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Period: Late 20th Century
Abstract Post-Modern Roman Ruins Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, "Classic Series"
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful post-modern wall sculpture that is part of artist Jack Reilly (American, b. 1950) "Classics Series" solo exhibition held at the Boritzer-Gray Gallery in October, 1989 at Los Angeles. This unique piece juxtaposes classical motifs with 3 dimensional stacked geometrically modern shapes and hues. The combination of linear structure and color field painting with illusionary space resulted in a unique synthesis of abstraction and pictorial depth, which was sometimes referred to as "Abstract Illusionism." Signed and dated on verso "Jack Reilly, October 1989." Image size: 19"H x 29"W x 3.5"D
Reilly's early work reflected various influences of prominent artists of the time including Frank Stella, Elsworth Kelly...
Category
Post-Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Richard Royal "Relationship Series" Sculptural Glass Vase, Signed & Dated
By Richard Royal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Richard Royal Glass Sculpture, titled "Relationship Series" hand blown glass sculptural vase. Signed with an incised signature, "Richard Royal '94"
Measures 35 inches high by 7 inc...
Category
Other Art Style Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Moving Planes, abstraction
Located in Greenwich, CT
Moving Planes dates from the period in Iommi’s body of work that corresponds to the so-called “Baroque” period of Concrete Art. This is a sophisticated work that picks up exploring i...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Gymnast (bust), Bronze Sculpture
Located in Aventura, FL
Bronze sculpture with marble base. Incised artist signature and date. Sculpture size 13.5 x 7 x 6 inches (including base). Sculpture is in excellent condition (marble base has a c...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
By David Hayes
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes.
David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor..
Hayes received a...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Bronze Modernist Biomorphic Sculpture Horse, Stand Colin Webster Watson Art Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
Colin Webster Watson (1926-2007, New Zealand), sleeping horse, sculpture, bronze, supported on wooden base, signed, AP
Sculpture Of A Suspended Horse
Colin Webster-Watson (1926, Pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Original handmade fibreglass relief sculpture from Ron Hitchins' own home. Uniquely handmade and signed by the artist. Part of a series of 3 (see our other listings for the other two...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
Organic Abstract Cast Paper Sculpture Relief Painting Suzanne Anker
By Suzanne Anker
Located in Surfside, FL
"Cocoon (1990)" by Suzanne Anker
Suzanne Anker (born August 6, 1946) is an American visual artist and theorist. Considered a pioneer in Bio Art. She has been working at the relationship of art and the biological sciences for more than twenty five years. Her practice investigates the ways in which nature is being altered in the 21st century. Concerned with genetics, climate change, species extinction and toxic degradation, she calls attention to the beauty of life and the "necessity for enlightened thinking about nature’s 'tangled bank'.” Anker frequently works with "pre-defined and found materials"botanical specimens, medical museum artifacts, laboratory apparatus, microscopic images and geological specimens.
Suzanne Anker was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 6, 1946. She earned a B.A. in Art from Brooklyn College of the City of New York and an M.F.A. from the University of Colorado in Boulder (1976). She also completed independent Studies with Ad Reinhardt (1966-1967) and studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1968). She lives with the artist Frank Gillette in Manhattan and East Hampton, NY.
During the mid 70s to the mid 80s, Anker worked almost exclusively on sculptural handmade paper reliefs. She started papermaking in 1974 on the basis of reading Dard Hunter's and Claire Romano's books. In 1975 she worked with Garner Tullis at the Institute of Experimental Printmaking in Santa Cruz, California. The paper reliefs produced at his institute were exhibited at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York City in 1976.[ The same year, she participated in the North American Hand Papermaking exhibition organized by Richard Minsky at the Center for Book Arts in New York City.
From a background as a printmaker, Anker initially worked with cast paper, made in latex molds. Subsequently, she incorporated limestone and fossils in her experiment with combinations of paper and stone. For her 1979 solo exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Anker installed large limestone planks that extended from the interior to the exterior of the gallery. The same year, she presented an installation of limestone and its residual chalk dust at P.S. 1’s "A Great Big Drawing Show" curated by Alanna Heiss with artists Vito Acconci, Alice Aycock, Frank Gillette, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Richard Serra, and others.
