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Yoruba Sculpture, Nigeria, 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
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The Yoruba People regard the human head (Ori) as the most important part of a person. As the head
Category
1990s Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Cat and Figures
By Linda H. Smith
Located in Santa Monica, CA
and comments on present day social issues. Using the motif of bodies and heads she expresses the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Two Framed Pre-Columbian Fine Textile Fragments Chimu Chancay
Located in Atlanta, GA
with a human-like head on a fish-bone body.
The measurements for the two pieces are 16"w x 20.7"h x1"d
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Textile, Wood
Letterhead
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Letters, words, thoughts make up the form of this cast bronze human head by Dale Dunning. Cast from
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$16,500
Centerpiece, Centrepiece, Silver, Diana Hallmark, Glass, 1890-1900, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
lion heads, floral elements, a dot ribbon, small human heads and many other details.
The glass bowl is
Category
Antique 1890s Austrian Belle Époque Centerpieces
Materials
Silver
Naga Effigy Carving of a Squatting Man
Located in Chicago, IL
(chief), while those with additional human heads indicate a warrior that had successfully taken heads
Category
20th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Tattoo - Bronze Life Size Mask Sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
continues today. The generic human head and face are metaphors for human experience.
This sculpture is 2 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sparkler - tall, metallic, figurative, barbed wire mesh wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
sparkler by weaving barbed wire mesh into a human head. Dunning’s heads are ‘generic, non-specific
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Inside/Out - large, abstracted, figurative, outdoor stainless steel sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
themes in his sculptural artwork often revolve around the use of a faceless head as a metaphor for human
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
Visigoth capital. White Marble.
Located in PARIS, FR
center of the sides of the basket evokes an extremely stylized human head. The highly stylized nature of
Category
15th Century and Earlier Byzantine Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Photography, digital Brooklyn Bridge, NYC Nuria Rabanillo 2010 100x66.67 cm
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
already long career, the representation of the Human head, a little androgynous for sure
Always value the
Category
2010s American Other Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Important Ancient Chinese Ming Zodiac Complete Collection Sculptures, 1368-1644
Located in South Burlington, VT
dynasty. Normally zodiac figures from the Ming dynasty have human heads and they hold the zodiac emblem
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
A Pair of Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) Pottery Earth Spirit Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
spirits usually are found in pairs, one with a human head and the other with a lion's head. Their
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Pink Decorator- Abstract Figurative Painting on Canvas, Marine Pink, White
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
biology. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulders. She call's the
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Decorator 56 - Chloe York - Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
decorator crab. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulders. She
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Decorator 48 - Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas, blush, maroon
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
decorator crab. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulders. She
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Decorator 49 - Chloe York - Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
decorator crab. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulders. She
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Oak Cupboard Sideboard, circa 1920
Located in Opole, PL
crest.
The door panels with semi-plastic depictions of human heads, in a frame of acanthus leaves.
The
Category
Vintage 1920s European Sideboards
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Assyrian revival locket brooch, Lamassu
Located in NEWARK, GB
head always being human, this was eventually depicted as a hybrid human winged man as this brooch shows
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Victorian Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Decorator 52 - Chloe York - Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
decorator crab. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulders. She
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pair, Carved Sphinx Garden Statues, France circa 1910
Located in Round Top, TX
with the head of a human, body of a lion and wings of an eagle. The worn patina reflects years of
Category
Early 20th Century French Egyptian Statues
Materials
Limestone
1998 Contemporary Figurative Art Swedish Oil Painting - The Trio
Located in Bristol, GB
painting depicting 3 extended human heads outlined in red, seemingly in conversation.
The artist displays
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Chinese Calligrapher
s Dream Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
of plum blossoms, his human head wearing a necklace dangling an empty frame. He faces a large bird
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Decorator 67 - Chloe York - Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
decorator crab. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulders. She
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique Deco Egyptian Revival Signet Ring Sphinx Man Lion 14k Gold 10.5 Men
s
Located in Torrance, CA
with the head of a human and the body of a Lion. The signet mount is engraved with the initials "SH
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Signet Rings
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Benediction - figurative, face, hands, mask, tribal, cast bronze sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
that uses the human head as a metaphor for our collective experience.
“My sculptures are objects of
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jean-Michel Basquiat, "In This Case", Lithograph, LImited /300
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Pasadena, CA
accident. "What drew Basquiat almost obsessively to the depiction of the human head was his fascination
Category
Late 20th Century Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pair of Reliefs, Castillian School, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
from the left, shows a winged angel head, two human figures holding a long cloth (which goes through a
Category
Antique 16th Century Spanish Renaissance Religious Items
Materials
Other
Mid-20th Century Medical Anatomical Teaching Diagram
Located in London, GB
century hand crafted plaster on pine anatomical medical diagram. Detailing the human head with sectioned
Category
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
Eyes,
by Alberto Giacometti, Lithograph Print
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
his focus almost exclusively to sculpting the human head, often using his sister artist Isabel
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Mark Tobey drawing on W. H. Auden poem from Henry Moore book/portfolio
By Mark Tobey
Located in New York, NY
sleeping head, my love,
Human on my faithless arm;
Time and fevers burn away
Individual beauty from
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Ink, Pen
Driven, Avery Palmer, Oil painting, pop surreal figure and toy, outdoors setting
By Avery Palmer
Located in Dallas, TX
a toy human head. Avery Palmer is known for his thoughtful pop surealist-style. This oil painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Mexico. His 2009 sculpture of a group of human-headed cockroaches can be found climbing one of the walls
Category
1990s Baroque Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Delicatessen de ocho comensales
Located in Miami, FL
embassy in Mexico. His 2009 sculpture of a group of human-headed cockroaches can be found climbing one of
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Romanesque capital with sirens - France 13th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
animal characteristics, more akin to a fish with a human head than a woman with a fish's body. This
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier French Medieval Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Midnight", contemporary, nighttime, blues, green, red, brown, oil painting
By Alexandra Rozenman
Located in Franklin, MA
edge. The artist writes: It is dark night but the full moon sheds light on the reason two human heads
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Burmese Carved Gilt Wood Glass Jeweled Manussiha Figure Pair
Located in Forney, TX
. Its statues are usually found guarding the four corners of a pagoda. It has a human head and torso and
Category
Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Middle 20th century old bronze Nepali Ganesha statue fire gold gilded
Located in DEVENTER, NL
artistry and spiritual significance.
