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Item Ships From: Los Angeles
Contemporary Repoussé Copper Grape Sprig Sculpture by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grape Sprig Sculpture
Antiqued Copper
Hand Repoussé
Copper
Contemporary
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Repoussé is the traditional art of hand-hammering decorat...
Category
2010s Modern Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Cherries, White Bronze by Robert Kuo, Hand Repousse, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cherries
White bronze
Hand repousse
Limited edition
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Repousse´ is the traditional art of hand-hammering decorative relief onto...
Category
2010s Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Ceramic Nude Women Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large free-form female sculpture designed in the United States circa 1960. This interesting art piece features two entwined nude women in earth-toned ceramic. Black lines trace their faces, hands, and bodies. Their facial expressions and body language positively contrast with the use of colorful blue brush strokes...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
California Modern Burlwood Sculpture by Lebar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer
Lebar
Manufacturer
Lebar.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Driftwood
Hand Carved Folk Art Soapstone Indian
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand Carved Folk Art soapstone Indian.
Category
20th Century American Navajo Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Cenedese Murano glass fish sculpture /paperweight attb to Da Ros.
By Cenedese, Antonio da Ros
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful modern fish sculpture by Cenedese .
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Bronze Nude Figural Sculpture by Franz Bergman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sustantial bronze sculpture by Austrian artist Franz Bergman depicting a Man holding a nude female and standing on a rug.
Beautiful colors and attention to detail.
Signed.
M...
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1950s Vintage Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Madonna
Child Sculpture/Religious Icon, Italy 19th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our exquisite Antique Madonna & Child Sculpture/Religious Icon, originating from 19th-century Italy. This captivating masterpiece showcases...
Category
19th Century Italian Revival Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Carved Relief Plaque with Chariot Scene
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A low-relief scene full of movement and mystery. This cast plaque shows a procession of four horses pulling a wheeled chariot with two robed figures seated under a parasol. The surfa...
Category
Early 20th Century Han Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Sculpture of a Boy Doing a Handstand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our stunning Vintage Sculpture of a boy doing a Handstand, straight from the USA in the swinging 1960s. This captivating piece of art will undoubtedly add a touch of char...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Italian 19th Century Bronze Sculpture Group of a Two-Horse Roman Chariot
Rider
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and large Italian 19th century Greco Roman style brown patinated bronze sculpture group of a two-horse Roman Chariot and rider in a dark patina, raised on a fitted Verde d'alp...
Category
19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$12,950 Sale Price
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Giant Plastic Phone Stashbox
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive black oversized phone. Marked "Poynter Products Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio." Made in Japan. Date stamped 1980. Made of plastic. Top and bottom pieces twist off and can be used as ...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
A biomorphic wood and iron sculpture of a woman, signed, mid 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A biomorphic hand-carved sculpture of a femme, signed by artist, 20th century. In wood with hand-crafted embossed iron base. This piece is reminiscent of early Mesopotamian sculpture...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Cipri Adolf Bermann, German, 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Bacchus Herm Term
By Cipri Adolf Bermann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cipri Adolf Bermann (German, 1862-1942) a very fine 19th century gilt-bronze miniature figure of a Bacchus Herm, depicting Bacchus, also known as Dionysus, the god of the grape harve...
Category
Early 1900s German Louis XV Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,250 Sale Price
34% Off
Italian 19th Century Carrara Marble Sculpture Going for a Swim by Emilio Fiaschi
By Emilio Fiaschi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 19th century Carrara marble sculpture depicting a young beauty going for a Swim standing on the steps of a dock, raised on its ori...
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Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Hagenauer Wien rare sculpture bronze and wood HWH , Indians in a canoe, Marked
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and elegant sculpture in bronze with black patina and carved wood canoe . marks in bottom HWH , hand made Austria . and Logo
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jean Paul Gaultier Wire Dress Form Mannequin
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An iconic and collectible wirework dress form mannequin by legendary French designer Jean Paul Gaultier, created in the 1990s. This sculptural piece exemplifies Gaultier’s bold, avan...
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$2,385 Sale Price
35% Off
Monumental Pale Yellow Baby Bottle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gigantic baby bottle made in the 1970s. Hard plastic bottle with removable top and rubber nipple. Pale light yellow bottle with ounces on one side and mill...
