TWO LARGE CERAMIC WALL SCULPTURES
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Pre 1960 item# 163191
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Very intriguing pair of ceramic wall sculptures--each nude sculpture is designed in two pieces-can be attached directly to the wall or to a panel--the are holes in sculpture for attachment--pieces are heavy-connected one is 40 inches by 37 inches-the other 41 by 38 inches--pieces are signed--M inside a circle--uncertain as to age-probably 50s-60s-has modernist style-if not Italian certainly influenced by Italian school--use inside or outdoors--impressive artistic work-no condition problems
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Bronze Lady and Panther-Signed-1920s-Art Deco
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Pre 1920 item# 152968
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1850.00
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striking Art Deco bronze of a lady and a panther on the hunt-lost wax process-fine details-subject could represent Diana but Diana seldom carries a spear and usually does not hunt with a panther-could be Cybel who was raised by panthers when abandoned on a mountain side by a father who preferred a male child or it could simply be an Amazon on the hunt--signed on base by M.Oliverio-probably Portuguese or even Brazilean--style is pure Art Deco-no condition problems-16.75 inches high-7 inch by 3.75 inch base--ca 1920s-green/brown patina-loin cloth appears to be cast as feathers
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Polish Bronze Plaque--Jozef Pilsudski-1930s
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Pre 1930 item# 142833
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775.00
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This bronze plaque of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski was struck in the 1930s to honor a hero of Poland--Pilsudski was responsible for the stinging defeat of the Russian Bolsheviks--in a famous battle-Miracle of the Vistula in the 1920s--this Winter War was probably the last great cavalry engagement--Pilsudski later become an authoritarian leader and held Poland together during very trying times--Pilsudskis body is buried in The Wawel Castle in Cracow with the Polish kings-and by his direction his heart was buried in a church in Wilnus, Lithuania-at that time part of Poland--high relief bronze plaque-8 inch diameter-left side has Polish word for marshal-on right side Pilsudskis name-no condition problems--in this case the man and the myth are the same
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Carved Stone Bald Eagle-Various Stones
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Pre 1930 item# 136123
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1350.00
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this is a very impressive carved stone American Bald eagle-made from several different colored stones-marble and alabaster-good size 21.5 inches high-12 inches wide-8 inches deep-has glass inset eyes-appears to be a very small plug in top--uncertain as to origin-most likely Italian-no condition problem-about 70 years old-weighs over 50 pounds
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American Bronze Elephant-Abstract-sngd-
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Pre 1970 item# 87445
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695.00
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This is a beautiful cast bronze sculpture of an elephant by American sculptor W.Hicksons-it is signed with artists monogram WH-also the foundry-the famous Roman Bronze Works Inc-this number 4 of an edition of 12-this is also indicated on the bronze--casting and modeling are superb-surface is textured to indicate the rough elephants hide-only one ear and three legs-this minimalist art at its best--solid casting-no condition problems-9.5 inches high--heavy with nice patina
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Swiss/German Bronze-Danse Macabre
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Pre 1920 item# 78344
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1495.00
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Striking Bronze Swiss/German sculpture by Hans and Helene Zimmermann-Gassmann--Danse Macabre subject-called Totentanz in German-11.5 inches high and 4.5 inches wide and 4 inches deep--signed H.O.H. with both artists name--there is a foundry mark on the rear base of the statue in the form of a rombic mark--the artists appear to be relatively famous in Swiss intellectual circles--they seem to have an almost cult-like following--the statue is one figure of 22 different poises of the same subject--Bronze work and patinization is first rate--a folio with photos of all 22 statues accompanies the bronze--this subject is called the mischief maker--no condition problems-20th century sculpture
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Hand Carved Limestone Gargoyle--Large
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Pre 2000 item# 30027
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1875.00
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Hand carved limestone gargoyle interpreted by Oleg koleurochnikov from the cathedral of St Nizier, Lyon, France-25 inches high and 13inches at the base--carved in the last ten years-no condition problem-if you want condition problems, I can oblige--displayed in my shop with a long stem tropical flower in his mouth-- in my gallery window it stops traffic--heavy-can be used in garden or indoors
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Marble carving Bas Relief Mother/Child sgnd 100yrs
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Pre 1900 item# 25505 (stock# 1813pr)
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3800.00
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Amazing carrara marble bas relief of mother and child-- carving by Russian Jewish Italian American signed Glicenstein. 1870-1942 Enoch Henry Glicenstien, student in Lodz, Poland. Prix of Rome, 1889. An associate of Rodin. His masterpieces are in wood and marble. Have detailed biography and catalogue that accompanies sale of bas relief of mother and child. 30" wide, 31" high, 1.5" thick. From artist's estate. A listed artist. Piece was once mounted in wall-minor nicks to edges
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