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Male Ballet

"Dancer at Rest, " Large Painting of Half-Nude Male Ballet Dancer, Mid Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and striking, this painting by Robert Childers presents a reclining ballet dancer, clothed
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Pictorialist Sepia Tone Gelatin Silver Print Photograph Ballet Dancers, 1910
Located in Rochester, NY
signed lower right ) theatrical subject matter female and male ballet dancers. Professionally matted
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Antique Early 1900s American Photography

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Paper

Classical Ballet Dancers Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in North Hollywood, CA
couples of ballerinas and ballet male dancers wearing white costumes and dancing, Painting is not old
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Late 20th Century American American Classical Decorative Art

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Canvas

Male Nude Study by Alfred Aaron Wolmark 1877-1961
Located in London, GB
A nude study of a male model by Alfred Aaron Wolmark 1877-1961 executed in black chalk and signed
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Early 20th Century British Other Drawings

Abstract Ballet Dancers Sculptures by Gerard Koch for Austin Productions, Pair
By Gérard Koch
Located in Van Nuys, CA
(1926-2014) for Austin Productions, captures the grace and beauty of male and female ballet dancers in
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1990s Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Hand Inked on Paper Surrealist Male Portrait Drawling Signed Ken Kreel 1989
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand Inked artwork on Paper Surrealist Male Portrait Etching Signed Kea Kreel 1989. Kenneth Kreel
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Vintage 1980s North American Drawings

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Paper

"Nude Dancers, " Rare Midcentury Color Print with Male Nudes by D'Anna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare color print celebrating modern dance depicts several nude male figures bounding in the
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Paper

"Actaeon in Flight, " Large Painting of Mythological Scene w/ Male Nude, 1942
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
-founded the New York City Ballet. This painting is also fascinating from an art historical perspective
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Vintage 1940s North American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

Hand Inked on Paper Surrealist Female Portrait drawing Signed Ken Kreel 1989
Located in Van Nuys, CA
a ghostly woman being wrapped up and bound by a haunting image of male lover love. Kenneth Kreel
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Vintage 1980s Drawings

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Paper

"Swordsman and Running Panther, " High Style Art Deco Lamp Base, Copper & Silver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
silver lamp base depicts a bounding swordsman and running panther, the male figure in a dance pose as if
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Silver, Copper

"Triton and Nymph, " Art Deco Drawing by Lincoln Kirstein Associate, 1928
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and bold drawing by William Littlefield, this piece depicts male and female nude figures in
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings

"Nudes by the Sea, " Superb, Classic Art Deco Painting by George Lepape
By Georges Lepape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This superb and Classic example of Art Deco painting -- with a nude male and female couple attended
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

Fine French 19th Century Bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton & Lion" After Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
BC wrestler, from the Magna Graecian City of Croton, as a nude and muscular male wrestler, resting on
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Antique 19th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

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Bed King Tester 4 Poster Oak RenaissanceStyle Carved Adam Eve Armorials Tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
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Vintage 1950s English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames

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Oak

Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cages

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Metal

French Empire Walnut Egyptian Revival Daybed with Demilune Canopy, circa 1815
Located in Berlin, DE
French Empire Egyptian Revival Daybed with Demilune Canopy, circa 1815 A rare Empire daybed à 'l'Égyptienne" with a demilune canopy from circa 1815. Made of walnut with intricate ca...
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Antique 1810s French Empire Daybeds

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Linen, Walnut, Wood

18th century allegorical painting of The Triumph of Beauty
Located in London, GB
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93 What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century Walnut Pair of Bookcases Boiserie de Bibliothèque
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A rare pair of heliocodal French Directoire library bookcases in solid walnut. This type of bookcases is also known as 'boiseries de Bibliothèque' as they often, together with pannel...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Bookcases

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Walnut

"Head of Young Man, " Striking, Unique Bronze Sculpture by Bischoff, 1947
By August Bischoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by August Bischoff and cast by the famous Brandis foundry in Dusseldorf, Germany, which also cast bronzes by important artists such as Arno Breker, this unique bronze sculpt...
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Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Vintage Pat Milo Male Physique Nude Portrait Original Photograph
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare collection of original black and white photographs purchased in 1996 that were printed in 1996. They were custom ordered and only maximum of 3 were made. The photographs are b...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Photography

