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American Postmodernist

Kazuko Matthews Signed Postmodernist Pottery Checkboard Glazed Ceramic Bowl
By Kazuko Matthews
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, whimsical work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/ artist Kazuko
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic, Pottery

Enid Kaplan Sterling Silver Gold Carnelian Onyx Postmodernist Synergy Earrings
By Enid Kaplan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Competition”, bringing her a profile in American Craft Magazine and her first featured show at the prestigious
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1990s American Artisan Drop Earrings

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Carnelian, Onyx, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver, Gold

Postmodernist 1980 Memphis Pop-Art Lamp In Stainless Steel In The Shape of Man
Located in Miami, FL
An op-art postmodernist lamp. Unusual postmodernist pop art lamp created with memphis design
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Vintage 1980s North American Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Steel, Stainless Steel

Modernist American Abstract Expressionist Pop Art Painting on Canvas James Yohe
By James Yohe
Located in Surfside, FL
1980. It has Postmodernist elements and would go well with 1980's style furniture such as Memphis
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1980s Post-Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Swid Powell Postmodern Skyscraper Bowl Silver-Plate, 1990s
By Richard Meier, Swid Powell
Located in New York, NY
A designer Postmodern period sterling silver-plate bowl by American artist and architect Richard
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Silver Plate

“God’s Gift” Contemporary Photograph on Collotype
By Delilah Montoya
Located in Houston, TX
installations. The artist describes her approach as postmodernist and uses documentary strategies to interpret
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Photographic Paper

“Madonna and Child” Contemporary Photography on Collotype Edition 1/1
By Delilah Montoya
Located in Houston, TX
as postmodernist and uses documentary strategies to interpret her own distinct vision. Politically
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Eames Vitra La Chaise Chair, Original, Fiberglass First Generation, 1992
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
wide range of sitting and reclining positions. Although widely considered to be icon of American
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Stainless Steel

“Treyolia” Black and White Conceptual Contemporary Photograph
By Delilah Montoya
Located in Houston, TX
well as creating larger installations. The artist describes her approach as postmodernist and uses
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lacuna, Abstract Expressionist Color Etching from Graphicstudio, Hugh O'Donnell
By Hugh O'Donnell
Located in Surfside, FL
shows, it was after exhibiting in the 1980 show British Art Now: An American Perspective at the Solomon
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

1980s Abstract Expressionist Pop Art Painting Collage, Assemblage Hugh O'Donnell
By Hugh O'Donnell
Located in Surfside, FL
British Art Now: An American Perspective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum that O’Donnell became
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper

James Gowan FRIBA Fountains Abbey Modernist Architect Leicester Engineering
By James Gowan
Located in London, GB
Building at the University of Leicester, considered the first postmodernist building in Britain. Shortly
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

James Gowan FRIBA Blue Mill at Backbarrow Modernist Architect Leicester
By James Gowan
Located in London, GB
, considered the first postmodernist building in Britain. Shortly after the building was completed the two
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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1969, Burkhardt Vogtherr for Rosenthal Studio-Linie, Turquoise Modulares Sofa
By Burkhard Vogtherr, Rosenthal
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This chair is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beac...
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Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Plastic, Fiberglass

Miriam Haskell Coral Cameo Necklace
By Miriam Haskell
Located in New York, NY
Miriam Haskell's coral glass cameo necklace set in signature Russian gilt filigree. Woven triple chain with 5 neoclassical cameo pendants set in filigree leaf frames. Length 2" x Wi...
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Vintage 1950s American Drop Necklaces

Materials

Gilt Metal

Rare Italian Post-Modern Light Sculpture / Table Lamp by Masayo Ave
By Antonangeli, Masayo Ave
Located in New York, NY
A light sculpture / desk / table lamp made from sponge creating a warm lighting presence and brilliant sculptural form by Japanese Artist, Masayo Ave, designed in 1998 for Antonangel...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Victorian Lady with Lamb Carved Shell Cameo Brooch/Necklace, 1920s
Located in McKinney, TX
- Vintage item - Collectible costume jewelry piece from the early 20th century - Pendant measures 2" x 1.5" - 18" gold-filled chain (not original to piece) - Carved shell cameo f...
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Vintage 1920s Unknown Victorian Pendant Necklaces

"Flores" Inlaid Leather Top Console Table by Nestor Perkal for Oscar Maschera
By Nestor Perkal, Oscar Maschera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Flores" is a console table, designed by Nestor Perkal and manufactured by Oscar Maschera, featuring a steel base epoxy powder coated and bronze colored and a tabletop made of honeyc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables

Materials

Steel

Mid Century Knoll Hannah Morrison Side Tables
By Bruce Hannah & Andrew Morrison, Memphis Group
Located in Pasadena, TX
Mid Century Knoll Hannah & Morrison Side Tables Andrew Morrison and Bruce Hannah defined their design philosophy as an attempt to "round all the corners in the world" and to "use a...
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Vintage 1970s American Side Tables

Materials

Chrome

Camille Faure School Limoges Turquoise Blue Enamel Geometric Pendant Necklace
By Mauricette Pinoteau
Located in Atlanta, GA
This gorgeous pendant necklace was hand-crafted by Limoges enamelist artist Mauricette Pinoteau. The rectangular silver plate frame is ornate with an enamel-on-copper cameo. The Art-...
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Early 2000s French Art Deco Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Silver Plate, Enamel

Post Modern Amento Lighting Collection UFO Lamp by Sicme, Italy, circa 1980s
By Sicme Illuminazione
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern UFO flying saucer Memphis design lamp in the amento lighting collection by Sicme, Italy, circa 1980s.
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

60s 70s Dieter Rams for Vitsoe Armchair Program 620 Design Couch Fabric
By Dieter Rams, Vitsoe
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s Dieter Rams for Vitsoe armchair program 620 design couch fabric Object: 2-seater sofa Manufacturer: Vitsoe Condition: good - vintage Age: around 1960-1970 Dime...
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Vintage 1970s European Sofas

Materials

Fabric, Plastic

A superb quality Mappin & Webb Art Deco Vanity Case and Contents, 1933
By Mappin & Webb
Located in Lee-On-The-Solent, GB
A superb quality vanity case and contents by Mappin and Webb, 1933. In almost unused condition, consisting of three faceted cut glass jars, two faceted cut glass bottles, hand mirror...
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Maralunga 3-Seater Sofa, Newly Reupholstered in Pink Velvet
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Toronto, CA
Cassina debuted Designer Vico Magistretti’s unique design in 1973. The Maralunga is characterized by what looks like a slumped backrest but is really an adjustable-height headrest, m...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Sofas

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Velvet, Wood

Vintage 18k Gold Carved Shell Cameo Pendant
Located in New York, NY
There is something so magical to me about vintage and antique cameos: the way the portraits are rendered in such incredible detail seems to tell a person's mystery. This cameo is car...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Pendant Necklaces

Materials

18k Gold

Vintage 18k Gold Carved Shell Cameo Pendant
Vintage 18k Gold Carved Shell Cameo Pendant
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Coffee Table in Laminated Wood by Ettore Sottsass for Alessi, Italy
By Alessi, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milan, Italy
A beautiful coffee table in laminated wood designed by Ettore Sottsass for Alessi, circa 1990. Biography Ettore Sottsass (Italian, 1917–2007) was an architect and designer, labeled ...
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1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

ART NOUVEAU c.1920's Czech Hand Painted Portrait Brass Necklace Bracelet Parure
Located in Thiensville, WI
DESCRIPTION: ART NOUVEAU c.1920's Czech Hand Painted Portrait Brass Necklace Bracelet Parure Circa: c.1920’s Markings: Designer: Style: Three piece set; necklace, link bracelet, ...
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Vintage 1920s Unknown Pendant Necklaces

Dutch Modern Brutalist Natural Stone and Steel Coffee Table, 1950s
By Poul Kjærholm, Paul Kingma, Floris H. Fiedeldij, Artimeta
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Dutch modern Brutalist slate and steel coffee tables, 1950s. Heavy slate top resting on an iron frame. The slate top has a unique natural pattern. The table is made in the Netherl...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Metal

Cameo, Emerald, Sapphires, Diamonds, Pearls, Gold and Silver Pendant Necklace
Located in Marcianise, Marcianise (CE)
SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). PS: THIS POLICY IS NOT APPLICABLE ...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Retro Pendant Necklaces

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Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 9k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver

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Postmodern Memphis Wine Glass Goblet Sculpture by Donn Hedman 1992
By Ettore Sottsass, Matteo Thun, Marco Zanini, Peter Shire, Memphis Group
Located in Framingham, MA
Excellent postmodernist vision of the goblet or wine glass. By listed American Ceramic School
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1990s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Pottery

Postmodern Museum Artist Display or Serving Bowl Unique 1988 signed ‘Eslick'
By Susan Eslick
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Huge Vintage Postmodernist design handcrafted one of a kind art ceramic pottery bowl by American
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20th Century American Organic Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

James Caswell Davis 1987 California Postmodernist Sculptural Ceramic Vase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in North America, Europe and Asia and in 1983 he received a
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Earthenware

