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Period: 1950s
Two Women
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Lohman studied at John Herron Art Institute, and Cranbrook and Yale for graduate work. Assisted Carl Milles at Cranbrook Academy before becoming Director of Fine Arts there from 1947...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Oiseau à la Huppe, Picasso, ashtray, design, ceramic, animals, art, postwar
Located in Geneva, CH
Oiseau à la Huppe, Picasso, ashtray, design, ceramic, animals, art, postwar
Oiseau à la huppe
Ed. 500 pcs
1952
White earthenware clay, oxidized paraffin decoration, white enamel, bl...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Vegetative Form / - Grown Art -
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dierkes (1907 Cloppenburg - 1968 Berlin), Vegetative Form. Mahogany, 1958. 142 x 16 x 10 cm (sculpture), 21 x 17.5 cm (base), monogrammed "PD" on the reverse.
- Grown Art -
...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Visage Solaire, Picasso, Unique work, Design, 1950
s, Sun face, Ceramic
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage Solaire, Picasso, Unique work, Design, 1950's, Sun face, Ceramic
Visage Solaire
Unique work
27.01.1956
Painted and partially glazed ceramic
20.4 x 20.4 cm
Dated and stamped o...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Pablo Picasso " Picador et taureau" Earthenware
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 (Spanish)
Picador et taureau
Executed in 1959
Edition of 100 - terre de faןence plate partially glazed and painted; diameter: 43 cm numbered '27/100', st...
Category
1950s Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Glaze
Face, Pablo Picasso, 1950
s, Earthenware, Decorative Art, Design, Interior,
Located in Geneva, CH
Face, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Earthenware, Decorative Art, Design, Interior,
Ed. 500 pcs
1955
White earthenware clay, decoration in engobe, glaze inside
Inscribed and stamped on the...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze
"Le Bouquetin aux aguets" museum work
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
" le Bouquetin aux Aguets " . signed Jean Cocteau ; marked and numbered Edition originale
de Jean Cocteau . Atelier Madeline & Jolly N° 3/10 (underneath ).
partially glazed terrac...
Category
Art Deco 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pablo Picasso
Visage de femme
(A. R. 220) Woman
s Face Madoura Plate 1953
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Visage de femme (A. R. 220)
Terre de faïence dish, 1953, from the edition of 400, inscribed 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura', glazed and painted, with the ...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Young Wood Owl, Pablo Picasso, 1950
s, Multiples, Design, Postwar, Pitcher
Located in Geneva, CH
Young Wood Owl, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Multiples, Design, Postwar, Pitcher
Young wood-owl
Ed. 500 pcs
1952
White earthenware clay, partly polychromed and glazed
26.5 x 9.5 cm
Stampe...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Femme chiffonnée monumentale
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
Display: The s...
Category
1950s Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pablo Picasso
Picador
(A. R. 201) Variant Bullfighter Madoura Plate 1953
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Picador (A. R. 201 V)
Terre de faïence plate, 1953, from the edition of 200, inscribed 'Edition Picasso', partially glazed and painted, with the Edition ...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Female torso
Located in Täby, SE
This female torso represents the young woman's strength and vulnerability. It´s was conceived in the 70ths and is signed with the artists initials on a thumbprint.
Gunnar Knut Nilsson, born 1904 in Karlskrona, died 1995 in Versailles in France, was a Swedish sculptor. Gunnar Nilsson studied watercolor painting and modeling at the Technical Vocational School in Karlskrona in 1918-19 and on his own in addition to working as a clerk at Finspångs Metallwerk. His debut exhibition was in Finspång in 1927. With the help of a local fundraiser, and after the encouragement of Carl Eldh, he traveled to Paris in 1928 to study sculpture for, among others, Charles Despiau and Paul Niclausse. In Paris he socialized with Bror Hjorth, whose former studio he also rented, Carl Frisendahl and Alberto Giacometti. He came to belong to "Le groupe des Neuf'' with Paul Cornet...
