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Item Ships From: USA
E Tu (Stand Tall), contemporary Maori sculpture, green patina, warrior figure
By Wi Taepa
Located in Santa Fe, NM
E Tu (Stand Tall), contemporary Maori sculpture, green patina, warrior figure Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa (born 1946, in Wellington) is a New Zealand ceram...
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Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Blown Away 1000% Bearbrick-White Rainbow
Located in New York, NY
Super cool sculpture with fluid style. About the artist: Los Angeles based artist Josh Mayhem gained recognition with his Blown Away aesthetic, transf...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

I am a clown (~38% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannah Schelb I am a clown (When are you going to start treating me like a joke?) 2025 Ceramic, Glaze, Cone 5 Oxidation, Aluminum Wire, Kanthal Wire 34 x 12 x 14.5 inches (86.4 x 30....
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wire

"Kota Reliquary Figure Nigeria, " Wood Copper created circa 1970
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Kota Reliquary Figure Nigeria" is a wood and copper sculpture created in Nigeria circa 1970. A head is made with wide red eyes. Their hair is in...
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1970s Tribal USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Female Figure
By Lorrie Goulet
Located in New York, NY
It is marvelous to find discoveries such as Lorrie Goulet's female form, one of our few American women sculptors who direct carved in marble. Goulet has an attractive technique of u...
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1960s American Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Howard Finster Signed “Cheetah” Wood Cut-Out Sculpture, 1991
By Howard Finster
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
A distinctive and visually dynamic cut-out sculpture by American folk art icon Rev. Howard Finster (1916–2001), titled “Cheetah” and numbered 20,000,342. Created in 1991, this hand-p...
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20th Century Folk Art USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

This is Me (~35% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannah Schelb This is Me 2025 Ceramic, Glaze, Cone 5 Oxidation, Aluminum Wire, Kanthal Wire 26 x 24 x 38 inches (66 x 63.5 x 96.5 cm) Signed COA provided *Assembly required. Instruc...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wire

"Caduceus", James Muir, Monumental Bronze Fountain Sculpture Allegory, Medical
Located in Dallas, TX
"Caduceus", recognized as a universal medical symbol, in this bronze representation by James N. Muir has become an Angel of Healing bringing love and peace to the earth and all of it...
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Early 2000s Realist USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Linda Stein, Shaman 635 - Contemporary Bronze Indoor or Outdoor Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Shaman 635 - Contemporary Bronze Indoor or Outdoor Sculpture Shaman 635 is one of Linda Stein's most iconic works. It is from her Knights of Protection series, which s...
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Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Leslie Fry_Preternatural_2023_cast resin, wood found objects_Feminist Figurative
Located in Darien, CT
Leslie's public projects respond to site, history and the body. Figures are female or hermaphroditic, of imaginary descent, often melded with animal, architecture and plant forms. I ...
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2010s Feminist USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Resin

