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Murmuration - tall, metal, abstracted human face, aluminum sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dunning’s approach to his work. Early on, he decided to focus on the human head and the mask. Inspired by
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Human Heart Amulet, 664 BC
Located in London, GB
piece in fact represents the shape the ancient Egyptians used to depict the heart, albeit with a human
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities

Ebo - human, life-size, mask, tribal, cast bronze sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
today. The generic human head and face are metaphors for human experience. This work may have been
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hunting Lodge Lions Head
Located in London, GB
curiously, Vlad the Impaler and human faced lion heads. For sale is a wonderful decorative and very rare
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Folk Art Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Monumental Morung Carving with Six Head Trophies and Five Mithun Head Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
forehead and short snout. The bull heads are surmounted by six outlines of human heads, which represent
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Pair of Vintage Anatomic Heads
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional pair of Vintage Anatomic Heads, France 1970 ies, dissected human head, used as a
Category

Vintage 1960s French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Foam, Formica

1825 Folk Art Wig Head
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
quite artfully done, sometimes like a ball on a twisted foot, but possibly also in the shape of a human
Category

Antique 19th Century Danish Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood

18th C. Folk Art Wig Head
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
done, sometimes like a ball on a twisted foot, but possibly also in the shape of a human head.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Danish Louis XVI Sculptures

Materials

Wood

antique teaching aid wax anatomical head model
Located in Berghuelen, DE
an antique highly detailed wax model of a sliced human head in a glass case. used as teaching
Category

Early 20th Century German Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Wood, Wax

1950s Hand-Crafted Terracotta Sicilian Head Vase
Located in Catania, Sicilia
artisanal appeal. The vase is shaped like a human head depicting a traditional Sicilian figure. The design
Category

Mid-20th Century Sicilian Country Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Terracotta

Abstract Ceramic Sculpture of Head, Mounted on Base
Located in Astoria, NY
. The human head and features have been intentionally warped into an organic stone shape, decorated with
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic

Vintage Medical Half Head Painted Anatomical Model, 1950s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Fantastic looking natural size vintage model of a human half head on a wooden base. The Height of
Category

Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Aluminum

1890s Hand Painted Life Size Anatomical of Head
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is an early and high quality hand-painted plaster antique anatomical model of an adult human
Category

Antique Late 19th Century German Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plaster

Bronze Anatomical Sculpture Of Head And Face By Alfonso Arana
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a bronze anatomical sculpture of a head and face of a human being made by Alfonso Arana
Category

20th Century American Expressionist Busts

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Japanese Old Head Sculpture 1950s-1970s / Wood Carving Figurine Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
the shape of a human head gives the work a religious strength, as if the spirit of a tree deep in the
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Cedar

Antique Half Relief Anatomical Model Head in Wax German circa 1900
Located in London, GB
half relief of a human head in wax Incredibly detailed, with the muscles, nervous system, eye and teeth
Category

Early 20th Century German Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

Baga Wood Offering Bowl, Tribal Altar Piece with Head and Snake, Africa, Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
, Guinea Shallow bowl sitting on naturalistic human head with darkened hair, open mouth with teeth, and a
Category

Early 20th Century Guinean Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Head of the Colossal Sphinx (of Giza) /// Luigi Mayer Ancient Egyptian Landscape
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. Facing directly from west to
Category

Early 1800s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Aquatint

Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - Untitled (Head) YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Madrid, Madrid
this work, Basquiat presents an abstract portrait of a human head, characterized by aggressive strokes
Category

2010s Pop Art More Art

Materials

LED Light, Neon Light

Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - Untitled (Head) YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Madrid, Madrid
this work, Basquiat presents an abstract portrait of a human head, characterized by aggressive strokes
Category

2010s Pop Art More Art

Materials

LED Light, Neon Light

Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - Untitled (Head) YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Madrid, Madrid
this work, Basquiat presents an abstract portrait of a human head, characterized by aggressive strokes
Category

