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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Lekhoo Beshalom', 1991 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Lekhoo Beshalom' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. David fused various colored glass to create a layered, suspended, and...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Glass

Geometric Circles - Abstract Blue Wall Copper Mosaic
Located in Boston, MA
Geometric Circles 36.0 x 36.0 x 1.0, 21.0 lbs Copper, mixed media Hand signed by the artist Artist's Commentary: "Overlapping circles of translucent blue form multiple patterns in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Copper

Blue Wave - flowing, glass, translucent, blue, waves, tabletop sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Four lengths of azure blue glass lightly brushed with charcoal intersect in an elegant wave form by artist John Paul Robinson. Robinson was educated at the Georgian College of Art...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Glass

MM2 by Mattia Bosco - Large-size sculpture, Palissandro marble, grey tones, iron
Located in Paris, FR
MM2 is a unique sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of Palissandro marble, stainless steel, iron, dimensions are 168 × 69 × 30 cm (66.1 × 27.2 × 11....
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Marble

"Opus Trifecta" abstract kinetic sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Mirror-polished stainless steel with powder-coat. This sculpture's primary focal point is its stunning three-tier symmetric patterns. Three orange powder-coated cylindrical discs si...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Stainless Steel

"Magic Circle in Green", Organic Hand Cut, Laser Cut, Paper Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"Magic Circle in Green" by Rogan Brown Laser and hand cut paper, framed in a plexiglass shadow box Available by commission. Please allow 8-12 weeks production time. Rogan Brown cre...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Paper

Ragisména series White M6, Abstract Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ragisména series White M6, 2024 by Rodrigo Zampol From Ragisména Series Plaster on canvas Dimensions: 30 cm H x 20 cm W Weight: 3 kg Unique piece Signed on the back The piece has a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Canvas, Plaster

"Deformation"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The sculpture has an abstract form with smooth curves, openings and a mirror-polished surface, which creates the effect of a play of light and reflections. It creates a textured part...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Granite, Bronze

Handmade Paper Collage Sculpture Art Assemblage with String Nancy Genn Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Nancy Genn, American (b. 1929) Marshfield 25 (1977) Handmade paper collage Hand signed verso Dimensions: 20 1/8 x 22 inches Utilizing what is now known as the 'Genn Method,' Nancy Genn created three-dimensional abstract works of handmade paper, gaining international recognition in the 1970s Nancy Genn is an American artist living and working in Berkeley, California known for works in a variety of media, including paintings, bronze sculpture, printmaking, and handmade paper rooted in the Japanese washi paper making tradition. Her work explores geometric abstraction, non-objective form, and calligraphic mark making, and features light, landscape, water, and architecture motifs. She is influenced by her extensive travels, and Asian craft, aesthetics and spiritual traditions. Nancy Genn was born in 1929 in San Francisco, California. She recognized early that she would pursue a career as an artist. Her mother, Ruth Wetmore Thompson Whitehouse, was a painter and UC Berkeley alumna who played a leadership role in the San Francisco Women Artists organization. Genn studied at San Francisco Art Institute (then California School of Fine Arts) with painter Hassel Smith, and at the Art Department at the University of California, Berkeley (1948–49) with Professors Margaret Peterson and John Haley, and fellow students Sam Francis and Sonya Rapoport. In 1949 she married Vernon “Tom” Genn, an engineer raised in Japan, with whom she had three children. Career Genn's first noted solo exhibition was in 1955 at Gump's Gallery in San Francisco. She received international recognition through her inclusion in French art critic Michel Tapié’s seminal text Morphologie Autre (1960), which cited her as one of the most important exponents of post-war informal art. In 1961, Genn began creating bronze sculptures using the lost-wax casting method. Influenced by noted sculptor and family friend Claire Falkenstein, who used open-formed structures in her work, Genn cast forms woven from long grape vine cuttings, and produced vessels, fountains, fire screens, a menorah, a lectern, and, notably, the Cowell Fountain (1966) at UC Santa Cruz. In 1963 her sculptural work was exhibited with Berkeley artists Peter Voulkos and Harold Paris in the influential exhibition Creative Casting curated by Paul J. Smith at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York. Genn was one of the first American artists to express herself through handmade paper, first receiving wide recognition via exhibitions at Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, beginning in 1977, and in traveling exhibitions with Robert Rauschenberg and Sam Francis. In 1978-1979, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and Japan Creative Arts Fellowship, she studied papermaking in Japan, visiting local paper craftspeople, working in Shikenjo studio in Saitama Prefecture, and exhibiting her work in Tokyo. She also learned techniques from Donald Farnsworth...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

