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Modern Abstract Sculptures

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Yann Barrere - Bipède - Original Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Yann Barrere - Bipède - Original Sculpture Dimensions: 80 x 85 x 48 cm Materials: Black Concrete "For me, the pleasure of sculpture is already that of pruning. It is a matter of phy...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Concrete

Yann Barrere - Intro - Original Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Yann Barrere - Intro - Original Sculpture Dimensions: 41 x 23 x 16 cm Materials: Alabaster "For me, the pleasure of sculpture is already that of pruning. It is a matter of physical ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Alabaster

Yann Barrere - La Petite - Original Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Yann Barrere - La Petite - Original Sculpture Dimensions: 33 x 16 x 17 cm Materials: Onyx Marble "For me, the pleasure of sculpture is already that of pruning. It is a matter of phy...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Marble

Yann Barrere - Flexion - Original Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Yann Barrere - Flexion - Original Sculpture Dimensions: 26 x 11 x 15 cm Materials: Onyx Miel "For me, the pleasure of sculpture is already that of pruning. It is a matter of physic...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Stone

Orbite ( cast bronze trays )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Cast bronze Trays Ø 28, 35, 47 cm Ø 11”, 13”7/8, 18”1/2 in.
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Prometheus ( console )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Console table with cast bronze structure, wooden top burnt with shou sugi ban technique and bronze details
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Younger brother
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Bronze
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

RON ARAD Oh Void II Chair 2002 Sculpture woven black carbon fibre nomex
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
RON ARAD (b. 1951) OH VOID 2, 2002 Executed by the Galerie Mourmans, from the edition of twenty, carbon fibre and Nomex resin impregnated paper Signed Ron Arad Ron Arad is a renowne...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Paul Evans Patchwork Black Slate Top Brutalist Coffee Table circa 1970
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
The Paul Evans slate patchwork coffee table is a notable piece from the mid-century modern era, created by the American designer and sculptor Paul Eva...
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1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Slate, Metal, Copper, Steel

"Sweet Eats" Modern Abstract Copper Metal Fish Word Art Wall Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract fish sculpture made of copper by Houston, TX artist Frank Dolejska. The work features an elongated fish shape with the words "sweet eats...
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1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Copper

'Cross Reference' Weathered Bronze Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Hudson, NY
Judy Engel Cross Reference 2019 Glazed Ceramic Greatly influenced by the modernism of the middle of the 20th century, Judy's first introduction to this style was the Empire Stat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze

Pyramide du Soleil
By Monique Rozanes
Located in New York, NY
Monique Rozanès "Pyramide du Soleil" 2005 Methyl methacrylate sculpture 13 x 22 x 9 in, 33 x 56 x 23 cm Inscribed “Monique” Unique Piece Private Collection of Didier Marien ...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Other Medium

"T-Rex" Abstract Modern Black and Gold Decorative Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Black decorative sculpture with gold accents by Houston, TX contemporary artist Jude Rosemond. Sculpture is made from concrete, clay, stone with rosewate...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Stone, Enamel

CARLA LAVATELLI “Black Sun” Belgian Marble Moving Sculpture 1971 FEMALE ARTIST
By Carla Lavatelli
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
An exquisite 1971, 2-piece movable black Belgian marble sculpture by Carla Lavatelli. "Black Sun is part of a playground series. The grooves represent areas where water flows and th...
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1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Marble

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Personnage en Mouvement
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy Personnage en mouvement 1976 Bronze 25 x 12 x 12 in, 63 x 30 x 30 cm Dated and signed "Ipoustéguy" Edition 5/8 Private Collection of Didier Marien ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Dynasty Qing Lacquer Wood- Untitled I
Located in Beijing, CN
About the artwork: Artist: Yang Dongying Title: Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture-Untitled Date:2020 Material: Dynasty Lacquer Wood Frame(base), I...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Iron

Ron Arad, Before Summer 1992 Polished Stainless Steel Chair Sculpture small ed.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
RON ARAD (BORN 1951) Before Summer 1992 Stainless steel, signed 'Ron Arad' and numbered 5/5 along lower edge height 41 3/4in (106cm); length 74in (188cm); width 15in (38cm) Literature: Matthew Collings, Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings, Phaidon, London, 2004, p. 222-223 (similar example illustrated)
 Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition 1981-2004 (May 5-June 24, 2005), exhibition catalogue, Barry Friedman...
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1990s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Beyond the Mountains
Located in Beijing, CN
About the artwork: Artist: Yang Dongying Title: Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Beyond the Mountains Date:2019 Material: Aluminium Dimension : ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Steel Spray Sculpture
Located in Milford, NH
A fine steel spray sculpture in the manner of kinetic artist Harry Bertoia (1915-1978). Bertoia was born in San Lorenzo, Italy and moved to America when he was thirteen, studying at ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Series Table on the table No.2
Located in Beijing, CN
About the artwork: Artist: Yang Dongying Title: Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Series Table on Table No.2 Date:2021 Material: Iron, Pigment Di...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Iron

"Sri Yantra" Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel by Udo Haderlein
Located in Berlin, DE
Three-dimensional wood work, with acrylic paint by Udo Haderlein, 2015. Ready to hang. This is a very fine example of his work with sacred geometry. It comes directly from the studio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Young Girl
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy Young Girl 1989 Bronze 24 x 7 x 11 in, 60 x 28 x 18 cm Edition 4/8 Private Collection of Didier Marien Jean-Robert Ipoustég...
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1980s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Pod Within
Located in Napa, CA
Said by Artist “I have been creating gardens in the greater Bay Area since I opened my landscape design studio in 1984 after receiving an MA in sculpture in 1981 from San Francisco S...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Granite

Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Landscape
Located in Beijing, CN
About the artwork: Artist: Yang Dongying Title: Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Landscape Date:2021 Material: Iron Dimension : 118 x 55 x 23 c...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Iron

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1980s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1980s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Leaf Pool
Located in London, GB
Wall mounted card sculpture, 2000, signed and numbered from the edition of 500, published by Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 30 x 60 x 9 cm. (11.8 x 23.6 x 3.5 in.)
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Cardboard

Escher-Inspired Sculpture "Concentric Rinds"
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the famed sculptor Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof, this compelling kinetic aluminum sculpture entitled Concentric Rinds brings to life the work of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Jeff (Spout with pearls)
Located in London, GB
MATT SMITH (BRITISH) Jeff (Spout with pearls), 2021 Black Parian, Freshwater pearls 29 x 12 x 10 cm 11 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 in. (MS212) UK-born Matt Smith is well known for his site-spec...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain, Precious Stone

Tic-Tac-Toe
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. Wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media, Wood

Adversity
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born and raised in Atlanta, Kristofer Laméy has brought much to the southeastern art and design table. From debuting his unique design perspective in the 2007 ICFF in New York City and showcasing his Art at Aqua during the 2008 Art Basel in Miami, to his solo Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) exhibit titled “Serving Form” in 2010, Kristofer is best known for his one-off commissioned sculptural art forms. His work has found a place in homes and collections across the globe. One of his most ambitious design challenges was solving a decades-long problem in the aviation industry: How to more efficiently design and install jet aircraft interiors. This was the birth of AIMS. Kristofer’s work straddles a fine line that resides between art and design. Many, lost within the engineering of his creations, like to push his work out of the category of art and into the realm of design. This line is the fulcrum that leverages his work into a playing field of his own, and he is proud of that. Those looking for solutions in the marketplace that are in need of an outside perspective to differentiate a product benefit from his fresh and creative approach to modern manufacturing. In April 2020 Kristofer moved his family to the North Georgia mountain...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Sisters
Located in Atlanta, GA
Multiple sculptural elements created with an irreducible aesthetic and functional form. Made from blown borosilicate glass and powder coated aircraft grade aluminum. The work has two...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Tension en el Espacio, 2010
Located in Atlanta, GA
The painter and sculptor Martín Carral studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Carral has been painting gravitational waves for many years, an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Equilibrio Arquitectònico IV, 2010
Located in Atlanta, GA
The painter and sculptor Martín Carral studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Carral has been painting gravitational waves for many years, an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Stone

Dimension en el Espacio
Located in Atlanta, GA
The painter and sculptor Martín Carral studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Carral has been painting gravitational waves for many years, an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1980s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Equilibrio Arquitectonico V
Located in Atlanta, GA
The painter and sculptor Martín Carral studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Carral has been painting gravitational waves for many years, an expanding universe of abyssal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Equilibrio Arquitectonico III, 2009
Located in Atlanta, GA
The painter and sculptor Martín Carral studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Carral has been painting gravitational waves for many years, an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Equlibrio Arquitectonico III, 2008
Located in Atlanta, GA
The painter and sculptor Martín Carral studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Carral has been painting gravitational waves for many years, an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Equilibrio Espacial VI, 2010
Located in Atlanta, GA
The painter and sculptor Martín Carral studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Carral has been painting gravitational waves for many years, an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Seuil Configuration, Arp Signed Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Jean (Hans) Arp's Seuil Configuration (1977) exemplifies the artist's mastery of organic abstraction, a defining feature of his sculptural oeuvre. This work, composed of sleek, biomo...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Untitled Vessel with Void (INV# NP5224) By Richard DeVore
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Richard DeVore Untitled Vessel with Void (INV# NP5224) stoneware, and glaze 4.5 x 14 x 14" date unknown Richard DeVore (1933 - 2006) was one of the most important American ceramicis...
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1990s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze

Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1)
Located in Missouri, MO
Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1), 1994 Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) 14 x 32 x 18 inches Born in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly became the most famous ornate ...
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1990s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Blown Glass

Zephyr Green Macchia with Blue Lip Wrap
Located in Missouri, MO
Zephyr Green Macchia with Blue Lip Wrap, 1996 Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) 8 x 10 x 10 inches Signed and Dated on Bottom Born in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly became the most...
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1990s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Blown Glass

Beverly Pepper Large Bronze Wall Relief Plaque Heavily Textured Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Beverly Pepper is an American sculptor known for her monumental works, site specific and land art. She remains independent from any particular art movement. She was married to the writer Curtis Bill Pepper. Pepper was born Beverly Stoll on December 20, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York. At sixteen, she entered the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York to study advertising design, photography, and industrial design. She then embarked on a career as a commercial art director. She studied at Art Students' League and attended night classes at Brooklyn College, including art theory with György Kepes, who introduced her to the work of Lasló Moholy-Nagy and Man Ray. It was also at this time, in her mid twenties, that she met the environmental artist Frederick Kiesler. Drawn to post-war Europe in 1949, she studied painting in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. There she attended classes with cubist painter André L'Hôte, and with Fernand Léger at his atelier. She also visited the studios of Ossip Zadkine and Brâncuși. Pepper began her career as a painter, but after a trip to Angkor Wat, Cambodia in 1960, she was so awed by the temple ruins surviving beneath the jungle growth that she turned to sculpture. She made her debut in 1962 with an exhibit of carved tree trunks at a gallery in Rome. After several exhibitions in New York and Rome, she was one of ten artists invited by Giovanni Carandente, along with David Smith, Alexander Calder, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Lynn Chadwick, and Pietro Consagra, to fabricate works in Italsider factories in Italy for an outdoor exhibition, "Sculture nella città", held in Spoleto during the summer of 1962. Beverly Pepper has had a long and extraordinary career. Like her contemporaries Louise Bourgeois and Louise Nevelson, Pepper forged a unique path as a mid-century feminist artist. As the 1960s progressed, Pepper turned to polished stainless steel. In some of the first works, she used a torch to carve used one-inch thick elements of stainless steel. From there, her pieces evolved into highly polished stainless with painted interiors. She was, in fact, one of the first artists, if not the first, to incorporate Cor-Ten steel into sculpture. Beginning in the 1970s, and to the present day, she has lived a bi-continental life traveling between Europe and the United States. Western Washington University outdoor sculpture collection. The collection has some pieces which qualify as "land art" including Alice Aycock's 1987 "The Islands of the Rose Apple Tree Surrounded by the Oceans of the Word, for You, Oh My Darling," and Nancy Holt's 1977-1978 "Stone Enclosure: Rock Rings." Other artists in the collection include Beverly Pepper, Robert Morris, Richard Serra, Isamu Noguchi, Bruce Nauman, Tom Otterness, and Mark di Suvero. Pepper's works have been exhibited and collected by major museums and galleries throughout the world, including: deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York The White House Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California Denver Art Museum, Colorado Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Les Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France Palazzo degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy Forte Belvedere, Florence, Italy The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria The Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain The Wohl Rose Garden, Jerusalem, Israel The Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo, Japan The Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan Europarkas Sculpture Park, Vilnius, Lithuania The Bradley Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Gori Collection, Pistoia, Italy Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas The City of Todi, Italy Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Casal Solleric, Majorca, Spain Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri The Seattle Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Entwined Bodies, Bronze Sculpture by Sophia Vari
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sophia Vari, Greek (1940 - ) Title: Entwined Bodies Year: circa 1985 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed with foundry stamp Edition: 4/6 Size: 12.5 x 2...
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1980s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Cathedral Print Insulator Bowl
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rachel Hubbard Kline Cathedral Print Insulator Bowl Medium: Stoneware, underglaze, glaze Year: 2017 Size: 2 7/8" x 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" Description: Wheel-t...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Twelve Pattern Plate
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rachel Hubbard Kline Twelve Pattern Plate Medium: Stoneware, underglaze, glaze Year: 2021 Size: 1 1/2" x 8" x 8" Description: Wheel-thrown plate with hand-painted textile pattern -...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Glaze, Underglaze, Stoneware

Brown 10 Petal Plate
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rachel Hubbard Kline Brown 10 Petal Plate Medium: Stoneware, underglaze, glaze Year: 2021 Size: 1 1/4" x 7 3/4" x 7 3/4" Description: Wheel-thrown plate wi...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Piccolo Guerriero (Little Warrior)
Located in Missouri, MO
Luciano Minguzzi (Italian, 1911-2004) Piccolo Guerriero (Little Warrior) c. 1950s Bronze Monogrammed and Numbered 1/5 Height From Base to Top: approx. 12" High Bronze: 6 3/4 inches x 4W x 3D Luciano Minguzzi was born in Bologna in 1911 and died in Milan in 2004. In 1943 he took part in the Fourth Quadrennial of Rome. In 1950 he was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the XXV Venice Biennale, and attended again in 1952. His works can be found at Museum of the Fabbrica del Duomo, in the Museum of Modern Art in the Vatican and in the Galleries of Modern Art in Rome, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Trieste, Verona, Carrara, Padova, as well as abroad and overseas. Additional Biography (translated from Italian): Luciano Minguzzi ( Bologna , 24 May 1911 - Milan , 30 May 2004 ) was a sculptor and medalist Italian . Image of the exhibition Luciano Minguzzi: sculptures and gouaches 1950-1970 in the Romanesque cloister of the Cathedral of Prato ( Museo dell'Opera del Duomo ), 24 April - 24 May 1971. Photo by Paolo Monti . Index: He made his first experiences under the wise guidance of his father, also a sculptor , continuing his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna following the engraving courses held by Giorgio Morandi , those of sculpture under the guidance of Ercole Drei , attending at ' university the lessons Roberto Longhi. Thanks to a scholarship, he stayed in Paris and London , starting to exhibit in 1933 and already at the Roman Quadrennial of 1943 he obtained his first prize, which was followed by others including the Angelicum of 1946 and the first place ex aequo at the Biennale del 1950. Immediately after the war he created the monument to the Partisan and the Partisan for his hometown , located near Porta Lame , in the area where an epic battle between Nazi-Fascists and partisans took place in 1944 .
The work, composed of two figures of young people - one of which armed - caught in a moment of great naturalness, was forged with cast bronze from the equestrian statue of Benito Mussolini (by Giuseppe Graziosi ) which was located inside the current "Renato Dall'Ara" Stadium, in turn made with some cannons stolen from the Austrians during the Bolognese Risorgimento uprisings of 1848. Still on the theme linked to war , but with a changed style with more dramatic and expressionist tones , in the fifties he created a series of sculptures inspired by the theme of the men of the Lager and the unknown and anonymous victims, obtaining in 1953 the third prize in the competition for the "Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner " announced by the Tate Gallery ( London ). In 1950 he won the competition for the "Quinta Porta" of the Milan Cathedral , completed in 1965 . In 1962 he participated, together with the most important international sculptors of the time, in the exhibition Sculptures in the city organized by Giovanni Carandente as part of the V Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto . He presented a 1958 iron and bronze sculpture entitled Pas-de-quatre. In 1970 he was given the task of building the "Door of good and evil" of the basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican , on which he worked with vigor and passion for seven years. In 2012, on the occasion of the centenary of the artist's birth, a posthumous anthological exhibition was set up in Bologna at the Fondazione del Monte [1] . He also worked as a medalist: his example is the silver 500 lire coin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Black Falling Man with Form
Located in Missouri, MO
Ernest Tino Trova "Black Falling Man with Form" 1996 Bronze Ed. 1/3 Signed, Dated and Numbered Verso approx. 16 x 8.5 x 16 inches Known for his Falling Man series in abstract figura...
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1990s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Platter
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Arnie Zimmerman Title : Platter Materials : Stoneware, glaze Date : 1982 Dimensions : 22.75" x 23.5" x 4.5" Description : Hand-signed and dated o...
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1980s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze, Stoneware

Column, Unique Carved Marble and Stone Column Sculpture by Emile Gilioli
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Emile Gilioli, French (1911 - 1977) Title: Column Year: circa 1960 Medium: Carved and Painted Marble on Marble Base, Signature Incised Verso Size: 65.5 in. x 31 in. x 8 in. (...
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1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Marble

Gree's Head
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sophia Vari, Greek (1940 - ) Title: Gree's Head Year: 1985 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed with foundry stamp Edition: 1/6 Size: 7.25 x 7 x 6 in....
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1980s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Peace
By Heloise Crista
Located in Missouri, MO
Heloise Crista (1926-2018) Peace Brass and Copper approx. 15 x 17 x 10 inches Heloise Crista, Acclaimed Sculptor and Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION JU...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Brass, Copper

Plate 1329-W
Located in Kansas City, MO
Peter Voulkos Title: Plate 1329-W Medium: Woodfired ceramic Year: 1998 Signed and dated by the artist Size: approx. 20.5 x 21 x 5.25 inches A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter V...
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1990s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

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