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Balloon Animals Sculpture Set I by Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary Art
Located in Zug, CH
This set of Jeff Koons' Balloon Animals includes Balloon Rabbit, Balloon Monkey and Balloon Swan, made of highly reflective porcelain. Incorporating the vocabulary of his iconic Cele...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Huichol "Upside Down You Are Turning Me " Beaded Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol artists and Mexican Huicho...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Resin, Mixed Media

Spirit of Ecstasy - Pop Art Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Cheeky references to pop culture and the societal context. Grounded in a postmodern vernacular, Alben’s paintings and sculptures are a pastiche of art historical moments including P...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Found Objects

Beginn der Weisheit (Casted 2023 ) Bronze Sculpture Wisdom Abstract In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Beginn der Weisheit Bronze Sculpture Head Figurative Abstract - In Stock Wisdom - Size is including pedestal Stone Each Edition of Casting is different, Each Sculpture is Unique Be...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Peacock Brass and Agate Sculpture on Black Marble Base Attributed to Willy Daro
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This amazing sculpture figures a peacock making the wheel. Each feather is made of a slice of transparent agate, soldered with brass to the rest of the wheel. The agate wheel is me...
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1970s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Brass

Modernist Face
By Itzhak Sankowsky
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZHAK SANKOWSKY "MODERNIST FACE" WOOD, SIGNED ROMANIAN-AMERICAN, C.1940 24.5 INCHES Itzhak Sankowsky was born in 1908 in Romania. He lived and was active in Philadelphia, Penn...
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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Fallen Angel- Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Wire

Outdoor Italian Stone Garden Sculptures of Mythological subject of Hercules
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Vicenza limestone of Hercules in excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Timeless decoration for your interior or garden. Measurements: ...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone

Mid-Century Carved Wood Relief Mask Wall Sculpture Panel, a pair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Superbly handcrafted pair of Mid-Century-Modern wooden wall art sculpture panels. The artworks feature dimensional female and male faces or m...
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1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Forever A Rose 37" high bronze
Located in Loveland, CO
Forever a Rose by Denny Haskew Figurative Bronze Nude 37x18x36" ed/10 Stone is not included. Seated nude offering a rose in quiet contemplation. ” …when asked to create a piece for ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Fiesta
Located in Loveland, CO
"Fiesta" by Carol Gold Abstract Figurative Bronze A couple of figures dancing. 29.5x36x9" ed/10 (AP available) The monumental version of this sculpture was placed on the pedestrian...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Venice Beach Cow by Magdalen Suarez-Frimkess (INV# NP4060)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Magdalena Suarez-Frimkess Venice Beach Cow (INV# NP4060) clay and glaze 4.75 x 6.25 x 2.5" 2018 signed by artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess and Michael Frimkess began working togethe...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Clay, Glaze

Northern White Rhino Figure Sculpture – Contemporary Wildlife Art by Zura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sculpture honors one of the planet’s most endangered creatures—the northern white rhinoceros. With only two females remaining, the species stands at the brink of extinction. Zur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Baroque Roman sculptor - 17th century bronze sculpture - Mars Warrior
Located in Varmo, IT
Gilded bronze sculpture - Mars, god of War. Rome, 17th century. 9 x 9 x h 31 cm. Entirely in cast, chiseled and gilded bronze, resting on an ebonized wooden pedestal decorated with...
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Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Vintage Chinese Wicker Foo Dogs From the Shanghai Collection
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Ultimate pair of mid century Chinese foo dogs with removable heads, ambitiously hand crafted in wicker, reed and rattan with carved wood and paint decorated highlights, set on wicker...
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Late 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

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Organic Material

A Large and Exceptional Japanese Meiji Period Tokyo School Bronze Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
Presenting an extraordinary Large and Exceptional Japanese Meiji Period Tokyo School Bronze Sculpture depicting a delightful ensemble of six energe...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Judaica Copper Repousse Sculpture Relief Plaque Arie Merzer Bezalel Era
Located in Surfside, FL
Arieh Merzer (Israeli, 1905-1966) Copper relief sculpture panel in gilt frame Framed dimensions 18 X 26.25, copper 14.5 X 22.5 Arieh Merzer ...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Copper