Neapolitan Girl
By Emilio Fiaschi
Located in Astoria, NY
Emilio Fiaschi (Italian, 1858-1941) Neapolitan Girl Alabaster Bust, late 19th century, depicting a young girl hiding her face behind her hands, on a socle, signed "E Fiaschi" to back...
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Late 19th Century Italian School USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Horse with Rider Looking at the Stars
Located in New York, NY
Juárez, a renowned self-taught Mexican sculptor, displays his expressive depiction of animals and humans in our Caballo con Jinete Viendo las Estrellas (Horse with Rider Seeing the S...
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1970s Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Carrara Marble Busts of the Emperor Napoleon and Empress Marie Louise
Located in New Orleans, LA
"I am a true Roman Emperor; I am of the best race of the Caesars—those who are founders." –Napoleon Bonaparte, 1812 Among the most iconic and celebrated figures in history, Napoleon...
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19th Century USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Opryland U.S.A (The Guitar Player)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Opryland (The Guitar Player)" 1995, is a bronze sculpture by noted American artist Mark Hopkins, b.1965. It is signed, titled, dated and numbered 30/2500 on the ...
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Late 20th Century American Realist USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Man on Horseback Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#9-031 Man on horseback , 1930's figurative sculpture,finely detailed metal casting .
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1930s USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Metropolis
By Noé Katz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition 3/7 Born in Mexico City in 1953, artist Noé Katz lives and works in the U.S., and his paintings and sculptures can be found around the world. He received his formal training...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bust of Josephine Baker, Mid-Century Ceramic Female Face
By Vally Wieselthier
Located in Beachwood, OH
Attributed to Vally Wieselthier (Austrian-American, 1895-1945) Bust of Josephine Baker, c. 1930 Ceramic Stamped on base 11.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 inches Vally Wieselthier (1895 Vienna--1945 ...
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1930s USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Life Size Female Torso – Contemporary Figurative Sculpture by Zura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zura – Life‑Size Female Figure (2023), Plaster Dimensions: 39 × 16 × 12 in │ 99 × 41 × 30 cm Medium: Hand-modeled plaster (also available in bronze) Signature: Hand-signed by the art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Francisco Zuniga Bronze Sculpture, 1964, "Desnudo Acostada"
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Francisco Zuniga bronze sculpture, Nude Lying Down. Edition: 3. #377 in the Zuniga catalog raisonne. Titled: "Desnudo Acostado". Measures: 6 7/8" H x 18" L x 19" W not including the...
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1960s USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1964, this red earthenware clay big rectangular plaque printed with engobe pad is #15 from the edition of 50. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU’ and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO’ stamps on the reverse. Pablo Picasso Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat), 1964 A.R. 518 is a remarkable and beautiful work. It represents Picasso’s most important relationships at the time, namely his artistic partnership with the Ramiés and his romance with Jacqueline Roque. It is also notably one of two ceramic works Picasso has ever made of this scale. Picasso takes immense care in depicting this portrait of his greatest muse Jacqueline; its wonderful texture and delicate variations in line weight are testaments to the artist’s innate creative skill. Composed of a simple linear carved design in an earth tone clay plaque...
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1960s Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Liberty vs Slavery Van Loen Bronze Abstract Chess Set Modernist Museum Sculpture
By Alfred Van Loen
Located in Surfside, FL
Alfred Van Loen signed 32 piece chess set. In heavy solid bronze. Rare Chess Game: Liberty versus Slavery Dimensions: a) Joy-Tenderness H. 6 3/16 in. a...
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1960s Expressionist USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Joie de Femme, Atelier
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Joie de Femme, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald celebrates the strength and beauty of the feminine spirit through the expressive forms of two dancers in motion. With arms extended and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Life-Size Art Deco Diana Bronze
By Hans Harry Liebmann
Located in Miami, FL
This is a rare statement piece that commands that eye. It is of museum quality will be the centerpiece of any space. Masterfully crafted details of the human form are finely rendered in a pre-art deco style. Hans Harry Liebmann...
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1910s Art Deco USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Busts by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Signed: A. Carrier-Belluese Two large bronze matching busts of an unknown male and female 22 x 10 x 11" male 23 x 10 x 9" female Both show signs of wear with their age but are in fa...
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19th Century Baroque USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Francisco Zuniga Bronze Sculpture, 1964, Reclining Mother with Shawl
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Zuniga bronze, edition: 3. #472 catalog raisonne: "Madre Reclinada con Rebozo". Measures: 5 3/4" H x 12" L x 8" W not including the wood plinth. Signed Zuniga and dated 1964. "Letter of Authenticity", issued by the Zuniga foundation (and son Ariel Zuniga...
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Mid-20th Century Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sculpture by noted Chinese artist Xie Ai Ge - Golden Apple series
By Xie Ai Ge
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a fibre glass sculpture by the noted Chinese artist, Xie Ai Ge, that is hand laid with 99.99% gold leaf, varnished. This piece is for 1 item of "G...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fiberglass

American Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture - Linda Stein, Three Graces 676
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. Stein's works are in mor...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture
By Walter Furlan
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture Artist signed and titled 16"h15.5wx15d Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a f...
Category

