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Sculptures For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1980s
Horse and Rider, Bronze Sculpture by Pearl Amsel
By Pearl Amsel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Modern Cubist sculpture by Pearl Amstel of a Horse and Rider. Artist: Pearl Amsel (1931 - ) Title: Untitled - Horse and Rider Year: 1974 Me...
Category

1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Veil of Light", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 22x12x6 in., 310/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Veil of Light" Dimensions: 22" x 12" x 6" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition of 350 Created in 1987, the work “Veil of Light” is characterized by an other-worldly appearance. Payi...
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1980s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic Polymer

Italy 1980 Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture Vanni Viviani
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Vanni Viviani, a 1980’ Italian artist well known internationally. Title Piccolo Universo In ...
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1980s Post-Modern Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Rocks, Post-Modern Abstract Landscape Woven Tapestry, Textile Sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
Rocks (1985), Wool, Post-Modern Abstract Landscape Woven Tapestry, Textile Sculpture. Zofia Butrymowicz (1904-1987) was born in Warsaw, Poland. Artis...
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1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool

'The Calendar Wheel' assemblage in drawer with spheres clock shells cards
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Calendar Wheel' is an original assemblage by the American artist Charles Berg. Within a divided drawer, Berg has assembled a variety of found objects: metal balls, a clock, a sheet of copper punched with the word 'wind,' a Victorian card of a woman, etc. The artwork takes its name, however, from a transparent 1935 calendar in the lower right. Berg here is following the tradition other artists who specialize in assemblage, including Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauchenberg, and Betye Saar...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

The Beginning, 2021, cast paper, framed sculpture, black, Chinese text
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Cheung Yee, Cast Paper painting, wall sculpture, black, edition CHEUNG YEE (1936–2019) The Chinese artist Cheung Yee, a pioneer of the contemporary art scene in Hong Kong, died in Los Angeles on December 4 at the age of eighty-three. The Hong Kong Museum of Art confirmed his passing. Best known for his paper castings; bronze relief; and wooden, stone, and bronze sculptures, which mixed Western modernism, traditional Chinese aesthetics, and elements of folklore and ancient philosophies, Cheung cofounded the avant-garde Circle Art Group with Hon Chi Fun, Wucius Wong, and several other peers. The group was active from 1964 to 1971. Born in Guangzhou, China, in 1936, Cheung was raised in Hong Kong but was forced to leave the region when the Japanese invaded China during the Second Sino-Japanese War; his family relocated to Guangzhou. When the conflict ended, Cheung returned to the region and began learning Gongbi, a realist brush technique in Chinese painting. In the 1950s, he studied art at Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, where he met his wife. Throughout his schooling, Cheung pursued his interests in archaeology and began experimenting with different materials and with approaches to copperplate etching, welding, and modeling. In 1964, Cheung’s first major retrospective was organized by the City Museum and Art Gallery at Hong Kong City Hall. The following year, he received a grant from the Institute of International Education to study in the United States and Europe. Since then, he has had solo exhibitions at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, AO Vertical Art...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Handmade Paper

London Bus, 3-D Lithograph Sculpture by Red Grooms
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Red Grooms, American (1937 - ) Title: London Bus Year: 1983 - 1984 Medium: 3-D Lithograph Construction on BFK Rives in a Plexi-Box, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 5/6...
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1980s Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Lithograph

Femme en Bleu, Wall/Table Sculpture by Corneille
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painted wood sculpture by the Belgian artist Corneille, circa 1980, is an expressionist rendering of a two nudes. Corneille was influenced by Miró, Picasso and Paul Klee but c...
Category