Suzanne Anker is considered "one of the pioneers in the broader field of art, science, and technology", particularly in the burgeoning field of Bio Art.
In 1994, Suzanne Anker curated Gene Culture: Molecular Metaphor in Visual Art – one of the first art exhibitions on the subject of art and genetics – at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus in New York. The exhibition investigated "the ways in which genetic imaging operates as aesthetic signs".
From 2004 to 2006, Suzanne Anker hosted twenty episodes of the Bio-Blurb Show, a 30-minute-long internet radio program originally broadcast on WPS1 Art Radio, in collaboration with MoMA. The show focused on the intersection of art and the biological sciences, and the ethical and aesthetic dimensions therein. It is currently archived on Alanna Heiss’ Clocktower Productions.
In 2006, Anker co-curated the exhibition Neuroculture: Visual Art and the Brain, at the Westport Arts Center with Giovanni Frazzetto. The exhibition presented an investigation of aspects of the human brain, and its attendant representations.
Suzanne Anker is the Chair of the School of Visual Arts (SVA)'s BFA Fine Arts Department in New York City (2005-present). She previously chaired the SVA BFA Art History Department (2000-2005). In 2011, Anker founded the SVA Bio Art Lab, the first Bio Art laboratory in a Fine Arts Department in the United States. The SVA Bio Art Lab is located in Chelsea, New York City and has been conceived as a place where "scientific tools and techniques become methodologies in art practice".
Anker has participated in lectures and symposia in prominent institutions around the world, including Harvard University, Boston; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Yale University, New Haven; Art-Sci UCLA, Los Angeles; Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; London School of Economics, London; European Molecular Biology Laboratory- EMBL, Monterotondo, Italy; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden; Leiden University, NL; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Banff Art Center, Alberta; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, D.C.; Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin;[ University of Amsterdam, NL; New York Academy of Sciences, Institute for the Humanities, New York University; DLD, Munich.
Selected artworks
Gene Pool
Anker’s interests in the natural world extended her investigation into the microscopic domain of chromosomes and genes. Appropriating scientific images, she created Gene Pool in 1991, a body of work that includes suspended pigment on large vellum sheets and expansive sculptural arrays employing metallic fibers of stainless steel, copper, aluminum and bronze.
Other works that reflect scientific representations of chromosomes include Chromosome Chart of Suzanne Anker –a presentation of her own DNA sequence as a self-portrait– and Cellular Script, in which she displays chromosome patterns as a kind of calligraphy.
Biota (2011) is a sculptural installation by Suzanne Anker composed of porcelain sculptures and silver-leaf figurines. The porcelain objects are fabricated by immersing natural sea sponges into a mixture of kaolin, feldspar, and quartz. "The organic material of the sponge burns away in the process, leaving behind only the perfect replica of nature".
Exhibitions
Selected one-person exhibitions
"The Biosphere Blues Mending an Unhinged Earth", O'NewWall, Seoul, Korea (2017).
“Culturing Life”, Sam Francis Gallery...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Eugene Caples "Bronze Sculpture I" Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Located in Detroit, MI
This small exquisite "Bronze Sculpture I" is in excellent condition and a perfect example of Eugene Caples craftsmanship. Although it is mainly abstract, there are bits that look figurative either an arm or a leg attempting to emerge from a fold or attempting to hold a pose such as in yoga. It cries out to be touched and held, looked at and caressed. The beautiful patina on the surface gives voice to the many hands that have done these things.
Eugene Caples is a designer and craftsman who worked in Kansas City in the 1960s and later through the early 21st century. He attended the Kansas City Art Institute, earning his Bachelors of Fine Arts in Industrial Design in 1959. In 1963 he was accepted to Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The Cranbrook Academy of Art was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists are alumni of Cranbrook and include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski, Duane Hanson, Nick Cave, Hani Rashid, George Nelson, Urban Jupena (Nationally recognized fiber artist), Artis Lane (the first African-American artist to have her sculpture, "Sojourner Truth," commissioned for the Emancipation Hall in the Capital Visitor Center in Washington DC), Cory Puhlman (televised Pastry Chef extraordinaire), Thom O’Connor (Lithographs), and Paul Evans (Created Brutalist-inspired sculpted metal furnishings.)
