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Sculptures For Sale
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Bulldog with Bottle in Red by William Sweetlove
Located in Austin, TX
Red Resin Bulldog with Bottle by William Sweetlove. Arrives in a beautiful collector's box. With his cloned animals William Sweetlove calls for greater ecological awareness and urges us to reflect on the consequences of the climate change challenging humanity. His penguins carry water bottles because the earth is running out of safe and clean drinking water. William Sweetlove is a contemporary Belgian sculptor and a member of the Cracking Art...
Category

2010s Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Polyurethane

ARCHITECTURAL HYPERBOLE 05 - Sculptural Wall Hanging w/ Found & Repurposed Objec
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In ARCHITECTURAL HYPERBOLE 04, Liz Miller creates a sculptural wall hanging piece which builds on the juxtapositions between strength and malleability, architecture and fiber, structure and knots. Contrasting her stately, rococo metal...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Nailed it Series No.158
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on wooden panel Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion Marke...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Lovers Tribute to Chagall Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amanti (Lovers) Tribute To Chagall Signed, artist logo stamp, and title. Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a furnace c...
Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Ancient Roman Marble Altar Fragment with Cupid, Roman Empire, 2nd/3rd Century AD
Located in Milan, IT
Roman marble altar fragment with cupid Provenance: Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva
Category

15th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Wine deep - kinetic wall sculpture by J. Margulis
Located in New York, NY
Margulis’ utmost concern is the creation of geometric shapes conceived mostly by changing the perspective of the viewer accompanied by the philosophical notion that everything in lif...
Category

2010s Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Lucite

It’s a Party. Glazed ceramic abstract jar sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
It’s a Party, by Charo Oquet Glazed Ceramic 16” x 15.5" x 14” 2018 ----------------------------------------------- Charo Oquet is a Miami-based artist that uses painting, installation, performance, photography, and film, among other media, to investigate issues of displacement, identity, migration, gender, or sociopolitical and cultural issues and to document and reflect on issues of de-colonial aesthesis and the role of contemporary culture in a global reality. Her work is a subjective observation by someone who is concerned with her surroundings and the culture she left behind. Her interdisciplinary work has been extensively exhibited internationally and has been well-reviewed by art critics and recognized by scholars in books and other publications. In addition to reviews in the Miami Herald, Atlantica Art Journal, African Arts, Art in America, Art Nexus and Art New Zealand, among others, Antonio Zaya Publisher produced and distributed a book of her work, Charo Oquet – Lo Que Ve La Sirena (2002). Her work is also included in such books and catalogs as New Hoodoo - Art of a Forgotten Faith (2008), Files by Octavio Zaya, Miami Contemporary Artists New Zealand's National Museum Te Papa Calendar 2009, Dominican Contemporary Artists and Supermix. Oquet has had numerous solo exhibitions in Museums and galleries around the world such as the Bass Museum, Miami Beach; Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Convento de Santo Domingo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain ( curated by Antonio Zaya) and Oquet’s work has been included in numerous international exhibitions. Oquet’s work is in several museum collections such as the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL; CAAM, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Word Bank, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida; New Zealand National Museum, Wellington, N.Z.; Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand; Govett-Brewter Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand; Foresight Collection, Auckland, New Zealand; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand; Gulf & Western Americas Corp., New York; Museo de las Casas...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Yellow Flowers. Glazed ceramic abstract jar sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Yellow Flowers, by Charo Oquet Glazed Ceramic 18 H in x 19 D in. 2018 ----------------------------------------------- Charo Oquet is a Miami-based artist that uses painting, instal...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

CHEF'S HAT - Intricate Collage Wall Hanging Sculpture w/ Thick Painted Paper
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
"I welcome the continual emergence of change, evolution, and the inevitable challenges that form a large part of a working artist’s life." With CHEF'S HAT, a recent and evolving work, I am moving into more dimensionality and space. My intention is to push patterned and embellished surfaces on paper from its naturally flat surface into a more structural and spatial plane. This involves making sculptural pieces from paper and experimenting with new construction methods using strips and lengths of paper over-lapped and fastened together, shaped into objects with physical presence. I feel I am migrating from the flat surface into the third dimension. I envision the paper constructions as a landscape to be wandered in and out of, through and around, a space that invites all and sundry to enter on their own terms. I hold firmly to the belief that my work exhibits a playfulness that belies a more serious assessment of our social world. I am interested in how something that is initially perceived as frivolous and celebratory can constitute a reaction against and resistance to the shadowy world of misfortune, hard luck, and weariness. Born in 1959, Lanie Gannon was predominantly inspired by the 1970s. Conceptualism is often perceived as a reaction to Minimalism, and the leading art movement of the 1970s, challenging the boundaries of art with its revolutionary features. The movements that succeeded were all representative of a strong desire to evolve and strengthen the art world, in response to the tensions of the previous 1960s. Process art branched...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Foam Board

«Waited for someone» Ceramic Sculpture by O. F. Hvidsten
Located in Oslo, NO
Signed and dated. «Waited for someone, for something, for anything, for too long» was part of O. F. Hvidsten's first solo-exhibition «This will n...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

American Pie
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Mixed Media

Lucite Center Table Sculpture by Shalomi Hazi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Modern Colorful Tick Circle Lucite Center Table Sculpture signed by Shalomi Haziza One of Colorful Masterpiece of lucite Art work by Shalomi Haziza .Acrylic is the most sophisticat...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Lucite

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Nailed it series No.163
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic paint, textiles and metal on wooden panel, ed. 1/3
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Elegant Work of Art Ideal for Any Space, Copper Encounter
Located in Mexico City, MX
The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena and Elena De La Fuente describe form and color as their core of exploration. They admire the dual identity the two elements c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Gesso, Resin, Varnish, Acrylic

Beautiful Aqua Ceramic Composition
Located in Mexico City, MX
The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena and Elena De La Fuente describe form and color as their core of exploration. They admire the dual identity the two elements c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

The Second Cousin, Contemporary woven paper wall sculpture by Grethe Wittrock
Located in Wilton, CT
The Second Cousin is exemplary of Danish artist, Grethe Wittrock's work which often includes expanses of twisted paper strands in single colors — minimal and simple yet powerful expr...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Textile Wall Sculpture: 'TRAVEL PILLOW'
Located in New York, NY
This piece is from a new body of work called 'Vital Signs’ which will premiere at Ivy Brown Gallery in NYC and springs from the domain of hospitals and illness through combinations o...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Gustav Klimt
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
The project "Eternal and Brilliant" is based on portraits of famous artists of the world and Ukraine. The concept of the work - the image of internal and external psychological image...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Biography of a Drive-By: wall sculpture by Black African-American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a two-part wall mounted painting / sculpture this integrates found objects and photographs into an acrylic painting on the top, and a wooden shelf with bullet casings and coins below. This is a conceptual, abstract work of art that is a powerful homage to lives lost through calculated gun violence in American cites. signed by the artist. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel

Untitled VII. Glazed ceramic abstract jar sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled VII, by Charo Oquet Ceramic 17. H in x 13 D in. 2018 ----------------------------------------------- Charo Oquet is a Miami-based artist that uses painting, installation, ...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Cosmos, Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Cosmos, Size: 17" x 37" x 4'' inch, 43x94x10...
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Nailed it Series No.50
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on wooden panel Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion Marke...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Five piece wall sculpture: 'Alexx'
Located in New York, NY
My art mirrors natural forms with biomorphic dystopian edges. In the viewer’s mind the shapes are familiarly organic yet there is a tension as one struggles to comprehend the life cy...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Adhesive, Mixed Media, Wax

Indian Contemporary Art By Sumit Mehndiratta - Neon Butterflies
Located in Paris, IDF
Six Stainless steel discs measuring 14x4x4 cms each hung individually on the wall with a wooden hanging provision on the back of each disc, can be hung in any way as a set of six. S...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

"The Cleaving" Contemporary Psychedelic Visualization of the Book of Genesis
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary psychedelic visualization of the Biblical book of Genesis by Houston, TX artist Patrick Turk. This piece was part of a show that Turk organiz...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel

Unique Wall Mounted Brass Plated Steel Sculpture "Lost Dream"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, mounted and framed brass plated steel sculpture. The dimensions of 32 x 32 cm are the dimensions of the outside of the frame.
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Steel

Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre - Crafts - Mexican Folk Art Paper
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
MASTERPIECE Piece made of cardboard, delicately hand painted by the most expert artisans of Guadalajara Jalisco, México. LISTING =================================== 1 Cardboard handpainted Virgin =================================== DIMENSIONS =================================== 24" x 24" x 8" in or 60 x 60 x 20 cm =================================== DETAILS =================================== Time of Preparation: 2 months Made: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. Artisan: Danilo Lopez Ochoa...
Category

2010s Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Cardboard

Case 885 - Cabinet of Curiosities, Wunderkammer, Contemporary Art Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This work from Linda Stein's Displacement From Home series draws from the tradition of wunderkammer/cabinets of curiosities to highlight the globa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Dottie's Beauty Garnier by Grant Levy-Lucero (INV# NP3571)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Grant Levy-Lucero Dottie's Beauty Garnier (INV# NP3571) stoneware and glaze 24 x 12.5 x 13" 2018 signed by artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glaze

Conny Goelz Schmitt "Diamonds and Rust" - Wall sculpture of vintage book parts
Located in New York, NY
Conny Goelz Schmitt Diamonds and Rust, 2022 vintage book parts 15 x 20 x 7 in. (schm044) This bright and colorful wall art is crafted out of vintage...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Anticipation - large, rust, female figure, Corten steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A seated female figure strikes a casual pose, body half turned in this imposing sculpture by American artist, Jason Kimes. This outdoor sculpture is made from coin-sized discs of cor...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Printemps Sur Les Toits Canvas Sculpture Small Carla Querejeta
Located in Madrid, ES
This series of textile sculptures is born from the reflection ​on​ the construction of the identity ​through time. They are ​created with paintings from some years ago that I have de...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Paper

Colourfield by EDMUND DE WAAL - Ceramic, Minimalist, Contemporary British Artist
By Edmund de Waal
Located in London, GB
Colourfield by EDMUND DE WAAL (b. 1964) Ten glazed porcelain vessels Largest 9.2 high x 19.9 cm in diameter (3 ⁵/₈ x 7 ⁷/₈ inches) Impressed with the artist's...
Category

Early 2000s Minimalist Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Nancy Cohen "Capture" - Abstract Sculpture of Glass and Handmade Paper
Located in New York, NY
Nancy Cohen Capture, 2021 glass, metal, wire, handmade paper 8 x 17 x 20 in. (coh066) Nancy Cohen works concurrently in two media: She creates organic sculptural forms from pieces o...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

Setting Sail Katharina Hormel- Contemporary striped, rotating epoxy sculpture
Located in DE
Lines, Crossing Sections, Color Overlays. Life is full of intersections, corners and shades of vibrancy and so are the artworks by Katharina Hormel. T...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Untitled by Yukihisa Isobe (1962), Wood sculpture (plaster relief on panel)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yukihisa Isobe Untitled Mixed media (plaster relief on panel) Signed, dated and Inscribed “Tokio” (on the reverse) 28 x 40.5 cm Executed in 1962 PROVENANCE Bohemian’s Gallery Toky...
Category

1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood Panel

Nancy Cohen "Tilt a Whirl" - Abstract Sculpture of Glass and Handmade Paper
Located in New York, NY
Nancy Cohen Tilt a Whirl, 2021 glass, metal, handmade paper 5 x 12 x 10 in. (coh065) Nancy Cohen works concurrently in two media: She creates organic scu...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

Kinetic sculpture made from coins "Circle XIIV" by Kim Seungwoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kim Seungwoo is a contemporary Korean sculptor, lives in Seoul, South Korea. Seungwoo is famous for his sculptures made from coins and buttons. He create...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Metal

KAWS:Holiday UK Ceramic Container set of 2
By KAWS
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Set of 2 large 17 inch tall glazed ceramic containers. Each comes as two pieces which would be stacked together. With original boxes.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Florentine (Quadriptych Wood Panel Framed Abstract Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "Around 30 years ago, not long after I had started painting seriously, I was at a one-man exhibition of the great Brice Marden at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art when I visited the annex to get a cocktail. There was one other guy at the small bar table in an otherwise empty room, waiting for his coffee to be handed to him. He turned and dumped half of it down my front. I immediately recognized him as none other than Brice Marden. He apologized profusely, but I stopped him and said: 'No problem: how often is it that Brice Marden dumps coffee on your pants? They're worth more now.' We both had a good laugh. At any rate - I was certainly channeling his early work when I began work on this series. They are made with oil and beeswax on wood panels. While they look Minimalist at first glance, there are subtle shifts in color and texture that distinguish them from hard-edged abstraction. For me, it has always been about the surface, and the materials. Wax has a character unlike anything else. I use wax both hot (encaustic) and in a cold mixture with turpentine, blended with oil. The complementary underpainting, setting the stage for the wax and oil later...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Axial, Abstract, Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Axial, Size: 40" x 26" x 4'' inch, 124x66x10...
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Textile Wall Sculpture: 'SSSSLACKZZZZ'
Located in New York, NY
This piece is from a new body of work called 'Vital Signs’ which will premiere at Ivy Brown Gallery in NYC springs from the domain of hospitals and illness through combinations of hand-woven and tufted textiles and minimalist box-like objects that hang on walls or embed in the textiles themselves. The textiles refer to items of worn clothing, flattened identity, and superstition that come with illness and extended hospital stays. Their dominant color is blue, a hue known to calm the nervous system, but also the color of a failing body (cyanosis). The black and white objects...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Limited Edition Painted Steel Sculpture "Coming Home"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A limited edition, powder coated mild steel spiral sculpture. Edition 1/3. Available in different colours on request.
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

