Modern Abstract Sculptures
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Weapon Sculpture, 2000
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Altar Bowl with Weapon Sculpture was assembled in 2000. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, red and yellow low fired glazes w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Temptation I, a Unique Multicolored Glass Sculpture by Enemark
Thompson
Located in London, GB
Temptation I, is a hand-blown glass sculpture by the collaborative artists Hanne Enemark (Danish) and Louis Thompson (British) Incorporating an outer form in clear and pink glass which contains a multitude of white glass canes and candy-colored, glass hundreds and thousands. The piece is topped with a glass cherry with a silver sterling stem...
Category
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Temptation III, a Unique Multicolored Glass Sculpture by Enemark
Thompson
Located in London, GB
Temptation III, is a hand-blown glass sculpture by the collaborative artists Hanne Enemark (Danish) and Louis Thompson (British) Incorporating an outer form in clear and pink glass which contains a multitude of white glass canes and candy-colored, glass hundreds and thousands. The piece is topped with a glass cherry with a silver sterling stem...
Category
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Grid by Erin Vincent, 2024
By Erin Vincent
Located in Chicago, IL
A textural abstract wall sculpture made from aqua resin, epoxy, wire, and acrylic by Canadian artist Erin Vincent. Hanging hardware not included.
Erin Vincent is a Canadian artist w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin
Unique Hand-carved Stone Sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Van Den Heede
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique hand-carved stone sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Van den Heede
Unique piece
Dimensions: D 8 x W 30 x H 28 cm
Materials: stone.
Hand-carved stone and aged in nature for 15 years.
...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Wendy Hendelman Gray Alabaster Torso Sculpture, 2012
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's gray alabaster torso sculpture on a rotating black marble base. Hendelman’s work reflects her love of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Richard Hirsch Glazed Ceramic Crucible Sculpture #24, 2011
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch Ceramic Crucible Sculpture #24 was made in 2011. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, soda fired with bronze glaze, raku rust an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Odysseus, a unique black hand-blown glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
Odysseus, is a unique black glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. A handblown and free-form shaped glass sculpture with 'glass fabric' decoration worked onto the glass body while hot. A spectacular fusion of blown and kiln formed glass techniques incorporating Cathryn Shilling's signature woven glass. With her Cloaked Collection, Shilling takes mythical tragic figures as her inspiration. This piece is based on Odysseus.
Cathryn Shilling began her arts career as a graphic designer but went on to study glass after moving to Connecticut with her family. On returning to the UK she studied kiln-formed glass at Kensington and Chelsea College and blown glass with Peter Layton at the London Glassblowing Workshop. She set up studio in London in 2007 from where she has gone on to create a huge body and variety of work.
Shilling experiments with colour and technique to produce beautiful one off sculptures. Her innovative pieces push the glass beyond our usual comfort zones. With some sculptures, glass rods are woven together like fabric, mimicking the flexibility and movement of cloth. The apparent frailty of the glass is balanced by the strong dynamic forms, differing levels of light picking out layers of colour. With other works, bubbles are trapped in swathes of watery hues. Her colour palette and choice of forms are very much informed by the various natural states in which water is found: icebergs, waterfalls and whirlpools for example.
Shilling’s work has been collected and widely exhibited internationally including: Ireland Glass Biennale 2019 at Dublin Castle The 3rd Session of China·Hejian Craft Glass Design & Creation Exhibition and Competition, Ming Shangde Glass Museum, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, China 2019 TACTILE at Glazenhuis, Lommel, Belgium New Aquisitions 2017 at Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfield, Germany Peter Bremers...
