It is quite appropriate that a French sculptor created this bronze of Cinderella, for after all it was a French author who gave us the modern version of the beloved fairy tale of the young woman who went from riches to rags to riches with the help of a fairy godmother.
She is seated somewhat forlornly holding a spindle of yarn, but it is the two objects behind her feet which give away the story...
SOUTH INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A DEITY standing in slight tribhangha and dressed in an ankle-length dhoti, adorned with various jewelry, the sacred thread and a garland hanging to her ankles, the face with long nose and large eyes flanked by elaborate earrings measuring 12 inch height with a 4” wide base circa 1885
Indian Bronze standing figure of Vishnu, with his hands at his waist with a Buddhist shell in one hand and the other hand open, wearing a high headdress, diaphanous dhoti and jewelry, on stepped square base, h: 6.75 in.
INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A JINA, 19TH CENTURY well cast as a standing woman wearing a single necklace and a loincloth, with inlaid eyes, all atop a small square base
INDIAN BRONZE standing figure of Avalokesvara, wearing a high coiffure, elaborate earrings and a diaphanous robe, her primary hands in abahy mudra and secondary hands holding a flower and unidentified object in the other, h: 10.25 in circa 1900
SOUTH INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A DEITY standing in slight tribhangha and dressed in an ankle-length dhoti, adorned with various jewelry, the sacred thread and a garland hanging to his ankles, the face with long nose and large eyes flanked by elaborate earrings and surmounted by a conical headdress, all atop a circular single lotus base 13 inch height circa 1930
INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A DANCER, LATE 19TH CENTURY captured in mid-dance with a bell in one hand, the dancer dressed in a short patterned dhoti, wearing necklaces and large circular earrings in her pendulous earlobes, all atop a double lotus base, h: 14.5 in
A beautiful Bronze measuring 6 inches wide 7 inches tall 4 inches deep …….John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore...
Art Deco bronze urn: $44,000, reduced to $38,000
This Art Deco bronze figurative planter (jardiniere), circa 1920, measures 55" in height, 36" across (elbow to elbow), 18" deep. caste bronze, 150-250 lb. This work was the combined effort of two French sculptors; Pierre Lenoir and Marcel Guillard (1896 - 1932)...
Exceptional Naturalistic Bronze Covered Compote, urn form with extremely fine decoration of bugs, leaves and flowers. Probably French, mid 19th Century.
Height 10"
A very impressive limited edition bronze sculpture, "To Take a Scalp", 1978, by the important American western sculptor artist ROBERT "BOB" SCRIVER (1914-1999), measuring 19" by 13" by 11" high and weighing over 40 pounds on its own without a plinth or base. The work is numbered "3" (of a likely very small edition) and bears a dedication "To Bette From Bob Scriver". The work displays a fine greenish patina. Acquired by me in Palm Springs, said to have come from a large New York collection...
Venus at Her Bath
After a model (1757) by Christophe Gabriel Allegrain (French,1710 - 1795)
Executed by Maison Susse Foundry after 1839
Bronze, 16" tall x 5" x5", stamped "Susse. fre. Edt."
Known for their fine casting and patinas the Susse Foundry produced both antique bronzes and bronzes by contremporary 19th Century artists.
*Please note: This is an original antique bronze, not a modern re-strike, and is so guaranteed.
An original antique French Art Nouveau bronze statue of a glamorous woman by Georges Van der Straeten c.1905. Bronze mounted to a marble base signed on verso with the stamp medallion of Original Bronzes Society Paris France. Measurements 4.25ʺW × 3.25ʺD × 7.5ʺH.
Georges Van der Straeten was a Belle Epoque sculptor born in Ghent, Belgium, on December 21, 1856. He studied under the Neo-Baroque sculptor Jef Lambeaux (1852-1908)...
An important figure sculpture Indian Bronze of Samara goddess circa 1880 measuring 6”
An Indian bronze sculpture in miniature of Indra 2” tall circa 1890
An Indian bronze figure of “Indra standing in the back of an elephant, late nineteenth Century measuring 10.5” tall
Bronze Nude circa 1920 measuring 13.5” height 7x6” base. Alfredo Pina (1883-1969)
a student of Auguste Rodin, was an artist and sculptor of Italian origin. He created portrait busts of Beethoven and Wagner and others. His famous bust of Victor Hugo is located in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. He was born in 1883 in Milan. The second largest city in Italy was also the workplace of the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci. He studied in Milan at the Accademia di Brera. …...
A commemorative bronze rondel plaque of Abraham Lincoln For the 1909 Centennial of his birth. Signed lower right Prinz? Measuring 10.5”
Frédéric Focht (1879-1937) French Sculptor Import “Lovers” Bronze The artist known for his intimate work. This piece details two lovers embraced. Signed and dated. Measuring 23”wide, 22” tall, 7”deep. Mounted on a marble base
The Paris born sculptor was know. For his remarkable talent was recognized early in his career, exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français and winning the coveted Medal of Honour in 1900 at the tender age of 21...
Son of Antonio Ximenes and Giulia Tolentino, a Sicilian noble woman, Ettore Ximenes initially embarked on literary studies but then took up sculpture and attended the courses at the Palermo Academy of Fine Arts. After 1872, he continued training at the Naples Academy under Domenico Morelli[2] and Stanislao Lista...
