Modern Abstract Sculptures
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Brass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cut Steel
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Brass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
Early 2000s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s Chinese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Fiberglass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Alabaster
20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Slate, Stone
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Slate
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Metal
2010s German Modern Abstract Sculptures
Clay
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Slate, Stone
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone
2010s Portuguese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Metal, Bronze
1960s Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cement
1960s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1980s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
1970s English Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Chrome
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Sycamore
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Carrara Marble, Slate