Palm Springs - Sculptures

Stoneware tray or wall piece with superb graphic design, created by Patrick Horsley of Portland, Oregon. Piece is signed as seen in my third picture. T...

Over 6 ft tall is an inspiring and graceful stylized brass and partially black patinated ballerina dancer statue on a brass dome shape stand. Her elegant facial expression and gracef...

A beautiful large glazed terracotta sculpture by the noted East Hampton based artist Phyllis Hammond. It is quite large and extremely well done. It is signed Hammond lower back and the artist has identified the piece as having been done in the late 1970s. It appears to have been made in two parts and then joined. Please be sure to visit her website as well. A brief biography from her website follows: Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Phyllis has a BS in Education (fifth year graduate certificate) Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. In 1960 she was awarded a Travelling Scholarship by the trustee’s of the Boston Museum. She was the first American woman to work study at Kyoto City College of Fine Arts, Japan. A studio at Scarborough, NY until 1998. Relocation in 1998 to East Hampton, New York where a custom built studio and sculpture garden recreate sculpture in public places. Public Arts Commissions: The Will Award "The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folgers will present this sculpture to the first recipient of the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre. Designed by nationally-recognized artist Phyllis Hammond, the intricate 14” cast bronze piece pays homage to Shakespeare and his work. The award will be presented April 23 during a gala evening under written by Shearson Lehman Hutton, at the National Building Museum." New York Times, The Arts Section C15 on Tuesday March 15, 1988. The 2002 award marks the 14th year of presentations. The Shakespeare Theatre Company... Past Will Award recipients. Connecticut Commission For The Arts, Percentage for the Arts Program. Hartford CT Phoenix1 and 2. Memorial Hall Library, Andover, Ma Acquisition, 1989 Stoneware Sculpture. American Savings Bank, corporate headquarters, White Plains, NY. Schmeltzer, Aptaker, And Shepard. law offices, Washington, D.C. Centerpoint, office complex: Fair Oaks, VA Atrium: Cadillac Fairwell, Corp. headquarters White Plains, NY. Guest Quarters Hotel, Bethesda, MD: 2 bronze sculptures, Visions/Revisions. One Clay TOTEM. Unitarian Fellowship in Mt. Kisco NY: 1992 the sculpture commissioned by Henderson Cole. Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT: 2 Clay Wall Panels. Associations: Artist Alliance of East Hampton (President) PO Box2242 East Hampton, NY 11937. Friends Of Guild Hall (Director of the Artist Studio Visits) 158 Main Street East Hampton, NY 11937. East Hampton Arts And Culture Council (Member) POBox232 East Hampton NY 11937. International Sculpture Center (ISC Member) 19 Fairgrounds Road, Suite B Hamilton, NJ 08619. Clay Art Center (Member)40 Beech Street, Port Chester, NY 10573. Gallery and corporate representation Kiesendahl & Calhoun Contemporary 122 Great Oak Lane Pleasantville, NY 10570. Exhibitions selected group: 2007 Artist Alliance of East Hampton Members Exhibition and Studio Tour. 2007 Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY. Past member exhibition 1969-1975. 2006 Spring Invitational, Springs Improvement Society, Springs NY. 2006 Artist Alliance of East Hampton Members Exhibition and Studio Tour. 2004 Guild Hall East Hampton NY Group Exhibits. 2004 Artists Studio Tour, East Hampton Artists Alliance NY. 2002 Guild Hall Invitational East Hampton NY. 2002 Artists Woods Amagansett NY. 2001 Artists’ Woods, East Hampton NY six sculptures. 2001 Springs Invitational Springs Improvement Society, Springs NY. 2001 Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, N.Y. 1999 New Studio Space & Sculpture Garden, East Hampton NY. 1993 The Gallery Briarcliff Manor NY. 1992 Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, N.Y. 1992 Seraphim Gallery, Englewood, NJ. 1991 Benson gallery: East Hampton N.Y. 1990 Art Gallery, Montgomery College, MD: "Sculpture Public Art”. 1989 Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY: "Clay Transformations” Travelled. 1989 Atelier Gallery, Zug, Switzerland: "Icarus". 1989 Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA: "Contemporary Sculpture". 1988 Franz Badar Gallery, Washington, DC: "Architectural Ceramics" 1987 Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 1985 Silvermine Guild of Artists, CT: 33rd New England Exhibit of Paint & Sculpture. 1983 Robertson Center, Binghamton, NY: "Ancient Inspiration/Contemporary Interpretation". 1983 Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College. New London, CT: w/Poster. 1982 Women's Interarts Center, NYC: "Architectural Ceramics". 1982 Brookfield Art Center, Brookfield, CT: "Centennial Exhibition of Sculpture". 1981 Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ: "Paper, Clay, Metal, & Glass". 1981 The Gallery at Hastings, NY "Collage/Assemblage". 1981 Katonah Art Gallery, Katonah, NY "Sculpture. Invitational". 1980 Ikebono School, Shinjuku, Japan: International invitational (Travelled). 1979 Mamaroneck Artist Guild Juried Exhibition White Plains NY. Solo exhibitions: 2002 Ashawagh Hall, EH, NY. 1998 Exhibitions at Studio & Sculpture Garden, Scarborough NY. 1990 112 Greene Street Gallery, NYC. New Sculpture. 1990 Pindar Gallery, New Works NY. 1989 Pindar Gallery, NY. Visions/Revisions. 1989 Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 1986 Pindar Gallery, NY: Excavations: Clay. 1986 Hudson River Gallery, Ossining, NY Retrospective exhibit. 1984 Noyes Museum, Ocean Ville, NJ: Curator Anne Fabbri, Retrospective. 1981 Mari Galleries, Mamaroneck, NY. 1981 Pindar Gallery, NY: Transitions, Clay. 1979 Pindar Gallery, NY Emerging Images. 1979 Silvermine Guild of Artists, CT: 30th New England Exhibition of Paint & Sculpture. 1977 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA: "Art in Transition". Awards: 1991 University of Florida at Pensacola. Finalist for a Sculpture Garden. 1990 Ragdale Artists Community Lake Forest, ILL. - Fellowship. 1986 Woman in Design International Compendium - Certificate of Outstanding Achievement 1985 State Legislative Office Building, Hartford - Finalist, Percent for the Arts Program. 1981 CT Commission: Portals for a school - Finalist. 1981 National Endowment for the Arts - Grant. 1979 Mamaroneck Artist Guild Award - Juried by Mr. Doty, Whitney Museum. 1978 Westchester Art Society: Sculpture Award - Juried by John Bauer...

