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Item Ships From: Pennsylvania
Large Hollywood Regency Brass Koi Fish Sculpture Bottle Chiller or Wine Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A high end quality ice bucket / bottle holder that doubles as a chic table sculpture. It features a swiveling lid and copper bottle holder insert. Extremely heavy with a warm vintage...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Figures of Mythical Characters
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain large mythical figures,
Probably of Shouxing, God of Longevity
Circa 1775
The two Chinese Export figures stand on green shaped bases and although they a...
Category
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Brad Sells Organic Modern Redwood Abstract Vessel Sculpture 1997
By Brad Sells
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carved redwood vessel sculpture by renowned artist Brad Sells. Sell's work can be found in private collections, museums and other public institutions. Sells also starred in the PBS s...
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Other
Bronze Cup with Race Cars and Motorcycles by Etling, France
By Etling Paris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare, perhaps unique, this beautifully sculpted and cast bronze cup features a frieze of racing cars and motorcycles in the heat of the race, above a series of garlands with oaks lea...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kosta Boda Brains Stand + 12 Brains
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
The renowned glass artist Bertil Vallien has designed a stand for his collection Brains, which has space for 12 objects – the ideal item for all collectors. The piece is unfinished b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
"Dancing African, " Rare Bronze Art Deco Sculpture by Hagenauer Contemporary
By Richard Rohac
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the decades-old interest among Europeans in the art and culture of Africa -- starting with Cubism which borrowed heavily from African art -- and also demonstrating th...
Category
1940s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Female Nude Torso Sculpture in White Marble, circa 1920-1930s
Located in Bernville, PA
Exquisite female nude torso sculpture in white marble. An exceptional example from the Art Deco/ Art Nouveau period. Would be the focal point of any room. Beautiful scallop detailing...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Kosta Boda Beans Gold Brown
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Beans is a creation by the renowned glass artist Bertil Vallien as an homage to the icon of Swedish glass design, Ingeborg Lundin. The collection is inspired by her well-known glass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Kosta Boda Boats Vertical Journey
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Vertical Journey is a creation by the renowned Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien who sees the boat as a symbol of freedom and solitude. The boat has become one of his main signatur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Kosta Boda Brains Look
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien created the first Brains – the head, which has become one of his most prominent symbols. Since then, he has made a variety of ‘in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Authentic Frederick Roth "Hissing Cat" (1913) Bronze Sculpture, Gorham Co.
By Gorham CO.
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FREDERICK GEORGE RICHARD ROTH
United States, 1872-1944
Hissing Cat (1913)
Lost-wax cast bronze Signed in cast "Copyright 1913 by FGR ROTH / Gorham Co Founder ORP"
Item # 208NKJ18...
Category
20th Century American Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “Bust of Thais” by Emmanuel Villanis
By Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMMANUEL VILLANIS
French, fl. 1880-1920
"Bust of Thais"
Cast signature to shoulder "E. Villanis" cold-stamped "3264" & "CB" with foundry cachet of "Societe des Bronzes de Paris" o...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kosta Boda What'S Up? Nothing Much
By Frida Fjellman
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
With What’s Up?/ Nothing Much, Frida Fjellman has developed her Erik-Höglund-inspired glass sculptures with the same individual style. Fjellman has chosen to emphasize the properties...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
“A la terre!” French Antique Bronze Sculpture by Alfred Boucher & Barbedienne
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Alfred Boucher
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Bronze sculpture model of "A La Terre!" (1890) after Alfred Boucher
Signed to naturalistic base "A. Boucher", inscribed "F. Barbedienne Fondeur"
Item # 008AMH08W
This powerful mode...
Category
19th Century French Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Putti Cherub Candlesticks Signed Sylvain Kinsburger Spelter & Marble S/2
By Sylvain Kinsburger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A charming and heavy pair of Putti candlesticks modeled and signed by the French sculptor Sylvain Kinsburger. The pair are modeled with great detail and a sense of fluid movement, ci...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Tall Mid-Century Modern Abstract Table Sculpture in Acrylic Lucite
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A funky lucite table sculpture circa 1970's. It features a tall skyscraper form in solid clear acrylic. Free continental USA shipping.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
American Modernist Roman Bronze Works Sculpture of a Gazelle by Walter Rotan
By Roman Bronze Works, Walter Rotan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb Modernist model of a Gazelle by Walter Rotan (1912-2001) with a very dark verdigris patina.
