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Item Ships From: Continental US
24 inch Red Figure Eight on Column
By Roger Phillips
Located in New York, NY
Roger Phillips (American, 1930-2022) Figure Eight on Open Rectangle, 2006 Signed: Roger Phillips 2006 #2/6 on edge of base Stainless steel and painted aluminum 90 x 33 x 47 1/2 inche...
Category

2010s Kinetic Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel, Stainless Steel

Harold
Located in New Orleans, LA
Nicholas Licausi says of his work… “My artistic practice is driven by a fascination with emerging technologies and their capacity to redefine the frontiers of art, architecture, and...
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2010s Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Abstract 3D wall sculpture "Wood Work" #1235, layered collage aesthetic w/ pink
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract 3D wall sculpture in wood, acrylic, and ink. it is from artist Paul Cava's "Wood Work" series, which applies the collage aesthetic he has incorporated into his ph...
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2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Archival Ink, Acrylic

Architect Olabuenaga Vintage Cloisonne Enamel Art Necklace Acme studios Necktie
Located in Surfside, FL
Worn like a bolo tie around the neck. This is new old stock vintage Jewelry from the legendary Acme Studio collection, which created many revolutionary jewelry items. It was handmade in the 1980s using the intricate cloisonné process, an ancient technique for decorating metal; hence any imperfections within the colors are to be expected and inherent which makes it unique and one-of-a-kind. The Memphis...
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20th Century Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Organic Tube Shell Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Tall elegant tube shell sculpture designed and executed by F. S. Henemader with a dramatic form and striking bleached white color. Presented on a Lucite base to enhance the sculptura...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Organic Material

"Ascension of Weary Bones " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and sensual experience of his work covertly explores sexuality, gender traditions, sex, and race. "My artistic mission is to stimulate productive public conversation around these topics." "Ascension of Weary Bones...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood, Pigment

"Ocean Swirl 2" Small Green and Gold Wave Ceramic Sculptural Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small glazed porcelain sculptural vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a light green palette with a sandy beige accent applied in a wave pattern over the surface of the piece. The fl...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold

Modernist Sculpture Figural Portrait Bust Brutalist Wire Work
By Irving George Lehman
Located in Surfside, FL
This piece is unsigned. Irving Lehman (1900-1983) was an American Jewish painter, sculptor, engraver, and designer. Born in Kiev in then Russia, Lehman studied at the Art Students League, Cooper Union and the National Academy of Art and spent much of his working life in New York City. Part of the Abstract Expressionist school, he worked in oil and watercolor as a painter and in metal and steel as a sculptor; his works have been shown in galleries in England, France, Italy, Israel and Japan, and were included in an international traveling exhibition in Europe in 1951. Like many other artists of his generation, he painted for the WPA and then adopted a more abstract style after WWII. Lehman spent much of his career in NYC. He had his first exhibition at ACA Gallery in 1934. He also exhibited at the Whitney, National Academy, PAFA, Brooklyn Museum, Chicago Art Institute, and others. This work contains Constructivist elements anticipating the more gestural abstraction of the post-WWII New York Abstract Expressionist School. Member of American Art Congress, worked near Woodstock and in Columbia County...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

“Renacer” Contemporary Large Scale Mixed Media Surrealistic Horse Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Large scale abstract mixed media sculpture by contemporary artist Bernardo Infante. The work incorporates red Texas clay, wood, and other various materials into an abstract horse sha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Syncopation XX
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
Coral to bright orange low fired glazed ceramic on wood sculptural wall work of art from Pop Art pioneer Jane B. Grimm, whose artistic career began in the 1960’s, when her free-form sculptural jewelry exploded onto the fashion scene in NYC. Her designs spoke to a new generation well into the 1970's, when they were regularly featured in, and graced the covers of, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue magazines. In the 1980's, Grimm shifted her focus to clay while earning her MFA from the California College of Arts...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood Panel

"Queen Pluto" Porcelain Vessel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This large crystalline glazed porcelain vase by Jon Puzzuoli features a deep blue palette at its base, which fades to a more vibrant blue tone and blends up to a wide, white neck and...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