Category
French School 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pablo Picasso
Profil de taureau
(A. R. 317) Profile of a Bull Madoura Plaque
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Profil de taureau (A. R. 317)
Terre de faïence plaque, painted and partially glazed, 1956, from the edition of 450, with the Empreinte Originale de Picass...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Pablo Ceramic, Jacqueline au chevalet (A.R. 333)
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Jacqueline au chevalet (A.R. 333)
stamped, marked and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu / Empreinte Originale de Picasso / F 219 / 199/200' (underneath)
white ear...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mother and Child: Petal Skirt - Henry Moore, sculpture, modern, british, small
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Mother and Child: Petal Skirt
conceived in 1955; cast in 1955
bronze; edition 4 of 6 plus 1 artist’s proof by the Fiorini foundry, London
19 x 9 x 15.5 cm (in...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patte d
ours et Pied fumeur Matthieu Mategot
Located in PARIS, FR
Bear paws in glazed and cracked ceramic
PIED FUMEUR BY MATHIEU MATEGOT
Lacquered metal and rattan base
7 x 18 x 18 cm (Paw) 55 x 32 x 30 cm (Smoking Foot) 63 x 32 cm (Set)
Category
French School 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Corrida sur fond noir, Picasso, Multiple, 1950
s, Animal, Toros, Spanish, Plate
Located in Geneva, CH
Corrida sur fond noir, Picasso, Multiple, 1950's, Animal, Toros, Spanish, Plate
Corrida sur fond noir
Ed. 500 pcs
25.09.1953
White earthenware c...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Metropolis
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental original wood assemblage sculpture by American artist Maxine Kim Stussy(1923 - 2020)
"Metropolis", is an original unique wood assemblage using solid wood mac...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
1950
s Wabi Sabi Daisy Duck
Located in Vancouver, CA
This Wabi Sabi Daisy Duck sculpture, carved from a single piece of wood, offers a charming and unrefined representation that reflects the straightforward creativity of its time, like...
Category
Folk Art 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Paseo
Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida (Set of 2), A.R.416
A.R.423
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso (Málaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973) Paseo A.R. 416 and Arrastro A.R. 423 are numbered from the edition of 50 on the reverse and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' pottery stamps on the reverse.
Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting his entire life, attending his first corridas when he was a child in Spain and gaining a renewed interest in the events when he settled in the South of France after World War II. Undoubtedly the theatrical drama and flashy machismo of the matadors appealed greatly to Picasso's sensibilities and resonated with his Spanish roots. In 1959, Picasso produced an 8-piece plate series, each featuring a different bullfighting scene suggested through lively stipple lines. Paseo A.R. 416 depicts a line of bullfighters highlighted by a streak of yellow. The strokes of blue above and below the figures contrast with the warm of the yellow, creating visual tension that anticipates the drama of the fight. Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida, 1959 A.R. 423 features a victorious bullfighter holding his curved sword, known as an estqoue, over his head. The dark atmosphere created by the deep blue, black, and touch of brown is slashed by the intense yellow down the center of the plate. This shock of bright color evokes the excitement of the bullfighter as he stands triumphant over the bull.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso Paseo...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Profil de Jacqueline, Pablo Picasso, Edition, 1950
s, Monochrome, Design, Plate
Located in Geneva, CH
Profil de Jacqueline, Pablo Picasso, Edition, 1950's, Monochrome, Design, Plat
Profil de Jacqueline
Ed. 100 pcs
22.01.1956
White earthenware clay
D. 42 cm
Stamped on the back: Empre...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
original ceramic pendant " Chêvre-pied
Double Masque "
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
céramiques originales de Jean Cocteau .
Pendentifs :
"Chèvre-pied " 1958.
pendentif ovale (9cm x7cm) . variante terre blanche en relief.
" double masque " 1...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Chouette, Picasso, Pitcher, Design, 1950
s, Ceramic, Black and white, Animal
Located in Geneva, CH
Chouette, Picasso, Pitcher, Design, 1950's, Ceramic, Black and white, Animal
Chouette femme
Ed. 500 pcs
1951
Earthenware ceramic vase with engobe and ...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Terracotta
Paseo, from Service Scènes de Corrida, A.R. 416
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso (Málaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973) Paseo A.R. 416 is numbered from the edition of 50 on the reverse and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' pottery stamps on the reverse.
Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting his entire life, attending his first corridas when he was a child in Spain and gaining a renewed interest in the events when he settled in the South of France after World War II. Undoubtedly the theatrical drama and flashy machismo of the matadors appealed greatly to Picasso's sensibilities and resonated with his Spanish roots. In 1959, Picasso produced an 8-piece plate series, each featuring a different bullfighting scene suggested through lively stipple lines. Paseo A.R. 416 depicts a line of bullfighters highlighted by a streak of yellow. The strokes of blue above and below the figures contrast with the warm of the yellow, creating visual tension that anticipates the drama of the fight.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso Paseo...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Glaze
$24,000 Sale Price
36% Off
Scultura figurativa astratta futurista in bronzo
Located in Florence, IT
Il bronzo raffigura un fantino e nel 1957 venne esposto alle personali dell'artista alla Strozzina di Firenze e alla Galleria Cocchini di Livorno. Esiste anche un disegno preparator...
Category
Futurist 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tête de Faune, Pablo Picasso, Unique piece, Design, Terracotta, Tile, Mythology
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de Faune, Pablo Picasso, Unique piece, Design, Terracotta, Tile, Mythology
Tête de faune
Unique work
08.08.1956
Painted and glazed terracotta tile...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Terracotta
Fillies Playing
Located in New York, NY
Anna Hyatt Huntington
Fillies Playing 13/75
Created 1955
Cast 2010
Bronze with black-Red patina
16.5 x 17 x 10 inches
Conceived in the smaller version, 1955, Redding, CT
Exec...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cavalier et cheval (AR 137), Ceramic Stamped
Madoura Plein Feu/Edition Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Cavalier et cheval (A.R. 137)
stamped, marked and numbered 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / 274/30...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Modernist Bronze Brutalist Sculpture (Manner of Pomodoro)
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Modern Brutalist bronze sculpture in Manner of Arnaldo or Gio Pomodoro. We cannot locate a signature or any markings. it has an abstract quality to it. heavily textured with or...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pablo Picasso
Picador
(A. R. 202) Madoura Prototype 1953
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Picador (A. R. 202 Prototype)
Terre-de-faïence plate, 1953, unique prototype by Picasso before the edition of 300. With the Madoura Plein Feu and Emprein...
Category
Abstract 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Pair of Iron Egret Wall Sculptures
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful pair of patinated iron egret bird wall sculptures, one reaching for the sky and one focused forward, each signed on the weighted bases “Maxfield Parrish Jr, March 1956”. ...
Category
1950s Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Untitled (Roi David)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Marc Chagall Untitled (Roi David), 1954 is a rare and imaginative culmination of the collaboration between Marc Chagall and the Fucina degli Angeli. This work is from the beginning of Chagall’s usage of Murano glass as a means of expression. In 1954, Chagall was invited into the Fucina degli Angeli by Egidio Costantini who was the master glass blower at the time. This stunning and mesmeric sculpture beckons the eyes through the use of vivid, bold colors that blend seamlessly together. Blue, purple, teal and hints of red coalesce in the center of the glass plate, creating the backdrop for a whimsical scene placed in the foreground. A man in a crown kneels in the center of the work, preoccupied with the string instrument delicately constructed in his hands. Gilded flecks of gold are highlighted around the crown and instrument, showing us the depth of the lyrical poet. The transparent glass allows us to follow suite of the man, becoming entranced and lost in thought.
Created in 1954 in the Fucina degli Angeli in Venice, Italy, this Murano glass sculpture was realized by master glass artist Egidio Costantini (Brindisi, 1912- Venice, 1998) in collaboration Marc Chagall, (Vitebsk, 1887 – Saint-Paul, 1985). This work is inscribed ‘M. Chagall E. Costantini 1954 © Fucina degli Angeli’ on verso and is an artist proof.
Catalogue Raisonné:
Marc Chagall Untitled (Roi David), 1954 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).
Egidio Costantini: Il Maestro dei Maestri. Brussels: Espace Kiron and Espace Medicis, 1990. A different Chagall glass...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$26,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Four Dancers
Located in New York, NY
Partially glazed terre-de-faïence convex wall plaque painted in black and white, 1956. Edition of 450. With the Madoura Plein Feu and Empreinte Originale de Picasso stamps, verso.
...
Category
Cubist 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Scène de Tauromachie, Pablo Picasso, 1957, Plate, Ceramic, Design, Postwar, Toro
Located in Geneva, CH
Scène de Tauromachie, Pablo Picasso, 1957, Plate, Ceramic, Design, Postwar, Toro
Scène de tauromachie
Ed. 500 pcs
1957
Red earthenware clay, engobe decoration, knife engraved
D.24 c...