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Paper

Cape Town Pool I
By Rick Day
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, recto 20 x 24 inches, sheet (Edition of 7) 11 x 14 inches, sheet (Edition of 20) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

Romanticist Oil on Burlap Painting of a Nude Male Figure Bathing in a River
Located in New York, NY
This elegant romanticist oil on burlap painting was realized by an unheralded master during the first part of the 20th century. Realized in tight, yet expressionistic brush strokes, ...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Nude Paintings

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Oil, Burlap

ACADEMIC MALE NUDE FIGURE STUDIES
Located in Portland, ME
Michallet (attributed). ACADEMIC MALE NUDE FIGURE STUDIES. Four Charcoal drawings, each on heavy wove paper, 19th Century. 24 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches (sheet). Not signed. Other drawings ...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Edmond Suau (1871-1929) Une Académie, Standing man, signed oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Edmond Suau (1871-1929) Une Académie, Standing man, oil on canvas signed lower left 88 x 70 cm In quite good condition, some damages - small lacks of painting - in the lower part, ...
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Early 1900s Realist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Antique Scandinavian Pine Baroque Folk Art Carved Dowry Chest Trunk Coffer 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique Scandinavian carved Baroque Folk Art dowry chest, Circa 1780. The chest having a gently domed top with a hinged lid having the original 'snipe' hinges, the edge ...
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Antique 1780s Scandinavian Baroque Blanket Chests

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Pine

Large Antique American Academic Male Nude reclining with Draperies
Located in New York, NY
A very fine Amercian Academic painting depicting a Seated Male Handsome Nude on a bed of Draperies Very finely executed and is probably painted around 1910-1920 Academic Period Oil...
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1910s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

17th Century English Leather Travel Trunk on Later Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This interesting period trunk, circa 1680-1700 is constructed of wood that has been banded in iron then covered with embossed leather and brass tacks and spandrels creating a decorat...
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Antique 17th Century Blanket Chests

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Leather, Wood

Untitled (Male Nude)
Located in New York, NY
Realized in the manner of Thomas Eakins, this sophisticated figurative print presents a nude male model with his back to the viewer. Showcasing both the technical faculty of the arti...
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20th Century Realist Nude Prints

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Digital

Untitled (Male Nude)
Untitled (Male Nude)
H 54.5 in W 43.5 in D 2 in
Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed (verso), and signed and dated ‘20th July 1878’, by R.A invigilator, E.B. Stephen A.R.A. (bottom left), 73cm x 46cm, (88cm x 60cm framed). The work is framed...
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1870s English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

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1930s "Female Nude 'From My Sketchbook #C'" Ink Drawing by Paul Cadmus
By Paul Cadmus
Located in Pasadena, CA
drawings of single nude male figures. His paintings combine elements of eroticism and social critique in a
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Paper

"Male Dancer (Nijinsky), " Very Rare Male Nude Art Deco Bronze by Riviere
By Maurice Guiraud-Rivière
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This especially large and rare bronze showing a modern male dancer in a dynamic pose was sculpted
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sculptures

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Bronze

Harlequin Ballets Russes Solid Brass Nutcracker
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Solid brass Harlequin nutcracker fashion after the world fashion Ballets Russes. 5-1/2 inches in
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Antique Early 1900s Unknown Edwardian Barware

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Brass

Chiparus Jumper Hurdle Male 1930s Art Deco Sculpture
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in Oakland, CA
from the Russian Ballet, French theatre, and early motion pictures. Dancers were captured in movement
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Art Deco Cold Painted Bronze Ballet Russe Figure "Cleo" by Demetre Chiparus
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in London, GB
plinth. Ballet at the turn of the century was not highly regarded in Paris or London. Dancers were
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Early 20th Century Romanian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

dance with me
Located in Seattle, WA
semi-articulated male and female ballet dancers, hand carved on steel stand that allows access to
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Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Sculptures

