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Sculpture, marble and bronze auctions combine art with materials like wood, terracotta, plaster, stone, ivory, marble, metal and bronze.
These online sales feature numerous classical sculptures, from bronze statuettes from the italian renaissance to Jean-Antoine Houdon's portraits in white marble and Augustin Pajou's terracotta busts.no-one could stay stony-faced before this profusion of wood carvings, plaster heads, stone busts, antique lost wax castings, statues of the madonna and child and animals by Antoine-Louis Barye, Rembrandt Bugatti and François Pompon.
Modern and contemporary sculptors also provide delights for initiates in these online sculpture, marble and bronze auctions, which feature Auguste Rodin, Camille Claudel, Aristide Maillol, Alexander Calder, Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely, Arman, César, and the star of the auction room, Alberto Giacometti.
Did you know? A hundred years after the death of Auguste Rodin, a patinated bronze proof of the brilliant sculptor's eternal spring fetched €2 million at Drouot.

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A courtly splendid table designed by the architect Constantin Uhdes for the ducal residence palace in Brunswick Wood, fully carved and gilded. Fluted frame with volute motifs and acanthus leaf, curved to fit all around. The extended corners with fully sculpted eagle heads with outstretched wings on flamed spherical elements and sturdy, multi-jointed baluster legs. Slightly protruding top plate of cream-colored limestone, profiled on all sides. Brand stamp "H.R.Schl.". H. 77 cm. 161 cm x 85 cm. Provenance: formerly from the inventory of the ducal residence palace, Brunswick. Northern audience chamber, privately owned from 1914. After the great palace fire of 1865, the palace rooms were extensively refurnished in the course of reconstruction until 1868, with the Braunschweig architect Constantin Uhde (1836-1905) playing a major role in the design. Uhde designed emphatically physical, eclectic furniture with strong references to late classicism. On the occasion of the golden jubilee of Duke Wilhelm's throne in 1881, some of the highest-ranking furniture was once again made according to Uhde's designs - in addition to Uhde's confirmed design work on the throne chair, this can also be assumed for the present splendid table. The brand "H. R. Schl." for Herzogliches Residenzschloss was used between 1885 and 1895. Cf. Wedemeyer/Willemsen: Braunschweiger Hofkultur 1830-1918, p. 394 and fig. cat. no. 244. A courtly Brunswick gilt wood table from the inventory of the residence palace Brunswick. Top added later. Brunswick. Circa 1880.

Estim. 2,400 - 4,800 EUR