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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
Antique bronze nude gladiator/ swordsman - Signed "Rudolf Marcuse" + "Gladenbeck
By Rudolf Marcuse
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique bronze nude gladiator/ swordsman - Signed "Rudolf Marcuse" + "Gladenbeck Berlin"
Dimensions:
Sculpture: 16.5 cm high
Base: 6.5 cm high
To...
Category
Early 20th Century Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Couple
Located in New York, NY
This pair of male and female brass masks are emblematic of Hagenauer’s highly stylized Art Deco design. The artist’s reductionist approach together with a nod to African tribal shiel...
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Et in Arcadia Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Mythology Contemporary Classic
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Et in Arcadia Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Mythology Contemporary Classic
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a pe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Inner Dialogue
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 3
American, b. 1958
Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years of working in business, Rennert was i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$125,000
French Art Nouveau bronze by Franz Rosse 1893
Located in Berlin, DE
A late 19th-century French bronze sculpture titled "Fairy with Butterfly" by Franz Rosse (1858-1900), signed and dated "Frosse 93" on the base, depicting a semi-dressed woman floatin...
Category
1890s Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Little Bather II by Yann Guillon - bronze sculpture, nude, standing woman
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
The Little Bather II is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 17 × 8 × 5 cm (6.7 × 3.1 × 2 in). Height of the sculpture with the base: 22 cm (...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ponder 9/9
By Sharon Loper
Located in Napa, CA
The work of Sharon Loper exemplifies an intensity of purpose, demonstrates a passion for excellence, and discloses an understanding and sensitivity to materials and the physical worl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
BAMANA WOMAN SEATED
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Figures like these appear in the annual celebrations of Jo, an association of initiated men and women living near the towns of Bougouni and Dioïla in southern Mali. They also appear ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$700 Sale Price
22% Off
Eugene Gauss The Lovers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Eugene Gauss: 1905-1988. Well listed American sculptor who has Auction results as high as $13,200. He exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy for fine arts as well as the national Acad...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Nude Walking, Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture, Cleveland School Artist
By Max Kalish
Located in Beachwood, OH
Max Kalish (American, 1891-1945)
Nude Walking, 1930
Bronze
Signed and dated on base
17 x 9 x 4 inches
Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti and Herbert Adams...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Le Miroir d
Arlequin
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 -1963 )
" le miroir d'arlequin " . 1958 .
plat ovale 37 x25 cm
Terre rouge
Crayons d'oxyde : noir , rose et bleu
Emaux : noir , orange , rouge , blanc et vert ...
Category
1950s Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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
Belle Attente
Located in Pasadena, CA
Sculpture
Original bronze
BELLE ATTENTE
Wax lost bronze signed on the thigh: N °: 2/8
foundry stamp CHAPON
Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Demure Young Woman (Contemporary Bronze Sculpture)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gorgeous solid bronze on marble pedestal depicting a demure young woman observing something that appears to be just in front of her. Is she a bit timid, perhaps? A lovely patina ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Couple de danseurs from Cibot in resin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Sculpture in Resin from Elisabeth Cibot
Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance, sculpture has always been part of the environment of...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
This Impact - Contemporary Bronze Nude Male Sculpture in Action Pose
By Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
The beauty of the human form is captured is this dynamic bronze sculpture of a Muay Thai Fighter.
Dean Kugler
Ancient Art
bronze
18h x 9w x 7d in
45.72h x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of Albert Einstein, Plaster Sculpture 1964
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine patinated plaster sculpture Albert Einstein mounted to a painted wooden base. The sculpture is signed illegibly and dated on the re...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Zenith Bronze Sculpture Mythology Classic Contemporary Nude Male Figure
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Zenith Bronze Sculpture Mythology Classic Contemporary Nude Male Figure. Size is including pedestal.
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perfect comma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fivefold Robotcats: Spirits of the Neon Pantheon
By Hiro Ando
Located in PARIS, FR
2008, Unique Edition
Resin fiberglass chrome effect with protective cap plexiglas with LED
54 3/10 × 12 1/5 × 7 9/10 in - 138 × 31 × 20 cm
The artwork is signed by the Artist , carve...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plexiglass, LED Light, Pigment
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
Bust of Pope Innocent XI Odescalchi by Domenico Guidi
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental bust is a museum-quality example of Roman Baroque sculpture. Crafted by the legendary Domenico Guidi and carved from Carrara marble, the impressive portrait captures the visage of Pope Innocent XI, Benedetto Odescalchi (1611-1689). It presents a larger-than-life example of Guidi’s remarkable skill as a sculptor, which ultimately made his workshop one of the most important in Rome during his age. Today, his works are rarely found on the market, particularly his extraordinary works in marble.
