Modern Sculptures
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
LADY AND SCOTTISH DOG
Located in Pasadena, CA
Magnificent beautiful masterpiece bronze sculpture of lady with the Scottish Deer Hunter dog bronze comes with green patina; 1/10
So beautiful and a lot...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
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Copper Clad Cedar Biomorphic Form by Bill Anson
Located in Palm Desert, CA
As part of his Copper Clad Cedar Collection, this one of a kind Biomorphic form by Bill Anson is a wonderful example of his mixed media work utilizing cedar and copper. The sculpture...
Category
1980s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Bust Of A Woman Roberto Cortazar
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bust of a Woman, bronze sculptue.
Bronze with dark brown patina signed on the back R. Cortazar 1/9.
Originally from Tapachula, Chiapas Mexico, he was b...
Category
1990s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Picador, 1953 A.R. 200
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Capturing the moment in which the picador stabs the charging bull with his lance, Picasso creates an image of action and suspense in Pablo Picasso ceramic Picador...
Category
1950s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
$9,000 Sale Price
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Mickey Mouse Vintage Wood Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical Mickey Mouse wood sculpture hand carved and painted in his blue tuxedo.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Spiral#2-Red, large maple sculpture, carved, painted elements
By Eric Pesso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large maple abstract sculpture, geometric spiral, created from one tree trunk. This sculpture is subtracted from the single block using primarily hand tools, not an assembled constru...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Maple, Latex
Two Abstract Figures Onyx Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Untitled Biomorphic Form Abstract Sculpture
Onyx Sculpture on granite base.
Artist signature Graham dated 73.
Richard D. Graham is a Postwar & Contemporary artist
born in 1940 know...
Category
1970s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite
Pod Within
Located in Napa, CA
Said by Artist “I have been creating gardens in the greater Bay Area since I opened my landscape design studio in 1984 after receiving an MA in sculpture in 1981 from San Francisco S...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Granite
$20,000
Vintage Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Tiger
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking mid century tiger sculpture crafted in terra cotta, hand decorated in vivid colors and glazed. Stamped Italy on the bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bronze Bowl With Marble and Wood Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bronze Marble Wood Sculpture
Four separate pieces, unsigned artist Sarah Schwartz was born 1953 Chicago, Illinois.
Education: 1971-72 York University/Ontario College of Art, Toronto...
Category
1980s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Glazed Terra Cotta Prancing Horse Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Terra cotta horse sculpture or object of art decorated in holiday attire under glaze. Signed made in Italy on the bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Glaze
Portrait boy
Located in Pasadena, CA
Marble portrait of a boy in 1930 not signed
Category
1930s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$2,000 Sale Price
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"Zeke
Zach 11/18" Abstract Figurative Bronze sculpture of a man and horse
By Wayne Salge
Located in Edgartown, MA
The historic tradition of cast bronze provides a contemporary avenue for the creation of Wayne Salge’s abstracted human and animal figures. Thoroughly modern and distinctly impressio...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Exotic American Studio Craft Sculptural Coffee Table
Located in Rochester, NY
A unique handmade sculptural coffee table. Designed after the mask of Tutankhamun. Made by Joseph Dasta. 1990. Solid cherry, aniline dye, lacquer. Hand rubbed finish. Hand planed bo...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
"Against Winds and Tides" in Brittany by Isabelle LEVESQUE
Located in Pasadena, CA
Levesque Isabelle was born in 1954 in Antananarivo. She attended the school of fine arts of Brest (France) and practiced sculpture since 1997. She made her first official exhibition ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,350 Sale Price
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Garden Wall - "Diptych Bamboo" - Steel - Modern Outdoor Ornament - 150 x 195 cm
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Shipping costs on request
Beautiful contemporary oxidized sheet steel Garden Wall or privacy screen.
With this garden wall you'll conjure up an atmospheric ambience in your garden.
Ideally the garden screen should be lighted up from the front, so the wall becomes a highlight even in the dark.
