1950s Abstract Sculptures

Circa 1950, Made in Mexico we offer this Set of Giant Mexican Modernism Mercury Glass Spheres totally handmade.

A Circular convex mirror in talosel and orange, black and red mirror.

Wooden sculpture in the manner of Constantin Brancusi. Made by Unknown artist during the 1950-60s. Carved from solid fir wood. Very expressive in the grain. Very good vintage conditi...

Vintage Murano Hand Crafted Green and Blue Koru Representing a Fern Frond uncurling the Koru is a representation of the New beginning The piece is 7” tall, 4.5” wide and 1.5” deep F...

Richard Saar ceramic charger with figural motif circa late 1950’s.

Vintage Brutalist Steel Sculpture Attrib. to Paul Suter, Swiss from "Neumann House" by Marcel Breuer, NY

Rare "Mobile" sculpture by Swedish ceramic artist Carl Harry Stålhane. Handmade at Rörstrand workshop in Sweden in 1953. Made in only 25 examples. Made from porcelain with hand paint...

Abstract Carrara marble sculpture by Willy Anthoons (Belgium 1911 - Paris 1982), France 1951. Beautiful stylized flowing shapes, resulting in a calm and peaceful sculpture. The sculp...

Vintage Murano Glass Abstract Free From, Swirl Black & White Sculpture. Featuring hand blown, curved, figure eight shape with twist top in Black, White and Transparent Murano glass, ...

This plaster sculpture depicting a Virgin and Child, from the 1950s hails from a workshop located in the southern region of France. Despite bearing a few minor imperfections, it sta...

Beautiful set of 4 bronze dancer figures. This group of 4 petite figures have graceful lines and a beautiful golden finish with patina. Circa 1950s. These abstract figures with a variegated gold patina depict female Japanese Awa Odori...

Elevate your decor with this chic pair of mounted steer horn sculptures, each gracefully displayed on a round wood plinth base. These exquisite bases are hand-painted in a sophistica...

De Poli Italy, 1956 fired enamel over copper engraved signature and inscription "De poli."

Modernist bronze sculpture by St. Louis artist Mary Bolte circa 1950s Abstract depiction of two figures in lacquered solid bronze mounted to a wood base Signed and numbered 18/100 8...

Heavily Patinated Wrought Iron Tree Sculpture. France, circa 1950.

Heavily Patinated Wrought Iron Tree Sculpture. France, circa 1950. 1 of 2 available.

A 1950s French sculpture constructed with metal and painted a vibrant blue hue. This piece features hollow rectangular blocks at varying heights arranged in artful tiers. It was sour...

Square W 2 x H 2.5 in Diamond W 3.75 x H 2.75 in

A lovely Bronze sculpture by the Swedish artist Bengt Amundin designed in 1957. The sculpture is called "Urfågeln" (The Primeval Bird). The sculpture is 36 cm (14.4") high including ...

An Akari model “A” by the famous American artist Isamu Noguchi This light sculptural column is in original shade in washi & bamboo rims, with a tie ...

A sizeable abstract iron sculpture designed and produced in the US, c. 1950s.

Couple of Murano Glass characters dating from the 1950s representing a Venetian couple dressed in traditional comedia dell'arte costume. Made with a delicate blown glass technique sp...

Offered for sale is a slender vintage floor lamp in solid brass, with finely hand-decorated base and lampshade and extruded body. The main body has a peculiar "gear" section, while t...

An iconic floor lamp designed by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, first exhibited at the Triennale Exposition in Milan in 1951. The Triennale is a sculptural lighting design with tighte...

Ebonised wood sculpture by Johnny Mattsson, Sweden, 1950s. Signed. Ebonised wood.

Stunning, unique Murano hand blown banana by Alfredo Barbini. Unique aqua glass is encased in gold, and clear glass. The glass glitters when the light hits this piece at different an...

An Akari model « 45A » by Isamu Noguchi Original shade in washi & bamboo rims Structure in black lacquered metal Hand-made form realized by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan Series star...

Description: this sculpture was made in the 1950s in France. It consists of a black oak base and an oak ball carved . Very nice work combining organic form and raw material. Conditi...

