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Style: Abstract
Style: Impressionist
Medium: Metal
Old Man and The Sea 54" high Cast Aluminum
Located in Loveland, CO
Old Man and the Sea by Jane DeDecker
Abstract Figurative Cast Aluminum Monument
Inspired by Hemingway's tale, a man walks towing a fish skeleton be...
Category
2010s Impressionist Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Wide Awake
Located in Westport, CT
Steve Bickley creates beautiful metal sculpture and wall reliefs, as well as color prints. In addition, he makes large outdoor sculpture in stainless steel and aluminum.
He has bee...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Brutalist Sailboats Wall-Mounted Mix Metal Art Panel by Jacques Potage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning handcrafted French brutalist metal wall art sculpture panel by Jacques Potage (1931 -). The metal panel is mounted on a wood board covered in textured pewter and features a ...
Category
1970s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Creatio Continua Ice by Kuno Vollet - gold, blue circular ceramic sculpture
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
This beautiful, contemporary circular sculpture made from ceramics with crystal glaze and 24k gold leaf stands on an elegant white granite base.
It is a timeless piece full of detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
SCULPTURE COLUMN IV TEXTILE BLACK SPANISH CONTEMPORARY ARTIST ELIURPI ABSTRACT
By Eliurpi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
ABSTRACT Wood Sculpture Landscapes Black Contemporary Jonathan Freemantle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Iron
Mobius H8 Painted Black Stainless Steel - contemporary, abstract, sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large outdoor abstract sculpture by Jeremy Guy is hand-forged from stainless steel and finished in a glossy black. The striking elegant curves of Guy’s contemporary sculptures g...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Barricada #17 ac M127 by Alejandro Vega Beuvrin - Abstract sculpture, minimalism
Located in Paris, FR
Barricada #17 ac M127 is a weathering steel sculpture by contemporary artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin, dimensions are 127 × 85 × 60 cm (50 × 33.5 × 23.6 in).
The sculpture is signed a...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Wall Sculpture: "Amalgam"
By Megan Klim
Located in New York, NY
Megan Klim's mixed media work juxtaposes several materials on one picture plane. She highlights their inherent qualities to create surface tension which sparks a conversation and in...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Barricada #8 ac S by Alejandro Vega Beuvrin - Weathering steel sculpture, dark
Located in Paris, FR
Barricada #8 ac S is a weathering steel sculpture by contemporary artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin, dimensions are 54 × 60 × 24 cm (21.3 × 23.6 × 9.4 in).
The sculpture is signed and n...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Summer Red Rhythm - contemporary, abstract, stainless steel outdoor sculpture
By Rob Lorenson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A fine sculptor for 30 years, American artist Rob Lorenson creates dynamic abstract pieces that are visually captivating. This large elegant outdoor sculpture is forged from stainles...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mirror Mirror - geometric abstract, powder coated outdoor steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A multitude of polished mirrors shine as light bounces off them, reflecting the landscape and you. This is Ryan Van Der Hout’s elegant contemporary sculpture called Mirror Mirror. In...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Metal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Naj II" by Kevin Barrett, Abstract Aluminum Metal Sculpture in Silver
Located in New York, NY
"Naj II" by Kevin Barrett
Silver automotive paint on aluminum
Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
Organic ...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Paradox - black, white, indoor/outdoor, contemporary, stainless steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract sculpture, which can be installed indoors or outdoors, is painted in a striking black and white. It’s hand-forged in steel by Ferhat Özgür Görel. A series of large rect...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Schwerelos Gold by Kuno Vollet - Contemporary Golden bronze sculpture
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Schwerelos Gold
Materials: Bronze sculpture with a dark patina on black granite base
Size: 65cm height of upper sculpture, base: 18 x 18 cm x 8 cm
Lim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
"Guided Spirit" (maquette), Abstract, Bronze Metal Sculpture, Tabletop Size
Located in New York, NY
"Guided Spirit" (maquette) Abstract, Tabletop Size, Metal Sculpture by Kevin Barrett
Bronze
Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculptu...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Convergence - abstract, geometric, corten and stainless steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract outdoor sculpture is forged from steel.