You can easily set up a privacy screen e.g. to the neighbouring property, on the other hand with this decorative element beautify your garden.
This art piece will surely be an eye catcher in your yard!
The garden wall is mounted on 2 round steel pins of 18 mm diameter.
These are 1 meter long and are included.
Hammer the round posts into the ground at the correct distance of 50 cm, Push the wall over it and you're done!
We manufacture the garden walls in our own locksmith's shop.
This means that we can also produce special designs, e.g. name plate with house number...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Large Metal Elephant Wall Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Bold one of a kind elephant wall sculpture hand crafted in metals with a stylized assemblage form decorated with paint in eccentric colorful floral designs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Windswept Man Face Marble Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Windswept Face Of A Man Marble Sculpture
Signed, on wooden base.
Leon Saulter (1908 - 1986) was active/lived in California born in Poland. Moved to US in 1921. Leon Saulter is known for sculptures, paintings also writer.
Born in Poland on March 31, 1908. By the 1930s, Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while a resident of Los Angeles.
Exhibitions:
Painters
Sculptors of LA, 1936-40;
Artists Union (LA), 1939;
Stendahl Gallery (LA), 1941;
LACMA, 1940, 1943, 1946
Santa Barbara Museum; Bonita Union High School (Spirit of Youth Learning Industry); David Starr Jordan School, Long Beach (Head).
Museums:
University of Wyoming Art...
Category
1970s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$1,875 Sale Price
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Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Original handmade fibreglass relief sculpture from Ron Hitchins' own home. Uniquely handmade and signed by the artist. Part of a series of 3 (see our other listings for the other two...
Category
1970s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
Ena Rottenberg Glass Sculpture, 1937, Nude Figure “Modell”
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Ena Rottenberg (1893-1952) art glass sculpture titled "Modell.”
Made in Czechoslovakia. Marked “Rottenberg” 13" H.
This piece was awarded the Grand Prix at the World’s Fair Paris, 19...
Category
1930s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$2,800 Sale Price
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Mind Matters
Located in Detroit, MI
One's mind matters and just like a magic carpet takes one afar traveling in space and time. Look closely to find a woman's face within emanating rays. Mind travel, the ability to con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Terracotta Happy Man Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large Pre Columbian style clay, terracotta sculpture
Limited Edition 6/30, signed.
Walter Bastianetto, was born in Venice Italy. He graduate of...
Category
1980s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
$2,250 Sale Price
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Seated Woman With Child Terra-Cotta Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Seated Mother And Child,
Modern Pre Columbian style large sculpture edition 1/30, artist signed.
Walter Bastianetto is an Italian born sculptor who moved to Mexico in the 1970s an...
Category
1990s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta, Oil
"Helping Hand" Tabletop Brass Sculpture with Wooden Base
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Sculpture " Helping Hand ” is a unique piece made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2015, sand cast in aluminium and brass in our foundry, handcrafted by the Arti...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
David Hostetler Jazz Singer Carved Pale CarvedWood Sculpture Female Contemporary
Located in Nantucket, MA
Jazz Singer V is carved white oak from David Hostetler's Ohio property. It was inspired by his wife Susan, who would sing in Club Davd- his jazz club a...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Vintage Italian Glazed Terracotta Dog
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking Mid Century Italian life size dog sculpture crafted in terracotta with a white glaze and mesmerizing gold eyes. Marked Italy on the bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"A Secret" bronze sculpture of a rounded figure whispering to another
By Monica Wyatt
Located in Edgartown, MA
I first realized my love for visual storytelling when I began producing and directing television shows. Starting with the writer’s script, my palette was everything seen through the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Modern Giraffe Sculpture by Manuel Carbonell Latin American
Located in Rochester, NY
A large and early sand cast aluminum modernist sculpture of a giraffe by Cuban American artist Manuel Carbonell. Pedestal included. Measures: Height is 73” with base.