El Sol
Located in Santa Fe, NM
I grew up in the high mountain desert of Northern New Mexico the son of an artist and an Inventor/engineer. My childhood was filled with amazement and curiosity which I have worked h...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Unique Wall Mounted Painted Steel Sculpture "Golden Head"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, wall mounted steel sculpture made of painted aluminium.
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Figurative Marble Sculpture, "Kindred"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind Italian white Carerra marble sculpture by San Diego artist Tony Gangitano. Its dimensions are 10" x 25" x 10". It is on a black granite base. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery. This sculpture is a representation of Mary and Christ...
Category

2010s Italian School Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Marble

Wristie
Located in New York, NY
Wristie, a small assemblage atop a block of sandstone, is comprised of a sweater sleeve, a fragment of woven basket and a piece of blasted tree bark all cast in concrete or plaster. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Sandstone

Venus II (tile relief)
Located in München, BY
"Venus II (tile relief)" (2022) is part of the exhibition "Connect and Disconnect", running from 20 May - 15 July 2022 at HELDENREIZER Contemporary. Witalij Frese Venus II (tile relief), 2020 Glazed earthenware Each tile circa 10...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Large Limited Edition Mild Steel Sculpture "Homo Erectus on the Move"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A large, powder coated mild steel sculpture, edition 1/3. Available in different colours on request.
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Alexandre the Red - expressive, textured, male, figurative paper mache sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Quebecois sculptor Paul Duval has created a series of expressive paper mache and wire figurative sculptures. Each one exudes a different personality evident in their posture, gesture...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Large Limited Edition Mild Steel Sculpture "African Strider"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A large, powder coated mild steel sculpture, edition 1/3. Available in different colours on request.
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Balance of Power (Quadriptych Wood Panel Contemporary Abstract Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "Around 30 years ago, not long after I had started painting seriously, I was at a one-man exhibition of the great Brice Marden at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Ballet Pink Folds (hard fabric, textile wall sculpture, contemporary art design)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Ballet Pink Folds” is a light pink/flesh colored wall sculpture made with burlap on linen. The folds are carefully arranged from a single piece of burlap. This creates a dynamic art...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Linen, Mixed Media, Vinyl

Orange rhombohedron (G)
Located in Paris, IDF
Bruno DESPLANQUES (Born in 1966, France) Orange rhombohedron (G) Enamelled Baillet clay H. 14 cm ; L. 14 cm ; P. 14 cm 2021
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

Innere Zerrissenheit
Located in München, BY
"Innere Zerrissenheit" (2022) is part of the exhibition "Connect and Disconnect", running from 20 May - 15 July 2022 at HELDENREIZER Contemporary. Visit the exhibition page on our w...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Cry No More
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Cry No More" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures approx. 30”h x 23”...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Lucite, Pigment, Digital

Crush
Located in München, BY
"Crush" is part of the exhibition "Connect and Disconnect", running from 20 May - 15 July 2022 at HELDENREIZER Contemporary. Visit the exhibition page on our website to learn more a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Tokion Neo Graffiti Project 3D
Located in Washington , DC, DC
comes with original box. numbered on bottom
Category

1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Cast Stone

Nude, Abstract and Figurative Sculptures for Sale

The history of sculpture as we know it is believed to have origins in Ancient Greece, while small sculptural carvings are among the most common examples of prehistoric art. In short, sculpture as a fine art has been with us forever. A powerful three-dimensional means of creative expression, sculpture has long been most frequently associated with religion — consider the limestone Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt — while the tradition of collecting sculpture, which has also been traced back to Greece as well as to China, far precedes the emergence of museums.

Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metalbronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.

If you are a lover of art and antiques or are thinking of bringing a work of sculpture into your home for the first time, there are several details to keep in mind. As with all other works of art, think about what you like. What speaks to you? Visit local galleries and museums. Take in works of public art and art fairs when you can and find out what kind of sculpture you like. When you’ve come to a decision about a specific work, try to find out all you can about the piece, and if you’re not buying from a sculptor directly, work with an art expert to confirm the work’s authenticity.

And when you bring your sculpture home, remember: No matter how big or small your new addition is, it will make a statement in your space. Large- and even medium-sized sculptures can be heavy, so hire some professional art handlers as necessary and find a good place in your home for your piece. Whether you’re installing a towering new figurative sculpture — a colorful character by KAWS or hyperreal work by Carole A. Feuerman, perhaps — or an abstract work by Won Lee, you’ll want the sculpture to be safe from being knocked over. (You’ll find that most sculptures should be displayed at eye level, while some large busts look best from below.)

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