Cast at the Roman Bronze Works in the 1930s or 1940s.
The bronze is stamped Roman Bronze Corp. NY to the reverse and bears an integral signature in the plinth.
Rotan was an important 20th century American sculptor. A student of Albert Laessle, Rotan's work is held in public and private collections throughout the country. During his lifetime, his work was exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Art.
A similar gazelle is incorporated into his sculpture installed at Brookgreen Gardens.
References include Beartrice Gilman Proske's 1968 book...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kosta Boda Brains I See You
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
“Yes, I see you. All of you. I don’t want to be careless. You should feel it in your heart – that I see you and that I understand.”
In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Val...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Antique English Staffordshire Prattware Pottery Rooster or Cockrel Figurine
By Thomas Whieldon Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A antique English prattware model of a cockerel or rooster.
With mottled decoration in ochres and yellow.
The base bears an old partial D. M. ...
Category
Late 18th Century British Country Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Italian Greyhound Sculpture Ceramic Terra Cotta Life Size Favaro Cecchetto
By Favaro Cecchetto
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A very realistic, life size Italian Greyhound Sculpture designed and manufactured by Favaro Cecchetto in Italy. 1960s. Signed on the base.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Carved Teak Sculpture
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This early 20th-century hand-carved teak sculpture has a gorgeous patina and wood grain, showing off its rich character. Set on a metal stand, it’s a timeless piece that blends rusti...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Antique German Orientalist Bronze Sculpture of a Young Boy with Urn by Uhlmann
By Hermann Gladenbeck, Waldemar Uhlmann
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good Belle Epoche bronze modeled as a young boy beside a large amphora or vase.
Stylistically informed by Orientalism and various Revival movements active in Europe at the end of the 19th century.
Mounted on a rouge marble base.
Base bears a W. Uhlmann signature in the cast for Waldemar Uhlmann and a Gladenbeck...
Category
Late 19th Century German Revival Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Angel Fish, " Large, Stunning Technicolor Art Deco Sculptures, Occupied Japan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This pair of technicolor-hued Art Deco angel fish sculptures -- glazed in hues of gold, dark pink, cobalt, sea green and canary -- was made in Japan between 1945 and 1951, when American forces occupied the nation after World War II and required that goods made there be marked "Occupied Japan...
Category
1940s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Riding the Currents", Rare Art Deco Sculpture of Merboy and Fish by Andersen
By Just Andersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Joyful and full of energy, this rare -- possibly unique -- sculpture by Just Andersen depicts a merboy, complete with fins on each feet, riding a plump fish through the sea, his mout...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Leaning on Tree Stump Figural Sculpture #4068
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Leaning on Tree Stump Figural Sculpture #4068 designed in the 1950's. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Sea Dragon Candle Stand", Large Art Deco Masterpiece, Wrought Iron, Sweden
By Carl-Einar Borgstrom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique and striking, this Art Deco-Modernist candle stand by Karl Einar Borgström depicts a highly stylized sea dragon using wrought iron bars and rods. Although this piece has a pr...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Kosta Boda Boats Memory Boat
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Memory Boat is an art glass creation by the renowned Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien who sees the boat as a symbol of freedom and solitude. The boat has become one of his main si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Carl Auböck Model #4366 'Bird' Brass Sculpture
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubo¨ck Model #4366 'Bird' brass sculpture. A wonderful abstract patinated brass bird sculpture designed in the 1950's by Vienna, Austria's, Carl Aubock. This item is produced in the original Carl Aubock Werkstatte currently operated by Carl Aubock IV. All items are produced with the highest quality materials, using traditional tooling and techniques.