Carbonell’s early sculptures where sand cast and unique. This is an edition of 1/1. Included is the original sketch of the work. Signed, circa 1967. Provenance: Ted Materna. Materna discovered Carbonell in the early 1960s. He produced Carbonell's gallery catalogs and helped promote him through his public relations firm in NYC.
Manuel Carbonell (1918-2011) was regarded as the last of the Cuban Master...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Yann Barrere - Original Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Yann Barrere - Grande L1 - Original Sculpture
Dimensions: 58 x 62 x 62 cm
Materials: Bronze
"For me, the pleasure of sculpture is already that of pruning. It is a matter of physica...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
1960s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Jerome Robbins
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
David Szfranski Pink Psychedelic Mechanical Blinking Light X Sculpture See Video
Located in Dallas, TX
Sequential blinking light sculpture by contemporary artist David Szfranski.
Blanket
Wood Substrate
Lights
Electronic Blinking mechanism.
Box 9"x 6" x 5.5"
The sculpture has a hypn...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Golden Bench
By Welton Rotz
Located in Napa, CA
California Golden Granite
Welton Rotz sculpts in stone to create beauty and form. With his eye for both nature and design, he interacts with the color and texture of natural stones including granite, marble, limestone and sandstone to create water sculptures...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Granite
$10,000
Pablo Picasso, Jacqueline au chevalet (A.R. 333)
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Jacqueline au chevalet (A.R. 333)
stamped, marked and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu / Empreinte Originale de Picasso / F 219 / 199/200' (underneath)
white ear...
Category
1950s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Carved Sandstone Sculpture Mythical Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Sinuous modern carving of a Mesoamerican. Aztec? Mayan? Striated sandstone, circa mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Elliot Eames Saarinen Life Size Cast Aluminum Modern Sculpture titled
Susie
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Dallas, TX
The artist, Elliot Eames Saarinen, son of Eero Saarinen, inspired by his grandmother Lilly's tender homage to her mother, Grandma Susie, created this sculpture to honor the timeless ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Young Bull Fighting – Bronze Sculpture by Guido Righetti (c. 1926)
Located in Gent, VOV
Guido The bronze patina, a rich dark brown with subtle reddish and golden undertones, enhances the sculpture’s texture and depth, accentuating the anatomy of the animal and evoking t...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cross Reference
Weathered Bronze Ceramic Sculpture
By Judy Engel
Located in Hudson, NY
Judy Engel
Cross Reference
2019 Glazed Ceramic
Greatly influenced by the modernism of the middle of the 20th century, Judy's first introduction to this style was the Empire Stat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Amore Randagi, 2004 - 2013
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.”
Ugo Riva is probably the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set 6
Located in New York, NY
Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set
Kings and Queens could feats on these sculptures, this stunning set of six dining chairs. They are art...
Category
1950s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Roaring Tiger (circa 1940) by Thierry Van Ryswyck — (1911-1958)
Located in Gent, VOV
A terracotta enameled with a growling tiger. A beautiful high quality model made by Thierry Van Ryswyck (1911-1958). From 1935, Thierry Van Ryswyck became interested in ceramics and ...
Category
1940s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
1960s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Ox Sculpture by Raymond De Meester - (1904 - 1995)
Located in Gent, VOV
Ox
A fine bronze cast with a red brown patina bearing the signature "De Meester Raymond", It does not have a foundry mark.
This fine bronze ox casting boasts a rich red-brown patin...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Brass Palm Tree Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic stylized brass palm or banana tree sculpture with a graceful form and a custom finish, hand polished and lacquered for easy care.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Brass Palm Tree Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Brass banana tree or palm tree sculpture with a custom burnished bronze like finish, removable leaves, a weighted base decorated with floral designs,...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Italian Terra Cotta Rhinoceros Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid century rhinoceros sculpture crafted in terra cotta with a white crackle glaze.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Glaze
Hommage to Brancusi
Located in Washington, DC
German Romanian artist, Otto Scherer, pays homage to one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Brancusi.
