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Art Subject: Head
Cavalier #Tous2024, 2019
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Art Nouveau Sculpture - 19th Century Plaster
Located in Stockholm, SE
A wall-mounted Art Nouveau relief by the Swedish sculptor Johannes Collin, signed “JC 96”, represents one of his earliest known works. Executed in plaster, the oval composition features a stylistically mussel shaped base from which emerges the finely modelled face of a young woman with long flowing hair. Her eyes are closed, conveying a sense of calm introspection and timeless beauty. The softly curved forms and delicate modelling create a serene harmony between natural rhythm and sculptural precision. The work is mounted on a later black-painted wooden plaque (26 × 33 cm), while the sculpture itself measures 21 × 18.5 cm. It is an unusually early piece by the artist, displaying craftsmanship and sensitivity.
Born in Stockholm in 1873, Johannes Collin trained as a sculptor during the final years of the 19th century, a period marked by the transition from academic historicism to the organic, nature-inspired forms of Art Nouveau (Jugendstil). His early works, such as this 1896 relief, already reveal a refined awareness of contour, proportion, and the poetic interplay between human expression and natural form.
Collin studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna) in Stockholm, where he was influenced by sculptors such as John Börjeson and Christian Eriksson. Over the following decades, he developed a personal style that combined naturalistic modelling with decorative rhythm and symbolic depth. He participated in exhibitions at the Konstakademien in Stockholm, in shows organized by the Swedish Artists’ Association (Svenska konstnärernas förening), and at the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö (1914)—one of the era’s major showcases of Scandinavian art and design.
Throughout his career, Collin produced portraits, allegorical figures, and architectural sculpture in plaster, bronze, marble, and terracotta. His works are represented in several Swedish collections, including the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and the Göteborgs konstmuseum, as well as in regional museums and private collections.
About Art Nouveau / Jugend
Art Nouveau, known in Sweden and Germany as Jugendstil, was an international artistic movement (c. 1890–1910) that sought to unite the arts under the guiding principle of nature’s harmony. Characterized by flowing lines, floral motifs, and organic rhythms, it aimed to dissolve the boundaries between fine and decorative art, bringing art into everyday life. In sculpture, this often meant a focus on the human body, sensual form, and the beauty of natural curves.
Within this aesthetic, Collin’s relief of a woman’s face emerging from a mussel-shaped base carries both mythological and symbolic resonance. The motif recalls the classical image of Venus rising from the sea...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
First Steps, Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
William Zorach (American 1891-1966)
First Steps, 1918
Bronze
8.5 x 5 x 4 inches, including base
Born in 1887 in Lithuania, William Zorach immigrated with his family to the United States when he was just four years old, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Zorach displayed an exceptional artistic talent at a young age and, at the recommendation of his seventh-grade teacher, began studying lithography at night at the Cleveland School of Art. It was not long before he was apprenticing at a lithography company in Cleveland. It was there that he realized he wanted to become an artist - to escape the commercial end of the field in which he was suddenly immersed.
In 1907, Zorach saved enough money to move to New York and study art at the National Academy of Design, where he received several awards for his paintings and drawings. He continued his studies in Paris in 1910 at La Palette. This year abroad would turn out to be quite fruitful because in Paris he was greatly influenced by the Cubist and Fauvist movements and had several paintings exhibited at the Salon d'Automme. This influence and subsequent success fueled his career back in the states where he was honored with his first one-man exhibition. Due to this new-found stability, he married a young woman he met at school in Paris, and they moved to New York and set up a studio. Shortly after, their work was accepted into the famous 1913 Armory Show.
For the next nine years, Zorach continued to think of himself as a painter, although he had already begun to experiment in sculpting. He was experiencing modest success with his painting and was therefore reluctant to abandon it completely. However, he was impelled toward sculpting, and in 1922, he painted his last oil.
Zorach's involvement with sculpture began largely be accident. While he was working on a series of wood-block prints, Zorach suddenly became more interested in the butternut panel than the print and turned the panel into a carved relief. With no formal training as a sculptor, Zorach's first sculptures were of wood and his carving tools were primitive, such as a jack-knife. I n fact, his early works have a certain stylized look, suggesting the influence of various primitive arts such as African and American folk.
