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Period: Mid-20th Century
Bicycle, Modern Acrylic on Metal Sculpture attributed to Tony Rosenthal
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tony Rosenthal, Attributed to, American (1914 - 2009) - Bicycle, Medium: Acrylic on Metal Assemblage, Size: 31 x 36 x 6 in. (78.74 x 91.44 x 15.24 cm)
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Paul Maxwell Rare Sand Cast Bronze
Wood Brutalist Totem Sculpture 1967
By Paul Maxwell
Located in Dallas, TX
Paul Maxwell Rare Sand Cast Bronze & Wood Brutalist Totem Sculpture (1967, Commissioned)
A striking and rare example of Paul Maxwell’s early sculptural work, this monumental totem wa...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Modern Brutalist Welded Expressionist Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
In this bronze sculpture the artist (unknown) has welded together a group of figures into a unified piece. These figures take on animal, and human characteristics, which is evident i...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Carved Wood German Expressionist Sculpture Jewish Woman Refugee Artist Judaica
By Miriam Sommerburg
Located in Surfside, FL
Miriam Sommerburg (American female artist, born Germany, Hamburg, 1900–1980 New York)
Modernist Wood Carved Sculpture, Carving depictin...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Walter Midener "Contemplation" Seated Figure Clay Sculpture Mid-Century Modern
Located in Detroit, MI
“Contemplation” is an abstract clay sculpture of a female. The figure has both arms and legs extended, but the dignified pose suggests an intimate rather than a sexual moment. The sculpture is delicately rendered, but monumental in pose and clean composition reminiscent of the English artist Henry Moore. The surface is warm and slightly rough to the touch. This sculpture is in the round and beautifully balanced geometrically with the hands clasped behind the head forming a slightly flattened polygon shape that is echoed in the positioning of the legs and draped fabric of a presumed dress. The figure draws the viewer into her contemplation, peace and confidence. An exceptional piece by Midener.
Walter Midener...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Vase avec Decoration Pastel (Vase with Pastel Decorations), by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973)
Title: Vase avec decoration pastel (Vase with Pastel Decorations), [Ramie 190]
Year: 1953
Medium: Chamotted red earthenware clay, pastel ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Expressionist Biomorphic Welded Metal Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Welded, brazed sculpture on wooden base
This is not signed or dated
This work is unsigned. We were told it was the work of Seymour Lipton but as there is further documentation we are selling it as attributed and cannot guarantee it as such.
Seymour Lipton (1903 – 1986) was an American abstract expressionist sculptor. He was a member of the New York School who gained widespread recognition in the 1950s. He initially trained as a dentist, like fellow sculptor Herbert Ferber, receiving his degree from Columbia University in 1927. In the late 1920s, he began to explore sculpture, creating clay portraits of family members and friends. His early choices of medium changed from wood to lead and then to bronze, and he is best known for his work in metal. Like his contemporary, Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock, and Arshile Gorky Lipton was influenced by Carl Jung’s work on the unconscious mind and the regenerative forces of nature. He translated these two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional maquettes that enabled him to revise his ideas before creating the final sculpture. The forms that Lipton produced during this period were often zoomorphic, exemplifying the tension between the souls of nature and the automatism of the machine. He made several technical innovations, including brazing nickel silver rods onto sheets of Monel to create rust resistant forms. Seymour Lipton is best known for his textured torch welded metal sculptures...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Pendant Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Modernist Jewelry
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 4.25 X 2.25 inches. Box frame is 17 X 13 inches. Signed by artist verso. From the literature that I have seen I believe the edition size was limited to 10, I do not kn...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Cercle Haut, Large Standing sculpture by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam, Israeli (1928 - )
Title: Cercle Haut
Year: 1968/69
Medium: Unique Chrome and Steel Kinetic Sculpture
Size: 85 x 35 x 2 in. (215.9 x 88.9 x 5.08 cm)
Base: 9 ...
Category
Kinetic Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Splash
By Robert Cook
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cook’s Splash sculpture draws inspiration from the iconic photograph of a drop of milk creating a circle and splash in a pool of milk. This fleeting moment of suspended motion sparked Cook’s exploration of how to capture such dynamic energy in a static form.
