Polarized Art
Dutch Contemporary Textile Art Clash & Connect by Femke van Gemert
By Femke van Gemert
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Clash & Connect captures the essence of a polarized year, where conflicts and opposing opinions
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Leather, Textile, Yarn, Silk
Helen Gilbert Contemporary Modern Op Art Kinetic Light Box Sculpture 1984
Located in Troy, MI
Licomos kinetic polarized light box sculpture by Helen Gilbert 1984
Titled Square Dance 1/1
An
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 17.25 in W 17.25 in D 5.5 in
Wall Lamp II by Kajsa Willner
Located in Geneve, CH
Wall lamp II by Kajsa Willner
Dimensions: 60 x 4 cm
Materials: polarized filters, disposable
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Plastic
Wall Lamp IV by Kajsa Willner
Located in Geneve, CH
Wall lamp IV by Kajsa Willner
Dimensions: 30 x 60 x 4 cm
Materials: polarized filters, disposable
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Plastic
Leaning Lamp by Kajsa Willner
Located in Geneve, CH
Leaning lamp by Kajsa Willner
Dimensions: 100 x 14 x 4cm
Materials: polarized filters, disposable
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Wall Lamp III by Kajsa Willner
Located in Geneve, CH
Wall lamp II by Kajsa Willner
Dimensions: 60 x 4 cm
Materials: polarized filters, disposable
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Plastic
Wall Lamp I by Kajsa Willner
Located in Geneve, CH
Wall lamp I by Kajsa Willner
Dimensions: 36,5 x 4 cm
Materials: polarized filters, disposable
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Dark Green Lacquered Goatskin Coffee Table by Aldo Tura, Italy ca. 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Geneva, CH
, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures in Italian design, is an exception in the mid-century
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Goatskin
H 13.78 in W 51.19 in D 31.5 in
Mr Strictly Wall Lamp by Kajsa Willner, 2022
By Rimowa
Located in Limhamn, SE
An eclectic wall light piece, made in a functional art context for “As Seen By,” an exhibition of
Category
2010s Swedish Brutalist Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Goatskin & Brass Coffee Table by Aldo Tura, Italy ca. 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Geneva, CH
of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures to emerge in Italian design, Aldo Tura is an outlier in
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Starlight 3 Shade Mid Century Modern Floor Pole Lamp! 1950s Brass After Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Peoria, AZ
light-maker's art! Designed after the Italians made popular 3-shade floor pole lamps at the Italian
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Enamel
H 63 in W 20 in D 20 in
Italian 1950's Ministeriale Desk Lamp
Located in Montréal, QC
cord, push switch, polarized North American plug. Minor tarnish, dings, scuffs, bends and/or
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel, Enamel
Aldo Tura Bar Cart or Mid-20th Century Bar Cart
By Aldo Tura
Located in Miami, FL
" High
About the Designer:
One of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures to emerge in Italian
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Post modern Memphis screen made in Italy 1980
By Alessandro Mendini
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
made waves with its vivid colours, clashing patterns, and daring approach. While polarizing, Memphis
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Little Monster Wall Lamp by Kajsa Willner, 2022
By Kajsa Willner
Located in Limhamn, SE
As seen by in Paris at gallery 3537 on commission by Rimowa. The pieces use light, polarized filters
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Sheet Metal
Tall Goatskin Lamp with Custom Oval Linen Shade by Alto Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Los Angeles, CA
".
One of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures to emerge in Italian design, Aldo Tura is an outlier
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Hide, Wood, Linen
signed Exhibition poster by Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Hamburg, DE
visible if you look against the light. (See photo)
The polarizing effect of the works was transferred to
Category
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Signed Joseph Beuys Advertisment Poster "Ölfarben 1936-1965"
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Hamburg, DE
can also be delivered without a frame. Please just ask.
About Beuys: The polarizing effect of the
Category
Antique 1880s German Post-Modern Posters
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 32.68 in W 25.01 in D 1.19 in
Original Signed Joseph Beuys Exhibition Poster 1980 Framed "Zeichnungen", Framed
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Hamburg, DE
. Please just ask.
About Beuys:
The polarizing effect of the works was transferred to the perception of
Category
Vintage 1980s German Post-Modern Posters
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 32.68 in W 25.01 in D 1.19 in
French Wabi Sabi brutalist side chair 1950’s
Located in Valby, 84
concrete") and art brut ("raw art"). The style, as developed by architects such as the Smithsons, Hungarian
Category
Vintage 1950s French Brutalist Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Floor Ashtray Goatskin and Metal by Aldo Tura, Italy 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Rome, IT
.
Made in Italy in the 1950s.
