Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
French Cubist Plaster Sculpture of a loving Couple, around 1960
Located in Berlin, DE
This French Cubist plaster sculpture from around 1960 beautifully depicts a loving couple, embodying the abstract and fragmented style characteristic of Cubism. The figures are rende...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
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Plaster
$746 Sale Price
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XL Blown Glass Orb Sculpture by Peter Bramhall.
Located in New York, NY
Giant XL Peter Bramhall Glass Orb sculpture signed and dated July 23 1985
This Fabulous Hand blown glass sculpture has internal glass threads of Clear, Amber and mauve tones
and the ...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Monumental Wooden Sculpture Inspired in Constantin Brancusi, Unseen Force 24
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Monumental Wooden Sculpture Inspired in Constantin Brancusi Style, Unseen Force 24 by Joel Escalona
This monolithic sculpture, designed by...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$11,672 Sale Price / item
20% Off
1950s Abstract Art Mesquite Wood Sculpture Mexico
By Mathias Goeritz
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a 1950s Abstract Mesquite Wood Sculpture Mexico
Unsigned. In the style of Mathias Goeritz.
Dimensions: 33 H x 6.5 D x 13 W
Original vintage unrestored conditi...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$880 Sale Price
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Mid-Century Modern Abstract Marble Sculpture on Black Enamel Swivel Base
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid-Century Modern abstract sculpture was realized in the United States, circa 1960. It offers an amorphic form with two circular perforations incised into its bod...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Modernist Lucite Resin Cube Sculpture with Gears Pierre Giraudon, France, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Lucite resin cube with gears inside attributed to Pierre Giraudon, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Lucite
Murano Glass Hand Sculpture Signed Vistosi, Italy
By Vistosi
Located in Rome, IT
Big elegant sculpture in Murano glass in the shape of a human hand by the Italian artist Vistosi. His signature is engraved on the bottom of the sculpture as shown in pictures.
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
1970s Modernist Sculpture Bronze Fish Marble 39/500
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Modernist Sculpture Two Bronze Fish Marble Block Base Mexico City
Ideal as a Letter Holder
in the style of Curtis Jere
Signed and edition stamped 39/500 unable to read.
12 h x ...
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1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculpture No. 2
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro
1990
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913.
He trained in his family'...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Metal Floor Sculptural, Villa Collection, Denmark, 1980s
Located in Stockholm, SE
This sculptural floor object was produced in Denmark during the 1980s and distributed by the renowned Villa Collection. The piece features a striking vertical composition of repeated...
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1980s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pygmalion and Galatea Modern Sculpture by Cuban Artist Manuel Carbonell
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Manuel Carbonell – Pygmalion and Galatea (1962–63)
This striking rendition of Pygmalion and Galatea, sculpted by Cuban-American master Manuel Carbonell, captures mythos and modernis...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Eduardo Chillida (Spanish, 1924-2002)
Reflections
, Ivory Press, 2002
Located in London, GB
Number 180 from an edition of 200 plus one prototype.
Essays by Carlos Fuentes and John Berger; translations by Professor Alfred MacAdam and photographs by Ferdinando Scianna...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
$13,727 Sale Price
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Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
XXL Amorphous Sculpture by Gabriel Gouttard, France 1960s
By Gabriel Gouttard
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
XXL Amorphous sculpture by Gabriel Gouttard (Lyon 1927–2015), France 1960s. Impressive fluid, amorphous-shaped sculpture, showing a characteristic tension between softness and solidi...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Large 8
+ Atomic Age Mid-Century Modern Style Unique Space Atom Wall Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
One of a kind Atomic Age large Mid-Century Modern style wall sculpture made of round black painted bent iron rod, in zig-zag form or atom rings with assorted metallic colored orbs (a...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Iron
Geometric constructivist Sculpture Crafted from Wood by Jan Hoog, 1981
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This solid wood sculpture, commissioned by the city of The Hague, evokes architecture with its stacked geometric blocks reminiscent of a model for an apartment building. Created in t...
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20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Hand-Sculpted French Cubist Abstract Sculpture in Terracotta Signed "Philip"
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated and alluring Mid-Century Modern Sculpture was realized in France circa 1950. Executed in terra cotta with a oil rubbed bronze colored glaze, the work presents an abstract and dynamic form- bristling with verve. An elongated form rises from an elliptical base offering both smooth and curvilinear aspects as well as faceted ones concluding in a curved tongue-like appendage with a pointed end. Additionally, there is what appears to be a lug or nut cantilevering from side of the piece, suggesting metamorphosis or some kind of animatronic influence. The amorphic form recalls the highly stylized renderings of tools by Lee Lozano...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Aluminum Jetboard by Sargent Fletcher Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jetboard motorized aluminum surfboard by Jetboard by Sergent Fletcher Co.,
USA, 1965-68. Painted aluminum with steel wall mounting brackets.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$6,200 Sale Price
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Still Stand No66: Modern Organic Totem by NONO, Joel Escalona Design
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
“Still Stand” sculptures by Joel Escalona
Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a testament to the power of the material...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Antonio Gresiaga Kieff Abstract Bronze Sculpture, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Antonia Gresiaga Kieff Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Black Marble Base, 1970's.
