"African with Lute, " Sculpture of Female Nude by Archipenko's ARKO School
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted in the late 1920s by Margaret Berger, a student of Alexander Archipenko, this is one of the finest sculptures to come out of his ARKO Modern A...
Clay
"African Drummer, " Fabulous Cubist Bronze Sculpture, France, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of early French cubist sculpture, this depiction of an African drummer, her hands beating the two-sided drum and her head looking up as she sings or chants to the music, illustrates the fractured, reinvented reality that Picasso and Braque invented just ten or twenty years before. The abstracted breasts of the figure bring to mind the mature Cubism of Ossip Zadkine, Jean Souverbie...
Bronze
"Agriculture", High Style Art Deco Sculpture Depicting Laborer with Wheat
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of the love of allegory among sculptors and painters in the Art Deco period, this rare piece depicts a stylized female figure holding a sheaf of wheat and scythe, ...
Clay
"Black Dancer, " Art Deco Depiction of African American Female Figure, Rare
By William Wallace Rosenbauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
With her elbows jutting to the side and her hips thrust forward, the viewer can almost picture this dancer out on the floor, her dress flaring and her shoulders glistening from the h...
Bronze
WPA Period "Pan with Rabbit" in Carved Fruitwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entirely charming and whimsical, the anonymous sculptor of "Pan with Rabbit" has created a masterful portrait of a rotund Pan beguiling a woodland rabbit. Carved from a cylinder of r...
Fruitwood
"Black Figure with Upraised Arms, " Unique Male Nude Sculpture by Fenton
By Beatrice Fenton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly unusual in Beatrice Fenton's oeuvre, this dramatic figure of a Black male figure with his arms raised and crossed at the wrist -- either in cele...
Plaster
Vintage African Bronze Sculpture of a Drummer, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual vintage African bronze sculpture. A sitting drummer - drumplayer. It was brought from Africa in the 1970s. Naive - primitive styling and a strong patina. This piece is not si...
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Terracotta Figural Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-20th Century terracotta or clay figural sculpture. This vintage terra cotta sculpture depicts a man seated playing a musical instrument.
Clay
African Colonial Sculpture of a Man in a Bowler Hat Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
AFRICAN COLONIAL SCULPTURE OF A MAN IN A BOWLER HAT Circa 1900 Carved and polychrome decorated caricature of a standing man in a suit and bowler hat w...
Wood
Monumental Studio Ceramic Sculpture of an African Warrior, circa 1970s
Located in Hannover, DE
This exceptional hand-crafted studio ceramic sculpture depicts a proud and commanding African female warrior in a striking, triumphant pose. With both arms raised high, she holds a s...
Copper
Karl Hagenauer (wHw) 1930s Wiener Werkstätte Bronze Sailor Figure w/ Accordion
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Karl Hagenauer
Located in St. Louis, MO
Karl Hagenauer for Werkstätte Hagenauer Wienstamp - stamped WHW, Hagenauer Wein made in Austria, circa 1930s bronze miniature sculpture of a sailor playing an accordion.
Bronze
African sculpture of a man in wood, France, 1920
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
A figurative sculpture representing a stylized male figure, made of solid wood and displaying an antique dark brown to black patina, evidence of long aging. The figure is distinguish...
Wood
