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Patinated Bronze Mandarin Duck by Geoffrey Dashwood
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is an excellent bronze stylized sculpture of a Mandarin Duck by Geoffrey Dashwood. Known for his use of simplicity, smooth surfaces, and continuous curved forms, this sculpture ...
Category
1980s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Touching Leaves Woman, 1988, Bronze Sculpture by Paul Oestreicher
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Oestreicher, American
Title: Touching Leaves Woman
Year: 1988
Medium: Bronze Sculpture with Patina, signature and date inscribed
Edition: 2/12
Size: 15 in. x 11 in. (38....
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Great Dane - Gustav Reißmann (1887-1954)
Located in Gent, VOV
Wonderfully stylish statue of a great Dane, with a black patina, by Gustav Reissmann (1887-1954). The dog is standing still and fully alert. Signed on the side of the base, K. Gustav...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Running Heart, gold, bronze, sculpture Valentine heart shoes cartoon humor love
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Running Heart, gold, bronze, sculpture Valentine heart shoes cartoon humor love
Bronze Running Heart sculpture
gold patina
wood base
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Running Heart, red, resin
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Resin Running Heart
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Willie
Joe
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture with Pigmented PVC Surface, Design, Mixed Media
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture with Pigmented PVC Surface, Design, Mixed Media
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Plastic, PVC
Pop Singer, Mixed Media and Plexiglass Sculpture by Larry Rivers
By Larry Rivers
Located in Long Island City, NY
This mixed media plexi sculpture by the American artist Larry Rivers is a modern take on portraiture. River's medium and use of vibrant colors are able to create a sense of playful...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Plexiglass
Small Portrait Relief, "Sofonisba" 2022
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original portrait relief by southern California artist Mary Buckman. It is 10" x 8" x 1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of au...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Dan Mask Ivory Coast, " Wood, Hair,
Mud created in African in c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dan Mask Ivory Coast" is a mask sculpted out of wood with hair and mud. Slit eyes and an opened mouth with a heart shaped face.
6" x 9" x 2"
Da...
Category
1940s Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Leslie Fry, Release, Cast bronze, Edition of 10, Cuffed Series, Hand Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from M...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wedding Day
By Denny Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
"Wedding Day" by Denny Haskew
Figurative Bronze 18" x 10" x 6" ed/21
"Our glances touch.
Heartbeats on an unfailing rhythm.
A brief gaze captures promises enough to fill a lifetim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Bronze
"Brillo Box Green" Pop Art Sculpture 17" x 17.5" x 14" in Ed. 1/1 by Kii Arens
By Kii Arens
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brillo Box Green" Pop Art Sculpture 17" x 17.5" x 14" in Ed. 1/1 by Kii Arens
ABOUT
One of the most credible and influential in Los Angeles - the award win...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Mixed Media
Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture White Skull Animal Bethany Krull Female Artist
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original hand built porcelain sculpture by contemporary conceptual American artist Bethany Krull.
This work titled Extinction Stack is a prime example of the artist's commentary ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Viewpoint" contemporary bronze table, mural sculpture figurative girl
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Viewpoint is a bronze sculpture with green patina, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 50. This sculpture stands on shelf as well as be hung on wall.
Joan’s lates...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% figure (Haring Mickey Mouse BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Mickey Mouse Bearbrick: Set of two (400% & 100%):
A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Keith Haring. The partnered collectible reveals Keith Haring's Mickey Mouse artwork...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Modern Art Deco Flounder, Bronze Table Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown
Title: Flounder
Medium: Bronze Sculpture with Patina
Size: 7.5 in. x 15 in. x 2 in. (19.05 cm x 38.1 cm x 5.08 cm)
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mountain Ghost Two Panthers
Woman
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Mountain Ghost Two Panthers And A Woman
Artist signed, edition 63/225 very nice detail and gray and gold patina,
Measures 16"H x 18"L x 8.5"W.
Born in 1938 Zhejiang Province, Ch...
Category
1990s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Quiet Shelter" contemporary figurative bronze brass wall sculpture girl calming
By Mireia Serra
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Quiet Shelter is a wall sculpture created by Mireia Serra.