Category
1970s American Vintage Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Rubber
Fine Bronze Bust of a Man in Manner of Sir Jacob Epstein (British 1880-1959)
By Jacob Epstein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Bronze Bust of a man in the manner of Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959), artist unknown. This beautifully executed green-patinated bronze somewhat resembles the style of ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Aesthetic Movement Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Signed Rare Sergio Bustamante Papier Mâché Sculpture of a Boy with Cat
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare life-sized papier mâché sculpture of boy with cat by Mexican artist, Sergio Bustamante - this is a beautiful example of Bustamantes work and a r...
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20th Century Mexican Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Italian 19th-20th Century Carved Alabaster Bust of a Young Girl with a Bandana
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming Italian 19th-20th century carved alabaster bust of a young girl. The young beauty posing with a direct gaze, her hair tied with a head bandana tied on her forehead wearing a tank top, raised on a tapered alabaster stand...
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Early 1900s Italian Belle Époque Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Attila Tivadar Abstract Female Body Sculptures
By Attila Tivadar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of cast stone abstract sculptures depicting female bodies with exaggerated curves seating in different reclining poses.
The sculptures are finished...
Category
20th Century American Expressionist Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
$2,950 / set
Vintage Bronze of a Nude Girl Seating
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our exceptional Vintage Bronze of a Nude Girl Seating, Signed Chavez, circa 1960's – a timeless piece of art that exudes elegance and charm. This...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Decorative Foam Tooth Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vintage decorative tooth. This large scale molar shaped model features raised features in a white crackle finish and stands on four pronged roots.
Dimensions:
8.0" wide x 13.0" h...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Foam, Paint
Contemporary Hand Repoussé White Bronze Mushroom Sculptures by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mushroom sculpture (Set of 2)
White bronze
Hand repoussé
Measures: S: 29 1/2" W x 30 1/2" D x 28" H
L: 38" W x 37" D x 32 1/2" H
Limited edition
Contemporary
Each piece is ind...
Category
2010s Minimalist Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Long Han Gourd Sculpture in Cream Lacquer and Copper by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Long Han Gourd Sculpture
Cream Lacquer
Antique Copper
Hand Repoussé
Limited Edition
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Repoussé is the traditional art of hand-...
Category
2010s Modern Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Figurative Sculpture Mounted on Wood in the Style of Giacometti
By Alberto and Diego Giacometti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An intriguing Figurative sculpture in the style of Giacometti. The piece has a very nice harmonious feeling... while the feeling is brutalist, it has a smooth flow.
The piece is mo...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
French 19th Century Patinated Bronze Group "The Abduction of the Sabine Women"
By Pierre Loison 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and Monumental French 19th century patinated bronze group Titled "The Abduction of the Sabine Women" after a model by Pierre Loison (French, 1816-1886), depicting a young scantily maiden being carried away on the arms of a Roman soldier, raised on circular ebonized wood and brass revolving pedestal stand. Signed at the base: P. Loison, circa: Paris, 1870-1880.
Overall height (Sculpture and Pedestal): 91 inches (231.2 cm).
Sculpture height: 54 3/4 inches (139.1 cm).
Sculpture width: 24 inches (61 cm).
Pedestal height: 36 inches (91.5 cm).
Pedestal width (Widest): 25 1/2 inches (64.8 cm).
Pierre Loison was a French sculptor of the 19th century born in the seaside town of Loir-et-Cher on July 5, 1816 and died in Cannes on February 3, 1886. In 1841, he joined the Pierre-Jean David d'Angers workshop where he became one of his favorite pupils. A year later he attended the School of Fine Arts in Paris. He exhibited for the first time at the Salon des artistes Français where in 1845 he was awarded third-class medal. In 1853 he was awarded First Place medal and at the Universal Exhibition of 1955 he received an honorable mention and another medal award in 1859.
On 12 July 1859 and by decree, he was made "Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur".
Pierre Loison is buried at The Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris.
Works by Pierre Loison
"Femme assise": Terre cuite (1843) au musée Gustave-Moreau à Paris
"Jeune fille portant un vase": Statue en marbre blanc, (h. 1,25 m) datée de 1857 et présentée au Salon de 1859 ; la statue fut d’abord placée au Palais-Royal (appartements du prince Napoléon) ; elle est actuellement au musée des Beaux-arts de Dole ; une réplique de taille réduite est au Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris.