Over many years, Carl Aubock Wekstatte has amassed a large catalog of items, many of which are for daily use in the household or office. Aubock items make for the perfect high quality, collectable gift for the home...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Nondum, " Remarkable Art Deco Bronze Sculptural Panel with Multiple Nudes
By Anna Coleman Ladd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entitled "Nondum" or "not yet," this remarkable and important bronze panel by Anna Ladd depicts a time in the future -- a mysterious, ecstatic world that seems to represent both para...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Female Nude Bookends, Rare Bronze Sculptures by Max Kalish, Paris Foundry
By Max Kalish 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finished with a gorgeous, deep green-black patina with mossy highlights, this rare pair of bronze bookends depicting seated female nudes was sculpted by Max Kalish, best known for his series of sculptures celebrating the American worker...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Signed Mid Century Italian Glazed Ceramic Frog or Toad in White Bitossi
By Bitossi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very large ceramic floor sculpture from Italy circa 1970's. It features white glazed ceramic form. Marked & numbered. No condition issues.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare American Western Sculpture “Desert Rat” (1928) by J. Clinton Shepherd
Located in Shippensburg, PA
J. CLINTON SHEPHERD
United States, 1888-1975
"The Desert Rat" (1928)
Patinated bronze signed "(c) 1928 J. CLINTON SHEPHERD", cold stamped "GORHAM CO FOUNDERS QGCB"
Item # 405KOB04A
An exceedingly rare cast of J. Clinton Shepherd's study of a Western miner and his pack mule titled "The Desert Rat", it features a tired old-timer with his worn and weathered features trodding along with his pickaxe resting on top of the full pack and a sturdy walking stick in his other hand. The sheer rarity of the cast perhaps is due to the timing of his model, which was modeled in 1928 and started production at Gorham almost in sync with the beginning of the Great Depression. Shepherd saw his income from sculpture dwindle to such a degree that he was forced to begin illustrating thriller novels during the 1930s. The only other model we have seen on the open market was offered at Christie's in New York on November 30th of 1990 (lot 86) with an estimate of $ 10-15,000. An example of this sculpture is recorded in the Smithsonian American Art Museum index of American Art as being preserved in the permanent collection of the University of Delaware (acc. no. 64.2.007); it is also held in the Birmingham Museum of Art (acc. no. 1978.41).
Joy Clinton Shepherd was born on September 11, 1888, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Charles and Emma Shepherd. He was the third of five children, and his family lived on Twenty-third Street. His father, a men's suit salesman, enabled Joy to attend college after high school. Joy studied at the University of Missouri at Kansas City before leaving in 1909 to travel to the Northwest with his brother, where they lived with the Crow Indians and learned their customs.
In 1910, Joy moved to Chicago and enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago where he graduated in 1914. He subsequently studied at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and afterwards worked as a freelance artist. He married Gail English, a fellow art student, in 1915. In 1916, he joined the Illinois National Reserve as a bugler. Despite a hearing defect, he served until 1919 when he moved to New York City to work as a freelance artist for magazines like Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post.
Joy adopted the signature "J. C. Shepherd" and found success throughout the 1920s. He and Gail moved to Westport, Connecticut, and had two children, Joy and Charles. In addition to illustration, he pursued a career as a sculptor of western bronzes.
The Great Depression shifted his work to pulp magazine covers...