The dynamic, eclectic sculptural work of Quebec artist Claude Millette is highly regarded for its innovation in bo...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel, Steel
Equilibre Oblique 4/10 - monumental, geometric abstract, steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As a young artist, Philippe Pallafray was inspired by sculpture masters and years later his dynamic contemporary sculptures are collected in both Canada and the United States. The Qu...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Barricada #17 aip L200 by Alejandro Vega Beuvrin - Large abstract sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Barricada #17 aip L200 is a stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin, dimensions are 200 × 133 × 95 cm (78.7 × 52.4 × 37.4 in).
The sculpture is signe...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Chateau des Oiseaux
By Jean Arp
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Jean Arp
Château des Oiseaux
Bronze
Signed "Arp"
Edition 5/5
Provenance: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Conceived in 1963, cast in bronze in an edition of 5 between 1967 and 1969.
J...
Category
1960s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Arnaldo Pomodoro ( 1926 ) - Rotazione Ascensoriale - Bronze Sculpture - 1993
Located in Varese, IT
Rotazione Ascensoriale I , 1993
bronze sculpture h15 x 12.5 x 8 cm approx , ( including base ) , diameter Ø approx 13.5 cm
limited edition , numbered: 15/70
signed dated and numbered...
Category
1920s Abstract Geometric Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
My Shell (Abstract Sculpture)
Located in London, GB
Aluminum sheet, metal wire and acrylic - mobile
Amaury Maillet is a self-taught artist who explored art in Provence and Saint Martin in his childhood. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Hera - Graceful Modern Figurative Bronze Sculpture - Original Art and Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Banner (abstract expressionist sculpture, Tulsa OK artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Duayne Hatchett ((1925-2015). Banner, 1958. Welded metal, sculpture measures 11 h. x 9 w. x 3.75 d. inches. Measuring a total of 17.5 inch high on base. Base measures 5.5 x 5.5 by 6 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$6,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Full Bronze Set of 12 Figures, 2022
By KAWS
Located in Hong Kong, HK
KAWS
Full Bronze Set of 12 Figures, 2022
The complete set of 12 bronze sculptures with original case
Incised signature, date and number on the bottom, Signed on the certificate (eac...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large 1970's Israeli Abstract Sculpture Steel Menashe Kadishman Tel Aviv Uprise
Located in Surfside, FL
Hitromemut (Uprise)
Beautiful large sculpture by renowned Israeli sculptor Menashe Kadishman. Super quality, and visually stunning. There is a large monumental version of this in fro...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Jesse Hickman, Note Four Twenty Seven Sixteen, 2016, Enamel, Wood
Located in Darien, CT
Over the past few years, Jesse Hickman has been making minimal abstract paintings on wood with few constraints. He calls this series Notes, thinking of these pieces as drawn sketches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Metal Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Can Compression by French Sculptor César
Located in Paris, FR
"Compression de canettes", is an iconic piece by César Baldaccini (1921–1998), a leading figure of the Nouveau Réalisme movement. Known simply as César, he revolutionized sculpture b...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Barricada #15 aip L200 by Alejandro Vega Beuvrin - Large abstract sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Barricada #15 aip L200 is a stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin, dimensions are 200 × 276 × 177 cm (78.7 × 108.7 × 69.7 in).
The sculpture is sig...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Golden Orbit by Kuno Vollet - Contemporary brass sculpture
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Contemporary Minimal Gold Brass sculpture, gilded and then lacquered to keep its shiny surface.
Limited edition of 10
Kuno Vollet is a sculptor working with different materials such ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Brass
Family IV - Elegant Figurative Bronze Sculpture of Two People
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Three Piece Reclining Figure
By Henry Moore
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Henry Moore (1898-1986) is one of the most revered and influential British artists of the 20th century. While he worked in a number of different media and styles, Moore is best known...
Category
1970s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mother & Child, Mid-Century Figural Brutalist Bronze Sculpture by Curt Beckmann
By Curt Beckmann
Located in Soquel, CA
Mother & Child, Mid-Century Figural Brutalist Bronze Sculpture by Curt Beckmann
Rare and evocative mid-century figural bronze sculpture of mother and fleeing young child by Curt Bec...
Category
1960s Abstract Impressionist Metal Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Untitled (Organic abstract bronze sculpture)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Klaus Ihlenfeld (b.1934). Untitled, ca. 1960. Welded bronze. 8" h.; 5.5 " w; 3.25" d (base). Signed with initial under base.
Provenance: Directly from estate of Harry Bertoia. The piece was a gift from Ihlenfeld and is a very early example created during Bertoia apprenticeship era.
Excellent condition.
Klaus Karl Otto IhlenfeldHe was born in Berlin, Germany in 1934. He studied art at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste and completed graduate work with the metal sculptor Hans Uhlmann. He visited the US in 1957 for the first time living in Durham, NC, where he befriended Dr. W. R. Valentiner, the Rembrandt authority and Director of the Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Through this friendship in 1960 he met and worked with the metal sculptor Harry Bertoia in Barto, PA.
He joined the Staempfli Gallery in NYC and entered in many group and one-man shows. He has been an Artist-in-Residence in Ogden, Utah; Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia, Penn State University at University Park; the Colorado State University in Denver; and Shippensburg University. He has large commissions at Kutztown University, Pottstown Hospital, and a monumental relief sculpture at the Emigrant Savings Bank in NYC. He has traveled extensively in Spain, Greece, and Mexico. He is living and working on a farm in Barto, PA welding bronze and forged iron metal sculptures and painting watercolors.
Group Shows:
North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC - 1957
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City - 1962
Staempfli Gallery in New York City - 1962, 1964 and 1965
Gallery Ludwig Lange in West Berlin, Germany - 1977
Gallery Herbert Remmert and Dr. Barth in Dusseldorf in West Germany - 1981
Jack Savitt Gallery in Macungie, PA - 1981 and 1984
Heinz Ortleb Gallery, West Berlin, Germany - 1992
Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Show at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA - 1997
Berks Art Alliance Show at the Reading Art Museum in Reading, PA - 1997
Mayfair Festival of the Arts at the Allentown Art Museum - 1998
Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA - 1997
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center Art Show in Pennsburg, PA - 2001
Reading Public Museum in Reading PA, 2014
Solo Shows:
Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA - 1960 and 1965
Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, PA - 1960 and 1961
Staempfli Gallery in New York City - 1962
Penn State University in University Park, PA - 1964 and 1972
Berks Art Alliance in Wyomissing, PA - 1966
Bertha Eccles Art Center in Ogden, Utah - 1967
Mansfield University in Mansfield, PA - 1967
Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, WV - 1971
Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA - 1972
Albright College in Reading, PA - 1973
Ianuzzi Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ - 1974
Gallery Heimat 85 in West Berlin, Germany - 1977
Jack Savitt Gallery in Macungie, PA - 1981
College Misericordia in Dallas, PA - 1983
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center in Pennsburg, PA, 2013
Periodical Reference:
Kaye, Ellen "The Obsessive Collector," Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine Sptember 21, 1986 pp. 32-33.
Chronology:
1-30-1934 Born in Berlin, Germany. Father, Kurt Ihlenfeld, Lutheran pastor, novelist, critic and publisher was born in 1901 in Colmar, Alsace Lorain. Mother, Annie Stuhlmann, was born in 1905 in Breslau, Lower Silesia.
1940 - 1950 Public schools in Berlin; Löwen, Lower Silesia; Coswig, Radebeul, Glaubitz, Saxony. Königin Luise-Gymnasium in Dahlem, Berlin. First artworks, drawings and paintings; few sculptures.
1950 - 1956 Studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in West Berlin, Germany. Graduate work with metal sculptor Hans Uhlmann. For 2 years maintained own studio at the Academy. Friendship with writer Günter Grass, and painter F. S. Sonnenstern. Met painters: Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Carl Hofer, Max Kaus, and sculptors: Bernhard Heiliger, Renee Sintenis, and Richard Scheibe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,000 Sale Price
37% Off
Trisha I - Elegant Original Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Vintage Brutalist MCM Inlaid Wood Box by Norman Brumm
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brumm Handcrafted Wood Wood box with velvet interior.
This beautiful handmade inlaid wood decorative box by artist Norman Brumm (1939 - 2008) is an intri...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Metal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
SCULPTURE TEXTILE RAFFIA PADINA III BY SPANISH ARTIST ELIURPI 2024 NEW
By Eliurpi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Spirit - Abstract Geometric Form, Hand Painted, Welded Steel Sculpture
By Chris Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic table sized sculpture is created from sheets of steel, welded together in an abstract geometric pattern and then painted with an acrylic paint to enhance the surface. While the work adheres to a rigid, rational geometry, this sculptures suggest lyrical movement, apparent weightlessness and improvisation as the title suggests.
Chris Hill
Spirit
welded steel, acrylic paint
16.50h x 11.50w x 7d in
41.91h x 29.21w x 17.78d cm
CHI021
Chris Hill is a Santa Fe based sculptor. Chris was born in Port Arthur, Texas but grew up in small town North Mississippi.
He began welding at age 18 at the Tennessee Valley Authority...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Metal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Not A Big Square - Large Steel Geometric Red Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. His original artworks capture the essence of Abstract Expression...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Untitled abstract expressionist mid-century modern sculpture
By Thomas Morin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Thomas Morin (1934-2017)
Untitled, 1962.
Cast iron on wood base. Cast sculpture measures 24 x 7 x 5 inches and weighs 49 lbs. Overall measures 26 inches tall on wood base.
Proc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Metal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Cube.
Located in Zofingen, AG
sculpture CUBE was made in 2005. An abstract geometric form made of bronze. Interior sculpture, that may looks your place fancy and original.
One of a kind art piece.
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Discovery X
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze suspended on a stalk above a glass composite base.
Unique variation
Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 719A
The natural bronze edges are finely rubbed and l...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Barricada #14 aip S45 by Alejandro Vega Beuvrin - Abstract sculpture, silver
Located in Paris, FR
Barricada #14 aip S45 is a polished stainless steel sculpture by contemporary artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin, dimensions are 45 × 45 × 26 cm (17.7 × 17.7 × 10.2 in).
The sculpture is...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Barricada #9bpS30 by A. Vega Beuvrin - Contemporary Geometric abstract sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Barricada #9 bp S30 is a polished bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Alejandro Vega Beuvrin, dimensions are 30 × 22 × 14 cm (11.8 × 8.7 × 5.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limited edition of 8 editions + 4 artist’s proofs, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Alejandro Vega Beuvrin’s works are conceived as ‘spatial drawings’. In a minimalists’ style and influenced by his architectural knowledge, the artist views his works in relation to the surroundings space. Starting from his two-dimensional digital drawings, the artist laser cuts the metal plates, that upon assembly become three-dimensional forms.
Entitled ‘Barricada’ (‘Barricade’), these metal sheet sculptures...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Totem (medium) by Frédérique Domergue - Abstract metal sculpture, steel, orange
Located in Paris, FR
Totem (medium) is a sculpture by French contemporary artist Frédérique Domergue. The sculpture is made with oak slat, polished gunmetal-finish steel and oxidized steel on the sculpte...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Abstract, Wall Sculpture, Indoor/Outdoor_Blue_Biomorphic_Pump House, Matt Devine
By Matt Devine
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
MATT DEVINE
"Pump House"
36" x 36" x 7"
Aluminum with Powder Coat (Indoor/Outdoor)
Matt Devine is a self-taught sculptor working with steel, aluminum and bronze. Born and raised in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Sand Writer" Abstract Metal Pendulum Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Gandin's 'sandwriters' demonstrate the physics of the pendulum as they draw their kaleidoscope-like ribbons in the sand.
The sculpture is signed and numbered by the artist on the base of the piece.
Artist Biography: Andre’ Gandin...
Category
20th Century Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Angel" Unique, Organic, Abstract Metal Sculpture in Stainless Steel
Located in New York, NY
"Angel" by Kevin Barrett
Unique stainless steel, metal, abstract, outdoor sculpture
Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and w...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
UNTITLED, Abstract/Figurative, Black Welded Steel, Cass Corridor Artist, Detroit
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
The "Untitled" abstract sculpture by Robert Sestok has a very deliberate aura of strength in its columnar shape. It does become more ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Metal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Untitled
Located in San Diego, CA
Abstract bronze sculpture by artist Clyde Ball on cast concrete base. Circa 1970's, signed on base. The patina on this piece is dark, with hints of ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Bronze
Sezione Aurea 2024-010 by Mattia Bosco - Wall sculpture, marble, gold leaf, rock
Located in Paris, FR
Sezione Aurea 2024-010 is a unique wall sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of black Palissandro marble and gold leaf, dimensions are 29 × 24 × 5.5 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Reclining Figure (woman)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
William King (1925-2015). Reclining figure, ca. 1965. Cast and welded bronze, 7 x 9.5 x 5 inches. Unsigned.
William King, a sculptor in a variety of materials whose human figures traced social attitudes through the last half of the 20th century, often poking sly and poignant fun at human follies and foibles, died on March 4 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 90.
His death was confirmed by Scott Chaskey, who is married to Mr. King's stepdaughter, Megan Chaskey.
Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses -- a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step.
But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer's arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment.
His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners.
Mr. King's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. But the comic element of his work probably caused his reputation to suffer.
Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder. and Elie Nadelman.
The critic Hilton Kramer, one of Mr. King's most ardent advocates, wrote in a 1970 essay accompanying a New York gallery exhibit that he was, "among other things, an amusing artist, and nowadays this can, at times, be almost as much a liability as an asset."
A "preoccupation with gesture is the focus of King's sculptural imagination," Mr. Kramer wrote. "Everything that one admires in his work - the virtuoso carving, the deft handling of a wide variety of materials, the shrewd observation and resourceful invention - all this is secondary to the concentration on gesture. The physical stance of the human animal as it negotiates the social arena, the unconscious gait that the body assumes in making its way in the social medium, the emotion traced by the course of a limb, a torso, a head, the features of a face, a coiffure or a costume - from a keen observation of these materials King has garnered a large stock of sculptural images notable for their wit, empathy, simplicity and psychological precision."
William Dickey King...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,800 Sale Price
30% Off
Red Bouquet - Tall Modern Floral Bouquet Steel Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
An Abstract Steel Metal Sculpture, "Untitled Steel Sculpture"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 3" x 18" x 4" Abstract Steel Metal Sculpture executed by artist James Hubbell. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase.
James Hubbell is an...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
" PROUD AND PROTECTIVE " G. HARVEY BRONZE SCULPTURE HORSES AND COLT
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones)
(1933-2017)
San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist
Image Size: 14 x 14
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
1982
"Proud & Protective"
I am the largest G. ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture of a Woman's Torso #79
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture #79
Dynamic bronze sculpture by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010), circa 1970. This piece is twisted and folded in on itself, implying movement...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Circle 11 - Dichromatic Glass Sculptural Artwork
By Chris Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chris Wood’s "Circle 11" is a dichroic glass light sculpture that captivates with its dynamic interplay of reflection and refraction. This contemporary geometric artwork features an intricate spiral of iridescent glass pieces, which shift in hue depending on the light and viewing angle. The piece harnesses natural and artificial light to create an evolving spectrum of colors, making it ideal for collectors of optical art, kinetic sculpture, and modern light installations. The rhythmic arrangement of elements invites viewers into a meditative experience, blending minimalism with an ethereal sense of movement.
Wood uses a range of high and low-tech optical materials to harness patterns of light that suggest ephemeral glimpses of moments in the natural world. Her minimalist sculptures are simple arrangements creating kinetic patterns in response to the environments in which they are placed.
The artist often uses a material called dichroic (meaning “two color”) glass, which was developed by NASA in the 1950's. Dichroic glass has a special optical coating meant to reflect certain wavelengths of light while letting others through, creating beautiful projections of light and color depending on the environment in which the artwork is placed.
This 20 inch square sculptural artwork...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
ALMIRAMAYA, Figurative Sculpture. From the Series Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Wood, stone, iron. The raw material and the material of a sculptor.
ancestor of any architectural practice. But the architect, the sculptor and the artist do not remain alone in thei...
Category
2010s Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Copper, Iron, Wire
Light as Air by Kuno Vollet - Gold polished Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Light as Air
Materials: Bronze sculpture polished to a sparkling gold on granite base
Size: 65cm height of upper sculpture, base: 18x 18 cm
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Metal Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Abstract Expressionist Biomorphic Welded Metal Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Welded, brazed sculpture on wooden base
This is not signed or dated
This work is unsigned. We were told it was the work of Seymour Lipton but as there is further documentation we are selling it as attributed and cannot guarantee it as such.
Seymour Lipton (1903 – 1986) was an American abstract expressionist sculptor. He was a member of the New York School who gained widespread recognition in the 1950s. He initially trained as a dentist, like fellow sculptor Herbert Ferber, receiving his degree from Columbia University in 1927. In the late 1920s, he began to explore sculpture, creating clay portraits of family members and friends. His early choices of medium changed from wood to lead and then to bronze, and he is best known for his work in metal. Like his contemporary, Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock, and Arshile Gorky Lipton was influenced by Carl Jung’s work on the unconscious mind and the regenerative forces of nature. He translated these two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional maquettes that enabled him to revise his ideas before creating the final sculpture. The forms that Lipton produced during this period were often zoomorphic, exemplifying the tension between the souls of nature and the automatism of the machine. He made several technical innovations, including brazing nickel silver rods onto sheets of Monel to create rust resistant forms. Seymour Lipton is best known for his textured torch welded metal sculptures...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Metal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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