Balloon Dogs (mixed edition numbers) - Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary, Art
Located in Zug, CH
Balloon Dogs Set of 3 (mixed edition numbers) - Jeff Koons, Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Decor, Limited Edition Limoges porcelain with chromatic metalized coating Edition ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Il Bernini - Sculpture by Ambrogio Borghi - 1884
Located in Roma, IT
The bronze proposed here was initially presented in November 1878 at the Competition for the Encouragement of Brera. It is therefore one of the first celebratory works of the sculptor Ambrogio Borghi...
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1880s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Balancing WPA Artist Mom and Child
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) Patinated cast bronze sculpture, Balancing, Mother and child signed and editioned 1/6 mounted on black marble plinth 14"h x 11.5"w x 8"d (height w...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Baroque Italian master - 17/18th century figure sculpture - The Virgin
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved and painted wooden sculpture - Madonna in Prayer - Italy, 17th-18th century. 25 x 20 x 65 cm. Made entirely of carved, lacquered, and painted wood. Some signs of wear and pa...
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Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Baseball Cap Extravagant Series High-Fired Glazed Ceramic Figurative Sculpture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
“Baseball Cap Extravagant” is a high-fired stoneware sculpture from Óscar Aldonza Torres’s “The Extravagants” series, finished in pale olive and s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Capri
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Carole A. Feuerman is an American sculptor and author known for co-founding the Superrealist movement in the 1970s. After having developed works linked to the poetics of the fragment...
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1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Life-Size Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture Children on Crib, A. Tantardini
Located in LA, CA
Antonio Tantardini (Italian, 1829-1879) An extraordinary Italian 19th century life size carved Carrara white marble sculpture of "A Young Child and a baby in a wicker crib" - A Risorgimento Allegory. Signed and dated: A.nio Tantanrdini F.ce / 1863. The older child's medallion inscribed with an interlocked XV and Garibaldi, the crib monogrammed: AR. Circa: Florence, 1863. This sculpture includes a recent custom-made veined black marble pedestal stand. (The 2 items description mean the sculpture and pedestal, which are sold as sold a set.) In a country famed for its skilled carvers and working in an age when virtuoso carving technique was highly prized, Antonio Tantardini was one of the very best exponents of master carvers in nineteenth century Italy. Vicario describes Tantardini's skill as 'un abilità tecnica stupefacente'. The present amazing quality marble group epitomizes Tantardini's exceptional talents as a carver. Lesser sculptors might have shied away from attempting to carve a life-size wicker crib in marble, but Tantardini has clearly relished the Challenge. The result is a stunning achievement of verismo Italian sculpture. This marble group, however, is more than a paradigm of Italian marble carving, it is also a prime example of the use of Risorgimento allegory in Italian sculpture of the 1860s. Famous sculptural Risorgimento allegories include Raffaelle Monti...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Nureyev, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Considered one of Richard MacDonald’s greatest achievements, Nureyev reflects the artist’s deep sensitivity to the emotional and physical experience of the dancer. Capturing a moment...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Italian Art Nouveau Coldpainted Bronze Orientalist Figure Arab Girl 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A very large & finely modeled antique Italian cold-painted Orientalist bronze of a young Arab girl, by the Italian sculptor Ferdinando de Luca, circa 1900. Ferdinando de Luca (also k...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Ms. Universal Peace (variation 2)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Toronto artist Sophie DeFrancesca has always been fascinated by vintage fashion. Pictures of her mother wearing gorgeous frocks from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s served as a connection to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Lucky catcher 9\12
Located in Zofingen, AG
Good luck catcher - this hare will bring happiness and love to everyone, he is always happy. Original sculpture by the Ukrainian sculptor Volodymyr Mykytenko. 9/12 edition. Excellent condition. Materials: Bronze, Marble. Please contact Art Voyage Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Tribute To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Girl With Blue Ribbon Tribute To Picasso Signed near base "Omaggio A Picasso' or as a tribute to Picasso. Measures 16"H x 10"W x 7"D. Walter Furlan was born in 1931 in Chioggia, a s...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Blown Glass