In this new sculpture of 2022 Mireia used a new material, brass to create a nice contrast with bronze and steel. This give...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Ron Zohar, Wild Bear, Bronze
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This Bronze sculpture reflects the artist wishes to explore the relations between men and animal, how different are we really from one another? We often use animals to symbolize huma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Repose
Located in New York, NY
Marble
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Hope
Located in London, GB
This one of a Ltd edition of 25 sculptures by the artist.
Joan Artigas Planas was born in 1960 in Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona.
In 1985 he graduated in Fine Arts at the University o...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Torso Maschile Bronze Sculpture Torse Male Nude Torso
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Torso Maschile Bronze Sculpture Torse Male Nude Torso
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium 1950 – Saint-Julien ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Sculpture Wall Installation Monkey Huddle Animal Porcelain
Located in Buffalo, NY
Huddle (2019) by Bethany Krull. Porcelain.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Surrealist Sculpture, "Nala"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 6" x 14.5" x 9". A Certificate of Authenticity will follow...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
20 ML Love Happy pill Combo (Matte Black and powder pink) - figurative sculpture
By Tal Nehoray
Located in New York, NY
This new work by Tal Nehoray is from her latest body of works called "Happy Pills".
All are hand made with ceramic and hand painted with automotive paint.
It is a combination of 2 ceramic sculptures each is 20 cm long and 6.5 cm in diameter:
Love 20...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Automotive Paint
"Mice" Abstract Bronze Sculpture (2Pieces) by Eman Barakat
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mice" Abstract Bronze Sculpture (2Pieces) by Eman Barakat
Size of each piece:
7" x 13" x 10" inch
4" x 8" x 6" inch
Eman Barakat is an Egyptian Postwar & Contemporary artist who ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Playing Flute, Bronze Sculpture, Figurative by Contemporary Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Tushar Kanti Das Roy - Untitled
H 7.75 x W 3.75 x D 2 inches (Without Stand)
H 9.5 x W 4 x D 4 inches (With Stand)
Bronze Sculpture
About the Artist & his work :
Born : 1968.
Educat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
ARDOR - Small Bear, H Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
Ardor is a brand born from the vision of artist Raffaele and dedicated to his son. Originally from Naples, Raffaele moved to Miami at the age of 18 to study design. Immersing himself...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Acrylic
"Retablo No. 5 (An Attic of Records)", Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The intricate retablos of contemporary artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to the musicians that inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Oil, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
White Dog
Located in Bozeman, MT
Robin has worked with clay since the age of eleven. Her sculptures have ranged in size from life sized sculptures to the diminutive porcelain pieces. She has been a resident artist a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glaze
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 1), green fantastical sculptures of female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT.
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Oil
"The Art of Adventure" contemporary small figurative bronze sculpture girl
By Mireia Serra
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
An inspiring piece that encourages us to take up the challenge and look for adventures in life. This 2020 work of Mireia Serra is cast with bronze then hand-prepared with black patin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Irakli Tsuladze - Love Notes
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze & marble
Irakli Tsuladze is a Georgian sculptor born in 1973 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. His sculptures present a peculiar unity of substance and emotions, where...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Conceptual Sculpture Titled, "Weighed Down By Public Opinion No. 2"
Located in San Diego, CA
One of a kind original sculpture by local San Diego artist, Duke Windsor. This sculpture depicts a figure facedown with gold bricks on their backs. The artist uses gold leaf to highl...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Gold Leaf
Breathe
By Denny Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Breathe by Denny Haskew
Figurative Female Nude
17x9x8" ed/21 Bronze
"Wear just enough clothes
To stay warm.
Eat only enough to stop
the pangs of hunger.
Sit and meditate
rec...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Assemblage in century old excavated book:
Not Every Window is a Door
By Heide Hatry
Located in New York, NY
Heide Hatry is a NYC-based German artist, former rare bookseller, and best known for her work employing animal parts or other discarded, disdained, or “taboo” materials. She has cura...