2010s Pop Art More Art

Materials

LED Light, Neon Light

Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - Untitled (Head) YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Madrid, Madrid
this work, Basquiat presents an abstract portrait of a human head, characterized by aggressive strokes
Category

2010s Pop Art More Art

Materials

LED Light, Neon Light

Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - Untitled (Head) YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Madrid, Madrid
this work, Basquiat presents an abstract portrait of a human head, characterized by aggressive strokes
Category

2010s Pop Art More Art

Materials

LED Light, Neon Light

Jean-Michel BASQUIAT - Untitled (Head) YP x JM Basquiat Design Neon LED Lamp
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Madrid, Madrid
this work, Basquiat presents an abstract portrait of a human head, characterized by aggressive strokes
Category

2010s Pop Art More Art

Materials

LED Light, Neon Light

Greek gold pendant with siren figurine, Hellenistic
Located in UTRECHT, UT
A gold pendant in the shape of a siren with a human head, hair parted and falling onto back, human
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities

Materials

Gold

early figural carved horn serving flatware 1700
Located in Berghuelen, DE
4-part serving cutlery, 2 knifes and 2 forks, with antler handles. the ends carved as human heads
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Serving Pieces

Materials

Metal

Neal Small Original Drawing
By Neal Small
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original Neal small drawing of a bull with human head, dated 1961, framed in period rounded wood
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings

Materials

Paper

Álvaro Santiago Mexican Hand Painted Gourd
Located in Mexico City, MX
A hand painted gourd by Mexican artist Álvaro Santiago depicting a composition with heads, animals
Category

Vintage 1980s Mexican Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Other

Limited Edition Bronze Figure "Birdman" by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in London, GB
of a heron. Dalí combines two incongruous parts substituting the head of a human figure with the head
Category

Vintage 1980s Spanish Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Limited Edition Bronze Birdman by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in London, GB
combines two incongruous parts substituting the head of a human figure with the head of a heron, making the
Category

Vintage 1980s Spanish Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Exceptional 19th Century Ivory Santos
Located in San Francisco, CA
Spanish Colonial saint statue with carved ivory head, hands, feet and human hair. Stands on carved
Category

Antique 19th Century Religious Items

Rare Empire Style Chessboard with Napoleon and Josephine, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. Decorate with a frieze . Standing on four feet with an egyptian and a lion head terminated on two human
Category

Vintage 1960s French Empire Game Tables

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Bronze Lamassu Winged Man Bull Bookends C. Charles, 1930
By C. Charles
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of Art Deco bronze bookends picturing Lamassu, a human headed winged bull, signed by C
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Heavy Bronze Statue, a Beautiful Piece of Art on a Black Marble Base
By Jacob Epstein
Located in Hoogeveen, NL
is life size of a human head. Signed H.V. Origin unknown. Solid bronze, hollow on the inside, heavy
Category

20th Century German Other Busts

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Chinese Zodiac Figurines
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Animal Heads on Standing Human Forms in Robes, Sold Individually
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Sculptures

Grand Tour Bronze, Assyrian Lamassu on Marble Base
Located in Dallas, TX
wings, and a human's head, on a black marble base the Assyrians typically placed them at the entrance
Category

Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Erik Höglund Wrought Iron and Gilded Chandelier, Sweden, 1970s
By Erik Höglund, Boda Smide AB
Located in Skanninge, SE
modernist pendants depicting a fish and a human head. Height 66cm. Very nice condition. All original. Not
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Wrought Iron

Extremely Fine Persian Qum Rug 6 0" x 9 5
Located in New York, NY
waq-wag human and animal heads, along with barbed lancet leaves, curving stems and amusing fish. Half
Category

Vintage 1960s Persian Persian Rugs

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Limited Edition Frank Fleming Bronze Turtle
By Frank Fleming
Located in Palm Beach, FL
an ironic human head, like something out of a Beatrix Potter book. Expertly cast and having a Classic
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Powerful, Tantric Tibetan Deity, 7301
Located in Ukiah, CA
of his hands and a well-formed human head, held by the neck, in the other. Never seen another like
Category