Gene worked...
Category
American Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wave
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Wave" 1975 is a metal and glass sculpture multiple by noted Israeli artist Menashe Kadishman 1932-2015. It is signed, numbered 1/7 and dated under the main metal part. The size assembled as intended by the artist is 21 inches long, 10 inches high and 3 inches wide. The all metal and the glass and metal part disunited are 18 x 10 inches each. The rectangle part at the top is movable and can be oriented in different position (see picture #1 and #7) It is in very good condition. The large version of this sculpture is referenced in the two following publications: Pierre Restany, Kadishman, Tel Aviv, 1996, illustration of the large version pp. 76-77
Jacob Baal-Teshuva (ed.), Menashe Kadishman, Munich, 2007, no. 22, illustration of the large version p. 17
About the artist:
Menashe Kadishman (August 21, 1932 - May 8, 2015) was an Israeli sculptor and painter.
Menashe Kadishman was born in the British Mandate Palestine in 1932. His father, who was a pioneer, died when Kadishman was 15 years old. The young Menashe left school to help his mother with housework and to earn money.
From 1947 to 1950, Kadishman studied with the Israeli sculptor Moshe Sternschuss at the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv, and in 1954 with the Israeli sculptor Rudi Lehmann in Jerusalem. In 1959, he moved to London, where he attended Saint Martin's School of Art and the Slade School of Art. During 1959 and 1960 he also studied with Anthony Caro and Reg Butler. He remained there until 1972; he had his first one-man show there in 1965 at the Grosvenor Gallery. His sculptures of the 1960s were Minimalist in style, On May 8, 2015, Menashe Kadishman died after he was hospitalized at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer.
EDUCATION
1947-50 Studies with sculptor Moshe Sternschuss, Avni Institute, Tel Aviv
1954 Studies with sculptor Rudi Lehman, Jerusalem
1959-61 St. Martin's School of Art, London
1961-62 Slade School of Art, University of London
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Bass Museum, Miami, FL
Buhsnami Sculpture Garden, Burton, TX
Centro d'Arte Contemporaneo, Prato, Italy
City of Tel Aviv, Israel
City of Breda, The Netherlands
City of Kirchheim, West Germany
City of Seoul (Olympic Park), South Korea
City of Toronto, Canada
Columbia University, New York
Ein Herod Museum, Yizre'el Valley, Israel
Faret Tachikawa, City of Tachikawa, Japan
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Heichal Hatarbut, Tel Aviv
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hirshhorm Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jewish Museum, New York
Lehigh University, Allentown, PA
Louisiana Museum, Denmark
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama
Museo de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, West Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, Munich, West Germany
Museum of Modern Art, Skopje, Yugoslavia
Open Air Sculpture, Kirchheim, West Germany
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbinical Seminary, Cincinnati, OH
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
Tate Gallery, London
Tel Aviv Museum, Israel
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Wilhelm-Lehmbruk Museum, Duisburg, West Germany
PRIZES AND AWARDS
1960 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship
1961 Sainsbury Scholarship, London
1967 First Prize for Sculpture, 5th Paris Biennale
1978 Sandberg Prize, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1981 The Eugen Kolb Prize, The Tel Aviv Museum
1981 Prize of the Jury, Norwegian International Print Biennale, Fredrickstad
1984 The Pundik Prize, The Tel Aviv Museum
1989 King Solomon Award, America-Israel Foundation, New York
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1965 Harlow Arts Festival, Harlow, England
1970 The Jewish Museum, New York
1972 Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, West Germany
1975 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1978 Venice Biennale, Venice
1979 Israel Museum, Jerusalem: The Kadishman Connection
1981 University of Haifa Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel
1981 Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv
1983 Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
1983 ICC, Antwerp, Belgium
1984 Fabien Booulakia, Paris
1984 The Jewish Museum, New York
1986 De Beyerd, Centre of Contemporary Art, Breda, The Netherlands
1986 Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, The Netherlands: Installation
1987 The Tel Aviv Museum, Myth Transformed: Painting and Monumental
1987 Sculpture of Menashe Kadishman, Tel Aviv
1988 Kammermusiksaal, Menashe Kadishman: Sacrifice of Isaac, Berlin, Germany
1988 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
1988-89 Kniestedter Kirche Stadtmuseum, Salzgitterbad, Germany
1990 Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1994 Giuliano Gori, Fattoria di Celle, Pistoia, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1980 International Sculpture Symposium, Washington, D.C.