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd Mexican Huichol Bluetooth Speaker of the House VII
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
FROM THE SPACE TO YOUR DESK!!!. . . BLUETOOTH AND RADIO SPEAKER INCLUDED!!!! A more traditional HUICHOL style sculpture. Looks great in any room!!! ALTERATION ART . . . is a colla...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Mixed Media

Mother s First Cousin Returning Home to Georgia After Visiting Us for a Week
Located in Atlanta, GA
Columbia, South Carolina-based artist, Wendell George Brown creates quilts that explore the traditions of African American quilt-making and Negro Spirit...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

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Fabric, Acrylic

The Couple
Located in New York, NY
This pair of male and female brass masks are emblematic of Hagenauer’s highly stylized Art Deco design. The artist’s reductionist approach together with a nod to African tribal shiel...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Walk Series: Going Places
Located in Dallas, TX
The figure has always been Deborah Ballard’s muse in her sculptures. Ballard works in bronze, cast stone, and plaster; her figures ranging from life-size to hand-size. Ballard says, ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Iron

Walter Midener "Contemplation" Seated Figure Clay Sculpture Mid-Century Modern
Located in Detroit, MI
“Contemplation” is an abstract clay sculpture of a female. The figure has both arms and legs extended, but the dignified pose suggests an intimate rather than a sexual moment. The sculpture is delicately rendered, but monumental in pose and clean composition reminiscent of the English artist Henry Moore. The surface is warm and slightly rough to the touch. This sculpture is in the round and beautifully balanced geometrically with the hands clasped behind the head forming a slightly flattened polygon shape that is echoed in the positioning of the legs and draped fabric of a presumed dress. The figure draws the viewer into her contemplation, peace and confidence. An exceptional piece by Midener. Walter Midener...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Clay

Turkish Horse
Located in PARIS, FR
"Turkish Horse" by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) Bronze with nuanced dark brown patina cast by BARBEDIENNE France circa 1880 height 28 cm length 31,5 cm This is the biggest size...
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1880s French School Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Gilt Bronze Sculpture of Cheetah
Located in Rome, IT
Fantastic gilt brass Cheetah sculpture . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd Mexican Huichol Bluetooth Speaker of the House IX
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
FROM THE SPACE TO YOUR DESK!!!. . . BLUETOOTH AND RADIO SPEAKER INCLUDED!!!! A more traditional HUICHOL style sculpture. Looks great in any room!!! ALTERATION ART . . . is a colla...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Mixed Media

Ferdinand Preiss Hoop Girl And Sonny Boy Painted Bronze Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Ferdinand Preiss (German, 1882 - 1943) Hoop Girl & Sonny Boy Cold-painted bronze Circa 1930, Art Deco Period Dimensions: 8.18 Inches Tall x 4.65 Inches wide x 2.75 inches deep. ...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Tucan Majestuoso - Toucan Alebrije - Mexican Folk Art Cactus Fine Art
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
Tucan Majestuoso - Toucan Alebrije This Mexican Tucan - Toucan Alebrije made with Copal wood, wood carving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with acrylic paintings with Zapotec symbols. At Cactus Fine Art...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic

O-Flier, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
“O-Flier” is one of the more dynamic works to spring from the inspiration Richard MacDonald has found in the creative choreography and the artistic physicality of the extraordinary p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Scène de tauromachie, Picasso, 1950 s, edition, earthenware, terracotta, scene
Located in Geneva, CH
Scène de tauromachie, Picasso, 1950's, edition, earthenware, terracotta, scene Scène de tauromachie Ed.274/500 pcs 1957 Red earthenware clay, eng...
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1950s Post-War Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware, Terracotta