Zorach found his sculptural direction by instinct, but was not unaware of what other sculptors were doing, both here and abroad. He soon allied himself with a growing number of modern sculptors who believed in the esthetic necessity of carving their own designs directly in the block of stone or wood rather than modeling them in clay. From the beginning he found a deep satisfaction in the slow and patient process of freeing the image from its imprisoning block, watching the forms emerge and appear.
"The actual resistance of tough material is a wonderful guide," Zorach said in a lecture on direct sculpture in 1930. The sculptor "cannot make changes easily, there is no putting back tomorrow what was cut away today. His senses are constantly alert. If something goes wrong there is the struggle to right the rhythm. And slowly the vision grows as the work progresses." Zorach also found that the material itself had a constantly modifying effect on the artist's vision. The grain of the wood, the markings in the stone, the shape of the log or boulder all set limits and suggested possibilities. He was always sensitive to the characteristic qualities of his material and occasionally let them play a major role in determining his forms. In works such as these, the feel of the original material is preserved in the finished piece and is often heightened by leaving parts of the original surface untouched and other areas roughly marked by the sculptors tools...
Category
1910s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Testa Nº 8 Expresionist Ceramic Head in White Stoneware with Bismuth Raku Glaze
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Testa nº 8 is an expressionist ceramic head sculpture from the Testas series, modeled in white stoneware and finished with a distinctive bismuth raku glaze. This ceramic head, measur...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glaze
Which hand by Helle Crawford, Contemporary bronze woman frog animal sculpture
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
AFRICAN BRONZE AND HORN BAMILEKE SCULPTURE
Located in Three Oaks, MI
A beautiful African cast bronze and carved horn sculpture with a patina. Horns were used by the Bamileke tribe of Cameroon as status symbols for ...
Category
1960s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$950 Sale Price
50% Off
In Her Own Wake No. 3
Located in Columbia, MO
Kensuke Yamada (b. 1979) was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He received his MFA from the University of Montana in 2009 and has a BA from The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Dark Gray Anthropotectural Bust Sculpture in Hand-Tinted Cement – LarA 013
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This hand-crafted cement bust by José Perozo fuses architectural form with the human face, offering a sculptural meditation on selfhood and habitation. Part of the artist’s LarA seri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Maartje - 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a Young Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Maartje
45 x 20 x 17 cm
Bronze
The theme van der Kraan likes most is to show the growing of young girls. Living in their own world. The narrative sculptures show 'the woman' and 'th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Head Seyni Awa Camara Terracotta sculpture ceramic portrait African art woman
Located in Paris, FR
Unique terracotta sculpture
Coming from the artist's studio
Born in 1939, Seyni CAMARA is an African artist whose works travel the world.
Senegalese, originally from Casamance, she...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Loredano Rosin rare Buddha in calcedonia glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite rare vintage sculpture of a Buddha by Loredano Rosin executed in Calcadonia Glass.
The sculpture is comprised of multi colored green glass and sits on a black glass cush...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Danseuse de Flamenco – Bronze by Joanny Durand (1886–1955)
Located in Gent, VOV
This captivating bronze sculpture by French artist Joanny Durand (1886–1955) depicts a flamenco dancer in mid-motion, her body swirling with grace and energy. The composition capture...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Getting at the Heart of the Matter, Hand built sculpture plate with sgraffito
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this new series of wall plaques, titled "Behind Closed Doors," the artist reimagines original images from a book titled In Praise of the Backside. The book's collection features w...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Dye Transfer
"Double Entendre (TwoFaceNote)" Satirical Currency Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
"Double Entendre (TwoFaceNote)" Satirical Currency Collage
Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is a satirical mixed media artwork that mimic...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Grey Bust in Cement fusion of portrait sculpture and architectural abstraction
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A striking fusion of portrait sculpture and architectural abstraction, LarA 008 by José Perozo reimagines the human figure as an inhabited form. Cast in pale gray cement with subtle ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Portrait of Woman, Sculpture, Ceramic Handmade by Garo
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: (Garo) Karapet Balakeseryan
Medium: Ceramic, Clay, Handmade, One of a Kind
Year: 2023
Style: Classic, Impressionism,
Subject: Portrai...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Sonate Wooden Sculpture Basswood Classical Mythology Music In Stock
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Sonate Wooden Sculpture Basswood Classical Mythology Music In Stock
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss) show a perfect command of the old craft of modelling and sculpting, wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Woman with child. Metal, marble, onyx, 39x51x15 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Maxim Geo
Woman with child
Metal, marble, onyx, 39x51x15 cm
small defect
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
$2,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Full Color Swimmer - Contemporary Handmade Acrylic Resin Sculpture, Man Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The sculpture was created and shaped by the artist using Acrylic One (which is an acrylic casting resin connection). The artist then painted this sculpture expressively with oil pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Oil
Arethusa immerses herself in the Alpheus river - figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large bronze statuette of a reclining nude with legs outstretched, arms tucked in and straining to sit up was created rapidly in gestures that verge on abstraction. The modern and dynamic formalism that departs from realism allows the viewer to focus on emotive qualities of pure form. This is number 1 in an edition of 8.