SCULPTURE TEXTILE BLACK RAFFIA V BY SPANISH ARTIST ELIURPI 2024
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Textile, Silk

Masada, Fortress of Heroes
By Paula Winokur
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Masada, Fortress of Heroes" 1983, is a porcelain bas relief by noted American artist Paula Winokur, 1935-2018. It is signed, titled, dated and numbered 32/60 in ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain

The Precious
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stephen Lee is a Korean-American sculptor based in Dallas, Texas. Born in South Korea and immigrating to the United States as a teenager, Lee draws from a dual set of cultural influe...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze, Steel

Barricada #9aic2S by Alejandro Vega Beuvrin - Painted stainless steel sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Barricada #9aic 2S is a painted stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin, dimensions are 45 × 31 × 20 cm (17.7 × 12.2 × 7.9 in). The sculpture is sign...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Forces of Nature 5 - Sculptural Abstract Minimalist Textural Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Len Klikunas creates sculptural minimalist artworks to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His original artwork is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Gesso, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Tantra 11: minimalist abstract mandala sculpture painting, red circle
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny seed beads adhered to canvas in a range of red hues, crea...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Cloud Study: Fence', 2013 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Cloud Study: House is a contemporary abstract glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Cloud Study Series. It contains hues of white and blue painterly brushstroke formations in glass ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Barricada #7 aip S by Alejandro Vega Beuvrin - Abstract sculpture, silver colour
Located in Paris, FR
Barricada #7 aip S is a brushed stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin, dimensions are 32 × 39 × 38 cm (12.6 × 15.4 × 15 in). The sculpture is signe...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

"Queen Santorini" Ceramic Vessel Sculpture
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed porcelain vase sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli features a burnt umber and white body and a wide neck finished with 18K gold luster. The artist's stamp is located at the base of...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Gold

Don Quixote
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tom Nussbaum is known for a variety of work including drawings, paper cuts, prints, sculpture, children’s books, animations, functional design objects, and site-specific commissions....
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Duet IV
Located in Burlingame, CA
Minimal, clean abstract indented white orb containing an interior circular orb resting within the larger piece. A wonderful ceramic sculpture by Jane B. Grimm who began her artistic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Umbra series 14, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Umbra series 14, 2023 by Rodrigo Zampol From Umbra Series Oxidated and varnished brass. Wooden chassis Dimensions: 50 cm H x 50 cm W Weight: 3 kg Uniqu...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Brass

Nexus
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Abstract sculpture by American artist, Jack Youngerman (b.1926). Nexus, 1990. 24.5 inches. Aluminum, numbered 2/3. Signed and numbered on base. 1926 Born, St. Louis, Missouri; moved with family to Louisville, Kentucky in 1929 1943-44; 1946-47 Attended University of Missouri 1944-46 U.S. Navy, University of North Carolina 1947-49 Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1949-55 Lived and worked in Paris 1956 Returned to the United States; lived in New York City 1956-1995 1995-current Resides in Bridgehampton, New York ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS: 1951 Galerie Arnaud, Paris 1958 Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968) 1959 Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Sixteen Americans" 1962 Galerie Lawrence, Paris (also 1965) 1963 Galeria dell' Ariete, Milan Everett Ellen Gallery, Los Angeles, California The Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C. 1971 Pace Gallery, New York (also 1972, 1975) 1972 Portland Center for the Arts, Oregon Seattle Art Museum, Washington 1973 The Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois Galerie Denise Rene, Paris 1975 Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 1976 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York 1981 Washburn Gallery...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Aluminum

Nexus
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Terrace Disc, red orange
By Michael Freed and Adam Rosen
Located in Santa Fe, NM
one wall disc sits about 4.5 inches from the wall powder coated steel includes wall mount bracket that can be secured with lock for public installation can b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

"Round Mountain Landscape", Industrial, Abstract Sculpture in Metal & Stone
Located in New York, NY
"Round Mountain Landscape" by John Van Alstine Granite and steel The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone and metal, while explorin...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stone, Granite, Metal, Steel

