Sculpture
A branch of the visual arts traditionally typified for being solid and three dimensional. Media used to create sculpture including stone, bronze, pottery and wood. In their appearance, sculptures may be divided into two categories, either free-standing (in the round) or adjoined to a background surface (relief).
With the development of plastic art in the 20th and 21st century, the definition of sculpture was broadened to include works specifically concerned with the three-dimensional form.
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Bodies of work: British art in focus
25 September 2023Doyle New York (31% buyer’s premium) offered property from the estate of Donald D MacDermid and his landmark Greek Revival home in Chester, Connecticut.
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Peter Hone's collection comes to auction in Cornwall but is on view in his Notting Hill home
21 September 2023Fancy a chance to view a treasure trove of classical friezes, Grand Tour discoveries, textiles and drawings in an ornate Notting Hill home?
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Two Anthony Caro sculptures offered in Seattle auction
18 September 2023Modernism from Northwest collectors at MBA Seattle Auctions on September 29 includes two works by the British abstract sculptor Anthony Caro (1924-2013).
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Fake or Fortune? returns with Elisabeth Frink mystery
12 September 2023The BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' TV show returns this month for its 11th series.
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A cast of Charles Sargeant Jagger’s Maquette for The Driver leads our selection of 5 lots to watch in the US
05 September 2023ATG’s selection of items coming up for auction in the US includes a maquette for a famous sculpture that has become a London landmark.
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Regency Coade stone torchère lights up Fitzwilliam Museum collection
04 September 2023A Regency Coade stone torchère has been acquired by The Fitzwilliam Museum from West Midlands dealership Thomas Coulborn & Sons.
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Pick of the week: Renowned wax modeller tests his marble skills
21 August 2023Joseph Towne (1806-79) is best known for pioneering the creation of anatomical wax models, many of which are now displayed at a medical museum at Guy’s Hospital in London.
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Summer scorchers: Trio of big prices blows away August cobwebs
14 August 2023A usually quiet August was dramatically awakened by a series of sleepers that emerged at three UK regional auction houses.
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Alain Delon: actor and art and antiques collector
14 August 2023Famous Frenchman has amassed an impressive wide-ranging array of acquisitions over six decades
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Belgian dealership takes pride in sales to Dutch and American institutions
07 August 2023Antwerp dealership Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge has made two sales to international institutions.
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Braziliant Brecheret: a Modernist pioneer at auction
07 August 2023Italian-born sculptor was a founding figure in the first wave of Modernism via São Paolo
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UK buyers sought for Giacometti bronze chandelier and 18th-century botanical drawings
18 July 2023A Giacometti chandelier and drawings which helped develop Kew Gardens have been blocked from export in the hope a UK institution will raise funding.
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Pearce peppers up a Penzance auction
17 July 2023In the oeuvre of ‘primitive’ painter Bryan Pearce (1929-2006), still-lifes are significantly rarer than his marine and harbour scenes.
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Old Master auction series posts best total since 2017
10 July 2023The latest Old Master auctions in London posted the highest total for a series in this category in the capital since 2017.
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Grand Dauphin relief sculpture emerges at last
03 July 2023A relief sculpture by Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720) which has been identified as depicting Louis, Grand Dauphin, is on the market for £1.5m.
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Bugatti antelopes feature at first Treasure House Fair
19 June 2023Deux Antilopes Koudou or Caress, c.1911, by Rembrandt Bugatti, is on offer at the inaugural The Treasure House Fair from French exhibitor Univers du Bronze.
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Faun fleshes out the Philpot story
05 June 2023A couple of works by leading names in the Modern British art market helped Dreweatts (26/25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) post a total of over £1m (including premium) at its early spring Modern and Contemporary Art auction.
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Gallery holds Giambologna extravaganza
22 May 2023Stuart Lochhead Sculpture will offer a group of five Mannerist bronzes by Florentine sculptor Giambologna (1529-1608) and his pupils as part of the summer edition of London Art Week.
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Post-war & Contemporary art: Rich pickings down south London
22 May 2023High-value Post-war and Contemporary art is increasingly on offer beyond Mayfair and the centre of the capital
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Flora proved to be a triumph approved by the French emperor
08 May 2023Disputed sculpture was given the thumbs-up by the French emperor and then greatly admired
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