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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Orrefors Annual Ornament Paper Star 2023
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Each year, a new ornament is launched for the holiday season. The ornament for 2023 is inspired by origami Christmas stars. It has been a long tradition in Sweden to decorate the Chr...
Category
2010s German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
$100 / item
Monumental Italian Serpentine Marble Grand Tour "Uffizi Wrestlers"
Located in Queens, NY
Monumental Italian Serpentine Marble Grand Tour "Uffizi Wrestlers"
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Wig Holder or Hat Stand 1970 Vintage, Sculpture Face Female Head France, Brown
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is a wig holder, made in the 1970s in France. It is a Female Head, in a brown color.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Monumental Jesus and Virgin Mary Folk Art Sculptures from the Jesuit Center
Located in Hamburg, PA
A religious pair of monumental wooden sculptures depicting Jesus and Mary from the Berks County Pennsylvania Jesuit Center. This dynamic ha...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Art Deco Rene Lalique Victoire Car Mascot
By René Lalique
Located in Northampton, GB
Original Rene Lalique Car Mascot
From our Lalique collection, we are thrilled to offer this original Rene Lalique Victoire Car Mascot. The Mascot fro...
Category
Early 19th Century French Art Deco Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Religious Polychrome Santos Wood Carving
Located in San Diego, CA
An early polychrome religious santos carving, circa 1800s. The piece is hand carved in a soft wood with original paint and polychrome finish on a wood...
Category
19th Century Spanish Primitive Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Softwood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Jon Rubin Figural Bronze Indian Warrior Chief With Drum Marble Base 11"
Located in Dayton, OH
A 20th Century bronze featuring a Native American Chief sitting Indian style while playing the drum and singing. The chief is sitting next to a cow scull and raised over a plinth bas...
Category
20th Century Native American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$280 Sale Price
30% Off
Buddha Sculpture Jade Green Resin
Located in New York, NY
A vintage bright jade green resin seated Buddha, in the Chinoiserie style, circa mid to late-20th century. Dimensions: 4" depth x 3.5" width x 3.38" height ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Cowboy Bronze ‘Bronco Buster’ After Frederic Remington, Early–Mid 20th
Located in King
s Lynn, GB
Here we have an impressive early–mid 20th-century bronze Bronco Buster after Frederic Remington, mounted on a substantial marble base. This iconic model depicts a cowboy riding a rea...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 1930s Art Deco Sculpture Man with Spear by Salvatore Melani
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Signed by Salvatore Melani - 1930
Dimension:
47 cm width
42 cm heigh
Material:
Plaster.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
"Male Athlete with Kettlebell", Rare Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude by Seifert
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This highly rare bronze of a nude male athlete preparing to left a heavy kettlebell weight was sculpted by an Austrian artist, Franz Seifert, in 1922. Although Seifert is known for his nude figures straining to accomplish physical tasks -- such as carrying a large bucket or splitting a stone -- this sculpture is the only example known to exist. A decade after this sculpture was cast, Seifert carved a marble portrait of Siegfried Marcus, inventor of the gasoline-powered car, for a monument in Vienna, which includes a nude male figure in bas relief racing forward on the upper edge of an automobile wheel. He also created a large sculpture grouping honoring Empress Elizabeth...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Belle Époque Patinated and Gilt Bronze
Metal Hovering Cherub Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Belle Époque three light patinated, gilt bronze and gilt-metal figural chandelier pendant. The dark patinated bronze figure of a hovering cherub enwra...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Cesto di Dalie
Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s Italy, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rare and highly sought-after collectors item is the 'Cesto di Dalie' umbrella stand by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1950s, signed underneath with a Fornasetti medallion label. This h...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$2,975 Sale Price
32% Off
Gio Ponti for Argenteria Sabattini Italian Silver-Plated "Musk" Sculpture 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian sculpture ‘Cuckolded Mask” in silver-plated metal designed by Gio Ponti for Argenteria Sabattini with the manufacturer’s mark engraved, Italy 1970s
Please note that the item...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Modern Cubist Brutalist "Repose" Figurative Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This brutalist Mid-Century Modern sculpture in the style of the Cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz stands at 19.5" tall. The solid sculpture is made of gypsum with a painted copper ext...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Chanel Addict Black
White Pill Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Chanel Addict black & white Pill sculpture with all
structure in resin in lacquered finish. On acrylic base.
Limited Edition of 8 pieces, numbered and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
18th Century French Carved Oak Panel Depicting Two Angel With Coat Of Arms
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered oak panel depicting two baroque angels holding a coat of arms.
Weathered and small losses, most likely it was once part of a larger panel.
