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La jeune fille pressée
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 36 x 24 x 14 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 9.4 x 5.5 inch
$1,697
Femme feuille et enfant (Saison des pluies)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 47 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch
$2,037
Jamais deux sans trois... (Album d’enfants)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 36 x 30 x 5 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$2,263
Rotoxy II
Vincent Champion-Ercoli
Sculpture - 21 x 22 x 14 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 8.7 x 5.5 inch
$3,508
Confidence I
Vincent Champion-Ercoli
Sculpture - 20 x 13 x 7 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 5.1 x 2.8 inch
$2,376
Vague à l'âme
Sylviane Le Boulc'h
Sculpture - 68 x 45 x 35 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 17.7 x 13.8 inch
$13,580
Expand Oiseau et Lune
Martín Duque
Sculpture - 46 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,290
Chat à sa toilette
Isabelle Carabantes
Sculpture - 68 x 32 x 27 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 12.6 x 10.6 inch
$7,921
La fratrie n°3 a
Michel Bassompierre
Sculpture - 12 x 9 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 3.5 x 3.7 inch
$4,300
Jeu de plume 13-24
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 32 x 30 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 11.8 x 3.9 inch
$679
Oxalis V (3)
Vincent Champion-Ercoli
Sculpture - 33 x 29 x 15 cm Sculpture - 13 x 11.4 x 5.9 inch
$10,298
Tête d'aigle
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 22.5 x 17 x 20 cm Sculpture - 8.9 x 6.7 x 7.9 inch
$9,732
Enfant avec ballon Grand
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 47 x 23 x 9 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 9.1 x 3.5 inch
$1,335
Tête de guepard 4/8
Isabelle Carabantes
Sculpture - 33 x 20 x 32 cm Sculpture - 13 x 7.9 x 12.6 inch
$7,356 $6,473
Le coeur éclaté
César Baldaccini
Sculpture - 53 x 14 x 14 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch
$5,545
Orphée III semi-monumentale
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 125 x 44 x 46 cm Sculpture - 49.2 x 17.3 x 18.1 inch
$67,898
Enfant au ballon en forme de chien
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 34 x 16 x 6 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 6.3 x 2.4 inch
$1,109
Enfant au ballon en forme de chien Grand
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 53 x 23 x 9 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 9.1 x 3.5 inch
$1,335
Pavarti Cantatrice
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 35 x 15 x 13 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 5.9 x 5.1 inch
$1,415
La mère & l'enfant
Liselotte Andersen
Sculpture - 31 x 19 x 13 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 7.5 x 5.1 inch
$3,621
Tête de cheval
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 101 x 60 x 36 cm Sculpture - 39.8 x 23.6 x 14.2 inch
$50,923
Tiger Tiger
Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie
Sculpture - 16 x 24 x 8 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 9.4 x 3.1 inch
$2,122
Ménine air et métal avec patine rose pâle
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 21 x 37 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 8.3 x 14.6 inch
$1,788
Un instant de réalité
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 47 x 11.5 x 10 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch
$1,267
Nous sommes la littérature bronze
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 39.5 x 11.5 x 10 cm Sculpture - 15.6 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch
$1,437
Tête de lièvre n°8/8
Isabelle Carabantes
Sculpture - 46 x 21 x 20 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 8.3 x 7.9 inch
$4,640
Le Pouvoir de la Parole
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 24 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,267
Calme et petite silence
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 31 x 7 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 2.8 x 3.9 inch
$781
Essence classique Niquel
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 48 x 28 x 23 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 11 x 9.1 inch
$1,505
Applaudissements infinis
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 32 x 19 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.5 x 3.7 inch
$1,007
"Doute" bronze numéroté de 1 à 8 20x21x11cm
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Sculpture - 20 x 21 x 11 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 8.3 x 4.3 inch
$1,584
Stan & Mathilde
Liselotte Andersen
Sculpture - 103 x 36 x 3 cm Sculpture - 40.6 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch
$16,748
Applaudissements infinis vert
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 32 x 19 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.5 x 3.7 inch
$1,007
Acrobat Game in Wheel no. EA I/II
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 29 x 7 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 2.8 x 3 inch
$1,347
Second Chance [A]
Philip Hearsey
Sculpture - 55 x 35 x 16 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 13.8 x 6.3 inch
$2,628
El ladron de perlas
Amancio Gonzalez
Sculpture - 34 x 31 x 32 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 12.2 x 12.6 inch
$4,413
Silhouettes - famille
Liselotte Andersen
Sculpture - 59 x 8 x 2 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 3.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,187
Les danseurs
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 66 x 36 x 17 cm Sculpture - 26 x 14.2 x 6.7 inch
$2,603
Le Même Allant
François Vandenberghe
Sculpture - 26 x 25 x 60 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 9.8 x 23.6 inch