"La Halle aux grains de Mer": Chaque façade de ce bâtiment, classé à l’inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques, comporte un fronton triangulaire et celui de la façade ouest représentant « L’Agriculture distribuant des couronnes aux enfants de Beauce et de Sologne » a été sculpté gracieusement par P. Loison, natif de la commune.
"La Justice assise": Allégorie de la Justice au fronton du Palais de justice de Blois (1847).
"Buste d’Achille Fould": Au musée du Château de Blois 8;
"Nausicaa": Statue en plâtre présentée au Salon de 1874, au musée des Beaux-arts de Vendôme.
"Statue de J-B. Pigalle sur la façade de l’hôtel de ville de Paris
"Sculptures extérieures du Palais du Louvre": Pierre Loison est l’auteur de neuf statues qui décorent les façades du Louvre "Figure" (1878) au deuxième étage du Pavillon Marsan10; "La Navigation" (1868) sur la balustrade du premier étage du Pavillon des États11; "Pandore" (1861) sur l’aile Est12; « Vénus » (1865) Aile Marsan13; "l’Histoire et la Vérité" (1857)14; "La Poésie et la Philosophie" (1857)15 deux oculi du Pavillon Mollien, coté cour Napoléon ; "Concordet" (1857) sur la balustarde du premier étage de la Rotonde de Beauvais, coté cour Napoléon.
"Statue de Sappho sur le rocher de Leucade : datée de 1859, (h. 1,85 m) sur la façade nord de la cour carrée du Palais du Louvre à Paris ; le modèle en plâtre, offert par Mme Loison, est au musée des Beaux-arts de Blois.
"Vierge à l’enfant": Statue en marbre en l’église Saint-Pierre de Dampierre-en-Yvelines.
"Jeune romain enlevant une Sabine": Groupe présenté au Salon de 1863 qui a été reproduit en bronze par la fonderie d’art Raingo frères.
"Sépulture de la famille Hautoy : Au cimetière du Père-Lachaise, deux bas-reliefs en marbre représentant l’un "La vie de Famille," l’autre 'Le chantier," datés de 1880.
"Demoiselle d’honneur de la Cour de François Ier": Statue en pierre exposée au Salon des artistes vivants en 1870 ; acquise par l’État à ce Salon, elle a été déposée en 1891, devant la mairie d’Aubin.
"La Paix distribuant des palmes aux génies des Beaux-arts": Fronton du Château de Compiègne (1866).
"Daphnis et Naïs": Groupe en marbre (1869) au musée de Picardie à Amiens.
"Jean-Baptiste Pigalle": Statue en pierre (1881) sur la façade principale, au rez-de-chaussée de l’Hôtel de ville de Paris.
"Gisant de Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orléans: dans la chapelle royale de Dreux en collaboration avec Ary Scheffer.
"La Grace": Statue en marbre (1875) dans le grand foyer de l’opéra Garnier.
The Abduction of the Sabine Women
The Abduction of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome, traditionally dated to 750 BC, in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. Recounted by Livy and Plutarch (Parallel Lives II, 15 and 19), it provided a subject for Renaissance and post-Renaissance works of art that combined a suitably inspiring example of the hardihood and courage of ancient Romans with the opportunity to depict multiple figures, including heroically semi-nude figures, in intensely passionate struggle. Comparable themes from Classical Antiquity are the Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs and the theme of Amazonomachy, the battle of Theseus with the Amazons.
The Abduction is supposed to have occurred in the early history of Rome, shortly after its founding by Romulus and his mostly male followers. Seeking wives in order to found families, the Romans negotiated unsuccessfully with the Sabines, who populated the area. Fearing the emergence of a rival society, the Sabines refused to allow their women to marry the Romans. Consequently, the Romans planned to abduct Sabine women, during a festival of Neptune Equester and proclaimed the festival among Rome's neighbours. According to Livy, many people from Rome's neighbours including folk from the Caeninenses, Crustumini, and Antemnates, and many of the Sabines attended. At the festival Romulus gave a Signal, at which the Romans grabbed the Sabine women and fought off the Sabine men. The indignant abductees were soon implored by Romulus to accept Roman husbands.