A beautiful brass sailboat sculpture designed by Curtis Jere in the 1970s. The sculpture sits in a salad onyx base. Dimension: 40” wide, 47” ...

A wonderful Mexican Chicken or baby Chick most likely by Alexander Blazquez. We’ve had quite a few of his pieces over the years. The labels were always paper and prone to come off. M...

A lovely bronze by the noted California Artist Jorjana Jorgana Holden (1917-2011) titled “The Waitress”. It is Monogrammed JH 2/11 and dated 82. It is mounted on a bleached mahogany ...

A pair of massive hand crafted brutalist sculptures with sun/star burst mirrors on top. They are each welded and bent steel rods that have been painted gold. The sun burst parts are ...

Patinated bronze neo classic style statue of young woman embracing her young child with goose at their feet looking up fondly. Late 19th century. Quality detailing throughout. Unsign...

Impressive and grand arch that graced the entry of a Chinese restaurant in the 1940s American Midwest. Impressively carved and double-sided solid wo...

1960s stylized cat sculpture, possibly created by Livio Seguso of Murano, Italy. Sculpture measures: 12.5" hight by 7" wide and 3.75" deep. Unsigned. In very good vintage 1960s condi...

A beautiful porcelain nude lady byHugo Meisel (German, 1887 - 1966) for Schwarzburger Werkstatten. The glazed procelain is elegantly down. "Schwarzburger Werkstatten Fur Porzellank...

1980’s Italian Carrara marble and black slate Architectural sculpture by Piero Viti. This all comes together like a puzzle, some pieces are hold together by brass pins. Sign P. Vit...

Amazing eight man assembly line whirligig. Attributed to an auto worker in Detroit. Fantastic original dry paint surface. Crank turns and figures move pe...

Original Japanese Ouchi Doll Hina Set in Box Kawaii Couple Doll like new condition never out of the box very collectible piece.

Stoneware ceramic reptilian pitcher created by Jack Mason of Stone Mountain, Georgia. Pitcher measures 14.5" high by 8" wide. Signed J. Mason Stone Mountain...

