Scheitniger Park’ in Breslau (now Wroclaw). In 1898 Segers ‘Diana’, the Roman Goddess of the Hunt, the Moon and Childbirth, was unvealed in Park Szczytnicki, Breslau, Polen (earlier ‘Schneitniger Park’). Until 1945 the sculpture stayed in the Schneitniger Park, Breslau. This part of the park is still called ’Dianagarten’. After the turn of the century the elegant female dancers and nudes by Seger gained great popularity. In 1905 Ernst Seger created -together with the sculptor Bernhard Sehring- the ‘Bismarck Brunnen’ (‘Bismarck Fountain’) in Breslau. This memorial-fountain (which still exists) represents the allegories ‘Kampf’ and ‘Sieg’ (‘Battle and Victory’). Seger’s ‘Verwundete Amazone’ (‘Wounded Amazon’), displayed at the Grosse Münchner Kunstausstellung in the Glaspalast in 1908, was placed in the garden of the ‘Kaufhauses Wertheim’ in Berlin. In the same year he was appointed as a professor. Seger’s marble sculpture ‘Kypris’, created in 1916, was placed in the Alten Nationalgalerie in Berlin. In 1925 the City of Berlin acquired his sculpture ‘Anbetung’ and placed it at the Johannaplatz. ‘Storchenbrunnen’ (‘Stork-fountain’), was placed in 1931 at the Adolf-Scheidt-Platz in Berlin. In 1935 the American newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst bought Seger’s sleeping ‘Ganymede’. During the Third Reich Ernst Seger was commissioned numerous Hitler busts...

Bronze Indian chief dish, Olaf Carl Wieghorst, American, circa 1820. Inscribed O. Wieghorst.

The dimensions for the Renaissance Revival Gilded Age Oak Lion Bracket are approximately: Dealer: S138XX

A wonderful sculpture of a sleeping baby's face or head. Done by the sculpture Lee Collette, the image invokes thought and is well done. Originally a commissioned piece it was not co...

With impressed Worcester mark and puce mark. Depicting two colorful figures reclining against a tree stump, the two coupes with molded basket weave exteriors.

Cast patinated bronze of mother and child. Signature ineligible.

Important and rare silver figures of eight immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji marks, Late Qing dynasty. Each hollow figure portraying one of the immortals in an animated pose, with highly detailed facial features, four pierced with apertures for the insertion of facial hair, clad in finely chased robes, all but two with their characteristic attributes, their bases bearing either two seal marks reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu and Zhe'ning Hu Qiusheng zao, or three marks in regular script reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu, Shang and Sheng zuo, original hand-carved wood stands. Measures: 11 1/4in (28.5cm) high (tallest one). The earliest records of the silver atelier known as Yangqinghe date to 1775 in Shanghai...

Beautiful one of a kind Picasso inspired ceramic sculpture of the Three Graces by Austin Productions. Stamped and dated 1968. This stunning and emotional sculpture features three nud...

"The Cinneraria Boy" circa 1925. Modeled as a boy wearing herringbone trousers and plaid jacket holding a wrapped bunch of blue cineraria flowers.

Auguste-Joseph Carrier (French, 1800-1875) "Bathing Venus" Gilt Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the draped figure seated on an ionic column pedestal, signed "A. Carrier". 24.5" ...

Bruce Beasley cherry picker sculpture, Signed, 1969, USA. Beasley is recognised as one of the most noteworthy and innovative sculptors on the American W...

Bust of David von Schulzenheim, owner of Gröönsö castle, signed by Erik Gustav Göthe, a principle of Sergel and inscribed: David Schulz v. Schulzenheim. / MDCCCXXI plaster, Dated 1821 This is a bust of Dr. David von Schulzenheim, owner of Grönsöö Slott. In the 18th Century Grönsöö Slott was owned by the famed Stockholm doctor David von Schultzenheim. Dr. von Schulzenheim introduced the smallpox vaccine to Sweden and served the public’s health needs during its crisis from 1873 – 1874. When not in public health service, he devoted a significant amount of passion and money to beautify the palace and park in the romantic spirit of the time. The castle blossomed towards the end of the 18th century with the palace’s upper floors serving as the residential apartments of the family and furnished in exquisite Gustavian and late Gustavian style. Never one to rest on his laurels in science or design, in 1786, with the smallpox outbreak leveling, Dr. von Schulzenheim ordered the construction of a Chinese...

