Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
POSTMODERN STYLE
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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Yaacov Agam — Abstract Kinetic Silkscreen on Glass, Signed and Numbered 25/27
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Weesp, NL
Yaacov Agam — Abstract Kinetic Silkscreen on Glass, Signed and Numbered 25/27
Dimensions: W 33 × H 23 × D 4 cm (W 12.99 × H 9.06 × D 1.57 in)
This striking kinetic artwork by Yaaco...
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1980s Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Ugo Carà
By Ugo Cara
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a joyful bronze sculpture multiple art work signed by the well known in Italy and abroad, artist Ugo Carà. Title The Dancer
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 pieces. The pieces were made in 1980 but they can be considered as new cause remained since then stored and packed in the Editor warehouse.
Every bronze sculpture is completed with the Editor Certificate, with the number assigned to the piece and the original signature of the author.
Ugo Carà was born in Trieste Italy...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vasa Velizar Mihich Sphere Sculpture Signed, 1989
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Signed and dated spherical acrylic sculpture by Vasa Mihich, circa 1990. The 5 1/2" diameter piece displays evolving optical effects from the blue, green, and orange acrylics when ro...
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1980s Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Post Modern Ceramic Covered Box by Listed Artist David B. Ward
Located in Chicago, IL
Post Modern Ceramic Covered Box by David B. Ward
Titled: Camel man 1364 B.C.
Memphis Style
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italy 1980 Abstract Sculpture by Nevio De Luca
Located in Brescia, IT
This Italian artist follow his soul and imagines the scenes story telling the life. This is the cinema story, a dreaming bronze in which we can find a movie.
Only one piece, bronze o...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Rare Lucite Table Sculpture in the Style of Vasa Mihich
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple table sculpture, solid 4.25" x 3.5" x 18.75" from thick to thin Lucite, in the style of Vasa Mihich, circa 1980s. A geometric translucent sculpture made of Lucite with a taper...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Modern Steel and Aluminum Sculptural Bookends
Located in Treadwell, NY
The Mountains: modern steel and aluminum sculptural bookends by Erik Johnson of APD. Solid steel plates and burnished aluminum are combined to form...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
$2,175 / set
Modern bronze on brass sculptural object
Located in Treadwell, NY
The Chameleon: a modern bronze-on-brass sculptural object by Erik Johnson of Argosy Designs and APD. The Chameleon is a magical and transformat...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$1,480 Sale Price
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Modern Steel and Brass Object
Located in Treadwell, NY
Modern steel and brass sculptural object by Erik Johnson of APD.
1 of 1
Stamped APD 00039
Letter of Authenticity included with the piec...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Brass
$1,480 Sale Price
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1970 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Eli Riva Sun Moon
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense abstract bronze sculpture was created by the Italian artist Eli Riva in the Late 20th Century. The artwork is a multiple numbered and signed of 5...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Postmodern Abstract Mixed Media Large Scale 3D Collage by Martha Holden
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible Late 20th Century Postmodern Contemporary Abstract signed Mixed Media large scale 3D collage by artist Martha Holden. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vin...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Paint, Paper
Memphis Milano Carlton Miniature, Limited Edition by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, ON
Perfect 1:4 scale reproduction of the Carlton bookcase in a limited edition of 1000 pieces.
About Carlton:
An absolute icon of Memphis designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981, Carlton ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Laminate, Wood
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Jiro Sugawara Orizzonte Femminile
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the artist Jiro Sugawara, the title is "Female horizon""
Jiro Sugawara is a post-war artist and he was born in Japon in 1941....