1980s Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Mathurin Moreau Triumph of Flora Bronze
By Mathurin Moreau
Located in New York, NY
Mathurin Moreau (French, 1822-1912) The Triumph of Flora Female figural statue of Flora and two putti resting on a rouge marble base. Bronze and Rouge Marble signed 'Math. Morea...
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19th Century USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Woman and Two Children, Buddhist Carved Jade Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Origin: Thai Artist: Unknown Title: Woman and Two Children Medium: Jade Sculpture, (Nephrite) Size: 21x10x4 in.
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20th Century Ming USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Precious Stone

Rare Folk Art Hebrew Judaica Carved Gilded Wood Lions Torah Synagogue Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Paint and gold paint on wood Circa early to mid 20th century. This is not signed A treasure from a proud congregation. It is a hand-carved wooden sculpture showing the Tablets of the Law flanked by two Lions of Judah. Their paws held the tablets. Their roaring mouths faced outward, protecting the commandments from threats. In a foliage design with gold and silver paint. Circa 1920-1940's. This Neoclassical, Judaic, Art Deco, Egyptian revival, Shul, Aron Kodesh hand carving, wood with gilding, Hebrew lettering ten commandments sign sculpture, was produced probably in New York. There was a show at the Folk Art Museum titled “Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel” That featured these antique magnificent pieces. From gilded lions to high-stepping horses, the sacred to the secular, and the Old World to the New, “Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel” traces the journey of Jewish woodcarvers and other artisans from Eastern and Central Europe to America and the unsung role they played in establishing a distinct Jewish culture in communities throughout the United States. The exuberant artworks stand as a testament to a history of survival and transformation and provide a surprising revelation of the link that was forged between the synagogue and the carousel as immigrant Jewish artists transferred symbolic visual elements into this vernacular American idiom. The first major study of this important aspect of the Jewish contribution to American folk art, the exhibition features approximately one hundred artworks and objects, including rare documentary photographs of Eastern European synagogue arks and carved gravestones, sacred carvings, papercuts, and carousel animals. Some of these same Jewish European carvers worked on Coney Island amusement park rides and carousel horses and other carnival and circus carvings.
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Early 20th Century Folk Art USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Recharging Break 7/18 - Contemporary Figurative Bronze Iron Metal Wall Sculpture
By Mireia Serra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mireia Serra creates sensuous bronze and iron sculptures showing the beauty of snapshots caught in life which are full of emotions and feelings along the life journey. Her metal artw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Iron

BALLOON DOG (MAGENTA)
By Jeff Koons
Located in Aventura, FL
Signed and numbered (signature and edition number are fired onto the backside of the plate). Edition of 2300. Sculpture is in excellent condition. Original box and COA included.
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