1980s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Paint, Wood

Mixed Media Gravel Painting, Sculpture Abstract Expressionist Thomas Nozkowski
Located in Surfside, FL
Thomas Edward Nozkowski (American, 1944-2019). Original mixed media abstract composition art utilizing colored rock gravel. Titled, "Gravel Piece." Hand signed on verso, dated 5/73. Provenance: Collection of the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida (Museum Inventory No. t.13.2000.053.) Thomas Nozkowski was an American contemporary painter. He achieved a place of prominence through his small scale paintings and drawings that push the limits of visual language. His work appeared in more than 300 exhibitions over the past 40 years. He had more than 70 solo exhibitions, and 24 of his paintings were featured in a large-scale retrospective in 1987 at Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC Nozkowski was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and raised in Dumont, where he graduated from Dumont High School in 1961. He spent his youth in the New Jersey suburbs, admiring New York culture from afar before moving there after graduating high school. His father worked in an Alcoa Aluminum factory and then as a postman. His mother worked in factories and as a bookkeeper. One of his aunts was a schoolteacher who gave him and his younger sister art supplies. When he was a senior in high school he won a scholarship to attend a painting class at New York University's School of Education, where he studied with Robert Kaupelis and Hale Woodruff. While he earned his BFA at Cooper Union, Nozkowski was making sculpture. He graduated in 1967. He later transitioned to large scale abstract expressionist painting, and exhibited some of his earliest works in group shows at the storied Betty Parsons Gallery. Richard Tuttle had his first show a year after he began assisting Betty Parsons. Thomas Nozkowski worked for her after graduating from Cooper Union. Between 1949 and 1951. In the course of 36 years, the Betty Parsons Gallery mounted important early shows of Robert Rauschenberg, Kenzo Okada...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Iboya, NBC 35
Located in Palo Alto, CA
The Hungarian word, Iboya, meaning a small forest violet, has been chosen by Vasarely to identify his astonishing series of vertical sculptures for intereior use. The Iboya consist ...
Category

1970s Op Art Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Wood

Nu couche
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture 1/8 ex. Signed and numbered by the artist and stamped Bocquel fondeur. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Arman wrote, “The bow on the ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Construction 1982" Abstract Wall Sculpture Contemporary Mid 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Construction 1982" Abstract Wall Sculpture Contemporary Mid 20th Century Modern Painted wood assemblage, 36 x 45 x 4 inches overall. Note the label states 3 foot diameter referring to circular portion. Exhibited, Seymour Fogel Constructions Paintings and Drawing, 1984, typed on Graham Modern label verso Seymour Fogel was born in New York City on August 24, 1911. He studied at the Art Students League and at the National Academy of Design under George Bridgeman and Leon Kroll. When his formal studies were concluded in the early 1930s he served as an assistant to Diego Rivera who was then at work on his controversial Rockefeller Center mural. It was from Rivera that he learned the art of mural painting. Fogel was awarded several mural commissions during the 1930s by both the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, among them his earliest murals at the Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1936, a mural in the WPA Building at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, a highly controversial mural at the U.S. Post Office in Safford, Arizona (due to his focus on Apache culture) in 1941 and two murals in what was then the Social Security Building in Washington, D.C., also in 1941. Fogel's artistic circle at this time included Phillip Guston, Ben Shahn, Franz Kline, Rockwell Kent and Willem de Kooning. In 1946 Fogel accepted a teaching position at the University of Texas at Austin and became one of the founding artists of the Texas Modernist Movement. At this time he began to devote himself solely to abstract, non-representational art and executed what many consider to be the very first abstract mural in the State of Texas at the American National Bank in Austin in 1953. He pioneered the use of Ethyl Silicate as a mural medium. Other murals and public works of art done during this time (the late 1940s and 1950s) include the Baptist Student Center at the University of Texas (1949), the Petroleum Club in Houston (1951) and the First Christian Church, also in Houston (1956), whose innovative use of stained glass panels incorporated into the mural won Fogel a Silver Medal from the Architectural League of New York in 1958. Fogel relocated to the Connecticut-New York area in 1959. He continued the Abstract Expressionism he had begun exploring in Texas, and began experimenting with various texturing media for his paintings, the most enduring of which was sand. In 1966 he was awarded a mural at the U.S. Federal Building in Fort Worth, Texas. The work, entitled "The Challenge of Space", was a milestone in his artistic career and ushered in what has been termed the Transcendental/Atavistic period of his art, a style he pursued up to his death in 1984. Painted and raw wood sculpture...
Category