Neolithic Site Plan mixed media on wood metal wall sculpture
Located in Palm Desert, CA
I am usually not thinking so much about a finished work, but am inspired, accepting and mystified by the process of creating it. I see each of my works as a rehearsal in enduring un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Open
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eileen Braun delights in creating biomorphic or organic sculptural forms. Although they may look as though they're constructed of metal rods, they're actually created from rattan ree...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Murano Glass Sculpture Abstract Face Handcrafted by Paul Kostabi
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This unique Murano glass sculpture by Paul Kostabi is a unique example of Venetian craftsmanship. Mouth-blown and hand-cut at the Hofmeister Glass Factory in Amberg, it is a truly un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Blown Glass

" DELTA FORCE " Modern Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Wood Aluminium
Located in Benahavis, ES
The Abstract Totem " Delta Force ” is a unique Sculpture made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2015, sand cast recycled aluminium in our foundry, handcrafted and mounted o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Chroma Tower No 2 - tall, geometric abstract, steel and glass sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The striking metal towers of the Chroma series are stacked frames of glass that change colours and images as sunlight shines through them. Inspired by a ba...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Bronze Sculpture Abstract Brutalist Goat or Ram WPA Artist Mounted on Base
By Benedict Michael Tatti
Located in Surfside, FL
Benedict Tatti (1917-1993) worked in New York city as a sculptor, painter, educator, and video artist. He studied stone and wood carving under Louis Slobodkin at the Roerich Museum. He later attended the Leonardo da Vinci School of Art studying under Attilio Piccirelli. In l939 he taught adult classes with the Teachers Project of the WPA and attended the Art Students League for three and a half years on full scholarship. He studied under William Zorach and Ossip Zadkine and later became Zorach’s assistant. Later in his career, he attended the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts. During World War II, Tatti served in the United States Army Air Force, where he spent three years assigned to variety of projects. In 1948, Benedict Tatti married Adele Rosenberg in New York City. Throughout his career, Tatti continuously experimented with various media. From 1952-1963, Tatti executed sculptural models of architectural and consumer products for the industrial designers, Raymond Loewy Associates; later he became a color consultant for the firm. In the 1960s, influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, Tatti turned from carving directly in wood and stone to creating assemblage architecture sculptures, using bronze metal and other industrial materials. He was included in the important show "Aspects de la Sculpture Americaine", at Galerie Claude Bernard Paris, France, in October 1960 along with Ibram Lassaw, Theodore Roszak, David Smith, Louise Bourgeois, Danese Corey, Dorothy Dehner, Lin Emery, Lily Ente, David Hayes, Louise Nevelson, Tony Rosenthal, Richard Stankiewicz, Sam Szafran...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Locus 2- intricate white gold 3D abstract geometric drawing and collage on paper
Located in New York, NY
Finesse and delicacy are what characterize best Antonin Anzil’s artistic practice. Paper as a medium seems incompatible with the idea of engraving or sculpturing; and yet. Using a sh...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Archival Paper

Angel Fish-original abstract wildlife bronze sculpture for sale-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Angel Fish" is a mesmerizing sculpture crafted by the talent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Luminosité changeante II - contemporary modern sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Luminosité changeante II is a unique medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting relief by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. The relief is made f...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Soft Curve 312, Signed unique sculpture (from the Estate of artist Will Barnet)
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein Soft Curve 312 (from the Estate of artist Will Barnet), 1998 Mixed media sculpture of wood, metal and stone Signed, titled and dated with additional sculpted text Unique ...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stone, Metal

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Waka Tupapku', 1996 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Waka Tupapaku' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. About the Internal Space Series: David’s experiments with sheet glass and fusing led him to try to make the glass thicker to see more interior space. It was during this time a professor pointed out that he was working with a metaphor, for which the internal space of the glass was the equivalent to the internal life of the mind. This became his operating mantra but also forced him to come to terms with the casting of thick sections. “Creating those internal spaces came with some problems. Other than telescope mirrors, I did not know that anyone annealed glass in a kiln for more than a day or two. When pieces cracked after five days of cooling, I could not believe they would need even more time. The tragedy...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Glass