Category
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Weapon Sculpture, 2000
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Altar Bowl with Weapon Sculpture was assembled in 2000. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, low fired slips and glazes, iron ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Blown Glass Ladle #5, 2007
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Altar bowl with blown glass ladle #5 was assembled in 2007. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with low fire slips and glazes, black glaze, enamel polychrome paint, raku green patina and hot blown glass. In the book "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design" Scott Meyer said; "As Hirsch's work progressed over the years, it would be a mistake to portray these advances as chronological. In fact, items found provocative would be added to the roster of possibility. The vessel might change in character with the deep interior space of a mortar becoming the shallow concavity of a Japanese, stone Tsubi basin or natural geode form. The corresponding implement might change from bulbous pestle to delicate ladle, alluding to the ceremonial cleansing for participants in the Tea Ceremony. In this sense, the proximity of these objects to their implied ceremonial use was similar to that which traditional Raku bowls...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Blown Glass
Wendy Hendelman Alabaster Head and Torso Sculpture, 2015
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's alabaster head and torso sculpture on marble base. Hendelman’s work reflects her love of the primitive ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture was assembled in 2018. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with red and black glaze, raku rust patinas and polychrome enamel paint. Hirsch creates ceramic sculptures that explore the spirituality and ritual embedded in familiar vessel forms. He imbues his work with the look of age and antiquity by applying certain ceramic surfaces and incorporating other materials such as iron, glass, bronze, and wood. As Hirsch states in his artist statement, "Ultimately, this work is an attempt to metamorphosize the seemingly mundane vessel-object into a sacred entity." This three piece sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Hirsch Glazed Ceramic Crucible Sculpture #50, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch Ceramic Crucible Sculpture #50 was made in 2018. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with bronz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Ceramic, Stoneware
Richard Hirsch Glazed Ceramic Crucible Sculpture with Blown Glass Pestle, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch ceramic Crucible Sculpture was assembled in 2018. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with green glaze, bronze glaze, red glaze,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Ceramic, Stoneware
Richard Hirsch Glazed Ceramic Crucible Sculpture #32 with Blown Glass, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch ceramic crucible sculpture #32 was assembled in 2016. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, anagama wood fired with raku rust pat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Ceramic, Stoneware
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Mortar and Hot Blown Glass Pestle Sculpture, 2009
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle Sculpture was assembled in 2009. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with red and black glazes, raku patinas and a hot blown glass pestle. The following is an excerpt from the book "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design" written by Scott Meyer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Ceramic
Wendy Hendelman Tall White Alabaster Torso Sculpture, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's tall white Alabaster Torso sculpture on a black marble base. Hendelman’s work reflects her love of the primitive and the ancient. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #19, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #19 was assembled in 2016. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, wood fired stoneware with shino gla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Mortar and Blown Glass Pestle Sculpture #23, 2006
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle Sculpture #23 was assembled in 2006. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with low fire slips and glazes, raku patinas and hot blown glass. The following is an excerpt from the book "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design" written by Scott Meyer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Ceramic
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Ladle #3, 2007
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Altar bowl with Ladle #3 was made in 2007. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with low fire white glaze and raku patinas. In the book "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design" Scott Meyer said; "As Hirsch's work progressed over the years, it would be a mistake to portray these advances as chronological. In fact, items found provocative would be added to the roster of possibility. The vessel might change in character with the deep interior space of a mortar becoming the shallow concavity of a Japanese, stone Tsubi basin or natural geode form. The corresponding implement might change from bulbous pestle to delicate ladle, alluding to the ceremonial cleansing for participants in the Tea Ceremony. In this sense, the proximity of these objects to their implied ceremonial use was similar to that which traditional Raku bowls...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wendy Hendelman Green Alabaster Head and Torso Sculpture, 2019
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's Green Alabaster Head and Torso Sculpture on black marble base. Hendelman’s work reflects her love of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pajarera Totem
By Unicuo
Located in San Pedro Garza García, N.L.
"Pajarera Totem" is a sculptural refuge — a space for something yet to come, a silent companion to the imagination. It invites us to wonder, to pause, to observe.
Its body, turned ...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$5,427
Mid-Century Sculpture by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This unique Mid Century bronze and natural stone sculpture was designed by Curtis Jere.
The curved and dynamic shape made of bronze lands on a solid base made of pink natural stone....
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Joanna Poag Custom Ceramic Untitled II Sculpture, Equilibrium Series, 2016
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Untitled II Sculpture is part of the Equilibrium Series. It's hand built and sculptured, fired to cone 5 and hung by fishing wire. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Wendy Hendelman Black Alabaster Head Sculpture, 2019
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's Black Alabaster Head Sculpture on a black marble base. Hendelman’s work reflects her love of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Concrete sculpture "Hyper H2O Optimus" by Oriol Texidor signed and numbered
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Oriol Texidor Martínez
Barcelona, September 30th, 1974
Architect by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He forms as an artist in a self-taught manner, through a four-year jour...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Metal
$1,147 Sale Price
20% Off
Richard Hirsch Bronze Tripod Vessel and Stand #1B Sculpture, 1991
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Tripod Vessel and Stand #1B is part of his Skirted Series. The tripod and base are cast bronze with polychromed patinas that wer...
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carrara Marble Sculpture by François Fernandez, Known as SAVY, Signed.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Carrara marble sculpture by François Fernandez, known as SAVY, signed and dated 2001.
Sculpture in Carrara marble and yellow lacquer by the sculptor François Fernandez, known as SAV...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Set of 2 Sculptures in Olive Wood by Rectangle Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 sculptures in olive wood by Rectangle Studio
Dimensions:
Large: 23 x 23 x 55 cm
Small: 20 x 20 x 28 cm
Materials: Solid olive wood
It is collected from the roots and...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Olive
Arman (after) : "La main tendue", Patinated bronze medallion, 1998
By Arman
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Arman (after) : "La main tendue"
Commemorative patinated bronze medallion showing a bas-relief made from the famous monument standing down the building of "the Credit suisse" located 184 Cours Lafayette in...