1980s Assemblage Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Sculpture A16 Projection and vibration - Medaglini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Sculpture A16 Projection and vibration - Medaglini (1939-2011) Drawn iron and cast iron base H90xW62xD17 Signed on the base Circa 1975 490€
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Coiled, abstract copper sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Carole Eisner's indoor sculptures, averaging two to four feet tall, are made from a welded collage of drops and cut-out steel pieces from the same series of scrap she found in a Conn...
Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Appearances Italy 1980 Multiple Silver Plated Bronze on Painted Wood
Located in Brescia, IT
Novello Finotti was born in 1939, in Verona, Italy where he lives and works. He is exhibiting since 1958 taking part to several art events, among which: Triennial Europeen de la Scu...
Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cup and Saucer by Irv Tepper
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Irv Tepper Cup and Saucer porcelain, glaze 3.25 x 5.25 x 5.25" circa 1975 signed VERY RARE.
Category

1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

"Indigo" Ethel Stein, American Modern Abstract Geometric Woven Tapestry
Located in Wilton, CT
"Indigo" damask, indigo-dyed cotton, 34 1/2” x 34 1/2” x 3 1/8", c. 1984-88 This Modern woven and dyed tapestry was done by American textile artist, Ethel Stein...
Category

1980s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Thread, Dye, Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Cotton

Untitled Carved Wood Sculpture - Driftwood
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Miami, FL
Mario Dal Fabbro's "Untitled Carved Wood Sculpture" is somewhat reminiscent of driftwood with natural cracks that have been carved by the ebb and...
Category

1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Glen Michaels "Winter Wind", Pentaptych Mosaic Stone
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY This American Modern mosaic abstract sculpture has an extraordinary flow and liquid movement that belies its creation in stone. Its color is in keeping with the title, Winter Wind, a cold gray with sparks of orange and golden sepia. Michaels passed away in 2020 and was remembered by Cranbrook Art Museum: “Michaels is featured in the upcoming book, With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932 (available in 2021) and will have work featured in the accompanying exhibition opening at Cranbrook Art Museum in June 2021. Below is an excerpt from the book, written by Eva Caston. “Glen Michaels was initially inclined towards a career in music. He played piano for vaudeville shows and won a scholarship to the Yale School of Music in 1950. There he drew caricatures for the school newspaper, painted portraits, and published a book of cartoons entitled Oh, You’re a Musician, which caught the attention of New Yorker cartoonists Mary Petty and Alan Dunn. He went on to receive his BA in arts education from Eastern Washington University in 1957. His teachers at Eastern Washington, Opal Fleckenstein and Frank...
Category

1970s American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Rosenthal Ceramic, Limited Edition Porcelain Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Rosenthal decorative plate created in collaboration with German artist Gunter Fruhtrunk dating from 1974. A modern design in Fruhtrunk's c...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

“Mother and Child” Biomorphic Modern Abstract Sculpture of Embracing Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Biomorphic abstract sculpture by Canadian artist John McKinnon. The work features a mother figure holding her child in a loving embrace. Inspired by other modern artists such as Henr...
Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster, Marble

Running Horse - Bronze Sculpture by C. Mongini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Running Horse - Sculpture is an original sculpture realized by the Italian artist Costanzo Mongini (1918-1981) during the 20th century. Edition of 99 exemplars realized in bonded br...
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1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Big Traces Italy 1985 Multiple Polished Pewter
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in Pergola, Italy in 1928. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He takes part to Exhibitions in Italy, Europe and Usa. In 1982 he gains the 1st Prize at the Bienneal of Ibiza. This was one of the Prize he won all over the world. This is a multiple of 300. Numbered and signed. Polished pewter...
Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Together A New Beginning", Bronze Eagle Statue Given Out by Ronald Reagan
Located in Detroit, MI
This exquisite bronze statue of two bald eagles is a patriotic commemoration of Ronald Reagan's inauguration, dated with the phrase "Together A New Beginning". This statuette is one of several that were given out to returning hostages of the embassy hostage situation in Iran. Only 50 of eagle statuettes were produced and for the purpose of giving to the returning hostages the week of Reagan's inauguration. This has been authenticated by Miley Busiek Frost herself and the provenance documents comes with the purchase of the statue. The design had come to her she was with her family in Wyoming, doing research on the American bald eagle. She observed a nest of eagles on a rocky cliff above the Platt River and she crafted a sculpture based on this theme. While watching Ronald Reagan's acceptance speech at the 1980 Republican Convention she took his phrase "Together, a new beginning" and gave her sculpture this name. When her sculpture caught the eye of those within the party led to its being accepted as the official commemorative piece for President Reagan...
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1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Stèle aux Dollars.
Located in Malmo, SE
Stèle aux Dollars. Accumulation of US dollar bills in polyester. Edition of 30 ex. Artwork size: 30x80x6 cm. (Size with base 45x82x6 cm) [Archives Durand Ruel 2089] Arman explor...
Category