Pope Innocent XI was born Benedetto Odescalchi into an Italian noble family of prominent bankers. Spending his early years in banking, he eventually turned to the law, earning his doctorate in 1639. His background would serve him well in his service to the papacy, and he became known as a frugal and devout member of the Church. In 1676, he was unanimously elected Pop after the death of Clement X. During his nearly 13-year reign, he instilled his own personal ideals of austerity and frugality onto the Church, with a deep commitment to reform and piety.
He is captured here by Guidi in his traditional Pope’s mozzetta and camauro cap. A wide stole is draped over his shoulders, ornamented by acanthus leaves and the coat of arms of the Odescalchi family. It displays Guidi’s mastery over the chiaroscuro effect, particularly in the high level of contrast in his cheeks and his eyes, which Guidi achieved through various methods of high polish.
A very similar portrait sculpture of Pope Innocent XI by Guidi can be found in the collection of the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The Warsaw bust belongs to a series of portraits of popes which the Odescalchi family commissioned from Domenico Guidi in the 1690s. Compared to that example, the present bust is far more dramatic, with deeper cut lines and a more precise expression. It is likely that the present piece was seen by the Odescalchi family, who ordered a similar one to be made. The piece was almost certainly intended to be displayed in a niche, given its dramatic cutting and its roughly carved back.
Others of Guidi’s busts can be found in important collections throughout Italy, England and the United States, though many of these are lesser bronze repetitions. A bronze bust of the Pope Alexander VIII by Guidi is currently in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), while a terracotta version of the same is in the Los Angeles County Museum. A bronze of Pope Alexander VIII can be found in the Princely Collection of Lichtenstein, and his impressive marble papal bust of Clement IX graces the pope’s tomb in Santa Maria Maggiore. The present bust of Pope...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Uma Lady Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Lady Nude Female Woman Contemporary
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Uma Lady Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Lady Nude Female Woman Contemporary
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Life Size Sculpture of Male Head in Patina Bronze "Diadji"
Located in New York, NY
Bronze life-size male head with a dark brown patina. Sculpted in Florence Italy and casted in bronze just outside of the city. This is an earlier piece that holds a distinctly differ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Torse d’une Femme
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“Torse d’une Femme” by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Bronze sculpture on marble plinth. Edition 9/10, unsigned, numbered and with foundry mark “C. Valsuani/Cire Perdue”. Sculpture: ...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bogota
s Glory
Located in PARIS, FR
Bogota's Glory
by Henri Bouchard (1875-1960)
Sculpture in bronze with a nuanced yellow-brown patina
Signed "H. Bouchard" on the base
Cast by "Siot" (stamp)
France
circa 1927
height...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mask #244
By Gil Bruvel
Located in PARIS, FR
Wall sculpture - stacked and painted wood sticks, acrylic paint.
Unique and original wall sculpture by Gil Bruvel.
From the iconic Mask sculpture series.
Gil Bruvel is a visual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
$11,272
Eugene Marioton French Bronze, circa 1890s, “Fascinator” Snake Charmer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Bronze by Eugene Marioton (1857-1933) French Artist. “Fascinator” (Snake Charmer), created late 19th century
Sculpture measures 20 1/2" H x 9" L x 9 1/2" W. Siot Decauville Foundry -...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Stone Garden Sculpture of Roman Mythological subject Apollo
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Vicenza limestone of Apollo and Minerva Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto.
Measurements: Statues cm 150, base cm 85.
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Caress of Love
Located in PARIS, FR
"Caress of Love"
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze group sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the back "A. Carrier-Belleuse"
Resting on a revolvi...
Category
1870s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Hand Once Held
By Denny Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
A Hand Once Held by Denny Haskew
Figurative Male Nude Bronze Sculpture with Gold Leaf on granite base
16x7x7" limited edition #2 of 2 (mold was destroyed early)
"The last day of my ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Push Up Wood Figure
By Ai Weiwei
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Marble Bust of Eros of Centocelle Roman workshop 19th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Marble bust of Eros known as Eros of Centocelle, white marble, Roman workshop, second half of the 19th century.
