{"product_id":"antique-bronze-female-figure-sculpture-83286","title":"Antique Bronze Female Figure Sculpture, Signed Nana, Modernist Nude with Dish — Mid-20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe simplified female figure — elongated, abstracted, recognisably human but freed from anatomical literalism — was one of the defining sculptural achievements of the modernist movement. Where the nineteenth century had demanded accurate musculature and faithful portraiture, the twentieth found that reduction could carry as much feeling as detail: a tilted head, a narrowed waist, the slight forward lean of a figure in thought. The best examples in bronze from the mid-century period hold this balance without tipping into decoration on one side or cold geometry on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis figure is mid-twentieth century, signed Nana on the underside, cast in bronze with a warm brown patina that has deepened evenly across the surface. The form is a standing female nude, the silhouette deliberately elongated — the neck long, the torso narrowed, the legs merging at the base into an integral oval plinth — with the head inclined slightly forward in a pose that reads as contemplative rather than presentational. The arms extend forward to hold a small shallow dish at waist height, the functional detail that gives the piece its particular character: a figure that is both sculpture and object, existing between the two categories. Note how the patina darkens in the recesses of the arms and the hollow of the waist while remaining warm and bright on the high points of the shoulder and skull — the natural depth that accumulates over decades and cannot be convincingly replicated on a new casting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever kept this before you gave it a good life. The patina is consistent and attractive; the casting is sound; the base sits flat. It stands well on a desk, a shelf, or a side table — the kind of piece that holds a room's attention without demanding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: Height 34 cm (13.4 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: bronze, warm brown patina\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: modernist, mid-20th century — signed Nana\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 960 g (2.1 lb)\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good; even warm patina throughout; casting sound; base sits flat\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59387195851097,"sku":"LM-E-248","price":547.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8542533753_cu1i.jpg?v=1789213159","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/antique-bronze-female-figure-sculpture-83286","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}