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Art Subject: Baby
19th Century Madonna Adoring the Infant Jesus Italian School Ceramic White Blue
Located in Sanremo, IT
Cantagalli-manufactured ceramics measuring 125 x 67 cm depicting a sweet Madonna adoring the Child Jesus and the Holy Spirit. At the beginning of the 19th century, Ulisse Cantagalli...
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1830s Italian School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Wild Kong, flame red, Richard Orlinski
Located in Porto, 13
WILD KONG Is a signature Richard Orlinski piece. It declares itself invincible with its open mouth and fearsome teeth as it beats its chest with mighty fists. But the ferocious beast...
Category

2010s Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Large Orientalist Bust in Marble of Armida French School 19th century Signed
Located in Pistoia, IT
Zacharie Rimbez (active between 19th and 20th centuries). White marble Orientalist bust depicting Armida, second half of the 19th century. Armida is a Muslim sorceress, a charact...
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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Heraldic Griffin Guardian; full body gargoyle/grotesque beast with shield
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...
Category

1920s Gothic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Supreme Robotcat : Candy Cybernetic Maestro
Located in PARIS, FR
2006, edition of 20 resin fiberglass painted varnished 39 2/5 × 23 3/5 × 15 7/10 in - 100 × 60 × 40 cm The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition number and date...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin

KAWS TOGETHER 2018 (set of 2 works new in original packaging)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Together: Set of 2 works (Black and Grey). New and unopened in their original packaging. In TOGETHER, KAWS’s iconic “Companions” are interlocked, consoling each other in an eve...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Contemporary Hand-Carved Camphor Wood Sculpture: "Strolling" by Ser Uang Huang
Located in Taichung, TW
Designer's Note: Lighthearted Joy: This sculpture brings a sense of lighthearted joy to any interior. The figure's charming, leaning posture and serene smile capture a moment of pur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Large Zen Beech Wood Sculpture "Joy of Carefree Living" by Ser Uang Huang
Located in Taichung, TW
Designer's Note: Grounding Presence: Weighing nearly 24 kg (52.5 lbs), this sculpture possesses a significant physical presence. Its solid, grounded form makes it an ideal anchor pi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Large Hand-Carved Camphor Wood Sculpture "Serenity" by Ser Uang Huang
Located in Taichung, TW
Designer's Note: Statement Piece: With its impressive height (41.3 inches) and vertical elegance, "Serenity" commands attention without overwhelming a space. It is perfectly scaled ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

A French 19th Century Carved Marble Whimsical Figural Urn Fountain with Children
Located in LA, CA
A very fine large, rare and charming, French, 19th century. Belle Époque carved white marble whimsical figural urn fountain depicting children climbing on an urn with flowers and gar...
Category

Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

KAWS Holiday UK (KAWS UK holiday black)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS: HOLIDAY United Kingdom Black (KAWS UK): KAWS' signature character COMPANION presented in an upright standing position with its eyes covered. New in their original packaging - ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Duo Sculpture Mixed Media Modern Animal Dog Bird Surreel Figurative In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Duo Sculpture Mixed Media Modern Animal Dog Bird Surreel Figurative In Stock Corjan Nodelijk is a composer and a professional storyteller. The quirky and surreal creatures - mostly ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Sisters, Contemporary Hand-Carved Wooden Figure Sculpture
Located in Taichung, TW
Ser Uang Huang’s Sisters carries a quiet warmth, portraying two figures standing side by side with simple, tender expressions. Their presence reflects the familiarity of lifelong com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

ANCIENT ROMAN ALABASTER BUST OF THE GOD SERAPIS, ROME CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Located in Milan, IT
Wearing a chiton with a himation draped at the left shoulder, and a modius on the crown of his head, the god's characteristic luxuriant wavy hair falling in ri...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Erotic Sexual Mythological Marble Figural, Nude woman, Bacchante and Satyr Herm
Located in Miami, FL
Bacchic revelry. A sexy and nude curvaceous young Nymph/Bacchante makes amorous advances to a Herm - whose facial expression reflects her erotic touch. The Herm is stylized where his...
Category

Mid-19th Century Old Masters Nude Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Original Marble Sculpture - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Portrait go Giuseppe Garibaldi is an original decorative marble sculpture realized in Italy by Italian manufacture during the end of the XIX century. The alabaster marble sta...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