Bronze sculpture of a figure, perhaps hugging a guitar or bass (or, abstracted second figure?), numbered 57/300 and signed at bottom by artist I. STOLOFF (IRMA STOLOFF, New York, 20th century). The work is 11 1/4" in height, sits on a 2" high black plinth, and weighs six pounds. Condition is excellent. You would appreciate the style if you admire the work of Henry Moore, Kenneth Armitage, Archipenko, or Barbara Hepworth...
Maurice Boval (French, 1863–1916)
Art Noveau Bronze of a Young Beauty
Signed, 14.25" high, 11" wide, 7"deep
Maurice Bouval was a French sculptor of the Art Nouveau period who was born in Toulouse, France in 1863. From 1880 to the first World War, he created a large number of bronze statues or objects including chandeliers, candelabras or table lamps...
c1910s French Mixed Metal Cubist Nude female- Cello. A fabulous bronze nude female cubist statue with lines of a darker almost copper trim throughout...
Bronze Sculpture of Marie de' Medici Early 19th Century 14.5” with beautiful patina.
Marie de' Medici (1575-1642) was part of an influential family of artistic patrons in Italy. She was also the Queen of France as she married King Henry IV of France after his divorce from Margaret of Valois. Marie was well known for her ceaseless political intrigues at the French court and extensive patronage in the arts which was quintessential of the Medici family.
Bronze Sculpture of Aurora The Goddess of the Dawn by Artist Gustav Michel, 1854-1924.
Gustave Frédéric Michel (1851–1924) was a French sculptor, and medallist, according to Marina Warner "one of the most famous sculptors of the first decades of this (twentieth) century in France," although virtually unknown today. He also taught sculpture; among his pupils was the American Edith Howland. Aurora represents the dawn or sunrise; the bronze sculpture depicts Aurora seated over rays of light...
A rare and possibly maquette for the Lincoln Centennial Cent , Bronze Sculpture of Abraham Lincoln by Artist Victor D. Brenner measuring 14 in. Diameter.
Victor David Benner (1871 – 1924) was a Litvak-American sculptor and engraver. He is well-known for designing the Lincoln Cent.
Spartacus was Foyatier's most highly regarded model and led to much of the success he enjoyed throughout his career. Originally conceived whilst he was still training at the French Academy in Rome, the plaster version was exhibited at the Salon of 1827. Here it won such acclaim that the state commissioned a marble version for the Tuileries Garden, which is now in the Louvre. Foyatier then exhibited a large bronze version at the Exposition Universelle in 1855, which led various Parisian foundries...
Beautiful gilded bronze sculpture by master artist Charles Paillet, “two German Shepherds”.
The work is signed “Ch. Paillet Médaille d’or” on the base.
Charles Paillet (1871-1937) studied sculpture with Georges Gardet. From 1897 to 1921 he regularly exhibited at the Salon in Paris. His bronzes, mainly animals, are made by the foundries of the Thiébaut brothers and the famous Barbedienne foundry. With Georges Gardet, his teacher, René Paris and a few others, he was part of the ...
Bronze Oval Sculpture Signed Müller of George Washington 12x10 in. Wall sculpture a beautiful ultra high relief work signed Herman Carl Mueller (1854 in Germany – September 22, 1941), noted ceramicist, was the founder of the Mueller Mosaic Company of Trenton.[1]
Museums holding his work include the New Jersey State Museum, Newark Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art where his work is on view in gallery 774.
The Westward Journey, one of Mue...
A beautiful abstract bronze Sculpture signed Fidel, circa 1990 measuring 14.5” tall and 4.5x4.5 base
LEDA ANDTHE SWAN , bronze, by Edward Fenno Hoffman 1916-1991...measuring 18” high,12” Wide, 5” deep.....signed Ned Hoffman 1953 on back, the artist nom de plume
From our African Collection: Fante Akuaba Doll, circa 1960.
Akua'ba (sometimes spelled Akwaba or Akuba) are wooden ritual fertility dolls from Southern Ghana and nearby areas. The best known akua'ba are those of the Fanti people, “Fanti Dolls” whose akua'ba have large, disc-like heads. Other tribes in the West Africa region (f.ex. Kru and Igbo people) have their own distinctive style of akua'ba.
Traditionally, these dolls are carried on the back of young women either hoping to conceiv...
From our African Collection: Fante Akuaba Doll, circa 1960.
Akua'ba (sometimes spelled Akwaba or Akuba) are wooden ritual fertility dolls from Southern Ghana and nearby areas. The best known akua'ba are those of the Fanti people, “Fanti Dolls” whose akua'ba have large, disc-like heads. Other tribes in the West Africa region (f.ex. Kru and Igbo people) have their own distinctive style of akua'ba.
Traditionally, these dolls are carried on the back of young women either hoping to conceiv...
From our African Collection: African Dan Figure with Beads & Child, circa 1950
The Dan world view holds that everything can be divided into two separate and clear categories. The primary dichotomy is between village and bush, in other words, things that have been controlled by man and things that have not. Crossing over the dividing line is dangerous business, and whenever it is done, whether to clear new fields or simply crossing the forest, the bush spirits must be appeased. In order to tak...
From our African Collection: Bante Middle Ivory Coast Female Figure, circa 1950s.
From our African Collection: Cameroon Grasslands Bronze Mask, circa 1900.
The Cameroon Grasslands is a large cultural area, which is inhabited by a large number of related peoples. These peoples can be divided into three smaller subgroups: Bamilike, Bamum, and Bamenda Tikar. Within these complexes there are numerous smaller ethnic groups, which are loosely affiliated with one another and share many historical and political similarities while retaining separate identities. All members of this ...