Matte Black Sculptures

The Black Bull Statue is listed as a unique piece by D'Argenta artist Claudio Rodríguez: a toro bravo, the Iberian fighting bull bred in Spain and Mexico, standing squarely under long, upswept horns. The Black Copper Charging Bull Statue is its opposite in mood, the massive head lowered mid-charge and every muscle of the neck and shoulders sharply defined.

For black elephant decor, the Black Elephant Figurine Trunk Up lifts its trunk high, deeply wrinkled, with white tusks, while its companion walks with ears spread and the trunk curled over its head. The giraffes, the tallest land animals, come as a pair: the Black Giraffe Statue Standing Father stands tall and straight, while the mother bends her long neck right down, their patches textured into the surface.

The Black Golden Retriever sits upright, smooth and almost life-like, its long, soft ears falling forward. The breed was developed in Scotland in the nineteenth century as a gundog; here it is simply rendered in black, so the shape of a familiar dog becomes something closer to a sculpture than a portrait. A tiger cub lies stretched out with engraved stripes, a leopard cub sits upright with spots cut deep into its coat, and a long, streamlined shark is frozen mid-glide.

A few more pieces complete the group. A black swan opens flowing, ribbon-like wings, the Indian elephant wears a saddle cloth in silver, and the Running Black Horse Statue gallops over a rocky base. Our Elephant statues and Bull statues pages show these animals in other finishes.