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Art Deco French African Mangbetu Head Sculpture
By Francois Bazin
Located in BE
Female Mangbetu (African, Congolese) head with elaborated hairstyle. In the style of Francois Bazin
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Busts

Materials

Sandstone

Extra Large Carved Wood Buddha Heads, Pair
Located in Bastrop, TX
of the Buddha, Buddha heads are crafted so as to represent the vast wealth of knowledge he possesses
Category

20th Century East Asian Busts

Materials

Wood

Feminine Hellenistic Marble Head, 3rd-2nd BCE
Located in Paris, FR
An elegant oval marble feminine head dating from the Hellenistic period, which features a neat and
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Hellenistic Busts

Materials

Marble

17th Century, Roman Marble Head of Medusa
Located in London, GB
Marble head of Medusa, 17th century possibly older.           
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Busts

Materials

Marble

Important Characteristic Head by Franz Hagenauer, 1970s
By Franz Hagenauer, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Vienna, AT
Bearing his head at an angle the figurine seams to behold the room. His fly is fastened coquettish
Category

Vintage 1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Brass

Unusual, Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture, Woman’s Head
Located in Schagen, NL
Very unusual piece! This wooden hand carved Woman's head was carved from one piece of hardwood
Category

20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Hardwood

Bronze Head of a Lady by William Lasansky
By William Lasansky
Located in Cathedral City, CA
custom-made African hardwood plinth that elegantly displays the bust. The head is signed and numbered at
Category

Vintage 1970s American Busts

Materials

Bronze

Ancient Roman Marble Head of Athena Vescovali
Located in MONTREAL, QC
Roman period, 1st-2nd century A.D. The goddess with almond shaped lidded eyes, her wavy hair centrally parted, her Corinthian helmet pushed back from her face, a drilled dowel for ...
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Busts

Materials

Marble

"Head of a Woman" by Allan Clark
By Allan Clark
Located in Atlanta, GA
This sculpture was carved by Clark in his studio in Santa Fe, NM
and remained with his family until 2009

Direct carvings by Clark are extremely rare

Category

Vintage 1930s American Busts

Male Mannequin Head for Millinery or Store Display
Located in Brussels , BE
Male mannequin head or millinery, store display.
Category

Vintage 1970s European Busts

Materials

Carbon Fiber

Greek Terracotta Female Head, C. 3rd - 2nd Century Bc
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Greek terracotta female head, c. 3rd - 2nd Century BC, her head slightly tilted to her left
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Busts

Materials

Clay

19th Century French Wig Head Marotte Papier Maché
Located in Sames, FR
Antique French 19th century wig stand or head called Marotte. In original paint out of papier maché.
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Busts

Materials

Paper

Terracotta Woman s Head Attributed to Androusov, circa 1950
Located in Madrid, ES
Terracotta woman’s head attributed to Androusov, circa 1950.
Category

Vintage 1950s Busts

Hagenauer Werkstätte Head Sculpture of an African Woman
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Toronto, ON
Striking study of an African woman head by Werkstätte Hagenauer. Signed
Category

Vintage 1940s Austrian Modern Busts

Materials

Metal

Head of the Buddha, Ayutthaya, Thailand, 16th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
Stone Buddha head, 16th century Ayutthaya, Thailand. Red sandstone. Classic form with blissful
Category

Antique 16th Century Thai Busts

Plaster Study of a Head by Solon Borglum
By Solon Borglum 1
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A head emerges from this plaster block study, the left hand, just only discernible, clutches at
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Busts

Materials

Stone

Imposing Art Deco Hagenauer Werkstatte Hammered Brass Head
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in London, GB
An imposing and stylish Hand hammered brass stylised head by Hagenauer of Austria, with applique
Category

Vintage 1930s Austrian Busts

Pre Columbian Pottery Head Fragments Collection - Set of 5
Located in Seguin, TX
Collection of 5 Pre Columbian pottery heads. Largest is 2.5" x 2", much wear and chipping
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Busts

Materials

Pottery

Head Of A Young Woman By Claude Goutin
By Claude Goutin
Located in Paris, FR
Original bronze proof patinated in a shade of brown red representing the bust of a young woman. Her
Category

20th Century French Busts

1840s Plaster and Gesso Head of a Saint Italian
Located in San Francisco, CA
Plaster and Gesso head of a Saint Italian. Rustic wooden base, with a wood post which in turns
Category