Tropic Exotica
Located in Missouri, MO
design begins but doesn’t end there. Later, American artists like Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly and Frank
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Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Small Abstract Twisted Bronze Metal Sculpture
By Joseph Havel
Located in Houston, TX
and bottom of the piece. Artist Biography: Joseph Havel (born 1954) is a postmodernist American
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hans Wegner Danish Modern Peacock Chair for Johannes Hansen
By Johannes Hansen, Hans J. Wegner
Located in San Diego, CA
Modeled after a traditional American Windsor chair, Hans Wegner’s Peacock chair strips the form to
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Papercord, Wood

Vintage Eames Vitra La Chaise Chair, Original, Fiberglass First Generation, 1993
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American Modernism, the Eames' design might be more aptly described as an early example of Post-Modernism
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Postmodernist Stoneware Teapot Vase Vessel
By Kazuko Matthews
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, whimsical work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/artist Kazuko
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Postmodernist Stoneware Teapot Vase Vessel
By Kazuko Matthews
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, whimsical work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/ artist Kazuko
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Postmodernist Stoneware Teapot Vase Vessel
By Kazuko Matthews
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, whimsical work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/ artist Kazuko
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Postmodernist Stoneware Teapot Vase Vessel
By Kazuko Matthews
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, whimsical work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/ artist Kazuko
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown "Sheraton Chair"
By Knoll, Robert Venturi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American, black laminate on wood substrate with decal decoration and yellow wool seat cushion, for
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Vintage 1980s American Slipper Chairs

Materials

Laminate

Original Adshel 'Basquiat' Movie Poster, circa 1996
Located in Toronto, ON
advertising. The American movie, released in 1996 is based on the life of postmodernist artist Jean-Michel
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1990s American Prints

Materials

Paper

William Burroughs, Shotgun Artwork on Paper 'Framed'
By William S. Burroughs
Located in London, GB
A piece from Burrough's series of 'Shotgun' artworks. William S. Burroughs, 1914–1997 American
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Late 20th Century British Books

Studio 65 'Marilyn Bocca Lip' Sofa
By Studio 65
Located in Waalwijk, NL
postmodernists as Robert Venturi in America and Aldo Rossi in Europe. Free shipping for all European
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Sofas

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Fabric

Studio 65 'Marilyn Bocca Lip' Sofa
Studio 65 'Marilyn Bocca Lip' Sofa
H 35.04 in W 82.68 in D 31.5 in
Capitello Lounge Chair by Studio 65 for Gufram
By Gufram Furniture, Studio 65
Located in Waalwijk, NL
historic references preceded the use of subjective references of 1980s postmodernists as Robert Venturi in
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Chaise Longues

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Polyurethane

Capitello Lounge Chair by Studio 65 for Gufram
Capitello Lounge Chair by Studio 65 for Gufram
H 27.96 in W 29.53 in D 29.53 in
Postmodern Art Glass Sculpture by Architect Frank Gehry for Swid Powell Co.
By Swid Powell, Frank Gehry
Located in New York, NY
glass by leading international, generally Postmodernist, architect-designers the New York-based Swid
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1990s Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Vintage Signed Photograph William Burroughs Aims at Twin Towers from Brooklyn
By Gerard Malanga
Located in Surfside, FL
Malanga (born March 20, 1943) is an American poet, photographer, filmmaker, curator and archivist. Malanga
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Postmodernist Stoneware Teapot Vase Vessel
By Kazuko Matthews
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, whimsical work by Japanese American, California architectural potter or artist Kazuko
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Richard Meier Picture Frames for Swid Powell
By Richard Meier, Swid Powell
Located in Winnetka, IL
Postmodernist, silver-plated picture frames designed by the master American architect Richard Meier
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Late 20th Century American Picture Frames

Studio 65 ‘Lips’ Sofa for Edra
By Studio 65, Edra
Located in Amstelveen, Noord
postmodernists as Robert Venturi in America and Aldo Rossi in Europe. This 1999 Edra sofa is made in red fabric
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sofas

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Fabric

Studio 65 ‘Lips’ Sofa for Edra
Studio 65 ‘Lips’ Sofa for Edra
H 34.65 in W 82.68 in D 32.29 in
Richard Meier Picture Frame for Swid Powell, 1980s
By Richard Meier, Swid Powell
Located in Winnetka, IL
Postmodernist, silver-plated picture frame designed by the master American architect Richard Meier
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Glass

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American Postmodernist For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the American postmodernist you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, metal and pottery, every American postmodernist was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an American postmodernist — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An American postmodernist is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern styles are sought with frequency. Kazuko Matthews, Charles and Ray Eames and Edra each produced at least one beautiful American postmodernist that is worth considering.

How Much is an American Postmodernist?

Prices for an American postmodernist can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $495 and can go as high as $22,720, while the average can fetch as much as $2,600.