Tosczak is a Belgian-born, Edmonton-based figurative sculptor. He studied philosophy and modernist sculpture, working in steel, at the University of Alberta where a number of the professors had a strong affiliation with Sir Anthony Caro and Clement Greenberg. Richard pursued further artistic training in the Loire Valley with Martine Vaugel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Motherhood, Sculpture, Ceramic One of a kind Handmade by Garo
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: (Garo) Karapet Balakeseryan
Medium: Ceramic, Clay, Handmade, One of a Kind
Year: 2023
Style: Classic, Impressionism,
Subject: Motherhood,
Size: 23" x 15'' x 3'' inch, (...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Agnus dei - Puerta de sagrario - Siglo XVII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Muy interesante puerta de sagrario de madera tallada y policromada del siglo xvii.
Es de comienzos del barroco, hay la representación del agnus dei con...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood Panel
$1,148 Sale Price
20% Off
Civil War Soldier Bronze titled "Through Shot and Shell"
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Through Shot and Shell by James Nathan Muir is a powerful and emotionally charged bronze sculpture that immerses the viewer in the chaos of a Civil War battlefield. Muir, celebrated ...
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Man with Flute and Cougar, American 19th/20th century bronze w/ marble base
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edwin Willard Deming (American, 1860-1942)
Man with Flute and Cougar
Cast bronze sculpture with golden brown patina
Signed, numbered 9/100, with Fenn F...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Four Three Two One, 21st Century Contemporary Surrealist Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kristen Newell (American, b. 1989)
Four Three Two One, 2015
Stoneware, porcelain and acrylic
Signed and dated on bottom
16 x 15 x 14 inches
Kristen Newell was born in a small town on the coast of Massachusetts, where from a very early age, she demonstrated a strong propensity for the arts. Important additional inspiration came from her family and from the family of a childhood friend, where Kristen found herself surrounded by the work of Paul Manship, her friend’s grandfather and one of America’s greatest sculptors.
With increased focus on her art, along with winning numerous awards throughout high school, Newell eagerly enrolled in the arts program at University of Vermont and augmented her studies with a valuable year at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Upon graduation, Newell moved back to Cleveland to begin her art career and started participating in group shows, including River Gallery and the Ohio State...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware, Acrylic
Embrione - hand carved abstract figurative nude white Carrara marble sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
EMBRIONE by Lorenzo Vignoli
striking hand carved Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli, incorporating classical references and contemporary Medit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble
Portrait of Woman, Sculpture, Ceramic Handmade by Garo, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: (Garo) Karapet Balakeseryan
Medium: Ceramic, Clay, Handmade, One of a Kind
Year: 2023
Style: Classic, Impressionism,
Subject: Portrai...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Plains Indian Medallion, bronze, Nambe, Allan Houser, small life-time casting
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Plains Indian Medallion, bronze, Nambe, Allan Houser, small life-time casting
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1992. Allan Houser's father Sam, was part of the small band of Apaches who traveled with Geronimo and surrendered in southern Arizona in 1886. Allan's parents were imprisoned with that group in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He was the first child to be born in freedom to those Apaches and a fluent speaker of the Chiricahua language. Allan Houser is an important artist in that he is of the culture he depicts in his artwork. Allan's parents would tell stories and sing songs recalling the experiences on the war path. This bronze edition is a life-time casting. Our gallery represented Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994 and were investors and provided quality control in the foundry process. Allan Houser's work is many international collections including the Georges Pomidou Centre, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Dahlem Museum among others.
