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Sculptures For Sale
Large Standing Figure VI (contemporary bronze sculpture)
Located in Paris, FR
Large Standing Figure VI (Grande figure debout VI), large-scale sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. Bronze, 148 cm × 31 cm × 27 cm. Limited edition of 8 + 4 A.P. He has been developing for thirty years a singular work, filled with human and animal characters...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bedroom Brunette with Irises
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Tom Wesselmann. "Bedroom Brunette with Irises" is a contemporary wall sculpture, oil on cut-out aluminum by Blue Chip, Pop artist Tom Wesselmann. The work is unsigned. This piece was conceived in 1988 and frabricated by Lippincott Sculpture studio in 2004. Tom Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati Ohio on February 23 1931. He attended college from 1945-1951, first at the Hiram College in Ohio and then the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in psychology. He was drafted during the Korean War in 1952, and it was during this time that Wesselmann did his first cartoons. After he was discharged and had finished in degree in psychology, Wesselmann began to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He sold his first cartoon strips to two magazines, 1000 Jokes and True. In 1956, he was accepted to Cooper Union in New York and he continued his studies there. It was while he was studying in New York, specifically on a trip to the MoMA that Wesselmann became inspired by Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning. In 1958, a landscape painting trip to Cooper Union’s Green Camp in New Jersey brought him to the realization that he could make his career in painting, rather than cartooning. After graduation, Wesselmann became one of the founding members of the Judson Gallery, along with Marc Ratliff and Jim Dine. Wesselmann also began to teach art at a public school in Brooklyn and later at the High School of Art and Design. In 1961, Wesselmann began the series that would bring him to the attention of the art world, Great American Nude. After a dream concerning the phrase “red, white and blue”, Wesselmann decided to limit himself to a palette of only those colors (including colors like gold and khaki that are associated with patriotic motifs). This series incorporated representational images along the same patriotic theme, including American landscape photographs and portraits of the founding fathers. Wesselmann often collaged these images from magazines and discarded posters which required him to work in a much larger format than he was used to. As his works became larger and larger he approached advertisers directly to acquire billboards. Wesselmann’s first solo show was held in 1961 at Tanager Gallery. In 1962, Richard Bellamy gave him a one man exhibition at the Green Gallery. In 1962, Wesselmann participated in the group exhibition “New Realists” at the Sidney Janis Gallery and kicked off his international career. In that same year his first pieces with the title of Still Life, came about. In these works, Wesselmann concentrated on the juxtaposition of different elements, i.e. a cigarette ad...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Miu
Located in PARIS, FR
Nadim Karam is a Lebanese artist, architect, and urban planner known for his diverse body of work that includes sculpture, painting, installations, and urban interventions. Born in 1...
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Nymphe des bois
Located in PARIS, FR
Born december 19 1958, De Keyzer studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Eeklo, lead by professional sculptor Leo De Buysere. In a time and environment where creati...
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2010s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

A late 19th century bronze animalier figure of a seated hound
By Prince Paul Troubetzkoy
Located in Bath, Somerset
A late 19th century bronze of a hound, seated on a naturalistic base, after Prince Paul Troubetzkoy. Incised to base 'Paolo Troubetzkoy 1893', with a dark brown patina. Born in 1866...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Minnie Mello Yellow
Located in PARIS, FR
Anna Kara is a designer who does everything with hands. She uses resin and marble powder for her creations, and we find on each skull more than 150 details. Born in Armenia in 1980, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Woman Reclined bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz
Located in Hudson, NY
Organic, abstract bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz of a reclined woman. About this artist: Yulla Lipchitz, née Halberstadt, was born on April 21, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. While g...
Category

1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Prometheus Freed by Walter Peter Brenner - mythological figure, bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Prometheus Freed is a sculpture by Guatemalan artist Walter Peter Brenner. It is a tribute to the hero of the Greek mythology, Prometheus, who granted human the ability to think. Pro...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Happy Party 45" x 30"
Located in Toronto, ON
With a vision of paintings that literally break free of the canvas, Blady + Van Mil invented moulage (molded collage) through experimentation in the early days of the pandemic. It be...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

NOR Cliff dwelling
Located in Ranchos De Taos, NM
Ceramic sculpture of combined clay bodies, unique processes developed by Anna Bush Crews, looks to inherent qualities in the material, the way it smoothes, or not, the way it stretch...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Atomos 25A
Located in ÉTRÉCHY, FR
My artistic researches like Genesis plunged into incomprehension... How to understand matter made of emptiness. The atom which composes it exists only by the forces which animate it ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Nul - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Limited Edition, Neon Light
Located in Zug, CH
This high-impact neon sculpture creates a mellow atmosphere as a result of the expertise of a glass blower and a neon technician. Jan Henderikse, Nul Contemporary, 21st Century, Sc...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Neon Light

