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Realist Sculptures

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
Jean-Baptiste Clésinger, Bronze cast+ Battle of the Roman buls
Located in Gent, VOV
Battle of the Roman bulls A heroic size, probably twentieth-century cast, of the battle of the Roman bulls after Jean-Baptiste Clésinger. Signed Clésinger on the terrace. Clésinger ...
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19th Century Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Life Size Sculpture of Female Head in Terracotta Clay "Klaudia"
Located in New York, NY
Terracotta life-size female head. Rushton sculpts all of his busts using live models over the course of multiple sittings. While realistic and classical in character, his sculpture...
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2010s Realist Sculptures

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Clay, Terracotta

The Speaker
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number in the bronze base of the piece. 3/30
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Troubetzkoy Paulo (1866 - 1938)+ Bronze Cowboy Sculpture
Located in Gent, VOV
This striking bronze cowboy sculpture by renowned artist Paolo Troubetzkoy depicts a cowboy riding a bucking bronco. Cast in bronze and featur...
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Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Platypuses
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Platypuses, ca. 1940 Granite 10.25" wide, 8" deep, height is 20.5" Very heavy, dense stone. Weighs approx. 125-150 lbs. Provenance: Estate of Mrs. M...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Granite

Platypuses
Platypuses
$2,800 Sale Price
65% Off
Michael Standing
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist EXHIBITIONS California Art Clubs 95th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition April 2 - 23...
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Early 2000s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Cottontail
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece. 20/20
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Young Penguin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Young Penguin, ca. 1950 Carved Tennessee Marble 8.5" x 7" by 3.5", height is 13 inches. Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison. Born: Kingfisher, O...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Marble

Young Penguin
Young Penguin
$3,000 Sale Price
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Catrina en Día de Muertos - Ceramic Sculpture - Mexican Folk Art - Cactus Fine A
By Alvaro de la Cruz Lopez
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
MASTERPIECE Made with natural ceramic. Hand-modeled technique and cooked in a wood-fired oven. LISTING =================================== 1 Ceramic Catrina =======================...
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2010s Realist Sculptures

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Clay

Earth, midsize
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a woman representing the element of earth.
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Early 2000s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Summer Breeze
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on base of bronze with an edition number. 9/35
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Two meters pear tree wrough iron sculpture. Unique piece. In outdoor sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
Pear Tree Sculpture. Elegant, fine and unique piece, not replicable. Forged on wrought iron. Made by six different branches, easy assembled. The sculptor is fresh from the success ...
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2010s Realist Sculptures

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Iron

Winged Grace
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed Artist's signature and edition number on the bronze base of the piece. 2/50
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Life Size Sculpture of Male Head in Patina Bronze "Giorgi"
Located in New York, NY
Bronze life-size male head with a dark brown patina. Rushton sculpts all of his busts using live models over the course of multiple sittings. While realistic and classical in charac...
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2010s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Whitetail
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist's signature and edition number inscribed in the the bronze base of the piece. 38/65
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Tradition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number. 1/25
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Horse Feathers
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/engraved by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number. Open Edition #7
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Family Vacation
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece. 24/40
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Black Swan
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Black Swan , ca. 1950 Carved and polished black pearl granite 7" wide, 11.5" deep, height is 29" Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison. Born: Kin...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Granite

Black Swan
Black Swan
$7,500 Sale Price
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Silver plated bronze proof, Pierrot or mime Deburau by Vermare André César (1869
Located in Gent, VOV
Pierrot or Mime Deburau Charles Deburau (February 15, 1829 – December 19, 1873) was an important French mime, the son and successor of the legendary Jean-Gaspard Deburau, who was im...
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Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Sitting Ballerina Cast Bronze Figure on Granite Base
Located in Toronto, ON
Bronze sculpture of a ballerina taking a rest. Her leotard is patinated to a lovely green shade to contrast with the bronze colour of the rest of her figure. Ballet slippers are visi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Granite, Bronze

THE LAST DAYS OF NAPOLÉON BY
Located in New Orleans, LA
This highly evocative bronze by Vincenzo Vela captures the deposed Emperor Napoléon on his deathbed, holding a map of Europe and lost in thought about what might have been. Remarkable among most portrayals of the exiled leader, this highly detailed sculpture depicts Napoléon at his most vulnerable. Nonetheless, Vela perfectly captures his still-heroic bearing, which imparts to this work a monumental quality and quiet dignity. The mate to this figure is the colossal marble at the Musée du Château de Malmaison, which was shown at the Paris Salon of 1867. The founder of the verismo movement in Italy, Vela was one of the great exponents of realism in sculpture. Born in Ligornetto, Switzerland in 1820, he studied under celebrated sculptor, Benedetto Cacciatori. He was also influenced both by the work of Tuscan sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, who seamlessly combined neoclassicism with naturalism and the romantic painting of Francesco Hayez...
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19th Century Realist Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Ram
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Ram, ca. 1940 Carved diorite 9" long, 6" wide, height is 7.5" Rusty band on hind quarter is a naturally occurring iron ore occlusion in stone, which bot...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Granite