1980 Contemporary Art Meeting, Tel Hai, Israel
1980 The Israel Museum, Borders, Jerusalem
1980 David's Tower, The Jerusalem City Museum, Jerusalem the Israeli
1980 Printmaker, Jerusalem
1981 Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Young Art from Israel...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Estate of David Hayes_Landscape Sculpture #52, painted steel, abstraction
By David Hayes
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes
David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.
Hayes received a B...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Julius Schmidt Sculpture Cast Iron Bronze Geometric
Located in Detroit, MI
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Schmidt mainly worked in cast iron and bronze. This work reflects the influences of ancient cultures, natural forms, and the machinery of the modern age. Synthesi...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Julius Schmidt "Geometrics" Iron Casting Abstract Sculpture Signed
Located in Detroit, MI
Schmidt mainly worked in cast iron and bronze. This work reflects the influences of ancient cultures, natural forms, and the machinery of the modern age. Synthesizing these elements,...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Kinetic Sculpture
By Bruce Stillman
Located in Long Island City, NY
A steel sculpture by Bruce Stillman from 1980. A kinetic sculpture with rotating components perched atop a whimsically modernist base.
Artist: Bruc...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Melrose, Geometric Enamel on Plexiglass Painting by Jay Phillips
By Jay Phillips
Located in Long Island City, NY
This enamel on aluminum in plexi box by Jay Phillips is a structural contemporary work. Phillips cut and folded his materials to form overlaps and projections. His use of bright colors reflected his early Southern California...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
By David Hayes
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes.
David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor..
Hayes received a...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Four Earth Signs: Lunette, Bronze Sculpture by Thom Cooney-Crawford
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thom Cooney-Crawford, American (1944 - )
Title: Four Earth Signs: Lunette
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and number inscribed
Edition: 4/5
Size: 21.5 in. x 7 in. x 3 in....
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Constellation
Located in Nashville, TN
Brother Mel experimented with various forms of sculpture throughout his 45-year career. This painted-steel wall piece reflects the style that emerged later in his career with its loose composition but the same bold colors and geometric shapes for which Brother Mel is best known.
About the Artist:
Creating an estimated 10,000 artworks, Brother Mel Meyer...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Modern Abstract Mixed Media Steel and Wood Organic Sculpture
By McKay Otto
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract mixed media sculpture by Texas artist McKay Otto. The work features steel arms twisting out of a wood center pillar that is attached to a cement base. Signed, dated, ...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
By David Hayes
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes.
David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor..
These Form Studi...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Plaster, Acrylic
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument 1, 1995, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
By David Hayes
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes.
David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor..
Hayes received a...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
By David Hayes
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes.
David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor..
These Form Studi...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Polystyrene, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Contemporary Metal Assemblage Racing Motorcycle Sculpture
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
The sculpture is attributed to Swedish artist Bob Pasterkamp (1952-) who has created similar pieces during the 1990s and early 2000s.
An inspirational contemporary sculpture is composed of various metal objects such as an old bicycle...
Category
Assemblage Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Abstract Red Blue Folk Art Americana Flag Can Tapestry Quilt Ross Palmer Beecher
Located in Surfside, FL
Ross Palmer Beecher (born 1957)
Hand signed in sharpie on the verso.
Dimensions: 19.5"w x 17"h.
A unique contemporary found object assemblage tap...
Category
Outsider Art Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bent Wire Wall Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bent Wire Wall Sculpture
Unsigned, from the artist collection.