Category
2010s Assemblage Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Assemblage in century old excavated book:
Ciircumstances
By Heide Hatry
Located in New York, NY
Heide Hatry is a NYC-based German artist, former rare bookseller, and best known for her work employing animal parts or other discarded, disdained, or “taboo” materials. She has cura...
Category
2010s Assemblage Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Hanging Wall Sculpture, "Happy Hour"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original wall sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. Its diameter is 12 inches. A Certificate of Authenticity will follow the delivery of this piece.
Th...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Musician, Bronze Sculpture, Figurative Brownish by Contemporary Artist“In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Tushar Kanti Das Roy - Musician
H 7.75 x W 2.25 x D 2.75 inches (Without Stand)
H 9.5 x W 4 x D 4 inches (With Stand)
Bronze Sculpture
About the Artist & his work :
Born : 1968.
Edu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"China Cabinet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Assemblage in century old excavated book:
Flaco
s Ghost ll
By Heide Hatry
Located in New York, NY
Heide Hatry is a NYC-based German artist, former rare bookseller, and best known for her work employing animal parts or other discarded, disdained, or “taboo” materials. She has cura...
Category
2010s Assemblage Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Assemblage in century old excavated book:
Flaco
By Heide Hatry
Located in New York, NY
Heide Hatry is a NYC-based German artist, former rare bookseller, and best known for her work employing animal parts or other discarded, disdained, or “taboo” materials. She has cura...
Category
2010s Assemblage Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Leslie Fry, Receive, Edition of 10, Cast bronze, Cuffed Series, Hand Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from M...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
PINKHAS - POETRY - VIOLIN PLAYER - UNIQUE PIECE -
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Mixed media
Unique piece
Hand signed
Certificate of authenticity included
Category
2010s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plexiglass, Paper, Acrylic
$560 Sale Price
37% Off
Antique Staffordshire Double Musical Figures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Unusual 19th century English Staffordshire musical figures crafted in porcelain and hand decorated depicting a female figure with an accordion and a male with a barrel piano.
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Codina Corona Tetrabrik Original- wood realistic sculpture-
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Magnificent sculpture on wood by Spanish artist CODINA CORONA.
Sculpture of one piece of wood without pieces superposed
Josep Maria Codina Corona (Igualada, 1935 - Barcelona, 2006) w...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Bronze Black Abstract Sculpture Graziano Pompili Bookend
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense and engaging abstract bronze sculpture, it is a multiple in limited edition not numbered, lacquered in black.
The title is "Paesaggio con ombra" translated " in " Landsc...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Erinnerungen an einen Mord
Located in Wien, 9
Curt Stenvert was an Austrian avant-garde artist who initially worked as a painter. His artistic practice gradually expanded to include cinematic works and object art. His works are still internationally acclaimed today.
He received his artistic training through his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He studied there with Albert Paris Gütersloh and Fritz Wotruba, which enabled him to deal with aspects of movement and perspective. This resulted in his aluminium plexiglass sculptures. His cinematic works were also influenced by his preoccupation with movement. Movement became a central motif in his works. Stenvert introduces the viewer to the biological, psychological, sociological and philosophical conditions of human existence. He developed experimental, feature-length and documentary films, which won international awards. He had solo museum exhibitions in Sweden, Italy and Germany and took part in the 1966 Venice Biennale. The social aspect preoccupied Stenvert throughout and he translated his impressions and thoughts of student unrest, social protests...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Glass, Plastic
Rare Vintage Israeli Judaica Rabbi Klezmer Violinist Sculpture Frank Meisler Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Vintage unusual piece.
In this bronze or metal sculpture by Frank Meisler, the artist depicts a Klezmer violin player The figure seems cartoon-like with exaggerated facial featu...
Category
1960s Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Recline
Located in New York, NY
My sculpture is inspired by the connection of the human form to nature. I use natural materials, stone, wood and metal to bring to life organic forms moving through space. The delica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
It
s Raining Men
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic threads, bronze figure, steel base
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"Three Bags Full" Silver-colored bronze depiction of a sheep.
