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Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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
Period: 1980s
Tea Party #3
Located in New York, NY
Abstract stainless steel pipe sculpture with beautifully detailed surface. Can be inside or outside. About the Artist: Famous abstract expressionist. Soffer was born in Bagh...
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Stainless Steel

Large Abstract Expressionist Papier-mâché Painted Floor Sculpture Vase 1985
Located in Portland, OR
A large abstract Expressionist sculpture floor vase by the celebrated German-American Expressionist artist Peter Robert Keil (b. 1942), signed & dated 1985. The floor vase is of larg...
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Acrylic, Papier Mâché

Untitled
Located in Greenwich, CT
Incised with the artist’s signature, date 81 and number 2/6 and stamped with the Tallix foundry mark (near the lower edge) Michael Steiner was born in New York in 1945. He began exh...
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Bronze

Nocturne Ed. 2/15 - smooth, polished, abstract, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once expressive and elegant, this abstract bronze sculpture is by David Chamberlain. The contemporary form is reminiscent of a half-moon shape...
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Bronze

Rhapsody Ed. 1/15 - smooth, polished, abstract, bronze and mahogany sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The lyrical lush lines of this heart-shaped bronze sculpture were created by the American artist David Chamberlain. Sculpted from one continuous piece, the highly patinated finish fe...
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Metal

Fanfare - smooth, polished, abstract, contemporary, mahogany carved sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The elegant, lyrical curves of this abstract sculpture by David Chamberlain are hand-carved from one continuous loop of mahogany wood. The American artist is a sculptor, painter, jazz musician, a Capella singer, composer, writer and educator—a ‘renaissance man’ whose artwork is often inspired by music. Chamberlain works with the visible grain and polishes the wood to a soft lustre to accentuate its dynamic form. Each sculpture is designed to rotate on a pedestal so that with every turn another view of the form is revealed. This is the last of a suite of eight sculptures; each anthropomorphic form designed to be reminiscent of the traditional busts...
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Wood, Mahogany

Senza Misura - smooth, polished, abstract, contemporary, mahogany sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The graceful curves of this contemporary solid mahogany sculpture by David Chamberlain appear to emulate the image of a heart. Hand carved from one piece of this rare wood; the abstract form is one continuous loop. The naturally rich grain is highly finished with a soft lustre that accentuates the form. Chamberlain’s sculptures...
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Metal

Eroica A.P. 1 - smooth, polished, abstract, contemporary, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As graceful as a dancer’s form, this contemporary bronze sculpture in a striking deep turquoise patina is by David Chamberlain. Created from one continuous piece, and highly polished, the lustre accentuates the spiralling form and reflects light. Chamberlain’s sculptures...
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Metal, Bronze

STOI V, unique dazzling large indoor painted wood sculpture by important artist
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Liberman STOI V, 1986 Wood with paper and paint 97 1/2 × 28 × 37 inches This work is hand signed twice by Alexander Liberman: Signed on the side as well as the underside an...
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Oil, Laid Paper, Mixed Media, Wood

Arnaldo Pomodoro ( 1926 ) – gilded bronze sculpture with brass base – 1983
Located in Varese, IT
gilded bronze sculpture with brass base Executed in 1983, the work is an limited edition of three hundred diameter: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) height 17 cm hand incised with the artist’s sig...
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Brass, Bronze

Tribute to Jean Arp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tribute to Jean Arp. This decorative piece has been painted by hand on glazed porcelain with an intense red color. Jean Arp Sargadelos Porcelain Vase. last quarter 20th Century sign...
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Porcelain

Soup Tureen with Wood Spoon
Located in Wilton, CT
salt-glazed stoneware
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Stoneware

Double Sided Gold Plated Medallion (Limited Edition; Signed and Stamped)
Located in New York, NY
ARNALDO POMODORO Double Sided Gold Plated Medallion, 1985 Bronze with Gold Patina 2 7/10 × 2 7/10 × 3/10 inches Limited Edition of 500 Signed by artist with incised signature; Stampe...
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Gold, Bronze

Rope Trap /// Abstract Expressionist Female Nancy Graves Huge Metal Sculpture NY
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Nancy Graves (American, 1939-1995) Title: "Rope Trap" *Titled, signed, and dated by Graves (inscribed into the metal) on red cylinder lower right Year: 1985 Medium: Original ...
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Bronze, Metal