Canadian/Spanish, Born 1936. Mounted on marble base which is signed and marked 1 of 5.
Measures 33" tal...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of C. Jere Brass Globe Sphere Wall Sculptures, circa 1984
By Curtis Jeré
Located in St. Louis, MO
Curtis Jere brass globe sphere sculptures signed and dated 1984. Torched cut shapes with textured brass metal to create mountains , applied green paint an...
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1980s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Giuseppe Rivadossi Arca sculpture Italy 1975
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare 'Arca' sculptural object designed by Giuseppe Rivadossi manufactured by Officina Rivadossi, Italy 1975. Rivadossi often creates artwork that reflects his thoughts and favourite ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Cherry
Abstract constructivist sculpture in metal by Sergio Ponzio IV, Italy 1971
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Abstract constructivist sculpture in metal by Sergio Ponzio IV, Italy 1971. The sculpture is composed of bent and modelled patinated zinc sheets soldered together to create a sculptu...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Zinc
Striped Vase in Blown Murano Glass Green Orange and Light Blue, 1990s, Italy
Located in Villaverla, IT
Striped vase in blown Murano glass green orange and light blue, 1990s, Italy.
This is a unique striped vase, with double colored sides, and stripes inside the blown technical. Half ...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
ALFREDO BARBINI - Triton-Shaped Sea Shell
Located in Hawthorne, CA
An undulating Italian midcentury clear and salmon colored triton-shaped art glass sea shell with gold inclusions, small air bubble on outer shell. ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
$2,200 / item
Rare Large Mid-Century Zsolnay Porcelain Figure by János Török Circa 1960s
By János Török, Zsolnay
Located in London, GB
A striking and rare large-scale Zsolnay modernist porcelain figure, designed by the acclaimed Hungarian sculptor János Török.
This sculptural form is emblematic of mid-20th-century...
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1960s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculptures of Stylized Heads in Italian Design 1970s Brass Gold Color
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Sculptures of stylized heads in Italian design 1970s brass gold color.
Measures: Small height cm.5, width cm.3.5, depth cm.3.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$460 Sale Price / set
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Pair of Vintage Italian Brass Obelisks, 1970
s
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Vintage Brass Obelisks,
Italy, 1970's
unmarked - possibly Sarreid Ltd.
"nice color, size and shape"
"nice weight but not solid"
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Sculpture by BEGGA D
HAESE
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture by BEGGA D'HAESE from 1970
Exotic wood
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$41,892
Solid Polished Brass Ball Pear Shape Shades Light Bar Pool Table Fixture Chandel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid polished brass ball pear shape shades light bar pool table fixture chandelier.
Adjustable shades.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Metaformose Wood Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wood abstract sculpture
anon artist from the art studio in Verona, Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Impatience" by Dan Murphy, circa 1979
By Dan Murphy
Located in Westport, CT
Signed ribbon sculpture titled "Impatience "by American artist, Dan Murphy, circa 1979. Gleaming anodized gold-tone aluminum on a solid lucite base.
Othe...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$950 / item
Biomorphic Carved Wood Sculpture in the style of Isamu Noguchi, Unseen Force 22
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Biomorphic Carved Wood Sculpture in the style of Isamu Noguchi, Unseen Force 22 by Joel Escalona
This monolithic sculpture, designed by the talented Artist Joel Escalona, is a towe...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$11,672 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Lull No28 Contemporary Wooden Totem – Handcrafted by Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Lull No28 Contemporary Wooden Totem – Handcrafted by Joel Escalona
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, rounded forms and s...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$12,000 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Mid Century Modern Abstract Table Sculpture in Brass and Enamel circa 1960s
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Troy, MI
Vintage Abstract Enamel Metal Sculpture 1960s
Unique abstract metal sculpture circa 1960s.
Spiral ribbon form with colorful blocks of applied enamel and melt coat brass on iron hai...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Lull No44 Tall Wooden Totem Sculpture by Joel Escalona for Minimalist Decor
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Lull No44 Tall Wooden Totem Sculpture by Joel Escalona for Minimalist Decor
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, rounded fo...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$12,000 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Tall Wooden Serenity Totem Still Stand No27: Sculpted by NONO’s Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
“Still Stand” sculptures by Joel Escalona
Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a testament to the power of the material...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$11,680 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Studio Forged Metal Sculture
Located in Chicago, IL
Studio Forged Metal Sculture, Artist unknown, well executed.
Dimensions:
24" wide
4" deep
24" high
on a 4" X 4" wood block
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Modern Carved Tranquility Totem Still Stand No46, Joel Escalona Design
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
“Still Stand” sculptures by Joel Escalona
Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a testament to the power of the material...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$12,833 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Huge Stan Bitters Cactus Sculpture, USA, 2005
By Stan Bitters
Located in Berlin, DE
One of a kind Stan Bitters ceramic cactus leaf sculpture. Signed "Bitters 05".