By Wayne Salge
Located in Edgartown, MA
The historic tradition of cast bronze provides a contemporary avenue for the creation of Wayne Salge’s abstracted human and animal figures. Thoroughly modern and distinctly impressio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Benaras Ghat, Bronze Sculpture, Green, Brown, Patina by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Tushar Kanti Das Roy - Benaras Ghat - 8 x 9 x 5 inches
Bronze Sculpture
Single edition
About the Artist & his work :
Born : 1968.
Education : He has com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rabbit Little Prince PINKHAS Unique Piece Naive Art
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Sculpture unique piece combining resin, acrylic, collages, and varnish by Pinkhas
Hand-signed on the side of the sculpture
Titled and dated under the sculpture
Perfect condition ...
Category
2010s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Varnish, Acrylic
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture with Pigmented PVC Surface, Design, Mixed Media
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture with Pigmented PVC Surface, Design, Mixed Media
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Plastic, PVC
Lichtenstein
s OHH. .ALRIGHT - Pop Art Ode to Roy Lichtenstein Ceramic Sculpture
By Sandy Kaplan
Located in Chicago, IL
Roy Lichtenstein's works were often inspired by comic characters. They were angsty women, often appearing to be in distress. In this particular work, a beautiful, fraught woman with a furrowed brow grasps a telephone in both hands as she says "Ohh ... Alright ..." Lichtenstein lets us imagine the back story - and what might happen next. Kaplan's sculpture is a direct reference to this Lictenstein's iconic pop art painting of 1964.
Sandy Kaplan
Lichtenstein's OHHH...ALRIGHT
ceramic
16h x 12w x 13d in
40.64h x 30.48w x 33.02d cm
SAK012
Sandy Kaplan
b. 1943, St. Louis, MO
2021 Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2020 Storytellers Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
2019 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Honors Exhibit, Art Saint Louis
Anthony Bourdain - Parts Unknown: Ceramic Centric, Foundry Arts Ctr, St. Charles, MO
Current Profiles, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, MO
2018 SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
Works from the Studios, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Drawn From Life: Artful Aging, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2017 3-D, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2016 Works from the Studio, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
A Moveable Feast Exhibit, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
Maturity and Its Muse, Art Saint Louis
2015 Writers Round Table, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Save the Last Dance for Me, Art Saint Louis XXX...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
2049 Rider Little Model Bronze Gold leaf
Located in Pasadena, CA
Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance, the sculpture has always been part of the environment of Elisabeth Cibot. She finds it again wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Polar Bears – Bronze by Marcel Debut (1865–1933), Art Deco Influence
Located in Gent, VOV
This rare bronze sculpture by Marcel Debut (1865–1933) presents a unique departure from his more frequently encountered mythological and allegorical themes, venturing into the realm of animalier sculpture. The piece depicts two polar bears, one resting and the other in an alert posture, rendered with a masterful blend of naturalism and expression. The textured modeling of the fur and musculature reflects Debut’s strong academic training while incorporating an impressionistic approach to surface treatment.
A notable aspect of this sculpture is its curved base, a subtle yet clear indication of Art Deco influence. Unlike traditional animalier works, which often rest on rigid, symmetrical bases, this dynamic foundation lends a sense of fluidity to the composition, reinforcing the motion and interaction between the two animals. This element suggests that the piece was created during the later period of Debut’s career, as Art Deco aesthetics—with their emphasis on stylized and elegant forms—began to shape sculptural design.
The choice of subject, polar bears, is also intriguing within the animalier tradition. While French sculptors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries frequently depicted felines, horses, and other terrestrial animals, this work stands out for its intimate, contemplative depiction of arctic wildlife. Rather than emphasizing a dramatic hunting or combat scene, Debut captures a quiet moment of interaction between the two bears, showcasing his ability to infuse emotion and realism into his subjects.
The patina of the bronze is rich and varied, enhancing the play of light on the textured surface and contributing to the lifelike quality of the sculpture. The artist’s signature “Debut” is clearly visible, further confirming its authenticity.
With its balance of academic realism, impressionistic texture, and Art Deco design principles, this bronze sculpture is a remarkable testament to Marcel Debut’s versatility as an artist. Its combination of naturalistic observation, expressive modeling, and modernist elegance makes it a rare and desirable piece within the canon of French animalier sculpture.
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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