1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Plexiglass, Polyester

Untitled Sculpture, 1987
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1987, this original acrylic on wood sculpture is hand signed by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997)in black ink in the lower centerand numbered from the edition of ...
Category

1980s Op Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

1972 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Nickeled Finish by Carmelo Cappello
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an artwork created by the well known Italian artist Carmelo Cappello. This Carmelo Cappello Abstract Sculpture is a very interesting example of the approach of the artist to...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Italy O-pera by Concetto Pozzati Figurative Bronze Sculpture 1989
Located in Brescia, IT
Concetto Pozzati was born in Padova, Italy in 1935. He is living since 1949 in Bologna where is was holder of the chair of Painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti. He has been exhibi...
Category

1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Karel Appel Colorful Expressionist Hand Painted Wood Cobra Sculpture Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an original wooden sculpture with hand painting on both sides. it does not appear to be signed or numbered and does not currently have any label. I believe this might be the proof, There was an edition of these and this is a unique variant. All done by hand. It is on a base and revolves and rotates easily as there are ball bearings. It is very well made. Christiaan Karel Appel (1921-2006) was a Dutch artist, painter, sculptor, and poet. Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, he died in Zurich, Switzerland. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement Cobra in 1948. He was also an avid sculptor and has had works featured in MoMA, the Stedelijk and other museums worldwide. At fourteen, Appel produced his first real painting on canvas, a still life of a fruit basket. For his fifteenth birthday, his wealthy uncle Karel Chevalier gave him a paint set and an easel. An avid amateur painter himself, Chevalier gave his namesake some lessons in painting. From 1940 to 1943, during the German occupation, Appel studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, and it was there he met the young painter Guillaume Corneille and, some years later, Constant; they became close friends for years. Appel had his first show in Groningen in 1946. In 1949 he participated with the other CoBrA artists in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; this generated a huge scandal and many objections in the press and public. He was influenced by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and the French brute-art artist Jean Dubuffet. In 1947 he started sculpting with all kinds of used materials (in the technique of assemblage) and painted them in bright colors: white, red, yellow, blue, and black. He joined the Experimentele Groep in Holland together with the young Dutch painters Anton Rooskens...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Curtis Jere Abstract Wall Sculpture 1983
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulous copper metal Curtis Jere wall sculpture signed and dated either 1983. Measures approximately 51 inches long by 18. C Jere wa...
Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

FRUIT OF LIFE BOWL
Located in Aventura, FL
Incised signature by the artist and stamp numbered with foundry and date. Bronze with gilt highlights on swivel base. Edition: Of 275. Additional images are available upon request....
Category

1980s Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Deity Red Modern Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Deidad (Deity) edition 17/20, 1988, signed with certificate. Edgard Negret studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cali between 1938 and 1943. The followi...
Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Scottish Deer Hunter dog bronze by Ralph Allen Messey
Located in Pasadena, CA
Bronze sculpture of lady with the Scottish Deer Hunter dog bronze comes with green patina Standing on black granite stone the size of the stand Massey’s...
Category

1980s Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large Bronze Modernist Biomorphic Sculpture Sleeping Dog Colin Webster Watson
Located in Surfside, FL
Sculpture Of A Sleeping Dog. A wonderful and realistic cast bronze signed and numbered. With beautiful weathered patina Small edition of 10 Colin Webs...
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1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

