1980s Sculptures

Peter D. Cole (Australian, b. 1947) Symbols of Landscape, 1987 Mixed metal, enamel and marble signed P.D. Cole and dated 21 x 6 1/2 x 6 in (53 x 16.5 x 15cm) Provenance: Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, Australia, 1987. Sculptor Peter D. Cole was born in Gawler, South Australia and trained at the South Australian School of Art between 1965 and 1968. Since the 1980’s Cole has been based in the Kyneton District of Victoria, where he has established himself as one of Australia’s senior and most renowned contemporary sculptors, drawing on the landscape as a source of inspiration and recent research trips to Japan and India have added to his rich source material. As a public artist, Cole has made a significant contribution to the urban landscape and public spaces of Australia receiving the Australian National Trust Heritage Award and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Award of Merit for Foundation Park, a permanent work at The Rocks, Sydney. He is highly sought for commissions and his work is prominent in many public and corporate collections throughout Australia, including Parliament House, Canberra, the National Gallery of Australia, and Brisbane International Airport and recently Windsor Railway Station precinct. He was awarded the H.P. Gill medal for top student and the Contemporary arts Society award for drawing in 1968 and has exhibited regularly since 1969 with exhibitions in Australia and America, with notably a solo exhibition in 1995 at The Carpenter Centre, Harvard University USA. Peter D. Cole ranks as one of Australia's senior and most renowned contemporary sculptors. Graphic, minimalist and refined, his uncompromising aesthetic vision encompasses both large-scale structures, aerial works, and more intimate, witty ruminations. An accomplished water-colourist and draughtsman, Cole's vision translates easily into works on paper, valued by collectors for the insight they provide into his practice. Cole's robust materials- brass, bronze, painted steel and aluminium- vibrant colours and precise shapes articulate spatial, intellectual, and philosophical concepts. He is also interested in the notion of 'diagrammatic' landscapes, ones that express the transition between the flat plains of the Australian bush, and a more city-centric urban cacophony. Cole's work observes and recognises the boundaries of modern life without limiting its scale, or its scope. Cole is the recipient of the Australian National Trust Heritage Award (1996), the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Award of Merit (1995), and is highly sought for commissions. His work is prominent in many public and corporate collections throughout Australia, including Parliament House, Canberra, the National Gallery of Australia, and Brisbane International Airport. Hs work bears similarities to Peter Shire, Charlie Hewitt and Brad Howe. Cole lectured in sculpture between 1975 and 2001 and has worked continuously on his practice encompassing sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, design and architecture. His work is represented in many collections both private and public throughout Australia, America, Japan and Europe. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 A Modern Narrative, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2016 PLACE AND SPACE, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2013 Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney 2012 Lister Gallery, Perth 2011 New Sculptures, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne 2006 New works, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney 2004 Primary Structure, Calder Lister Gallery, Perth 1997 Steele Gallery, New York, USA 1995 Carpenter Centre for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA 1990 William Mora Gallery, Melbourne SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 This is Gippsland, with works by Sidney Nolan, John Wolseley, Anne Montgomery Trevor Vickers, Ann Greenwood, Tony Newsom, Peter Cole, Nick Mount, John Woollard, Cheryl Burgess, Kiyoshi Ino and more. 2019. Australian Galleries: The Purves Family Business. The First Four Decades, Book Launch and Group Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2019. papermade, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2017. Painting, sculpture and works on paper – Group exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2017. Sculpture: medium and small scale – Mixed Sculptors, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2016. Impressions, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne 2014. one of each, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne 2011. large exhibition of small works, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney 2006. Stock Show, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne 2005. End of Year Group Exhibition, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney 2003. This was the future: Australian Sculpture of the 1950s, 60s, 70s + Today, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2002. Tokyo Designers Block Idee, Tokyo, Japan PUBLIC COMMISSIONS Arts Victoria; Shepparton lake sculpture, Shepparton VIC 19 October 2019 Bank of Melbourne; in consultation with Bates Smart McCutcheon; large freestanding sculptural screen, Melbourne Brisbane International Airport; in consultation with Bligh Voller architects and Jean Battersby Art Consultants; large suspended sculptures...