Walter Bastianetto is an Italian born sculptor who moved to Mexico in the 1970s and resided there. Well-known artist ...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
"Screen Sculpture #62", Abstract, Welded Steel, Outdoor Metal Sculpture
By David Hayes
Located in New York, NY
"Screen Sculpture #62" by David Hayes
Abstract Metal Outdoor Sculpture in black-painted, welded steel
American modern master David Hayes creat...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Livre De Pierre - stone book, 1970 - stone sculpture, 40x60x25 cm.
By Ivan Avoscan
Located in Nice, FR
Stone sculpture, certainly travertine of Italy, signed on base
Ivan Avoscan, né le 13 mars 1928 à Buxy et mort le 3 janvier 2012 à Chalon-sur-Saône, est un sculpteur français
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Kneeling
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Edition 3 of 12, signed "R Holmes 3/12" on back edge of kneeling figure, and "Kneeling 3/12" on underside of base.
Robert Holmes's sculpture has been exhibited over the past thirt...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Suzanne Benton, 1974, Pelvic Woman, Copper, Coated Steel
Located in Darien, CT
In 1972, the women’s movement was in full flower. Suzanne Benton had been an early activist, a founder and organizer of NOW Chapters, CT Feminists in the Arts, Women, Metamorphosis 1 (in New Haven, CT, the first women’s art festival in the USA). She'd already been creating metal sculpted masks and working with them in mask tale performances of Women of Myth and Heritage. Her inaugural performance of Sarah and Hagar n 1972 took place at Lincoln Center in NYC.
Benton then became the artistic director and producer of an evening on Broadway, Four Chosen Women (performers included herself as mask tale performer, author Anais Nin, actress Vinie Burroughs and dancer Joan Stone). The evening took place at the Edison Theatre, November 22, 1972. While developing the evening on Broadway, Benton met renowned Swedish actress and Hollywood star, Viveca Lindfors.
Viveca was then working on her solo performance, I AM A WOMAN, and was looking for a unique theatre set for the show. The happenstance that brought Viveca and Suzanne together. At that same time, recent travel to Macchu Picchu inspired her with the mountain’s great stones sitting on the edge of precipices. These vast stones led her to create welded steel Seated Sculpture Works. Viveca was intrigued by the concept and let her own imagination fly. Imagining a set of welded steel sculpture, she took the leap in commissioning Suzanne with complete faith in artist's ability to fulfill her mandate. Benton created groups of welded sculptures for two theater sets.
Protection is one of three sculptures in first set created in 1973. Mother and Child, Pelvic Woman, Facing Each Other are three of five works from the 1974 second set. The first toured with her shows throughout the East Coast and into Toronto, Canada. The second set, created to nest together could travel as checked baggage for international and domestic airline travel. They flew to Denmark in 1980 for her performance at the UN sponsored 1980 Women’s International Conference, Copenhagen.
In addition to creating the theatre sets, Benton mounted exhibitions of her masks and sculptures in the lobbies of theatres where she performed (NYC and Northampton). Continuing on with this theme, Becoming is her 1975 Seated Sculpture Work. The theatre sets were returned at the final end of its long run. These Seated Sculpture Works have often been featured in exhibitions, including both the 2003 and 2005 retrospectives. They are part of an oeuvre of 797 sculptures and masks.
What attracted her to welded sculpture? This excerpt from her book, The Art of Welded Sculpture, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975 speaks of its lure:
"Early in my life, when I had decided to become an artist, I had had an inner vision of being able to hold the physical material of my art in such a way as to bring it into existence with my hands. In welding, I wear a mask, a heavy apron, and gloves. I heat the metal and make it bend so smoothly and gracefully; I cut the metal, rigid metal, into endless shapes; I join the pieces by causing them to flow together with the heat of the flame. Welding was a return to my adolescent vision. It was fulfillment. At that beginning time I felt that even if I went no further, this experience in itself gave me astounding satisfaction. It was as thrilling as the moment of birth. It was my birth."
(Pelvic Woman and Protection are illustrated in the book):
What began in 1965 became by 2017 an oeuvre of 797 sculptures and masks. The magic of the welding mask...