Robert Cook was a great American sculptor and his works are in many museums and his iconic Dinoseras piece commands a spot on the street of New York at 51st Street.
Important to note with this work that it is unique and there are no other casts. Cook sculpted in wax and when he cast this destroyed the wax and there was no mould. Very few sculptors work in this manner and it speaks to a very pure and altruistic form of sculpture. If perhaps he had been more commercially minded he would have done large editions but instead he valued singularity as in nature.
In Splash, Cook freezes a moment of kinetic energy, capturing the elegant tension between impact and expansion. The sculpture embodies both grace and chaos, with a fluidity that suggests movement at the very instant it’s frozen in time. Cook’s mastery of his medium allows this dynamic moment to be immortalized in bronze, creating a powerful and emotional resonance that transcends the physical form, making Splash both a formal and philosophical exploration of time, space, and motion.
Signed: R Cook...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Eduardo Chavez Mid-Century Modern Bronze Sculpture on Stand “Chama” 1966
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional Mid-Century Modern bronze sculpture, titled “Chama” (circa 1966), was created by acclaimed American artist Eduardo Arcenio Chavez (1917–1995). Resting on its origina...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ron Hitchins Mid-Century Modernist Wall Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Striking Ron Hitchins wooden architectural sculpture, signed on the back by the artist. An extremely rare example of the artist working with wood.
Year: ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Brutalist German Israeli Hand Carved Wooden DADA Sculpture Ben Yaakov
By Jochanan Ben Yaakov
Located in Surfside, FL
Johanan Ben Yaakov was born in 1913 in Germany. He immigrated to Palestine-Eretz-Israel in 1933. He Studied in 1943 in Bezalel, Jerusalem together with Mordechai Ardon and Isidore As...
Category
Arte Povera Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Vintage French Modernist Jean Lurcat Glazed Ceramic Art Plate Sant-Vicens France
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage Jean Lurcat glazed fired enamel wall plaque ceramic plate limited edition hand inscribed faience Ceramique Saint Vicens charger. It depicts a h...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Rare 18 Karat Gold Enamel Georges Braque Sculpture Brooch
Located in Surfside, FL
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963)
Antiboree
Gold and Enamel Brooch, 1963
18k gold textured brooch designed by Georges Braque, a rare 18ct gold textured brooch from 1963, a bird flyi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Enamel
SPHERE-TRAME (SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Sphère-trame, 1962. Welded steel rods, stainless steel. 13.75 x 13.75 x 13.75 inches. This work is from an edition of 100 (the edition was not fully executed). Artwork is in excellen...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$50,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Nathaniel Kaz - Sculpture for Isaac Bashevis Singer Arts in Judaism Award Signed
Located in New York, NY
Nathaniel Kaz
Bronze Sculpture to Isaac Bashevis Singer for Arts in Judaism Award, 1966
Bronze, Square wooden base, Metal tag
Signed and dated "66" to back of bronze portion of the w...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Brutalist Hand Forged Iron Mosaic Sculpture Wall Sconce Israeli David Palombo
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand Forged Iron Stone Mosaic Pricket Sconce Candelabra
Holocaust Memorial Judaic Wall Sconce Sculpture
David Palombo was an Israeli sculptor and painter. He was born in Turkey a...
Category
Arte Povera Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Vegetative Form / - Grown Art -
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dierkes (1907 Cloppenburg - 1968 Berlin), Vegetative Form. Mahogany, 1958. 142 x 16 x 10 cm (sculpture), 21 x 17.5 cm (base), monogrammed "PD" on the reverse.
- Grown Art -
...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Original Modernist Relief Sculpture by Ron Hitchins
Located in London, GB
A striking and completely unique abstract fibreglass sculpture from the artist's own home.
Year: unknown (Ron was active from the mid 1960s to the early 2000s)
Colour: Concrete
Fram...