One of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures to emerge in Italian
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Metal
Two-Tiered Sliding Coffee Table with Hidden Bar by Aldo Tura, Italy 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Utrecht, NL
One of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures to emerge in Italian design history, Aldo Tura is
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Mirror, Lacquer
H 11.03 in W 55.12 in D 31.5 in
Trolley Serving Bar Cart "Pipe" in Goatskin and Brass by Aldo Tura, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Rome, IT
polarizing figures to emerge in Italian design, Aldo Tura is an outlier in the world of mid-Century Furniture
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 28.35 in W 39.38 in D 20.08 in
Andy Warhol, The Impossible Collection
By Assouline Publishing
Located in NEW YORK, NY
ndy Warhol’s explosive Pop Art and sharp commentary on advertising and celebrity culture are
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Other
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“Glitter Balloon Pink” – Deep Acrylic Glittered Cast Wall Mount
By Plastic Jesus
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Plastic Jesus is a Los Angeles based street artist that specializes in bold stencil and installation work, inspired by world news events, society, the urban environment, culture and ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Glitter
H 15 in W 14 in D 7 in
King Arthur Mural (16' x 6') by Peter Ostuni for Savoy-Plaza Hotel 1951
By Peter Ostuni
Located in Hanover, MA
Astonishingly beautiful and monumental mural spanning eleven individual panels which when assembled are 16 feet long by 6 feet high. The panels are reverse paint and applique on she...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass
Modernist Kinetic Table Sculpture by C. Jeré
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Skokie, IL
Modernist Kinetic Table Sculpture by C. Jeré
An early and rare form 1960s fun and colorful kinetic table sculpture by Curtis Jeré. Brass and resin pieces mounted are on metal rods...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Curtis Jere Kinetic Wave Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Dallas, TX
Kinetic wall sculpture designed by Curtis Jere for Artisan House in the United States in 1983. This astonishing sculpture is made with a solid brass curved rod which holds several “V...
Category
Vintage 1980s Kinetic Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Enameled Steel and Plexiglas 'De Stijl' Style Light Sculpture, Italy, 1970
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Beautiful large-scale Italian light sculpture dating from the 1970s clearly reflecting the influence of the Dutch 'De Stijl' movement and very much in the style of the work of the 'D...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian De Stijl Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel
H 28.15 in W 13.78 in D 7.17 in
Italian Design Contemporary Pair of Brutalist Cast Bronze Sculpture Wall Lights
Located in New York, NY
Three pairs available, Italian pair of custom design sconces, lighted abstract sculptures entirely cast in bronze, presenting a very interesting Brutalist shield-shape front plaque e...
Category
2010s Italian Brutalist Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze, Brass
H 15.75 in W 13 in D 4.5 in
"Stier 4" Kinetic Mobile Abstract Sculpture by Otto Monestier & Paolo Tilche
By Arform, Otto Monestier, Paolo Tilche
Located in Koper, SI
Rare sculpture called "Stier 4", produced by Arform, the manufacturer founded in Milan in 1955 by Italian architect Paolo Tilche. This piece was designed by Paolo Tilche and Otto Mon...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
H 9.45 in W 3.94 in D 3.94 in
Kinetic Sculpture of a Goldfish in Resin by Abraham Palatinik, 1960s
By Abraham Palatnik
Located in New York, NY
This Brazilian modern sculpture was designed by Abraham Palatinik and made in the 1960s. It is a part of the Artemis collection that features hundreds of different animals, each with...
Category
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Resin
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H 5.1 in W 3 in D 0.8 in
Frederick Weinberg Black Wire Framed & Stitched Parchment "Guitar" Wall Light
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Frederick Weinberg Guitar Illuminating Wall Lamp Sculpture - Wall Hanging, 1950's. Featuring an abstract Black Wire Banjo framework and handle, warm hand stitched Parchment surface a...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Iron
H 31 in W 14.25 in D 4 in
Tito Agnoli for O-Luce Pendant Wall Light
By Tito Agnoli, O-Luce
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Tito Agnoli for O-Luce, wall light, coated aluminum, teak, brass, Italy, circa 1950.
This remarkable wall-mounted light, created by designer Tito Agnoli and produced by O-Luce arou...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Cast Bronze Sculptural Wing Wall Sconce Light Fixture by Vivian Carbonell
By Vivian Carbonell
Located in Miami, FL
The 'Voltaire' wall sconce consists of a cast bronze wing sculpture inspired by the past and present using age old and modern techniques to create each piece. There is a left and rig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Wall Light by Poliarte
By Albano Poli, Poliarte
Located in New York, NY
A light sculpture designed by Albano Poli (founder of Poliarte) for Poliarte. Two internal lightbulbs (25watts each).
Category
20th Century Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Very Oversized Vintage Display Scissors in Wood
Located in East Hampton, NY
Whimsical scissors open and close as real scissors do, excellent rustic piece for the light at heart design. Can be mounted on a wall or just standing against a wall (as shown here).