Abstract Asymmetric Totem New Age Surreal Sculpture by Mickey Kane Biomorphic construction by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 1939-2002). This piece has a carved and painted surface t...

Bronze artwork made with lost wax casting technique. This is the prototype, unique signed artist proof. Title "Sleeping body" Sergio Monari is an Italia...

Lorenzo Frechilla Del Rey (1927 Valladolid - 1990 Madrid), Untitled, circa 1980. Bronze elements mounted on an iron plate, 27 cm x 20 cm, signed “Lorenzo Frechilla” in the lower left...

Abstract Hanging Sculpture - Triangle by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 1939-2002). This striking piece can be viewed from both sides. It is composed of two separate triangles which ...

Arnaldo Pomodoro Plaque (Placca), 1980 Bronze 3 4/5 × 3 4/5 inches Edition of 500 Incised signature on the front top left, and foundry mark on the bottom; Rotary Club of Palermo plaq...

After Joan Miró, "Laurels Number One", Patinated Bronze Relief, After 1947 Engraving, Framed Titled Laurels Number One, this patinated bronze bas-relief was produced circa 1980 and i...

Satyr and Baby is a bronze statue created by the artist Aurelio Mistruzzi. Minotaur with child on his shoulders. Edition of the late 1900s. Engraved signature on the marble base....

Yellow Totem Abstract New Age Surreal Sculpture by Mickey Kane Dramatic construction of a 1980s Surf Totem or wild Sci-Fi rendition of a Galactic Throne by the local Santa Cruz arti...

Vintage signed and numbered art deco sculpture by Erte. Painted Bronze cica 1987.

Alexander Liberman Aim I, 1980 Painted aluminum 83 high x 26 wide x 26 deep inches Edition of 15 Regarded as a groundbreaking Minimalist artist, Alexander Liberman created pieces t...

Where am I going? They offer us no clues that might help us answer these questions. Instead, they give us all the more scope for associations and imagination. They appeal to our subc...

Novello Finotti was born in 1939, in Verona, Italy where he lives and works. He is exhibiting since 1958 taking part to several art events, among which: Triennial Europeen de la Scu...

"Soul Bond" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). Soul Bond takes the form of a satirical contract, darkly parodying the...

Walter Valentini was born in Pergola, Italy in 1928. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He takes part to Exhibitions in Italy, Europe and Usa. In 1982 he gains the 1st Prize at the Bienneal of Ibiza. This was one of the Prize he won all over the world. This is a multiple of 300. Numbered and signed. Polished pewter...

Artist: Sandro Chia (Italian, b. 1946) Title: Angel with Heart (large) Year: circa 1980 Edition: 2/6 Medium: Bronze, signature and numbering inscribed Size: 29 x 14 x 7 in. (73.66 ...

Ugo Cara’ was born in Trieste, Italy in 1908. He took part to numerous Home and International Shows, among which: International Biennale in Venice, Quadrienni...

Alexander Liberman (1912-1999): Svet III Mixed media on board, 1984, signed 'Alexander Liberman' and dated at bottom= Hand signed, titled and dat...

This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Vanni Viviani, a 1980’ Italian artist well known internationally. Title Piccolo Universo In ...

This monumental abstract sculpture stands on a pedestal at 67" high. Comprised of 5 large shapes, it is signed "Phillips '85" and entitled "Still Life". The bronze has a nice patina ...