"Alpine View" Pedestal Bowl
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed ceramic bowl with pedestal base features a multi-colored palette with muted grey, blue, and sepia tones. It has a wide, shape with crimped rim. The artist's stamp is loca...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

"To Incite Rain " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

"Bend", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, White, Cream, Stoneware, Sculpture
By Sara Fine-Wilson
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilson's "Bend" is a gestural 16 x 9 x 6 inch ceramic sculpture in white and cream constructed in white stoneware with porcelain sli...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Slip, Glaze

"Forked Tongues Consequences " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Foam, Pigment

"Pink Yellow Amphora 2", Mixed Media, Ceramic, Sculpture, Stoneware, Plastic
By Maxwell Mustardo
Located in St. Louis, MO
Maxwell Mustardo is a ceramic artist whose highly textured forms are the result of meticulous research into the chemistry of kiln firing. He includes materials such as glass, metals,...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Plastic, PVC

Modular Shapes (Noir et Opaline)
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Noël Niedermann Modular Shapes (Noir et Opaline), 2021 Blown, carved, and etched glass 11.25h x 7.50w x 4.50d in 28.57h x 19.05w x 11.43d cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Catenary
By Stephanie Bachiero
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Stephanie Bachiero’s sleek bronze and porcelain sculptures balance strength and fragility as they explore issues of frailty. Reflecting the influences of Finish Fetish art...
Category

2010s Minimalist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Wet Dreams and Warm Tea " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and sensual experience of his work covertly explores sexuality, gender traditions, sex, and race. "My artistic mission is to stimulate productive public conversation around these topics." "Wet Dreams...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Pigment, Foam

BlaBlaBla (Gold)
By Nayla Saroufim
Located in New York, NY
Nayla Kai Saroufim is a Lebanese artist based in Los Angeles and Beirut. She earned a degree in Illustration and Art Direction from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts. She had wor...
Category

2010s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Urn with Flying Lilies in white
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Urn with Flying Lilies" in white, free standing sculpture. Enamel on aluminum and steel sculpture created by artist Gary Bukovnik that reflects the cascading beauty in his watercolo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Steel

"Tipping Iris" in purple
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Tipping Iris" in purple, free standing sculpture. Enamel on aluminum and steel sculpture created by artist Gary Bukovnik that reflects the cascading beauty in his watercolors and dr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Steel

"Queen Glinda, " Abstract Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This ceramic vessel by Jon Puzzuoli is made with porcelain and a crystalline glaze. It features a light, neutral palette of creme, white, and gold. The bottom portion of the round, c...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold

Rhapsody VIII - Freestanding Sculpture
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
All white organic freestanding ceramic sculpture - 16 1/2 x 19 x 5 inches - from Pop Art pioneer, Jane B. Grimm, whose artistic career exploded onto the 1960's art and fashion scene ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Zig Zag / ceramic wall sculpture - cream, white, neutral 36 x 36 in
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
Minimal Abstract Ceramic 36 x 36 inch wall sculpture in glossy and matte white ceramic tiles that create a zig-zag motif. Tiles are mounted to a white wood panel. A neutral work of a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood, Paint

Fish Ceramic Totem - Tall Sculpture for Garden and Indoor by Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simple installation process for outdoor or indo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Glaze

"Monica..." cement, enamel paint, plastic and wood sculpture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

Mini moon 1.7 - J. Margulis - kinetic wall sculpture
By Jose Margulis
Located in New York, NY
This unique piece by Margulis is from his latest body of works and is part of an edition of 9. After assembling the Plexiglas sheets onto the aluminium core, he uses acrylic paints t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Azul, Carolina Yrarrázaval, handwoven textile
Located in Wilton, CT
This handwoven contemporary textile sculpture, Azul, was done by Chilean fiber artist, Carolina Yrarrázaval (b. 1960). Yrarrázaval explains her in...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Linen

Santiago Medina - GEMINI, Sculpture 2025
By Santiago Medina
Located in Stamford, CT
New Sculpture Collection Vanguard: Italian Stainless Steel with Special Splashed Electrostatic Paint. This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