BALLOON DOG (MAGENTA)
BALLOON DOG (MAGENTA)
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"Mermaid, " Carved Springstone by Farai Darare
By Farai Darare
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mermaid" is a unique springstone sculpture by the Shona artist Farai Darare. It depicts a woman's face and an abstracted body that loops around to frame an oval of negative space. This piece is expertly carved to showcase two textures from the same stone. This sculpture weighs 30 pounds (approximately 13.6 kg). 16 3/4" x 8" x 5 1/4" art 30 lbs Farai Walter Darare started working as a washer and polisher for his father's sculptures when he was seven years old. He worked and studied under the renowned Shona sculptors Chikumbirike, Runyanga, Muropa, and his father Casper Darare...
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Early 2000s USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Man on Horse, Modern Terracotta Sculpture by Giorgio de Chirico
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Long Island City, NY
Giorgio de Chirico, Italian (1888 - 1978) - Man on Horse, Year: 1950, Medium: Terracotta Sculpture, signature inscribed on base, Size: 15 x 14.5 x 5 in. (38.1 x 36.83 x 12.7 cm)
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1950s Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Woman 2
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hebru Brantley Flyboy set of 4 works (Hebru Brantley art toys)
By Hebru Brantley
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Art Toy collection: 2018/2022. Set of 4: Hebru Brantley art toys, each new in original packaging: Composed of three 2017 Hebru Brantley Flyboy's & one Hebru Brantley F...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Bronze Sculpture Wall Relief Judaica Jewish Matriarchs Modernist Leonard Baskin
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) Jewish Matriarchs, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah with Hebrew calligraphy Bronze, 1998 9.5 X 9 inches Judaic biblical bronze of Jewish mothers. Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher. Baskin was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. While he was a student at Yale University, he founded Gehenna Press, a small private press specializing in fine book production. From 1953 until 1974, he taught printmaking and sculpture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Subsequently Baskin also taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He lived most of his life in the U.S., but spent nine years in Devon at Lurley Manor, Lurley, near Tiverton, close to his friend Ted Hughes, for whom he illustrated Crow. Sylvia Plath dedicated Sculpto to Leonard Baskin in her famous work, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960). The Funeral Contege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. His public commissions include a bas relief for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and a bronze statue of a seated figure, erected in 1994 for the Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His works are owned by many major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art and the Vatican Museums. The archive of his work at the Gehenna Press was acquired by the Bodleian Library at Oxford, England, in 2009. The McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, Ontario owns over 200 of his works (some religious and biblical), most of which were donated by his brother Rabbi Bernard Baskin. Contemporary Religious Imagery in American Art. Catalog for an exhibition held at the Ringling Museum of Art, March 1-31, 1974. Artists represented: David Aronson, Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Hyman Bloom, Fernando Botero, Paul Cadmus, Marvin Cherney, Arthur G. Dove, Philip Evergood, Adolph Gottlieb, Jonah Kinigstein, Arman, Rico Lebrun, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Abraham Rattner, Ben Shahn, Mark Tobey, Max Weber, William Zorach and others.In 1955, he was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery, they showed many great artists, Chaim Koppelman, for many years, headed the gallery's Print Division; printmakers such as Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Robert Conover...
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20th Century Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Calypso (mini)
By Anne de Villeméjane
Located in New York, NY
Anne de Villeméjane's sculptures in bronze, crystal and cement are exhibited in galleries and major art shows in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Anne is a French artis...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Stingaree
By David Everett
Located in Dallas, TX
"Stingaree" by artist David Everett is polychromed mahogany, and measures 43 3/8 x 40 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches. It is signed "© D EVERETT 2017". It depicts a mother and child, pelican and...
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2010s American Realist USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mahogany, Paint

Jean Clesinger "Zingara" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Jean Baptiste Clesinger (French, 1814-1883) "Zingara" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1857, cast by F. Barbedienne, the Neapolitan dancer upholding a tambourine, signed "J Clesinger, Rom...
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

WTF
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
8.5 ft. version of Jim Rennert's sculpture "WTF." Edition of 3 American, b. 1958 Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

R2D2 Blue Cars Resin Sculpture Pop Art Star Wars
By Alben
Located in New York, NY
Cheeky references to pop culture and the societal context. Grounded in a postmodern vernacular, Alben’s paintings and sculptures are a pastiche of art historical moments including ...
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2010s Pop Art USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media

Tribute to Jean Arp
By Jean Arp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tribute to Jean Arp. This decorative piece has been painted by hand on glazed porcelain with an intense red color. Jean Arp Sargadelos Porcelain Vase. last quarter 20th Century sign...
Category