Alexander's Inspiration (Abstract Sculpture)
Located in London, GB
Aluminum sheet, metal wire and acrylic - mobile "Limited edition of 8 1/8 Available on request — 3 week turnaround " Amaury Maillet is a self-taught artist who explored art in Pro...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Cloud Study #4', 2017 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
Cloud Study #4 is a contemporary abstract glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Cloud Study Series. It contains hues of white, yellow and black painterly...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Small abstract sculpture. Ancient candle holder.
Located in Zofingen, AG
This ceramic sculpture resembles an ancient object. It has a stone texture and rounded plasticity. Inside the sculpture is a place for fire. When the fire burns, the sculpture comes to life. You see a warm light inside and a cold shadow outside. It takes you into the cool of the night under the starry sky to a place where miracles happen. The sculpture passed high firing (1120 degrees). I left the natural texture of gray clay to keep the feeling of naturalness. Sve Gris...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Handcrafted Penguin Ceramic Urn with Heart by Heidi Hartmann
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This elegant handcrafted ceramic urn with a smooth oval shape, delicate stands soft green and pink tones with fine decorative details, blending timeless design and natural inspiratio...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Sanawa', 2008 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Sanawa' is a contemporary abstract glass by artist David Ruth. Created in 2008, it was a piece in a series about the David's views on the American invasion of Iraq. "In 2005, a fe...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Nar Nari Wall Sculpture
Located in Faridabad, IN
BY Mahesh sharma Year: 2021 Material: Driftwood, Acrylic Paint, Epoxy Scuplture is a one of kind collectables and it portrays Nar-Nari Sculpture ( Man+Woman)
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Driftwood, Acrylic

"Homage to Fletcher Benton" geometric abstract sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Mirror polished stainless steel. Inspired by internationally renowned sculptor Fletcher Benton's "Double Folded Circle" sculpture (2002), this piece by John Whitehead contains cylin...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Milky Way 4 - contemporary, geometric abstract, aluminum sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This enigmatic and intriguing sculpture is by Jean-Pierre Morin. The Quebec artist is known for his compelling contemporary work inspired by natural form...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Handcrafted Oval Ceramic Urn with Ginko Leaf by Heidi Hartmann
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This ceramic vase-like urn with a little golden ball on top is a unique piece handcrafted with care and passion. This beautiful memorial artwork combines aesthetic beauty with deep s...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

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...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Fiberglass, Acrylic

Handcrafted Urn - Spiral Ceramic Urn by Heidi Hartmann
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This elegant handcrafted ceramic urn with a smooth oval shape, delicate stands soft green and pink tones with fine decorative details, blending timeless design and natural inspiratio...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Antiguo, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Dark Chocolate Brown Stoneware; Cone 5/6 Oxidation Firing; Slips & Oxides; Faux metal detailing "A relic of nature." Keywords: abstract, textured, ceramic, clay,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Clay

Rugged Elements #4 - Impasto Thick Paint Abstract Minimalist Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. Klikunas focuses on the larger idea behind his original abstract minimalist artworks. The work is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Windy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eileen Braun delights in creating biomorphic or organic sculptural forms. Although they may look as though they're constructed of metal rods, they're actually created from rattan ree...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Rubber, Mixed Media