BOLLEL. Child and conch shell. Original multiple bronze sculpture

From small limited edition of 7, this is a signed and dated hollow cast bronze sculpture. Provenance: Important Miami Beach estate that included many paintings and sculpture by Post Impressionist masterpieces and works by Latin American masters. Felipe Castaneda (Mexican, b.1933) was born in 1933 in La Palma in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. His artistic career began at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City where he became an assistant to the renowned sculptor Francisco Zúñiga (French, 1867–1947), Zuniga helped the artist realize his aptitude for sculpting and carving. Castañeda finished his studies in 1963, and by 1970, he was showing his work in exhibitions. Castañeda experimented with many media in order to master molding clay for his sculptures, preferring to work in marble, onyx, and bronze. The heavy influence of pre-Columbian artifacts...

Marcelo Morandin 1933-1996 Untitled (Embracing Couple, Lovers) Bronze 1988; ed. P/E; Hand signed, dated and editioned to lower edge DImensions: 48.5 x 32 x 21 cm / 18.8 x 12.5 x 8.2 inches (approximately) PAREJA, Bronce, patinado Marcelo Morandin (1933 - 1996) was active/lived in Argentina, Mexico. Argentinian, Mexican Postwar & Contemporary sculptor Morandin is best known for his monumental sculpture. This is a wonderful, art deco inspired nude couple, the woman appears pregnant). Marcello Morandín (Marcelo Román Morandín Paroni) was born in 1933 in Argentina. He was an important plastic artist and Argentine architect, distinguished in Mexico for being an excellent sculptor and furniture designer. At the end of his studies at the Faculty of Architecture of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he traveled to Mexico and settled in Xalapa, Veracruz. In this city he was part of several artistic projects and noted for being one of the founders of the Department of Aesthetic Research and Applied Design at the University of Veracruz, as well as the Department of Aesthetic Research at UNAM. Between the years 80 and 90, he carried out several monumental works, among them "La pigeon de la paz" a project for the UN; "The foundation of Tenochtitlan" located in front of the Official Residence of Los Pinos; and "The Kinetic Tower" Of the government of Veracruz that combines the light and the sound with diverse moving parts to the compass of the music of Arnold Schoenberg. (Lily Kassner. Dictionary of Mexican sculptors of the twentieth century. Volume II. Mexico. Conaculta, 1997). Similar in style to Israeli artists Aharon Bezalel and Isaac Kahn. He has shown with Jose Villalobos, Nicolas Moreno, Pedro...

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Calla Lily by Joy Taylor, Canadian Date: 1989 Cast Epoxy Resin sculpture, signature, date and numbering inscribed on base Edition of 1/25 Size: 25 x 15 x 11 in. (63.5 x 38.1 x 27.94 ...

"I create this sculpture at the very beginning of my career. I sculpted it from a real model. The girl was very lost in her thoughts or dreamed of something. Her body was relaxed an...

This artwork is made in solid cast polished aluminum. The organic forms recall bodies or souls that fit together. Giacomo Benevelli is an Italian ar...

Ana, a striking mixed medea sculpture by Juan Manuel Gomez-Quiroz. From the estate of the artist. Painter and printmaker and sculptor Juan Manuel Gomez-Quiroz was born in Santiago d...

Modern abstract sculpture of a woman's torso, signed and dated Warner in stone and marker pen, "Warner '80" and "Warner #106". Dimensions: 16"L x 11"W x 9"H. Listed artist Doris Ann...

From the series ”Gods and Goddesses”. Original sculpture: 3/8 ex Signed and numbered by the artist and stamped Bocquel fondeur. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment wor...

Artist: Kay Ritter Title: Hot Dog Man Medium: Papier-mache Figure Sculpture with Mixed Media Found Objects, signed Year: 1981 Size: 48 x 16 x 15 in. (121.92 x ...

"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...

Original Barcelona chairs, designed by the last director of the Bauhaus - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The newly-replaced cushions are supported by steel frames laced with new leather s...

A steel sculpture by Bruce Stillman from 1980. A kinetic sculpture with rotating components perched atop a whimsically modernist base. Artist: Bruc...