Livy says Romulus offered them free choice and promised civic and property rights to women. According to Livy, Romulus spoke to them each in person, declaring "that what was done was owing to the pride of their fathers, who had refused to grant the privilege of marriage to their neighbours; but notwithstanding, they should be joined in lawful wedlock, participate in all their possessions and civil privileges, and, than which nothing can be dearer to the human heart, in their common children." Responsibility of the men for meeting the needs of the children thus conceived was not included.
War with the Sabines and other tribes
Outraged at the occurrence, the King of the Caeninenses entered upon Roman territory with his army. Romulus and the Romans met the Caeninenses in battle, killed their king, and routed their army. Romulus later attacked Caenina and took it upon the first assault. Returning to Rome, he dedicated a temple to Jupiter Feretrius (according to Livy, the first temple dedicated in Rome) and offered the spoils of the enemy king as spolia opima. According to the Fasti Triumphales, Romulus celebrated a triumph over the Caeninenses on 1 March 752 BC.
At the same time, the army of the Antemnates invaded Roman territory. The Romans retaliated, and the Antemnates were defeated in battle and their town captured. According to the Fasti Triumphales, Romulus celebrated a second triumph in 752 BC over the Antemnates.
The Crustumini also started a war, but they too were defeated and their town captured.
Roman colonists subsequently were sent to Antemnae and Crustumerium by Romulus, and many citizens of those towns also migrated to Rome (particularly the families of the captured women).
The Sabines themselves finally declared war, led into battle by their king, Titus Tatius. Tatius almost succeeded in capturing Rome, thanks to the treason of Tarpeia, daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, governor of the citadel on the Capitoline Hill. She opened the city gates for the Sabines in return for "what they bore on their arms", thinking she would receive their golden bracelets. Instead, the Sabines crushed her to death with their shields, and her body was thrown from a rock known ever since by her name, the Tarpeian Rock.
The Romans attacked the Sabines, who now held the citadel. The Roman advance was led by Hostus Hostilius, the Sabine defence by Mettus Curtius. Hostus fell in battle, and the Roman line gave way, They retreated to the gate of the Palatium. Romulus rallied his men by promising to build a temple to Jupiter Stator on the site. He then led them back into battle. Mettus Curtius was unhorsed and fled on foot, and the Romans appeared to be winning.
At this point, however, the Sabine women intervened:
[They], from the outrage on whom the war originated, with hair dishevelled and garments rent, the timidity of their sex being overcome by such dreadful scenes, had the courage to throw themselves amid the flying weapons, and making a rush across, to part the incensed armies, and assuage their fury; imploring their fathers on the one side, their husbands on the other, "that as fathers-in-law and sons-in-law they would not contaminate each other with impious blood, nor stain their offspring with parricide, the one their grandchildren, the other their children. If you are dissatisfied with the affinity between you, if with our marriages, turn your resentment against us; we are the cause of war, we of wounds and of bloodshed to our husbands and parents. It were better that we perish than live widowed or fatherless without one or other of you."
The battle came to an end, and the Sabines agreed to unite in one nation with the Romans. Titus Tatius jointly ruled with Romulus until Tatius's death five years later.
The new Sabine residents of Rome settled on the Capitoline Hill, which they had captured in the battle.
Artistic representations:
The Rape of the Sabine Women by Johann Heinrich Schönfeld
The subject was popular during the Renaissance as symbolising the importance of marriage for the continuity of families and cultures. It was also an example of a battle subject in which the artist could demonstrate his skill in depicting female as well as male figures in extreme poses, with the added advantage of a sexual theme. It was depicted regularly on 15th-century Italian cassoni and later in larger paintings. A comparable opportunity from the New Testament was afforded by the theme of the Massacre of the Innocents.
Giambologna
The sculpture by Giambologna (1579–1583) that was reinterpreted as expressing this theme depicts three figures (a man lifting a woman into the air while a second man crouches) and was carved from a single block of marble. This sculpture is considered Giambologna's masterpiece. Originally intended as nothing more than a demonstration of the artist's ability to create a complex sculptural group, its subject matter, the legendary rape of the Sabines, had to be invented after Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, decreed that it be put on public display in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Piazza della Signoria, Florence. True to mannerist densely packed, intertwined figural compositions and ambitious overinclusive efforts, the statue renders a dynamic panoply of emotions, in poses that offer multiple viewpoints. When contrasted with the serene single-viewpoint pose of the nearby Michelangelo's David, finished nearly 80 years before, this statue is infused with the dynamics that lead towards Baroque, but the tight, uncomfortable, verticality— self-imposed by the author's virtuosic restriction to a composition that could be carved from a single block of marble— lacks the diagonal thrusts that Bernini would achieve forty years later with his Rape of Proserpina and Apollo and Daphne, both at the Galleria Borghese, Rome.