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
An early fine art ceramic by Robert Milnes, late 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
« Cenote », an early fine art ceramic by Robert Milnes (b. 1948). Late 20th century. A museum piece in tones of turquoise, brick, blue, and moss, and certainly taking cues from the I...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,808 Sale Price
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1986 Italy Bronze Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Melograno Pomegranate
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an engaging bronze sculpture created by the Italian artist Patrizia Guerresi, in 1986. The piece is a multiple of 1000 specimens on a green-painted wooden base. This artwork ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Play With Me, No Really in and Black or White
Located in New York, NY
This series was conceived as a way for the Collector to really interact with a work of art. Titled "Play With Me, No Really" it refutes the idea that "Art" must sit alone on a pedes...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
1980s Post Modern Art Copper Table Sculpture signed Organic Mid-Century Modern
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a post-modern table art sculpture. Sculpture in copper. Signed "I U Arte". Organic modern form.
Dimensions: 13.25" H x 9" W x 10" D
Please visit take a l...
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1980s Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Peter Shire Micro Sculpture in Mixed Media, Early Aughts
By Peter Shire
Located in View Park, CA
Unique one of a kind tiny Peter Shire sculpture in mixed media ceramics from the early to mid aughts. Ready to hang / mount on wall (back is equipped with a small hole to hang upon a...
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Early 2000s North American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic
$704 Sale Price
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Abstract Industrial Found Object Metal Table Sculpture, Post Modern Sottsass Era
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A great Industrial material sculpture including a huge crescent wrench among other various mechanical parts. Extremely heavy and well made. Made by a local Philadelphia artist, unsig...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Postmodern Abstract Welded Steel and Enameled Sculpture, circa 1980s
Located in Peabody, MA
Postmodern welded steel and enameled sculpture in the manner of the Memphis School designs of the 1980s.
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Born Again from Amazonia Disenchanted Forest series by Elvio Becheroni
Located in Milano, IT
The work **Being Born Again** by Elvio Becheroni is a unique and extraordinary sculpture, part of the "Amazonia - Disenchanted Forest" series. This piece captures the essence of the ...
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1990s Brazilian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Guy Dill Large Welded Mid Century Post Modern Abstract Steel Table Sculpture
By Guy Dill
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and impressive steel sculpture by world renowned artist Guy Dill. It consists of black welded steel circa 1990's. Welded signature.
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1990s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Cut Steel
1980 Italy Post-Modern Abstract Kinetic Sculpture Les Simonnet Polimorphes
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging and kinetic artwork was created by the French artist Jean Marie and Marthe Simonnet Title "Polimorphes" translated in "Polymorphic".
This artwork is Kinetic and can c...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
1980 Italy Post-Modern Cristina Roncati Bronze Abstract Sculpture Cavaliere
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Cristina Roncati. The title "Cavaliere del mistero" Knight of the mistery
Cristina Roncati was born in...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Post Modern Decor Multi Color Swirl Glass Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional postmodern glass sculpture on a lucite vase. Features a hand blown red and blue swirl.
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
French Modernist Carrara Marble Sculpture by Bertrand Créac’h
Located in Chicago, IL
A modernist sculpture by French artist Bertrand Créac’h, hand-carved in Carrara marble, c. 1990s. Tapered and monumental, its angular planes dissolve into softened curves, revealing ...
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1990s French Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
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Carrara Marble
American Designer, Abstract Sculpture, Ceramic, USA, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
An abstract ceramic sculpture, designed and produced in the US, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Jensen Kvarnes Fish Sculpture, American Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Playful "Seela" fish sculpture features colorful fused glass body in green, blue, and purple palette; the colored glass is encased in clear glass layer in sommerso technique, adding...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
Contemporary Art Green TOTEM Moon Mannequin in Silk Velvet by Carla Tolomeo
Located in Pistoia, IT
Sculpture. Unique piece hand made by the artist.