1980s Abstract USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Ceramic Sculpture of a Polo Player and Horse
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Beachwood, OH
Waylande Gregory (American, 1905-1971) Polo Player, c. 1930s Ceramic Inscribed signature on bottom 11 x 8.5 inches Waylande Gregory was considered a major American sculptor during the 1930's, although he worked in ceramics, rather than in the more traditional bronze or marble. Exhibiting his ceramic works at such significant American venues for sculpture as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and at the venerable Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, he also showed his ceramic sculptures at leading New York City galleries. Gregory was the first modern ceramist to create large scale ceramic sculptures, some measuring more than 70 inches in height. Similar to the technique developed by the ancient Etruscans, he fired his monumental ceramic sculptures only once. Gregory was born in 1905 in Baxter Springs, Kansas and was something of a prodigy. Growing up on a ranch near a Cherokee reservation, Gregory first became interested in ceramics as a child during a native American burial that he had witnessed. He was also musically inclined. In fact, his mother had been a concert pianist and had given her son lessons. At eleven, he was enrolled as a student at the Kansas State Teacher's College, where he studied carpentry and crafts, including ceramics. Gregory's early development as a sculptor was shaped by the encouragement and instruction of Lorado Taft, who was considered both a major American sculptor as well as a leading American sculpture instructor. In fact, Taft's earlier students included such significant sculptors as Bessie Potter Vonnoh and Janet Scudder. But, Taft and his students had primarily worked in bronze or stone, not in clay; and, Gregory's earliest sculptural works were also not in ceramics. In 1924, Gregory moved to Chicago where he caught the attention of Taft. Gregory was invited by Taft to study with him privately for 18 months and to live and work with him at his famed "Midway Studios." The elegant studio was a complex of 13 rooms that overlooked a courtyard. Taft may have been responsible for getting the young man interested in creating large scale sculpture. However, by the 1920's, Taft's brand of academic sculpture was no longer considered progressive. Instead, Gregory was attracted to the latest trends appearing in the United States and Europe. In 1928 he visited Europe with Taft and other students. "Kid Gregory," as he was called, was soon hired by Guy Cowan, the founder of the Cowan Pottery in Cleveland, Ohio, to become the company's only full time employee. From 1928 to 1932, Gregory served as the chief designer and sculptor at the Cowan Pottery. Just as Gregory learned about the process of creating sculpture from Taft, he literally learned about ceramics from Cowan. Cowan was one of the first graduates of Alfred, the New York School of Clayworking and Ceramics. Alfred had one of the first programs in production pottery. Cowan may have known about pottery production, but he had limited sculptural skills, as he was lacking training in sculpture. The focus of the Cowan Pottery would be on limited edition, table top or mantle sculptures. Two of the most successful of these were Gregory's "Nautch Dancer," (fig. 1) and his "Burlesque Dancer," (fig. 2). He based both sculptures on the dancing of Gilda Gray, a Ziegfield Follies girl. Gilda Gray was of Polish origin and came to the United States as a child. By 1922, she would become one of the most popular stars in the Follies. After losing her assets in the stock market crash of 1929, she accepted other bookings outside of New York, including Cleveland, which was where Gregory first saw her onstage. She allowed Gregory to make sketches of her performances from the wings of the theatre. She explained to Gregory, "I'm too restless to pose." Gray became noted for her nautch dance, an East Indian folk dance. A nautch is a tight, fitted dress that would curl at the bottom and act like a hoop. This sculpture does not focus on Gray's face at all, but is more of a portrait of her nautch dance. It is very curvilinear, really made of a series of arches that connect in a most feminine way. Gregory created his "Burlesque Dancer" at about the same time as "Nautch Dancer." As with the "Nautch Dancer," he focused on the movements of the body rather than on a facial portrait of Gray. Although Gregory never revealed the identity of his model for "Burlesque Dancer," a clue to her identity is revealed in the sculpture's earlier title, "Shimmy Dance." The dancer who was credited for creating the shimmy dance was also Gilda Gray. According to dance legend, Gray introduced the shimmy when she sang the "Star Spangled Banner" and forgot some of the lyrics, so, in her embarrassment, started shaking her shoulders and hips but she did not move her legs. Such movement seems to relate to the "Burlesque Dancer" sculpture, where repeated triangular forms extend from the upper torso and hips. This rapid movement suggests the influence of Italian Futurism, as well as the planar motion of Alexander Archipenko, a sculptor whom Gregory much admired. The Cowan Pottery was a victim of the great depression, and in 1932, Gregory changed careers as a sculptor in the ceramics industry to that of an instructor at the Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Cranbrook was perhaps the most prestigious place to study modern design in America. Its faculty included the architect Eliel Saarinen and sculptor Carl Milles. Although Gregory was only at Cranbrook for one and one half years, he created some of his finest works there, including