Allan’s first bronze sculptures were started in the late 1960’s and were cast at Nambe Foundry. At the time the foundry was producing both Nambeware and was doing some sculptural foundry work. There was a fire at Nambe and they lost many of the molds for sculpture as well as their records. We acquired these works directly from Allan Houser.
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994)
Selected Collections
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France * “They’re Coming”, bronze
Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany
Japanese Royal Collection, Tokyo, Japan “The Eagle”, black marble commissioned by President William J. Clinton
United States Mission to the United Nations, New York City, NY *"Offering of the Sacred Pipe”, monumental bronze by Allan Houser © 1979 Presented to the United States Mission to the United Nations as a symbol of World Peace honoring the native people of all tribes in these United States of America on February 27, 1985 by the families of Allan and Anna Marie Houser, George and Thelma Green and Glenn and Sandy Green in New York City.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC * Portrait of Geronimo, bronze
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. * “Buffalo Dance Relief”, Indiana limestone
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. *Sacred Rain Arrow, (Originally dedicated at the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, US Senate Building) “Goat”, “To The Great Spirit” - dedicated in 1994 at the Vice President’s Residence in Washington, D.C.. Ceremony officiated by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore.
Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, Ok * “As Long As the Waters Flow”, bronze
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK *Sacred Rain Arrow, bronze
Fort Sill, Oklahoma *”Chiricahua Apache Family”, bronze Donated and dedicated to Allan Houser’s parents Sam and Blossom Haozous by Allan Houser and Glenn and Sandy Green
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona *Earth Song, marble donated by Glenn and Sandy Green
The Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas * “May We Have Peace”, bronze
The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, College Station, Texas *"Offering to the Great Spirit", bronze
The British Royal Collection, London, England *Princess Anne received "Proud Mother", bronze in Santa Fe
Allan Houser’s father Sam Haozous, surrendered at the age of 14 with Geronimo and his band of Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache people in 1886 in Southern Arizona. This was the last active war party in the United States.
This group of Apache people was imprisoned for 27 years starting in Fort Marion, Florida and finally living in captivity in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Allan Houser was born in 1914.
His artwork is an ongoing testimony to Native life in America – its beauty, strength and poignancy. Allan Houser is from the culture and portrayed his people in an insightful and authentic way. Because of the era in which he lived, he had a rare understanding of American Indian life. Allan was the first child born after the Chiricahua Apaches were released from 27 years of captivity. Allan grew up speaking the Chiricahua dialect. Allan heard his father’s stories of being on the warpath with Geronimo and almost nightly heard his parents singing traditional Apache music. Allan’s father knew all of Geronimo’s medicine songs.
Allan had an early inclination to be artistic. He was exposed to many Apache ceremonial art forms: music, musical instruments, special dress, beadwork, body painting and dynamic dance that are integral aspects of his culture. His neighbors were members of many different tribes who lived in Oklahoma. Allan eagerly gained information about them and their cultures. Allan gathered this information and mentally stored images until he brought them back to life, years later, as a mature artist.
Allan Houser was represented by Glenn Green Galleries (formerly known as The Gallery Wall, Inc.) from 1973 until his death in 1994. The gallery served as agents, advocates, and investors during this time.
In 1973 the Greens responded enthusiastically to the abstraction and creativity in Houser’s work. They were impressed, not only with his versatility and talent but with the number of mediums he employed. His subject matter was portrayed in styles ranging from realism, stylized form to abstraction.
With encouragement from the Greens, Houser at the age of 61, retired from his post as the head of the sculpture department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1975 to begin working full-time creating his art. The next 20-year period was an exciting time for Allan, the gallery, and for the Green family. He created a large body of sculpture in stone, wood and bronze. For many years Glenn Green Galleries co-sponsored many editions of his bronzes and acted as quality control for the bronze sculptures according to Houser’s wishes.
As both agents and gallery representatives, the Greens promoted and sold his art in their galleries in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona and in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They had bi-annual exhibits in their galleries to feature Houser’s newest work and sponsored and arranged international museum shows in America, Europe and Asia. They travelled for these events including a trip to Carrara, Italy to the famed quarries of Michelangelo and together co-financed and arranged the purchase of 20 tons of marble.