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Platinum
Pablo Picasso
Frise gravée
Unique Plaster Mould
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Frise gravée (Unique)
Unique plaster mould. Used in the creation of editioned ceramics at the Madoura studio in Vallauris, plaster moulds like this one we...
Category
1950s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Juno
Located in Greenwich, CT
Abstract sculpture of the ancient Roman goddess Juno.
Artist's proof.
The powerful legacy of Reuben Nakian has earned him a coveted place in the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$15,000
Show of Interest
By Brad Rude
Located in Bozeman, MT
Artist Brad Rude was born in Montana and has lived in Walla Walla, Washington most of his life. His journeys through his grandfather's folk art studio left...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Renaissance City, New Dawn
Located in Detroit, MI
A new dawn for the once great city of Detroit is in the air. This work generates and expands upon the narrative that Detroit is back. With a renaissance energizing and awakening long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Sébastien (Sebastian), a nude bronze sculpture by Lili Mirante
Located in PARIS, FR
Lili Mirante (Paris, 1966 – last picture in the gallery) is a woman artist who lives and works in Paris. Born into a family of artists (her father was a renowned watercolorist), she ...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vivid Harmony
By Brad Rude
Located in Bozeman, MT
Artist Brad Rude was born in Montana and has lived in Walla Walla, Washington most of his life. His journeys through his grandfather's folk art studio left...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Tarot Shift
Located in Detroit, MI
A breezy enigmatic day in South Miami Beach, FL inspired this almost surreal work straddling abstraction and representation. Energetic color fields unify this work found at the inter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Murano Glass and Bronze Sculpture with Two Birds by Zico Zanetti
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Midcentury sculpture depicting two hand blown cockatoos perched on a doré bronze tree on a glass base signed Zanetti.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Shubunkin Fish Sculpture + by Rachel Van Dantzig (1978-1949)
Located in Gent, VOV
Bronze sculpture of a Chinese sailfish
A marvelously elegant statue of a Chinese sailfish. A fine early 20th-century bronze model by Rachel Van Dantzig (1878 - 1949). This sculpture...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Raymond De Meester - (1904 - 1995), Mandarin Duck Bronze Sculpture
Located in Gent, VOV
Mandarin Duck
A fine bronze cast with a green patina with darker green highlights bearing the signature "De Meester Raymond", It does not have a foundry mark. Probably a lifetime ca...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Victor Salmones Signed Bronze Bust of a Young Child
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An untitled signed bronze sculpture by the Mexican artist, Victor Salmones (1937 - 1989) from an edition of 10. Numbered 1 of 10. Signature "Victor Salmones. 1/10" in cast. In excellent original condition.
Victor Salmones (1937-1989) was the most widely known sculptor living and working in Mexico during his lifetime. His sculptures won him universal acclaim and are held in the collections of museums, corporations, cities, universities and private collectors in some 30 countries. During his career, he was highly sought after and increasingly involved in the execution of commissions for major public works around the world.
Salmones developed his love and talent for creating sculpture by working with clay in high school. He attended the Instituto de Bellas Artes (Mexican National Institute of Fine Arts), where he was an apprentice to the Bauhaus master, Otto Hoffman. He was trained to use the exacting, age-old lost wax method of casting and worked principally in bronze. Hoffman's encouragement led to the opening of Victor's own sculpture workshop in Cuernavaca in 1966.
In 1967, Salmones’ fluid bronze “Adam” won first prize at the Biennale Exposition of the National Museum of Modern Art. His work continued to win the highest critical acclaim at subsequent Biennale expositions, and in 1971, over hundreds of entries, his life-size bronze Narcissus...
Category
1970s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Victor Salmones QUEEN OF SPACE Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Victor Salmones (Mexican, 1937-1984)
Marking(s); notes: signed; marking(s); ed. 1/10
Materials: bronze
Dimensions (H, W, D): 21"h, 10.75"w, 16.75"d; 36...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,600 Sale Price
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