Ganesha is traditionally depicted with an elephant head and a plump
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Large Heavily Carved Oak Armoire With Wrangel Family Crest, Sweden circa 1740-80
Located in Round Top, TX
appreciate the fine craftsmanship in the hand-carved details including figures both human and mythical, heads
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Baroque Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Oak
Ancient Roman Carved Red Jasper Gryllus Signet Ring Antique Georgian
Located in London, GB
of human heads and animal parts. Derived from the Italic word grillo ("freak") and the Latin gryllus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Georgian Signet Rings
Materials
Jasper
The undertakers
riot in Amsterdam
Located in UTRECHT, UT
coat of arms of Amsterdam on the back of the chariot, blowing winds in the form of human heads
Reverse
Category
Antique 1690s Dutch Antiquities
Materials
Silver
18th Century, Spanish Silver Roman Bireme Automaton Ship "Nef"
Located in Madrid, ES
operated by a handle in the shape of a human head located at the rear of the boat. The support that
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Above the Centaurino Mountain - Original Mixed Media by Giulio Greco - 1990
By Giulio Greco
Located in Roma, IT
small Centaur (the weel-known monster of Greek mythology, with human head and bust, horse's rump and
Category
1990s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Mechelen bronze bell. 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
classicist influence, based on animals (note the monkey playing a stringed instrument), winged angel heads, a
Category
Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Religious Items
Materials
Bronze, Other
Antique French Neo Gothic Style Trunk
Located in Dallas, TX
Egyptian sphinx. It has the body of a red lion and a human head. To the left of the center panel is “The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Gothic Blanket Chests
Gorgeous Antique Ebonized and Ormolu Cabinet
Located in Warsaw, PL
symmetrical figures. The capital of the column is decorated with an ormolu human head and acanthus leaf motif
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
French school Abstract Composition N.2. By Patrick Boudon. Dated 1963
By Patrick Boudon
Located in Firenze, IT
characterized by exaggerated heads and hands, often exploring human relationships.
Sadly, a significant portion
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache, Cardboard
Vintage Solid Bronze Giacometti Inspired Chair
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
, Giacometti concentrated his sculpting on the human head, focusing on the sitter's gaze. He preferred models
Category
20th Century American Chairs
Materials
Bronze
Beverly Fishman "UNTITLED" Abstract Silkscreen Stainless Metal 2008
Located in Detroit, MI
depictions of human heads and skulls and crossbones and include cameos by pop culturalicons like the Teenage
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
18th Century Grand Tour Roman Sarcophagus
Located in New Orleans, LA
mythos. Sphinxes — Greek mythological creatures combining the head and breasts of a human woman, the body
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Vases
Materials
Marble
Antique Pair Grand Tour Bronze Egyptian Sphynx Figures Breche Violet Marble 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
lion and the head of a human, with some variations. It is a prominent mythological figure in Egyptian
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Breccia Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage Pair of Egyptian Cream Recumbent Sphinxes 20th Century
Located in London, GB
,
mythological creature with a lion’s body and a human head, an important image in Egyptian and Greek art and
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
Vintage Pair of French Egyptian Recumbent Sphinxes 20th Century
Located in London, GB
,
mythological creature with a lion’s body and a human head, an important image in Egyptian and Greek art and
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
"Annette, " Original Black and White Lithograph Portrait by Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Giacometti concentrated his sculpting on the human head, focusing on the model's gaze, followed by a unique
Category
1960s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Silver Tastevin, “Tembladera”, Northern Spain, Cantabria, 1739
Located in Madrid, ES
” with human heads are highlighted by plant motives, abundant decorative contrasts with the clean lines
Category
Antique 1730s Spanish Neoclassical More Dining and Entertaining
Materials
Silver
Silver Tastevin “Tembladera” Northern Spain, Cantabria, 1739
Located in Madrid, ES
” with human heads are highlighted by plant motives, abundant decorative contrasts with the clean lines
Category
Antique 1730s Spanish Neoclassical More Dining and Entertaining
Materials
Silver
"Red Sofa #2" - Framed Modern Abstract Nude Robert Gordy Painting
By Robert Gordy
Located in New Orleans, LA
pictorial space in closely-keyed colors. In the early 1980s, the human head began to emerge as an important
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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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.
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