Bill Haendel Americana Toy Soldiers Cast Paper Relief Modern Pop Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
William Haendel framed 16.75 X 17 paper 11.5 X 12.5 Bas relief on hand-made molded, cast, paper; Visual statement of modernist society’s role in conformity of the individual and acq...
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1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Eastern Puma - Contemporary Mixed Media Animal Sculpture (Yellow+Red)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Eastern Puma" is a wonderfully morbid sculpture created by the Canadian artist Yulia Shtern. This piece is part of her Mini Zoo Series depicting beautifully decaying remnants of species on our planet that are currently endangered. An unfortunate truth of our current society that is often forgotten. Shtern creates these beautiful pieces to draw the viewer in and force them to engage with reality head-on. Follow our gallery, or message us for more works by Yulia Shtern and special pricing. From the artist "My new series of sculptures Magical Zoo observes this calamity through the prism of the wonder and playfulness of the natural world, through the miracle and majesty that is found in each and every animal, big and small, aquatic and land. The medium of the series consists of post mass consumption up-cycled material: paper products, packaging, non-recyclable plastics, fabric leftovers, other items that would have otherwise gone to a landfill. All the color on the finished sculptures comes from swatches of the up-cycled material itself. The only other substance added to the work is the transparent varnish glue. The pieces in the series are produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. Magical Zoo creates its own reality through the dualism of a colorful, whimsical representation of an animal whose habitat has been destroyed by industrial expansion or deforestation. Or an animal that was a hair away from going extinct, or an animal that could be next unless we do something today to stop this tragedy. The element of magic makes it easier to cope with the fact that our planet is dying...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Adhesive, Varnish, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Newsprint, Papier Mâché, ...

Caress of Love
Located in PARIS, FR
"Caress of Love" by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Bronze group sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed on the back "A. Carrier-Belleuse" Resting on a revolvi...
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1870s French School Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Trevor. By Nando Kallweit. Elegant bronze figurative sculpture of a female.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Janne is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit. Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptian-in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Henry IV child, King of France, after the original from Francois Joseph Bosio
Located in Riga, LV
Henry IV child, King of France, after the original from Francois Joseph Bosio (1768-1845). Bronze, silver plated.
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19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Vintage Murano Colored Glass Sculpture by Alessandro Barbaro, Italy, 1970
Located in Madrid, MD
This exceptional Murano glass piece was created in 1970 by Alessandro Barbaro (Dorsoduro, 1936), a renowned artist and master glassmaker celebrated ...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

Russian Judaica "Vision" Abstract Kabbalah Figure Steel Sculpture Grisha Bruskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Grisha Bruskin (Russian, b. 1945) Vision, 1992 steel Hand signed and inscribed Grisha Bruskin in Cyrillic numbered 117/300 Genre: Contemporary Subject: Religious Medium: Steel Gri...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Steel

Late 20th Century Contemporary Metal Assemblage Racing Motorcycle Sculpture
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
The sculpture is attributed to Swedish artist Bob Pasterkamp (1952-) who has created similar pieces during the 1990s and early 2000s. An inspirational contemporary sculpture is composed of various metal objects such as an old bicycle...
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Late 20th Century Assemblage Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Black Flower Nº 3
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Da sempre sono attratto dagli oggetti semplici, spesso dimenticati o fuori contesto. Riporto alla luce piccoli frammenti del quotidiano – giocattoli, gadget, elementi della cultura p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Iron

Umberto Del Negro "Prove (Evidence)" Pottery Plaque Series
Located in Detroit, MI
These four ceramic plaques on wood are an exquisite set piece from the Italian artist Umberto Del Negro. Its title "Prove" is Italian for "Evidence". One interpretation is that it re...
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Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Wood