A unique pair of carved wood elephants with bone tusks raised shown with front feet on an integral carved wood plinth. A similar, if not the same, pair appeared in the closing scenes of "Auntie Mame...

A whimsical 2005 sculpture by the noted California artist Bruce Houston. The sculpture features a well worn and abused suitcase molded into a truck body with attached model wheels an...

A nice porcelain or parian type figurine of a nude female by Rudolf Kaesbach for Rosenthal. In very good condition signed on the base and marked Rosenthal on the bottom. It is 12 inc...

A beautiful hand-turned maple vessel signed on the base Jill Johnston N245 3-99 and maple. It has a ring of inlaid decoration.

Wonderful brass life size Rhinoceros by Sergio Bustamante. It is not signed but was purchased at a gallery in Mexico in the 1980’s. We had a nice colle...

Cool 1990’s hand carved and painted wood lion by renowned New Mexico folk artist Hector Rascon. Pencil sign on the underside. In original vintage construction show’s minor wear co...

beautiful Murano bird glass sculpture with copper inserts circa 1970's.

A wonderful steel ribbon sculpture by the noted California Artist Elijah David Herschler. The piece is signed on the very bottom on one side. It...

A wonderful hand painted ceramic by the secessionist master Gudrun Baudisch. The piece is whimsical and brightly painted. It is signed with the Wiener Werkstatte Logo and the Artist’...

A beautiful 1970s cast bronze horses sculpture by renowned designers Curtis Jerè. The sculpture has a beautiful patina and its mounted on a wooden lacquer base. The sculpture is s...

A massive stoneware abstract sculpture with a yellow partial glaze. Vaguely resembles a molar tooth or a couple embracing. Quite heavy and apparently unsigned. We have it set on a 54 inch diameter Eero Saarinen for Knoll Marble Top table surrounded by Laverne tulip chairs...

Hand painted and thrown fine stoneware ceramic sculpture created by Jack Mason of Stone Mountain, Georgia. Sculpture measures 18.5" high by 7" wide. Signed ...

Rare late 18th–early 19th century carved wooden figure of Atlas supporting a celestial sphere, Northern Italy (Venice or Padua), circa 1780–1820. This beautifully modeled figure is c...

A beautiful cast bronze and black marble sculpture of flower with woman by McLean from 1986. The sculpture is signed McLean and dated 1986. Dim: ...

A trio of large size minstrels by Otello Rosa for San Polo of Venezia. They are in wonderful condition. They are 24 inches tall.

A wonderful Brutalist torch cut steel sculpture by the noted Des Moines Iowa Artist James Bearden. This piece was acquired directly from the artist. Great color and patina. In good ...

1980s life-size Raku-fired ceramic female nude sculpture by American sculptor Eva Stettner. Constructed of ceramic that is low fired glazed, the stool is...

A wonderful whimsical hand thrown pottery elephant. It has a beautiful glaze. It’s in good condition although I notice a firing flaw underneath one tusk, pictured. It may be a repair...

A whimsical cute bronze with great patina and color by the noted San Francisco California artist Douglas Brett. It is mounted on what looks like black granite. it is signed and dated...

1980's hand blown finger sculpture from the women's parts series by René Roubícek, of Czechoslovakia. Sculpture measures 4.5"high by 19"wide by 4.5"deep and is unsigned. In very goo...

Japanese Tachibina (Imperial couple), rare and exceptionally fine standing pair of figures for the Hina Matsuri. The emperor has his arms spread to the si...

Picassoesque Minotaur contemporary sculpture created by Carol Gentithes of Seagrove, North Carolina. Half man, half bull sculpture has two faces and a snakes head tail.. Sculpture measures 14" by 9" by 7" and is signed Gentithes. In very good condition. The following was taken from the Artists' website, with thanks: Carol Gentithes grew up in the flatlands of Ohio. She graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in English Literature. From there she proceeded to work many years in the travel industry where she managed a travel agency, escorted groups to Russia, handled tourist campaigns for international destinations and so forth. In 1989 she returned to academic life, graduated from Alfred University with a B.F.A. in ceramics and met her future husband, Fred Johnston. In 1997, Carol and Fred, established Johnston & Gentithes Art Pottery in Seagrove, NC. Both Carol & Fred have been artists in residence at Arrowmont School of Arts, TN and ArtLink in Tallin, Estonia. They received the NCECA 2010 International Artist Residency in Jingdezhen, China for 6 weeks at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute to explore ancient and contemporary Chinese porcelain...