Antique Late 17th Century Tibetan Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Beautiful and Bizarre Acrylic Sculpture by Escobar Marisol
Located in New York, NY
a likelike visage of a human headed fish swallowing a second fish. Incredible detailing
Category

20th Century American Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic

19th Century "Skalbilken" Wig Stand, Denmark
Located in Copenhagen, K
also in the shape of a human head.
Category

Antique 19th Century Danish Folk Art Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Abstract Portrait of a Man in Green Striped Shirt with Red Skin
By Patrick Palmer
Located in Houston, TX
love to paint; I really love to paint the human head. I recently read an article declaring that
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Abstract Figurative Sculpture in Exotic Marble by Lorraine Stimmel
Located in New York, NY
same material), the piece presents an abstracted stylized representation of a female human head devoid
Category

Vintage 1980s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Burled Walnut French Empire Figural Bronze Buffet Sideboard, Circa 1880
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
entirely original and has beautiful bronze figures of rams heads and human faces. The piece is in very good
Category

Antique 1880s French Empire Revival Buffets

Materials

Walnut

Antique Floor Mirror with Carved Wooden Frame
Located in High Point, NC
corbels from which emerge beautifully detailed carved human heads. A light finish to the wood gives this
Category

Antique Early 1900s French French Provincial Floor Mirrors and Full-Leng...

Materials

Mirror, Oak

Los Castillo Silver Plate Mexican Folk Art Monkey Pitcher
By Los Castillo
Located in Atlanta, GA
sitting monkey (sort of) in a very "human" posture. The head is the lid. A very fine sample of traditional
Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Barware

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

Naga Unadorned Conical Hats
Located in Chicago, IL
hunt: Teeth, claws, feathers, fur, hides and skulls. Since human head-taking was outlawed human skulls
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Bamboo

Naga Warrior’s Hat with Boar’s Tusk and Fur Plume
Located in Chicago, IL
, fur, hides and skulls. Since human head-taking was outlawed human skulls have all but disappeared
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Cane, Fur

Love Louve Camille
By Jean-Robert Drouillard
Located in Montreal, Quebec
bearing the torsos of humans, their heads often, though not always, carry animal characteristics, but
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled
By Jean-Robert Drouillard
Located in Montreal, Quebec
bearing the torsos of humans, their heads often, though not always, carry animal characteristics, but
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Pair of Large Cast Garden Sphinxes from Northern France
Located in Dallas, TX
Based on ancient Greek mythology of a hybrid creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical Statues

Materials

Stone, Cast Stone

Naga Warrior’s Shield with Hair and Painted Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
frequently in the pursuit of human head-taking. The Naga universally believe in the centrality and sanctity
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Leather

Naga Warrior’s Shield with Hair and Painted Decoration
Located in Chicago, IL
frequently in the pursuit of human head-taking. The Naga universally believe in the centrality and sanctity
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Leather

Contemporary Solid Ceramic Standing Figure "Tourist" by Zachary Roberts
By Zachary Roberts
Located in Point Richmond, CA
fired ceramic sculpture, "Tourist" with a weasel head on a human body, holding a camera. By the artist
Category

Early 2000s American Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Bakelite and sculpted into an abstract human head-like form, this piece mimics the sculpture in form that
Category

Vintage 1930s American Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Naga Warrior s Dao with Cowrie Shell Belt Holder
Located in Chicago, IL
anther frequently in the pursuit of human head-taking. The Naga universally believe in the centrality and
Category

20th Century Indian Tribal Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Metal

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Head Human For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal head human for your home. A head human — often made from wood, ceramic and metal — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a head human — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each head human bearing Mid-Century Modern, Folk Art or Modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made head human over the years, but those crafted by Sunil Das, Dale Dunning and Alexandru Rădvan are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Head Human?

Prices for a head human start at $110 and top out at $15,000 with the average selling for $1,100.