1950s Abstract Sculptures

Selection of Italian midcentury lamps, Italy, circa 1950s. They are, from left to right in the first photo: 1) Brass and wood lamp. It measures 37.5"H x 14"W. 2) Brass and enameled m...

A wooden sculpture by unknown artist. Signed with “F -57”.

Uncommon form. Nice example of Emil Milan's sculptural work. Signed, EMilan Walnut.  

Eccentric and rare bronze sculpture by Italian master Nado Canuti from the 1950s. The sculpture is called: Untitled. Made entirely of bronze with a glass base. The sculpture is a per...

Sculpture made by Simon Randers. Produced in Denmark during the 1950s. Hand sculpted out of solid teak. Very good vintage condition with slight age related wear and patina. De...

Rare bowl designed and made by Sigvard Nilsson, Söwe konst. Made during the 1950s Made from solid teak and sculpted by hand. Very good vintage condition with...

Stunning modernist floor lamp by Tye of California / Angelo Testa, Classic midcentury iron tripod base, wonderful large ceramic pottery ball with Angelo T...

A bronze Daruma sculpture.

Large organic free form wood sculpture made by hand in Denmark during the 1950-60s. Made by Danish wood carver or sculptor from a solid piece of maple. Heavy and highly expressive. U...

Selection of Mid-Century Modern brass table lamps, American, circa 1950s. We believe these were created by the Hansen Company. They are price at $750 each. The price noted includes t...

Classic mid century Pretzel arm chair by Norman Cherner for Plycraft: Great original condition, Retains original seat and back padded cushion fabric,...

An iconic floor lamp designed by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, first exhibited at the Triennale Exposition in Milan in 1951. The Triennale is a sculptural lighting design with tighte...

Awesome design. Functioning as designed, and appears it will crack a nut.

Vintage Glazed Black Granite Abstract Sculpture on a Black Granite Square Base

Hand-carved sculpture made of wood. Originates from Africa. Circa, 1950's.

Monumental and rare 60" Frederick Weinberg Iron Horse's on hind legs wall sculptures, truly amazing design, iron structure with enamel painted squares and rectangles, Classic midcent...

Super decorative extra large electric insulator TOTEM designed by Giovanni Gariboldi and manufactured by Richard Ginori, Italy 1950. This insulator...

Unbelievable stoneware masterpiece of the famous Italian Artist Marcello Fantoni in blue glazed ceramic with white ceramic laces decorated. Every design museum would be happy to have...

As found, this tall abstract wood sculpture has the original beautiful driftwood finish. This piece is one of a kind and such a unique find. The sculpture features an abstract huma...

Exceptional mid-century plaster sculpture, crafted in France in the 1950s. This striking biomorphic form displays intersecting curves, carved recesses, and a dynamic sense of movemen...

This beautiful interesting sculpture is made of plaster. This is a French work, circa 1950.

A hanging articulate three-piece gilt bronze brooch "Purgatoire" also known as "Le Ciel, la Terre, et l'Enfer." by Line Vautrin (1913-1997). Each element with figure symbolizes Heave...

An unusual sculpture by Anne Van Kleeck ca' 1950's. Made of patinated bronze, comprising letters of the Alphabet (A B C D E F). Finished on all sides. Heavy.

A small gilt bronze brooch named "Chateau en Espagne" by French Parisian art jewelry and sculpture Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1950s. It depicts ...

Chiseled and stained oak sculpture by American artist Hugh Townley (1923-2008). The spire shaped, finial form displays the artists lifelong love of wood and the abstracted form. Inci...

Midcentury Sculpture signed Émile Gilioli, numbered 2/5, France, 1950s.

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Material: silver plated bronze We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing...

Offered for sale is a slender vintage floor lamp in solid brass, with finely hand-decorated base and lampshade and extruded body. The main body has a peculiar "gear" section, while t...

Murano The sommerso technique was originally developed in the 1930's by Carlo Scarpa at Venini & Co. Sommerso (Italian for "submerged") is the Murano glassmaking technique of creati...

Chiesa Pietro design by Fontana Arte Italy, sculpture chiselled glass years 60. Measure; 17 cm x 11 x 6 cm - 6.5 inches x 2.2" x2.3".

