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After Alberto Giacometti, Man Standing Up, Bronze Figure
Located in Pasadena, CA
Modern bronze with gold patina figural sculpture, in the style of Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966), not signed, depicting abstract nude male a figures, in a parcel gilt finish, ...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Futurist abstract figurative plaster statue with religious theme
Located in Florence, IT
This plaster statue, depicting "the Annunciation," is a sketch for a bronze that the artist would exhibit between 1957 and 1960 at his solo shows at the Strozzina in Florence, the Co...
Category
Futurist 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Chalk
Untitled
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Steel on wood base
Incised initials and date: "SG 5.7.57"
This item is in our New York City warehouse and can be viewed by appointment.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Abstract Head with Carved Pedestal
Located in Greenwich, CT
Joseph Goethe was one of America's finest early modernist carvers in wood. He experimented with exotic woods often collected in his native California and from other countries. This...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Cello Player (Tribute to Pablo Casals)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Albert Wein is one of America's great sculptors of the modernist period. Like Paul Manship he won the Prix de Rome and he traveled there to study. His early works were in the WPA a...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Skull
Located in Greenwich, CT
Goethe was a well recognized and lauded sculptor in wood in American in the mide 20th century coming forward. He is in many museums and had an active exhibition history while aliv...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Three Graces, Bronze Sculpture by Constantin Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
The three graces are described in Greek Mythology as the deification of beauty. These three sisters' role was to attend to the Olympians during feasts and other celebrations. Atonovi...
Category
Art Deco 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Visage dans un carré, Picasso, plate, multiples, edition, 1950's, portrait, face
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage dans carré
Ed. 59/100 pcs
1956
White earthenware clay, engobe decoration under partial brushed glaze, ivory, blue
D. 42.2 cm
Numbered, incised and stamped on the reverse : 59/...
Category
Post-War 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware
Vintage Mid-Century Modern 1950s Kosta Boda Rurik Clear Round Textured Ashtray
Located in East Quogue, NY
Cool Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian 1950s Kosta Boda Rurik clear round textured ashtray in great vintage condition. No chips or cracks. Glass has a nice weight to it —minimal wear c...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Sculpture Mythique
By Jean Arp
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Sculpture Mythique" is a sculpture by Jean Arp. The sculpture is edition II/III.
Jean Arp was born Hans Arp on September 16, 1886, in Strassburg. In 1904, after leaving the Ecole des Arts et Métiers, Strasbourg, he visited Paris and published his poetry for the first time. From 1905 to 1907, Arp studied at the Kunstschule, Weimar, and in 1908 went to Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian. In 1909, he moved to Switzerland and in 1911 was a founder of the Moderner Bund group there. The following year, he met Robert and Sonia Delaunay in Paris and Vasily Kandinsky in Munich. Arp participated in the Erste deutsche Herbstsalon in 1913 at the gallery Der Sturm, Berlin. After returning to Paris in 1914, he became acquainted with Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Amadeo Modigliani, and Pablo Picasso. In 1915, he moved to Zurich, where he executed collages and tapestries, often in collaboration with his future wife Sophie Taeuber (who became known as Sophie Taeuber-Arp after they married in 1922).
In 1916, Hugo Ball...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Untitled" Sidney Gordin, Constructivist Abstract Sculpture, Bronze Metal Weld
Located in New York, NY
Sidney Gordin
Untitled, 1958
Signed with initials and dated
Bronze
15 1/2" high x 5 1/2" wide x 5" deep
Provenance:
Private Collection, Phoenix, Arizona
Tim Mitchell, Phoenix, Arizona (acquired directly from the above)
On October 24, 1918, Sidney Gordin was born in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He spent his early years in Shanghai, China. At the age of four, he moved with his family to New York. Gordin’s nephew, Eliot Nemzer recalls that when Gordin was a child he attended “a dinner party with his parents. Someone showed him a book of pictures that when thumbed through quickly made the image appear to move. This person then gave him a wad of blank papers and something to write with. Sid created a similar type of moving image with his materials. All the adults at the party became quite excited [and] praised his efforts. Sid told me he thought this was a pivotal experience in guiding him towards his vocation.” During his formative years at Brooklyn Technical High School, he briefly contemplated the idea of becoming an architect; yet, by the time he enrolled at Cooper Union, he was determined to become a professional artist. There, he studied under Morris Kantor (1896-1974) and Leo Katz...
