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Item Ships From: Palm Springs
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Vintage Italian Modernist Pair of Blue and Green Horses
By Aldo Londi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of horse sculptures created by Aldo Londi for Bitossi of Italy. each has great coloration of blue and green glazes within the stamped texture. Large horse measures 6" by 6.5" b...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Aldo Londi Bitossi Italian Modernist Large Orange Ceramic Bird Sculpture
By Aldo Londi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Italian modernist large scale bird ceramic sculpture created by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Bird measures 7.75" by 11" by 6.5" and is signed as pictured. In very good vintage 1960s cond...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Carved Shoushon Soapstone Floral Double Vase Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Chinese soapstone vase carved in deep relief featuring flowers, vines and vases. In excellent condition, it measures 8.5" high by 6" across x 3"...
Category
20th Century Chinese Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
Leather Pig Ottoman
By Dimitri Omersa
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Leather pig ottoman. Piggy measures 30" wide, 13" deep and 17" high. Great patina and all original. This pig is oversized compared to the ones made by Dimitri Omersa, United Kingd...
Category
1980s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
1950s Italian Modernist Green Glass Fish Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Striking Murano fish glass glass sculpture, circa 1950s. Piece measures 5.25" high by 6" wide by 1.5" deep. Unsigned and in very good vintage condition.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Aluminum Rocket Playground Toy Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This aluminum rocket sculpture was originally a playground spring ride located throughout parks. Spring is not included. It's more sculptural and part ...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Mid Century Ceramic Soholm Bird Relief by Gerd Hiort Petersen
By Jonathan Adler, Charles and Ray Eames, Gerd Hiort Petersen
Located in San Diego, CA
Blue and white Soholm bird relief designed by Gerd Hiort Petersen, circa 1960-1970. This beautiful ceramic sculptural relief is captivating and whi...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Edo Carved Wooden Rare Cigarette Holder Snake
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible rare cigarette pipe holder with wood carved snake circa 1950's. Made in Japan circa 1950's.
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Inuit Native American Eskimo Stone Carved Bird Sculture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large stone carving of a bird by the indigenous Inuit People who inhabit parts of Canada and Alaska. The sculpture is signed on bottom by unknown a...
Category
1970s Canadian Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Studio Ceramic Horse Sculpture Karin Swildens
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1999 Studio ceramic horse sculpture by Karin Swildens.
Hand signed and titled “Power Peace” dated 1999.
In original vintage condition.
Measurements: 12” Wide, 6.5” Deep, 16.75” Hi...
Category
1990s American Modern Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Murano Glass Bull Sculpture by Franco Bottaro
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980’s Italian Murano glass large bull sculpture by Franco Bottaro.
Hand blown with clear and smoky glass.
Signed Bottaro Murano.
Measurements: 11.5” Wide, 5.5” Deep, 8.25” High.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Weiner Kunst Keramische Monkeys Ceramic with Glass Eyes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful whimsical ceramic of two monkeys by the renown Austrian Secessionist Wiener Kunst Keramik. It features glass eyes. It can be lit from the interior and there is a hole in ...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Los Castillos Mexican Modernist Copper Owl Sculpture by Antonio Castillo
By Los Castillo
Located in San Diego, CA
Antonio Castillo Mexican Modernist hand hammered and oxidized copper owl sculpture. A similar work by Antonio is pictured on the cover of 1966 issue of Art...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
1960s, Italian Modernist Hand Blown Murano Cat Sculpture
By Livio Seguso
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1960s stylized cat sculpture, possibly created by Livio Seguso of Murano, Italy. Sculpture measures: 12.5" hight by 7" wide and 3.75" deep. Unsigned. In very good vintage 1960s condi...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Italian Majolica Terracotta Glazed Giraffe
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely Majolica Giraffe. Large glazed terracotta sculpture of a sitting Giraffe stamped on the base Italy three times in a seal. In good condition with some minor glaze imperfectio...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Barbara Beretich “Tanko” Bronze Cat Sculpture 1996
By Barbara Beretich
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful bronze cat by the noted California artist Barbara Beretich. It is titled Tanko and is signed and dated underneath 9/21/96. It is numbered 6/24. It has developed a beautif...
