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Craig Lehman

Bandolier
Located in Napa, CA
Rust-Patinated Bronze. Inquire for measurements. On display at Auberge du Soleil "The visual poetry of sculpture is a way of fulfilling a need to express myself. Just as I don’t ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Bandolier
Bandolier
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
By Carol K. Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
Miami-Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL Atlantic Richfield Corporation Craig
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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
By Carol K. Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
Miami-Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL Atlantic Richfield Corporation Craig
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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
By Carol K. Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
Miami-Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL Atlantic Richfield Corporation Craig
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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
By Carol K. Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
Miami-Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL Atlantic Richfield Corporation Craig
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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
By Carol K. Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
Miami-Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL Atlantic Richfield Corporation Craig
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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

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1970s Alexander Calder lithograph (Calder prints)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1973 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; well-preseved. Unsigned from an edition of un...
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1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Takis, Vassilakis Iron Sculpture Provenance Sotheby's/Robert Elkon Gallery
By Vassilakis Takis
Located in Sharon, CT
A small important piece by this important modern artist. Prov. Robert Elkon Gallery and Sotheby's NY. Sits on a white marble base.
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Mid-20th Century Greek Kinetic Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Iron

Yaacov Agam Art
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Weesp, NL
Art Yaacov Agam Signed and numbered 25/27 from the Meissner Galerie in Hamburg Measurements: H 33 x W 23 x D 4 cm. Agam's first solo exhibition was at the Galerie Craven, Paris, in 1...
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Vintage 1980s French Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Acrylic, Wood

Yaacov Agam Art
Yaacov Agam Art
H 13 in W 9.06 in D 1.58 in
Art Sculpture by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Weesp, NL
Yaacov Agam 1970s Image Magic art sculpture. Very rare beautiful signed and numbered 71/99 Art work by Yaacov Agam. Measurements: H 63.5 x D 11 x W 11 cm. Euro 13.500 Art work will ...
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Acrylic

Art Sculpture by Yaacov Agam
Art Sculpture by Yaacov Agam
H 25.2 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in
Long Fiori Chandelier by Jacques Jarrige, 1998
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent chandelier in brass hand-cut from one sheet of brass without discarding any parts and hand-hammered by Jacques Jarrige. Ten lights unique and signed. Each Fiori is unique...
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2010s French Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

An abstract Murano glass sculpture attributed to Ermanno Nason, made by Cenedese
By Ermanno Nason, Cenedese
Located in Aachen, DE
A great looking abstract Murano glass sculpture, attributed to be from the hands of Ermanno Nason, definitely made in the workshop of Cenedese Murano. The blue plate seems to have be...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Art Glass, Murano Glass, Glass

Large Organic Abstract Sculpture, Hand Carved Wood, 1970s, Jean Arp Style
By Jean Arp
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
An amorphous and sensual sculpture by Dutch artist Nout Visser (1944-2018), signed and dated underneath, 1974. Strong sculptural shape with a voluptuous curve. The wood has a stunnin...
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Alexander Calder lithograph derrière le miroir
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1967 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; well-preseved. Unsigned from an edition of u...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Brutalist Hanging Wall Sculpture by Bill Heise, Found Objects
By Bill Heise
Located in Buffalo, NY
Brutalist hanging wall sculpture by Bill Heise. Found objects, hand executed from found objects, welded The pieces are crafted from turn-of-the-century farm equipment collected fr...
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Steel

Small ‘Mouse’ Stabile Sculpture by Margery Kahn 1950
By Margery Kahn
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Table top and of a diminutive size, signature stamped on underside of top. Margery worked during the mid-20th century at the Met in NYC.
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Metal

Lolo Soldevilla "Untitled" Oil on Canvas Cuban Master Geometric Abstract Artist
By Loló Soldevilla
Located in Atlanta, GA
Dolores "Lolo" Soldevilla Neito (Cuban, 1901-1971), circa 1955. A very important piece by a leading female artist in the Cuban abstract movement. This painting conducted in oil and ...
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Mid-20th Century Cuban Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Paint

Unusual 2 Tables in wood and bronze Attributed to Meret Oppenheim, France, 1930
By Meret Oppenheim
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
The two tables have different heights Material: wood and bronze Style: Art Deco Country: France If you want to live in the golden years, this is the tables that your project needs. ...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tables

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Bronze

Boomerang Chandelier by Rispal
By Jean Rispal
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Boomerang chandelier by Rispal. Chandelier made of two stained wood boomerang spreading four wires from where hang opaline glass shades. The lighting manufacturer RISPAL was a Fren...
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Glass, Wood

Boomerang Chandelier by Rispal
Boomerang Chandelier by Rispal
H 31.5 in W 19.69 in D 29.53 in
'Naturoscopie III' a Lighting, Kinetic Table with Emotional Imprint
By Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
Located in Paris, FR
‘Naturoscopie III’ is a lighting, kinetic coffee table, a functional piece of furniture and at the same time a magic black box including the photograph of a sunset. The moving and se...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mirror

Marino Marini (Italian, 1901-1980) 'Cheveaux et Cavaliers V' Lithograph
By Marino Marini
Located in Chicago, IL
Marino Marini (Italian, 1901-1980) 'Cheveaux et Cavaliers V' Lithograph Undated, pencil signed lower right, pencil numbered 26/40 lower left, depicting an abstract image, matted be...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Metal

Moroccan Tamegroute Ceramic Vase Sculpture This vintage handcrafted green enamel
Located in Saint ouen, FR
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Late 20th Century Vases

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Ceramic

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A Close Look at Abstract Art

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Finding the Right abstract-sculptures for You

If you’re thinking about decorating your space with abstract sculpture, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.

You don’t have to look for a piece that demands attention. Find a work of abstract sculpture that speaks to you. As is the case with any abstract art, whether it’s sculpture, an abstract painting or a grouping of prints, you can select a work for your living room or dining room, for example, that will either casually fade into the background or serve as a focal point. When you’re thinking about how to arrange your furniture and decor, consider color, texture and what kind of energy you’d like a specific room or corner to evoke. Abstract sculpture can go a long way in elevating a home, and its history is interesting if you’re shopping for a new piece today.

As a pioneer in naturalistic forms and figures that vividly express emotion, Auguste Rodin is often called the father of modern sculpture. His work in the 19th and early 20th century broke with artistic conventions and inspired modernism, leading to a new period of avant-garde abstraction.

Among the first artists to push abstract sculpture into the mainstream were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. They helped define the movement of Cubism, which focused on deconstructing the world abstractly.

Later in the 20th century, the artistic movements of Italian Futurism, Dadaism, Neo-Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and minimalism all contributed to the advancement of new and more abstract sculpture designs. Italian Futurism, for example, celebrated movement, dynamics and technology in abstract sculpture. These movements passed down ideas that continue to inform abstract sculpture today.

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