A signed finely carved Italian Carrara marble sculpture of a girl reading to her doll siting on a chair. Title: La Lezione Di Lett...

With an open container as his backpack and with detachable hat.

Life-size Belgium ceramic bull dog in tan, brown and cream colors with blue eyes complimenting blue and gold collar with large gold hoop. Back of dog open for use as umbrella or stic...

Large iron floral and leaf design store display. Recently salvaged from downtown buffalo New York department store.

Authentically aged, this tall vintage cage is made of metal and originally finished with white paint. The antiqued paint gives character and history to th...

Inscribed G. Henning, dated 1928 and No. 2.

Antique Italian carved wood figural card stand or server. Life-sized figure in the form of a young cavalier holding a round tray, on a small pedestal base. 1EXA.

Palatial bust of Henri Robert-Marcel Duchamp by Ursula Meyer. The sculpture itself measures 47" in height, 27.5" in width, and 21.5" depth acquired from the home of the most prolific American conceptual artist. Signed and dated. Provenance: From the Estate of Ann Pollon Re: The Collection of Ursula Meyer. Descendant. Acquired from the artist. Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp French: (28 July 1887-2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art He was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Duchamp has had an immense impact on twentieth-century and twenty first-century art, and he had a seminal influence on the development of conceptual art. By the time of World War I he had rejected the work of many of his fellow artists (such as Henri Matisse) as "retinal" art, intended only to please the eye. Instead, Duchamp wanted to use art to serve the mind. Ursula Meyer was a German-born American sculptor, art-focused academician, and fine art critic, who proved an influential player in the transmission of and appreciation for European born Modernism to the United States in the post-World War II era. At first a ceramicist beholden to the teachings of 1930s Germany’s Bauhaus and Italy’s Futurists, she eventually became a creator and exponent of a crisp, geometry-focused sculptural lexicon in ceramics, and later wood and metal sculpture. Her legacy includes a decades-long exploration of Minimalism, as well as experimentations in creating and deciphering Conceptual and Expressive genres. Born in Hanover, Germany in 1915 to Ernst Josef Meyer and Elsa Katzenstein, Ursula Meyer is recorded as having “studied with former Bauhaus masters after the Bauhaus itself had closed under threat of National Socialism” in 1933. Spanning the years 1934 through 1937, Ursula’s Bauhaus tutorial is not fully documented, but it may well have included at least brief study with the French-born Marguerite Friedlaender Wildenhain (1896-1985), the first woman to earn the Master Potter certification in Germany, and who worked with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Max Kehan and Gerhard Marcks (1889-1981). Meyer is recorded as having directly worked with Marcks, as well as with Otto Lindig...

German porcelain figure of a red cross nurse, Rosenthal, circa 1920. Signed.

Inscribed 'Geschutzt', 'C. Kauba', 'Vienna' and '4689'.

A Beautiful 19th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical grouping of three putti with musical Motifs. One putti is seen with a trumpet in his hand, the other putti is seen playing a ly...

Ignacio Gallo (Spanish/French, 1850-1935) was a Spanish sculptor, who was active as a sculptor and engraver in Madrid and Paris in the interwar period. His works show animal scenes, ...

Listing is for a single standing mannequin with adjustable arms and torso. Please confirm location NY or NJ

Industrial Foundry Form, factory casting, beautiful silver zinc original paint, wonderful patina, whimsical, fantasy Art Deco design,'Emaerald City' Very sculptural, see other listings for additional Foundry molds. Foundry molds and patterns are wooden tools, carved out or built up to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. To make a wooden mold, wood needs to be stacked up, like a relief, or cut-out, like a sunken relief, with handles or other pieces to grab and pick up the mold from the molding material. Individual pattern pieces that get packed into the molding material are carved and shaped. The space or forms that these pieces make in the molding material will be the inverse of the final cast piece. These antique foundry molds...

19th century seated ceramic pug dog.

19th Century Reproduction of a 16th Century Stone Artifact / Warrior on Horse Artifact appears to be cast

Organic modern hand carved stone and leaded blue glass egg sculptural set of 3. Gorgeous highly burnished pink granite stone eggs and luminous blue glas...

A ceramic chicken in a modernist Art Deco form. Possibly by Raymor.

A Nice Mid 19th Century Patinated Bronze Figure of a Woman Cast by Alfred Daubrée Attributed to Charles Cumberworth and Cast by Alfred Daubrée Depicting a beautiful woman in robes ...