Category
1990s American Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Murano Glass Fish Sculpture by Licio Zanetti
By Licio Zanetti
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Murano glass fish sculpture by Licio Zanetti. The fish is signed on the bottom and has beautiful layers of opalescent glass infused with color. Fish measures 10.5" wide, 5" deep and ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Glass Fish Sculpture by Licio Zanetti
By Licio Zanetti
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Murano glass fish sculpture by Licio Zanetti. The fish is signed on the bottom and has beautiful layers of opalescent glass. The piece is signed on the bottom. Fish measures 12" wide...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Bird Mouth Blown Glass Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
beautiful Murano bird glass sculpture with copper inserts circa 1970's.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of Six Exbor Glass Fish
By Exbor
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A group of six Czech glass fish by Exbor .
“...The concept for this range was devised in 1958, when Rozinek and Honzik saw fish sculptures created by Vera Li...
Category
20th Century Czech Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Italian Clear Murano Glass Fish Sculpture by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Italian clear murano glass fish sculpture by Seguso.
In good original vintage condition no chips,
Some scratches on the underside of base.
They might be able to be polished...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Carved Wood Elephants from "Auntie Mame" with Rosalind Russell
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A unique pair of carved wood elephants with bone tusks raised shown with front feet on an integral carved wood plinth. A similar, if not the same, pair appeared in the closing scenes of "Auntie Mame...
Category
20th Century Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bone, Wood
Italian Ceramic Lion Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large Italian hand painted ceramic lion sculpture from the 1970’s.
In beautiful vintage condition.
Retains the made in Italy label.
Measurements: 11” Deep, 27” Wide, 12” High.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sergio Bustamante Rhinoceros
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderful brass life size Rhinoceros by Sergio Bustamante. It is not signed but was purchased at a gallery in Mexico in the 1980’s. We had a nice colle...
Category
20th Century Mexican Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Style Brass Ram Sculpture
By Loet Vanderveen
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful elegant art Deco style ram sculpture, circa 1970s in patinated brass finish.
Category
Late 20th Century Korean Art Deco Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Bronze Horse
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A vintage bronze horse which is unsigned. Great quality. Mounted on a wood base. The base has some losses. Bronze is in good condition, with some minor ag...
Category
20th Century American Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sergio Bustamante Signed Twin Giraffes, 1977
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful large twin headed Papier Mache giraffe sculpture by Sergio Bustamante from 1977. Comes with a copy of a certificate from Bustamante himself dated...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Brutalist Steel Rattlesnake Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A cut steel form of a coiled rattlesnake, circa 1970. Difficult to make out the full signature but it looks like a last name of DEAN 70'. Sculpture measures 18" diameter and 9" high....
Category
1970s American Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cut Steel
Kitty Rix for Wiener Werkstatte 1920's Cat Ceramic
By Kitty Rix, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful ceramic, pottery cat designed by Kitty Rix and executed by the Wiener Werkstatte in the late 1920's. It was produced as a lamp and has an old leviton fixture and some new...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Petite Patinated Brass 1970s Owl Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Diego, CA
Decorative patinated brass sculpture lucky owl nice and heavy whimsical piece.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Art Glass Knot Sculpture Elio Raffaeli
By Elio Raffaeli
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful piece of art glass by Elio Raffaeli. Signed on the base and smoky in tone. In good age appropriate condition with some minor marks particularly to the base. Approximately...
Category
20th Century Italian Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Woman on Horse by O.V. Taylor
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large sculpture of a woman on a horse signed O.V. Taylor. The sculpture is an assemblage of paper, resin, paste and vinyl on an armature of pipes. D...