Ceramic sculpture by Marcello Fantoni, 1950. Glazed ceramic. Single piece. Original signature. Cooking defect. Biography Marcello Fantoni was born in Florence on October 1, 1915. Gr...

A well made sculptural hand cast. France, c1950s. Perhaps artist made, unsure of provenance. Heavy and good quality. Location: Belgium Gallery. Dimensions: 33 H x...

Acid-etched sommerso elongated glass stylised seashell in shaded purple, red and clear glass. The sculpture has been acid-etched and has a tactile textured surface.

An Interlocking bronze sculpture of St. Michel by Belgian artist Olivier Strebelle. It was created as an award for the Brussels Film Festival and presented to classic Hollywood film actress, Ann Miller...

Dagmar Norell Sculpture by Dagmar Norell, Sweden, 1950s Signed. Stoneware and cork. H: 9 cm W: 7 cm D: 6.5 cm Base diameter: 5 cm

Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français né le 3 juillet 1927 à Champagne-sur-Oise et mort le 9 novembre 2008 à Anglet. 'est dans les années 1959-1960 que la sculpture de Claude Viseux, qualifiée de « protéiforme, onirique, fantastique » — ami de Max Ernst, Man Ray, Francis Ponge et Henri Michaux, il ne désavoue pas une parenté avec le Surréalisme9 — se substitue à la peinture, ses premières réalisations étant les objets trouvés en bord de mer qu'il pétrifie dans la cire10 d'une part, les empreintes de pierres et d'algues coulées en bronze d'autre part. En 1960, il signe le Manifeste des 121 titré « Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie ». En 1961, ses expérimentations s'orientent vers les corps organiques, notamment avec sa série Ostéales constituée d'assemblages d'os fossilisés qu'il patine ou au contraire décape, qu'il visse, scie, assemble et plastifie. Les Concrétudes ou Coulées directes qui suivent en 1961-1962 sont obtenues à partir de coulées de métal en fusion dans le sable, générant des reliefs qu'il soude sur des plaques d'acier. Il va cependant adopter rapidement l'acier inoxydable — qu'il est avec Pol Bury parmi les premiers à employer en sculpture — comme matériau de prédilection. « Il assemble divers rebus industriels — tuyaux, écrous, boulons, cuves… — pour créer des sculptures à mi-chemin du mécanique et du biologique » restitue ainsi Sophie Serra11. Claude Viseux, qui fréquente alors Jean Tinguely, Piotr Kowalski, Michel Guino, Takis et César, confirme : « Ma récupération de l'élément industriel s'élargit vers les aciers spéciaux, avec un essai de vocabulaire formel : des barres, des profilés, des sphères, des rotules, des fonds de cuves, des chambres à combustion de Boeing, des tubulures, des soupapes de navire »9. « L'artiste entre au cœur de la réalité industrielle, prospecte dans les chaînes de montage de Renault et rôde dans les terrains vaques autour des usines », restitue donc l'encyclopédie Les Muses : « il récupère ferrailles, pièces détachées, débris de voitures, vieux châssis, toute une série d'éléments devenus inutiles. Ils les assemblent, tels quels, sans les modifier. Des créatures agressives ou pathétiques vont surgir de ce combat physique et dialectique que l'artiste livre avec la matière et entrer dans le domaine d'une poétique étrange, surnaturelle5 ». Dans les années 1967-1970, Les « structures actives » en acier inoxydable procèdent ainsi de la production industrielle de série. Elles se répartissent en familles de formes combinatoires composées par addition, soustraction, multiplication, division. Il confirme : « le monde industriel est ma nature, mon bouillon de culture, où je cherche des corps, des familles de corps, des genres, des espèces, dans un aller-retour de l'artificiel au naturel pour confondre les règnes, pour en inventer d'autres selon une géométrie organique qui féconde les différents types de structures, qui aménage la forme concernée par la forme à venir »9. En 1968, Claude Viseux s'installe à la villa Baudran à Arcueil, atelier qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1992. Si des corps imaginaires naissent ainsi des pièces mécaniques que Claude Viseux emprunte à l'automobile, à l'avion et au bateau, en 1972, « la symétrie de ces formes pures en inox », constate Lydia Harambourg, « l'amène à s'interroger sur la notion d'équilibre instable »12. Ses Instables sont de la sorte exposés à la Biennale de Venise en 1972 où, rappelle encore Lydia Harambourg, une salle entière est consacrée « aux dessins qui reprennent son vocabulaire mécanique identitaire de sphères, toupies, hélices, anneaux, astrolabes et balanciers »12. Les Instables sont de même, en 1973, présentés à la galerie Le Point cardinal à Paris où Claude Viseux avait déjà exposé en 1968 avec Henri Michaux et Joaquin Ferrer...

