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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Bowman Sculpture sells British work to American university
05 August 2017London gallery Bowman Sculpture has a sold an Emily Young sculpture to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, US.
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Pop art pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi's study for London Tube station mosaic offered at Edinburgh auction
27 July 2017When London’s Tottenham Court Road Underground station started its £400m refurb, one of the trickiest tasks was not the tracks, the signals, ticket office or any of the usual suspects. Instead, it was tackling 950 square metres of mosaics designed by one of the most celebrated of 20th century British artists.
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Pick of the Week: Roar power fuels medieval record
10 July 2017A pair of lions from the funerary monument of Charles V of France was the toast of Christie’s Exceptional sale in London on July 6.
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Paul Storr silver and 'Three Graces' marble among 44 treasures to be offered at Sotheby’s July auction
30 June 2017A select offering of 44 lots of silver, sculpture, objets d’art and furniture that have been chosen for their quality and provenance go under the hammer at Sotheby’s Bond Street on the evening of July 5 as part of its 'Treasures' sale series.
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Asian buyer wins bidding battle for Henry Moore’s family group at Christie’s auction
27 June 2017A bronze family group by Henry Moore (1898-1986) led Christie’s evening sale of Modern British & Irish art in London last night, selling at £3.3m to an Asian collector.
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Sculptures hard to figure out in Cumbrian auction
26 June 2017Standing by the stairs of a modest Cumbrian seaside home, a pair of 19th century treen figures dominated the sale, both physically and in price terms, at 1818 Auctions (20% buyer’s premium inc VAT) at Milnthorpe on June 6.
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Panthers go on the prowl in Paris
26 June 2017The panther is a big cat much favoured by sculptors – not only the animaliers but also those who searched for a stylishly sleek motif during the early 20th century, where it can be seen depicted on screens and vases as well as in the round.
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UK’s 170,000 public sculptures to be digitally catalogued for nation
22 June 2017Britain will be the first nation to have an online catalogue of every publicly owned sculpture. Art UK has announced a plan to digitise images of Britain's 170,000 publicly owned sculptures by 2020.
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Preview: £30,000 plus
19 June 2017ATG's weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
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Art Nouveau and Art Deco pioneer inspires joint Paris auction
19 June 2017Alain Lesieutre was one of the dealers and authors who pioneered the revival of interest in Art Nouveau and Deco in the second half of the 20th century.
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Thornycroft’s thoughtful but flash Gordon sculpture
19 June 2017Led by the 17th century Goan hardwood, ivory and bone tabernacle which took a 100-times-estimate £36,000 from a European bidder (see Pick of the Week, ATG No 2294), a recent sale at Chiswick Auctions (22% buyer's premium) also included a tribute to a quintessential Victorian imperial hero – General Gordon.
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12 June 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
ATG Letter: It's time to recognise scupltor John Skeaping as more than just ‘the first husband of Barbara Hepworth’
12 June 2017MADAM - I would like to offer an alternative point of view to that of Jenny Fisher, head of modern and contemporary art at Dreweatts, which recently sold a sculpture by my father, John Skeaping.
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Previews: £30,000 plus
05 June 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
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Mayfair gallery exhibition shows that Rodin sculpture is readily available to start a collection
05 June 2017On the centenary of Auguste Rodin’s (1840-1917) death the French sculptor is still much in evidence.
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Saint's son portrait bust heads Basel sale
05 June 2017Bailly et Beuret’s next auction series takes place in the Swiss city on June 21. On offer are over 460 lots divided between four catalogues and covering works from the 14th to 19th centuries, Swiss and contemporary art.
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Auguste Rodin’s marble Andromeda takes €3.1m at Artcurial
01 June 2017In the centennial year of Auguste Rodin’s death, a clutch of works by the famous sculptor have been going under the hammer in Paris. The latest came up for sale at Artcurial when a marble figure drew no less than 11 bidders.
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Pick of the Week: Skeaping leaping to a new height in Mod Brit market
30 May 2017Dreweatts has set a new auction record for the 20th century British sculptor John Skeaping (1901-80). At Donnington Priory on May 24, this 2ft (60cm) pink marble carving, Female nude, right, signed and dated 1928, sold to Cork Street dealership Browse & Darby for £90,000 (£111,600 including premium).
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Pick of the Week: Artist studio yields a special chess set
15 May 2017“When I first visited, the hairs on the back of my neck shot up. I knew immediately this was a unique capsule – a bohemian delight where a generation of artists had been inspired, had lived, loved and socialised.”
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Czech sculptor with right royal connections
15 May 2017Bronze busts of the Queen and Prince Philip from the Oxfordshire studio of Czech émigré sculptor Franta Belsky (1921-2000) took top honours at Mallams (20% buyer’s premium) in Oxford on April 25.
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