Category
1990s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Murano Glass Decorative Artwork, Attributed to Donà, 1980s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Vintage Murano glass decorative artwork, attributed to maestro Donà, 1980s.
This masterpiece of Murano glass art stands out for its delightful shapes, colors, and delicacy.
The whole sculpture surface is colored with white milk, and it is decorated only by 3 small Greek spirals...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Milk Glass, Murano Glass
Wendy Hendelman White Marble Torso Sculpture, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's White Marble Torso Sculpture on a black marble base. Hendelman’s work reflects her love of the primitive and the ancient. The small s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
No.44 Stoneware Sculpture, Tonfisk by Ciona Lee
Located in Geneve, CH
No.44 stoneware sculpture, tonfisk by Ciona Lee
One of a Kind
Dimensions: W 14.5 x D 6 x H 11.5 cm
Materials: Black Grogged Stoneware, Frost White Glaze
...
Category
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Italian modern geometric sculptures in white, blue and pink marble, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern geometric sculptures in white, blue and pink marble, 1980s
Pair of geometric marble sculptures. The structure is composed of a rhombus in white marble, on which are pl...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Contemporary Wall Mounted Sculpture from
Ripples
Series by James Rowland
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
A piece from the 'Ripples' abstract sculpture series by James Rowland made from solid hard wood Sucupira.
Scottish Artist and furniture Designer-Maker J...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #43, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #43 was assembled in 2017. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with red terra sigillata, green glaz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Furkel Sculpture in sunken Multicolor Finishes in Murano Glass, Italy
By Barbini
Located in Villaverla, IT
Refined Furkel Sculpture in sunken Multicolor Finishes in Murano Glass, Italy.
This incredible Italian Venetian sculpture is truly unique, a...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Richard Hirsch Glazed Ceramic Crucible Sculpture Group #3, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Crucible Sculpture Group #3 was assembled in 2016. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, wood and soda fired with Baskin crusty...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Mortar and Glass Pestle Sculpture #4, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle Sculpture #4 was assembled in 2020. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, gold enamel paint, black and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Blown Glass
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Ceremonial Vessel #10, Tripod Vessels Collection, 1994
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Tripod Ceremonial Vessel #10 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. The tripod is uniquely with bronze acrylic, iron-rust interactive acrylic, airbrushed enamels (red, green and yellow) all layered on top of each other. Signed by the artist, each piece is comprised of a marriage of four elements -- a vessel held aloft by three legs. The process of fluid transition between the elements so that the product reads as one form was vital as he built the foundation for his signature collection. The Tripod Vessels...
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Mortar and Glass Pestle Sculpture #1, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle Sculpture #1 was assembled in 2020. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, gold enamel paint, black and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Blown Glass
Wendy Hendelman Brown Alabaster Torso Sculpture, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's Brown Alabaster Torso Sculpture on a black marble base. Hendelman’s work reflects her love of the prim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Weapon Sculpture, 2000
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Altar Bowl with Weapon Sculpture was assembled in 2000. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with blue and green glazes, red te...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Hirsch Glazed Ceramic Crucible Sculpture #17, 2011
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch Ceramic Crucible Sculpture #17 was made in 2011. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, wood fire...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #16, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #16 was assembled in 2016. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, wood fired stoneware with shino gla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture, 2011
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's scholar rock cup sculpture was assembled in 2011. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay with black glaze, raku rust patina, gree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wendy Hendelman White Alabaster Torso Sculpture, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American sculptor Wendy Hendelman's White Alabaster Torso Sculpture on a black marble base. Hendelman’s work reflects her love of the prim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Richard Hirsch Glazed Ceramic Crucible Sculpture #25, 2011
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch Ceramic Crucible Sculpture #25 was made in 2011. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, soda fire...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Richard Hirsch, Scott Meyer and Ken Baskin Crucible Project Sculpture, 2013
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artists Richard Hirsch, Scott Meyer and Ken Baskin's collaborative Crucible Project Sculpture was created in 2013 and is wood...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Richard Hirsch Pedestal Bowl with Weapon #16 Ceramic Sculpture, 1997
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Pedestal Bowl with Weapon #16 Sculpture is raku-fired, hand built with black glaze, raku patinas and enamel paint. Three separat...
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Modern Glass Vase, Portoro Marble, by Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Drill vases
Part chaos and part control, drill vases are an exercise in
improvisation.
The origin of the project lies in Carrara, and the small fragments of
marble found discarded by quarries in the region. I began to collect
these stones.