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hivo Van Teal Lucite Perfume Bottle Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hivo Van Teal Mid-Century Modern Lucite perfume bottle sculpture.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$650 Sale Price
40% Off
Emil Milan Walnut Desk Pencil Holder Paperweight Fin Sculpture Craft Woodworker
By Emil Milan
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Uncommon form. Nice example of Emil Milan's sculptural work. Signed, EMilan Walnut.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
$2,240 Sale Price
25% Off
Wall Brass Sculpture, circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This wall sculpture showing a couple is made of brass. This is a French work, signed. Circa 1970
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
1960s White Organic Modern Abstract Centerpiece Bowl Cigar Ashtray Jouve Dish
By Lapid
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A deep off-white coffee table pottery bowl with abstract volcanic bottom interior. Heavily influenced by the work of Georges Jouve, with the thick freeform walls.
Category
1960s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Luxury Decor Lull No17 – Handcrafted Wooden Art Piece by NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Luxury Decor Lull No17 – Handcrafted Wooden Art Piece by NONO
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, rounded forms and solid,...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$12,000 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Luciano Gaspari Salviati Murano Smoky Green Italian Art Glass Abstract Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown clear smoky gray color with green paint stroke Italian art glass sculpture on base. The piece is documented to designer Luciano Gaspari for the Sa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Vintage Cartier Cut Crystal Obelisk
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Cartier Cut Crystal Obelisk. In overall great vintage condition with age appropriate wear. Some minor scuffs. No chips, cracks, or repairs.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Large Modernist Abstract Sculpture, Wire Rod and Stolit Manner of Lynn Chadwick
By Lynn Chadwick
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large modernist abstract sculpture. Wire rod and stolit, unsigned, extremely well executed, circa 1950 after Lynn Chadwick who after WWI developed a construction method using welded ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Mid-Century Modern Bronze with Wood Texture Brutalist Style TOTEM Form Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stunning Mid-Century Modern Brutalist TOTEM bronze sculpture in the style of artist Joel Shapiro. Cast in bronze, the sculpture takes on the surface or...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jose Luis Sanchez Solid Bronze Sculpture Spain 1970 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
José Luis Sanchez (Spain, 1926-2018).
José Luis Sanchez, a signed and numbered 383 sculpture.
Fantastic abstract Brutalist shaped sculpture made and designed by Jose Luis Sanchez, ...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Brass, Bronze
A Ysermans abstract clay sculpture Netherlands 1978
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Large impressive abstract sculpture made by Anja Ysermans in the Netherlands in 1978. This off-white/beige sculpture is made of painted clay supported by a wooden base plate. The wor...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Cut Metal Brutalist Modern Abstract Standing Sculpture of a Cat
By Paul Evans
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Studio made artist signed Brutalist cut steel abstract standing sculpture standing on 14 x 17" square metal base plate. Paul Evans Erwine &...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Parent
Child" Marble Stone Sculpture w/ Wooden Base, Kenya, c. 1980
s
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a heart-warming abstract sculpture depicting a parent with child in embrace. Hand-carved in solid marble by a Kenyan artisan this exquisite, though-provoking sculpture is...
Category
1980s Kenyan Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Saleh Mouallem (US, 1921-2014) Pink Alabaster Abstract Sculpture, "Love Birds"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Abstract veined pink alabaster sculpture in a double curved linked form with bird heads visible on top. Mounted on a custom round rotating black base which rests on a black lacquer o...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Mid-Century Modern Large Abstract Floor Sculpture in Grey by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large abstract floor sculpture made by Cutis Jere in 1984. A great post modern design in grey cut steel. Artist signed and dated.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Monumental Sculpture by A. d. S.P
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Monumental abstract sculpture in patinated metal with a travertine stone base.
Creation signed by the french artist A.d.S.P.
France, 2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Travertine, Metal
Sculptural Blue Ceramic Studio Art Pottery by Sclight
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Tall sculptural studio pottery signed Sclight
23.5 h x 15 w x 9 d
Blues and light grey
Signed art
Small hair line crack inside corners.
Original unrestored vintage condition
Refer ...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Figurative Mahogany Sculpture Mid-Century Modern 1950s Brazilian Abstract
Located in Dallas, TX
Figurative modernist hand-carved mahogany sculpture purchased in Brazil in the 1950s. Signed to the bottom rear edge. Brazilian rosewood plinth base in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Modern Totem marble sculpture from the 1970s
Located in bari, IT
The Modern Totem " In Equilibrio Precario" sculpture made of different shapes of marble and colors created by a missed artist in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$766 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Seguso Arte Vetro Signed Striped Murano Glass Abstract Sculpture Heavy
By Seguso
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Large Seguso Arte Vetro signed striped Murano Glass abstract sculpture. Very vibrant multi color sculpture that is signed on the bottom as pictured.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
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