France circa 1750. trea...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
$689 Sale Price
27% Off
"Brother Against Brother", Rare Art Deco Silver Medal/Sculptural Piece by De Lu
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and rare example of late Art Deco sculpture struck in solid silver, this medal was designed by Donald De Lue in 1965 as part of the larger New York University Hall of Fam...
Category
1960s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Santo Domingo, Set of 6 Murano glasses color "Millefiori" handmade
Located in Roma, IT
Set of six water/drink/wine glasses color Millefiori - Murano glass - Made in Italy.
These individual Murano glasses are inspired by the classic "Goto Botte" Murano glass.
Other co...
Category
2010s European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$210 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Panamá City, Set of 6 Murano Drink\water Glasses Color "Multicolor" Handmade
Located in Roma, IT
Set of six water\drink\wine glasses color Multicolor (petrol green, blue, red, ivory, periwinkle, mustard) - Murano glass - Made in Italy.
These individual Murano glasses are inspir...
Category
2010s European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$230 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Austrian Orientalist Majolica Figural Pedestal by Gerbing
Stephen
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout 19th century majolica pedestal handcrafted in terra cotta. In an orientalist theme with a woman and an ostrich under a palm tree, decorated and glazed. Signed G & S 1847 on ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Nude Triton", Larger, Rare Bronze of Nude Male Triton by Netzer, 1920s
By Hubert Netzer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
At once strong and sensuous, this large bronze of a fully nude triton figure, his right arm raised high with his trident, ready to strike, was sculpted in the 1920s by Hubert Netzer....
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Glass Vase entitled "Scenic Vase" by Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
An eye catching late 19th Century French cameo glass vase decorated with raised deep burgundy trees against a blue mountainous landscape against a variegating yellow field. Exhibitin...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Santiago del Chile, Set of 6 Murano glasses color "Multicolor" handmade
Located in Roma, IT
Set of six water/drink/wine glasses Multicolor - Murano glass - Made in Italy.
These individual Murano glasses are inspired by the classic "Goto Botte" Murano glass.
Other colors a...
Category
2010s European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$210 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A 17th Century Mounted French Limestone Carving of a Winged Angel
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally part of a larger architectural from a French building in the 1600s, this hand-carved limestone fragment of a winged angel has been mounted more recently to a painted black...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Limestone, Metal
Pair of French Antique Cast Brass Belle Epoque Style Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Patinated Cast Brass
Style: French Antique
Category
1920s French Other Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
A Tosei Gusoku (Samurai
s Armour), 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Belonging to the period 1603-1867, most likely between the end of 17th and the beginning of 18th Century, this beautiful armour is a 32-plate suji kabuto made of brown-lacquered iron...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Antique Large Japanese Bronze Elephant
Tigers Meiji Period 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful large Japanese Meiji Period patinated bronze study of an elephant with tigers, signed on the belly, Meiji period, 1868-1912, and late...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck Model #3603L Large Brass and Leather Bell
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #3603L large brass and leather bell. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural bell is executed in polished brass an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
19th Century bronze statue of Zeus riding an eagle
Located in Reepham, GB
A fine cast and patinated 19th Century bronze statue of Zeus riding an eagle, mounted on a machine tooled gilt base
France, circa 1860
Category
19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain Figure, Russian Dancer designed by Dimitri Iwanow for Lomonosov
By Dimitri Ivanov, Lomonosov
Located in Bochum, NRW
Tamara Karsavina, a Ballets Russes Dancer, impersonating the "Firebird" in the Ballet by Igor Strawinsky. Porcelain Figure by Dimitri Iwanow for Lomonosov, St. Petersburg Manufactory...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Black Apollo Torso Sculpture, Small Size, in Resin and Metal Base.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black Apollo torso sculpture, small size, in resin and metal base.
Apollo is the male emblem of strength and beauty. This small Greek torso is the perfect embodiment of the son of Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Greek or Roman Head Bust Sculpture, 1965
Located in New York, NY
A Greco-Roman sculpture head or bust, England, 1965. A reproduction piece made of chalkware or plaster with a dark bronze-like finish. Marked on side as show in image #17. Vintage st...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Greco Roman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$975 / set
Miguel Berrocal Mini "Portrait De Michelle" Puzzle Sculpture, 1960s
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful vintage mini Miguel Berrocal puzzle element sculpture of the bust of a woman called Portrait de Michelle is comprised of 17 individual c...
Category
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Nickel
Pre-Columbian Standing Male Nude Figure
Located in Astoria, NY
Pre-Columbian Standing Male Nude Figure, probably Aztec, black burnished terracotta, mounted on ebonized wood base. 14.5" H x 7" W x 4.5" D. Provenance: From an Upper East Side Colle...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Bronze Figural Sculpture of a Musician by Boyer Fres. Bronziers - Paris
By Boyer of Paris
Located in Austin, TX
A large French bronze sculptural figure of a musician -in the round - from the late 19th century, featuring a man in fancy dress playing a violin or fiddle, set upon a round raised p...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine of a Girl with Flower Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique German porcelain figurine.