The proposed site for the sculpture, opposite Benvenuto Cellini's statue of Perseus, prompted suggestions that the group should illustrate a theme related to the former work, such as the rape of Andromeda by Phineus. The respective rapes of Proserpina and Helen were also mooted as possible themes. It was eventually decided that the sculpture was to be identified as one of the Sabine virgins.
The work is signed OPVS IOANNIS BOLONII FLANDRI MDLXXXII ("The work of Johannes of Boulogne of Flanders, 1582"). An early preparatory bronze featuring only two figures is in the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples. Giambologna then revised the scheme, this time with a third figure, in two wax models now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The artist's full-scale gesso for the finished sculpture, executed in 1582, is on display at the Accademia Gallery in Florence.
Bronze reductions of the sculpture, produced in Giambologna's own studio and imitated by others, were a staple of connoisseurs' collections into the 19th century.
Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin produced two major versions of this subject, which enabled him to display to the full his unsurpassed antiquarian knowledge, together with his mastery of complicated relations of figures in dramatic encounter. One, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was executed in Rome, 1634–35. It depicts Romulus at the left giving the Signal for the abduction.
The second version, of 1636–37, now at the Louvre Museum, shows that, though some of the principal figures are similar, he had not exhausted the subject. The architectural setting is more developed.
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens painted a version of the subject about 1635–40. It is at the National Gallery, London.
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David painted the other end of the story, when the women intervene to reconcile the warring parties. The Sabine Women Enforcing Peace by Running Between the Combatants (also known as The Intervention of the Sabine Women ) was completed in 1799. It is in the Louvre Museum.
David had worked on it from 1796, when France was at war with other European nations after a period of civil conflict culminating in the Reign of Terror and the Thermidorian Reaction, during which David himself had been imprisoned as a supporter of Robespierre. After David’s estranged wife visited him in jail, he conceived the IDEA of telling the story, to honor his wife, with the theme being love prevailing over conflict. The painting was also seen as a plea for the people to reunite after the bloodshed of the revolution.
The painting depicts Romulus's wife Hersilia — the daughter of Titus Tatius, leader of the Sabines — rushing between her husband and her father and placing her babies between them. A vigorous Romulus prepares to strike a half-retreating Tatius with his spear, but hesitates. Other soldiers are already sheathing their swords.
The rocky outcrop in the background is the Tarpeian Rock.
John Leech
The English 19th century satirical painter John Leech included in his Comic History of Rome a depiction of the Rape of the Sabine Women, where the women are portrayed, with a deliberate anachronism, in Victorian costume...
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19th Century French Mannerist Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$44,850 Sale Price / set
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Sculptural Plaster Nose
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting sculptural nose made of plaster. Cool tabletop object.
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1970s American Vintage Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Gio Ponti Ceramic Sculpture" Il Pellegrino Stanco" for Richard Ginori, Milano
By Gio Ponti, Richard Ginori
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great sample of one most important designers of the 20th century, Glazed ceramic, Gio Ponti, made for Richard Ginori and marked S Christoforo, Milano.
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
An Italian 19th-20th Century Carved Alabaster Group of a Child with a Birdcage
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Italian 19th-20th Century Carved Alabaster Group of a Child with a Birdcage, depicting an infant boy Seated, naked, on a rocky base. After Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-85) - L'enfant a la Cage. In his outstretched left hand he holds an empty bird cage with an open door. This sculpture is one of the popular motifs of the period among secondary figures in paintings was the Italian putto...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
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Alabaster
Modernist Neo Sumerian style Bronze Sculpture of a Centaur, 20th Century
Located in View Park, CA
A rare and valuable modernist sculpture of a centaur, 20th century. Hand carved out of solid bronze with felted base. D’après Picasso with clear influence from Giacometti and Henry M...