HEAD
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture with brown patina. Head of a young girl.
Category

1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Morning Kachina by Dan Namingha, bronze sculpture, kachina, female, Hopi, brown
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Morning Kachina by Dan Namingha, bronze sculpture, kachina, female, Hopi, brown artist copy, wood base We present paintings, prints, and sculptures by Southwestern luminary, DAN NAMI...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Indian Ponies, realistic bronze sculpture, dark brown patina, horses, Nambe
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Indian Ponies, realistic bronze sculpture, dark brown patina, horses, Nambe Foundry limited edition bronze solid casting Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994) Selec...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Found Object Wall Sculpture/Relief by Gertie Lowe
By Gertie Lowe
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wall sculpture assemblage by Gertie Lowe, from 1978, is a conceptual abstract with everyday objects. Muted neutral tones are contrasted with vibrant accents. Signed and dated verso...
Category

1970s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Wood

"Volti (Faces)", Colorful Ceramic Pottery Charger, Psychological Nature Work
Located in Detroit, MI
"Volti", Italian for the word "faces", is a playful ceramic pottery charger that makes an exquisite table piece or decorative object to hang for any home due to it colorful and natur...
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1970s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Dan Dailey : Daum Figurative Glass Sculpture "Les Danseurs (The Dancers)"
By Daum
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Les Danseurs" (French for "The Dancers") is a 1979 collaboration between Daum and artist Dan Dailey. This glass figurative sculpture of two dancers, a man and a woman coated in an icy blue palate, was created with glass paste blown in a light blue mold and etched on the external surface. This work is numbered 57 from an edition of 200, signed on the sculpture in diamond-point with "D Dailey" and "DAUM FRANCE" and is included with a certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by Daum and Dan Dailey. Dan Dailey is an American glass artist who was born in Philadelphia in 1947. He emerged from the Studio Glass movement that was founded by Harvey Lilleton and collaborated with Crisallerie Daum for more than twenty years. His education includes studying under Roland Jahn and Harvey Lilleton at the Philadelphia College of Art in the 1960s and a teaching fellowship at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1970 where he also became Dale Chihuly's first graduate student He is professor emeritus at the Massachusetts College of Art where he founded their glass program. His work has been exhibited and collected all over the world, spanning over a hundred exhibitions and collections. The studio of Daum is a name that precedes itself. The only crystal manufacturer employing the glass paste process for art glass, the studio was founded in 1878 by the Daum family in Nancy, France. The studio has become synonymous with the Art Nouveau period but continues to produce high end and high quality decorative art to this very day. Artists that have worked with Daum include Charles Schneider, Arman, Hilton McConnico, Philippe Starck, Salvador Dali, Cyril Phan, Richard Texier, Emilio Robba...
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1970s Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Large Modern Abstract Figure Polished Steel Mod Chrome Sculpture Jack Schuyler
Located in Surfside, FL
Jack Schuyler (1912-2002) Polished Metal Sculpture "Abstract Figural Composition" Hand signed and Dated 1982. Measures 27" x 26-1/2" x 10.5" inches. There is not much known about this artist. He did these great post modern polished steel or chrome semi abstract, brutalist, man cave sculptures. They are great with a mid century modern or even a Memphis Milano aesthetic. From c.2000 (New York city newspaper) HEAVY METAL It's not often that a Madison Ave. furniture showroom serves as a gallery for an artist's work, but the domus design collection of European furniture on 34th St. has sculptures by 94-year-old Jack Schuyler. Steel that has been polished to a shine and feature abstract as well as more figurative designs; the pieces vary in size from 14 inches to 5 feet. $2,000-$6,000 From Brooklyn Museum. Participating in 1972 FENCE SHOW WINNERS exhibition are: Earline Eason, Flatbush (jewelry); Ilene Ferber, Manhattan (ceramics); Reginald Fludd, Huntington, L.I. (painting); Roger Gooding, Crown Heights (photography); Anita Graff, Flatbush (jewelry); Wendy Hatch, Clinton Hill...
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1980s Post-Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Bronze Bowl With Marble and Wood Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Bronze Marble Wood Sculpture Four separate pieces, unsigned artist Sarah Schwartz was born 1953 Chicago, Illinois. Education: 1971-72 York University/Ontario College of Art, Toronto...