" La pensée " unic prototype
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Michel FOLON . Né en Belgique , Jean michel Folon suit des cours de design industriel dans les années 50. Il s'embarque des l'age de 21 ans pour la France à Bougival où il vit c...
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Ceramic

Tribute to Joan Miró
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tribute to Joan Miró, painter, sculptor, engraver and Spanish ceramist, considered one of the maximum representatives of surrealism. This decorative piece has been painted by hand on glazed porcelain with an intense red colour, cooking in this stage at 800 º C (for third time). For this reason the production process is more laborious. All hand decorated and finished at its two factories in the region. Homage A Miró...
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Porcelain

Tropical Prism
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vasa Mihich is a renowned Los Angeles-based artist known for his sleek, colorful and captivating acrylic sculptures. He waas a Senior Professor of Design at the University of Califor...
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Acrylic Polymer

Multifaceted Copper Enamel Tiles Abstract by N.G. Bloome
Located in Soquel, CA
Multifaceted Copper Enamel Tiles Abstract by N.G. Bloome Enameled Copper panels "Picasso" esq by an unknown artist. N.G. Bloome (American, 20th C). Uniq...
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Copper, Enamel, Wire

Estate of David Hayes_Landscape Sculpture #52, painted steel, abstraction
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...
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Enamel, Steel

Arnaldo Pomodoro ( 1926 ) – Gilded bronze and solid Teak wood sculpture - 1982
Located in Varese, IT
Gilded bronze and solid Teak wood sculpture, cast by lost wax finished entirely by hand and curated directly by Artist Executed in 1982, the work is an limited edition of two hundre...
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Bronze

Barn : abstract steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Transform any interior or exterior into a truly unique space with the dynamic works of an acclaimed sculptor Naomi Press. Naomi Press was one of the very few women working in large ...
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Steel

Untitled III : abstract steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Transform any interior or exterior into a truly unique space with the dynamic works of an acclaimed sculptor Naomi Press. Naomi Press was one of the very few women working in large ...
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Steel

Untitled VI : abstract steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Transform any interior or exterior into a truly unique space with the dynamic works of an acclaimed sculptor Naomi Press. Naomi Press was one of the very few women working in large ...
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Steel

Untitled I : abstract steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Transform any interior or exterior into a truly unique space with the dynamic works of an acclaimed sculptor Naomi Press. Naomi Press was one of the very few women working in large ...
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Steel

Untitled V : abstract steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Transform any interior or exterior into a truly unique space with the dynamic works of an acclaimed sculptor Naomi Press. Naomi Press was one of the very few women working in large ...
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Steel

Red Barn : abstract steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Transform any interior or exterior into a truly unique space with the dynamic works of an acclaimed sculptor Naomi Press. Naomi Press was one of the very few women working in large ...
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Steel

Untitled II : abstract steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Transform any interior or exterior into a truly unique space with the dynamic works of an acclaimed sculptor Naomi Press. Naomi Press was one of the very few women working in large ...
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Steel

"Nymph and Goat" Modern Abstract Mythological Bronze and Marble Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract sculpture of a woman and goat by renowned artist Reuben Nakian. The work features a female nymph figure lying back as a goat figure approaches in Nakian's iconic bloc...
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Granite, Bronze