Category
1990s American Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Paste, Resin, Paper
Marina Gutierrez 2007 "En Aqua Memoriam 1"
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful sculpture by the noted artist and sculptor Marina Gutierrez from 2007. It is titled En Aqua Memoriam 1. It is in good shape with some imperfections.
From the artist's website comes the following description:
EnAquaMemoriam1 - is a lunch box sized diorama, whose aluminum walls are engraved with a Latin textual requiem to the ecology of oceans. Metal silhouettes...
Category
Early 2000s American Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Other
Bronze Horses Sculpture by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful 1970s cast bronze horses sculpture by renowned designers Curtis Jerè.
The sculpture has a beautiful patina and its mounted on a wooden lacquer base.
The sculpture is s...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Benshalom Ben Shalom 1993 Bronze Bull
By Itzik Ben Shalom
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful Bronze Bull by the noted Israeli artist Itzik Ben Shalom or Benshalom. It is signed and dated 1993 on the bronze itself and underneath the base it is mounted to. It is ma...
Category
1990s Israeli Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kitty Rix for Wiener Werkstatte Ceramic Figues of Horses
By Kitty Rix, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful whimsical terracotta group of a mother horse and her foal by the Austrian Master Kitty Rix Tihacek. It is well marked and monogrammed on the base. It is impressed with th...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Jack Mason Stone Mountain Georgia Reptilian Stoneware Sculpture Pitcher
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Stoneware ceramic reptilian pitcher created by Jack Mason of Stone Mountain, Georgia. Pitcher measures 14.5" high by 8" wide. Signed J. Mason Stone Mountain...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Leather Rhinoceros Attributed to Dimitri Omersa (smaller version)
By Dimitri Omersa
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Incredible solid brown leather Rhinoceros in the style of Abercrombie & Fitch and Dimitri Omersa. Great color and patina with clear eyes. Rhinoceros measures 18.5" wide, 6.5" deep an...
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Chinese Carnelian Agate Fu Dog Incense Burner Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Well crafted Chinese carved amber agate carnelian censer incense burner with lidded fu dog lion final.
Category
20th Century Chinese Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Agate
Contemporary Steel Brutalist Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Studio steel sculpture of animal using found objects. Sculpture measures 26" wide, 15" deep and 26" high.
Category
1980s American Brutalist Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Vintage Italian Modernist Blue Green Partridge Bird Hen
By Aldo Londi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large scale partridge bird created by Aldo Londi for Bitossi of Italy. Bird has great coloration of blue and green with golden yellow and black accents...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Ceramiche Guerrieri Murano Venezia Pottery Horse
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A magnificent monumental pottery horse by the Guerrieri Cermic works of Murano Italy. The piece is at the same time whimsical and charming while also quite imposing as you can see i...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Murano Smoked Glass Fish Sculpture by Licio Zanetti
By Licio Zanetti
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract Murano smoke color glass fish sculpture by Licio Zanetti. The fish is signed on the bottom and has beautiful smoke color opalescent glass. The piece is signed on the bottom....
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Leather Rhinoceros Attributed to Dimitri Omersa (large version)
By Dimitri Omersa
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Incredible solid brown leather Rhinoceros in the style of Abercrombie & Fitch and Dimitri Omersa. Incredible color and patina with green eyes. This ...
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Pair of Large Brass Koi Fish Figural Sculptures
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of large Asian heavy cast brass koi fish sculptors newly mounted on black lacquered wood and metal bases. Each fish is finely crafted and sightly d...
Category
1950s Asian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Douglas Brett Bronze Fish 2008
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A whimsical cute bronze with great patina and color by the noted San Francisco California artist Douglas Brett. It is mounted on what looks like black granite. it is signed and dated...
Category
Early 2000s American Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Mexican Mixed Metal Chick attributed to Alexander Blazquez
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful Mexican Chicken or baby Chick most likely by Alexander Blazquez. We’ve had quite a few of his pieces over the years. The labels were always paper and prone to come off. M...