Category
Outsider Art Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Fiberglass, Paint, Board
Kinetic Bronze Expressionist Sculpture Skier or Surfer Modernist Sporting Figure
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage stylized figural sculpture by J James Akston (1898-1983 Poland/New York/Florida) Crafted of cast bronze with a rich dark brown patina. A sports figure, depicting a snow skii...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Liberty vs Slavery Van Loen Bronze Abstract Chess Set Modernist Museum Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Alfred Van Loen signed 32 piece chess set. In heavy solid bronze.
Rare Chess Game: Liberty versus Slavery
Dimensions:
a) Joy-Tenderness H. 6 3/16 in. a...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled
Located in Columbia, MO
Antoine Poncet (French‑Swiss, 1928 - 2022) was a sculptor whose work belongs to the lineage of modern abstraction shaped by Jean Arp and Constantin Brâncuşi. Born in Paris into an ar...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Abbott Pattison Sculpture Abstract Bronze Titled
Flight
1977, Large Scale
Located in Dallas, TX
Large scale one of a kind abstract bronze Mid-Century Modern sculpture commissioned by the CHICU corporation in LA and executed by Chicago artist Abbott Pattison in 1977.
Masterful...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 175 Bird On A Branch
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Pablo Picasso A.R. 175
Bird On A Branch
1952
5.8” round Edition of 500
White earthenware clay, oxidized paraffin decoration, white enamel.
Ramie 175 is a Mad...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
The Lady maquette, replica of Chicago Picasso sculpture, American Bridge Company
Located in New York, NY
(After) Pablo Picasso
The Lady (Maquette), ca. 1967
Mixed Media Sculpture edition Cor-ten Steel
This maquette is based upon the original Chicago Picasso-a monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture, dedicated on August 15, 1967, in Daley Plaza in the Chicago Loop...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel
Large Brutalist Mirror with 144 Terracotta Tiles and Metal Frames - Ron Hitchins
Located in London, GB
Stunning original mirror made by the artist, with 144 uniquely handmade terracotta tiles. Signed by the artist in one of the tiles. This large, striking mirror has a great Brutalist and Modernist feel. Another slightly smaller mirror of the same style is available on our page.
Year: unknown (Ron was active from the mid 1960s to the early 2000s)
Colour: Tuscan red...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mother and Child: Petal Skirt - Henry Moore, sculpture, modern, british, small
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Mother and Child: Petal Skirt
conceived in 1955; cast in 1955
bronze; edition 4 of 6 plus 1 artist’s proof by the Fiorini foundry, London
19 x 9 x 15.5 cm (in...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Yuri Zatarain Ceramic Abstract Sculpture, Contemporary Mexican Anthropomorphism
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 21st century figurative sculpture with abstract glaze design by contemporary Mexican artist Yuri Zatarain.
Monumental in scale. A very simple and engaging work of art that will...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Brass and Beryllium Copper Sonambinet Sounding Sculpture by Val Bertoia
By Val Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
Monumental Val Bertoia sculpture
60 Beryllium copper rods silvered in a brass base in two square columns. Makes a beautiful resonating tone.
Title: 'Two walking squares for sounds...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Tête de faune, Picasso, Tile, Ceramic, Sculpture, Design, Postwar, Mythological
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de faune, Picasso, Tile,Ceramic,Sculpture, Design, Postwar, Mythological
Tête de faune
Unique work
circa 1968
Painted and partially glazed ceramic, square tile
15.2 x 15.2 cm
C...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Saba
s Garden, Mid-Century Modern Woven Textile Sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
Saba's Garden, linen, sisal and wool, 84" x 92", 1978. This mid-century modern woven textile wall sculpture was done by fiber artist, Agnieszka Ruszczynska-Szafranska (b. 1929, Warsa...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Wool, Linen, Thread
Scultura figurativa astratta futurista in bronzo
Located in Florence, IT
Il bronzo raffigura un fantino e nel 1957 venne esposto alle personali dell'artista alla Strozzina di Firenze e alla Galleria Cocchini di Livorno. Esiste anche un disegno preparator...
Category
Futurist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Bobo Mask of Dance, " Wood created in the Volta Region, Ghana in c. 1930
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bobo Mask of Dance" is a wood sculpture with painted accents. A human face with two protruding shapes make up the mask, while a long structure sit atop.