KAWS CHUM (KAWS white Chum companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS CHUM Companion 2022 (white): Published by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his famed KAWS’ Chum character; "I can remember clearly packing and shipping the first CHUM...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS "Along The Way (Gray)" Toy Sculpture
By KAWS
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: KAWS, Title: Along The Way (Gray) Series: Toys Date: 2019 Medium: Sculpture Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 7.5" x 3.5" Signature: Stamped Edition: Open Edition KAWS (Am...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

PVC

Vintage Ostrich Egg and Metal Rhinoceros
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Amusing Rhinoceros object of art crafted with an ostrich egg and silvered, hammered metal head, legs and tail.
Category

20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Louis XVI, The Sun King
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Signed, dated and numbered to underside 'K Wiley 06 99/250' Published by Cerealart, Philadelphia.
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Masked
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description Masked suggests a sense of mystery and eccentricity, and begs the question: Who is the man behind the mask? ...
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble

Death of a Spirit Guide
Located in New Orleans, LA
"This narrative questions the storyline that the wolf was the threat; but rather the Huntsman was the predator." KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles. Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box into a tenement building in Affordable Housing 2017, a jewelry box into a wheelchair in Last Lily Foot 2016, an old shoe shine box...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Chul-Su (Monotone)
By KAWS
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Chul-Su (Monotone) By KAWS 2025 AllRightsReserved x Netflix, for the return of Squid Game Season 3 Vinyl 38 cm / 15 in Open Edition (Sold Out)
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Vinyl

A Roy Good Times
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Mixed Media

Human face gargoyle/grotesque snarling man; Gothic Limestone Carving
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...
Category

1920s Gothic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Late 15th Century By Florentine School Madonna with Child Bas-relief
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Late 15th Century Florentine School Madonna with Child Bas-relief Pietra serena (a blue-gray sandstone) 85.5 x 60.5 cm Provenance: - via Stefano Bardini purchased in 1896 by Prince ...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

Pain Killer (rouge) Contemporary Sculpture, Glass Acrylic, 2010-
Located in Montreal, Quebec
In 2015, I made a series of sculptures called "HYPERland" illustrating the utopia promised by the "liberal democracy" and the dystopia that is rather created by the market and financ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Acrylic, Polymer

Disney Collaboration Grey Hollow Mickey Resin Sculpture Edition of 500
Located in Draper, UT
For sale is a remarkable artwork by the renowned contemporary artist, Daniel Arsham, in collaboration with APPortfolio and Disney. The piece, titled "Hollow Mickey (Grey)" was produc...
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Urbancat Magnifico : Kitty Metropolis Muse
Located in PARIS, FR
2006, edition of 12 resin fiberglass painted & varnished 59 1/10 in - 150 x 80 x 60 cm The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition number and date under the artwork The...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Niemand (UE)
Located in Denver, CO
In German, the meaning of the word "niemand" ranges from nobody, none, and no one to anybody. Apply that to Viktor's unique sculptures and a dose of humorous social commentary meets...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Polyurethane

Cracked Bear - Pink
Located in London, GB
Cracked Bear - Pink, 2019 Fabric, plaster, and pigment Edition of 500 + AP with a holographic label verifying its edition number and authenticity. 24.76 x 20 x 20 cm In mint conditio...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Plaster, Pigment

Large Antique Marble Bust of Apollo of Belvedere 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique bust of Apollo of Belvedere. Finely carved carrara marble. Mid 19th century. Italian. Please, contact us for shipping options. Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques # nude male greek roman mercury statue...
Category

19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble

American Contemporary Book Sculpture by Alexander Korzer-Robinson - Cassell s
Located in Paris, IDF
Book Sculpture, signed Alexander Korzer-Robinson Robert Robinson is an American artist born in 1960 who lives and works in London, UK. He creates 3-D media artworks using comic bo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Human face gargoyle/grotesque screaming man; Gothic Limestone Carving
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...
Category