Ram
Ram
$2,000 Sale Price
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Mother and child
Located in Täby, SE
Teuvo Kotilainen was born in 1925 in Rääkylä and died 2010 in Tampere. He was a finnish sculptor inspired by Jussi Mäntynen and his lynxs and he performed se...
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1970s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Six Miles South
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed/signed by Artist on base of sculpture with edition number. 7/50
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

"The Muses Suit" Bronze Collection of Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theater, 42/65
Located in Dallas, TX
Step into the world of artistic elegance with our exclusive offer on the Muses suite by master sculptor Frederick Hart. Each bronze head, representing Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theat...
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Early 2000s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

By The River
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number. 3/9
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Classic Cast Bronze Sculpture of a Horse
Located in Toronto, ON
A realistic sculpture of a standing horse in bronze on a black marble base. Bronze base is patinated in a different tone to imitate ground. Siegfried (Siggy) Puchta was born in 1933...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Antique Bronze Portrait Draft Horse by Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Portrait of a Draft Horse Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901) Circa 1840s Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth atop a marble s...
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1870s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Pole Dancer-original nude figurative bronze sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Christ with Crown of Thorns / - Seeing gaze -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Thoma (1839 Bernau - 1924 Karlsruhe), Christ with Crown of Thorns, 1902. Brass relief plate in niello technique with raised sections, 38 cm x 40 cm. Monogrammed and dated “hTh 1...
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Early 1900s Realist Sculptures

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Brass

Grupo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Grupo" 1982 is an original Mixograph cast paper bas relief by Costa Rican/Mexican artist Francisco Zuniga, 1912-1998. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 24/10...
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Late 20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Other Medium

Mountain Goat
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Mountain Goat, ca. 1950. Carved granite. 6.25" long, 3.25" wide, height is 6.25" Born: Kingfisher, OK Education: University of Missouri John Flannag...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Granite

Mountain Goat
Mountain Goat
$1,950 Sale Price
35% Off
Farm Pond Urn
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 8/200
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Buffalo Pot
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye. Edition #78/100. Signed on bronze sculpture.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Solitude
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number. 9/39
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

PAULA BLACKMAN Seated Cat Bronze Sculpture Black Patina 2017 FEMALE ARTIST
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
“Bast” is A limited edition bronze sculpture of a seated black cat on a black marble base. Black patin From the limited edition of 8. Signed 1/8 Paula Blackman has been a bronze scu...
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2010s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 43x31x18 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 56/65. I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness) as a single expression of creation, as the metamorph...
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Early 2000s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Embryo Lizard
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Embryo, ca. 1940. Carved Italian granite. 12.5" wide, 8.5" deep, height is 5" Measurement are for stone form alone. It sits 12.5 inches tall at a pitch ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Granite

Embryo Lizard
Embryo Lizard
$2,400 Sale Price
40% Off
Eternity
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #17/75 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen. Signed on bronze sculpture.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Where the Hare
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #10/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen. Signed on bronze sculpture.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Moon Song II
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #2/9 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen. Signed on bronze sculpture.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

"Delft Frog 1" - Hand-Painted Resin Sculpture by Nana Williams, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Nana Williams' "Delft Frog 1" is an exquisitely crafted small-scale sculpture blending contemporary artistry with classic Delftware aesthetics. This one-of-a-kind piece is made from ...
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2010s Realist Sculptures

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Resin, Acrylic, Gouache

Pecheur / - Full of anticipation -
Located in Berlin, DE
Adolphe Jean Lavergne (1863-1928), Pecheur, c. 1900. Brown patinated bronze with rectangular cast plinth on a green marble base (3 cm high), total height with hinge 37 cm, width 9 cm, depth 8 cm, weight 2.9 kg, signed “Lavergne” on the plinth. - Base with old drilling and a few oxidized areas, patina occasionally rubbed, somewhat stained in the folds. - Full of anticipation - This bronze is the larger, highly detailed version of the fisherman that made Parisian artist Adolphe Jean Lavergne famous. In preparation for fishing, the boy prepares his rod before heading out to sea. The attachment of the iron ring and the rope behind him suggest a quay wall and a boat moored there. However, the depiction is entirely focused on the actual action of the young fisherman: With equal skill and concentration, he bends a hook to connect it to the fishing line. The contrast with his casual clothing, the loose-fitting trousers, the open shirt with its "wild" folds, and, last but not least, the sun hat boldly perched on his neck, reinforces the impression of the attentive care with which he goes about his work. His gaze makes him appear absorbed, as if he has forgotten the world around him and yet he is visibly filled with anticipation of fishing. GERMAN VERSION Adolphe Jean Lavergne (1863-1928), Pecheur, um 1890. Braun patinierte Bronze mit rechteckiger gegossener Plinthe auf grünem Marmorsockel (3 cm Höhe), Gesamthöhe mit Angel 37 cm, Breite 9 cm, Tiefe 8 cm, Gewicht 2,9 kg, auf der Plinthe mit „Lavergne“ signiert. - Sockel mit alter Bohrung und wenigen oxidierten Stellen, Patina mitunter berieben, in den Falten vereinzelt etwas fleckig. - Voller Vorfreude - Die Bronzefigur ist die größere äußerst detaillierte Ausführung des Fischers, mit dem der Pariser Künstler Adolphe Jean Lavergne bekannt geworden ist. In Vorbereitung auf das Fischen präpariert der Junge die Angel...
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1890s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Keeping the Ball Rolling
Located in Greenwich, CT
Life-size sculpture of a bare-footed boy balancing himself atop a ball.
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1980s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Seated Figure
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Exhibitions Beauty and the Power of Sculpture, American Legacy Fine Arts, Octobe...
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Early 2000s Realist Sculptures