"Pages" Large-Scale, Abstract Aluminum Metal Sculpture in White
By Richard Pitts
Located in New York, NY
"Pages" by Richard Pitts Powder-coated aluminum Richard Pitts works in many media, from steel to wood to bronze to aluminum, not to mention his paintings. His often colorful, abstra...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Draped Figure" Sassafras Bronze, Figurative Sculpture, 1982
Located in Detroit, MI
"Draped Figure" is a beautiful example of Tazian's ability to meld the smooth texture of wood and the hard texture of bronze into an exquisite object to view, hold or caress. The piece balances perfectly on its stone base and can be easily turned to enjoy from all angles. Like architects Eliel Saarinan and Albert Kahn and sculptor Corrado Parducci, Tazian is an immigrant creative who has found a home in the city, nurtured by its energy and sheltered by its community. He developed an early ambition to become an artist, even though he had very little exposure to the arts. ““The only person [who encouraged me] was my 5th grade English teacher, Olivia Balian,” he says. “She really opened the doors of art for me. She said, ‘Those students who are interested in art can stay behind after school and I will show you how to paint and draw.’ Somehow [that] changed my life– she gave me that spark.” Tazian came to the U.S. to study at St. Francis College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He earned a bachelor’s degree in art and a Master’s in Art Education, and then earned and MFA in sculpture from Wayne State University in Detroit. Kegham Tazian is an award-winning sculptor and painter. The Armenian-born artist has gained notoriety for the diversity of his work and the variety of media exemplified in his pieces. A blend of modernism, realism and abstraction are commonly depicted in his paintings and sculptures. His artwork has been represented in more than 40 solo exhibitions and more than 75 group exhibitions throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. His work adorns the entrances and halls of major corporations, universities and municipalities, including Siemens Corporation, Huntington Bank, Wayne State University and the city halls of Farmington and Farmington Hills...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Patricia Miranda, Florilegium Series, 2016, cochineal dyes, antique books, pearl
By Patricia Miranda
Located in Darien, CT
Patricia Miranda's work includes interdisciplinary installation, textile, paper and books. The textiles incorporated in these new pieces are vintage linens from her Italian and Irish grandmothers and sourced from friends and strangers around the country. Each donation is documented and integrated into the work. Textile as a form that wraps the body from cradle to grave. The role of lacemaking in the lives of women both economically and historically is packed with metaphorical potential. The relationship of craft and women’s work (re)appropriated by artists today to environmental and social issues is integral to the artist's research. Her work is process oriented; materials are submerged in natural dyes from oak gall wasp nests, cochineal insects, turmeric, indigo, and clay. She forages for raw materials, cook dyes, grind pigments, ecofeminist actions that consider environmental impacts of objects. The process is left visible as dyestuff is unfiltered in the vat and finished work. Sewn into larger works, Miranda incorporates hair, pearls, bone beads, Milagros, cast plaster. The distinct genetics and environmental and cultural history of each material asserts its voice as collaborator rather than medium. The lace inserts a visceral femininity into the pristine gallery, and exerts a ghostly trace of the history of domestic labor. The combination of earth and lace references human and environmental devastation and the conflation of nature and women’s bodies as justifications for exploitation. Mournful and solastalgic, they are lamentations to the violence against women and the earth. Patricia Miranda is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and founder of The Crit Lab, graduate-level critique seminars and Residency for artists, and MAPSpace project space. She has been Visiting Artist at Vermont Studio Center, the Heckscher Museum, and University of Utah; and been awarded residencies at I-Park, Weir Farm, Vermont Studio Center, and Julio Valdez Printmaking Studio. She received an Anonymous Was a Woman Covid19 Artist Relief Grant, an artist grant from ArtsWestchester/New York State Council on the Arts, and was part of a year-long NEA grant working with homeless youth. Miranda currently teaches graduate curatorial studies at Western Colorado University, and develops programs for K-12, museums, and institutions such as Franklin Furnace. Her work has been exhibited at ODETTA, NYC; ABC No Rio, NYC; Alexey von...
Category

2010s Feminist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Plaster, Dye, Found Objects