Tectonic sculptural maquette of vacuum- molded styrene, painted steel rods and metal created in 1959 by Austrian/American sculptor and designer Erwin Hauer (1926-1917). Hauer’s light...

A small marble sculpture designed and produced in the US, c. 1950s.

Ceramic sculpture designed and produced by Fausto Melotti. Work registered in the Fausto Melotti Archive Authentication from the Fausto Melotti Archive on photograph. Biography: Ita...

A large English Mid-Century Modernist sculpture in plaster, with a good patina.

Small Walter Bosse Sagittarius Zodiac Brass Figurine, Austria, 1950s Original condition

"Venus de Milo" sculpture by Loredano Rosin, made in Italy in the 1950's, representing an abstract female nude on a glass base. The sculpture, made in a beautiful rose champagne Mura...

Herta Baller shoehorn circa 1950s Original condition

Set of five Jacques and Dani RUELLAND ceramics, Ceramics in warm tones, of various sizes: (from the smallest to the tallest) Height: 9 cm Diameter: 10 cm ----- Height: 13 cm Diameter...

Abstract Wooden Wall Art , Women Figure by Cor Dam The Netherlands Delft 1958 About Cor Dam Cor Dam (Delft, April 26, 1935 – July 29, 2019) trained ...

A bronze Daruma sculpture.

Marcello Fantoni (Italian, 1915 - 2011) architectural brazed wire tabletop or wall mount sculpture of a church. Signed Fantoni Firenze Italy on metal tag.

A bronze sculpture / dish by Italian artist Gio Pomodoro for Il Sestante Galleria, Milan, Italy, circa 1958. In the late 1950s the gallery was producing small series of decorative o...

Incredible Murano glass blue sculptural tree vase circa 1950.

A rare model of a locomotive, handmade of metal and brass by Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna in the 1920s. Marked on its bottom WHW, Hagenauer Wien, made in Austria, handmade. Very nice ...

Large organic free form wood sculpture made by hand in Denmark during the 1950-60s. Made by Danish wood carver or sculptor from a solid piece of maple. Heavy and highly expressive. U...