Category
Constructivist 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Untitled" Sidney Gordin, Abstract Metal Steel Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Sidney Gordin
Untitled, 1958
Incised with initials
Welded Steel
15 x 10 1/2 x 6 inches
Provenance:
Eric Firestone Gallery, New York
On October 24, 1918, Sidney Gordin was born in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He spent his early years in Shanghai, China. At the age of four, he moved with his family to New York. Gordin’s nephew, Eliot Nemzer recalls that when Gordin was a child he attended “a dinner party with his parents. Someone showed him a book of pictures that when thumbed through quickly made the image appear to move. This person then gave him a wad of blank papers and something to write with. Sid created a similar type of moving image with his materials. All the adults at the party became quite excited [and] praised his efforts. Sid told me he thought this was a pivotal experience in guiding him towards his vocation.” During his formative years at Brooklyn Technical High School, he briefly contemplated the idea of becoming an architect; yet, by the time he enrolled at Cooper Union, he was determined to become a professional artist. There, he studied under Morris Kantor (1896-1974) and Leo Katz...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Carving William Pellicone
Located in Surfside, FL
William Pellicone (American 1915-2004)
Mixed media, pyrography, oil on wood carving painting. Dated 1958
Title - Enthymeme #14.
Oil painting on carved and burnt distressed wood panel.
Inscribed verso Enthymeme Wm. Pellicone #14, 9-4-58.
Label on reverse with a typed definition for Enthymeme.
Dimensions: 27 inches high, 42.5 inches wide.
Metal wrap frame.
Provenance: from a Shelter Island NY home that was designed by architect Henry J. Gazon - A.I.A. built in 1959.
William Pellicone (1915-2004) was an American painter known for his abstract compositions and use of vibrant colors. He was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students League and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. Pellicone's early work was influenced by the Social Realist movement of the 1930s and 1940s, with his paintings often featuring realistic depictions of urban scenes and working-class people. However, in the 1950s he shifted towards abstraction, exploring the interplay of color and form. Pellicone's mature style was characterized by his use of vibrant, saturated colors, often applied in thick layers of paint. His paintings often featured geometric shapes and organic forms, with a strong sense of movement and energy. In addition to his painting, Pellicone was also a respected teacher and arts administrator. He taught at the New York Institute of Technology and the State University of New York, and served as the director of the Islip Art Museum on Long Island. Pellicone's artwork was exhibited widely during his lifetime, and he was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1977. Today, his paintings can be found in the collections of museums and galleries around the world, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
William Pellicone (Born 1915) is active/lives in New York. William Pellicone is known for Abstract expressionist, landscape and non-objective art. An American artist, sculptor, architect. He exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oil
Rare Candelabra Sculpture Mid Century Danish Design
By Einar Dragsted
Located in Surfside, FL
Danish mid century modern silverplated candelabrum sculpture. circa 1957 signed E. Dragsted Denmark. Dragsted goldsmiths, established in 1854, was purveyor to the danish royal family...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
David Hostetler Figurative Sculpture Torso Gold Plaster Midcentury Rough Surface
Located in Nantucket, MA
Torso 1955 is a cast plaster with oil paint to resemble a bronze cast. The base is wood, carved, sanded and painted. The base shows slight wear on corners. The sculpture is perfect. ...
Category
Feminist 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Oil
Mother and Child: Petal Skirt - Henry Moore, sculpture, modern, british, small
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Mother and Child: Petal Skirt
conceived in 1955; cast in 1955
bronze; edition 4 of 6 plus 1 artist’s proof by the Fiorini foundry, London
19 x 9 x 15.5 cm (in...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Modernist Bronze Brutalist Sculpture (Manner of Pomodoro)
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Modern Brutalist bronze sculpture in Manner of Arnaldo or Gio Pomodoro. We cannot locate a signature or any markings. it has an abstract quality to it. heavily textured with or...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La Boisselune
Located in New York, NY
Émile Gilioli
La Boisselune
1954-59
Bronze
23.6 x 15.4 x 7.9 in, 60 x 39 x 20 cm
Signed, dated and numbered on the back:
“Gilioli, 59, 1/6"
Cast from La Plaine
Edition 1/6
P...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gros oiseau Picasso (Large Bird, Picasso), 1953
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1953, this Madoura big turned vase of white earthenware clay with decoration in engobes and paraffin (red, black), knife engraved is numbered from the edition of 75. This Picasso ceramic vase is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' pottery stamps on the bottom.
A spectacular work to witness in person, Pablo Picasso Gros oiseau Picasso...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, ABS
Ceramic Owl Vase (A.R. 135) from the Madoura Pottery by Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
Mid-Century earthenware vase with painted owl decoration, by Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, France (1952). This is a vintage, limited edition earthenware creation, in a run of 500 (Edition Picasso) at the Madoura pottery...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Francisco Narváez Forma (BFM-002), 1956, Bronze, Edition of 25, 30 x 8 x 10 cm
Located in Miami, FL
Francisco Narváez
Forma (BFM-002), 1956
Bronze (1970)
Edition of 25
30 x 8 x 10 cm
11.8 x 3.1 x 3.9 in.