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Metal

dance with me
dance with me
H 54 in W 23 in D 14.5 in
Art Deco Cold Painted Bronze Figure "Phoenician Dancer" by Demetre Chiparus
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in London, GB
dancers were so downgraded that many male roles were danced by women. The Ballet Russes burst into this
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Early 20th Century Romanian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Fighting for the Medicine Ball, " Remarkable Art Deco Relief Panel, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable and unique relief panel in painted plaster, this high-energy depiction of several male
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Vintage 1930s Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Plaster

Watercolor by Lavrenty Bruni (1961), Russia circa 2000
By Lavrenty Bruni
Located in Girona, Spain
2008 Selected Works. Basel World, Basel, Switzerland 2008 "Ballet" museum of Maly Yaroslavetz
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20th Century Russian Paintings

Demétre Chiparus Sculpture 'Victory' Tall Athletic Statue
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in Oakland, CA
for many things, especially the male athletic figure. Original portoro marble base with signature
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Metal

Bronze Art Deco Sculpture Statue "The Javelin Thrower" by Demetre Chiparus
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in Oakland, CA
imagination and fantasy, drawing from many forms of dance from many countries. The Russian Ballets of
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

D. H. Chiparus "L'Age du Bronze" Bending Bar Man, Large size
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in Oakland, CA
few male sculptures he produced and is featured in the book Chiparus – Master of Art Deco by Alberto
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Spelter

Original Oil Painting on Canvas Belly Dance Scene Expressionist Middle Eastern 3
Located in Dayton, OH
perform the ceremonial dance – women surround the woman in labor far from male eyes, and dance driving
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

"Waiting Offstage, " 1940s Ink Wash Drawing of Male Ballet Dancers
By Daniel Rasmussen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A lovely example of the post-World War II fascination with ballet among American artists, this ink
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Drawings

"Ballet Dancers in Conversation, " 1940s Ink Wash Drawing by Rasmussen
By Daniel Rasmussen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wonderfully atmospheric, and evidence of the post-World War II fascination with ballet among
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Drawings

"Prometheus and Mercury, " Large, Rare Art Deco Painting with Male Nudes, 1942
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
featuring idealized male nude figures, and this is the largest and best example we have seen. Here Mercury
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

George Platt Lynes, Charles Roman on Artist’s Bed, Silver Gelatin Print, 1955
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, artists, and male nudes many of which feature surrealist props, dramatic lighting, and suggestive content
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Photography

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Paper

Demétre Chiparus Sculpture 'Athlete with Javelin' Tall Athletic Statue
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in Oakland, CA
famous Art Deco sculptor for many things, especially the male athletic figure. Original black Belgian
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Brass, Spelter

Goldscheider French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of a Nude Male Ballet Dancer
By Arthur Goldscheider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and fine period French Art Deco bronze sculpture of a male dancer or ballerina (nude but for
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Ballet Dancers Collage by M. Grossman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Male and female ballet dancers. Signed and dated 1953, New York.
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Vintage 1950s American Paintings

MONUMENTAL WOOD CARVED SCULPTURE BY S. BUTLER
By S. Butler
Located in Toronto, ON
Wood wall sculpture, red/brown lacquered of a male figure reminiscent of the Ballet Russes. Signed
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Late 20th Century Canadian Sculptures

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Wood

Richard Macdonald Gymnast Bronze
By Richard D. MacDonald
Located in New York, NY
Bronze of a male rings gymnast. Sculpture sit atop a three-tier, black marble base. From Art
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20th Century American Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

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Male Ballet For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the male ballet you’re looking for. Frequently made of metal, paper and bronze, every male ballet was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer male ballet, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each male ballet bearing Art Deco, mid-century modern or Baroque hallmarks is very popular. William Littlefield, Arthur Goldscheider and Georges Lepape each produced at least one beautiful male ballet that is worth considering.

How Much is a Male Ballet?

Prices for a male ballet can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $350 and can go as high as $19,500, while the average can fetch as much as $6,150.