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1980s American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Octopus Sake Set by Ron Nagle
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Octopus Sake Set Porcelain, decal and red enamel underglaze tallest- 4.25" x 3.75” date unkown Ron Nagle is one of the most important sculptors in the United States. He work is highly collected and included in museum collections such as Shigaraki Museum, Japan; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Musée de Plastique, Paris; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands. He was born in San Francisco and began working with ceramics during the 1950s as a high school student. In 1961 he apprenticed to Peter Voulkos at the University of California, Berkeley, and later exhibited his work alongside Voulkos, Ken Price, and other innovative West Coast artists working in clay. His work is inspired by such artists as Giorgio Morandi, Phillip Guston, and George Herriman...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Modern Erotic, Bronze Table Sculpture by Lee Stoliar
By Lee Stoliar
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lee Stoliar, American (1956 - ) Title: Untitled Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed Size: 6.5 in. x 7 in. x 9 in. (16.51 cm x 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm)
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1980s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Iris little study, Auguste Rodin, Bronze, Sculpture, Modern Art, 1970's, Nudes
Located in Geneva, CH
Iris little study, Auguste Rodin, Bronze, Sculpture, Modern Art, 1970's, Nudes Petite etude pour Iris, douzième épreuve Ed. 12/12 pcs 1973 Bronze with brown and black patina Marked...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Geminis Yellow Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Geminis 2/6 edition, signed with certificate. Edgard Negret studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cali between 1938 and 1943. The following year, he met...
Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Abstract Wall Sculpture "Synopsis" - Early Hologram Effect
By Halvorsen Vever, Elsbeth
Located in Soquel, CA
"Synopsis" by Elsbeth Halvorsen Vever (American, b. 1929). Box sculpture combines aluminum, sand, bone, glass and a magnifier. Signed "Elsbeth Vever 1982" on verso. Image, 24.50"L x 13.75"H x 4"W. Using bone as the central image Elsbeth has assembled an optical and visual experience. One view is the magnification and juxtaposition of the floating effect of the curvature in the stainless steel background; stand back and it's a hologram effect. The first image shows clearly the hologram effect available to the eye of the viewer. From a review of her show of box constructions in Providence, Rhode Island: "Viewing her box constructions is a lot like a walk in the moonlight. What we know, or think, to be true in the hard brightness of daytime reality dissolves into an amorphous space of multiple possibilities and perspectives." Born in Purdys, New York, Elspeth Halvorsen is the daughter, granddaughter, and mother of professional artists. She has studied at prestigious academic and artistic institutions includingthe New School for Social Research, the Art Students League, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1955, she moved to Provincetown, Massachusetts, establishing her home and studio in the former residence of Mark Rothko. Provincetown not only remains her home but also acts as a personal, social, and artistic source of inspiration for her work. Shortly after arriving in Provincetown, Halvorsen and her husband, the late Tony Vevers...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Keith Haring 'Untitled' Vase 1989
Located in Miami, FL
This Keith Haring ceramic 'Untitled' is a 1989 glazed and painted earthenware vase. It is signed, numbered and dated '1/5 AP K. Haring. 1989' aside from the numbered edition of 25 (t...
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1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Walking Man
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maxine Kim Stussy, a prolific sculptor and painter from the late 1940’s to present. Maxine led an incredibly artistic life traveling the world with her husband at the time, artist Ja...
Category

1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Seule Italy 1985 Post_Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture Annie Lambert
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting and deep multiple artwork by Annie Lambert, a talented artist of 1980’ in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.00...
Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Abstract Figurative Modern Alabaster Sculpture -- Torso of Woman #106
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern abstract sculpture of a woman's torso, signed and dated Warner in stone and marker pen, "Warner '80" and "Warner #106". Dimensions: 16"L x 11"W x 9"H. Listed artist Doris Ann...
Category