Dansende Olifant no.2 Dancing Elephant Bronze Sculpture Contemporary In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dansende Olifant no.2 Dancing Elephant Bronze Sculpture Contemporary In Stock Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed his education to be a sculpto...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Charming Meissen Porcelain Cat and Mouse Figurine, Circa 19th Century
Located in Detroit, MI
This charming figurine from Meissen Porcelain is of a cat with a captured mouse in his mouth, seated on its haunches, its left forepaw raised to strike the mouse dangling from its mo...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Keith Haring, Luna Luna Karussell, A Poetic Extravaganza! - Pop-Up Multiple
Located in Hamburg, DE
Keith Haring 1958–1990 Luna Luna Karussell, A Poetic Extravaganza!, 1986 Medium: Pop-up cardstock multiple (Color offset print on colored cardboard, shaped and carved) Dimensions unf...
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20th Century Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Cardboard, Offset

Composer s head. Contemporary bronze sculpture, Limited edition, Italian artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative with abstract element patinated bronze sculpture pture by Italian artist Antonio Giancaterino. Sculpture is an artistic portrait that looks more or less abstr...
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

The Music - Original Travertine Sculpture by Benedetto Robazza - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
The Music - Sculpture is a magnificent artwork realized by the Italian artist Benedetto Robazza (Rome, 1936-2020). Travertine sculpture realized by the fusion of auburn pewter. Limited edition of 15 exemplars. Dimensions: cm 11 x 11 x 3 (base); cm 9 x 5 x 32 (sculpture). Very good conditions. This sculpture is a splendid creation by one of the most appreciated sculptors all over the world. Bendetto Robazza was a great sculptor but also a talented portrait painter, demanded among the politicians, people in finance, the military, ecclesiastical and showbusiness world: he had the honour of being invited to portray American President Regan, whose bust is displayed in in the prestigious Roosevelt room in the White House. He enjoyed portraying big stars of yesterday and today: Rudolf Valentino...
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Early 2000s Figurative Sculptures

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Travertine

Seau à glace "œuf"
Located in PARIS, FR
EDITION Monogrammed inside on the nickel silver plaque: FXL Bears the date-stamp (19)75 in blue from the Manufacture de Sèvres and the mentions in hollow JB 919 P AA9 inside the base...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Arab Man with Three Monkeys, Orientalist Bronze Sculpture by Franz Bergmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Franz Bergmann, Austrian (1861 -1936) - Arab Man with Three Monkeys, Year: circa 1900, Medium: Bronze sculpture, Austria inscribed on base, Size: 3.5 x 6.5 x 5 in. (8.89 x 16.51 x...
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Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Sacred Cow , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Cow, Brown and White
Located in Utrecht, NL
The British artist Nichola Theakston (1967) has established herself as one of the UK’s foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre. With the ''Sacred Cow'' Nich...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bacchanal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charles Edouard Richefeu (1868-1945) A stunning dated 1926. A faun and nude woman dancing. Signed RICHEFEU in the bronze. Foundry mark stamp "R. COTTIN & FILS Paris Bronze". Definitely inspired by Diagilev Russian Ballet and Nijinsky dancer on Claude Debussy...
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1820s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bacchanal
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Bring Figurative Sculptures into Your Home

Figurative sculptures mix reality and imagination, with the most common muse being the human body. Animals are also inspirations for these sculptures, along with forms found in nature.

While figurative sculpture dates back over 35,000 years, the term came into popularity in the 20th century to distinguish it from abstract art. It was aligned with the Expressionist movement in that many of its artists portrayed reality but in a nonnaturalistic and emotional way. In the 1940s, Alberto Giacometti — a Swiss-born artist who was interested in African art, Cubism and Surrealism — created now-iconic representational sculptures of the human figure, and after World War II, figurative sculpture as a movement continued to flourish in Europe.

Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were some of the leading figurative artists during this period. Artists like Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan propelled the evolution of figurative sculpture into the 21st century.

Figurative sculptures can be whimsical, uncanny and beautiful. Their materials range from stone and wood to metal and delicate ceramics. Even in smaller sizes, the sculptures make bold statements. A bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí enhances a room; a statuesque bull by Jacques Owczarek depicts strength with its broad chest while its thin legs speak of fragility. Figurative sculptures allow viewers to see what is possible when life is reimagined.

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