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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
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

Materials

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

Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Necklace Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 4 X 3.75 inches. Box frame is 17 X 13 inches. Signed by artist verso. From the literature that I have seen I believe the edition size was limited to 10, I do not know ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Gold, Bronze

Neon Light Case/ Isabelle Collin Dufresne
By Ultra Violet
Located in Houston, TX
One-of-a-kind light sculpture that is contained inside of a metal briefcase by Ultra Violet. The piece includes a power cord so that it can be plugged into a power source for the light fixtures to be used. There are individual power switches for each of the light fixtures which are all unique hues of the color spectrum. Artist Biography: Isabelle Collin Dufresne...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Neon Light

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

Materials

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

Materials

Glaze, Stoneware, Ceramic

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

Roseveor - 20th Century, Unique carved yew by Denis Mitchell
Located in London, GB
Carved yew Unique Initialed, titled and dated
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1980s Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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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Copper, Brass

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

Plate CR1190-W
Located in Kansas City, MO
Peter Voulkos Title: Plate CR1190-W Medium: Woodfired ceramic Year: 1995 Signed and dated by the artist Size: approx. 19.5 x 20.5 x 5.75 inches A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) led in the development of pottery as an art form. . With an MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts (1952), he taught at Black Mountain College (1953) where he was exposed to the avant-garde. In 1954, Voulkos moved to Los Angeles to become the chairman of a newly established ceramics department at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (later renamed the Otis Art Institute) and soon assembled a remarkable group of students: Paul Soldner, Jerry Rothman, Kenneth Price, John Mason, Henry...
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1990s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Square Wood Window Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Organic sculpture by famous sculptor David Nash of a tree trunk that has been shaped into a square with a concentric square cut out in the middle. Artist Biography: David Nash is a British sculptor and Land artist and works primarily with natural materials and live trees. His wooden sculptures are made using heavy equipment including chainsaws and blowtorches, morphing trees into unexpected shapes such as his Oculus Block (2010), a melding of two Eucalyptus stumps into a solid square. Born on November 14, 1945 in Esher, England, he attended the Kingston College of Art and later the Chelsea School of Art. Among his first and best-known works is Ash Dome (1977), for which the artist planted a circle of ash trees to form a wooden dome...
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1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Particle VIII (Eight)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Particle VIII (Eight) Materials: Ceramic, glaze Year: 2016 The formal languages and frequencies that we find in the natural existence of the universe inform and inspire the investig...
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2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Maquette (Opus 145)
Located in London, GB
Unique
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1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Untitled (#15)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fritz Bultman set himself apart from other Abstract Expressionists with his meticulously organized abstract compositions, use of sculpture, and the adoption of collage as a core prac...
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1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Speaking
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fritz Bultman set himself apart from other Abstract Expressionists with his meticulously organized abstract compositions, use of sculpture, and the adoption of collage as a core prac...
Category

Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled (#16)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fritz Bultman set himself apart from other Abstract Expressionists with his meticulously organized abstract compositions, use of sculpture, and the adoption of collage as a core prac...
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

SKY CASE XII
Located in New York, NY
wooden sculpture of found objects painted black. case with lid and hinges.
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1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled Ceremonial Pot
By Rob Sieminski
Located in Morton Grove, IL
White stoneware
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

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