Category: Sculptures and Carvings

262 Press Releases

• AuctionDaily

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  Spooky Surprises: 2025 Halloween Auction Highlights

  Although officially taking place on the last day of October each year, true Halloween enthusiasts celebrate all things spook-tacular year 'round! Tricks and treats related to our favorite haunted holiday appeared at auction throughout 2025, with some premier lots taking off like a witch on a broomstick! Here are some…

  Oct 3, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Possagno’s Antonio Canova Plaster Gallery: A Neoclassical Temple Dedicated to the Sculptor

  Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Self-portrait, 1811-1812, 50 x 70 x 45 cm/19.7 x 27.6 x 17.7 in.© Lino Zanesco It is a truly dazzling sight. On entering the Gipsoteca Antonio Canova in Possagno (Treviso), visitors are immersed in an ocean of light. The 1836 building with its austere façade was the work of…

  Jun 12, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Tête de Femme by Picasso, a Bronze Sculpture from 1906-1907

  This rare bronze edition of a Head of a Woman from 1906-1907 provides an opportunity to revisit a pivotal moment in Picasso's artistic production. A moment when sculpture sheds light on the painter's work and reveals his inspiration .. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Tête de femme (Head of a Woman), 1906-1907, probably a 1933…

  Feb 25, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  18th-Century Bear Fountain Sparks Bidding War

  Originating in the folk art traditions of Nottingham, a bear-shaped fountain acquired its letters of nobility as a precious fountain. England, Nottingham, 18th century, mounting: Germany or France, c 1745. Bear-baiting table fountain, stoneware reservoir with brown salt glaze in the shape of a bear in fighting posture, head forming a removable…

  Jan 14, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Camille Claudel's L'Âge Mûr: A Remarkable Rediscovery

  A major work by Camille Claudel, L'Âge mûr et la Jeunesse (The Age of Maturity and Youth), had a long and checkered history. The recently rediscovered, No. 1 in Blot's cast edition sheds light on the various stages. Camille Claudel (1864-1943), L'Âge mûr aka L'Âge mûr et la Jeunesse, 1898, bronze with richly shaded brown…

  Jan 13, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  The Etro Collection Terracottas Finally Brought Together in a Reference Book

  This collection, one of the most important in Italy, has been published for the first time. A further step in recognizing a too little-known genre. Antonio Raggi (1624-1686), River God and Dolphin, 1652-1653, 68 x 45 x 26 cm/26.8 x 17.7 x 10.2 in.© Arrigo Coppitz e Marco Palermo Etro: these four letters, sounding…

  Jan 2, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  A Gift from Auguste Rodin to Eugène Carrière: Hands as a Token of Friendship

  If the hand is Rodin's preferred motif, three plaster studies tell the story of the admiration and friendship between the sculptor and the painter Eugène Carrière. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), ensemble de trois études de main en plâtre (a group of three studies of hands in plaster, Main droite (Right Hand) n° 3,…

  Nov 12, 24

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Degas’ Bronzes: Horses, Dancers and Sculpture

  The dispersal of a group of posthumous bronzes recounts the artist's quest for movement in a few rare pieces. Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Cheval au galop tournant la tête à droite, les pieds ne touchant pas le sol et Jockey monté sur le cheval, 2 proofs patinated bronze, the horse (h. 24.8 cm/9.76 in)…

  Nov 12, 24

• AuctionDaily

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  TimeLine’s June 4-8 Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins Auction unveils spellbinding relics of earliest civilizations

  Featured: Monumental Apulian red-figure volute krater attributed to Licurgus Painter, sculpted head of Gaius Caesar Vipsanianus; Byzantine fresco panel; inscribed Egyptian shabti with old provenance HARWICH, Essex, UK – With a history that dates back to a legendary gem and fossil dealership founded in 1858, TimeLine Auctions proudly continues that…

  Jun 2, 24

• La Gazette Drouot

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  The Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation, Philanthropy In All Its Forms

  The Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation’s distinctions are among the most generous and prestigious in the world, yet it keeps a low profile. Read more about a philanthropic organization driven by the desire to have an impact in the real world. The courtyard façade of the Hôtel Péreire, which…

  May 1, 24

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  Apollo’s Chariot at Versailles Restored to its Former Glory