Category
20th Century Mexican Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
Carol Gentithes Glazed Ceramic Mythological Minotaur Centaur Sculpture
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Picassoesque Minotaur contemporary sculpture created by Carol Gentithes of Seagrove, North Carolina. Half man, half bull sculpture has two faces and a snakes head tail.. Sculpture measures 14" by 9" by 7" and is signed Gentithes. In very good condition.
The following was taken from the Artists' website, with thanks:
Carol Gentithes grew up in the flatlands of Ohio. She graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in English Literature. From there she proceeded to work many years in the travel industry where she managed a travel agency, escorted groups to Russia, handled tourist campaigns for international destinations and so forth. In 1989 she returned to academic life, graduated from Alfred University with a B.F.A. in ceramics and met her future husband, Fred Johnston. In 1997, Carol and Fred, established Johnston & Gentithes Art Pottery in Seagrove, NC. Both Carol & Fred have been artists in residence at Arrowmont School of Arts, TN and ArtLink in Tallin, Estonia. They received the NCECA 2010 International Artist Residency in Jingdezhen, China for 6 weeks at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute to explore ancient and contemporary Chinese porcelain...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Modernist Mouse Sculpture
By Mattia Biagi
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful modernist mouse sculpture. A piece that is full of whimsy and detail. Clean lines are the base for this piece as a mouse figure orbits on its own tail. Beautiful, enchanting and dynamic. Cast iron with zinc finish. Clean lines with a brutalist node. This piece is vintage (1960s) and unsigned. A piece that is sculptural and fun. Unsigned and reminiscent of Stephen Charlton...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Zinc
Italian Clear Murano Glass Hummingbird Sculpture by Licio Zanetti
By Licio Zanetti
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980’s Italian clear Murano glass hummingbird sculpture by Licio Zanetti.
Signed Zanetti L.
Measurements: 15” wide 2.75” deep and 11” high.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Inuit Salmon Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely marble stone sculpture of intertwined salmon, likely an Inuit artist. It is mounted on a rod and black marble base so that it swivels. One corner of the bottom of the black ...
Category
20th Century American Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Wonderful Whimsical Hand Built Pottery Elephant
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful whimsical Elephant. It is hand built of terracotta with white clay tusks and toes. Not signed or any indication of origin, but out of a local Palm Springs estate. It’s in...
Category
20th Century Unknown Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Carved Wood Lion Sculpture in the Manner of Evelyn Ackerman
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful 1970’s carved wood lion sculpture in the manner of Evelyn Ackerman.
It’s not marked. But beautifully carved, possibly pine.
Measurements: 26” wide, 7” deep and 10.5” high.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Ulises Jimenez Obregon Cubist Sculpture Monkey
By Ulises Jimenez Obregon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A really fabulous cubist sculpture of a monkey or chimpanzee by the noted Costa Rican artist Ulises Jimenez Obregon titled Volca and made out of the rare wood known as Cenizaro. This...
Category
Early 2000s Costa Rican Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Majolica Incised and Painted Ewer Fish Motif
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A truly whimsical and wonderful piece of Italian Majolica that is incredibly well crafted. It is incised and appears almost enameled. It is signed or inscribed by the artist on the b...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
If Pigs Could Fly
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Giuseppe Palumbo's whimsical sculpture "Hog Heaven" from 2014 in aluminum. it is signed and dated on the rear. An edition of 99 this is number 1/99. Feature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Pivoting Carved Wood Gull on Marble Base
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful carved wood bird in flight mounted on a bronze arm painted black which attaches to a marble base. The person we acquired this sculpture from claimed that it belonged to h...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Elephant with a Cane Sculpture Signed and Dated 1984
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This whimsical sculpture of a lame elephant in red, white and blue colors is signed and dated 3/84. We cannot make out the signature but it looked like Red Grooms. We had the gallery...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Palm Springs Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