By Meissen.
In the form of a barefoot young girl in a dirndl dress carrying a wicker basket full of many different flowers. Atop a Rococo-style gilt plinth.
Marked to the base with Meissen's blue underglaze crossed swords mark / an impressed 9 / an incised 'No. 5'.
Simply a wonderful antique Meissen figurine...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Figure Leda and the Swan by Paul Philippe
Located in Newark, England
SILVERED BRONZE
From our Sculpture collection, we are pleased to offer this rare example Art Deco Bronze Figure by Paul Philippe. The figure beautifully raised upon a geometric bla...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal "Mini-David" Puzzle Sculpture 4158/10K
Located in Miami, FL
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal "Mini-David" Puzzle Sculpture 4158/10K
Offered for sale is a "Mini-David" puzzle sculpture by Miguel Ortiz Berrocal (Spain, 1933-2006). Miguel Berrocal blende...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 18th Century Carved Wooden Baroque Arm Of A Saint Figure
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing 18th century carved wooden Baroque arm of a Saint figure.
This piece was once part of a procession Saint figure. The arm is now placed at a wooden base and as visible on the ...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$952 Sale Price
30% Off
Art Deco Flapper Girl Ceramic Powder/ Trinket Box, c1930
s, France
Located in Devon, England
Wonderful 1930's Art Deco ceramic powder box. A rare design and highly sought after. The attention to detail is just wonderful, so skillfully painted, from her slightly blushed cheek...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Romer italy hand carved desk top scuba diver
Located in Ferndale, MI
Whimsical carved figure of skin diver , spear fisherman . Decked in wet suit with spear gun and fresh catch . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Lifesize Bronze Bust of Othello after Gaston Veuvenot Leroux
By Gaston Vuevenot Leroux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive French 19th century life-size bust depicting Othello, the North African Moor of Venice character in the 1603 play written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), a...
Category
19th Century French Moorish Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$28,950 Sale Price
35% Off
Bjørn Wiinblad. "Autumn" figurine in blue glazed earthenware. 1964
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bjørn Wiinblad (1918-2006). "Autumn" from the series "The Four Seasons", figurine in blue glazed earthenware.
Model number M22.
Signed with monogram and dated '64.
In perfect conditi...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Nude Male Bronze Sculpture Fountain
Located in Malibu, CA
Bronze male sculpture signed. Fonderia Giorgio Sommer Calabritto Napoli
Thomas, sculptor, lived and worked in the Naples area, and especially on Capri, from 1889 to 1906. Given this ...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$13,296 Sale Price
30% Off
Cobalt Blue Murano Glass Head Sculpture, Italy, 1970s, 45cm Tall
Located in Milano, IT
An unusual Murano Glass Head Sculpture, made in Italy, around the 1970s
A striking hand-blown Murano glass head sculpture produced in Italy during the 1970s. Executed in deep cobalt ...
Category
1970s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Mid-Century Pedal Car Fire Truck
Located in Chicago, IL
Vibrant, sleek and full of character, this vintage pedal car was once the prized possession of children all across America. A popular toy since the late 19th century, pedal cars expe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Hollywood Regency Brass Parrot on Perch Sculptural Wall Mirror
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish and whimsy, this sculptural wall mirror will add style and fun to your décor. Ideal for that unique touch of style in those unexpected areas of your home. Bohemian and glamou...
Category
1970s Indian Hollywood Regency Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$200 Sale Price
27% Off
Amber meerschaum pipe, depicting a sailing ship. Vienna, Austria 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A tobacco tasting pipe made of genuine carved meerschaum with a genuine amber mouthpiece. It depicts a single-masted sailing ship with unfurled sails and sailors. Original leather-li...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Vintage Indian Noble Papier Mache Maharajah Bust Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A very large and absolutely charming vintage Indian papier mâché portrait bust of a male Maharajah (Raja or Indian noble prince).