Category
Post-Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware
Bird with a Crest - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 500 (Ramié #173)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso
Bird with a Crest, 1952
Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, enamel and oxidized paraffin decoration
Annotated on the Back : Empreinte originale Pic...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Picador, by Pablo Picasso, 1950
s, Bowl, Sculpture, Design, Edition, Earthenware
Located in Geneva, CH
Picador, by Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Bowl, Sculpture, Design, Edition, Earthenware
Picador
Ed. 500 pcs
1955
White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes and paraffin, white enamel
12...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Tête de chèvre de profil, Picasso, 1950
s, Plate, Goat, Animal, Design, Ceramic
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de chèvre de profil, Picasso, 1950's, Plate, Goat, Animal, Design, Ceramic
Tête de chèvre de profil
Ed. 50 pcs
1950
White earthenware clay, decoration in oxidized paraffin and ...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Taureau et Toreador, Picasso, Bull, Corrida, Design, Tile, Ceramic, 1950
s
Located in Geneva, CH
Taureau et Toreador, Picasso, Bull, Corrida, Design, Tile, Ceramic, 1950's
Taureau et Toreador
Unique work
11.2.1957
Painted and partially glazed ceramic, hexagonal tomette tile
15 ...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), 1956
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), A.R. 341 can be compared to several other white earthenware pieces created by Picasso in 1956. Each depicts the carefree imagery of dancers, musicians, and fauns to which the artist returns time and again. Framed under a sloping mountain, two figures dance with arms raised above their heads, hands clasped in a spontaneous gesture. Leafy trees and flowers mark...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
$13,000 Sale Price
35% Off
American Bronze Sculpture of Male Nude Athlete during Shot Put.
Located in New York, NY
Clemente Spampinato, born in 1912 in Calabria, Italy, was a versatile artist and sports enthusiast. He created Bronze Trophies and Medallions for the Olympics and Italian sporting events in the 1930s and '40s. After becoming a U.S. citizen in 1947, he moved to New York, where he channeled his artistic passion into capturing the essence of the American West, specializing in sports and Western-themed sculptures. His work, celebrated for its realism and dynamic portrayal of athletic movements, is exhibited in museums, galleries, and private collections across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Selected sculptures can be seen in various locations, including Washington DC, Cooperstown, NY, Canton, OH, New Orleans, LA, and the complete collection is on display in Sea Cliff, New York.
Large Bronze Nude Of Male Athlete During A Shot Put...
Category
Academic 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Joueur de flûte, Picasso, Limited Edition, Sculpture, Design, 1950
s, Ceramic
Located in Geneva, CH
Joueur de flûte, Picasso, Limited Edition, Sculpture, Design, 1950's, Ceramic
Joueur de flûte
Ed. 40 pcs
1951
Earthenware clay covered with enamel
D. 24.5 cm
Stamped on the back : M...
Category
Post-War 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Egee assise h cm 70
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
Display: The sc...
Category
1950s Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Femme Fleur
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A)
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
...
Category
1950s Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Futurist abstract figurative bronze sculpture with animal theme
Located in Florence, IT
The bronze was first presented at the VII Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte in Rome, which was held at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni from November 22, 1955 to April 30, 1956, with Fausto...
Category
Futurist 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hmong Ethnic Framed Necklace Silver Plated Metal Laos Thailand
Located in Valladolid, ES
Framed Hmong Ethnic Necklace, Silver Plated Metal, 20th Century – Laos, Thailand
Extraordinary and rarely seen ethnic necklace made of silver plated metal, from Thailand. Recently f...
Category
Tribal 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Abstract Skull
Located in New York, NY
Goethe was a well recognized and lauded sculptor in wood in American in the mide 20th century coming forward. He is in many museums and had an active exhibition history while aliv...
Category
Abstract 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Maximus: Circus Horse
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a lifetime masterpiece by American artist Maxine Kim Stussy.
“Maxumus: Circus Horse”, is an original wood assemblage of both ha...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Two bronze busts of girls
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Two vintage bronze busts of girls by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thanh Le. The bronze busts have a shiny black patina and are mounted on a wood plinth painted wi...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,045 Sale Price
44% Off
Visage de femme (Woman
s Face), 1953
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso ceramic Visage de femme (Woman's Face), 1953 is a vibrantly colored pitcher decorated with contrasting saturated greens against chestnut ...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze, Engraving
$24,500 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool, Metal Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...