Monumental Industrial Metal Sheets Divider in Wrought Iron, Beautifully formed like a sculpture, it can be used as a historical Industrial sculpture or as a massive door stop....)

Modernist organic-form sculpture on base - all hand-carved from one continuous piece of wood (circa 1950s, USA). Subject resembles an abstract ampersand. Very good, vintage condition...

Simon Randers for Randers Mobelfabrik. Danish "Lovers" sculpture. This abstract sculpture is made of solid old growth teak and displays excellent craftsmanship. Burnished makers mark...

This table lamp, is carved in the Olive wood. The wood has this light brown color of this wood, with the old patina. This lamp was made in France, circa 1950, US PLUG ADAPTATOR W...

Incredible Seguso Vetri dArte abstract sculpture in Murano glass circa 1950

A set of three hexagonal magnifiers made of solid brass by Carl Aubock, Austria, ca' 1950's. Wear and patina appropriate to age.

This sculptural column blends bold midcentury design with a futuristic edge, featuring a flared black base that elegantly tapers into a perforated top section of warm-toned wood. The...

This table lamp, is carved in the Olive wood. The wood has this light brown color of this wood, with the old patina. This lamp was made in France, circa 1950, US PLUG ADAPTATOR W...

Marcello Fantoni (Italian, 1915 - 2011) architectural brazed wire tabletop or wall mount sculpture of a church. Signed Fantoni Firenze Italy on metal tag.

A striking mid-century modern glass object by renowned Italian designer Paolo Venini, crafted on the island of Murano in the 1950s. This piece is part of the celebrated "Inciso" seri...

3-1120 Natural driftwood lamp ,sculpted by the winds and water of the sea. Original wiring in working condition. Wire was drilled thru the wood. Height to top of socket 23". Comes wi...

This vide poche, can be seen as an abstract sculpture too. The form is free, and the wood is olive tree. This has been done in France in the 1950's. The patina is old, and it is a la...

A set 3 of wonderfully sculptured art glass pieces. They are all shifting in green, white and clear glass. Made in Sweden in the mid-1950s these pi...

A good Dogon ladder with exceptional patination. These ladders, carved from tree trunks, were traditionally used to access granaries raised on stilts to protect the contents from unw...

Expressive abstract sculpture formed from welded metal with heavy texture and a greenish patina. The figure is loosely rendered with elongated limbs and a stylized stance, topped wit...

A set 6 of wonderfully sculptured art glass pieces. They are all shifting in green, white and clear glass. Made in Sweden in the mid-1950s these pi...

Darkened patina bronze. Reproduced in "Maxime Adam-Tessier", Editions du Linteau, p. 23.

Pair of water buffalo horn ritual spoons from Timor Island, Indonesia, (circa 1950s). The horns of large creatures were often used to carve intricate spoons which were most likely...

A rare model of a locomotive, handmade of metal and brass by Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna in the 1920s. Marked on its bottom WHW, Hagenauer Wien, made in Austria, handmade. Very nice ...

1950's Large Original Shop Weighing Scales - Berkel. Very heavy industrial shop scales by the Dutch company Berkel. The scales are heavy weighing approximately 40kg, they are compl...

Set of four brutalist foundry molds from the Machine Age are a reminder of the nation’s Industrial past, a large factor in shaping the culture of the Modern era. While these pieces w...

Mid-century set of 2 pink and green flamingo ceramic figurines with flamingo pool tray decorative bowl. The set features two beautifully detailed pink flamingos with wings outstretch...

This plaster sculpture depicting a Virgin and Child, from the 1950s hails from a workshop located in the southern region of France. Despite bearing a few minor imperfections, it sta...