A watershed event for Allan Houser’s career occurred in the early 1980’s when Glenn Green Galleries arranged with the US Information Agency a touring exhibit of his sculpture through Europe. This series of exhibits drew record attendance for these museums and exposed Houser’s work to an enthusiastic art audience. This resulted in changing the perception of contemporary Native art in the United States where Houser and Glenn Green Galleries initially faced resistance from institutions who wanted to categorize him in a regional way. The credits from the European exhibits helped open doors and minds of the mainstream art community in the United States and beyond.
Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii was a supporter of Allan Houser’s artwork. We worked with Senator Inouye on many occasions hosting events at our gallery and in Washington D.C in support of the formation of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and other causes supporting Native Americans.
Allan Houser is shown below presenting his sculpture “Swift Messenger” to Senator Inouye in Washington, D.C.. This sculpture was eventually given to the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian’s permanent collection. It is now currently on loan and on display in the Oval Office. President Biden’s selection of artwork continues our gallery’s and Allan’s connection to the White House from our time working with Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994.
“It was important for President Biden to walk into an Oval that looked like America and started to show the landscape of who he is going to be as president,” Ashley Williams...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Flowering Ballerina" Artist-Repaired and Remixed Ceramic Sculptures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Flowering Ballerina" is an original artwork by Debra Broz made of secondhand ceramics and mixed media. The sculpture measu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Found Objects
Evocator - 21st Century, Figurative, Sculpture, Male, Portrait
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Evocator, 2006-2007
Concrete, glass
26 H × 15 7/10 W × 19 7/10 D in
66 H × 40 W × 50 D cm
Unique
The idea of fragment emerged in the concrete sculpture format offers a clear view of the post-modern condition. The employment of mixed materials, apparently difficult to associate, such as concrete and colored glass beads, recall the images from the ancient Roman fragments...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Contrapposto Series: Remembering
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, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Bronze
Pagan Christian - 21st Century, Sculpture, Male, Portrait, Gray, Figurative
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Pagan Christian, 2006-2007
Concrete, glass
26 H × 15 7/10 W × 19 7/10 D in.
66 H × 40 W × 50 D cm
Unique
The idea of fragment emerged in the concrete sculpture format offers a clear view of the post-modern condition. The employment of mixed materials, apparently difficult to associate, such as concrete and colored glass beads, recall the images from the ancient Roman fragments...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
Max Kalish
The Road Builder
inscribed M. KALISH 23, with Meroni-Radice foundry mark, on top of base bronze with dark brown patina, on an ebonized rectangular plinth
Height: 13 1/8 in. not including base
Provenance: Spanierman Gallery, New York
BIO
Max Kalish (1891 – 1945)
Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti and Herbert Adams...
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Pleiades-Taygete 1/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The elegant form of a nude female figure is captured in this sculpture by Canadian artist Richard Tosczak. This table-top piece is named after ‘Taygete’ one of the Pleiades--seven sister nature deities (nymphs) found in Greek mythology.
She stands, head bowed, arms clasped around her neck as if in deep thought. Known for his beautiful figurative work, this piece retains the artist’s signature highly textured appearance and rich earthy patina. Tosczak’s pieces are first conceived on paper in quick pen and ink drawings. The spontaneity of this approach is evident in the almost abstract appearance of the sculpture. Edition one of eight.
“What inspires/informs my work? In a word, observation. I notice things…a gesture…an accident.” Richard Tosczak
Born in Belgium, Richard Tosczak studied philosophy and sculpture at the University of Alberta. At that time, Tosczak began working in steel and was influenced by a number of his professors who appreciated the work of a British abstract sculptor, Sir Anthony Caro considered one of the greatest sculptors of his generation. Further studies were pursued in France with another internationally acclaimed classic sculptor, Martine Vaugel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ixchel
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ixchel" 1977, is a bronze sculpture with brown patina by noted Mexican artist Enrique Gottdiener Soto, 1909-1986. Signature is impressed on the bronze. The sculp...