The silk velvet fabric and velvet embroidery are made expressly for the artist, Carla Tolomeo.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silk
1980 Italy Post-Modern Cristina Roncati Bronze Abstract Sculpture Donna Velata
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Cristina Roncati. The title "Donna velata" Veiled woman
Cristina Roncati was born in Modena (Italy) wh...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Post Modern "Stacked Dice Vase" Art Sculpture by Artist Michael Corney
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Large Post Modern Art Sculpture Vase
"Dysfunctional" Stacked Dice Vase"
Artist Michael Corney / signed Miguel Corney
"Michael Corney grew up in the greater Los Angel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Paint
Materia Colectiva VI Resin Bowl by Marcela Cure
Located in Geneve, CH
Materia Colectiva VI Bowl by Marcela Cure
Limited Edition of 8
Dimensions: W 50 x D 36 x H 18 cm
Materials: Hand-pigmented resin.
A faceted bowl with pierced handles, recalling anci...
Category
2010s Colombian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$6,172 / item
1980 Italy Post Modern Abstract Figurative Bronze Sculpture by Marisa Ruberti
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Marisa Ruberti, a talented artist of years 80' in Italy.
This is a multiple of a numbere...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fragile Structure#9 Norihiko Terayama Berndt Friberg
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series is made up of some glass and some ceramic works. These works are highly unique form and looking. Norihiko Terayama created them from damaged vases,coffee cups and so on. ...
Category
2010s Japanese Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1980s Postmodern Lucite/Mixed Media Light Sculpture with Pedestal
Located in Miami, FL
Large Postmodern Lucite and Mixed Media Light Sculpture With Pedestal and a Box Acrylic Cover. Circa 1980s.
Features an abstract Southwestern...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$2,388 Sale Price
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Postmodern Cubist Face Sculpture
By Joan Miró
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playful postmodern ceramic glazed sculpture inspired by artist Joan Miro. This piece features a color block face in bright primary colors with a black stem and rectangular base.
Dim...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pop Art Sculpture of a Silver Egg by Herbert Distel, circa 1968
By Herbert Distel
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture, in the form of a silver electroplated egg with a white porcelain holder, represents esteemed Swiss artist Herbert Distel's most iconic form. He created a 22-ton egg d...
Category
1960s American Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
1985 Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Sedia The Chairs
By Urano Palma
Located in Brescia, IT
This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Murano Handblown Art Glass Vase Sculpture Long Neck
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large heavy and thick decorative art glass swung vase in emerald green Murano, Italy, 1960s.
Measures: 42 inches tall x 8 inches diameter at the base.
Col...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Sculptural Organic Modern Marble Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of stunning organic modern bookends crafted out of pink natural marble featuring a beautiful design making them a perfect addition to a home or office space. Ettore Sottsass a...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Graziano Pompili
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense abstract bronze sculpture, it is a multiple in limited edition not numbered.
The title "Paesaggio con ombra", translated in Landscape with shadow.
These bronze sculpture...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Miguel Berrocal Sculpture/Abstract, Torso " with Stand, Choker Necklace Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful mounted sculpture from the Puzzle Spanish master Miguel Berrocal, This work is signed in front and numbered 809/1000.
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1974 Italy Ugo La Pietra Ad Arte Red Bronze Abstract Sculpture Candleholders
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork is a multiples limited not numbered specimens created by the Italian artist Ugo La Pietra, a well known Internationally artist. This pieces are useful as candleholders.
Ugo La Pietra was born in Bussi Sul Tirino (Italy) in 1938. Starting from late 50's his artworks were exhibited in important and Internationally Museum, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Museum of Contemporary Craft in New York, Royal College of Art, CCA Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, are a few between a lot of them.
He founded in 1962/1963 an artistic group "Cenobio group" which art was an experimental way to be artist, to the opposite of the Pop Art and Kinetics art, with a language that came trought the conceptual art, narrative art...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1980 Italy Post Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture Archictectures
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Edmondo Cirillo, a talented artist of years 80' in Italy.
This is a multiple of a numbe...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italy 1985 Abstract Sculpture Solid Brass by Eli Riva
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an original and ironic artwork of the Italian artist Eli Riva, a master of sculptural technique.