Beautiful elegant art Deco style ram sculpture, circa 1970s in patinated brass finish.

A nice metal sculpture of Pan playing his pipes or flutes. neoclassical grand tour sculpture after the antique. This beautifully cast and finished example is mounted on a round marbl...

A wonderful Brutalist torch cut steel sculpture by the noted Des Moines Iowa Artist James Bearden. This piece was acquired directly from the artist. It is monogrammed on the side JB....

A wonderful whimsical sculpture for the Baltimore Oriole Fan, by the noted California artist, Bruce Houston. We have had a number of the artist’s works for a number of years. We acqu...

A wonderful whimsical Elephant. It is hand built of terracotta with white clay tusks and toes. Not signed or any indication of origin, but out of a local Palm Springs estate. It’s in...

A fertility figure from Teotihuacan in Mexico. Depicting a pregnant woman decorated in red triangles. In good condition with minor flaws. Approximately 14 1/2 inches tall.

UH80304 Bronze Figure of a Korean Girl by Eudald Serra i Güell, circa 1940. A heavily cast bronze figure of a standing young girl in traditional Korean Hanbok dress consisting of a jeogori jacket and a long chima skirt. Her long hair braided...

A wonderful Bronze Bull by the noted Israeli artist Itzik Ben Shalom or Benshalom. It is signed and dated 1993 on the bronze itself and underneath the base it is mounted to. It is ma...

A wonderful whimsical sculpture with an abstract motif by the noted California artist, Bruce Houston. This abstract truck is a beautifully executed in blues, greens and yellows. We ...

Norman Laliberte sculpture dated 1988. Whimsical and fun by the noted Canadien/American artist. In good overall condition, although there are some mar...

Abstract Murano smoke color glass fish sculpture by Licio Zanetti. The fish is signed on the bottom and has beautiful smoke color opalescent glass. The piece is signed on the bottom....

A nice high quality Neo classical grand tour homage by Theodore and Alexander. It features a specimen marble sphere on a mounted bronze and marble base. It is cast of bronze and moun...

A wonderful whimsical work of art we have had for a number of years. We acquired a number of the artist’s works not long after the artist’s death in 2016. This work is not signed. It...

A large dark green marble dated 1957 by the Canadian artist Stanley Lewis. It is inscribed on the base Lewis 57. Depicts a face carved into the sides. The piece is quite large and he...

An organic, layered handblown glass vase or object sculpture acquired from a Seattle, Washington estate. Piece has elements similar to the work of Harvey Littleton. It measures 8.5"...

Striking Murano fish glass glass sculpture, circa 1950s. Piece measures 5.25" high by 6" wide by 1.5" deep. Unsigned and in very good vintage condition.

A wonderful and extremely detailed bronze of a girl holding a bunny by the noted American Artist Edward Fenno Hoffman III. It is signed and dated 1977 and also numbered 4/10. It is p...

Beautiful modernist mouse sculpture. A piece that is full of whimsy and detail. Clean lines are the base for this piece as a mouse figure orbits on its own tail. Beautiful, enchanting and dynamic. Cast iron with zinc finish. Clean lines with a brutalist node. This piece is vintage (1960s) and unsigned. A piece that is sculptural and fun. Unsigned and reminiscent of Stephen Charlton...

Studio aluminum and brass Truck. Reminds me of a milk truck from the 60s or a salesman sample in a car dealership. We were told an engineer that worked at Alamogordo, NM made this tr...

A wonderful ceramic, pottery cat designed by Kitty Rix and executed by the Wiener Werkstatte in the late 1920's. It was produced as a lamp and has an old leviton fixture and some new...

Welded steel sculpture of “Amphetrite” goddess of the ocean. By American sculptor Dale Edwards. Signed Dale and dated 74 (see detail photos). In origi...

Studio steel sculpture of animal using found objects. Sculpture measures 26" wide, 15" deep and 26" high.

A wonderful carved wood Buddha sculpture carved out of a massive log. Not sure what the wood is, but it is extremely heavy. The Buddha is holding a bird. The sculpture is approximate...