Working in the workshop with only hand and hammer...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Mortar and Glass Pestle, 2004
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle #30 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. Two separate pieces of wood fired stoneware are assem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$10,500 / set
Modern Abstract Sculpture in Solid Alabaster by Mark Leblanc (1/8), USA
Located in Deland, FL
Hand-sculpted in pure, solid alabaster this fascinating sculpture is absolutely arresting from every angel. Sculpted by Mark Leblanc, an accomplished designer and craftsmen renowned for his Organic Modern pieces audaciously carved from all-natural materials, this extraordinary piece is ideal for collectors and designers alike. This sculpture features exquisite patterns of cream mixed with rose-colored swirls and veins left behind by iron deposits within the ancient alabaster during it's formation millions of years ago. This sculpture is the very definition of one of a kind so when it's gone, it's gone forever. Make it yours today.
Mark Leblanc (currently on display in the ABT Modern...
Category
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Alabaster
Colette Souter-Emery: "Relief N°1", patinated metal bas-relief, 1971
By Colette Sauter-Emery
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Colette Sauter-Emery : "Relief n°1 "
Abstract composition made of assembled nails on a patinated metallic board
Monogrammed '"CS" on the front lower right of the sculpture
Sticker ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
AB Pair of Surrealist Seated Figurative Bronze Sculptures, 1977
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Smaller Post Surrealist. handcrafted studio solid bronze abstract sculptures. Featuring Modern handmade, balanced, chair like forms with seated, leaning figures. Versatile. Bookshelf. Mantle. Signed AB 1977 3/9. Three in series of...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Cast Glass Weapon, 1998
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Altar Bowl with Glass Weapon #31 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. Two separate pieces of high fired stoneware are ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Italian Ceramic Sculpture Model Pila by Andrea Branzi for Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
Earthenware. Manufactured by Superego Editions, Italy. Underside with transfer print ‘A. Branzi/Superego/Editions’. 2007.
Biography
Superego editions was born in 2006, performing...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Steel Screen by Michael Gittings
Located in Geneve, CH
Steel screen by Michael Gittings
One of a kind
Dimensions: D 30 x W 180 x H 200 cm
Materials: Mirror polished stainless steel, stainless steel, mirror finish.
About the screen: I...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$4,339 / item
Set of 2 Giant Sphere Vases Bubl by 101 Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 giant sphere vases bubl by 101 Copenhagen.
Designed by Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl.
Dimensions: L75 / W33 / H100 cm.
Materials: ceramic.
The Sphere collectio...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture Kiyoharu Ichino
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Purple Dawn", a ceramic sculpture piece by Japanese potter Kiyoharu Ichino (1957-). Purchased from Touching Stone, Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2003. Tradition meets renovation, this sculptural piece with its slab like minimal shape draws the viewer into its mysterious shape that is reminiscent of a monument. Its surface, with the typical Tanba clay fired at very high temperature and completely free of glaze, radiates a subtle metallic sheen that is nearly in a shade of purple. This piece was purchased from Touching Stone, Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2003.
Artist's bio from the gallery and the exhibition:
"Kiyoharu Ichino was born in 1957 in Tachikui into an extended family steeped in pottery-making tradition. He learned all aspects of Tanba pottery since childhood. When he was twenty, he moved to Seto to study pottery under a master of Akatsu-yaki. Upon returning to Tachikui, he launched his career with the Tanba Group Kiln. In 1983, he established his own kiln and began showing in galleries all over Japan. His works have been selected repeatedly for the prestigious juried Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition sponsored by the Japan Crafts Association. In 1995, he was nominated to be a permanent member of The Japan Crafts Association, an honor bestowed to the most experienced and talented artists.
Traditional Tanba pottery is fired unglazed at very high temperature in large wood-fueled kilns. Ichino uses both an anagama (hole kiln) and a noborigama (climbing kiln), burning almost a thousand bundles of wood over several days to bring out the unique personalities of Tanba clay, which is renowned for its rich texture and deep purplish brown colors. Many of his pieces show silvery fire-marks like swirling mists left by the wood fire. His pieces appear to be integral parts of the clay rather than separate objects made from it. To show the unique clay texture, he often includes seemingly unfinished edges in his designs, exposing the rough clay body. Despite the high level of sophistication and innovation, Ichino's works maintain a strong connection with the ancient Tanba pottery tradition. Ichino should be no stranger to many Santa Fe residents. His work has been exhibited both in Touching Stone Gallery and as part of a major exhibition in the New Mexico Museum of International Folk Art in 2006.
About Tanba ware...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Modern abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage abstract sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern abstract sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original abstract sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Richard A. Hirsch, Kue King, Jacopo Foggini, and Orfeo Quagliata. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for abstract sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $25 and tops out at $450,000 while the average work can sell for $2,322.