A fine Italian white marble sculpture of a Winged Nymph by E. DeCori Artist: E. DeCori Date: circa 19th century Origin: Italian Dimension: 23 1/2 in x 11 in x 14 in.

Most unusual French Art Deco hand forged iron sculpture depicting 3- dimensional silhouette of body builder, weight lifter / boxer, stage with drapery. Sh...

Fine quality patinated bronze bust of Cleopatra signed: ‘C. Ceribelli’ Artist: Cesar Ceribelli, (French, 1841-1918) Date: 19th century Dimension: ...

Art Deco W P A style sculpture 'WOMAN" hand executed by Eugene Frances Savage ,,signed,, Eugene Francis Savage, widely known as an American regionalist muralist and a painter of both native...

Unusual 19th century English terracotta Scottie or mixed terrier dog in a seated position. Charming copy of a particular dog with a sweet expression and demeanour.

Rare large terracotta pug lying down with paws stretched out in front of him. Life-size 19th century pug that is almost three feet long. Features excell...

Contemporary glazed porcelain sculpture by Matthew Solomon. Unique piece, signed and dated. Using fine porcelain and glazes he crafted himself, Matthew Solomon translated the unruly...

Edgardo Simone, (Italian/American, 1890-1948) Classically trained in Italy at the Beaux Arts Academy in Rome from 1906 to 1913, Edgardo Simone became a famous sculptor in Italy and the United States using mediums of terracotta, ceramic, bronze, and plaster. He earned a Doctorate of Design and Sculpture at the Academy and then emigrated to the United States where he worked in New York, Chicago and southern California. His style was influenced by Art Nouveau, Art Deco and other modernist influences. In Italy, he had received three times the Croix de Guerre and was decorated by King Victor Emmanuel II and Queen Margherita. Before moving to America, he had much recognition in Italy. He had created war and city monuments, and tombstones in twenty-six Italian cities. When he arrived in New York City, one of the newspapers carried a headline: "Italy's greatest Sculptor Arrives in New York." In New York, Simone became prominent in society and did many portrait busts including such of Thomas Edison, John J. Pershing, Henry Ford and Louis Brandeis. Sally Rand, the famous fan dancer of Chicago's World's Fair in 1933-1934, sat as a model in his studio as did President Franklin Roosevelt and author Theodore...

Art Deco bronze figural sculpture on Carrara marble pedestal. Sculpture has a nice patina to the bronze. Mounted to the base.

Wonderful modernist sculpture, artist made, signed Crusifix, Russian, bent copper and wood, Reminiscent of sculptural designs by Heifetz, amazing quality, Retains original plaque wit...

English silver hand, London, 1909. Maker: Henry and Albert Batsy.

Carefully curated set of decorative wood eggs in the organic modern style. Variety of sizes, see pictures. The three colorful eggs in the front fit inside each other, Russian doll st...

Each winged figure of classical draped women with her foot upon a polished orb. Origin: French Date: Circa 1870 Dimension: 30 3/4 in. x 9 3/4 in.

Cast signature "A. Messina. Roma" at the side of base. Mounted atop an oblong Red marble plinth.  

An uncommon white stoneware betta fish sculpture with thick glossy cyan glaze. Signed.

21st century sculpture by English artist Corinna Button Corinna's work is primarily figurative although her sculptures are often more abstract.

Both sculptures are signed ‘C. Kauba’ on the plinth. Dimensions: 9.75” high x 3.75” deep x 3.5” wide Dark brown patina. Original marble pedestals. Carl Kauba (Austrian, 1886 – ...

Wonderful Hand made,welded brutalist sculpture depicting man removing arrow,, Artist unknown but very well exicuted,,detailed hands ,,feet and rib-cage,, Done in the manner of Fantoni

A pair of dancing figures are featured in this vintage table-top sculpture. A heavy plastic base with velvet on its bottom ensures it can be used in any ...

Italian Grand Tour bronze figure of an athlete, Italy, 19th century. Measures: H 11.5 in.

Art Deco Soccer Player Patinated Bronze Sculpture Germany, ca. 1930’s DIMENSIONS Height: 9.5 inches Width: 6.75 inches Depth: 2.75 inches ABOUT A rare, laconi...

Large Chinese Agate figure of Kuan Yin, circa 1890.