"To Each His Own" Original Painted Steel Sculpture by: Ralph Wickstrom
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"To Each His Own" is a painted steel sculpture by Ralph Wickstrom, created in 2000. The sculpture is that of a tower with four levels, each level showcasing a unique set of shapes. T...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Large Latin American Modernist Bronze Abstract Cuban Master Roberto Estopinan
Located in Surfside, FL
Roberto Estopinan, Cuban, 1920 - 2015 Dimensions: 24.5" wide x 13" high plus 6" high base. Roberto Estopiñán (1921–2015) was a Cuban American sculptor known for his sculptures of the human form, including political prisoners. Born in Camaguey, Cuba, he lived in the United States for over fifty years. His works are held by major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Roberto Gabriel Estopinan, a sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, was born in Havana, Cuba on March 18, 1921. Estopiñán enrolled at the San Alejandro Academy when he was just 14 years old and became the protegé and studio assistant of the sculptor Juan José Sicre. After graduation he traveled first to Mexico, where he met and befriended Francisco Zuniga, and studied Pre-Columbian sculpture. In 1949 he traveled to Europe, visiting England, France and Italy. In these trips he encountered the sculpture of Henry Moore and Marino Marini, and their humanistic yet formal visions would be influential on Estopinan's work. Estopiñán was a pioneer of direct carvings using wood and of welding techniques in Latin America. Throughout the 1950s, Estopiñán received important prizes at various national exhibitions in Havana. In 1953 he was the only semi-finalist from Latin America at the Tate Gallery's international sculpture competition for a Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner. In 1961, the artist moved to New York, where he resided until 2002. Roberto Gabriel Estopiñán a Cuban emigre sculptor who emigrated to exile in the United States not long after Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959, is considered one of Latin America’s most important 20th-century artists. His work, which includes drawings and prints as well as sculptures in wood and bronze, is in the collections of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Detroit Institute of Art, among many locations. He is best known for his stark, disturbing renderings of political prisoners, the fruit of his own experiences as a dissident under both Castro and his predecessor, the dictator Fulgencio Batista, and for his representations of the female torso that can remind viewers of both classical statuary and the high-modern, abstractly elongated work of Henry Moore.mHe was born in Havana to a father from Asturias in northwest Spain and a mother of African descent. Estopiñán was something of a prodigy. At the age of fourteen, he won the first prize in drawing at the Centro Asturiano, a regional association for Cubans of Asturian descent. Shortly afterward he received special permission to enter the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana. At the school he was mentored first by its director, the painter Armando Menocal (1863-1941), then by the landscape artist Antonio Rodríguez Morey (1872-1967), and finally by Juan José Sicre (1898-1974), regarded as one of Cuba’s greatest sculptors. Sicre, a professor of sculpture at the Academy, had helped introduce European modernist art to Cuba, and from the 1930s through the 1950s had sculpted monumental figures in Havana of José Martí and other Cuban national heroes that stand to this day. Estopiñán was first Sicre’s student, then his assistant, and, finally, his colleague for the next fifty years. After graduating from San Alejandro in 1942, Estopiñán began simultaneously teaching art at the Ceiba del Agua School for young men, assisting Sicre in public art projects and developing his own artistic vision. He also traveled widely, to Mexico, New York, France, and Italy. From the late 1940s through the 1950s his sculpture evolved from an early neoclassical phase under the influence of Maillol to what he defined as “formalist humanism”: emphasizing the abstract beauty of the shapes he sculpted while not abandoning the human figure as the basis of his work. As the 1950s progressed he chose to carve in native Cuban woods...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

W3-Dimensional 28, Felipe Pantone, 2018
Located in Draper, UT
W3-Dimensional 28, Felipe Pantone, 2018. Comes in custom box with Certificate of Authentication. Rare piece, very beautiful! 13.2 in x 13.6 in
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Plexiglass, Ink