Abstract Australian Post Modernist Sculpture Peter D. Cole Metal, Enamel, Marble
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter D. Cole (Australian, b. 1947) Symbols of Landscape, 1987 Mixed metal, enamel and marble signed P.D. Cole and dated 21 x 6 1/2 x 6 in (53 x 16.5 x 15cm) Provenance: Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, Australia, 1987. Sculptor Peter D. Cole was born in Gawler, South Australia and trained at the South Australian School of Art between 1965 and 1968. Since the 1980’s Cole has been based in the Kyneton District of Victoria, where he has established himself as one of Australia’s senior and most renowned contemporary sculptors, drawing on the landscape as a source of inspiration and recent research trips to Japan and India have added to his rich source material. As a public artist, Cole has made a significant contribution to the urban landscape and public spaces of Australia receiving the Australian National Trust Heritage Award and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Award of Merit for Foundation Park, a permanent work at The Rocks, Sydney. He is highly sought for commissions and his work is prominent in many public and corporate collections throughout Australia, including Parliament House, Canberra, the National Gallery of Australia, and Brisbane International Airport and recently Windsor Railway Station precinct. He was awarded the H.P. Gill medal for top student and the Contemporary arts Society award for drawing in 1968 and has exhibited regularly since 1969 with exhibitions in Australia and America, with notably a solo exhibition in 1995 at The Carpenter Centre, Harvard University USA. Peter D. Cole ranks as one of Australia's senior and most renowned contemporary sculptors. Graphic, minimalist and refined, his uncompromising aesthetic vision encompasses both large-scale structures, aerial works, and more intimate, witty ruminations. An accomplished water-colourist and draughtsman, Cole's vision translates easily into works on paper, valued by collectors for the insight they provide into his practice. Cole's robust materials- brass, bronze, painted steel and aluminium- vibrant colours and precise shapes articulate spatial, intellectual, and philosophical concepts. He is also interested in the notion of 'diagrammatic' landscapes, ones that express the transition between the flat plains of the Australian bush, and a more city-centric urban cacophony. Cole's work observes and recognises the boundaries of modern life without limiting its scale, or its scope. Cole is the recipient of the Australian National Trust Heritage Award (1996), the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Award of Merit (1995), and is highly sought for commissions. His work is prominent in many public and corporate collections throughout Australia, including Parliament House, Canberra, the National Gallery of Australia, and Brisbane International Airport. Hs work bears similarities to Peter Shire, Charlie Hewitt and Brad Howe. Cole lectured in sculpture between 1975 and 2001 and has worked continuously on his practice encompassing sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, design and architecture. His work is represented in many collections both private and public throughout Australia, America, Japan and Europe. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 A Modern Narrative, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2016 PLACE AND SPACE, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2013 Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney 2012 Lister Gallery, Perth 2011 New Sculptures, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne 2006 New works, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney 2004 Primary Structure, Calder Lister Gallery, Perth 1997 Steele Gallery, New York, USA 1995 Carpenter Centre for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA 1990 William Mora Gallery, Melbourne SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 This is Gippsland, with works by Sidney Nolan, John Wolseley, Anne Montgomery Trevor Vickers, Ann Greenwood, Tony Newsom, Peter Cole, Nick Mount, John Woollard, Cheryl Burgess, Kiyoshi Ino and more. 2019. Australian Galleries: The Purves Family Business. The First Four Decades, Book Launch and Group Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2019. papermade, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2017. Painting, sculpture and works on paper – Group exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2017. Sculpture: medium and small scale – Mixed Sculptors, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2016. Impressions, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne 2014. one of each, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne 2011. large exhibition of small works, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney 2006. Stock Show, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne 2005. End of Year Group Exhibition, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney 2003. This was the future: Australian Sculpture of the 1950s, 60s, 70s + Today, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2002. Tokyo Designers Block Idee, Tokyo, Japan PUBLIC COMMISSIONS Arts Victoria; Shepparton lake sculpture, Shepparton VIC 19 October 2019 Bank of Melbourne; in consultation with Bates Smart McCutcheon; large freestanding sculptural screen, Melbourne Brisbane International Airport; in consultation with Bligh Voller architects and Jean Battersby Art Consultants; large suspended sculptures...
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Marble, Metal, Enamel

Ceramic Sculptural bowl
Located in New York, NY
Peter Voulkos Ceramic Sculptural Dish, ca. 1985 Sculpted ceramic Hand-signed by artist, Incised signature on the base. 1.5 x 11.5 inches This charger plate by Voulkos features a Greek-influenced stylized birds and leaf design. Peter Voulkos is an American artist of Greek descent. The abstraction of animal and nature elements paired with the earthy, mottled gray and brown against brown background make this work beautiful. This work was featured in the exhibition "On Black Mountain: The Bauhaus Legacy in America", at the Sager Braudis Gallery (now Sager Reeves), in Columbia Missouri from April 5, 2019 to April. 27, 2019 and is reproduced in page 53 of the exhibition catalogue. We will provide a complimentary copy of the exhibition catalogue to the buyer of this work. Born in 1924 to Greek immigrant parents in the town of Bozeman, Montana, Peter Voulkos is one of America’s most significant sculptors of the 20th century. Voulkos got his start in art in the late 1940s, when he was studying at Montana State College, Bozeman on the G.I. Bill, after being drafted and serving as an airplane armorer-gunner in the Pacific in World War II. In classes with Frances Senska, he discovered ceramics, the medium that would characterize his career. After graduating from Montana State College, Bozeman in 1951, Voulkos moved west and earned his MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California. Returning to Montana after graduation, Voulkos attracted attention “as a prodigious natural potter and a producer of elegantly thrown functional earthenware,” according to Roberta Smith for the New York Times. He also produced dinnerware to sell through high-quality stores, and was noted for his wax-resist method of decoration.Voulkos gained a reputation as a master of ceramics techniques, winning twenty-nine prizes and awards from 1949 through 1955. However, a summer spent teaching at the experimental Black Mountain College (he was invited to teach at BMC by Karen Karnes) near Asheville, North Carolina in 1953 resulted in a dramatic shift in Voulkos’s artistic priorities, as well as his aesthetic. It was at Black Mountain College that Voulkos met Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Charles Olson. He then visited New York City (as a guest of pianist David Tudor and Mary Catherine Richards) and encountered Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline—Abstract Expressionist painters who influenced the new direction Voulkos would go on to pursue. In 1954, Voulkos was invited to teach at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis), and he established a new ceramics department and graduate program that attracted other young artists including John Mason, Ken Price, Billy Al Bengston and Paul Soldner. It was here that, inspired by the scale and spontaneity of the New York School, Voulkos began to build progressively larger works that cast aside utility and abandoned ceramic conventions. Decoration became aggressive, as he slashed at and pierced the clay, which he then energetically painted with glaze. Peter Voulkos exhibited these new works in shows at the Landau Gallery in Los Angeles, which announced to the world a new way of approaching ceramics. Disagreements with the more conservative administrators of the LA County Art Institute led to Voulkos’s departure for the University of California, Berkeley, in 1959. While at Berkeley, Voulkos experimented with bronze and produced large-scale bronze sculpture, while continuing his ceramic work and doing demonstrations of ceramics throughout the U.S. In 1979, a young ceramist named Peter Callas...
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Ceramic, Mixed Media, Glaze

The Promise
Located in New York, NY
William Tucker The Promise, ca. 1980 Bronze Signed and numbered 5/6 - incised on the metal 2 5/8 × 8 5/8 × 1 inch This abstract sculpture is by the renowne...
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Bronze

Abstract Bronze Sculpture (Unique, signed)
Located in New York, NY
Peter Reginato Abstract Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1987 Bronze Signed on the underside 4 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches This bronze sculpture is by the American abstract sculptor Peter Reginato. ...
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Bronze

Signed metal pendant (Brooch)
Located in New York, NY
Arnaldo Pomodoro Signed metal pendant (Brooch), ca. 1989 Sculpted metal brooch. Incised signature by Arnaldo Pomodoro. 4 4/5 × 4 inches Elegant sculpte...
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Metal

Abstract Expressionist Bronze Sculpture Signed by Joan Strauss Carl
Located in Pasadena, CA
The artwork is a patinated bronze on a marble base. It features a dancing couple. The bronze itself is 10"25 H. It is signed in the cast: S. Carl Overall excellent condition with minor scuffs and oxidation to bronze commensurate with age. Joan Strauss Carl...
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Bronze

Vingt ans de B.S.N.
Located in Paris, FR
Earthenware, 1986 Publisher : Atelier de Segries (Moustiers-Sainte-Marie) Diameter: 25cm The energy of the artist's gesture can be seen in the peta...
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Earthenware

Little Traces by Walter Valentini 1985 Pewter Abstract Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in Pergola Italy, in 1928. A painter and engraver, he lives and work in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at th...
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Metal

Plaque (Placca)
Located in New York, NY
Arnaldo Pomodoro Plaque (Placca), 1980 Bronze 3 4/5 × 3 4/5 inches Edition of 500 Incised signature on the front top left, and foundry mark on the bottom; Rotary Club of Palermo plaq...
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Bronze

Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Catherine Lee, American (1950 - ) Title: Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.) Year: circa 1989 Medium: Welded Bronze and Steel Sculpture Size: 57 x 35.5 x 3.5 in. (144.78 x 90.17 x ...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze, Steel

Israeli Contemporary Abstract Geometric Painted Pierced Sculpture Zigi Ben Haim
Located in Surfside, FL
Zigi Ben-Haim, Metal sculpture Hand signed and dated Zigi Ben-Haim, 1998 Untitled, patinated aluminum or steel, Dimensions: 6"h x 2"w x 2"d This listing is for 1. I have 2 similar ones available. Zigi Ben-Haim (born 1945 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-American-Israeli painter, collage artist and sculptor who lives and works in New York City and Israel. Ben-Haim unveiled his sculpture, Treasure the Green, in SoHo on Broadway. The project was sponsored by the SoHo Broadway Initiative and the New York Department of Transportation's Art Program. The sculpture is considered to be the first sculpture to receive permission to be installed on a bus bulb on Broadway. The sculpture was made to "emphasize the importance of nature in our lives," and stands as a reminder of "the importance of reconnecting with the pure nature of the green." The sculpture uses the symbol of the leaf, which has been a major icon of Ben-Haim's work for the past 30 years. It symbolizes nature and it is a metaphoric way of emphasizing nature and the surrounding environment. He is of the first generation of Israeli artists to develop large international followings like Yaacov Agam, Menashe Kadishman and Avigdor Arikha. Ben-Haim has received numerous grants and awards, including from Pollock-Krasner Foundation, National Endowments for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Emily Harvey Foundation Venice, Muestra Int. de Obra Grafica (Spain), and the Ministry of Culture in Israel. His works are included and exhibited in numerous public and private collections around the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in N.Y.C., the Jewish Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Israel Museum, and the Tel-Aviv Museum. Education 1972-74 M.F.A., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA. 1972-73 M.A., J.F.K. University, Orinda, California, USA. 1971 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California, USA. 1966-70 The Avni Institute of Fine Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel. Selected public collections Splendid Step (2003) next to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Israel Air Force Center Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel NASA, Houston, Texas Bank Leumi USA, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Pfizer Company Collection, New York, NY Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY New School, New York, NY University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden. Jewish Museum, New York, NY Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY Buscaglia-Castellano, University Museum, Lewiston, NY Dan Eilat Hotel, Israel. International Paper Company, New York, NY World Bank, Washington D.C. Westminster Bank, New York, NY Israel Embassy, Washington D.C. Frederick R. Weisman, Los Angeles, CA. Rikers Hill Sculpture Park, Livingston, NJ Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio Group Exhibitions Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA Artists: Larry Abramson, Yosef Zaritsky, Zelig Segal...
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Metal

Untitled XIII : abstract steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Abstract steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working in large scale with steel in the ...
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Stainless Steel

David Hostetler Carved Nickle Sculpture Silver Modern Female Bust 1980s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Bust of Quiet Woman is cast nickel. The surface was then re-carved to accent each of the original marks in the wood. This is the only Hostetler sculpture ever cast in nickel and the ...
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Metal

Israeli Contemporary Abstract Geometric Painted Pierced Sculpture Zigi Ben Haim
Located in Surfside, FL
Zigi Ben-Haim, Metal sculpture Hand signed and dated Zigi Ben-Haim, 1998 Untitled, patinated aluminum or steel, Dimensions: 6"h x 2"w x 2"d This listing is for 1. I have 2 similar ones available. Zigi Ben-Haim (born 1945 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-American-Israeli painter, collage artist and sculptor who lives and works in New York City and Israel. Ben-Haim unveiled his sculpture, Treasure the Green, in SoHo on Broadway. The project was sponsored by the SoHo Broadway Initiative and the New York Department of Transportation's Art Program. The sculpture is considered to be the first sculpture to receive permission to be installed on a bus bulb on Broadway. The sculpture was made to "emphasize the importance of nature in our lives," and stands as a reminder of "the importance of reconnecting with the pure nature of the green." The sculpture uses the symbol of the leaf, which has been a major icon of Ben-Haim's work for the past 30 years. It symbolizes nature and it is a metaphoric way of emphasizing nature and the surrounding environment. He is of the first generation of Israeli artists to develop large international followings like Yaacov Agam, Menashe Kadishman and Avigdor Arikha. Ben-Haim has received numerous grants and awards, including from Pollock-Krasner Foundation, National Endowments for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Emily Harvey Foundation Venice, Muestra Int. de Obra Grafica (Spain), and the Ministry of Culture in Israel. His works are included and exhibited in numerous public and private collections around the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in N.Y.C., the Jewish Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Israel Museum, and the Tel-Aviv Museum. Education 1972-74 M.F.A., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA. 1972-73 M.A., J.F.K. University, Orinda, California, USA. 1971 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California, USA. 1966-70 The Avni Institute of Fine Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel. Selected public collections Splendid Step (2003) next to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Israel Air Force Center Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel NASA, Houston, Texas Bank Leumi USA, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Pfizer Company Collection, New York, NY Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY New School, New York, NY University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden. Jewish Museum, New York, NY Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY Buscaglia-Castellano, University Museum, Lewiston, NY Dan Eilat Hotel, Israel. International Paper Company, New York, NY World Bank, Washington D.C. Westminster Bank, New York, NY Israel Embassy, Washington D.C. Frederick R. Weisman, Los Angeles, CA. Rikers Hill Sculpture Park, Livingston, NJ Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio Group Exhibitions Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA Artists: Larry Abramson, Yosef Zaritsky, Zelig Segal...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Gallant : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working i...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Glissard : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working in large scale with steel in the second half of the 20th Century. Press’s art was admired by a well known and respected dealer André Emmerich as well as renowned art critic Clement Greenberg, with whom Press developed a friendship. Greenberg, arguably one of the most influential critics in the second half of the 20th Century, praised her sculptures and encouraged her to work in abstraction. Curators Robert Metzger and Karen Wilkin also wrote about her work. The eminent art historian Edward Lucie-Smith curated her 2011 retrospective in London. Works of Naomi Press are on par with such artists as Beverly Pepper, Claire Falkenstein and Louise Nevlson. Her creations have an imposing presence due to their masterful execution and aesthetic beauty. Naomi Press was born in Poland and later lived in South Africa, England, and USA. This unique blend of cultures informs her art. Ballet is another significant influence in her life and practice. In her youth Press was an award winning ballet dancer and received offers from esteemed institutions such as the Royal Ballet...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Welded Stainless Steel Reflective Abstract Modernist Sculpture Gary Kahle
Located in Surfside, FL
Gary Kahle (American, 1942- ) Metal abstract sculpture on black base, Hand signed and dated 1984 25 1/2" H x approximately 18" W x and 12 1/2" D. Proven...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

White Night : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working in large scale with steel in...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Untitled VIII : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working i...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Untitled XII : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working i...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Vibron : steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working in large scal...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

En Longue : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working i...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Untitled IX : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working i...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Aubrey Penny Original Collage "Mind-Line" Sussex Series, Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Original Collage "Mind-Line" Sussex Series 10-5557, Signed and dated 1980 Size: 19" x 24" Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artis...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Archival Paper

Untitled XI : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working i...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Summerscale : abstract steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Abstract steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working in large scale with steel in the ...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Untitled X : large-scale steel sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A large-scale steel sculpture by Naomi Press. Signed with initials. Naomi Press is a female abstract sculptor, who was one of the very few women working i...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

The Sun
Located in LELYSTAD, NL
"The Sun" is a Modern Art and contemporary sculpture. "The Sun" is a unique and one of a kind, since there are no other copies available besides this original....
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

The Bather Italy 1981 Roberto Nanut Bronze Sculpture La Bagnante
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an engaging multiple artwork by the Italian artist Robert Nanut, a talented artist of 1980’. This is a multiple of numbered edition of 1.000 pieces. This artwork was made in 1980 but it can be considered new cause remained since now stored and packed in the Editor warehouse. The bronze sculpture is completed by the certificate of authenticity, there is the number assigned to the piece and the original signature of the author. Roberto Nanut...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Contemporary Geometric Abstract Sculpture Bronze Unique Italian European 1983
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Geometric Abstract Sculpture Bronze Unique Italian European 1983 Triangle, 1983, bronze. 6 x 12.25 x 2 inches. Signed and dated on both the sculpture and the base BIO Bruno Romeda is a complete artist because all his work always begins by a joining of twigs, rods and sticks, keeping tension and balance. Inspired by primitive geometric forms, as circle, square and triangle, Romeda is playing with projected shadows. As handed-tracks lines, his sculptures and his furniture are casted in bronze in his Italian workshop in Brescia. We find out same figures casted in bronze in bases, retaining structures on which seats, chairs, tables or pedestals are resting. Romeda’s furniture gets perfect shapes from a sort of fossilized nature. The technical perfection, the harmony of proportions and bronze work, summarize Bruno Romeda’s work. Romeda was born in 1933 in Italy and died in 2017. He lived in France, New York and Brescia. The work of Romeda has been exhibited in numerous cities; his first personal exhibition took place in Brussels in 1962, followed by solo shows in Paris, New York, Barcelona, San Francisco, Monte Carlo, Baltimore, berlin, Erbusco (Italy), Venice or Tokyo. A significant number of museums own pieces of the artist such as the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Kasama Nichido Museum of Art in Japan, the Contemporary Art Museum of Nice, or the Robert College...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

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