Great Women Sculptors

Great Women Sculptors celebrates the best-known women sculptors from history alongside today's rising art stars, all united by their enduring imagination and inventiveness. 

Each artist is illustrated by one key artwork and is accompanied by a new text. Across countless movements, genres, and techniques, this publication reveals the endless artistry of women who sculpt. A glossary and an introductory essay explore the broader context of sculpture and the women who have embraced the medium's mutable form.

Great Women Sculptors champions a more diverse story of art, preserving and upholding the vital creativity of women sculptors of the past, present, and future. This global survey continues Phaidon's celebrated The Art Book series and is an ideal companion to Great Women Artists and Great Women Painters.