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Plaster

Pioneer Woman Children, Bronze and Marble Sculpture by Harold Castor
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Master sculptor Harold Castor created this realistic depiction of the Pioneer Woman seeking new land and opportunity in the American West with her two ch...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Baboon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Baboon, ca. 1940 Carved and weathered Walnut 12" wide, 12" deep, height is 26.5" Please note the bottom surface is not perfectly flat and the piece lean...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Walnut

Baboon
Baboon
$2,500 Sale Price
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Weather Prophet (Rooster)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) "Weather Prophet", Rooster. ca. 1940. Carved Granite. 7.25" wide, 10.25" deep, height is 19.25" Exhibition History: Whitney Museum, 1949 Annual of Con...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Granite

Carved wooden lectern - Eagle. Italy, 19th century
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved wooden lectern - Eagle. Italy, 19th century. 88 x 55 x h 153 cm. Made entirely of carved wood in the shape of an eagle. - This item is sold with a certificate of authentic...
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Early 19th Century Realist Sculptures

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Wood

Julio Pedro Borrego Woman in Bathing Suit
Located in San Francisco, CA
Julio Pedro Borrego is a Colombian artist born in 1951. He is obviously. Influenced by the Colombian master Botero as he likes to portray Rubenesque women. This fabulous.Bronze of a...
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1980s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Marble Bust of a Young Apollo
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Grand Tour Marble Bust of a Young Apollo (Late 19th Century) Marble bust on a swivel marble base Unsigned 24 ½" high x 21" wide x 9 1/2 " deep...
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Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures

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Marble

"The Source", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture Fountain, Half Life Size, 1995
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Source" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with a glass orb and a working water fountain with edition 94/175. This edition has been Sold out from the creation date of 1995...
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1990s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Puppy Love
Located in Greenwich, CT
"This piece was commissioned by the American Animal Hospital Association as an award for the best veterinary hospital in animal care. After a lot of ha...
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Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

"Reclining Figure", Frederick Hart, Bronze Figurative Sculpture, 7x14x7 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"Reclining Figure" by Frederick Hart is a figurative female and male figure bronze sculpture with the edition number 54/65. Frederick Hart was an American sculptor. His is best known for his Three Soldiers statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Ex Nihilo (1983) depicting Creation scenes above the doors of the Washington National Cathedral...
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Early 2000s Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Seated Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Seated Woman, ca. 1950 Carved and polished red Italian marble 4.75" wide, 6 3/8" deep, height is 16.5"" Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison. Born...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Stone

Seated Woman
Seated Woman
$3,500 Sale Price
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Monkey
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Monkey, ca. 1940 Carved New Hampshire granite 8.5" by 5", height is 16.5" Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison. Born: Kingfisher, OK Education: ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Granite

Monkey
Monkey
$4,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Sleeping Cat
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Sleeping Cat, ca. 1940 Carved Vermont granite 7.5" wide, 5" deep, height is 7" Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison. Born: Kingfisher, OK Educat...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Granite

Sleeping Cat
Sleeping Cat
$2,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Portrait of Lady Lucy Henderson
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
John Edward Jones (Irish – 1806-1862) “Portrait of Lady Lucy Henderson” Signed and dated London 1858, and inscribed, “Lucy Henderson, Nee Durham” 28 ½” high x 20 ½” wide x 11” deep Provenance: Collection Saratoga Springs, NY About John Edward Jones was born in Dublin on May 2nd, 1806. He was the son of a miniature painter Edward Jones. He was trained as an engineer under Alexander Nimmo and worked with him on many important works in Ireland, including the building of the bridge at Waterford between 1829 in 1832, of which he was in charge. A taste and an aptitude for sculpture induced him to relinquish his prospects as an engineer and he commenced practice in London as a sculptor. He achieved considerable success, especially in portrait busts, and was employed by many notable persons of the time. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844 and continue to do so until his death. He executed a considerable number of bust of Irish personages. He paid occasional visits to Dublin where he contributed to the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1847, 1852,1853 and 1854. A full-length statue by him of Sir Robert...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Sculptures

Cinnamon Bear
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Cinnamon Bear, ca. 1950 Carved red granite 11" wide, 11" deep, height (including wood base) is 15" Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison. Born: ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

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Granite

Cinnamon Bear
Cinnamon Bear
$2,500 Sale Price
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Realist sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Frederick Hart, Gary Alsum, SOPHIE MARTIN, and Peter Brooke. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Bronze and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist sculptures, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $550 and tops out at $935,000, while the average work sells for $7,200.