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Early 18th Century Large African Wheel
Located in New York, NY
Early 18th century large African wheel on iron stand.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century African Mounted Objects
Antique Moroccan Brass Gazelle, Early 1900s Embossed African Animal Sculpture
Located in Vineyard Haven, MA
The antique brass gazelle was sourced in the ancient city of Fes, Morocco. Completely handcrafted, with beautiful detailed embossing. The manner in which this is crafted and symbols ...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Islamic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
South African Gemsbok Oryx Horns Mount
Located in Bastrop, TX
Newly mounted Gemsbok Oryx horns from South Africa.
Measures: 38"H x 12"W x 3"D.
Category
20th Century South African Animal Sculptures
Materials
Horn, Wood
African Beauty II, Ebony, Boxwood, Cocobolo Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
By Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Other
African Beauty I, Ebony, Boxwood, Cocobolo Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
By Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Other
African American Boy Bust
Located in Summerland, CA
Circa 1920
Wood and original polychrome.
African American bust wearing yellow cap.
Sits on a
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Arman Pair of 1999 Bronze Wall Sculpture "African Spoon" Edition of 99
By Arman
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1999
Accumulation of African spoon
Gilded bronze sculpture.
Signed Arman and numbered
Category
1990s French Abstract Sculptures
Pair of Carved Hard Wood African Lions
Located in Paradise Point, Queensland
Pair of African carved hard wood lions,
circa 1975.
Category
Vintage 1970s South African Country Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$250 / set
Powerful Tall Wood African Carved Pigmented Mask
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
African Stunning Large pigmented mask- Yellow, red, beige, black-primitive in nature with an
Category
20th Century African Tribal Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
Lifesize Folk Art Wooden Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Incredible freestanding Folk Art sculpture of a French diplomat. The South Africans carved them to
Category
20th Century South African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
African Male Nude by Nathaniel Choate
By Nathaniel Cohate
Located in Bantam, CT
National Sculpture Society. This sculpture of African male nude by Nathaniel Choate probably from his stay
Category
Vintage 1930s American American Classical Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Vintage African Tribal Mask
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage African tribal mask from the ivory coast now mounted on museum stand. Provenance available.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Karl Hagenauer / Werkstätte Hagenauer African Hunter 1950s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Karl Hagenauer
Located in Vienna, AT
KARL HAGENAUER
1898 – Vienna – 1956
WERKSTÄTTE HAGENAUER
AFRICAN HUNTER
designed by: Karl
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of Highly Stylized Hagenauer African Warriors
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Toronto, ON
Pair of large, highly stylized wood and bronze Hagenauer African Warriors. Each is signed
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Decorative Xhosa Beaded Medicine Gourd, South Africa, 1930s
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
South Africa, circa 1930
One Xhosa beaded medicine gourd.
H 12 x Ø 10 cm
Category
Vintage 1930s South African Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Beads
African Baby Cradle
Located in Bastrop, TX
. Get obsessed with the detail. Imagination not included. Decorative and useful. Unknown artist. African
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Hagenauer Bronze and Wood African Dancer circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
A Hagenauer Art Deco Sculpture of a Kneeling African Dancer. Made of Bronze and Carved Dark Wood
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Baoulé Wooden Statues Africa Ivory Coast, Set of 2
Located in Tilburg, NL
Baoulé, Wooden statue Africa Ivory Coast
The Baoulé (or Baule) are an Akan people and one of the
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Yoruba Body Mask, Nigeria Africa
Located in Bern, CH
Africa, 20th century.
Category
Vintage 1970s Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Hand-Sculpted Figure of African Male by Rose Mareiniss
By Rose Mareiniss
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage ceramic sculpture of an African male created by Rose Mareiniss. In the style of 19th
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Sculptures
Burnt Natural Liana Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Burnt natural Liana sculpture.
Category
20th Century African Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Burnt Natural Liana Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Burnt natural liana sculpture.
Category
20th Century African Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved African Elephant with Baby
Located in Alton, GB
Hand carved african elephant with baby.
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Macassar Ebony Sculpture, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Macassar Ebony sculpture. Twentieth Century
Category
20th Century African Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
African Rootwood Carving of Wild Animals
Located in Salisbury, GB
An intriguing vintage African rootwood carving of wild animals
circa 1930.
Category
Vintage 1930s Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Iron Ore Smelt, excavated from The Gambia, West Africa
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ancient African Iron Ore Smelt excavated from a site alongside the Gambia river. Several different
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Pair of African Figurines
Located in New York, NY
Male and female hand-carved figurines.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Sculptures and Carvings
$2,950 / set
Pair Of Songe Carved Wood African Figures, 20th Century
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Carved wood with cotton loin cloths , votive statues
Category
Early 20th Century Angolan Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Cotton
Art Deco Hagenauer Workshop Ebonised Carved Wood African Head
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in London, GB
Carved in wood and ebonised with nickel plated necklace rings. Mounted on a circualr nickel plated base, the underside with staped factory marks.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Sculptures
Important African Statue, Igbo Nigéria, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
of the central scarification, found in Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Asia.
This statue ca
Category
Vintage 1930s Nigerian Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
North African Pointy Wood Balgha Shoemakers Form
Located in Antwerp, BE
What a great sculptural object I have found! This is a vintage wood and metal North African
Category
Early 20th Century Mounted Objects
Large decorative African heads, in ebony Benin 1960
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Important African decorative heads, Benin 1960 in ebony. To bring back from a trip
Very good
Category
Mid-20th Century Beninese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
African Mother Elephant in Ceramic, white, Italy
By VG design and laboratory department
Located in Treviso, Treviso
In Bassano ceramics have been produced for 300 years. In fact, from the seventeenth century this art has been developed in Veneto thanks to the presence of plastic clay, solder and k...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Tendai Mutinhima Signed Sculpture
By Tendai Mutinhima
Located in Bronx, NY
Tendai Mutinhima signed African ( South Africa ) or possibly Haitian sculpture, makes for an
Category
20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Mask of an African Prinzess by Leopold Anzengruber
By Leopold Anzengruber
Located in Vienna, AT
"African Princess" mod. no. 29
Mask of an African Princess by Leopold Anzengruber
Vienna 1951
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Hagenauer Art Deco Bronze African Dancer, circa 1930
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Incredible bronze signed HAGENAUER in the base portraying an African dancer Art Deco original.
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze African Antelope Adax Tribal Art, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A Gorgeous Bronze Casting Of An African Antelope. The bronze is of the highest quality with a
Category
20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carved Wood and Cast Metal African Woman Figure
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Papaikou, HI
A very nicely carved and lyrical figure of an African woman done very much in the style of
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Makonde Mask, Tanzania East Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Makonde mask, Tanzania, East Africa early 20th century
Dimension: 23 x 15 x 25 cm
Dimension with
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
African wall sculpture
Located in NANTES, FR
Tall African wooden sculpture, that was probably used originally to prepare food. Its got a great
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Colonial Art Deco Style Copperware Panel with Rich Patina, 2 African Women, 1984
By Tshiasuma
Located in L
Etang, FR
Beautiful copper panel.
Handwork of a African Artist, the patina is wonderful.
Signed and
Category
Vintage 1980s African Art Deco Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal, Copper
A 19th Century African Carved Panel
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent mahogany African village hand carved wall panel
Category
Antique 19th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures
Atang Tshikare, Bronze Sculpture, "PEO E ATANG"
By Atang Tshikare
Located in Cape Town, WC
"Peo e Atang" is a celebration by artist Atang Tshikare in honor of his firstborn son Peo. The word Peo means seed or beginning and Atang means to grow or multiply. Together they mea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$15,000 / item
Jesus Curia Perez Sculpture: "Centauro"
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
inspired by mythology.
Keywords: bronze, sculpture, tribal, warrior, african, man, large, monumental
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Jesus Curia Perez Sculpture: "Downstairs"
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
inspired by mythology.
Keywords: bronze, sculpture, tribal, warrior, african, man, large, monumental
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Jesus Curia Perez Sculpture: "Triton"
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
inspired by mythology.
Keywords: bronze, sculpture, tribal, warrior, african, man, large, monumental
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Jesus Curia Perez Sculpture: "Upstairs"
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
inspired by mythology.
Keywords: bronze, sculpture, tribal, warrior, african, man, large, monumental
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Huge Ethnographic Wood Carved Pair Bird Sculptures- Tycoon Provenance
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Impressive scale pair of 32 “ high. exotic large African wood baga bird ethnographic carved
Category
Mid-20th Century African Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
African Mother Elephant in Ceramic, Shiny Gold 24K Italy
By VG-VGnewtrend
Located in Treviso, Treviso
In Bassano ceramics have been produced for 300 years. In fact, from the seventeenth century this art has been developed in Veneto thanks to the presence of plastic clay, solder and k...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
African Hand Carved Pair of Black and White Rhinos
Located in Alton, GB
Charming pair of hand carved wooden rhinos, one white rhino and white black rhino.
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Karl Hagenauer Carved Wood and Brass African Tribesman, circa 1950
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Karl Hagenauer
Located in New York, NY
A Hagenauer Werkstatte carved wood and brass sculpture of an African tribesman holding a shield
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Large Shona Sculpture by Henry Smunyardza
By Henry Smunyardza
Located in Bedford, NY
SHONA IS A TRIBE IN ZIMBABWE. STEEPED IN THE LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF AN ANCIENT AFRICAN
Category
20th Century Zimbabwean Sculptures
Jesus Curia Perez Sculpture: "Icaro II"
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
inspired by mythology.
Keywords: bronze, sculpture, tribal, warrior, african, man, large, monumental
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Hagenauer Werkstätte "African Child under Palm Tree" Art Deco 1940
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Deco figure, circa 1940. Designed and made by Hagenauer Werkstätte, Vienna. Brass, dark brown patinated, wood.
Measurements: Height: 9.84 in ( 25 cm ), Width: 3.54 in ( 9 cm ), D...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Mid-century African-American female head with turquoise hair by Margit Izsépy
Located in Budapest, HU
Ceramic Craftsman Foundation and her home workshop. Her best-known works are her African tribal sculptures.
Category
Vintage 1940s Hungarian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
In the Styling’s of Karl Hagenauer, a lovely Bronze African Woman
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Frisco, TX
Elegant conversation piece for any room. A bronze statue of a graceful African Woman, in the style
Category
Vintage 1950s German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jesus Curia Perez Bronze Sculpture, "Icarumum IV"
By Jesus Curia Perez
Located in Chicago, IL
inspired by mythology.
Keywords: bronze, sculpture, tribal, warrior, african, man, large, monumental
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
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African Sculptures For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of African sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique African sculptures was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and bronze. We have 651 antique and vintage African sculptures in-stock, while there are 90 modern editions to choose from as well. African sculptures have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. African sculptures made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made African sculptures over the years, but those made by Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Stanislaw Trzebinski and Hiroyuki Nishimura are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are African Sculptures?
African sculptures can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,504, while the lowest priced sells for $75 and the highest can go for as much as $170,000.
Finding the Right Sculptures for You
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
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