NOR Bracket
Located in Ranchos De Taos, NM
Ceramic sculpture of combined clay bodies, the unique processes developed by Anna Bush Crews, looks to inherent qualities in the material, the way it smoothes, or not, the way it st...
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Large Billy Lee Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Billy Lee (Chinese/British) Additional Information: Billy Lee is well exhibited worldwide and known for his large abstract minimalist sculptures. He has received nu...
Category

20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

NAOR - 30cm Heart GUC Tribute, Blue with Red Strips
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Beautiful Purple Chaos colorful metal 3D sculpture made of bent steel
Located in Toronto, ON
Canadian artist Slavo Cech’s unique sculpture practice is most often inspired by nature. Exploring the language of form and fluidity in the medium of metal sculptures for over 35 yea...
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Copper Grey/Green
Located in New York, NY
Joel Perlman is best known for his sculptures that juxtapose flat geometries of welded steel, aluminum, and bronze in three-dimensional space. His sculptures sketch themselves out in...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Günther Uecke, Do it Yourself - Signed Multiple, ZERO, Abstract Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Günther Uecker (German, b. 1930) Do it Yourself, 1969 Medium: Two nails, 300g hammer, wood board Dimensions: 34 × 16.5 × 7 cm (13 2/5 × 6 1/2 × 2 4/5 in) Signature: Hand-signed in pe...
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Mid-20th Century Arte Povera Sculptures

Materials

Metal

They
Located in Fairfield, CT
Red Porsche Guard on Fiberglass Edition of 6
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Automotive Paint, Fiberglass

T-Rex-i
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gold leaf over wood and Chevy Black fiberglass Edition of 6
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Kidush Cup , Judaica
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Kiddush Cup by Agam, Yaacov. This is a limited edition 24k gold plated sterling silver with agamograph in lucite "Kiddush Cup" by Yaacov Agam. This piece is numbered and hand signed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Tony Cragg, Palette (from For Joseph Beuys) - Wall Sculpture, Signed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tony Cragg (British, b. 1949) Palette (from For Joseph Beuys), 1986 Medium: Wooden palette covered with coloured plastic granules Dimensions: 75 × 58 × 1.5 cm (29 1/2 × 22 4/5 × 3/5 ...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Wood

Rising
Located in Belgravia, London, London
"Rising" by Michael Thacker British, 21st Century Bardiglio Marble with Platinum Leaf Sculpture size (HxWxD): 19.75 x 15 x 6 inches Monogrammed and dated 9 5 21
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Platinum

Joonsang Park Ceramic Tiger Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Work is titled “Scientific Name Tiger”. Provenance: Habatat Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida | Private Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes:...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Kioetano by Jacques Owczarek - Animal Bronze Sculpture (Scorpio)
Located in Paris, FR
This scorpio in bronze by French contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek takes shape through a series of lines, edges and curves. The peculiarity of the ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Pair of Terracotta Nubiens probably Goldsheider
Located in LA BOUILLE, FR
An exquisite set of a pair of North African orientalist/africanist terracotta sculptures of a man and female conveying water containers. Most likely by Goldsheider, incredibly molded...
Category

Late 19th Century Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Mare - hunting horse by Josuë Dupon 1864-1935
Located in Gent, VOV
A beautiful large bronze sculpture of a proud standing mare. Old sand cast created during the artist Josuë Dupon's lifetime. Josuë Dupon (also Josué or Josue Dupon) was a Flemish sculptor and engraver. His work also includes painting and graphics. He received his training through evening classes at the academy of Roeselare and Antwerp (1884) and later at the National Institute of Fine Arts (1887). In 1891, he won a gold medal with the monumental sculpture group Samson kills the lion and was runner-up in the Prix de Rome for sculpture. From that year on, his work appeared regularly in exhibitions at home and abroad. His reputation was such, that he became one of a select group of sculptors allowed by King Leopold II to carve statues in Ivory, which was imported from the Congo, the Belgian colony. In 1893 his exceptionally refined ivory statue of Diana was bought by the Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts, which also acquired his spectacular bronze Vulture defending its prey a year later. Working in every genre and mastering every technique and material, Josuë Dupon became best known as a sculptor of exotic animals. He was equally capable of faithfully expressing anatomical detail as of rendering the animals' nature. Josuë Dupon was a technically faultless realist, with a sense of the dramatic, a feeling for decorative complexity and a tendency towards idealizing. The placement of his camel driver and two bronze groups at the entrance to Antwerp Zoo confirmed this reputation as animalier. The career that Dupon subsequently built, brought him numerous important awards and an appointment as professor at the Antwerp Academy, a tenure he held between 1905 and 1934. Besides animals, he sculpted busts, war memorials and public monuments. For one of the largest sculptural monuments and the largest fountain in the city of Buenos Aires, called Monument of the Two Congresses, he collaborated with his good friend, the Belgian sculptor Jules Lagae. Josuë Dupon created several statues of mighty condors for this monument. At the start of his career his conception of art was strongly influenced by traditional 19th century artistic ideals. After the turn of the century his compositions and surface treatment changed and became more modern. He met Rembrandt Bugatti around 1905 or 1906 in the 'Jardin des Plantes' in Paris and invited him to Antwerp. Bugatti began travelling to Antwerp in 1906 to observe and sculpt the inhabitants of its zoo, which was then considered the best in the world, and Dupon allowed Bugatti to stay with him during several of his early visits. As such Dupon became a friend and a bit of a father figure to Rembrandt Bugatti. Dupon did not play a very active part in artistic movements or associations. Dupon remains an important sculptor not only through his body of work but also because of the influence he exercised through interactions and collaboration with other sculptors such as Lagae, Bugatti and Bourdelle but also because he trained leading sculptors such as Albéric Collin (1886-1962), Willy Kreitz...
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19th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Alexander Ney Figural Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Unfinished base may not be original to the piece. Provenance: Private Collection New York, from a collector of many petite works by the artist. Marking(s); n...
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20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Ross Richmond Glass Bust & Bird / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: signed; 2008 Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted glass, metal...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ueno Masao “Apricot Blossom” Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Tai Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; m...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Les Gouttes" dessin/volume. Origami, optical art sculpture
Located in Brussels, BE
Origami/kinetic artpiece, folds completely flat. Provides a fun and strong visual illusion , with a feeling of jelly. Signed and numbered 5/6, dated 2018. Led pedestal comes extra. It is optional, but recommended (looks wonderful in darkness). It can be taylor made...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Other Medium

John Van Alstine - Sisyphean Circle LVIX, Sculpture 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
10" x 16" x 4" Small Riverstone, Pigmented, and Sealed Steel Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures

Materials

Slate, Steel

Woman with Long Neck
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed underneath. This carved stone sculpture by Bernard Takawira (1948 - 1997) is from a private collection. The family owns a quality collection o...
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Homo Futuris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ecological migrations, economic migrations, philosophical migrations, political migrations… Humanity is mixing, what will be the human nose of tomorrow?
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Glaze

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Rano Kau', 2014 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Rano Kau' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. David wanted to capture pictorial quality of his previous cast internal piece...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Crabe aux pattelas by Chésade - Bronze sealife sculpture, animal art, crab
Located in Paris, FR
Crabe aux pattelas is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 38 × 31 × 30 cm (15 × 12.2 × 11.8 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certifi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

One Light - immersive infinite perceptual ambient light wall sculpture
By Raymond Graber
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raymond Graber‘s celestial light sculptures transform the sense of perception, challenging the human eye’s sense for scale and time with a transcendenta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Lights, LED Light, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Neon Light

Walking stallion
Located in Belfast, GB
Walking stallion, 2023 Bronze 14 1/8 x 20 1/2 x 7 7/8 in 36 x 52 x 20 cm Edition 1 of 8 "My great hope for my work is that it makes people experience a truly special feeling that only they can explain. I hope that they experience a sense of what I feel...These feelings and emotions can’t be expressed in words, as it’s on such a deeper level."– John Fitzgerald: Anthology (2023) Born in Co. Meath in 1976, John Fitzgerald is now established as one of Irelands leading Equine, Sporting and Portrait Artists. Originally John studied Industrial Design in Letterkennny RTC & at the University of Wales, Swansea. It was while in college that he developed a strong understanding of drawing and design, and the different techniques used in completing a piece from initial concept sketches, to oberservation, to 3 dimensional form. In 2013 John was asked to be the artist in residence by the Curragh Racecourse where he now has his own studio/gallery, which is open to the public on race days. 2014 saw Johns work reach a huge audience at the Cheltenham festival, where he was filmed by Channel 4 racing while completing a range of works including A.P.Mc Coys portrait, and a set of sketches...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sasso Vivo Turchhese - Sculpture by Vito Difilippo - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic, led, stone. Realized by Vito Difilippo in 2023. Certificate of authenticity by the Artist. Excellent condition.
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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic

Antique
Located in Porto, 13
Conscious reuses and surrealist reminiscences agree and mix between seduction and disorder. From one attitude to another, a dramatic, expressionistic tension is added. Then violence ...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Orange and Octopus by Josephine H.N. LUI
Located in MADRID, ES
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21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