1920s Gothic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Jackson Pollock Bearbrick 400% Companion (Jackson Pollock BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jackson Pollock 400% & 100% Bearbrick Vinyl Figure (set of 2): A rare highly collectible Bearbrick Jackson Pollock statue piece, splattered from head to toe in Pollock’s signature art; includes a recreation of the artist’s signature located on the verso along with a trademarked stamp from the Estate of Pollock-Krasner. New and housed in its original collector’s box. Medium: Vinyl Figurine. Year: 2020. Dimensions of larger figurine: 11 x 5 inches. Condition: New in its original packaging. Published by Medicom from a sold out limited series of unknown. Further Background BE@RBRICKs are a form of collectible toy that resemble a cross between LEGO and well, a bear. These block-style figurines boast teddy bear-style heads that have become an integral pillar of the collectible toy scene. In fact, it wouldn’t be so far-fetched to say that it almost single-handedly carved out the fad of toy collecting in modern times, treading the very fine line between toy and art. Since its inception, BE@RBRICKs have become one of the most recognizable characters in the world, and some of the most sought after. Jackson Pollock was one of the most famous Post-War American artists. A pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, Pollock’s drip paintings ushered in a new era of non-representational art. “It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said,” he once remarked. “Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.” Born Paul Jackson Pollock on January 28, 1912 in Cody, WY, he studied painting at the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles during the late 1920s, where he befriended Philip Guston. In the fall of 1930, Pollock moved to New York where he studied under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Joining the WPA in 1937, Pollock painted murals around the country in a style reminiscent both of Benton and the Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco. After the WPA program ended, Pollock took on a number of odd jobs and began producing Surrealist works related to those of Joan Miró. An early champion of his work, Peggy Guggenheim hosted Pollock’s first solo show at her gallery Art of This Century in 1943. The paintings that emerged from his Long Island studio during the late 1940s came to exemplify his entire career. Works such as Blue Poles (1952), generated enormous media attention, and turned Pollock into a celebrity beyond the scope of the art world. At the age of 44, his celebrated career was cut short when the artist died in a car accident involving his mistress Ruth Kligman, on August 11, 1956 in East Hampton, NY. He was survived by his wife the painter Lee Krasner. In 2006, Pollock’s No. 5 (1948) was sold by David Geffen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Hand-Carved Zen Wood Sculpture "Half Leisure" by Ser Uang Huang
Located in Taichung, TW
Designer's Note: Mindful Decor: This sculpture embodies the art of slowing down. Its compact size (11.8 inches high) makes it an ideal companion for a tea table, a desk, or a low si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Hand-Carved Camphor Wood Sculpture "Little Auspiciousness" by Ser Uang Huang
Located in Taichung, TW
Designer's Note: Uplifting Atmosphere: This sculpture radiates a contagious sense of optimism. Its vertical posture and upward gaze naturally draw the eye, making it an inspiring fo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Contemporary Hand-Carved Camphor Wood Sculpture "Encounter" by Ser Uang Huang
Located in Taichung, TW
Designer's Note: Perfect Scale: Standing at 28 inches (71 cm) tall, this sculpture is an ideal statement piece for a hallway console, a side table in a living area, or a recessed wa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Contemporary Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture "Just So" by Ser Uang Huang
Located in Taichung, TW
Designer's Note: Ideal Placement: With its medium height (20 inches) and solid presence, this sculpture works beautifully as a focal point on a sideboard, entryway console, or a low...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

New Horizon - 21st Century Contemporary Realistic Cardboard Sculpture
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Wijnand Driessen (Dutch artist) New Horizon 14 x 7 x 6 cm Cardboard Artist Wijnand Driessen lives and works in Eindhoven but was born and raised in Nuenen, just a stone’s throw fro...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cardboard

Steel Sumocat : Metallic Majesty
Located in PARIS, FR
2008, Edition of 8 Stainless steel polished 39 2/5 × 47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in - 100 × 120 × 80 cm The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition number and date under the artwor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

KAWS TOGETHER Grey (KAWS grey together)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TOGETHER Companion 2018: A rare sealed/unopened example in excellent condition. Medium: Vinyl Paint & Cast Resin. 10 x 8 inches. New/sealed in its original packaging; packagi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Mother Holding Baby Large Clay Sculpture Pre Columbian Style
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Mother Holding Baby, large terra-cotta and clay sculpture. From the Totonaca culture (state of Veracruz). Modern Pre Columbian style large sculpt...
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Terracotta, Resin

Female Figure Bust
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian School Female Figure Carved Alabaster Bust, late 19th century, the portrait with tied back hair and flowing dress tied at her breast, on a rockwork plinth, unsigned. 26" H x ...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Couple. Porcelain vases 2 x h 9 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Unique vases in the shape of human heads made from the finest porcelain by Ilona Romule, leading sculptor in Latvia The artwork titled "Couple" consists of two porcelain vases. Each...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

40cm Teddy LV Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
Information : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was inspired...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

David Hostetler Carved Nickle Sculpture Silver Modern Female Bust 1980s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Bust of Quiet Woman is cast nickel. The surface was then re-carved to accent each of the original marks in the wood. This is the only Hostetler sculpture ever cast in nickel and the ...
Category

1980s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Basquiat Warhol Be@rbrick 1000% set of 2 works (Basquiat Warhol Bearbrick)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol Jean-Michel Basquiat Bearbrick Figures: (1000%): Set of 2 works circa 2021: unique, timeless & well-sized Warhol Basquiat statue figures (27 in heigh), trademarked & lice...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

"FIESTA SONG" ACCORDION PLAYER BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 19 x 13 x 9 Medium: Bronze Sculpture "Fiesta Song" Accordion Player John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was design...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hebru Brantley Flyboy Hebru Brantley Gaia set of 2 (Hebru Brantley art toys)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley GAIA (Hebru Brantley Lil Mama as Gaia) / Hebru Brantley FLYBOY: a set of 2 works: Vinyl figures: 2 individual works. c.2017 (flyboy) & 2021 (gaia). Gaia: 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Flyboy: 9 x 8 inches. Each new, never displayed; accompanied by original packaging. Published by Hebru Brantley from a limited series of unknown. Unsigned as issued. Hebru Brantley Gaia: Hebru Brantley’s ethereal art toy features his much iconic, Lil Mama character as Gaia, the fabled personification of Mother Earth. Wearing her traditional aviator goggles, Lil Mama glides on a cloud high above everyday life. Brantley has designed Gaia as an amulet that he says, will ‘…provide you and those you love with blessings and protection…’ Hebru Brantley Flyboy: Artist Statement: "Flyboy came out of characters of colour within popular culture. I hate saying “popular culture,” but it’s really popular culture. I mean you look at cartoons. You’ve got animated sponges and ducks and birds and whatever, and it’s very rare to see a popular character within any medium that is African-American, Latino, even Asian. What I wanted to do was create that, but in a space of high art and be able to have some historical context to that character. So I looked at the Tuskegee Airmen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Vinyl

"Mother Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Mother and Child" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman and her baby numbered 43/150. Inspired by the birth of his own child, Frederick Hart masterfully ce...
Category

1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic Polymer

Keith Haring Bearbrick 400%: set of 4 works (Keith Haring BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% Figures: Set of 4 works (c.2019-2021): Unique, timeless Keith Haring collectibles, each trademarked & licensed by the artist's estate. The partnered figur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Push Up Wood Figure
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This push up wooden figure features Ai Weiwei standing on top of a Han Dynasty urn printed with one of his trademark "ism's." It is inspired by his artwork ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Heraldic Lion Guardian; full body gargoyle/grotesque beast with shield
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...
Category

1920s Gothic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Hebru Brantley Gaia (Hebru Brantley Lil Mama as Gaia)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley GAIA (Hebru Brantley Lil Mama as Gaia): Hebru Brantley’s ethereal art toy features his much iconic, Lil Mama character as Gaia, the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Vinyl

Italian Marble Sculpture Statue of a Nude Beauty by Aristide Petrilli
Located in New York, NY
ARISTIDE PETRILLI Italian, (1868-1930) Flora (Allegory of Spring) Signed Prof Pedrilli; Galleria Bazzanti Firenze 49 inches high (Statue); 32 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches (Pedestal) Notes: Finely carved Italian carrara marble of a nude beauty signed Prof Petrilli...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Barbies and Boys
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene

Roman 18th century terracotta model for the sculpture of San Camillo de Lellis
Located in London, GB
This remarkably fluid terracotta bozetto was made in preparation for Pietro Pacilli’s most important public commission, a large-scale marble statue of San Camillo de Lellis for the nave of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Expressively modelled, this terracotta sculpture is a rare and significant work made by a major Roman sculptor at a transformative moment of European sculpture. Pacilli began his working life on the great Baroque decorative projects initiated in the seventeenth century, but he found success as a restorer of ancient sculpture working to finish antiquities for a tourist market, becoming an important figure in the emergence of an archaeologically minded Neoclassicism. Pacilli trained Vincenzo Pacetti and provided important decorative work for the Museo Pio-Clementino, at the same time he is recorded restoring some of the most celebrated antiquities excavated and exported during the period. Pacilli was born into a family of Roman craftsmen, his father Carlo was a wood carver, and Pacilli is recorded working with him on the Corsini Chapel in San Giovanni Laternao as early as 1735. In 1738 his terracotta model of Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife won the first prize in the second class of the sculpture concorso at the Accademia di San Luca, this is particularly notable as Bartolomeo Cavaceppi came third. He worked as a carver and stuccoist completing works for the churches of San Marco and SS. Trinita dei Domeniciani Spagnoli. Pacilli operated as a sculptor and restorer of antiquities from his studio at the top of the Spanish Steps, close to Santa Trinita dei Monti, where he is listed as a potential vendor to the Museo Pio-Clementino in 1770. In 1763 Pacilli completed a silver figure of San Venanzio for the treasury of San Venanzio. He is recorded as Pacetti’s first master and it was evidently through Pacilli that he began to acquire his facility as a restorer of ancient sculpture. Pacilli, at his studio ‘poco prima dell’Arco della Regina alla Trinita dei Monti,’ exercised, what the nineteenth-century scholar, Adolf Michaelis called ‘rejuvenating arts’ on several important pieces of classical sculpture, including in 1760 the group of a Satyr with a Flute for the natural brother of George III, General Wallmoden, Hanovarian minister at Vienna. In 1765, Dallaway and Michaelis record that Pacilli was responsible for the restorations, including the addition of a new head, to the Barberini Venus which he had acquired from Gavin Hamilton. The Venus was then sold to Thomas Jenkins, who in turn passed it on to William Weddell at Newby Hall. In 1767 Pacilli exported a series of ancient busts ‘al naturale’ including portraits of Antinous, Julius Ceaser and Marus Aurelius, also a statue of a Muse and a Venus. As early as 1756 Pacilli seems to have been operating as an antiquarian, helping to disperse the collection of the Villa Borrioni. Pacilli supplied sculpture to notable British collectors, including Charles Townley, who on his first trip to Italy purchased the Palazzo Giustiniani statue of Hecate from Pacilli. Pacilli was involved with the Museo Pio Clementino from its conception, supplying busts of Julius Ceaser and a Roman Woman as well as completing stucco putti surmounting the arms of Pope Bendedict XIV to signal the entrance to the new Museo Critiano. In 1750 Il Diario Ordinario del Chracas announced that Pacilli had begun work on a sculpture of San Camillo de Lellis for St Peter’s. Camillo de Lellis founded his congregation, the Camillians, with their distinctive red felt crosses stitched on black habits in 1591. Having served as a soldier in the Venetian army, Camillo de Lellis became a novitiate of the Capuchin friars, he moved to Rome and established a religious community for the purpose of caring for the sick. In 1586 Pope Sixtus V formerly recognised the Camillians and assigned them to the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Rome. Camillo de Lellis died in 1614 and was entombed at Santa Maria Maddalena, he was canonised by Benedict XIV on June 26, 1746. It was an occasion that prompted the Camillians to make a number of significant artistic commissions, including two canvases by Pierre Subleyras showing episodes from San Camillo’s life which they presented to Benedict XIV. In 1750 Pacilli was commissioned to fill one of the large niches on the north wall of the nave with a sculpture of San Camillo. The present terracotta bozetto presumably had two important functions, to enable Pacilli to work out his ideas for the finished sculpture and at the same time to show his design to the various commissioning bodies. In this case it would have been Cardinal Alessandro Albani and Monsignor Giovan Francesco Olivieri, the ‘economo’ or treasurer of the fabric of St Peter’s. Previously unrecorded, this terracotta relates to a smaller, less finished model which has recently been identified as being Pacilli’s first idea for his statue of San Camillo. Preserved in Palazzo Venezia, in Rome, the terracotta shows San Camillo with his left hand clutching his vestments to his breast; the pose and action more deliberate and contained than the finished sculpture. In producing the present terracotta Pacilli has expanded and energised the figure. San Camillo is shown with his left hand extended, his head turned to the right, apparently in an attempt to look east down the nave of St Peter’s. The model shows Pacilli experimenting with San Camillo’s costume; prominently on his breast is the red cross of his order, whilst a sense of animation is injected into the figure through the billowing cloak which is pulled across the saint’s projecting right leg. The power of the restrained, axial contrapposto of bent right leg and outstretched left arm, is diminished in the final sculpture where a baroque fussiness is introduced to the drapery. What Pacilli’s terracotta demonstrates, is that he conceived the figure of San Camillo very much in line with the immediate tradition of depicting single figures in St Peter’s; the rhetorical gesture of dynamic saint, arm outstretched, book in hand, head pointed upwards was perhaps borrowed from Camillo Rusconi’s 1733 sculpture of St. Ignatius...
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18th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

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By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS UK Holiday Companion Brown & KAWS Passing through: 2 works: KAWS UK Holiday: KAWS' signature character COMPANION presented in an upright and seated position with its eyes covered. Published to commemorate the debut of KAWS’ large sculptures...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Resin, Vinyl

Chimera Cowboy
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua Goode travels the world performi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Acrylic Polymer

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