his "Kansas Madonna" (fig. 3). But, after arriving at Cranbrook, the Gregory's had to face emerging financial pressures. Although Gregory and his wife were provided with complimentary lodgings, all other income had to stem from the sale of artworks and tuition from students that he, himself, had to solicit. Gregory had many people assisting him with production methods at the Cowan Pottery, but now worked largely by himself. And although he still used molds, especially in creating porcelain works, many of his major new sculptures would be unique and sculpted by hand, as is true of "Kansas Madonna." The scale of Gregory's works were getting notably larger at Cranbrook than at Cowan. Gregory left the surface of "Kansas Madonna" totally unglazed. Although some might object to using a religious title to depict a horse nursing its colt, it was considered one of Gregory's most successful works. In fact, it had a whole color page illustration in an article about ceramic sculpture titled, "The Art with the Inferiority Complex," Fortune Magazine, December, 1937. The article notes the sculpture was romantic and expressive and the sculpture was priced at $1,500.00; the most expensive sculpture in the article. Gregory was from Kansas, and "Kansas Madonna" should be considered a major sculptural document of Regionalism. Gregory and his wife Yolande moved to New Jersey in the summer of 1933. And the artist began construction on his new home in the Watchung Mountains of Bound Brook (Warren today) in 1938. His enormous, custom kiln was probably constructed at the start of 1938. Gregory's new sculptures were the largest ceramic sculptures in western art, in modern times. To create these works of ceramic virtuosity, the artist developed a "honeycomb" technique, in which an infrastructure of compartments was covered by a ceramic "skin." Science and atomic energy were a theme in Gregory's most significant work, the "Fountain of the Atom" (fig. 4), at the 1939 New York's World Fair. This major work included twelve monumental ceramic figures at the fairground entrance from the newly constructed railway entrance, giving the work great visibility and prominence. The framework of the fountain itself was of steel and glass bricks. It consisted of a bluish green pool which was sixty five feet in diameter. Above it were two concentric circular tiers, or terraces, as Gregory called them; the first wider than the second. On the first terrace were eight "Electrons," comprised of four male and four female terra cotta figures, each approximately 48 inches high. These relate to the valance shell of the atom. Above them on a narrower terrace, were the much larger and heavier terra cotta figures depicting the four elements, each averaging about 78 inches in height and weighing about a ton and a half. Of the four, "Water" and "Air" were male, while "Earth" and "Fire" were female. This terrace represents the nucleus of the atom. In the center of the fountain, above the "Elements," was a central shaft comprised of sixteen glass tubes from which water tumbled down from tier to tier. At the top, a colorful flame burned constantly. The glass block tiers were lit from within, the whole creating a glowing and gurgling effect. Since the fair was temporary, the figures could be removed after its closing. But the credit for the design of the structure of the fountain belongs to collaborator Nembhard Culin, who was responsible for several other structures on the fair grounds as well. Although Gregory created a figure of "Fire" for the "Fountain of the Atom," he also executed a second, slightly smaller but more defined version which he exhibited at various locations (including Cranbrook, Baltimore Museum, etc.) in 1940-1941, during the second year of the fair (fig.5). Measuring 61 inches in height, "Fire" may be a metaphor for sexual energy, as well as atomic energy. Gregory stated, "Fire is represented by an aquiline female figure being consumed in endless arabesques of flame." Portraiture was also a significant focus of Gregory's sculpture. Gregory produced many commissioned portraits of local people as well as celebrities. He created Albert Einstein's portrait from life (fig. 6, ca. 1940) after Einstein had seen Gregory's "Fountain of the Atom." He also sculpted some of the leading figures in entertainment, including 2 sculptures of Henry Fonda, who became a personal friend. Gregory also sculpted a series of idealized female heads, both in terra cotta and in porcelain. These include "Girl with Olive" (ca. 1932) and "Cretan Girl;"(ca. 1937) both are very reductive and almost abstract works that call to mind Constantine Brancusi's "Mademoiselle Pogany" (1912, Philadelphia Museum of Art). But perhaps one of his most original female heads is "Head of a Child" (fig. 7, ca. 1933), a sensitive white glazed terra cotta portrayal with elaborately crafted braded hair, was originally created as one of a pair. Gregory also produced sculptural works for the Works Progress Administration. The WPA was a work relief project that greatly helped artists during the great depression. Founded by the Federal Government in 1935, an estimated 2500 murals were produced. Among these public works were the iconic post office murals. But, among the painted murals were also sculptural relief murals including Gregory's "R.F.D.," 1938, for the Columbus, Kansas Post Office. But, Gregory's largest WPA relief...
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1930s USA - Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Linda Stein, Knight Reflection 636 - Contemporary Art Ceramic Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism, and is made of ceramic. Stein's works are in more tha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

"Ray Gun 922" Mixed Media Sculpture
By Corey Pickett
Located in Denver, CO
Corey Pickett's (US based) "Ray Gun 922" is an original, handmade mixed media sculpture made out of wood, foam, and fabric. About the Artist: Corey Pickett received his Bachelor of ...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

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Fabric, Foam, Wood

Trio Amigos Disney Sculpture, Pop Art, Resin and Glitter, 21st Century
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**NEW YEAR FINAL 90 DAYS SALE UNTIL MARCH 31ST** **STORE CLOSURE - UP TO 80% OFF - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT** **EVERYTHING MUST GO UNTIL APRIL1ST!** TRIO AMIGOS i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art USA - Figurative Sculptures

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Resin, Plastic, Glass, Wood, Glitter, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Awakening 2/49
Located in Napa, CA
Lorri Acott is a critically acclaimed American sculptor whose impressionistic figurative works are held in prominent private and public collections throughout the United States and ...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Arabesque, Ballet Dancer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This sculpture titled "Arabesque (Ballet Dancer)" 2001 is a cast bronze sculpture with silver patina by noted contemporary American artist Rebecca Clark. Signature, date and numbering /500 are impressed in the bronze on the deck. The sculpture size without the marble base is 28.25 x 17.75 x 13 inches, with the marble base is 29.5 x 17.75 x 13 inches. It is in mint condition. About the artist: Rebecca A. Clark is a Fine Artist and Creative Director with over 20 years of professional experience working in the fine art field in New York City. Her masterful artworks are collected by prominent art collectors worldwide. Rebecca specializes in figurative bronze sculptures, oil paintings, drawings and monumental works of art that embody dynamic strength and classic iconic beauty. Her artworks range from sensuous figurative sculptures to magnificent heroic size monuments. Commissioned works include “Battling Stallions”, her 18 ft. tall monumental bronze sculpture at the luxury gated development “Le Chevalier” in Barrington Heights, West Linn, Oregon, as well as her elegant 9 ft. tall ballerina bronze sculpture titled “Arabesque” on public display at the Oregon Ballet Theatre. Exclusive custom created works of art portray diverse concepts and themes for private and corporate collectors. Signature series include: Heroic series (Honoring American military Heroes), Inspirational, Classic Nudes and Romantic among other series and sculpture projects in development. Rebecca was born an artist and has always had the desire to achieve excellence in all of her endeavors. From a very early age she was immersed in imaginative creative works such as building models of futuristic cities, paintings, sculptures and a multitude of drawings. In 1981, at the age of 17, Rebecca moved from Lake Oswego, Oregon to New York City to pursue a career in fine art and design at the Parsons School of Design. Shortly after she arrived, Rebecca began her professional artistic career assisting the renowned illustrator Antonio Lopez. At age 18, Rebecca was hired by the famed designer Halston, and began working directly with him as a fashion designer and illustrator. Subsequently, she was discovered by the Ford Models agency and traveled around the world as a top international fashion model. Rebecca worked with renowned fashion photographers such as Richard Avedon, Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier and others. Rebecca is experienced in working with the major media, including international publications such as Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Elle, The New York Times and Glamour, among others, as well as in television. She was featured in a national Diet Slice-Style television commercial that was shown during halftime at the 1987 Super Bowl. Rebecca also appeared in top fashion shows in New York City and Paris, France and in international advertising campaigns such as Revlon’s “The Most Unforgettable Women In The World” ads photographed by Richard Avedon. In 1991, Rebecca left a prestigious modeling career to return to her true creative passion. She began creating a series of beautiful and universally appealing fine bronze sculptures and many commissioned works. In 1998, she began oil painting and studied at the New York Academy of Art, while creating oil paintings depicting the classic nude, equine, inspirational themes and portrait commissions for select art collectors. In 2001, Rebecca developed several digital film projects through her studies in the Film Directors Program at New York University. From 2001 to the present, she continues to create bronze sculptures, drawings, and oil paintings for private art collectors. In 2011, Rebecca was officially endorsed and directed by the National Special Forces Association to create The National Special Forces Green Beret...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist USA - Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Eugéne Marioton (French, 1854-1933) The Dance of Zephyr and Psyche
By Eugene Marioton
Located in New York, NY
BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP “LA DANSE” BY EUGENE MARIOTON (FRENCH, 1857-1933) This exceptional work by Eugéne Marioton is a dynamic expression of true love. It is presumed to be an allegor...
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Early 19th Century USA - Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Kudu original springstone Shona sculpture antelope signed by Terence Nehumba
By Terence Paradzai Nehumba
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Kudu' is an original springstone sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Terence Paradzai Nehumba. Terence was trained in the Shona stone carving tradition and this is an excellen...
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Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