Golden Apples 46
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hand Built and glazed ceramic. Free standing, two pieces (sphere and stand). My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused ...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Ramps Planes No. 31 (Plum)" - wall sculpture, 3-dimensional, geometric
Located in Atlanta, GA
This geometric wall sculpture features purple hues. Atlanta-based artist Mitchell Biggio’s “Fault” is a series of complex three-dimensional wall sculptures that navigate the expans...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"Blending In" Textured Abstract Painting
By Teodora Guererra
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a deep teal and pink palette. The artist layers thick strokes of paint using a palette knife in broad, horizontal sweeping strokes...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Orange Tipping Tulips ed. 1/3
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
Orange Tipping Tulips free standing sculpture in a limited edition of three. enamel on aluminum and steel sculpture created by artist Gary Bukovnik that reflects the cascading beauty...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Steel

"Rape of a Sabine Woman" Bronze Sculpture, Abbott Pattison (1916-1999)
By Abbott Pattison
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This dynamic bronze and subtly polychromed sculpture by Abbott Pattison interprets the dramatic moment of the Rape of the Sabine Women—an iconic episode from Roman mythology—in a dis...
Category

Mid-20th Century Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Duet III
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
Minimal, clean abstract indented white orb containing an interior circular orb resting within the larger piece. A wonderful ceramic sculpture by Jane B. Grimm who began her artistic ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

The Blues II
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
Pale blue and white free standing sculpture from Pop Art pioneer Jane B. Grimm, who began her artistic career in the 1960’s, when her free-form sculptural jewelry exploded onto the f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Joan Grubin, Partial Inventory of Totally Useless Objects, 2009-15, Paper, Mylar
By Joan Grubin
Located in Darien, CT
Weaving is a form of drawing, of plotting and connecting lines. Fabricating a three-dimensional, transparent object using thin strips of paper with differing colors on either side re...
Category

2010s Op Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Mylar

"Traces" Mid Century Woven Polish Tapestry, Figurative Textile Wall Sculpture
By Lilla Kulka
Located in Wilton, CT
Traces, sisal and hand spun wool, 108" x 42", 1979. This large, figurative, mid-century modern tapestry was done by Polish textile artist, Lilla Kulka...
Category

1970s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool, Thread

Assemblage #3 (Stamps, Glass Slide, and Gold Paint)
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Against a gold background, the artist has attached several objects, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Plastic, Wood, Paper, Oil

"Abstract Arrangement "Cement, Resin, Plastic, Zip-ties scuplture
By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Plastic, Wood, Pigment

"Jagged", Abstract, Gestural, Ceramic, Brown, White, Cream, Stoneware, Sculpture
By Sara Fine-Wilson
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilsons ”Jagged” is a gestural 16 x 9.5 x 6 inch ceramic sculpture in shades of brown, white and cream. In this powerful and evocative sculpture individual slab and pinched...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Clay, Slip

"Plum Neutral I II " A Pair of Textured Abstract Paintings
By Teodora Guererra
Located in Westport, CT
This pair of textured abstract paintings by Teodora Guererra features a light, greyscale palette with subtle warm accents throughout the composition. The artist layers thick strokes ...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Knots (blown glass found object climbing rope wall sculpture Chihuly)
By Robert Burch
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This piece weaves climbing rope in with glass knots. Each piece is unique and slightly different. The cord is retired climbing rope, given another use by shining in this piece. Rob...
Category

2010s Folk Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

French Pop Art Heavy Bronze Sculpture Chess Game Gambit Arman Accumulation
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
Arman, French American (1928-2005) Gambit (Chess pieces) Cast Bronze Sculpture with patina Incised signature near lower edge, 48/70 with impressed "Bronze Romain & Fils" foundry ma...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Kelly II
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
Organic, clean, minimal, white and yellow gold sculptural wall relief that is ceramic on painted wood panel. 24 x 30 x 2 inches. A beautiful and tactile work of art from Pop Art pion...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood, Paint