Category
20th Century American Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Gold Gilt Bronze Figural Centerpiece Bowl Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Gold Gilt Bronze Figural Centerpiece Bowl Sculpture w/ Swan. A Napoleon III gilt bronze centerpiece surmounted by winged maiden and winged swan pulling ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kosta Boda Fortress Cube
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
As a sculptor, Bertil Vallien has transformed Michelangelo’s marble block into a transparent glass cube. They have the same eye as artists: a hidden secret is sealed inside the glass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Mid Century Modern Blue Glaze Ceramic Pottery World Globe Face Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Blue Glazed Ceramic Pottery World Globe "Face Impression" Artist Studio Sculpture. Artist is unknown but the piece does read "not to be used for navigation...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Wall Sculpture of Childs Face by Artist Eugene Canneel, Belgium
By Eugeen Canneel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wall Sculpture of Childs Face
Artist Eugene Canneel (1882-1966)
Belgium, circa 1950
Inscribed Signature along the Edge
"a very nice child's face wall scuplture ready to hang"
"it w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Kosta Boda Beans Orange
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Beans is a creation by the renowned glass artist Bertil Vallien as an homage to the icon of Swedish glass design, Ingeborg Lundin. The collection is inspired by her well-known glass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Bronze Bear and Cubs on Marble Base
Located in Annville, PA
Graceful even when standing still the Bronze Bear and Cubs on Marble Base is a striking addition to any setting. Using traditional lost wax casting methods the Bear and Cubs statue i...
Category
2010s Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare French Orientalist Bronze Sculpture Arab Warrior after Jean Didier Debut
By Jean Didier Debut
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JEAN-DIDIER DEBUT
French, 1824-1893
French Orientalist Model of a Janissaire Warrior
Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "E. Debut", sealed with editeur cachet "Bronze Ga...
Category
20th Century French Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Le Fumeur French Spelter Statue Sculpture of Young Man Smoking by Charles Masse
By Charles Masse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Le Fumeur French Spelter Statue Sculpture of Young Man Smoking by Charles Masse. Item featured brass plaque reads " Le Fumeur par Ch. Masse", spelter construction, by Charles Masse (...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Brad Sells Abstract Wood Sculpture 2015
By Brad Sells
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carved Yellow wood vessel sculpture by renowned artist Brad Sells. Sell's work can be found in private collections, museums and other public institutions. Sells also starred in the P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Kosta Boda Gatekeeper Clear
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Bertil Vallien is devoted and consistent. His objects created for Kosta Boda develop over time, and he is always looking to extract more from his work. Gatekeeper is a case in point. Previous executions range from charcoal drawings to glass and metal objects. In the summer of 2021, large-format adaptations were exhibited in the famous garden of the Royal Palace “Solliden”, on Öland in Sweden, providing a magnificent spectacle for the audience. The two impressive Gatekeeper figures from the exhibition – almost 20 inches tall and fixed by thin wires – gave the impression of drifting. A trademark Vallien face rests inside these shimmering miniature Gatekeepers. This peaceful and mythical sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
19th Century Grand Tour Lion Attacking a Horse Miniature Bronze Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine 19th century Grand Tour miniature model of the Lion Attacking a Horse sculpture.
Modeled after the ancient Roman version found on Capitoline Hill.
Sized as a paperweight...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Slate, Bronze
Large Japanese Ceramic Penguin Figurative Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Ceramic Penguin Figurative Sculpture
Japan, 1970's
stamped "Made in Japan" on the bottom
" great size, color and glaze"
" add to your Penguin collection or a nice piece to st...
Category
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Black Man with Banjo, " Rare Example of Social Realist Sculpture by Shearwater
By Walter Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by the affectionate depictions of working Americans in the Midwest and the South by Social Realists such as Thomas Hart Benton and James Daugherty, this rare sculpture of a Black male figure with banjo was produced by the Shearwater Pottery...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Allegory of Speed, " Art Deco Bronze Depicting the Ecstasy of Athletic Effort
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and dramatic, this Art Deco bronze by Robert Delandre, circa 1930, depicts three nude male athletes all straining to reach the finish line of the race, their arms straining forward to win, and upward in ecstatic joy. The concentration and focus evident in their faces, and the beauty of their physiques, is beautifully captured by the artist, and the bronze is gorgeously finished in a green-brown patina that brings out the details of each figure. Delandre is largely known for his tabletop bronzes for the home or office, but he also entered competitions for public monuments and memorials. His most famous work is the "Monument to the Latham 47 Heroes" in Caudebec en Caux, France. The sculpture honors the men who disappeared in the prototype of the Latham 47 twin engine airplane in 1928, with Roald...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kosta Boda Make Up Nailpolish Poppy Red
By Asa Jungnelius
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Shake it up with Make Up! The nail polish from Kosta Boda’s collection, first launched in 2008, is a pressed glass sculpture painted by hand. In its early days, the collection became...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Sheryl C. Benjamin Marble Nude Figure Abstract Sculpture On Marble Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sheryl Cannold Benjamin (American, 1924 - 2023) Marble Nude Figure Abstract Sculpture On Marble Base. Circa Late 20th Century. Weighs approximately 60 pounds. Measurements: 13.5" H x...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Optimist" Sculpture #4049
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Optimist" Sculpture #4049. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Rare Art Deco Terra Cotta Sculpture by Keramos in Austria
By Kéramos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine terra cotta sculpture was a high-end creation of the Keramos ceramic company in Vienna. Although the company produced its share of po...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Mother Bear and Cubs by Paul E. Delabrierre
By Paul Edouard Delabriere
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAUL-ÉDOUARD DELABRIÈRRE
French, 1829-1912
"Famille d'Ors" [Mother Bear and Her Cubs]
Medium-and-light brown patina on sand-cast bronze Signed in cast "E. DELABRIERRE" foundry ma...