Category
Late 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of Jesse Jackson
by Daniel Edwards, Polylactide and Wood
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 10.5" x 6" x 8" 3-D printed bust of Jesse Jackson was created by California based artist, Daniel Edwards. It is a unique 3D printed sculpture from the Civil Rights Portrait Seri...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Polyester, Wood
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa. Porcelain Sculpture, with hand-painted detail
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“This piece is a part of the Historic Jar Collection and references Bernini’s marble sculpture of the same name. While Bernini created an erotic scene to be housed in the Cornaro Cha...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Bronze, Monkey With Skull, 1900, German, Signed
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Hugo Wolfgang Reinhard
Oberlahnstein 1853 - 1900 Berlin
Monkey with Skull, circa 1900
Bronze, signed
Foundry: Gladenbeck "HG"
Size: approx. 12.5 x 6 x 8 cm, plus 2 cm base
Rare cas...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reach Out, Portrait, Carved Porcelain Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Her poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values women not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative quali...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
XOX Hipster Orange 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Playful, colourful and imaginative, Viktor Mitic’s latest series of table-top sculptures appear to merge pop art with science fiction. The colour palette is fun, bright and contemporary—a juicy orange...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Resin
Plains Indian Medallion, bronze, Nambe, Allan Houser, small life-time casting
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Plains Indian Medallion, bronze, Nambe, Allan Houser, small life-time casting
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1992. Allan Houser's father Sam, was part of the small band of Apaches who traveled with Geronimo and surrendered in southern Arizona in 1886. Allan's parents were imprisoned with that group in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He was the first child to be born in freedom to those Apaches and a fluent speaker of the Chiricahua language. Allan Houser is an important artist in that he is of the culture he depicts in his artwork. Allan's parents would tell stories and sing songs recalling the experiences on the war path. This bronze edition is a life-time casting. Our gallery represented Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994 and were investors and provided quality control in the foundry process. Allan Houser's work is many international collections including the Georges Pomidou Centre, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Dahlem Museum among others.
Allan’s first bronze sculptures were started in the late 1960’s and were cast at Nambe Foundry. At the time the foundry was producing both Nambeware and was doing some sculptural foundry work. There was a fire at Nambe and they lost many of the molds for sculpture as well as their records. We acquired these works directly from Allan Houser.
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994)
Selected Collections
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France * “They’re Coming”, bronze
Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany
Japanese Royal Collection, Tokyo, Japan “The Eagle”, black marble commissioned by President William J. Clinton
United States Mission to the United Nations, New York City, NY *"Offering of the Sacred Pipe”, monumental bronze by Allan Houser © 1979 Presented to the United States Mission to the United Nations as a symbol of World Peace honoring the native people of all tribes in these United States of America on February 27, 1985 by the families of Allan and Anna Marie Houser, George and Thelma Green and Glenn and Sandy Green in New York City.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC * Portrait of Geronimo, bronze
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. * “Buffalo Dance Relief”, Indiana limestone
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. *Sacred Rain Arrow...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Iris little study, Auguste Rodin, Bronze, Sculpture, Modern Art, 1970
s, Nudes
Located in Geneva, CH
Iris little study, Auguste Rodin, Bronze, Sculpture, Modern Art, 1970's, Nudes
Petite etude pour Iris, douzième épreuve
Ed. 12/12 pcs
1973
Bronze with brown and black patina
Marked around the left thigh : A.Rodin n°12 c by Musée RODIN...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Pleiades-Asterope 3/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The striking figure of a nude female, arms stretched above her head is the subject of this bronze sculpture by Canadian artist Richard Tosczak. Known for his beautiful figurative wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Young Dancer Terracotta Sculpture
Located in Roma, IT
A 1910s beautiful and extremely rare terracotta sculpture,
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Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Dark Gray Architectural Female Bust in Cement – Sculptural Head from LarA Series
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A sculptural bust in dark gray cement, “LarA 012” is a one-of-a-kind artwork by Spanish sculptor José Perozo, part of his Anthropotecture concept within the LarA series. Merging huma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Unique Female Architectural Cement Sculpture - "LarA 001", Hand-Tinted, 2024
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"LarA 001" is a unique sculpture crafted in cement by Spanish artist Jose Perozo in 2024. Part of the LarA series, this piece measures 21 x 29 x 17 cm and merges the female form with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
A walking girl. Contemporary bronze sculpture, Limited edition, Italian artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative patinated bronze sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Giancaterino. Sculpture shows a female figure during walking, pointing finger somewhere in font of her. S...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Howdy, Rodger Jacobsen, bronze cowboy sculpture, gold patina, Texas edition
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Howdy, Rodger Jacobsen, bronze cowboy sculpture, gold patina, Texas edition
registered, numbered, edition of 100
cowboy
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
XOX Chill Yellow 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Playful, colourful and imaginative, Viktor Mitic’s latest series of sculptures appear to merge pop art with science fiction. The colour palette is fun, bright and contemporary—a sunny yellow. These 3-D figures began as digital creations, sculpted out of resin and painted. Their form was initially inspired by the towering abstract sculptures Mitic produced from images of paint splashes on his studio floor. Edition one of ten.