Lovers Figurative Bronze Sculpture Signed Illegibly edition 2/10 Large bronze sculpture signd illegible possible in Hebrew.

Artist: Sandro Chia (Italian, b. 1946) Title: Il Palio di Siena Year: circa 1980 Edition: 4/6 Medium: Bronze, signature and numbering inscribed Size:...

Georges Charpentier, French (1937 - 2024) - Female Bust, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and numbering inscribed, Edition: EA, Image Size: 7, Size: 24 x 12...

This enamel on aluminum in plexi box by Jay Phillips is a structural contemporary work. Phillips cut and folded his materials to form overlaps and projections. His use of bright colors reflected his early Southern California...

Peter Shire (American, b. 1947) "Springer Fos Dog," 1987, Painted metal sculpture Hand signed, titled and dated on foot, Dimensions: overall: 31"h x 49"w x 20"d Peter Shire (born 1947) is a Los Angeles, California artist. Shire was born in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, where he currently lives and works. His sculpture, furniture, painting, prints and ceramics have been exhibited in the United States, Italy, France, Japan and Poland; Shire has been associated with the Memphis Group of designers, has worked on the Design Team for the XXIII Olympiad with the American Institute of Architects, and has designed public sculptures suitable for outdoors in Los Angeles and other California cities. Shire has been honored by awards for his contribution to the cultural life of the City of Los Angeles. He is an influential LA ceramicist along with and influenced by Ken Price and ceramic master Peter Voulkos. Of a similar mod vibe to Charlie Hewitt and Brad Howe. The Memphis Milano Group was an Italian design and architecture group founded in Milan by Ettore Sottsass in 1982 that designed Post modern furniture, fabrics, ceramics, glass, and welded, painted, metal objects from 1981 to 1988. The Memphis group's work often incorporated plastic laminate and was characterized by ephemeral design featuring colorful and abstract decoration as well as asymmetrical shapes, sometimes arbitrarily alluding to exotic or earlier styles. They drew inspiration from such movements as Art Deco and Pop Art, including styles such as the 1950s Kitsch and futuristic themes. Other members included Martine Bedin Michael Graves, Javier Mariscal, Nathalie du Pasquier, Matteo Thun and Marco Zanuso. He was included in the Sullivan Goss show L.A. in S.B. of Postwar and Contemporary California artists including Emerson Woelffer, Ynez Johnston, Peter Krasnow, Edgar Ewing. Their styles ran the gamut from Post Cubist Abstraction to Abstract Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism. In the rich soil of their efforts was grown the next generation of some of L.A.’s art superstars. As well as contemporary artists such as Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Charles Arnoldi, Betye Saar, Frank Gehry, Kenton Nelson, Peter Shire, Patssi Valdez, and Dave Lefner. Further reading A Neglected History: 20th Century American Craft. New York, New York: American Craft Museum, 1990. Clark, Garth. American Ceramics 1907–Present. New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. Domergue, Denise. Artists Design Furniture. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. Fiell, Charlotte and Peter. 1000 Chairs. Italy: Taschen, 2000. Herman, Lloyd E. Art that Works. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1990. Horn, Richard. Memphis: Objects, Furniture, and Patterns. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press, 1983. Radice, Barbara. Memphis. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1984. Taragin, Davara S. Contemporary Crafts and Saxe Collection, The Toledo Museum of Art. New York, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1993. Tempest in a Teapot: The Ceramic Art of Peter Shire. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1991. Select Museum Collections: Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York Berkeley Museum, Berkeley, California Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, California The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel The Jewish Museum, New york city Judisches Museum, Frankfurt, Germany Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina Museum of Arts and Design, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland Newport Art Museum, Newport Beach, California Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Sak’s Fifth Avenue, New York San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, Washington Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, California Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Total Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom Selected Solo Exhibition venues Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Chouinard Gallery, South Pasadena, California Antonia Jannone Gallery, Milan, Italy Teapots and Drawings, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles, California S.K. Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, Oregon 20th Century Collage...