  After spending 14 months in the Coubertin Foundry, the most famous fountain in the gardens of Versailles is back where it belongs in the Grande Perspective designed by André Le Nôtre. © Didier Saulnier Eager to pull the sun across the sky, Apollo, accompanied by a cherubic Cupid, drives his chariot hoisted out…

  Apr 10, 24

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  Case Auctions Presents George Rodrigue’s Acrylic Artwork, Limestone Figure by William Edmondson, and More

  The upcoming Winter 2024 - Day 1: Fine Art, Antiques, and Jewelry sale from Case Auctions features more than 600 lots of rare antiques, fine art, and jewelry. The auction will start at 9:00 AM EST on January 27, 2024. An acrylic on canvas painting titled A Louisiana Sunday Morning by…

  Jan 11, 24

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Alberto Giacometti and the Hensons Fly High

  The sky really was the limit for four works by Alberto Giacometti—highlights of the collection belonging to the Hensons, a Café Society couple. Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Bird, commonly known as Albatross, model designed c. 1937, plaster bas-relief wall sculpture, 46 x 162 cm/18.11 x 63.77 in. Result: €3,965,000 © Succession Alberto Giacometti/Adagp, Paris…

  Dec 19, 23

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  Rare Coinage from US, Canada, and Mexico Available With Gold Standard Auctions in December Sale

  This December, coin collectors will have the opportunity to bid on 470 lots of rare currency, foreign coinage, and U. S. coins from throughout history in Gold Standard Auctions’ upcoming sale. This Colorado Conductor Coin Auction will begin at 6:00 PM EST on December 21, 2023. Online bidding is available…

  Dec 18, 23

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Tutankhamun Lamp: Alberto Giacometti in the Light of Egypt

  A few days after the remarkable sale of several pieces created by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank, another version of the Egyptian lamp, this time painted black, could be a further major event. Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Egyptian “Tutankhamun” lamp, model created in 1933, black-painted plaster. Estimate: €200,000/€300,000 Alberto Giacometti Estate/Adagp, Paris, 2023 The Alberto Giacometti Database lists only…

  Nov 29, 23

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  A Gothic Jewel From the Ile-de-France

  This exquisite late 13th-century Madonna and Child is the image of a blessed spirituality. Île-de-France, c 1270-1280. Virgin and Child in limestone carved in the round, the back hollowed out with traces of polychromy and gilding, seated on a bench decorated with foliate and vegetal friezes, a lion embracing a cub found…

  Nov 21, 23

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  Sterling Associates to auction fine jewelry, art and other treasures from estates and upscale New Jersey-area residences, Nov. 8

  Featured: Gold & diamond snake bracelet, beautiful selection of Tiffany & other floral brooches, diamond dangle earrings, after Rembrandt Bugatti bronze, U-boat torpedo, 40 paperweights NORWOOD, N.J. – Sterling Associates, one of the Northeast’s most trusted specialists in the sale of fine estate and personal property, takes pleasure in announcing…

  Nov 1, 23

• La Gazette Drouot

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  French Actor Gérard Depardieu’s Collection Nets €4M

  The powerful 20th-century works mirror the actor’s personality. Sculpture and Eugène Leroy took center stage. Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967), Femme agenouillée (Kneeling Woman), 1922, terracotta monogrammed on the base, h. 34 cm/13.38 in.Result: €104,960 The two-day pre-auction public exhibition confirmed what everybody already knew: Gérard Depardieu’s collection was museum quality. He did not go…

  Oct 23, 23

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  Turner Auctions + Appraisals Presents The Reed Applegate Collection On October 21

  Online Auction Features Over 120 Lots of California Contemporary Art SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 28, 2023 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present The Applegate Collection, on Saturday, October 21, 2023. Featuring over 120 lots of California Contemporary Art from noted Northern California collector Reed Applegate, the…

  Sep 29, 23

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Rodin's Kiss: Cast Under the Master's Supervision

  This bronze cast by Barbedienne has been in the same collection since the 1960s. We look back at the birth of an icon. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Le Baiser (The Kiss), size No. 2, épreuve en bronze model with brown patina by Barbedienne, between 1899 and 1917, sand casting signed "Rodin", stamp "Réduction…

  Sep 20, 23