LITTERATURE
Registro General de la obra de...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Francisco Narváez, Forma, 1956, Bronze, Edition of 25, 30 x 8 x 10 cm
Located in Miami, FL
Francisco Narváez
Forma (BFM-049), 1956
Bronze (1970)
Edition of 25
30 x 8 x 10 cm
11.8 x 3.1 x 3.9 in.
LITTERATURE
Registro General de la obra de...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Metal and Colored Glass Sculpture - Like Stained Glass
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century enameled steel, glass sculpture that is visually balanced from 360 degrees. All the positive and negative spaces work in total harmony which is a testament to Samuel Cashwan...
Category
American Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Visage, Picasso, 1950's, Unique work, sculpture, design, Frame, Portrait
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage, Picasso, 1950's, Unique work, sculpture, design, Frame, Portrait
Visage
Unique work
1957
Painted and partially glazed ceramic ; tomette
16.9 x 15.2 cm
Certificate of authent...
Category
Post-War 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Expressionist Biomorphic Welded Metal Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Welded, brazed sculpture on wooden base
This is not signed or dated
This work is unsigned. We were told it was the work of Seymour Lipton but as there is further documentation we are selling it as attributed and cannot guarantee it as such.
Seymour Lipton (1903 – 1986) was an American abstract expressionist sculptor. He was a member of the New York School who gained widespread recognition in the 1950s. He initially trained as a dentist, like fellow sculptor Herbert Ferber, 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. His early choices of medium changed from wood to lead and then to bronze, and he is best known for his work in metal. Like his contemporary, Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock, and Arshile Gorky Lipton was 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. He made several technical innovations, including brazing nickel silver rods onto sheets of Monel to create rust resistant forms. Seymour Lipton is best known for his textured torch welded metal sculptures...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pichet Têtes, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Sculpture, Ceramic, Pitcher, Design
Located in Geneva, CH
Pichet Têtes, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Sculpture, Ceramic, Pitcher, Design
Pichet têtes
Ed. 500 pcs
1956
White earthenware clay, oxidized paraffin decorati...
Category
Post-Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Visage, Pablo Picasso, Face, 1950's, Ceramic, Madoura, Sculpture, Earthenware
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage, Pablo Picasso, Face, 1950's, Ceramic, Madoura, Sculpture, Earthenware
Ed. 500 pcs
White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under glaze
Inscribed on the reverse: Edition...
Category
Post-War 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Clay
Vase avec Decoration Pastel (Vase with Pastel Decorations), by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973)
Title: Vase avec decoration pastel (Vase with Pastel Decorations), [Ramie 190]
Year: 1953
Medium: Chamotted red earthenware clay, pastel ...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Sculptural Cubist Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Large colorful sculptural abstract painting by Texas artist Patrick Cronin. Painted with acrylic paint and mixed media, dated 1986.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Lovers - Bronze Sculpture by Luciano Minguzzi - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Realized by the Artist in 3 different variants, each with a different central body.
Declaration of authenticity signed by the Artist on rear of photo in 1975.
Provenance: Private Col...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceramic head , '50s - ceramic , 55x23x31 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
A painted ceramic sculpture in the shape of a woman's head. Cubist influences; coming from Vallauris, France.
Artist unknown, not signed. An amazing piece.
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mouse
By Margery Kahn
Located in Wiscasett, 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.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Estocado, Scenes de Corrida
Located in Missouri, MO
Estocado, Scenes de Corrida, 1959, July 1st
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Round Dish
O.P. white earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under partial brushed glaze, beige patina...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Boy & Girl - 20th Century, Bronze, Sculpture by Lynn Chadwick
Located in London, GB
Signed, numbered from the edition of 3 plus artist's cast and inscribed with Susse foundry mark.
The leitmotif for Chadwick's work in the 1950's was the paired figure. From 1953 onwards, Chadwick developed an array of typologies, whose features he inflected and interchanged. The first manifestation was Conjunction, followed by Two Dancing Figures (or simply Dance), then Encounter, Teddy Boy...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Primavera
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present an original very early bronze, (1958) by American sculptor Robert Russin.
Robert Russin began his career as a WPA sculptor, and received dozens of commission...
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Herodias
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed and dated 1952 and numbered 3/10 on the back. This sculpture was included in a 1966 exhibition of Nakian's work at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.
Reuben Nakian, born August ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fish Pitcher
Located in Missouri, MO
Fish Pitcher 1952
Turned Pitcher
13 cm x 21 cm/approx 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches
Red Earthenware Clay, Decoration in Engobes
Black, White
Edition Madoura Picas...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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