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Life Size Pair of Large Bronze African Diks Diks Sculptures
Located in Essex, MA
A male and female African large bronze life size Dik Dik sculptures in excellent condition. Great
Category
Vintage 1920s Kenyan Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Polychrome Life-Size Figural Modelled as a North African Boy
Located in London, GB
Wearing a fez and standing by a small stool, raised on a circular base, stamped with maker's mark.
Friedrich Goldscheider and his successors were by far the most important publish...
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
H 60.63 in W 21.66 in D 21.66 in
Life Size Bronze Sculpture By David H. Turner "Baby Giraffe"
Located in Norwood, NJ
Life size bronze sculpture by David H. Turner, "Baby Giraffe". This is a limited edition signed and
Category
1990s American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique East African Carved Wood & Bronze Antelope Deer Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
African folk art sculpture with beautifully aged distressed patina.
Handmade in East Africa, dating to
Category
Antique Late 19th Century African Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
H 35 in W 34.5 in D 11 in
Pair of 20th Century Life Size Pink Striated Marble Baby Giraffes
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary pair of life-size striated salmon pink marble baby giraffe calves have been hand
Category
20th Century Chinese Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Klaylife x Uniqwa Ombre Handmade Clay Bead Floor Sculptures (Large, Med + Small)
Located in Brighton, Victoria
.
The New Moringa Floor Sculpture comes in 3 sizes and is perfect as a set for maximum impact or
Category
2010s South African Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
H 59.06 in Dm 20.48 in
Stunning pair of African lady carrying water, in the style of Hagenauer 1970
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Paris, FR
, famous for his stylized and modern figures. We also feature in our gallery a life-size bronze of the same
Category
Vintage 1970s Austrian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 17.72 in W 2.37 in D 1.19 in
Stunning Bronze of an African lady carrying water, in the style of Karl Hagenaue
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Paris, FR
/ 64,37 inches
Stunning life-size bronze sculpture of an African woman carrying water. The woman's body is
Category
Vintage 1970s Austrian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 64.18 in W 7.88 in D 11.82 in
Bronze Sculpture "The Snake Charmer" by Charles Arthur Bourgeois
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
(reigned 1852–1870) ordered a life-size bronze which now stands in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Selection of Decorative Abstract Marble Menhir Column Art Sculptures, circa 1970
Located in Den Haag, NL
Selection of Decorative Abstract Marble Menhir Column Art Sculptures, circa 1970 by Gerrit Patist
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
H 15.75 in W 1.97 in D 1.97 in
Clarté Very Big Sculpture in Art Deco Style Floor Lamp Original Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
The figurative sculpture "Clarté" is the most important work of Max Le Verrier.
The nearly life
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 66.93 in W 35.83 in D 17.72 in
Art Deco Lumina Sculpture Clarté Lamp Nude Dancer with a Ball by Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
nearly life-size bronze in 1.60 meters
one version with 85 cm, as well as 2 smaller versions
in 65 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
H 25.6 in W 14.18 in D 6.3 in
1970s Hammered Copper Wall Art Panel Sculpture of a Dancing Warrior
By Kalumba Tshung Manu Gabriel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare and beautiful life-size hammered copper panel of a dancing African warrior with spear and
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Franz Hagenauer Male and Female "The Couple" 1930
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in Oakland, CA
, often drawing from African art as his inspiration. His long life ( 1906-1986 ) provided him with a long
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Chrome
"Pompeii" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
"Bouquet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"China Cabinet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
"Caress of Water" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Beach-Combed Mochaware" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Lifesize French Bronze Horse and Jockey Statue by Bonheur
Located in Potters Bar, GB
study of An African Horseman attacked by a Lion. Isidore Bonheur continued exhibiting his sculpture
Category
Vintage 1980s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Tribal Figural Head Bust by David Tennant Hand Carved Ebony Wood
Located in Topeka, KS
! This incredible hand carved ebony wood bust is super heavy and almost life-sized! It is signed by
Category
20th Century Unknown Tribal Busts
Materials
Wood
H 12.5 in W 9 in D 8.5 in
Fulani Currency
Located in Dallas, TX
unusual forms and sizes of ethnographic currencies are both fascinating and surprising. They range in size
Category
Antique 19th Century Nigerian Tribal Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
19th Century Lifesize Bronze Bust of Othello after Gaston Veuvenot Leroux
By Gaston Vuevenot Leroux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive French 19th century life-size bust depicting Othello, the North African Moor
Category
Antique 19th Century French Moorish Busts
Materials
Bronze
Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
antiquity, sphinxes were ubiquitous figures of Egyptian religious life. The lion, symbolising divine force
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Vintage Adel Rootstein Standing Female Display Mannequin London England 69"
Located in Dayton, OH
of some of the world most iconic mannequins.
Rootstein was born in South Africa in 1930 to Russian
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Mid-20th Century Frosted Glass Scorpion by Marc Lalique
By Marc Lalique
Located in London, GB
from aquatic animals slowly adapted to terrestrial life.
These arachnids, which sometimes are
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Ancient South Arabian Alabaster Inscription
Located in London, GB
fully bespeaks its size.’ Because of the nature of its exports, frankincense in particular - the ‘sweat
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Yemeni Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century Hindu Nandi Temple Guardian, Architectural Ornament
Located in Forney, TX
instilling strength and wisdom.
A superb example, the life size work is in great overall shape, and
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
"Black Male Nude with Sculpture" by Mark Allen Isaacson
By Mark Allen Isaacson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
figures in an artist's studio: a life-size plaster sculpture and a drawing tacked to the wall. Isaacson
Category
Vintage 1970s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The 4th Skate Deck by Henry Taylor
By (After) Henry Taylor
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Venus figurines to traditional African sculpture and early Renaissance Madonnas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Maternity Group
Located in London, GB
’ and ‘16.’
Nigeria
Late 19th Century
SIZE: 58cm high - 22¾ ins high
PROVENANCE:
Ex Ernest Ohly
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Nigerian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hagenauer Bookends Pair Leaping Gazelles Wien Made in Austria
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Oakland, CA
African art as his inspiration. His long life ( 1906-1986 ) provided him with a long career and many of
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Desk Sets
Materials
Metal, Brass
Nancy Graves 1988 “Borborygmi”
Located in Palm Springs, CA
work, which was sculptures of life-size Bactrian camels.
In 1966, she moved to New York City and
Category
Vintage 1980s American Prints
Materials
Paper
Friedrich Goldscheider, Very Large, Life-Size Orientalist Sculpture
By Friedrich Goldscheider
Located in Marseille, FR
Life-size polychrome terracotta statue of a North African boy. The boy is shown standing in front
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Moorish Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bernhard Bloch, Life-Size Terracotta of a Boy from North Africa
By Bernhard Bloch
Located in Marseille, FR
, numbered and monogrammed on the back. This sculpture is a feat of technicality and is found only
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bamboo, Terracotta
Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Life-Size Horse's Head by Dada
Located in London, GB
six or eight at a time.
Up until a few years ago, he specialized in large full-size sculptures for
Category
2010s Croatian Classical Greek Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Terracotta Figure of a North African Boy by Goldscheider
By Friedrich Goldscheider
Located in London, GB
A life-sized terracotta figure of a North African boy by Friedrich Goldscheider, circa 1893.
He is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
H 59.45 in W 18.51 in D 20.08 in
Contemporary Figurative Sculpture in Bronze by Elisabeth Hadley
By Elisabeth Hadley
Located in London, GB
commissioned to sculpt two life and a half size fishermen helming the wheel of a boat, this memorial sculpture
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Attributed to Marion Perkins "Skywatchers", circa 1957
Located in St. Louis, MO
conception is embodied in a group of medium sized sculptures in the round, with each individual figure
Category
Mid-20th Century American Expressionist Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Contemporary Japanese Urushi Lacquer Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
as sheets. The most striking, though, are his large almost installation sized pieces of lacquer work
Category
2010s Japanese Other Lacquer
Materials
Hemp, Lacquer, Paper
Contemporary Japanese Urushi Lacquer Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
as sheets. The most striking, though, are his large almost installation sized pieces of lacquer work
Category
2010s Japanese Other Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Contemporary Japanese Urushi Lacquer Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
presented almost as sheets. The most striking, though, are his large almost installation sized pieces of
Category
2010s Japanese Other Lacquer
Materials
Foam, Lacquer, Paper
Contemporary Japanese Urushi Lacquer Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
presented almost as sheets. The most striking, though, are his large almost installation sized pieces of
Category
2010s Japanese Other Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Contemporary Japanese Urushi Lacquer Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
presented almost as sheets. The most striking, though, are his large almost installation sized pieces of
Category
2010s Japanese Other Lacquer
Materials
Foam, Lacquer, Paper
Contemporary Japanese Urushi Lacquer Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
as sheets. The most striking, though, are his large almost installation sized pieces of lacquer work
Category
2010s Japanese Other Lacquer
Materials
Hemp, Paper, Lacquer
Contemporary Japanese Urushi Lacquer Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
presented almost as sheets. The most striking, though, are his large almost installation sized pieces of
Category
2010s Japanese Other Lacquer
Materials
Foam, Paper, Lacquer
1980s Life-Size Carved Wood African Fertility Statue
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s life-size African carved wood fertility statue. Acquired from a Greenwich, Connecticut estate.
Category
Vintage 1980s Figurative Sculptures
Life Size Bronze African Woman in the Style of Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice large bronze of an partially clad African Woman in the style of Hagenauer. This bronze date
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
African Kudu, Contemporary Metal Animal Sculpture
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A wonderful life-sized kudu, antelope head sculpture by Sophie Thompson. This wonderful creation
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Stunning Bronze Sculpture of a Water Carrier African Lady
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning life size bronze of an African lady carrying water. Bronze and brass. It is in the typical
Category
Vintage 1970s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
African Woman Pregnancy Sculpture Midcentury Mod Belly Body Art Mask
Located in West Hartford, CT
fertility. What sets this sculpture apart is the fact that is life-size, see measurements below.
Category
Vintage 1960s Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Cast Bronze African Mask Sculpture with Crooked Nose Mounted on Limestone Stand
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome cast bronze sculpture of African mask with a crooked nose. It is mounted permanently on a
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Mounted Objects
Materials
Limestone, Bronze
H 13.25 in W 7.5 in D 5 in
Evan Penny Hyper Realistic Sculpture
By Evan Penny 1
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Evan Penny hyper realistic sculpture made for the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Category
20th Century Canadian Figurative Sculptures
Franz Hagenauer Modernist Sculpture Wood and Metal Tennis Player
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in Oakland, CA
younger brother, Franz, focused more specifically on sculpture, often drawing from African art as his
Category
Vintage 1940s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Coq D Or Sculpture by Giovanni Schoeman
By Giovanni Schoeman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
included sculptures for Rolls Royce, IT&T and a life size bust of the Sheik Adula Al'Burikain of Saudi
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Important Art Deco Clarté Sculpture Lueur Lamp from the Art Deco Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
decorative, illuminated figure is available in 4 sizes:
a nearly life-size bronze in 1.60 meters one
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
H 15.36 in W 11.42 in D 3.94 in
Bronze Buddha Head
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Head
17th/18th Century
From what originally would have been a life
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patrick Mavros an Impressive Pair of Sterling Silver Bird Figurines
By Patrick Mavros
Located in Braintree, GB
, this impressive set depicts a pair of birds nesting while waiting for love to blossom. That's life for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Zimbabwean Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
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H 2.96 in W 2.96 in D 1.5 in
Vintage Larger than Life-Size Bronze Winston Churchill on a Bench, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an stunning larger than a life-size vintage statue of the Prime Minister of the United
Category
Vintage 1970s Benches
Materials
Bronze
H 57.09 in W 68.51 in D 43.71 in
Wall Light Lamp Sculpture by Boeltz, France, 1970s
By Claude Victor Boeltz
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
taller than life-size sculpture was exposed at the famous George V hotel in Paris as homage to Elizabeth
Category
Vintage 1970s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone, Pyrite, Bronze
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