Pricing

Christian Corbet’s portrait busts occupy a singular position in contemporary sculpture. Each work is the result of sustained life sittings, rigorous anatomical study, and a disciplined commitment to material honesty. Rather than pursuing idealization or stylistic excess, Corbet’s busts convey presence through structure, proportion, and psychological clarity. The result is a body of work that feels both timeless and unmistakably contemporary—objects that reward prolonged looking and establish an immediate sense of encounter between viewer and subject.

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The desirability and collectability of Corbet’s busts stem from their intellectual depth as much as their technical mastery. Collectors and institutions are drawn to the fact that each sculpture is a unique work of authorship, protected by the artist’s intellectual property and created through a process that cannot be replicated mechanically or delegated. These are not decorative likenesses, but enduring cultural artifacts—works that function as historical documents, ethical representations, and finely resolved works of art. Ownership carries with it both aesthetic distinction and participation in a lineage of serious portrait sculpture.

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Corbet’s practice has advanced the field of portrait bust sculpture by reasserting the value of time, observation, and restraint in an era often dominated by speed and surface. His integration of forensic knowledge into fine art portraiture has sharpened standards of accuracy and accountability, while his insistence on extended sittings restores the relational dimension historically central to portrait making. In doing so, Corbet has expanded contemporary expectations of what a portrait bust can achieve—bridging art, history, and lived human presence.

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Price List

 

-Christian Corbet’s sculptural works reflects an important level of specialization and authorship.

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-Existing portrait busts not housed in important permanent collections as artist interest creations - $35,000+

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-Existing portrait busts not housed in important permanent collections as authorized portraits - $55,000+

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-Existing portrait busts not housed in important permanent collections as created from life portraits - $75,000+

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-Existing portrait busts housed in important permanent collections as authorized portraits - $105,000+

 

-Commissioned portrait busts authorized - 115k+

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- Commissioned and highly specialized projects (including forensic reconstructions)—requiring extended sittings and/or complex research, or significant scale—range upward to $250,000, depending on scope, medium, and complexity.

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*Note the above quotes are all for bronze portraits, signed, numbered, and documented with the Canadian Center for Sculpture (CCS).

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