Category
20th Century French Romantic Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French, Antique Bronze Sculpture of Aberdeen Angus Bull by Isidore Bonheur
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ISIDORE JULES BONHEUR
French, 1827-1901
Taureau Aberdeen-Angus" (Standing Aberdeen-Angus Bull)
Patinated sand-cast bronze Signed to base "I. BONHEUR"
Item # 211HDB17Z
An exquisite and very rare casting of an Aberdeen-Angus bull, an unusual and distinctive breed of cattle from Scotland, this sculpture by Isidore Jules Bonheur is almost without a doubt cast by the foundry of his brother-in-law Hippolyte Peyrol and a rather early model as well in light of the distinctive construction method. In her text on the selection of 46 animal bronzes in the collection of the Georgia Museum of Art, Eleanor Luciano notes regarding this model that "Bonheur is never recorded to have been to Scotland, where he would have seen this unusual breed. Rosa Bonheur painted in Scotland, and its seems likely that Isidore would have drawn the idea for this bull either from one of her sketches or from an agricultural show in France. The animal's rich mane and strong modeling make this one of the most successful." Notable is the very fine surface patination which exhibits a glassy finish with a complex range of colors presenting in the body of the bull, overall being medium brown but augmented with an underlying reddish hue against auburn highlights. The base is signed "I. BONHEUR" in the typical manner.
Museum Collections:
* National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, acc. no. 2006.128.3
* Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kosta Boda Brains Look In
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien created the first Brains – the head, which has become one of his most prominent symbols. Since then, he has made a variety of ‘in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
French Large Engraving of an Eagle by Savigny
Located in Downingtown, PA
From the description de l'Egypte.
J. Ces. Savigny,
1809-1813.
The stipple engraving depicts the Imperial Eagle. This is Aquila heliaca or the Easte...
Category
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Kosta Boda Berry Tales Emerald
By Ellen Ehk Åkesson
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Ellen Ehk Åkesson is a Swedish glass artist who tells stories of the mysterious forest through her art glass, such as Berry Tales – a bubbling, bulbous berry plucked directly from th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
"Honoring Svatopluk Čech", Art Nouveau Relief Plaque w/ Male & Female Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fine and unusual example of Czech Art Nouveau sculpture -- complete with male and female nudes in profile, and a border of pine branches -- features at its center a portrait of ...
Category
1910s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
Kosta Boda Berry Tales Amber
By Ellen Ehk Åkesson
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Ellen Ehk Åkesson is a Swedish glass artist who tells stories of the mysterious forest through her art glass, such as Berry Tales – a bubbling, bulbous berry plucked directly from th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Primavera HM French Art Deco 'Plat Circulaire' Champlevé Bronze Plate, 1920s
By Atelier Primavera au Printemps
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good Primavera HM Art Deco period plat circulaire.
The round bronze plate has turquoise and black enamel champlevé decoration and a mottled verdigris patina.
The reverse has ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
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