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Mid-20th Century Brutalist Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
French Art-deco-orientalist Spelter of a Nude Young Maiden, Attributed to Hottot
By Louis Hottot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Imposing fine and large French Art-Deco Spelter (Petit-bronze) figure of a standing semi-nude orientalist maiden in a brown patina, attributed to Louis Hottot (French, 1834-1905). The smiling young topless beauty, posing with her arms outstretched, her hair wrapped with a headscarf centred with a green art-glass bead and a scantily scarf tied around her waist, standing barefoot among tropical shrubs and flowers and raised on a circular mottled green marble base. A brass plaque reads "TYPHA", Paris, circa 1900.
Louis Hottot was a French sculpture who mainly specialized in Orientalist female figures and other Orientalist subjects and themes, most of his works were produced in spelter. He exhibited his works at the Paris Salon from 1885 to 1898. Hottot is best known for his Orientalist-themed sculptures, including Almie du Caire, circa 1887 and Fille d'Egypte, circa: 1885. He was a member of the Socie´te´ des Artistes Franc¸ais.
Literature:
Les Bronzes du XIXe Siecle, P. Kjellberg, Les Editions de L'amateur, Paris.
S. Richemond, Les Orientalistes...
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Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Spelter
$24,850 Sale Price
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Statue Hand Carved of root, representing
Immortal Li
, Qing Dynasty era, China
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully and completely hand crafted and carved from a root, the Holy man, Immortal Li.
A complement to the space it finds itself.
The hermit Li Tieguai by Huang Shen, 1757
Tr...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Ceramic Glazed Green Limes on Straw
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous Italian ceramic glazed green limes on straw rope. Fabulous art piece for your home.
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Art Surrealist Bronze Sculpture Jack Zajac USA
By Jack Zajac
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1929 -
Mr. Zajac is a California based artist.
He is known for large bronze rams horns and skulls in abstract forms.
This piece is from a series called 'Resurrections'.
Cast Bronze o...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Bronze and White Marble Bust of Marianne in Full Armor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th century bronze and marble bust of Marianne in full armor. The nicely cast Baroque Revival brown patinated bronze and carved white marble figure of Marianne, the allegorical personification of the French Republic, presented in her militaristic guise, reminiscent of Minerva, wearing a Phrygian helmet and armored breastplate centered by winged male mask and with lion shoulder armor pads, all raised on a conforming black marble base. Circa: 1890-1900.
Marianne has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.
Marianne is displayed in many places in France and holds a place of honor in town halls and law courts. She is depicted in the Triumph of the Republic, a bronze sculpture overlooking the Place de la Nation in Paris, as well as represented with another Parisian statue on the Place de la République. Her profile stands out on the official government logo of the country, appears on French euro coins and on French postage stamps. She was also featured on the former franc currency and is officially used on most government documents.
Marianne is a significant republican symbol; her French monarchist equivalent is often Joan of Arc. As a national icon Marianne represents opposition to monarchy and the championship of freedom and democracy against all forms of oppression. Other national symbols of Republican France include the tricolor flag, the national motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, the national anthem "La Marseillaise", the coat of arms, and the official Great Seal of France. Marianne also wore a Cockade and a red Phrygian cap symbolizing Liberty.
Minerva and its pendant bust of Mars evoke the classicizing subjects, bust-length formats, and style that originated in France during the reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715) and that concurrently was popularized across Europe. The busts' simple forms, stiff poses, and solemn facial types are consistent with the late Baroque sculptures that were carved in Flanders during this period. In Flanders, especially in Antwerp and Brussels, sculpture and architectural decoration traditionally was carved using combinations of native black marble (noir belge), mottled red marble (rouge belge), and white marble or alabaster. The use of these stones in colorful counterpoint speaks most strongly to the busts’ Flemish origins.
The veneration of ideal heroes and heroines in ancient costume and arms took on extravagant form in the 17th century, with countless variations. Within this imaginative tradition, the identification of the pair as Minerva and Mars cannot be certain. The female bust, for example, could be identified as Bellona, Roman goddess of war, who is depicted in 17th and 18th century French paintings wearing flamboyantly plumed helmets and low-cut cuirasses that expose her breasts. Whatever their identities, the female and male warriors are portrayed as calm rather than bellicose beings. The sovereign pair does...
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19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Los Angeles Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$24,950 Sale Price
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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