1980s American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Fantasy & Fugue - black contemporary modern abstract geometric wood sculpture
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Fantasy & Fugue (work no. HVP01132) is a unique contemporary modern abstract geometric wood sculpture by acclaimed Dutch constructivi...
Category

1980s Constructivist Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Stoneware pot by Bo Kristiansen (1944-1991)
Located in Fresno, CA
Stoneware pot by Danish Artist/Ceramicist, Bo Kristiansen (1944-1991) A rotund and weighty stoneware pot in true Kristiansen style, (though uncharacteris...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Hesot Kachin Mana, by Dan Namingha, bronze, kachina, Hopi, brown, sculpture
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hesot Kachin Mana, by Dan Namingha, bronze, kachina, Hop,i brown, sculpture #1/18 bronze edition signed and numbered by the artist We present paintings, prints, and sculptures by Sou...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Sandstorm, Post-Modern Abstract Landscape Woven Tapestry, Textile Sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
Sandstorm (1985) Wool, Post-Modern Abstract Landscape Woven Tapestry, Textile Sculpture. Zofia Butrymowicz (1904-1987) was born in Warsaw, Poland. St...
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1980s Abstract Sculptures

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Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool

"Mr. E" Plate by Ron Nagle
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Ron Nagle "Mr. E" Plate pink porcelain .5 x 13 x 12.75" 1988 signed by artist Ron Nagle is one of the most important sculptors in the United States. He work is highly collected and included in museum collections such as Shigaraki Museum, Japan; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Musée de Plastique, Paris; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands. He was born in San Francisco and began working with ceramics during the 1950s as a high school student. In 1961 he apprenticed to Peter Voulkos at the University of California, Berkeley, and later exhibited his work alongside Voulkos, Ken Price, and other innovative West Coast artists working in clay. His work is inspired by such artists as Giorgio Morandi, Phillip Guston, and George Herriman...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Clay Mask, Ceramic Sculpture by Ira Ono
By Ira Ono
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique clay mask by Hawaii based artist Ira Ono. Artist: Ira Ono Year: 1982 Medium: Ceramic Size: 10.5 x 5.5 x 3 in. (26.67 x 13.97 x 7.62 cm)
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1980s Folk Art Sculptures

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Ceramic

Staplers (1976), Woven Paper Sculpture by Ed Rossbach
Located in Wilton, CT
Ed Rossbach was known for experimenting by using unexpected materials and symbols in his baskets, vessels, and assemblages including plastic, cotton balls,...
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1970s Pop Art Sculptures

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Paper

Nude, Abstract and Figurative Sculptures for Sale

The history of sculpture as we know it is believed to have origins in Ancient Greece, while small sculptural carvings are among the most common examples of prehistoric art. In short, sculpture as a fine art has been with us forever. A powerful three-dimensional means of creative expression, sculpture has long been most frequently associated with religion — consider the limestone Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt — while the tradition of collecting sculpture, which has also been traced back to Greece as well as to China, far precedes the emergence of museums.

Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metalbronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.

If you are a lover of art and antiques or are thinking of bringing a work of sculpture into your home for the first time, there are several details to keep in mind. As with all other works of art, think about what you like. What speaks to you? Visit local galleries and museums. Take in works of public art and art fairs when you can and find out what kind of sculpture you like. When you’ve come to a decision about a specific work, try to find out all you can about the piece, and if you’re not buying from a sculptor directly, work with an art expert to confirm the work’s authenticity.

And when you bring your sculpture home, remember: No matter how big or small your new addition is, it will make a statement in your space. Large- and even medium-sized sculptures can be heavy, so hire some professional art handlers as necessary and find a good place in your home for your piece. Whether you’re installing a towering new figurative sculpture — a colorful character by KAWS or hyperreal work by Carole A. Feuerman, perhaps — or an abstract work by Won Lee, you’ll want the sculpture to be safe from being knocked over. (You’ll find that most sculptures should be displayed at eye level, while some large busts look best from below.)

On 1stDibs, find a broad range of exceptional sculptures for sale. Browse works by your favorite creator, style, period or other attribute.

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