The bust resumes from the original discovered in 1770 in Rome near C...
Category
19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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
Four Three Two One, 21st Century Contemporary Surrealist Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kristen Newell (American, b. 1989)
Four Three Two One, 2015
Stoneware, porcelain and acrylic
Signed and dated on bottom
16 x 15 x 14 inches
Kristen Newell was born in a small town on the coast of Massachusetts, where from a very early age, she demonstrated a strong propensity for the arts. Important additional inspiration came from her family and from the family of a childhood friend, where Kristen found herself surrounded by the work of Paul Manship, her friend’s grandfather and one of America’s greatest sculptors.
With increased focus on her art, along with winning numerous awards throughout high school, Newell eagerly enrolled in the arts program at University of Vermont and augmented her studies with a valuable year at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Upon graduation, Newell moved back to Cleveland to begin her art career and started participating in group shows, including River Gallery and the Ohio State...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware, Acrylic
Off-White Plaster Head Sculpture, 2025 -
Mask 3
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Chidy Wayne (b. 1981, Spain) is an artist based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has established himself as a recognized figure in the art world, developing a personal artistic langu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Plaster
Lazy Summer on Sphere
a Contemporary Nude Figurative Bronze Sculpture
By Carl Payne
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Lazy Summer on Sphere' by Carl Payne is a stunning Contemporary Nude Bronze Sculpture.
Continuing a successful career in England and Ireland, Carl joined Callaghan Fine Paintings and Works of Art at the beginning of 2004 in order to dedicate his time to create and develop stunning individual contemporary sculpture. Carl is a Staffordshire based sculptor for whom art has played a large part in his academic work taking him through the Burslem School of Art, the Henry Doulton School of Sculpture and then to Stafford College. After qualifying in Figurative Sculpture he launched his career with commission after commission which has now secured his reputation for fine quality workmanship both in life-size format and smaller decorative pieces. The list of his completed commissioned work is extensive, including many ‘house-hold’ names from the sporting world, commerce and the past. The following are just some of the private and publicly commissioned completed works that form Carl’s prestigious portfolio:- King George 5th and Queen Mary – life size portrait buste commissioned by Cunards Cruise Ships and located in the ballroom of the Queen Mary 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Female Statue "Le Crépuscule" by Emile Andre Boisseau
Located in New York, NY
Emile-Andre Boisseau (French, 1842-1923)
Le Crépuscule
signed 'E. Boisseau' (on the base)
Bronze
height: 29 in. (74 cm.)
Emile-André Boisseau was a...
Category
19th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Three Graces
Located in PARIS, FR
The Three Graces
by Alfred JANNIOT (1889-1969)
A bronze group with a nuanced brownish green patina
Signed on the side of the base "A. Janniot"
Cast by "Susse fondeur Paris" (inscrib...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Timing
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1958
Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years of working in business, Rennert was inspired to ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$125,000
The Kiss
Located in PARIS, FR
The Kiss
by Alfred PINA (1887-1966)
Bronze group with a brownish dark green patina
signed on the base "A. Pina"
cast by "A. Valsuani" (foundry stamp)
France
circa 1927
height 51,5...
Category
1920s French School Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Worry Series, Stoneware head:
Faith
Located in New York, NY
The Worry
This series began in reaction to photos of politicians and world leaders during any number of the current world crises. As news cycles proliferate, these images swirl past ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Caress of Love
Located in PARIS, FR
"Caress of Love"
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze group sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the back "A. Carrier-Belleuse"
Reposing on its orig...
Category
1870s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Shadow Puppet Wayang Purwa, " Leather created in Indonesia in the 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This shadow puppet, 17" high with movable arms, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows.
Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art found in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, wherein a dramatic story is told through shadows thrown by puppets and sometimes combined with human characters. The art form celebrates the Indonesian culture and artistic talent; its origins are traced to the spread of Hinduism in the medieval era and the arrival of leather-based puppet arts called Tholu bommalata from southern India.
Wayang refers to the entire dramatic show. Sometimes the leather puppet...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Leather
Green Cape Lady
Located in Nantucket, MA
Green Cape Lady is a unique wood sculpture carved from elmwood from Hostetler's farm in Athens, OH. He used aniline dyes to "paint" on the hair and dress. He only carved one sculptur...
Category
1960s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bust in patinated plaster " terracotta style " 19th century with Louvre seal
Located in Gavere, BE
Important patinated plaster bust representing the Faun of Vienna.
the original of which is in the collections of the Louvre museum (marble statue discovered in Vienna in 1820 and dat...
Category
1870s Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pan and Siringa
Located in Roma, RM
Jafet Torelli (active in Florence in the second half of the 19th century), Pan and Siringa
Terracotta sculpture 54 x 22 x 22 cm signed Torelli Firenze on the base.
Category
19th Century Academic Nude Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Italian Grand Tour Augustus Caesar Carrara Marble Bust 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Carved Carrara marble bust of Augustus Caesar. Italian grand tour. Mid 19th century.
#roman classical greek sculpture not signed . rare. museum paris
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Italian Marble Sculpture Of Venus And Cupid
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully detailed and lifelike, Venus and Cupid share a soft embrace in this remarkable Italian white marble sculpture. The feminine beauty gracefully leans against roughened rock...
Category
19th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Fabulous Italian Neoclassical Marble Sculpture of Hermes
Located in Rome, IT
19th century French finely chiseled bronze figure of Hermes .
Signed Pigalle G . Cuspinera
Hermes , the messenger of the gods, is sitting on a rock, ready to leap up. He is att...
Category
19th Century Academic Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,644 Sale Price
20% Off
Prof. Ernst Seger deutsche Art-Déco-Skulptur aus Bronze
By Ernst Seger
Located in Berlin, DE
PROF. ERNST SEGER
1868 Neurode - 1939 Berlin
STANDING SEAMSTRESS
Very rare bronze with exceptional figure representation.
Bronze, dark patinated, on a square marble base (H. 3 cm)....
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Study for the Head of Piper
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Piper represents the very embodiment of joy. With a thousand nuances of form, from the wind in her cheek, to the carefree tilt of her head, she conveys a sense of youth and hope ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Émile Guillemin (French 1841-1907) Bronze Bust of an Algerian Beauty
Located in New York, NY
Bronze bust with brown patina on marble socle base. Red patina detail on head scarf. In beautiful condition, expertly cast and modeled. Perfect for an art collector looking for European work that depicts Black and African people...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Sorbe Small Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Drinking Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Sorbe Small Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Drinking Male Figure Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Joan Cornellà Idiotmeter Man (Green)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Joan Cornellà Idiotmeter Man (Green):
Idiotmeter Man represents Joan Cornellà's signature character clad in a kelly green suit and holding a scanner gun that presumably notifies one ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
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
1950s French School Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Damien Hirst - Abacus, hirst, skull, silver, sculpture, contemporary art
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst (b.1965)
Abacus - The Dream is Dead
2007
silver
14.5 x 14 x 21 cm
incised, titled and numbered ‘Abacus Damien Hirst The Dream is dead 2/12’ (on the verso)
edition 2/12
Price:
$85,000 USD
Provenance:
White Cube, London
Private collection, New York
Sale: Christie’s London, 29 June 2011, lot 114
Private collection, London (acquired at the above sale)
Notes:
‘I remember I was thinking that there were four important things in life: religion, love, art and science. At their best, they’re all just tools to help you find a path through the darkness. None of them really work that well, but they help. Of them all, science seems to be the one right now. Like religion, it provides the glimmer of hope that maybe it will be all right in the end.’ (D. Hirst, quoted in conversation with S. O’Hagan in New Religion Damien Hirst, exh. cat., British
Council, London, 2006, p. 5)
Born in 1965 in Bristol, Hirst grew up in Leeds and subsequently went to Goldsmith's College in London. Between 1988 and 1990 he curated a series of exhibitions of work by his contemporaries including the highly acclaimed group shows Freeze, Modern Medicine and Gambler.
In his own work Hirst has continually challenged the boundaries between art, science, the media and popular culture. A 12-foot tiger shark, a cow and her calf sawn in two, pharmaceutical bottles...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Campfire Chat
By Doug Hyde
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
6/9
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tribal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.
These Soft Sculptures Are Childhood Imaginary Friends Come to Life
Miami artist and designer Gabriela Noelle’s fantastical creations appeal to the Peter Pan in all of us.