Artist: Erte, Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) Title: An Evening in 1922 Year: 1982 Medium: Bronze Edition: 61/250 Numbered, 12 AP, 9 HC Size: 17 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription...

Original hand cast bronze dual figure of a hollow dressed torso of a male and female representing Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The bronze sculpture is attributed to the American sculptor Judith Shea. This piece is a maquette for a life size bronze executed by this artist that is located in an outdoor space in Buffalo, New York. Both are titled “Eden” and were done in 1987. Condition is excellent. Unsigned. Label on the bottom of the thick pine base states the artist and title of the artwork. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collector. Judith Shea has been a notable presence in the New York art world since the 1970s. Trained as a designer at Parsons, she soon found the fashion industry too restrictive and abandoned it in favor of making art. For her first solo show, at The Clocktower in 1976, Shea made a work based on color theory, using transparent silks in a spectrum of colors, worn by a live model. Other early work referenced clothing and its construction, first as flat, minimalist pattern and later as molded draping over implied, absent figures. In the 1981 Whitney Biennial, Shea showed three simple forms that evoked iconic clothes of the 1950s and 60s—the overcoat and the simple sheath dress—which hung from the wall as if on hangers. Five related works were included in the Hirshhorn’s Directions 83 survey. All of these works evoke human presence, felt as absence, as if the clothes were placeholders for missing persons. Thinking about her earlier clothes-based works, Shea has said that she “was looking for characters, for personae, really, to occupy them. I used clothes as stand-ins for people.” With the support of NEA grants, Shea began to learn bronze casting, and she was able to also spend time in Paris studying the statuary of its parks and gardens. This research led to several hollow-figure compositions from the 1980s that were designed to be sited in public spaces, such as Eden (John Hancock Tower, Chicago), Shepherd’s Muse (Oliver Ranch), Shield (Sheldon Museum of Art), and Without Words (Walker Art Center). In the 1990s, after a residency at Chesterwood—the site of Daniel Chester French’s studio in Stockbridge—Shea began to use woodcarving to make monumental public sculpture. The first of these full-scale wooden figures were shown in 1992 at the Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris in New York. In 1994 her wooden equestrian statue The Other Monument, a monumental image of a black man on a black horse, was installed at Doris Freedman Plaza in New York, in the same plaza as the William Tecumseh Sherman...

María Simón Argentinian (1922-2009) Untitled (from Serie de los Sobres) 1982 welded and enameled black sheetmetal sculpture Escultura en metal, moldeado, soldado, esmaltado 18 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance: The Graciela Kartofel Collection María Simón Padrós (1922 – 5 July 2009) was an Argentine sculptor. Simón was born in Aguilares, Tucumán in 1922. Her father, John Simon Padrós, was an engineer, a prominent politician and industrialist; her mother was Emilia Dublé. Today she is represented in the collections of the Museo Moderno and the Museo de Bellas Artes, where one of her sculptures is on display until the end of July, along with others by Noemí Gerstein...

Ross Palmer Beecher (born 1957) Hand signed in sharpie on the verso. Dimensions: 19.5"w x 17"h. A unique contemporary found object assemblage tap...

"What Remains" Cast bronze with patina, 1985. Cast at Johnson Atelier, Hamilton NJ Exhibited at Guggenheim Museum 1985 Provenance: Sold through Grace Borgenicht Gallery, NY The second photo is the picture in the catalogue. I received it from the artist. I do not have the catalogue available. Studio handcrafted solid cast bronze Biomorphic shell wall sculpture. Abstract exoskeleton theme. This is a corner piece as can be seen in the catalogue photo (we do not have the catalogue). To be mounted on left side wall of corner, piece reached across to right side across corner (as per artists instructions). Phoebe Adams...