“This character has emerged from a shadow of one of my sculptures (as in the video) I have always been a fan of science as well as science fiction writing and movies. For me, X-O-X is a ‘being’ that came out of a technological world possibly from another galaxy.” Viktor Mitic
“As an icon, or hybrid worthy Viktor Mitic- X-O-X has a synthetic, playful identity. It’s culturally a fusion of influences brought together in one formal public sculpture.” John K. Grande, author, poet, essayist
He earned a BFA from the University of Toronto in 1995 with studies in art history at Sheridan College. He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Resin
Cloud 1/7 - soft, smooth, calming, human face, white lacquered bronze sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dale Dunning’s contemporary sculptures often use the generic image of the human head as a metaphor for our collective experience. With this table top piece in bronze, the Canadian ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Baule Colonial Sculpture Ivory Coast, " Carved Wood Statue created circa 1910
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This sculpture was created by an unknown Baule artist from Ivory Coast. It depicts a man in a suit with a white hat. He stands with his hands in his pockets.
18 1/2" x 6 1/4" sculpture
The Baule or Baoulé are an Akan people and one of the largest groups in Côte d'Ivoire. The Baoulé people are talented in African art. Their sculptures are renowned for their refinement, form diversity and the labor they represent. The sculptures do not only include face masks and human figurines...
Category
1910s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Elongated Sitting Girl I- contemporary bronze sculpture, female with white dress
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Elongated Sitting Girl I" is a small, free-standing bronze sculpture with a white dress. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. Certificate.
The sculptress Susanne K...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Asymmetrical head of man, terracotta, 1930s-40s, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981).
Located in Firenze, IT
Asymmetrical head of man, terracotta sculpture, 1930s-40s, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981). Terracotta modeled by hand by the artist. Unique piece.
Dimensions: Height 34 cm.
The choice ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Walk/Inner Voice Series: Changing Direction
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, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jose Cardona Ferro Bronze Sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jose Cardona Ferro: 1878-1923. Well listed Spanish artist also known as just Jose Cardona. He has had auction prices over $4000. This charming bronze of a...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eustace-Hyacinthe Langlois, called Langlois de L
Arche
Located in London, GB
Plaster
480 mm; 19 inches diameter
Inscribed: ‘H. Langlois du Pont de l’Arche Archeologue Peintre Graveur
par son ami P. J. David (D Angers) 1838’
Collections:
Sotheby’s, 22nd May...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
1980 Ugo La Pietra Figurative Portrait Pink Laquered Aluminum
Located in Brescia, IT
Ugo La Pietra is an Italian artist, architect, designer and philosophy. Since 1960 he created the fundamental of European artistic tendancy as founder of various art groups such as Global Tool, Radical Design...
Category
1980s Conceptual Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Torso in Drapery
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Classical theme of a Greek art inspires me. I am a big fan of a Greek mythology, so I depict it often". This sculpture shows beautiful woman in wet fabrics that emphasize body curve...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
A Hand Once Held
By Denny Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
A Hand Once Held by Denny Haskew
Figurative Male Nude Bronze Sculpture with Gold Leaf on granite base
16x7x7" limited edition #2 of 2 (mold was destroyed early)
"The last day of my ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled (Hulda Goeller)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sculpture is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Carved and painted wood and gesso, 23 x 15 3/4 x 3 inches, Signed verso "Carved by Charles L. Goeller...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood





