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Period: Mid-20th Century
Sitting Elektra II
Sitting Elektra II

Sitting Elektra II

By Lynn Chadwick

Located in Boca Raton, FL

The Elektra series was the first of Chadwick's bronzes to make use of polished surfaces added to the head, breast, and upper thorax. In explaining this, Chadwick writes, 'In the case...

Category

Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cylindre au Christ à l’Idole, Bronze Sculpture After to Paul Gauguin
Cylindre au Christ à l’Idole, Bronze Sculpture After to Paul Gauguin

Cylindre au Christ à l’Idole, Bronze Sculpture After to Paul Gauguin

By Paul Gauguin

Located in Long Island City, NY

A bronze sculpture after Paul Gauguin cast from a 1894 original wood carving. It is a wonderful example of his Primitivist style likely influenced by the Polynesian art of Easter Isl...

Category

Fauvist Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Marionette
Marionette

Marionette

By Greer Lankton

Located in New York, NY

Marionette 1962 Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity Wood, paint, and metal pins 18 x 8 x 2 inches Contact gallery for price. This was the first doll that Greer Lankton...

Category

Contemporary Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Kusama Large Plush Pumpkin (New)
Kusama Large Plush Pumpkin (New)

Kusama Large Plush Pumpkin (New)

By Yayoi Kusama

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Yayoi Kusama Yellow & Black Pumpkin (plush): An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art piece - this large Kusama plush pumpkin features the universal polka dot patterns and bold colors fo...

Category

Pop Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Nylon

Tête Tragique
Tête Tragique

Tête Tragique

By Auguste Rodin

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840 - 1917) Tête Tragique 6 ½ high x 4 x 4 1/2 inches 9 ½ inches high with base Bronze, inscribed in three places: Near top of head signed “Rodin” “No 4” Inscribed with foundry mark “Georges Rudier...

Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

4 Chinese Figures
4 Chinese Figures

4 Chinese Figures

By Ermanno Nason

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Ermanno Nason 4 Chinese Figures, circa 1960's Hand Sculpted Glass 8.62 x 0 in

Category

Contemporary Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Costolato Vase Light Green
Costolato Vase Light Green

Costolato Vase Light Green

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Murano Glass Costolato Vase Light Green, circa 1930 Blown glass 13.25 x 6.25 x 6.25 in

Category

Contemporary Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Sunset at the Farm

Sunset at the Farm

By David Hayes

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

David Hayes (1931 - 2013) Sunset at the Farm, 1969 Glazed ceramic plate 8.50 x 8.50 x 0.75 in

Category

Contemporary Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Sea Bluff

David HayesSea Bluff, 1969

Price Upon Request

Sea Bluff

By David Hayes

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

David Hayes (1931 - 2013) Sea Bluff, 1969 Glazed ceramic plate 14.50 x 14.50 x 1.75 in

Category

Contemporary Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Griffon
Griffon

David HayesGriffon, 1961

Price Upon Request

Griffon

By David Hayes

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

David Hayes (1931 - 2013) Griffon, circa 1963 Bronze sculpture with black patina 28 x 8 x 4 in

Category

Contemporary Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Seascape (Foot)
Seascape (Foot)

Seascape (Foot)

By Tom Wesselmann

Located in Missouri, MO

"Seascape" (Foot) 1967 Screenprinted Vacuum-Formed Plexiglass In Colors Scratch-Signed, Dated and Numbered 92/101 14 1/4 x 12 15/16 x 3/4 in (36.1 x 32.9 x 2 cm). Known for his Pop-...

Category

Pop Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Screen

Piccolo Guerriero (Little Warrior)
Piccolo Guerriero (Little Warrior)

Piccolo Guerriero (Little Warrior)

By Luciano Minguzzi

Located in Missouri, MO

Luciano Minguzzi (Italian, 1911-2004) Piccolo Guerriero (Little Warrior) c. 1950s Bronze Monogrammed and Numbered 1/5 Height From Base to Top: approx. 12" High Bronze: 6 3/4 inches x 4W x 3D Luciano Minguzzi was born in Bologna in 1911 and died in Milan in 2004. In 1943 he took part in the Fourth Quadrennial of Rome. In 1950 he was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the XXV Venice Biennale, and attended again in 1952. His works can be found at Museum of the Fabbrica del Duomo, in the Museum of Modern Art in the Vatican and in the Galleries of Modern Art in Rome, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Trieste, Verona, Carrara, Padova, as well as abroad and overseas. Additional Biography (translated from Italian): Luciano Minguzzi ( Bologna , 24 May 1911 - Milan , 30 May 2004 ) was a sculptor and medalist Italian . Image of the exhibition Luciano Minguzzi: sculptures and gouaches 1950-1970 in the Romanesque cloister of the Cathedral of Prato ( Museo dell'Opera del Duomo ), 24 April - 24 May 1971. Photo by Paolo Monti . Index: He made his first experiences under the wise guidance of his father, also a sculptor , continuing his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna following the engraving courses held by Giorgio Morandi , those of sculpture under the guidance of Ercole Drei , attending at ' university the lessons Roberto Longhi. Thanks to a scholarship, he stayed in Paris and London , starting to exhibit in 1933 and already at the Roman Quadrennial of 1943 he obtained his first prize, which was followed by others including the Angelicum of 1946 and the first place ex aequo at the Biennale del 1950. Immediately after the war he created the monument to the Partisan and the Partisan for his hometown , located near Porta Lame , in the area where an epic battle between Nazi-Fascists and partisans took place in 1944 .
The work, composed of two figures of young people - one of which armed - caught in a moment of great naturalness, was forged with cast bronze from the equestrian statue of Benito Mussolini (by Giuseppe Graziosi ) which was located inside the current "Renato Dall'Ara" Stadium, in turn made with some cannons stolen from the Austrians during the Bolognese Risorgimento uprisings of 1848. Still on the theme linked to war , but with a changed style with more dramatic and expressionist tones , in the fifties he created a series of sculptures inspired by the theme of the men of the Lager and the unknown and anonymous victims, obtaining in 1953 the third prize in the competition for the "Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner " announced by the Tate Gallery ( London ). In 1950 he won the competition for the "Quinta Porta" of the Milan Cathedral , completed in 1965 . In 1962 he participated, together with the most important international sculptors of the time, in the exhibition Sculptures in the city organized by Giovanni Carandente as part of the V Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto . He presented a 1958 iron and bronze sculpture entitled Pas-de-quatre. In 1970 he was given the task of building the "Door of good and evil" of the basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican , on which he worked with vigor and passion for seven years. In 2012, on the occasion of the centenary of the artist's birth, a posthumous anthological exhibition was set up in Bologna at the Fondazione del Monte [1] . He also worked as a medalist: his example is the silver 500 lire coin...

Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bust of John F. Kennedy
Bust of John F. Kennedy

Bust of John F. Kennedy

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Long Island City, NY

This iconoclastic sculpture links two of the twentieth century’s most renowned figures: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Salvador Dalí. Cast in wax and decorated with paperclips...

Category

Surrealist Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

U.S.A., Neon Light Box Sculpture by Chryssa, 1962
U.S.A., Neon Light Box Sculpture by Chryssa, 1962

U.S.A., Neon Light Box Sculpture by Chryssa, 1962

By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali

Located in Long Island City, NY

This is a unique neon sculpture in plexi-box with stand. It is the very first completed Neon Sculpture by the famed sculptor and referenced in the monograph "Chryssa" by Pierre Restany. Chryssa, a Greek-born American sculptor who in the 1960s was one of the first people to transform neon lighting from an advertising vehicle into a fine art medium. A builder of large-scale assemblages in a wide range of materials — bronze, aluminum, plaster, wood, canvas, paint, found objects and, in the case of neon, light itself — Chryssa, whose work prefigured Minimalism and Pop Art, was considered a significant presence on the American art scene in the ’60s and ’70s. Exhibited widely in the United States in those years, her art is in the collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington. Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: USA, First Preparartory Work For a Neon Box...

Category

Contemporary Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Neon Light

Peace
Peace

Heloise CristaPeace

Price Upon Request

Peace

By Heloise Crista

Located in Missouri, MO

Heloise Crista (1926-2018) Peace Brass and Copper approx. 15 x 17 x 10 inches Heloise Crista, Acclaimed Sculptor and Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION JU...

Category

American Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper

1, 000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair
1, 000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair

1, 000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair

By Chester Beach

Located in New York, NY

1,000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair is available for sale. This sculpture, "Riders of the Elements," is the original 7' plaster maquette from the NYC 1939 World's Fair by Chester Beach...

Category

Art Deco Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Canvas, Oil, Photographic Paper

1939 World’s Fair NYC, 1000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects
1939 World’s Fair NYC, 1000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects

1939 World’s Fair NYC, 1000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects

By Harry Lane

Located in New York, NY

1,000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair Harry Lane (1891-1973) "1939 World’s Fair Construction," 30 x 40 inches, Oil on canvas, signed lower...

Category

American Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Plaster, Photographic Paper

Joie de Vivre
Joie de Vivre

Joie de Vivre

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Missouri, MO

JOIE DE VIVRE (A. Ramié no. 346) stamped, marked, engraved and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso (underneath) unglazed white ea...

Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Fish Pitcher
Fish Pitcher

Fish Pitcher

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Missouri, MO

Fish Pitcher 1952 Turned Pitcher 13 cm x 21 cm/approx 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches Red Earthenware Clay, Decoration in Engobes Black, White Edition Madoura Picas...

Category

Abstract Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

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