Mid-Century Bronze Modernist Sculpture, 1950s

Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français né le 3 juillet 1927 à Champagne-sur-Oise et mort le 9 novembre 2008 à Anglet. 'est dans les années 1959-1960 que la sculpture de Claude Viseux, qualifiée de « protéiforme, onirique, fantastique » — ami de Max Ernst, Man Ray, Francis Ponge et Henri Michaux, il ne désavoue pas une parenté avec le Surréalisme9 — se substitue à la peinture, ses premières réalisations étant les objets trouvés en bord de mer qu'il pétrifie dans la cire10 d'une part, les empreintes de pierres et d'algues coulées en bronze d'autre part. En 1960, il signe le Manifeste des 121 titré « Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie ». En 1961, ses expérimentations s'orientent vers les corps organiques, notamment avec sa série Ostéales constituée d'assemblages d'os fossilisés qu'il patine ou au contraire décape, qu'il visse, scie, assemble et plastifie. Les Concrétudes ou Coulées directes qui suivent en 1961-1962 sont obtenues à partir de coulées de métal en fusion dans le sable, générant des reliefs qu'il soude sur des plaques d'acier. Il va cependant adopter rapidement l'acier inoxydable — qu'il est avec Pol Bury parmi les premiers à employer en sculpture — comme matériau de prédilection. « Il assemble divers rebus industriels — tuyaux, écrous, boulons, cuves… — pour créer des sculptures à mi-chemin du mécanique et du biologique » restitue ainsi Sophie Serra11. Claude Viseux, qui fréquente alors Jean Tinguely, Piotr Kowalski, Michel Guino, Takis et César, confirme : « Ma récupération de l'élément industriel s'élargit vers les aciers spéciaux, avec un essai de vocabulaire formel : des barres, des profilés, des sphères, des rotules, des fonds de cuves, des chambres à combustion de Boeing, des tubulures, des soupapes de navire »9. « L'artiste entre au cœur de la réalité industrielle, prospecte dans les chaînes de montage de Renault et rôde dans les terrains vaques autour des usines », restitue donc l'encyclopédie Les Muses : « il récupère ferrailles, pièces détachées, débris de voitures, vieux châssis, toute une série d'éléments devenus inutiles. Ils les assemblent, tels quels, sans les modifier. Des créatures agressives ou pathétiques vont surgir de ce combat physique et dialectique que l'artiste livre avec la matière et entrer dans le domaine d'une poétique étrange, surnaturelle5 ». Dans les années 1967-1970, Les « structures actives » en acier inoxydable procèdent ainsi de la production industrielle de série. Elles se répartissent en familles de formes combinatoires composées par addition, soustraction, multiplication, division. Il confirme : « le monde industriel est ma nature, mon bouillon de culture, où je cherche des corps, des familles de corps, des genres, des espèces, dans un aller-retour de l'artificiel au naturel pour confondre les règnes, pour en inventer d'autres selon une géométrie organique qui féconde les différents types de structures, qui aménage la forme concernée par la forme à venir »9. En 1968, Claude Viseux s'installe à la villa Baudran à Arcueil, atelier qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1992. Si des corps imaginaires naissent ainsi des pièces mécaniques que Claude Viseux emprunte à l'automobile, à l'avion et au bateau, en 1972, « la symétrie de ces formes pures en inox », constate Lydia Harambourg, « l'amène à s'interroger sur la notion d'équilibre instable »12. Ses Instables sont de la sorte exposés à la Biennale de Venise en 1972 où, rappelle encore Lydia Harambourg, une salle entière est consacrée « aux dessins qui reprennent son vocabulaire mécanique identitaire de sphères, toupies, hélices, anneaux, astrolabes et balanciers »12. Les Instables sont de même, en 1973, présentés à la galerie Le Point cardinal à Paris où Claude Viseux avait déjà exposé en 1968 avec Henri Michaux et Joaquin Ferrer...

Akari model "10DT" by Isamu Noguchi Original shade in washi, bamboo rings & bamboo rims Structure in black lacquered metal & plate base in cast iron and black lacquered metal Hand...

Older retro drying helmet on a stand on wheels, model Imperial from the period 1950s. Measurements in cm: H:168

A beautifully carved abstract marble sculpture with grey veining mounted on a granite plinth,all in the style of Jean Arp. Etched "Bird" on underside of marble.

A brown-glazed stoneware sculpture designed by John Andersson and produced by Höganäs Keramik c. 1950s. “HOGANAS KERAMIK” stamp on bottom

Incredible and rare Aureliano Toso Murano glass bicolor with air bubbles Cornucopia 1950.

Sculpture "Förvandlad Fågel" (Transformed bird) made by Swedish Sculptor Bengt Amundin during the 1950s. Made from cast and patinated bronze on original base from asymmetrical pine w...

Vulcano glass sculpture by Alfredo Barbini, Murano, 1957. Sometimes called Volcano. Signed "A.Barbini" on the base (see photo). Measures: Height 17.13"(43.5 cm), width 11.42" (29cm),...

Extremely uncommon Cleo Hartwig slip-cast chalkware sculpture of the female body. Very distressed finish. Signed in mold, C.HARTWIG Measures: W ...

Iron Sculpture Roman Chariot with Female Warrior, Italy 1950. Handmade bronze and iron roman female warrior and horse, with incisions. Original condition

Dagmar Norell Sculpture by Dagmar Norell, Sweden, 1950s Signed. Stoneware and cork. H: 9 cm W: 7 cm D: 6.5 cm Base diameter: 5 cm

Oversized vintage sculpture made of fine brass after J. Moigniez for Kingston. This sculpture is meticulously decorated with detail giving it a realistic feel. The piece includes two...

Sandra Brown North ceramic and wood totem circa mid 1950’s. This masterful work has earth toned figural ceramic forms mounted on a wood back and a square wood bases. A rectangular se...

Incredible Seguso Vetri dArte abstract sculpture in Murano glass circa 1950