The binoculars, the artwork title, it is a prototype,...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tom Neugebauer Modernist Raku Art Pottery Sculpture on Aluminum Pedestal
By Tom Neugebauer
Located in Peabody, MA
Raku abstract torso sculpture by master potter Tom Neugebauer, dated 1988. Sculpture (which is affixed to lacquered black base) measures: 28.75" high x 12.75" x 13", with the base having a diameter of 11.75". Aluminum pedestal...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Fragile Structure#7 Norihiko Terayama Berndt Friberg
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series is made up of some glass and some ceramic works. These works are highly unique form and looking. Norihiko Terayama created them from damaged vases, coffee cups and so on....
Category
2010s Japanese Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
" Omni " Wooden Sculpture Italy 1990
Located in Weesp, NL
Embrace the Bold Elegance of Italian Artistry
Introducing "Omni," a striking wooden sculpture crafted in Italy during the 1990s. Painted in a deep, elegant black, this piece stands ...
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1990s Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 Aluminum Bolt Style Postmodern Candle Holders
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish set of 2 postmodern aluminum candle holders. This pair has clean lines and a luminous aluminum finish. The bolt like design makes this ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$148 Sale Price / set
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1989 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Concetto Pozzati in Posa
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a joyful bronze sculpture multiple art work signed by the well known Italian artist Concetto Pozzati. Title "In posa"
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 pieces. The pieces were made in 1989 but they can be considered as new cause remained since now stored and packed in the Editor warehouse.
Every bronze sculpture is completed with the Editor Certificate, with the number assigned to the piece and the original signature of the author.
Concetto Pozzati was born in Padova Italy in 1935. He is living since 1949 in Bologna Italy where he is holder of the chair of Painting at the Accademia of Belle Arti. He has been exhibiting in many internationally events as Bienniale of Venice and Sao Paolo...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Abstract Pewter Sculpture Walter Valentini
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
105 Ltr Forms 25 Yellow Blown Glass Unique Decorative Object by Vogel Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
105 Ltr Forms 25 Yellow Blown Glass Unique Decorative Object by Vogel Studio
One Of A Kind
Dimensions: Ø 20 x H 25 cm.
Materials: Hand-blown glass.
Every glass object is blown, defo...
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2010s German Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Erwin Eisch "Telefon" Glass/Gold Finish Abstract Sculpture, Signed, Dated
By Erwin Eisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an edition "Telefon" of the well known, German artist Erwin Eisch, known as the father of the spiritual studio glass movement in Europe. Signed, dated 1997 and number 173/880.
Category
1990s German Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Italian Wooden XXL Sculpture by Gianni Pinna, 1981
By Gianni Pinna
Located in Weesp, NL
"Experience the beauty and craftsmanship of Gianni Pinna's stunning wooden sculpture, Documento No.7. This one-of-a-kind piece was created in Italy in 198...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Large SIGNED Ceramic Totem by Alessandro MENDINI
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Original ceramic designed by Alessandro Mendini. Italy, 2008.
Glazed Totem ceramic by Alessandro Mendini for Superego edition, Milano. Named 'Dypilon', this ceramic is part of a T...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire Anchorage Teapot for Memphis, 1982
By Peter Shire, Rossi
Arcandi
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is a rare "Anchorage Teapot" by designer and artist Peter Shire. Rossi e Arcandi for Memphis, Milano, 1982. The teapot is completely original and shows signs of wear to be expec...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
1976 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Vanni Viviani Easel with Two Half Apples
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting one of a kind artwork signed by the author Vanni Viviani, a well known artist of years 80' in Italy.
The piece was made in 1976 but it can be considered as n...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Post Modern Rosenthal Art Glass Bowl by Eric J Roush
By Rosenthal
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and graphic oval glass art bowl by Rosenthal. This beautiful piece from the late 90s is graphic and detailed. It shares yellow and amber tones along with a smoke purple ton...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$140 Sale Price
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1985 Italy Cast Iron Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Cast Iron Throne
By Urano Palma
Located in Brescia, IT
This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
1977 Italy Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Non Dialogo No Words
By Urano Palma
Located in Brescia, IT
This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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