Category
Feminist Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel
Suzanne Benton, Becoming, 1975, Copper, Coated Steel
Located in Darien, CT
In 1972, the women’s movement was in full flower. Suzanne Benton had been an early activist, a founder and organizer of NOW Chapters, CT Feminists in the Arts, Women, Metamorphosis 1 (in New Haven, CT, the first women’s art festival in the USA). She'd already been creating metal sculpted masks and working with them in mask tale performances of Women of Myth and Heritage. Her inaugural performance of Sarah and Hagar n 1972 took place at Lincoln Center in NYC.
Benton then became the artistic director and producer of an evening on Broadway, Four Chosen Women (performers included herself as mask tale performer, author Anais Nin, actress Vinie Burroughs and dancer Joan Stone). The evening took place at the Edison Theatre, November 22, 1972. While developing the evening on Broadway, Benton met renowned Swedish actress and Hollywood star, Viveca Lindfors.
Viveca was then working on her solo performance, I AM A WOMAN, and was looking for a unique theatre set for the show. The happenstance that brought Viveca and Suzanne together. At that same time, recent travel to Macchu Picchu inspired her with the mountain’s great stones sitting on the edge of precipices. These vast stones led her to create welded steel Seated Sculpture Works. Viveca was intrigued by the concept and let her own imagination fly. Imagining a set of welded steel sculpture, she took the leap in commissioning Suzanne with complete faith in artist's ability to fulfill her mandate. Benton created groups of welded sculptures for two theater sets.
Protection is one of three sculptures in first set created in 1973. Mother and Child, Pelvic Woman, Facing Each Other are three of five works from the 1974 second set. The first toured with her shows throughout the East Coast and into Toronto, Canada. The second set, created to nest together could travel as checked baggage for international and domestic airline travel. They flew to Denmark in 1980 for her performance at the UN sponsored 1980 Women’s International Conference, Copenhagen.
In addition to creating the theatre sets, Benton mounted exhibitions of her masks and sculptures in the lobbies of theatres where she performed (NYC and Northampton). Continuing on with this theme, Becoming is her 1975 Seated Sculpture Work. The theatre sets were returned at the final end of its long run. These Seated Sculpture Works have often been featured in exhibitions, including both the 2003 and 2005 retrospectives. They are part of an oeuvre of 797 sculptures and masks.
What attracted her to welded sculpture? This excerpt from her book, The Art of Welded Sculpture, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975 speaks of its lure:
"Early in my life, when I had decided to become an artist, I had had an inner vision of being able to hold the physical material of my art in such a way as to bring it into existence with my hands. In welding, I wear a mask, a heavy apron, and gloves. I heat the metal and make it bend so smoothly and gracefully; I cut the metal, rigid metal, into endless shapes; I join the pieces by causing them to flow together with the heat of the flame. Welding was a return to my adolescent vision. It was fulfillment. At that beginning time I felt that even if I went no further, this experience in itself gave me astounding satisfaction. It was as thrilling as the moment of birth. It was my birth."
(Pelvic Woman and Protection are illustrated in the book):
What began in 1965 became by 2017 an oeuvre of 797 sculptures and masks. The magic of the welding mask...
Category
Feminist Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel
BELLE DE NUIT (SCULPTURE)
By Erté
Located in Aventura, FL
Incised signature by the artist and stamp numbered with foundry and date. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Please do not hesitat...
Category
Art Deco Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Crate #5
By Sam Richardson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Art Crate #X" 1986 in a wood and acrylic paint sculpture by American minimalist artist Sam Richardson, 1924-2013. The size is 37 x ...
Category
Minimalist Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
Bench - aluminum contemporary modern abstract geometric sculpture
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Bench (work no. HVP01145) is a small size contemporary modern abstract geometric aluminum sculpture by acclaimed Dutch constructivist Henk van Putten, who was born in The Netherlands...