37...
Category
Tribal Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Senufo (Gbon) Statute of Royalty, " Wood, Ivory,
Cowry Shells created c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Senufo (Gbon) Statute of Royalty" is a sculpture by thr Senufo peoples of Gabon. It is wood, mixed fiber, textiles, and cowry shells.
14" x 8" x 3"
The...
Category
Tribal Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Sorel Etrog "La Mer"
By Sorel Etrog
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sorel Etrog (1933 - 2014) is arguably Canada's most famous sculptor.
His work can be found in numerous museum and private collections including the Tate, the AGO and LACMA.
His pub...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Wrap Around Figures, " Slab Ceramic by David Barnett, images by Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Wrap Around Figures" is an original slab ceramic by David Barnett. The artist created this using collagraph plates by Joseph Rozman that featured abstracted animals. The artist sign...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Fish Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
A striking metal sculpture of a fish. Iron with gold gilt decoration. Probably Asian.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Italian Modernist Bronze Brutalist Sculpture (Manner of Pomodoro)
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Modern Brutalist bronze sculpture in Manner of Arnaldo or Gio Pomodoro. We cannot locate a signature or any markings. it has an abstract quality to it. heavily textured with or...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Masque Oiseau
By Jean Arp
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Jean Arp, also known as Hans Arp (1886-1966), was an important contributor to the avant-garde movements of the 20th century. Arp was active during the crucial years that shaped Europ...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$2,438 Sale Price
24% Off
Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 182 Corrida
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Pablo Picasso A.R. 182
Corrida
1953
17” round Edition of 200
White earthenware clay, partially glazed.
Ramie 182 is a Madoura ceramic that one rarely sees come on the market.
The photo you see here is the actual piece that you will receive. Most sellers online post using stock photos that don’t necessarily match exactly to the piece you receive.
Small blemish on rim, see photo #3 for detail.
The Certificate of Authenticity comes with this piece.
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The prices of Picasso Madoura Ceramics have been on fire lately (no pun intended). The major auction houses – Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips – have now been regularly holding Picasso Madoura Ceramic auctions...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Petit masque central, Pablo Picasso, 1960
s, Unique, Design, Plate, Theater
Located in Geneva, CH
Petit masque central, Pablo Picasso, 1960's, Unique, Design, Plate, Theater
Petit masque central
Unique work
16.5.63
Painted and partially glazed ceramic
D. 25.4 cm / 9.8 in.
D. 33 ...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Picasso Madoura Ceramic A.R. 417 Pase de Cape
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Pablo Picasso A.R. 417
Pase de Cape
1959
16.5” round Edition of 100
White earthenware clay.
Ramie 417 is a Madoura ceramic that one rarely sees come on the m...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ted Egri Taos Modernist Judaica Cubist Bronze Sculpture Rabbi
Torah WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Ted Egri (American, 1913-2010)
Bronze sculpture
Rabbi
Signed Egri and numbered 4/30 on side.
Dimensions: 12"L x 8.5"H x 6.75" D
Born in New York city in 1913 to a Hungarian Jewish emigre family (both of his parents were born in Hungary), Egri was first exposed to music later dropping that for art. He studied with Howard Giles at the Master Institute of the Roerich Museum in New York where he was introduced to Oriental arts, Chinese and Japanese art forms, and later with Hans Hofmann. He worked for the Federal Arts Project, the WPA, making mural paintings and silkscreen prints as well as easel painting. Once WWII began, Egri signed up to serve as a map maker for the Navy, and was witness to some of the fiercest battles in the Pacific. As an artist, he painted many important depictions of his wartime experiences and these works have all be donated to the U.S. Naval Museum.
Already a practicing painter and instructor at the Kansas City Art Institute, Ted Egri came to Taos, New Mexico with his wife Kit in 1950 to continue his study of painting at Ribak's Taos Valley Art School on the GI Bill. Louis Ribak quickly introduced Egri to Eulalia Emetaz, the owner of La Galleria Escondida, who gave him his first one-person show in 1951.