Category
Folk Art 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Wool
“Mother and Children”
Located in Southampton, NY
Mid century modern original terracotta sculpture by the Hungarian artist, Anna Berkovits of a young woman with her two children. Circa 1955. Signed in the inside of the base. Condition is excellent. Parts of the sculpture have been deliberately not been glazed by the artist. Her work rarely becomes available. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate.
Anna Berkovits was born in Hungary in 1911 and lived and worked in Budapest. She trained under the art teacher Almos Jaschik in Budapest. Later she was trained in ceramics by the artist Gador Istvan...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Atalanta and Hippomenes - Original signed ceramic, Certificate
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean COCTEAU
Atalanta and Hippomenes, 1958
Original ceramic plate
Signed bottom middle
Limited to 20 copies, numbered on the back
30 cm (c. 12 inch) diameter and about 3cm (c. 1.5 ...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Jim Jim" Ebony Sculpture with Dark Patina, Portrait of Detroit Zoo Gorilla
Located in Detroit, MI
"Jim Jim" is an ebony carving by Tom Brun, sculptor and Detroit Zoo Keeper, who cared for the real Jim Jim at the Detroit Zoo. This ebony sculpture is in beautiful condition with slight exposure to the lighter streak of wood sometimes found in ebony. It is said that Tom would often go into a house and pick up one of his sculptures and say that it was unfriendly – meaning that it had not been handled enough.
Morley Driver has said of Brun in a newspaper article from the 1950’s “In Any Animal He Sees Beauty”: No one who has ever seen a Tom Brun hippopotamus will ever again think of it as ugly or ungainly, meaning that the artist not only gives you beauty but teaches you to see it. Tom has said: “Small pieces are like a proverb – a gem of meaning that one can dissect.” They are meant to be picked up, caressed and held. Tom knew Jim Jim from birth and cared for him with love and attention. Brun was a compassionate zookeeper and advocated for less cages and more space for an animal to roam.
Brun was born in England in 1913. A few years after the end of World War I his father moved the family in 1919 to Detroit, Michigan. In 1935 at age 23, he officially became a U.S. citizen. He served in the army during World War II for five years and upon discharge and at the age of 36 took advantage of the GI Bill and applied for admission to Society of Arts and Crafts (now known as the College for Creative Studies) where he was gladly accepted.
While at Arts and Crafts his instructors and established artists such as Sarkis Sarkisian, John P. Foster, Morris Brose, Richard Koslow, Patricia Burnett, Lloyd and Renee Radell...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
Arthur Miller
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Robert Winthrop White 1921-2002, was an American sculptor who lived most of his life in New York. He was the grandson of the architect Stanford White and his great grandfather was th...
Category
1950s Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Mouse
By Margery Kahn
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Table top and of a diminutive size, signature stamped on underside of top. Margery worked during the mid-20th century at the Met in NYC.
Category
Abstract 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$3,200 Sale Price
34% Off
Mother and Child, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Chaim Gross
By Chaim Gross
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chaim Gross, Austrian (1904 - 1991)
Title: Mother and Child
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed
Size: 10 x 5 x 5 in. (25.4 x 12.7 x ...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figurative Abstract Sculpture of a young woman with Esther Robles Gallery label
Located in Colfax, CA
A great figurative sculpture by American artist Robert Cremean.
Born in Toledo, OH in 1932, Robert Cremean studied at Alfred University, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He also s...
Category
American Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Pablo Picasso, "Lozenge with Mask", ceramic, clay
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This hexagonal tile, created by Pablo Picasso in 1956, is made of chamotted red earthenware clay and has decoration in engobes in black and white. It is from the edition of 350, num...
Category
Modern 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Bag carrier, bronze, 36x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Marta Skulme(1890-1962)
Category
Abstract 1950s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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Owl, Modern Aluminum Sculpture by Antonovici 1958
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his Owl Series. Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 50.
Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovici, until his arrest by Italian fascists. Antonovici himself survived imprisonment in Germany for his refusal to fight on the side of the Nazis. After the war, he continued his studies in Vienna, under the tutelage of Professor Fritz Behn...
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Modern 1950s Sculptures
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