This is an artistic weaving depicting the old city of Jerusalem. Signed in Hebrew and dated verso. it is all Hand Woven. Esther Bensimon is a native of Argentina. She graduated from the Teacher’s College of Yeshiva University in New York City and immigrated to Israel in 1968. She is held in high regard as both an artist and a human being. Perpetually fascinated by the world of art, Esther Bensimon originally fulfilled her yearning to become a part of it by weaving magnificent wall hangings. She was accepted, early in her career, as a member of The House of Quality, the prestigious Jerusalem artist cooperative where she opened her first studio. It is a prestigious venue with sculpture by David Palombo and artists studios Zelig Segal, Ori Resheff, Avi Biran, Menachem Berman...

Artist: Anthony Quinn Title: Song of Zorba Year: 1984 Medium: Bronze sculpture on marble base, signature and year inscribed Size: 24 in. x 20 in. x 9 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm x 22.86...

Georges Charpentier, French (1937 - 2024) - Portrait of A Woman, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Bronze sculpture with gold patina on wooden base, signature and numbering inscribed, Edit...

This sculptural head, crafted from heavy soapstone —a naturally occurring metamorphic rock —depicts a serene Southeast Asian-style figure with softly closed eyes, arched brows, and a...

An original wearable sculpture by Berrocal. Artist: Miguel Berrocal, Spanish (1933 - 2006) Title: Torso Verona Year: 1980 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and numbering inscrib...

Linda Stein, Dream Scepter 159 - Wood, Metal, Stone, Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture In the 1980s, Linda Stein began a series called Ceremonial Scepters, where she imagined an ex...

Linda Stein, Afterlife 164 - Wood, Metal, Stone, Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture In the 1980s, Linda Stein began a series called Ceremonial Scepters, where she imagined an exca...

Linda Stein, Rocking Staff 171 - Wood, Metal, Stone, Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture In the 1980s, Linda Stein began a series called Ceremonial Scepters, where she imagined an ...

Edition of 8 ex. Signed and numbered by the artist HC 1/2 This work is recorded in the Archives of Denyse Durand-Ruel under Nº 3119. César Baldaccini (1921 – 1998) is one of the g...

Zigi Ben-Haim, Metal sculpture Hand signed and dated Zigi Ben-Haim, 1998 Untitled, patinated aluminum or steel, Dimensions: 6"h x 2"w x 2"d This listing is for 1. I have 2 similar...

Brown Vase Ira Sapir, American (1955) Hand-Blown Glass Size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 in. (13.97 x 8.89 x 8.89 cm) Opening is 1 inch in diameter

Eric Rhein “Clarrisa” 1989 Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity Wire, suede, brocade fabric, and found objects 16.5 x 17.5 x 8.5 inches (41.9 x 44.5 x 21.6 cm) This work...

Acrylic on wood sculpture by Giancarlo Impiglia, titled "The Appointment," depicts a male figure, waiting for his appointment, with a hidden rose. The sculpture, probably commission...

The ceramic sculptures of Wisconsin artist Michael Gross are personal narratives that reveal an unusual mix of earthly magic and primal vitality. The artist works in a variety of forms, including figurines, large vessels and furniture. The present vase is among the top tier of his works from the 1980s, showing multiple playful figures in relief around the vessel. In his Neo-Expressionist style, hearkening to the works of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, the figures are colored in painterly polychrome. Also, not unlike the painted narrative vessels of Ancient Greece, though much more subversive, many of the figures and stories are identified with text: 'King of Fart,' 'Dance Little Sister,' 'Girls for Every Boy,' and 'Beach Boy.' 22 x 13 x 12 inches overall Signed 'Gross' near base Dated 1986 near upper rim SELECTED COLLECTIONS INCLUDING WORKS BY GROSS: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Sharon Lynne Wilson...

Bronze relief sculpture on table mirror. Incised Erte signature with stamped numbered edition, foundry and date. From the edition of 250. Certific...

Georges Charpentier, French (1937 - 2024) - Thinking Figure, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Bronze sculpture with gold patina on wooden base, signature and numbering inscribed, Edition:...