Donut VII / modern ceramic sculpture
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
White and cool grey ceramic sculpture from Pop Art pioneer Jane B. Grimm, whose artistic career exploded onto the 1960's art and fashion scene in NYC when her free-form sculptural je...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Maquette for Laureate (unique sculpture)
By Seymour Lipton
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Lipton Maquette for Laureate, ca. 1968-1969 Nickel silver on monel metal Unique 18 × 8 1/2 × 7 inches Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1969 thence by descent Christie's New York: Monday, June 30, 2008 [Lot 00199] Acquired from the above Christie's sale This unique sculpture by important Abstract Expressionist sculptor Seymour Lipton is a maquette of the monumental sculpture "Laureate" - one of Lipton's most iconic and influential works located on the Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Laureate is a masterpiece that was commissioned by the Allen-Bradley Company in memory of Harry Lynde Bradley and as an enhancement for the newly constructed Performing Arts Center. It is located on the east bank of the Milwaukee River at 929 North Water Street. The Bradley family in Milwaukee were renowned patrons of modernist sculpture, known for their excellent taste who also founded an eponymous sculpture park. For reference only is an image of the monumental "Laureate" one of Milwaukee's most beloved public sculptures. According to the Smithsonian, which owns a different unique variation of this work, "The full-size sculpture Laureate was commissioned by the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee. In the initial drawings, Seymour Lipton combined details from the architectural plan with a wide variety of images, ranging from musical instruments to a lighthouse on the island of Tobago. He transformed the basic shapes from these sketches into a welded sculpture, which evokes a figure composed of columns, harp strings, and coiled rope. Lipton created this piece to celebrate achievement in the arts. The dramatic silhouette commands your attention, reflecting the title Laureate, which means worthy of honor and distinction. The final version of the piece is over twelve feet high and stands out against the pale, flat buildings of the arts center.,," Provenance Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1969 thence by descent Christie's New York: Monday, June 30, 2008 [Lot 00199] Acquired from the above Christie's sale About Seymour Lipton: Born in New York City in 1903, Seymour Lipton (1903-1986) grew up in a Bronx tenement at a time when much of the borough was still farmland. These rural surroundings enabled Lipton to explore the botanical and animal forms that would later become sources for his work. Lipton’s interest in the dialogue between artistic creation and natural phenomena was nurtured by a supportive family and cultivated through numerous visits to New York’s Museum of Natural History as well as its many botanical gardens and its zoos. In the early 1920s, with the encouragement of his family, Lipton studied electrical engineering at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and pursued a liberal arts education at City College. Ultimately, like fellow sculptor Herbert Ferber, Lipton became a dentist, receiving his degree from Columbia University in 1927. In the late 1920s, he began to explore sculpture, creating clay portraits of family members and friends. In addition to providing him with financial security, dentistry gave Lipton a foundation in working with metal, a material he would later use in his artwork. In the early 1930s, though, Lipton’s primary sculptural medium was wood. Lipton led a comfortable life, but he was also aware of the economic and psychological devastation the Depression had caused New York. In response, he generally worked using direct carving techniques—a form of sculpting where the artist “finds” the sculpture within the wood in the process of carving it and without the use of models and maquettes. The immediacy of this practice enabled Lipton to create a rich, emotional and visual language with which to articulate the desperation of the downtrodden and the unwavering strength of the disenfranchised. In 1935, he exhibited one such early sculpture at the John Reed Club Gallery in New York, and three years later, ACA Gallery mounted Lipton’s first solo show, which featured these social-realist-inspired wooden works. In 1940, this largely self-taught artist began teaching sculpture at the New School for Social Research, a position he held until 1965. In the 1940s, Lipton began to devote an increasing amount of time to his art, deviating from wood and working with brass, lead, and bronze. Choosing these metals for their visual simplicity, which he believed exemplified the universal heroism of the “everyman,” Lipton could also now explore various forms of abstraction. Lipton’s turn towards increasing abstraction in the 1940s allowed him to fully develop his metaphorical style, which in turn gave him a stronger lexicon for representing the horrors of World War II and questioning the ambiguities of human experience. He began his metal work with cast bronze sculptures, but, in 1946, he started welding sheet metal and lead. Lipton preferred welding because, as direct carving did with wood, this approach allowed “a more direct contact with the metal.”[ii] From this, Lipton developed the technique he would use for the remainder of his career: “He cut sheet metal, manipulated it to the desired shapes, then joined, soldered, or welded the pieces together. Next, he brazed a metal coating to the outside to produce a uniform texture.”[iii] In 1950, Lipton arrived at his mature style of brazing on Monel metal. He also began to draw extensively, exploring the automatism that abstract expressionist painters were boasting at the time. Like contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock, Lipton was strongly influenced by Carl Jung’s work on the unconscious mind and the regenerative forces of nature. He translated these two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional maquettes that enabled him to revise his ideas before creating the final sculpture.The forms that Lipton produced during this period were often zoomorphic, exemplifying the tension between the souls of nature and the automatism of the machine. In the years following the 1950s, Lipton’s optimism began to rise, and the size of his work grew in proportion. The oxyacetylene torch—invented during the Second World War—allowed him to rework the surfaces of metal sculptures, thus eliminating some of the risks involved with producing large-scale finished works. In 1958, Lipton was awarded a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale and was thus internationally recognized as part of a small group of highly regarded avant-garde constructivist sculptors. In 1960, he received a prestigious Guggenheim Award, which was followed by several prominent public commissions, including his heroic Archangel, currently residing in Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. A number of important solo exhibitions of his work followed at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC (1964); the Milwaukee Art Center and University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (1969); the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond (1972); the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY (1973); the Herbert E. Johnson Museum of Art of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY (1973); the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in Washington, DC (1978); and a retrospective in 1979 at The Jewish Museum in New York. In 1982 and 1984 alone, two exhibitions of his sculpture, organized respectively by the Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC) and the Hillwood Art Gallery of Long Island University (Greenvale, NY), traveled extensively across museums and university galleries around the nation. In 2000, the traveling exhibition An American Sculptor: Seymour Lipton was first presented by the Palmer Museum of Art of Pennsylvania State University in University Park. Most recently, in 2009, the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, NC mounted The Guardian and the Avant-Garde: Seymour Lipton’s Sentinel II in Context. Since 2004, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery has been the exclusive representative of the Estate of Seymour Lipton and has presented two solo exhibitions of his work—Seymour Lipton: Abstract Expressionist Sculptor (2005) and Seymour Lipton: Metal (2008). In 2013, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presented Abstract Expressionism, In Context: Seymour Lipton, which included twelve major sculptures by the artist, along with works by Charles Alston, Norman Bluhm, Beauford Delaney, Willem de Kooning, Jay DeFeo, Michael Goldberg, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Conrad Marca-Relli, Boris Margo, Alfonso Ossorio, Richard Pousette-Dart, Milton Resnick, Charles Seliger...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Silver