Maquette for Laureate (unique sculpture)
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Lipton Maquette for Laureate, ca. 1968-1969 Nickel silver on monel metal Unique 18 × 8 1/2 × 7 inches Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1969 thence by descent Christie's New York: Monday, June 30, 2008 [Lot 00199] Acquired from the above Christie's sale This unique sculpture by important Abstract Expressionist sculptor Seymour Lipton is a maquette of the monumental sculpture "Laureate" - one of Lipton's most iconic and influential works located on the Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Laureate is a masterpiece that was commissioned by the Allen-Bradley Company in memory of Harry Lynde Bradley and as an enhancement for the newly constructed Performing Arts Center. It is located on the east bank of the Milwaukee River at 929 North Water Street. The Bradley family in Milwaukee were renowned patrons of modernist sculpture, known for their excellent taste who also founded an eponymous sculpture park. For reference only is an image of the monumental "Laureate" one of Milwaukee's most beloved public sculptures. According to the Smithsonian, which owns a different unique variation of this work, "The full-size sculpture Laureate was commissioned by the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee. In the initial drawings, Seymour Lipton combined details from the architectural plan with a wide variety of images, ranging from musical instruments to a lighthouse on the island of Tobago. He transformed the basic shapes from these sketches into a welded sculpture, which evokes a figure composed of columns, harp strings, and coiled rope. Lipton created this piece to celebrate achievement in the arts. The dramatic silhouette commands your attention, reflecting the title Laureate, which means worthy of honor and distinction. The final version of the piece is over twelve feet high and stands out against the pale, flat buildings of the arts center.,," Provenance Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1969 thence by descent Christie's New York: Monday, June 30, 2008 [Lot 00199] Acquired from the above Christie's sale About Seymour Lipton: Born in New York City in 1903, Seymour Lipton (1903-1986) grew up in a Bronx tenement at a time when much of the borough was still farmland. These rural surroundings enabled Lipton to explore the botanical and animal forms that would later become sources for his work. Lipton’s interest in the dialogue between artistic creation and natural phenomena was nurtured by a supportive family and cultivated through numerous visits to New York’s Museum of Natural History as well as its many botanical gardens and its zoos. In the early 1920s, with the encouragement of his family, Lipton studied electrical engineering at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and pursued a liberal arts education at City College. Ultimately, like fellow sculptor Herbert Ferber, Lipton became a dentist, receiving his degree from Columbia University in 1927. In the late 1920s, he began to explore sculpture, creating clay portraits of family members and friends. In addition to providing him with financial security, dentistry gave Lipton a foundation in working with metal, a material he would later use in his artwork. In the early 1930s, though, Lipton’s primary sculptural medium was wood. Lipton led a comfortable life, but he was also aware of the economic and psychological devastation the Depression had caused New York. In response, he generally worked using direct carving techniques—a form of sculpting where the artist “finds” the sculpture within the wood in the process of carving it and without the use of models and maquettes. The immediacy of this practice enabled Lipton to create a rich, emotional and visual language with which to articulate the desperation of the downtrodden and the unwavering strength of the disenfranchised. In 1935, he exhibited one such early sculpture at the John Reed Club Gallery in New York, and three years later, ACA Gallery mounted Lipton’s first solo show, which featured these social-realist-inspired wooden works. In 1940, this largely self-taught artist began teaching sculpture at the New School for Social Research, a position he held until 1965. In the 1940s, Lipton began to devote an increasing amount of time to his art, deviating from wood and working with brass, lead, and bronze. Choosing these metals for their visual simplicity, which he believed exemplified the universal heroism of the “everyman,” Lipton could also now explore various forms of abstraction. Lipton’s turn towards increasing abstraction in the 1940s allowed him to fully develop his metaphorical style, which in turn gave him a stronger lexicon for representing the horrors of World War II and questioning the ambiguities of human experience. He began his metal work with cast bronze sculptures, but, in 1946, he started welding sheet metal and lead. Lipton preferred welding because, as direct carving did with wood, this approach allowed “a more direct contact with the metal.”[ii] From this, Lipton developed the technique he would use for the remainder of his career: “He cut sheet metal, manipulated it to the desired shapes, then joined, soldered, or welded the pieces together. Next, he brazed a metal coating to the outside to produce a uniform texture.”[iii] In 1950, Lipton arrived at his mature style of brazing on Monel metal. He also began to draw extensively, exploring the automatism that abstract expressionist painters were boasting at the time. Like contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock, Lipton was strongly influenced by Carl Jung’s work on the unconscious mind and the regenerative forces of nature. He translated these two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional maquettes that enabled him to revise his ideas before creating the final sculpture.The forms that Lipton produced during this period were often zoomorphic, exemplifying the tension between the souls of nature and the automatism of the machine. In the years following the 1950s, Lipton’s optimism began to rise, and the size of his work grew in proportion. The oxyacetylene torch—invented during the Second World War—allowed him to rework the surfaces of metal sculptures, thus eliminating some of the risks involved with producing large-scale finished works. In 1958, Lipton was awarded a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale and was thus internationally recognized as part of a small group of highly regarded avant-garde constructivist sculptors. In 1960, he received a prestigious Guggenheim Award, which was followed by several prominent public commissions, including his heroic Archangel, currently residing in Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. A number of important solo exhibitions of his work followed at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC (1964); the Milwaukee Art Center and University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (1969); the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond (1972); the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY (1973); the Herbert E. Johnson Museum of Art of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY (1973); the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in Washington, DC (1978); and a retrospective in 1979 at The Jewish Museum in New York. In 1982 and 1984 alone, two exhibitions of his sculpture, organized respectively by the Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC) and the Hillwood Art Gallery of Long Island University (Greenvale, NY), traveled extensively across museums and university galleries around the nation. In 2000, the traveling exhibition An American Sculptor: Seymour Lipton was first presented by the Palmer Museum of Art of Pennsylvania State University in University Park. Most recently, in 2009, the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, NC mounted The Guardian and the Avant-Garde: Seymour Lipton’s Sentinel II in Context. Since 2004, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery has been the exclusive representative of the Estate of Seymour Lipton and has presented two solo exhibitions of his work—Seymour Lipton: Abstract Expressionist Sculptor (2005) and Seymour Lipton: Metal (2008). In 2013, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presented Abstract Expressionism, In Context: Seymour Lipton, which included twelve major sculptures by the artist, along with works by Charles Alston, Norman Bluhm, Beauford Delaney, Willem de Kooning, Jay DeFeo, Michael Goldberg, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Conrad Marca-Relli, Boris Margo, Alfonso Ossorio, Richard Pousette-Dart, Milton Resnick, Charles Seliger...
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