Antique 1840s Italian Other Busts

Materials

Gesso, Plaster, Wood

19th Century French Plaster Head of Young Boy
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful patina and texture on very appealing plaster rendition of young boy, France, 19th century. Established in 1979, Joyce Horn Antiques, Ltd. continues its 36 year tradition...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Busts

Materials

Plaster

Head in Stone of a Young Man, France, 1950s
Located in Sint Annaland, NL
Head of a young man in granite on a black marble statute. Signed: S. Nicolet.
Category

Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Granite

Sculpture, Head of a Roman Man, 19th Century, Plaster
Located in Malmo, SE
Sculpture, head of a Roman man, 19th century. Plaster and clay.
Category

Antique Early 1800s European Busts

Carved Wood Sculpture of a Woman Head by Rakotondrabé
Located in Janvry, Essonne
This young woman head in solid mahogany was sculpted by a Madagascan artist in 1940. Signed
Category

Vintage 1940s Malagasy Art Deco Busts

Materials

Mahogany

Great Head of God Zeus in Terracotta, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Great head of god Zeus in terracotta, mounted in patinated bronze base. Probably part of large
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Busts

Materials

Bronze

Manya Konolei Carved and Stained Wood Sculpture of Head
Located in New York, NY
This wood sculpture of a downward looking head wearing a hat with flaps has a triangular wing
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Busts

Materials

Wood

Stucco Head of Monk or Nat, Burma 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
"Lacquered stucco head of monk or Nat with blue and red color traces. The hairstyle reveals traces
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Burmese Busts

An 18th century or earlier statuary marble head of Venus
Located in London, GB
A large 18th century or earlier statuary marble head of Venus, goddess of Love. Life-size and
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Busts

Materials

Marble

Large Ceramic Negress Head Scandinavian Midcentury by Ove Rasmussen, Denmark
By Ove Frits Rasmussen
Located in London, GB
Well modelled and stylish large ceramic bust of a tribal negress head with her hand supporting her
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Museum Copy Porphyry Head on Stepped Cut Steel Base
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This is a really rather lovely contemporary museum copy porphyry head on a stepped cut steel base
Category

Mid-20th Century English Busts

Materials

Porphyry, Steel

ITALIAN EARLY RENAISSANCE MARBLE HEAD OF A BEARDED MAN
Located in San Francisco, CA
finely modeled
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Busts

Materials

Marble

Exotic Indian Art Deco Sculpted Head in Wood by Arias
Located in Oakland, CA
Original wood carved Peruvian Indian head in the Art Deco style. Lots of geometric and triangular
Category

Vintage 1940s Ecuadorean Art Deco Busts

Materials

Wood

Sicilian Tufa Stone Carved Head of a Man, circa 1750
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Sicilian tufa stone carved head of a man, circa 1750. Tufa stone is a type of rock made of
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Busts

Materials

Stone

Sculpture of a Head of a Woman Richly Jeweled, circa 1925
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture of a head of a woman richly adorned, circa 1925 Beautiful stone head (limestone
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Busts

Materials

Stone

Benin Style Bronze Head of a Mother Queen, Nigeria, 20th Century
By People from Benin
Located in Basel, BS
A beautiful unique bronze cast Edo Queens head. Bronze commemorative heads placed on altars are
Category

Early 20th Century Beninese Edo Busts

Materials

Bronze

Followers Sculptures by Alan Fears Paper Mâché Pop Art Heads
By Alan Fears
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Set of 10 x papier mâché, acrylic and lacquer sculptures by Alan Fears, 2016. Each sculpture is signed and numbered and are sold as a set. Alan Fears (b. 1974) is an emerging Br...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Busts

Materials

Acrylic

Miniature Head Made of Ceramics on Wooden Base, Cambodia, 20th Century
Located in Basel, BS
Miniature head made of ceramics on wooden base,, Cambodia, 20th century. Provenance: Swiss
Category

20th Century Cambodian Busts

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

A French Patinated Plaster Sculpture of a Young Man s Head
Located in New York, NY
An fine sculpture of a young man who appears lost in a dream. Finely modeled with a placid expression and incised, upright hair. Inscribed on the neck: S. Bertran On a later pillow ...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Modern Busts

Materials

Plaster

Midcentury Acrylic and Ceramic Head Sculpture by David Gil for Bennington
By David Gil
Located in Marietta, GA
Midcentury acrylic and ceramic head sculpture by David Gil for Bennington. No known issues that
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic

Alexandre Ouline Head of a Worker Bronze Sculpture on the Marble Base
By Alexandre Ouline
Located in Vilnius, LT
and bust bronze statues.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Busts

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Marble Cherub Head, Late 16th-Early 17th Century, Italian, circa 1600-1620
Located in Matlock, Derbyshire
Small late 16th-early 17th century marble cherub head, Italian, circa 1600-1620 Finely sculpted in
Category

Antique Early 17th Century Italian Renaissance Busts

Materials

Carrara Marble

Rare Terra Cotta Large-Sized Sphinx with Head of Woman, 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rare large-sized Sphinx with head of woman terra cotta 18th century circa 1770. Measures: H 106
Category

Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Busts

Mid-century African-American female head with turquoise hair by Margit Izsépy
Located in Budapest, HU
Mid-century Afro-American female ceramic sculpture. It's a handcrafted, hand-painted, matte glazed ceramic sculpture with silky turquoise hair and gold decoration, dating back to the...
Category

Vintage 1940s Hungarian Art Deco Busts

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Gold Metallic Glass Head of John Lennon the Beatles, 1969, England
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
A cool John Lennon glass head that was made in England in 1969. This is a head made of glass of
Category

Vintage 1960s Busts

Materials

Glass

1930 Art Deco Head of Woman in White Marble Carrara Signed by M. Di Domenico
Located in Paris, FR
Woman head in white marble Carrara statuary, on marble base green sea, good condition, circa 1930.
Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Busts

Materials

Marble

Pair of Mid-Century Horse Wall Sculptures by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Pair of brass horse head bust wall-mounted sculptures by Curtis Jere with flowing brass mane. In
Category

Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Brass

19th Century Empire Style Drawers on Stand
Located in New York, NY
Empire style commode with three drawers of walnut burl. Fine detail carved brass, escutcheons, head
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th/20th Century Wood Carved Bust Head
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/Unknown Artist, "19th/20th Century Wood Carved Bust & Head", Folk Art Wooden Sculpture
Category

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Modernist Abstract Aquatint Etching of Female Head and Bust
By Milton Goldstein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful textured print of a female in an abstracted profile. Artist is in Collection of Brooklyn Museum and others. Studied: ASL , 1946-49; also with Harry Sternberg, Morris Kantor...
Category

20th Century Romantic Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper

Vintage, Anatomical, Didactic Torso, Female Bust with Head, Somso, 1960s
By Somso
Located in Schagen, NL
- Torso This bust remains in very good condition with signs of age and use.
Category

Mid-20th Century German Industrial Scientific Instruments

Bronze Sculpture "Bust with a Bandaged Head" by Michel Warren
By Michel Warren
Located in Paris, FR
Michel Warren (1930-1975) Bronze test with black patina signed and numbered 2/8 Foundry Mark Valsuani F. Bagneux
Category

20th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Black Jade Guanyin Bodhisattva Female Buddha Asian Art Carved Statue Sculpture
By Eastern Artisans
Located in Milano, IT
. Head bust sculpture. Black jade sculpture with some translucent green reflects. The black jade is an
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Arts and Crafts Antiquities

Materials

Jade

Vintage Murano Glass Sculptural Head or Bust of a Gondolier by Stefano Toso
By Stefano Toso
Located in Mount Penn, PA
A vintage multicolor Murano glass sculptural head or bust of a gondolier influenced by the work of
Category

20th Century Italian Glass

Materials

Glass

Ambete Reliquary Figure with Feathers
Located in Des Plaines, IL
three types of sculpture: heads, busts and full figures. The latter are thought to have a connection
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Female bust, Allegory of Peace by Hiram Powers
By Hiram Powers
Located in Rome, IT
ideal heads, for example the busts of Frances Elliott Austen (fig.2, 1848, Washington, National Museum
Category

Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

1910 French P. Imans Full-Size Wax Mannequin Bust Doll
Located in London, GB
. The bust/head is made of wax, the body of a mix of fabric and papier mache. the arms are made out of a
Category

Vintage 1910s French Collectibles and Curiosities

21st Century Gorilla Bronze Sculpture CONGO by Pierre-Jean Chabert
By Pierre Jean Chabert
Located in Paris, FR
"Super Sculpey". Thus, Pierre-Jean Chabert began to assiduously model heads, busts and characters, often
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    A head bust is a sculpted part of the human figure showing only the person’s head and neck. Sometimes sculptors may also include a portion of the chest and shoulders. It is considered by some to be the most intimate form of sculpture. On 1stDibs, you can find antique and vintage head busts.