Born in India...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
Table Top Sculpture by Anne Van Kleeck in Bronze
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A unique Anne Van Kleeck bronze, table top sculpture of abstracted figures, dancers perhaps. From the artist's estate. A note about the artist: Anne Van Kleeck was primarily known for her works in cast bronze and ceramics. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A.) and Ohio State University (M.A.) and spent several years as a professor of art in Ohio and Florida. In 1957, Anne traveled to Venice, Italy to study bronze and lost wax casting, beaten iron and mosaic techniques. During that stay she employed an Italian foundry expert and together they established a small foundry on the island of Murano where they cast bronzes for her one woman show in Venice. Van Kleecks work has won multiple awards and is owned worldwide by private collectors and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum and MOMA in New York. She was contemporaries of and exhibited with Ruth Asawa, Gary Knox Bennett...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Olmec Pre-Columbian Jade Erotic Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Olmec Pre-Columbian Carved Jade Erotic Sculpture, depicting a male figure embracing a female figure. 1.75" H x 3.25" W x 1.75" D. Provenance: From the Upper East Side Apartment of a ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Jade
$1,800 Sale Price
23% Off
Pair Wildwood Chelsea House Porcelain Staffordshire Style Spaniel Mantle Dogs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Wildwood Chelsea House Branded
Porcelain Mantle Staffordshire Style Dogs
Marked Chelsea House
Made in Italy
Measures 10" H x 7.25" W x 4.75" D.
New ~ Out of box and in excell...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Mazy x Maison Nurita Pink Glazed Porcelain Lily of the Valley Sculpture
By Samuel Mazy
Located in Toronto, ON
Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy, in collaboration with Maison Nurita. This Lily of the Valley is handmade in biscuit porcelain, ...
Category
2010s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Antique Female Sculpture In Alabaster, Giuseppe Gambogi Italian Sculptor, 19th.
By Giuseppe Gambogi
Located in Breganze, VI
The category Antique Alabaster Sculptures, features a refined Female Sculpture, a
Young Woman leaning against a classical column and peering expectantly,
the work created is made of alabaster, a lustrous and elegant material used by the
artists to sculpt their works of art.
The age of the ancient sculpture is from the late 1800s, 19th century.
The ancient female Statue in alabaster, bears a signature G. Gambogi, Italian sculptor.
Giuseppe Gambogi (1862-1938), was born in Pisa but worked in Florence where he had his studio-atelier together with his children.
He uses various materials in marble, alabaster and bronze for his works. Sculptor with Romantic and Orientalist taste.
Many works created by the sculptor were made for the foreign market and
some of them are preserved in the Dantesco Museum in Ravenna.
The sculpture is in excellent condition although it has undergone minor restoration.
Sculture...
Category
Late 19th Century European Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Monumental Curtis Jere Brass Sailboat Sculpture, Signed and Dated 1976
By Curtis Jeré
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental Curtis Jere Brass Sailboat Sculpture, Signed and Dated 1976
Dimensions: 52″ W × 39″ H × 7″ D
Signed: © C. Jere, 1976
A striking and monumental brass wire sculpture of a ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Monumental Italian Brass Fish Or Koi Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Monumental Italian brass fish or koi sculpture. This magnificent sculptural well detailed fish or koi sculpture is heavy weight and recently professionally polished.
Perfect sculptu...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Carl Milles Swedish Modernist Bronze Figurative Sculpture After Solsångaren
By Carl Milles
Located in Queens, NY
Swedish Art Deco (1920s) Grace Period Modernist patinated figurative sculpture modeled After Solsångaren, signed verso Millesgården (CARL MILLES - Millesgården)
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Exquisite Polychrome Spanish santo wood sculpture of St. Dominic
Located in Leesburg, VA
Exquisite Polychrome Spanish santo wood sculpture of St. Dominic
Anonymous
ca. 1700; Spain or the Spanish Americas
Polychrome wood
Approximate ...
Category
Early 1700s Spanish Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
20th Sculpture of an Asiatic Man with Birds and Harlequin Motifs, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
This alluring statue will elevate any interior decor.
Nimble and flexible yet astute and clever, this statue is here portrayed in the midst of a traditional dance. The masterful de...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique, New and Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor.
Realistic representation in visual art has a very long history. And while figurative artists, whether figurative painters or sculptors, find inspiration in humans, animals and real-life objects, good figurative sculptures can make us think differently about how the real world should look. Just as figurative paintings might include Photorealistic human likenesses, they can also include elements of Surrealism and can suggest a creative and alternative reality. Figurative sculptures aren’t always realistic impressions of our world — depictions of the human form in classical Greek sculpture, for example, might emphasize beauty and physical perfection.
There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.
When decorating your living room, dining room, home office and study areas with figurative sculptures, don’t be afraid to choose bold colors to inject brightness into neutral spaces. Texture is another factor to consider when purchasing figurative sculptures. A highly textural work of ceramics or wood will catch the eye in a sleek modern space, whereas a smooth, flat glass sculpture can offer an often much-needed contrast in a room that already has many textures.
On 1stDibs, find antique, new or vintage figurative sculpture or other kinds of sculpture for your home decor today.