Category
Constructivist Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Butterfly Girl
By Eric Rhein
Located in New York, NY
Eric Rhein “Butterfly Girl”
1992-1995
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
Steel, brass, and gold-filled wire, thread, glue, and found object...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel, Wire
Large Pino Signoretto Glass Wall Sculpture, 27"W
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Pino Signoretto (1944-2017)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent; 1993
Country of origin; materials: Italian; hot sculpted glass, steel (base)
Dim...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
One Dollar Ring 139 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, One Dollar Ring 139 - Mixed Media Assemblage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture
One Dollar Ring 139 is from artist Linda Stein's Brush Assemblage series, where she combine...
Category
Assemblage Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument #43, 1993, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
Union Leader
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist assemblage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA. Boghosian became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and became primarily known for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls.
This three piece assemblage includes a Union Leader tobacco can...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
Rare 1970 Israeli Abstract Sculpture Steel Menashe Kadishman Suspension
Located in Surfside, FL
Beautiful table top sculpture by renowned Israeli sculptor Menashe Kadishman. Super quality, and visually stunning. There is a large sculpture of his in Rabin Square in the heart of ...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Monastery Gate - bronze contemporary modern abstract geometric sculpture
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Monastery Gate (work no. HVP03012) is the most unique contemporary modern abstract geometric bronze sculpture by acclaimed Dutch constructivist Henk van Putten, who was born in The N...
Category
Constructivist Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Man", Large Abstract Welded Steel Sculpture, Figurative, Metal, Outdoor
Located in New York, NY
"Man" by Isobel Folb Sokolow
Welded steel, found metal, automotive metal, welding rod
Sokolow directly welds found metals creating both purely abstract and abstract figurative indoo...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Vessel
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Robert Winslow's 'Vessel" is carved from fine grain black Pennsylvania granite. Winslow's signature stonework is apparent in this finely polished granit...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Goodbye - aluminum contemporary modern abstract geometric sculpture
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Goodbye (work no. HVP01142) is a small size contemporary modern abstract geometric aluminum sculpture by acclaimed Dutch constructivist Henk van Putten, who was born in The Netherlan...
Category
Constructivist Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Modern Abstract Bronze Assemblage Sculpture
By David Phelps
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling abstract bronze assemblage sculpture by California artist David Phelps (American, b.1956). This is a unique modern piece that references times past by juxtaposing several ...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping.
Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping.
Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping.
Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Maquette for Sculpture --Gateways
Located in Soquel, CA
A smaller maquette/model for a larger piece titled "Gateways" wood and aluminum sculpture by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" on bottom. Estate of Doris Warner...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Tempest - Large Scale Brightly Colored Abstract Sculpture, Intertwined Form
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Acrylic
Paul Sisko Abstract Expressionist Steel Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Paul Sisko (American, b. 1942)
Untitled, 1971
Stainless Steel
Sculpture: 18 1/4 x 6 x 4 1/2 in.
Base: 2 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in.
Signed: Paul Sisko "71" 9/12
Edition 9 of 12
Paul Sisko ...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument 5, 1995, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
1970s French Brass & Raw Mineral Agate Specimen Sculpture Art Candlesticks Pair
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Duval-Brasseur (French, 1934-2021)
French (20th C) Pair of Brass and Agate Specimen Stone Candlesticks. Measures 17 inches high x 9 inches wide x 6 inches deep, each candles...
Category
Arte Povera Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Lake Erie and Other Waters 02
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original unique bronze and silver leaf abstract sculpture by Roberley Bell.
This dynamic work from the artist's "Lake Erie and Other Waters" series can...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Silver
Cupric I and II, Pair of Bronze Sculptures by Catherine Lee
Located in Long Island City, NY
This pair of bronze sculptures by Catherine Lee, from 1995, is a minimalist abstract that would work well in any contemporary space.
Artist:...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antoine LePerlier “Vase Ultime” Sculpture, Unique
By Antoine Leperlier
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Antoine LePerlier (b. 1953)
Marking(s); notes: signed, numbered (see detail photos); 1996
Country of origin; materials: French; pate de verre glass, gl...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument #26, 1993, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
Dorothy Mayhall, Rock Crystal, 1995, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should be picked up, fondled, and examined like a rock or shell you collect on the beach be...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic