Items Similar to Abstract culpture by Dorothy Thorpe
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9
Dorothy ThorpeAbstract culpture by Dorothy Thorpe1960
1960
About the Item
Dorothy Thorpe
This wonderful piece was designed by Dorothy Thorpe in America during the 1960s
Born in Salt Lake City in 1901, Dorothy Thorpe was a mid-century American artist who designed beautiful glassware and ceramic pieces out of her Los Angeles studio. Like many of her mid-century contemporaries, such as Georges Briard and Fred Press, she was a designer, not a manufacturer, of glassware. She purchased simple blank glassware, mostly crystal, from U.S. and European manufacturers and decorated them with her personal designs. In 1945, Thorpe wrote to a collector that many of her floral motifs, which included eucalyptus, irises, roses and narcissus flowers, were inspired by flora and fauna that surrounded her on trips she took to Hawaii. She created these breathtaking designs by using a sandblasting technique. She was also known for her silver overlay and paint speckled glass pieces which included all types of glassware and punchbowl sets.While some of Thorpe’s glassware pieces are signed with a large “T” and a smaller “D”, many of her pieces found today do not carry her signature or her original logo sticker on them. Her sandblasted pieces are undeniably Thorpe as most, if not all, have her trademark signature.
- Creator:Dorothy Thorpe (1945)
- Creation Year:1960
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Pasadena, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU40637417862
About the Seller
4.9
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 1986
1stDibs seller since 2016
Typical response time: 7 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Pasadena, CA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 2 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Lucite Pyramid Modern Decorative CenterpieceLocated in Pasadena, CABeautiful rare tall magnificent modern Lucite Pyramid Modern Decorative Centerpiece midcenturyCategory
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsLucite
- Lucite Center Table Sculpture by Shalomi HaziBy Shlomi HazizaLocated in Pasadena, CAModern Colorful Tick Circle Lucite Center Table Sculpture signed by Shalomi Haziza One of Colorful Masterpiece of lucite Art work by Shalomi Haziza .Acrylic is the most sophisticat...Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsLucite
- Polar Bear SculptureBy Mark Yale HarrisLocated in Pasadena, CAMark Yale Harris realized his true passion in the Southwest. Stone carving became his life’s work, as Santa Fe became his home in the late 1990s. He dedicated himself to creating in 1996, and with much to learn, the artist chose a mentor whom he had long admired to assist with honing his burgeoning artistic skills, sculptor Bill Prokopiof (Aleut, 1944-1999). In the spirit of the nation’s most recognized Native American artist, Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache, 1915-1994), Prokopiof and sculptor Doug Hyde (Nez Perce) took Harris under their wings and generously shared their immense knowledge, talent, and vision. Inspired by the geographical region and grounded in the wisdom of his teachers, he began feverishly creating sculpture. Transitioning into the life of a full-time artist required Harris’s passion to become his profession as well. Prior to developing as an artist, Harris spent many years in the area of sustainable urban development (specifically real estate and hotels), a conventional career in which he was quite successful, but not fully satisfied. The transition into a wholly fulfilling trade, was both challenging and exciting. The artistic passion that had existed just beneath the surface of Harris’s long-established business persona was finally able to present itself in tangible form. He accessed the invaluable experience of his mentors, along with his own vision, to create an evolving body of work in alabaster, marble, limestone, and bronze, often combining different elements to bring forth a duality through creation. Over the past fifteen years Harris has continued to challenge himself as a sculptor, finding it important to continue learning and teaching. Several intensive workshops, including studies with Terry Allen, Jo Harvey and James Surls, have expanded his understanding immensely. Harris’s charitable endeavors have been numerous; he cites his work with Fine Art for Children...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsStone
- Bronze Sculpture EXCLOSBy Guillaume RocheLocated in Pasadena, CAGuillaume ROCHE The artist translates movement and energy through the dynamism of assemblages and seeks the balance of composition. His sculptures offer aerial movements, round shapes with powerful lines, delicate and sensual cuts. The contextualization of his works, inscribing the approach of Guillaume Roche in the field of architecture: work of structure, lines, matter and skin, study of a volume and its proportions according to context and environment. His work is conceived to be connected with the territory. The EXCLOS series is born from the encounter of the concepts of EXPLOSION and ECLOSION. The artist conceives these imposing spheres of steel as a powerful breath contained by a gentle force that channels and envelops this primary energy. Working with stainless steel, Guillaume seeks contrast through concepts such as full-void, light-weight, balance-fall. In contrast, he finds total freedom of creation...Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Tribute to NIKI in Stainless SteelBy Guillaume RocheLocated in Pasadena, CAGuillaume ROCHE The artist translates movement and energy through the dynamism of assemblages and seeks the balance of composition. His sculptures offer aerial movements, round sh...Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsStainless Steel
- EXCLOS 156 Stainless SteelBy Guillaume RocheLocated in Pasadena, CAGuillaume ROCHE The artist translates movement and energy through the dynamism of assemblages and seeks the balance of composition. His sculptures offer aerial movements, round shap...Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsStainless Steel
You May Also Like
- Hand Signed Dated 2001 Colorful Acrylic Vasa Laminated Lucite Triangle SculptureBy Vasa Velizar MihichLocated in Surfside, FLRhomboid, 2001 Laminated acrylic Signed and dated: Vasa / 2001 9.5" H x 4.5" W x 2.5" D (size is approximate) Vasa Velizar Mihich (born 1933), known as Vasa, is an American artist based in Los Angeles, California. Born in Yugoslavia, Vasa has lived in Los Angeles since his arrival in the United States in 1960. He is an academically trained painter and was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA in the Department of Design and Media Arts. He taught theories of color to understand interdependence and interaction of color and form, color and quantity, color and placement, and after-image. In the 1960s, Vasa developed techniques for working with cast laminated acrylic forms based on simple Euclidean shapes. These prisms of luminous construction are created by composing colored planes within these geometric forms. To fully appreciate these works of art, it is essential to observe them from different angles―the sculptures dimensionality contributes to an ever-changing appearance. Now retired as a professor emeritus, Vasa focuses on his conceptual art practice. His studio, designed to accommodate the technology required for his work, is located in the heart of Los Angeles. He makes laminated acrylic sculptures that reflect and refract light. He has had solo exhibitions at galleries in the United States, Japan, Italy and Serbia, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Vasa is best known for his sculptures made from colored pieces of the plastic, poly(methyl methacrylate), which is also known as acrylic and by the brand names Plexiglas and Lucite. Untitled from 1975, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrates the effect of these minimalist sculptures. His work straddles the West Coast Light and Space art movement, Artists such as Robert Irwin, James Turrell, John McCracken, Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman, Billy Al Bengston, Peter Alexander, and Lita Albuquerque...Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsPlastic, Lucite
- Telluric White - kinetic abstract wall sculpture by J. MargulisBy Jose MargulisLocated in New York, NYThis unique piece by Margulis is one of his latest body of works. Margulis’ utmost concern is the creation of geometric shapes conceived mostly by changing the perspective of the vie...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsStainless Steel
- Andean migrations, 2021 - kinetic wall sculpture by J. MargulisBy Jose MargulisLocated in New York, NYMargulis’ utmost concern is the creation of geometric shapes conceived mostly by changing the perspective of the viewer accompanied by the philosophical notion that everything in lif...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsMetal
- Hand Signed Dated 1993 Colorful Acrylic Vasa Laminated Lucite Triangle SculptureBy Vasa Velizar MihichLocated in Surfside, FLIrregular triangle, 1993 Laminated acrylic Hand signed and dated: Vasa / 1993 4" H x 12" W x 3" D (size is approximate) Vasa Velizar Mihich (born 1933), known as Vasa, is an American artist based in Los Angeles, California. Born in Yugoslavia, Vasa has lived in Los Angeles since his arrival in the United States in 1960. He is an academically trained painter and was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA in the Department of Design and Media Arts. He taught theories of color to understand interdependence and interaction of color and form, color and quantity, color and placement, and after-image. In the 1960s, Vasa developed techniques for working with cast laminated acrylic forms based on simple Euclidean shapes. These prisms of luminous construction are created by composing colored planes within these geometric forms. To fully appreciate these works of art, it is essential to observe them from different angles―the sculptures dimensionality contributes to an ever-changing appearance. Now retired as a professor emeritus, Vasa focuses on his conceptual art practice. His studio, designed to accommodate the technology required for his work, is located in the heart of Los Angeles. He makes laminated acrylic sculptures that reflect and refract light. He has had solo exhibitions at galleries in the United States, Japan, Italy and Serbia, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Vasa is best known for his sculptures made from colored pieces of the plastic, poly(methyl methacrylate), which is also known as acrylic and by the brand names Plexiglas and Lucite. Untitled from 1975, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrates the effect of these minimalist sculptures. His work straddles the West Coast Light and Space art movement, Artists such as Robert Irwin, James Turrell, John McCracken, Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman, Billy Al Bengston, Peter Alexander, and Lita Albuquerque...Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsPlastic, Lucite
- Small Suncatchers 2By Roxana AzarLocated in Philadelphia, PAThis Mixed Media piece titled "Small Suncatchers 2" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures approx. 24”h x 6”w x 0.5”d. Roxana ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsArchival Pigment, Pigment, Lucite
- Orange link - kinetic wall sculpture by J. MargulisBy Jose MargulisLocated in New York, NYMargulis’ utmost concern is the creation of geometric shapes conceived mostly by changing the perspective of the viewer accompanied by the philosophical notion that everything in lif...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsAluminum
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Dorothy Vintage
Large Flower Sculpture
Small Flower Sculpture
Speckled Glass
Lucite Mid Century Art
Lucite Signed Sculptures
Vintage Flora And Fauna
Vintage Dorothy Thorpe
Simple Vintage Logos
Large Lucite Sculpture
Lucite Flower
Lucite Flowers
Brown Glassware Vintage
Vintage Dorothy Thorpe Glasses
Lucite Floral
Fred Glasses
Georges Briard Vintage
Vintage Crystal Glassware