A prolific and versatile artist, as well as arts organizer and advocate, Egri's contributions to underserved African American, Native American, Hispanic and women were honored by two Taos mayors, with no less than two Ted Egri days during his 50-year art career in Taos. Egri remained in Taos. He became widely known for his sculpture, influenced by cubism and painting, with his style ranging from abstract to realistic. Egri had incredible draftsmanship - charcoal, pencil, pastel, watercolor, oils, mixed media, pen and ink, acrylic, gouache Over time his work gradually shifted from its focus on human struggle to an exploration of natural elements and the changes that come about as a result of living in a physical environment like Taos. "The impact of the majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range and the vast spaces of the mesas directed me toward space and form. I moved into sculpture," Egri said in a 1987 interview with ARTSPACE magazine. He was included in a show at Stables Gallery along with Emil Bisttram, Louis Catusco, Edward Corbett, Lawrence Calcagno, Keith Crown, Andrew Dasburg, John De...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Large Abstract Expressionist Welded Assemblage Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Abstract Expressionist Welded Assemblage Sculpture. it appears unsigned. it is on a found wood original base. it has a Brutalist quality to it. It commands a lot of presence
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Brutalist Hand Forged Iron Mosaic Sculpture Menorah Israeli David Palombo
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand Forged Iron Stone Mosaic Hanukah Menorah Candelabra
David Palombo was an Israeli sculptor and painter. He was born in Turkey to a traditional family and immigrated to the Land of Israel with his parents in 1923. They lived in the Nahalat Shiva neighborhood of Jerusalem. In 1940 he began his studies at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and from 1942 was a student of sculptor Ze’ev Ben-Zvi. For a period of time, Palombo was an assistant at Ben-Zvi’s studio and also taught at Bezalel. During this period he was also a member of the “Histadrut HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed” (The General Federation of Students and Young Workers in Israel). In the 1940s he took art lessons at night. In 1948 he went to Paris, where he visited the studio of the sculptor Constantin Brancusi whose work influenced him. Around 1958 he married the artist Shulamit Sirota. In 1960 he quit his job to devote himself to art. In 1964 he married for the second time to the artist Yona Palombo. The two of them went to live in an abandoned home on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. In 1966 he was killed when the motorcycle on which he was riding ran into a chain stretched across the street to prevent the desecration of Shabbat. His widow opened a museum in their home that was active until the year 2000.
Work by Palombo is included in the Judaic collection of the Jewish Museum (a well known Hanukkah menora). Palombo executed the impressive metal gates of the Tent of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem, the memorial to the martyrs of the holocaust, as well as the gates to the Knesset Building the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco award) awarded him a scholarship for study in Japan. He worked in marble, granite, bronze, iron and steel. as well as with glass mosaic tiles. Palombo’s early works, in the 1950s, were influenced by modernist sculptors such as Brancusi. These works were composed of abstract images from nature and were carved out of stone or wood. At the end of the 1950s he began making metal sculptors, using the technique of welding. His work took on a more abstract and expressive character.
Education
1940 Painting with Isidor Ascheim, New Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem
1942 Sculpture with Zeev Ben Zvi, Jerusalem
1956 Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy
1958 Welding Course
Awards And Prizes
1966 UNESCO Award
Exhibitions:
Sculpture in Israel, 1948-1958 Mishkan Museum of Art, Kibbutz Ein Harod
Artists: Zvi Aldouby, Yitzhak Danziger, Arieh Merzer, Dov Feigin, Aaron Priver, David Palumbo, Menashe Kadishman, Kosso Eloul, Yehiel Shemi, Zahara Schatz.
The Spring Exhibition of Jerusalem Artists, Artists' House, Jerusalem
Artists: Palombo, David Bezalel Schatz, Mordechai Levanon, Fima, Ludwig Blum
12 Artists, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem
Avraham Ofek, Aviva Uri, Avigdor Arikha, Yosl Bergner, Lea Nikel, Palombo, Ruth Zarfati,
General Exhibition, Art in Israel 1960 Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Artists: Naftali Bezem, Nachum Gutman, Shraga Weil...