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By Duane Paul
Located in West Hollywood, CA
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2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Enamel

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By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tony Rosenthal, Attributed to, American (1914 - 2009) - Bicycle, Medium: Acrylic on Metal Assemblage, Size: 31 x 36 x 6 in. (78.74 x 91.44 x 15.24 cm)
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Mid-20th Century Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
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1970s Post-Modern Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

“Untitled”
“Untitled”
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Located in West Hollywood, CA
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2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Enamel

"Resonance" Bronze Female Nude Sculpture with Powder Coated Steel Base
Located in Detroit, MI
“Resonance” references Greek classical sculpture and modernist traditions. The female from is depicted as a fragment, introspective and animated. The surface of the sculpture is rich...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze, Steel

"Switch", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, Cream, Sepia, Grey, Sculpture
By Sara Fine-Wilson
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilsons “Switch” is a gestural 13 x 15 x 12 inch ceramic sculpture in pale cream with accents of warm sepia, and grey. In this graceful and evocative sculpture individual s...
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2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay

"Ethereal Oracle" Abstract, Metal Sculpture, Large-Scale, Outdoors, Silver
By Hans Van de Bovenkamp
Located in New York, NY
"Ethereal Oracle" by Hans van de Bovenkamp Stainless steel Renowned for his monumental sculpture created primarily for open-air public locales, Hans Van de Bovenkamp has been descri...
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2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel

"Ramps Planes No. 33 (Aqua)" - wall sculpture, 3-dimensional, geometric, blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
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2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic

Ode XIII
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

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