$15,616
Dhibka
François Vandenberghe
Sculpture - 50 x 29 x 26 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11.4 x 10.2 inch
$15,616
Le taureau qui danse
Pierre Gimenez
Sculpture - 41.5 x 11 x 26 cm Sculpture - 16.3 x 4.3 x 10.2 inch
$1,075
Fragment de léopard 4/8
Isabelle Carabantes
Sculpture - 61 x 48 x 30 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.9 x 11.8 inch
$15,277
Femme allongée en bronze
Pierre Gimenez
Sculpture - 16 x 28 x 15 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 11 x 5.9 inch
$736
Love- angels. no. IV/VIII
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 30.5 x 8 x 6 cm Sculpture - 12 x 3.1 x 2.4 inch
$1,799 $1,619
Spring is here-Heron
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 34 x 25 x 9 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 9.8 x 3.5 inch
$2,252
Boxing Mickey XL
Jorn Van Hoorn
Sculpture - 100 x 70 x 50 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$39,041
Mr Moneypopper XL
Jorn Van Hoorn
Sculpture - 100 x 60 x 70 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 23.6 x 27.6 inch
$39,041
Pour la paix
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 77 x 27.5 x 17.5 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 10.8 x 6.9 inch
$3,961
Eléphant de Triomphe
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 53 x 25 x 14.5 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 9.8 x 5.7 inch
$48,072
En attendant le prochain voyage
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 47 x 11.5 x 10 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch
$1,267
L'avenir est technologique
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 14 x 10 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.5 x 3.9 inch
$1,494
Still Cool
Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie
Sculpture - 35 x 13 x 7 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 5.1 x 2.8 inch
$1,277
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Bronze Sculpture for Sale
The technique used in the creation of bronze sculptures has changed very little since Antiquity. The sculptor begins by fashioning the subject in wax, then covers it with clay, pours on the bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, then breaks open the terracotta, leaving only the bronze object behind. Highly valued by sculptors, bronze is a robust and resistant material that fairs well outside. Using wax to create the initial mould allows for a high level of detail on the final sculpture, unlike steel sculpture. Certain nuances in color can be produced through the use of patinas.
These qualities explain why bronze is one of the oldest materials to be used by humans. Indeed, bronze tools were used in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China around 2800 BC.
In Mesopotamia, near to present-day Iran, bronze was used to depict animals in sacred art. In Egypt, it was was used to personify the gods, and also to create small sculpture statues placed in the tombs of the deceased. However, it was Ancient Greece, where craftsmen began to sculpt human figures and deities with remarkable realism, that gave bronze its prominent place in the history of art. Many pieces of work were imported to Rome, where the production of bronze sculptures developed. Bronze sculptures soon began to decorate the theatres and the homes of the rich. Admiring the skills of the Greeks, the Romans began ordering sculptures from merchants and craftsmen, who made copies of the moulds of the statues.
With the birth of Christianity, evangelisation and the building of churches became the priorities, and bronze creations were replaced by stone sculptures for decorating churches. It was only in the 14th century that masterpieces were rediscovered during excavations of Italian archaeological sites. A century later, Brunelleschi and Ghiberti set the Renaissance in motion by decorating the doors of the Florence Baptistery in bronze. Donatello, inspired by ancient Roman sculpture, was the first to excel in the art of expressing emotions through bronze sculptures, followed by Verrocchio, his pupil (and master of Leonardo da Vinci). Although the practice spread throughout Europe, it was mainly focused in Italy, where sculptors competed to obtain the most convincing results.
During the 16th century, the Flemish Jean de Bologne established himself as the undisputed master of bronze. He was the most copied artist in the 17th century, and it is partly due to him that the bronze sculpture spread across Europe. In Italy, production of bronze sculpture was fairly constant, irrespective of the period. In France, on the other hand, this technique depended on the political regime. When Louis XIV invited sculptors to his court (essentially to decorate Versailles) demand for bronze reappeared as a form of courtly art.
Bronze sculpture underwent a resurgence during the 19th century, with Rodin and Camille Claudel, and then with Cubism and the Art Deco movement. Bronze is an expensive, heavy material and costly for collectors to buy and its use has become less prevalent in the 20th and 21st centuries, but some artists use it nonetheless: Giuseppe Penone, Alberto Giacometti with his strange silhouettes, the compressions of César Baldaccini, Philippe Pasqua's butterflies and still life sculpture can all be seen on Artsper!
Bronze sculptures are made from a series of wax molds, into which the sculptor pours melted bronze to create the final sculpture.
Bronze is used for sculptures because it expands just before it hardens, resulting in the accentuation of fine details. The bronze then shrinks slightly as it cools down, which makes it easy to remove the cast.
You can tell if a sculpture is bronze by testing if a magnet sticks to it, as iron is magnetic. Bronze also does not have the ability to rust, so a bronze sculpture will not have signs of corrosion on its surface.