Category
Arte Povera Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Marble Abstract Sculpture by Hyam Myer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Variegated white marble, abstract model of a crouching figure on ebonized wooden base, signed by Hyam Myer (English 1904-1978).
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pablo Picasso
Picador
(A. R. 202) Madoura Prototype 1953
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Picador (A. R. 202 Prototype)
Terre-de-faïence plate, 1953, unique prototype by Picasso before the edition of 300. With the Madoura Plein Feu and Emprein...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Helios, 1967
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This magnificent work by Victor Vasarely displays an intricate interplay of green optical figures against a clear background in a three-dimensional medium. It offers a fascinating vi...
Category
Op Art Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Screen
"Golden Wave" Minimalist Vertical Fluid Sculpture by Lila Katzen
Located in Pasadena, CA
Lila Katzen said, "I feel marvelous when my works find a home. They are like my children. They are my links to the past. They are what I am."
The sculpture proposed here consists of...
Category
Minimalist Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Israeli Mod Arts
Crafts Copper Sculpture Bookends Bezalel Schatz Yaad Studio
By Bezalel Schatz
Located in Surfside, FL
Bezalel Schatz, (1912-1978), Yaad Studio Workshop
Mid century modern
The standing part is 6 X 5 inches. The copper sheet is 10 X 5 inches each. This is for a pair. they are copper w...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
"Abstract Figure with Face" Louise Nevelson, American Female, Anthropomorphic
Located in New York, NY
Louise Nevelson
Abstract Figure with Face, circa 1945
Incised "LN" on the reverse
Tattistone
6 inches high x 14 inches wide x 5 1/4 inches deep
Provenance
The artist
The artist's ni...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Tête de faune, Picasso, Tile, Terracotta, Design, Sculpture, Unique, Mythology
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de faune, Picasso, Tile, Terracotta, Design, Sculpture, Unique, Mythology
Tête de faune
Unique work
27.02.1961
Red terracotta tile, painted and glazed white
15 x 15 cm
20 x 15 ...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Petite Vibration Brique et Noir
Located in Miami, FL
Petite Vibration Brique et Noir (1966)
Painted wood with a painted metal rod and nylon thread
Edition Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich Ed. 16 / 35
20 x 18 x 18 in
Provenance:
Galerie Elke Dröscher, Hamburg
Galerie Meißner, Hamburg (1976)
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg
Lempertz Auction. Contemporary Art...
Category
Op Art Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Milton Hebald Mid Century Bronze Menorah Sculpture WPA Artist Modernist Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Milton Hebald (American, 1917-2015)
Lion of Judah menorah
bronze on a white marble plinth base
signed in bronze
12" H x 10.5" W x 2.5" D
Milton Elting Hebald (1917 – 2015) was a s...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare Brutalist Mexican Sculpture Pendant Necklace Signed Bronze Pal Kepenyes
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Surfside, FL
Chain measures 19.5 inches in length
Pendant measures 2.4 X 1.5 X .5 inches
Pal Kepenyes is a sculptor and researcher of Hungarian art, whose artistic production includes sculpture...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Bo Bro Bill"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Charles Searles (1937 - 2004).
Charles Searles was born in Philadelphia, PA and received his fine art educat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Mixed Media
Mid Century Primordial Pictograph Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning abstract with Native American symbols using earth tones and 3D aspect for increased depth and texture by listed artist Duane Armstrong (American, b. 1938). 1966. Signed and ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Foam, Masonite, Oil
Rare Brutalist Mexican Sculpture Pendant Surrealist Stone Necklace Pal Kepenyes
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Surfside, FL
Chain is 23.5 inches long.
Pendant is 3.75 X 2 X 1 inches
This piece is not signed. but the chain matches completely with the signed one that I have.
Pal Kepenyes is a sculptor and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Large Abstract Black Painted Metal Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Large Abstract Black Painted Metal Sculpture on Stand, in an openwork form of abstract sails, resting on a tubular steel base atop a square foot. 69.5" H x 25" W x 10.75" D. Provenan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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