ERTE "LA DANSEUSE" 1986, BRONZE SCULPTURE
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Femme de luxe" (Bronze) by Erte Type: Sculpture Media: Patina on Bronze Dimensions: 13 3/4" High Year Produced: 1986 Edition Size: 500 Numbered, 35 AP Edition Number: 13/500 In Exce...
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1980s Art Deco USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Antique Polychrome African Wood Carving from Igbo Nigeria
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Antique Polychrome Wood Carving Igbo Nigeria Africa, Staff decorated with two figures, mounted as a finial on the shaft terminating in a triang...
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1910s Tribal USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paint, Wood

"MySpace Tom No. 7" Textile Portrait, Glitch Motif, Crochet Acrylic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "MySpace Tom No. 7" is a one-of-a-kind original piece by Nicole Nikolich (Lace in the Moon) and is made from crochet acrylic. This piece measures 30"h x 33"w framed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Yarn

Amancio Pool Gold and Black Bronze. iron. EL SALTO III. original sculpture
By Amancio González Andrés
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Amancio. pool. gold and black bronze. iron. EL SALTO III. original sculpture sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ 7 COPIES Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish scu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Lady Gaga
By Pablo Cano
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Lady Gaga marionette sculpture is made of found objects in Pablo Cano's signature style. Some of the elements include: plastic bowl, a metal candy dish, soda cans plastic credit cards, and a potato masher among other found objects. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1961, Pablo Cano was on the last flight out of the country before the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. He has since been a resident of Miami’s Little Havana, and is regarded by art patrons and critics alike as one of Florida’s premier contemporary fine artists. Since childhood, marionettes have fascinated Pablo. At the age of ten, he was mounting elaborate plays for his family featuring puppets constructed of household bric-a-brac. His primary work today continues to center around the marionettes that he fashions from found objects, and the performance pieces he composes to showcase these protagonists. Cano reveals, “I create a dream world where inanimate objects come to life – springing from my imagination in the Surrealist tradition. But my work is founded on Dada ideals. The Dadaists used chance, spontaneity, and childlike innocence in order to create their statement. Their intention, as is mine, was to break with tradition and painting technique and to return to the elemental basics of art; to start from scratch; to allow the process of imagination to unfold and begin anew each time I create.” Influences from the color palette of Russian Constructivist Alexandra Exter...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects

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Art Deco Bronze , French Nude Girl Dancer Danseuse
By Francois Emile Popineau
Located in Miami, FL
Feminine Nude Bronze with black patina Signed on Base 31 inches Paris Listed in Major Art books Iconic pose of both arms pressed close to the body with ...
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1930s Art Deco USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Kobe Bryant Basketball Sculpture in Acrylic and Resin, 21st Century
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**NEW YEAR FINAL 90 DAYS SALE UNTIL MARCH 31ST** **STORE CLOSURE - UP TO 80% OFF - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT** **EVERYTHING MUST GO UNTIL APRIL1ST!** >>The artist ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art USA - Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Plexiglass, Rubber, Glitter, Acrylic

"I Worry About My Kids" Plaster Wall-Mounted Man Atop Snake with Lamb, and Bird
By Jedediah Morfit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"I Worry About My Kids" is an original piece byJedediah Morfit made from fiberglass reinforced plaster, mixed media, and paint.This piece measures 62"h x 40"w x 5"d and comes with a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures

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Fiberglass, Plaster, Paint, Mixed Media