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Terracotta

Sentry's Delight
Located in Culver City, CA
A tall and narrow male protective energy. The verdigris organic surface has a feminine quality to this sculpture is a perfect balance of male and female energy. It is made from 12-ga...
Category

2010s Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Fading by Josephine H.N. LUI
Located in MADRID, ES
Jesmonite
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21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

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Resin

Natural blue sapphire pair not heated not treated 3 carats
Located in Lagos, NG
Enhance your jewellery collection with this exquisite piece of natural blue sapphire. The gemstone has been cut to perfection in an oval shape and boasts of excellent cut grade and e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Precious Stone

Telling my Story 2, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Ugo La Pietra Black Bronze Abstract Ad Arte
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork is a multiples limited not numbered specimens created by the Italian artist Ugo La Pietra, a well known Internationally artist. Ugo La Pietra was born in Bussi Sul Tiri...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Veritas ~ Circuitus 01 / 02 / 03 Triptych
Located in MADRID, ES
These solid blocks of porcelain represent the repetitive nature of resilience and perseverance, positive and negative space, all with the acknowledgment that no two outcomes will eve...
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2010s Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Could AI develop emotions?
Located in MADRID, ES
Ai has no emotions but can simulate them. Maybe there will also be AI with real emotions in the future. At worst, they could look like the sculpture.
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

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Wood

Keeping my Story 1, Elisia Nghidishange, Mixed media sculpture
Located in Windhoek, NA
This artwork formed part of Nghidishange's exhibition titled 'Ehafo' held at the Namibian Arts Association in 2022. Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printma...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Letto matrimoniale
Located in Milano, MI
Giuseppe Bergomi was born in Brescia in 1953. After attending the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, he held his first solo exhibition as a painter in his ho...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bromoil

Balloon Dog (Orange) - Jeff Koons, Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Decor
Located in Zug, CH
Balloon Dog (Orange) - Jeff Koons, Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Decor, Limited Edition Limoges porcelain with chromatic metalized coating Edition of 2300 Signed and numbered In mint condition, as acquired from the manufacturer In the original box designed by Jeff Koons, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity Jeff Koons playfully tests the boundaries of commerce, celebrity, banality, and pleasure. In his hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons that manifest the essence of American popular culture. "Balloon Dog is a very optimistic piece, it is a balloon that a clown would have maybe twist for you at a birthday party. But at the same time, there's the profoundness of an archaic sculpture...
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain

Coade Stone Roundel Depicting Summer from The Four Seasons Set
Located in Salisbury, GB
Coade Studio decorative roundel depicting 'Summer' cherub floating on cloud formation. 'Summer' is holding wheat. Modelled in delicate low relief. The four seasons roundels are influ...
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2010s Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Loops (Sky Blue)
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Noël Niedermann LOOP (Sky Blue), 2022 Blown glass 11.50 x 8.50 x 4 in.
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Kamyki, Mounted Sculptures in Stainless Steel by Zieta
Located in Paris, FR
Kamyki original decorative wall mirror (18 pieces), Zieta DImensions: Ø 7-20 cm Material: stainless steel. Dimensions of the set : H. 76 cm W. 150 cm D. 6...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Blue Inside
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
My training was at (RISD) the Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, followed by the Yale University School of Art & Architecture, MFA. I am Emeritus Professor of Art, Georgetown University, where I taught Sculpture and Foundation Design in the Art & Art History Department. My sculptures are constructivist, mostly of steel and wood. I admire and share the sensibilities of many modern masters: Noguchi for purity of form and sensual materials, Giacometti for mystery and monumentality, and David Smith for toughness. I’ve exhibited my work in museums including: the Phillips Collection and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, the Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY, and recently The San Luis Obispo Museum Of Art. I’ve had solo exhibitions at the Huntington Museum, Huntington, WV, and the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston Salem...
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2010s Constructivist Sculptures

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Metal

"Lioness - Protea", unique animal sculpture, ceramic, sgraffito technique
Located in CANNES, FR
Unique, original work of art, made 100% of ceramic, hand-signed, siliconized underneath. Original composition of a classical sculpture with a graphic design in sgraffito technique. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic

Kamyki 18 Emerald, Mounted Sculptures by Zieta
Located in Paris, FR
Kamyki original decorative wall mirror (18 pieces), Zieta DImensions: Ø 7-20 cm Material: stainless steel. Color: Emerald Dimensions of the set : H. 76 cm W. 150 cm D. 6 cm About the Gradient collection: Mirrors by Zieta Studio cross the border between art and technology and reflect Oskar Zięta’s research on the physical qualities of steel. Their uneven surfaces, with artistic deformations suggesting softness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

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.)

On 1stDibs, find a broad range of exceptional sculptures for sale. Browse works by your favorite creator, style, period or other attribute.

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