Category
Vintage 1940s American Rustic Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Very Rare 'Tuimelaar' Kinetic Sculpture by Hans Koetsier Circa 1970 Netherlands
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Very rare Space Age Kinetic Sculpture 'Tuimelaar" by Hans Koetsier The Netherlands Circa 1970
Hans Koetsier was a versatile artist, besides a successful marketing designer he was al...
Category
Vintage 1960s European Space Age Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Lead
H 39.57 in W 30.32 in D 30.32 in
Stunning Plexiglass Light Sculpture in the Style of Ugo La Pietra, 1970, Italy
By Ugo La Pietra
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Rare and wonderful light sculpture in the style of important Italian Avant Garde artist Ugo La Pietra. This wall lamp clearly takes its cue from Ugo La Pietra's 'strutturazioni tissu...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Minimalist Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Stainless Steel
H 4.73 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Purple Blue Scheme 3D Faceted Glass Barcode Sculpture Wall Light Installation
By Orfeo Quagliata
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
Glass stripped sculpture from the barcode collection by Orfeo Quagliata.
Sculpture lighting installation. The size depends on the customer's space. It may be for illumination or ju...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Glass
H 68.9 in W 3.55 in D 27.56 in
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Studio Greytak 'Lapis Cuff on Azurite' with Lapis Lazuli, Ammolite and Fire Opal
By Studio Greytak
Located in Missoula, MT
of blue stones has been part of some of history’s most epic works of art including the death mask of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Opal
H 7 in W 5 in D 3 in
Vintage Aurora Table Clock by Chronoart
By Kirsch/Hamilton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
based on Jordan Kirsch's patent for a clock. Using polarizing filters and an effect called bi
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Gustav Klimt, Complete Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
stood for Modernism but he also embodied tradition. His pictures polarized and divided the art-loving
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Other
Aldo Tura Italian Brown Bar cart try table, goatskin, brass, label
By Aldo Tura
Located in Valladolid, ES
goatskin and brass.
One of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures to emerge in Italian design, Aldo
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
Vintage Carrara Marble Portrait Bust of Socrates, Mid-20th Century
Located in London, GB
philosophy nearly impossible, a situation known as the Socratic problem. Socrates was a polarizing figure in
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Pair of Cedric Hartman Adjustable Low Profile Floor Lamps
By Cedric Hartman
Located in Chicago, IL
") stainless double stems with solid bar T-base. Underside [Cedric Hartman]
Part of Museum of Modern Art
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Art Deco Polaroid Desk Lamp by Walter Dorwin Teague, 1939
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1939, the lamp captures the forward motion of modern design of the 1930's Art Deco movement. Our lamp
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Teague Desk Lamp for Polaroid
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in Dallas, TX
One of the 3 Polaroid designs by Walter Dorwin Teague. Mint example with original polarizing
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Iconic machine age Teague Polaroid desk lamp # 114 in rare black
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in Dallas, TX
bakelite thumbscrews, original polarizing filter with clip, original signed Polaroid switch bezel, original
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
John Lennon Original Vintage Poster by Richard Avedon, 1967
By Richard Avedon
Located in Devon, GB
Inn Road, London on 11th August 1967, Avedon distorted four of the polarized images with Day-Glo
Category
Vintage 1960s American Post-Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Artwork Painting, Italy, 2008
Located in Jersey City, NJ
, tin, Industrial materials blend into an abstract work, the canvas is lived, used, beaten up polarizing
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Tin
The Beatles Ringo Starr Original Vintage Poster by Richard Avedon, 1967
By Richard Avedon
Located in Devon, GB
Inn Road, London on 11th August 1967, Avedon distorted four of the polarized images with day-glo
Category
Vintage 1960s American Post-Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
H 31.25 in W 22.5 in D 0.1 in
'The Beatles' Complete Set of Five Promotional Posters by Richard Avedon, 1967
By Richard Avedon
Located in Devon, GB
Gray's Inn Road, London on 11th August 1967, Avedon distorted four of the polarized images with Day-Glo
Category
Vintage 1960s British Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
H 27 in W 18.75 in D 0.1 in
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Polarized Art For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of polarized art on 1stDibs. Frequently made of plastic, metal and animal skin, every piece of polarized art was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for an item from our selection of polarized art, we have 6 options in-stock, while there are 8 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the choice in our collection of polarized art you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. An object in our assortment of polarized art, designed in the modern, mid-century modern or Hollywood Regency style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Aldo Tura, Joseph Beuys and Kajsa Willner each produced at least one beautiful option in this array of polarized art that is worth considering.
How Much is a Polarized Art?
Prices for a piece of polarized art can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $766 and can go as high as $10,900, while the average can fetch as much as $3,151.
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