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Item Ships From: USA
Period: 1970s
Latin American Raúl Valdivieso Organic Abstract Bronze Metal Sculpture
Located in Washington, DC
Abstract modern sculpture by Latin American sculptor Raúl Valdivieso (Chilean, 1931-1993). Valdivieso is known for his reinterpretation of the classic ...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hannover
Located in Miami, FL
Jesus Rafael Soto "Hannover" 1970 Color silkscreen on transparent plexiglass panel, metal rods on nylon threads. It has the original box. 7 x 21 x 5 in Ed. 170 of 200 Provenance: Va...
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Kinetic 1970s Sculptures

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Metal

First Love
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZAK BENSHALOM "FIRST LOVE" SIGNED, NUMBERED 12/50 ISRAEL, DATED 1979 28 X 10 INCHES ARTIST TITLED Itzak Benshalom 1945-2018 Sometimes spelled "Itzak Ben Shalom" which is...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

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Bronze

Abstract Figure
By Raul Diaz
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Raul Diaz (Argentina, b.1950). Abstract Figure, ca. 1970s. Canved Walnut. Measures 17 inches tall including wood base. Carved signature in lower region. Excellent condition. An ear...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Walnut

Aharon Bezalel Israeli Modernist Sculpture 2 Parts Minimalist Aluminum or Steel
Located in Surfside, FL
A suite of 2 sculptures. Lovers, man and woman nestled together. sleek minimalist mod sculpture. polished finish on one side. not sure if theese are stell or aluminium. they are cast and signed in Hebrew with initials and numbered 9/9. It is 2 parts that nest together. Aharon Bezalel (born Afghanistan 1926) Born in Afghanistan in 1926 and immigrated to Israel at an early age. As a youth was engaged as a silversmith and craftsman, and was a student of the sculptor Zev Ben-Zvi from whom he absorbed the basic concepts of classic and modernist art and interpreted, according to them, ideas based on ancient Hebrew sources. Aharon Bezalel works and resides in Jerusalem, he taught art for many years. “I saw myself as part of this region. I wanted to find the contact between my art and my surroundings. Those were the first years of Jean Piro’s excavations at the Beer-Sheba mound. They found there, for example, the Canaanite figurines that I especially liked and that were an element that connected me with the past and with this place.” “…a seed and sperm or male and female. These continue life. The singular, the individual alone, cannot exist; I learned this from my father who dabbled with the Kabbalah.” (Aharon Bezalel, excerpt from an interview with David Gerstein) “The singular in Aharon Bezalel’s work is always potentially a couple if not a threesome, the one is also the many: when the individual is revealed within the group he will always seek a huddling, a clinging together. The principle of modular construction is required by this perception of unity and multiplicity, as modular construction in his work is an act of conception or defense. Two poles of unity, potentially alone, exist in Aaron Bezalel’s world: From a formal, sculptural sense these are the sphere and pillar, metaphorically these are the female in the final stages of pregnancy and the solitary male individual. Sphere-seed-woman; Pillar-strand-man. The disproportional, small heads in Aharon Bezalel’s figures leave humankind in it’s primal physical capacity. The woman as a pregnancy or hips, the man as an aggressive or defensive force, the elongated chest serves as a phallus and weapon simultaneously. (Gideon Ofrat) EIN HAROD About the Museum's Holdings: Israeli art is represented by the works of Reuven Rubin, Zaritzky, Nahum Gutman, Mordechai Ardon, Aharon Kahana, Arie Lubin, Yehiel Shemi...
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Minimalist 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Menorah
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Gold-plated Brass H 6 x W 10 1/2 x D 3 1/2 in. (box) Artist proof 3 of 9 Edition of 47 with 9 Artist's proofs Incised signature and number on base This item is in our New York City ...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Woman Reclined bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz
Located in Hudson, NY
Organic, abstract bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz of a reclined woman. About this artist: Yulla Lipchitz, née Halberstadt, was born on April 21, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. While g...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Penguin" - Steatite Stone Hand Carved Sculpture, St. Lawrence Island Eskimo Art
Located in Soquel, CA
"Penguin" - Steatite Stone Hand Carved Sculpture, St. Lawrence Island Eskimo Art Dynamic steatite stone sculpture of a standing penguin. The sculpture prop...
Category

Folk Art 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Rare 1970 Israeli Abstract Sculpture Steel Menashe Kadishman Suspension
Located in Surfside, FL
Beautiful table top sculpture by renowned Israeli sculptor Menashe Kadishman. Super quality, and visually stunning. There is a large monumentsal version of this in Rabin Square in th...
Category

Abstract Geometric 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Vintage 1970s Pop Art Americana Patriotic American Flag Denim Jeans Hand Sewn
Located in Surfside, FL
Pop Art American Flag in Handsewn Patchwork Denim. Label from Pratt verso (Pratt MFA '75) I had another with a label from OK Harris Gallery verso. This one does not have that label. Hand signed Genre: Modern Medium: Denim Jean Textile Fabric, Mixed Media Country: United States Dimensions: 32 X 32 inchesT his is a textile wall hanging "painting" made from vintage jeans. JJ had a masters (MFA) from Prat and studied at Hunter college for many years. He was a master jeweler and goldsmith for 50 years, a musician and a photographer. He made a living working with photography, jewelry, bronze sculpture and antique restoration. An artwork in denim by a French Post War & Contemporary artist living in New York City, Jean de la Verrière, An untrained, art brut, 'outsider' artist, now 85. He sold some of his denim patriotic flag works through OK Harris gallery in Soho in the 1980s, one went directly to Ralph Lauren, according to the artist. He is also known for sculpture. particularly his working model, fully functional guillotine sculptures. Artist says he was influenced by Pop Art particularly Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns works. He was in the New York art world along with his artist friends Bernar Venet, Arman and Claude Gillie. He fabricated and cast jewelry for some of his friends. This has a Sterling Ruby feel to it but was done a generation earlier. This is assembled like a quilt and was influenced by early American folk art. Jean Jacques De La Verriere...
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Pop Art 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Found Objects

African Boy
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1970s sculpture depicting African boy. Carved and stained hardwood. Some splits in wood consistent with age, not damage. Signed indistinctly on back of platform.
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Realist 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Lincoln in Dalivision, Surrealist Metal Relief Sculpture after Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: After Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Lincoln in Dalivision Year: 1979 Medium: Silver-plated bronze bas relief, backed by fel...
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Surrealist 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture of a Woman's Torso #79
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...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Woman Lying Down & Growing with Tree bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz
Located in Hudson, NY
Organic, abstract bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz of a woman lying down with a tree. About this artist: Yulla Lipchitz, née Halberstadt, was born on April 21, 1911 in Berlin, Ge...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Couple
Located in New York, NY
Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. 1928) Couple Hand-signed and numbered Silkscreen printed on Acrylic H. 100mm Edition 180
Category

Op Art 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

Medaglia 25 Anni Tecno Limited Edition bronze medallion plaque famous sculptor
Located in New York, NY
ARNALDO POMODORO Medaglia 25 Anni Tecno (Two Sided Bronze Medallion), 1979 Bronze (incised signature) 2 1/2 × 2 × 7/10 inches Edition 196/1600 Unframed This beautiful two sided limit...
Category

Abstract Geometric 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pony Tail Girl, Bronze Sculpture by Constantin Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
Referenced in Uricariu & Bulat “Antonovici” on page 133, this bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici plays on a common shape composition of the artist’s practice. At their core, t...
Category

Art Deco 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ileana, Bronze and Marble Sculpture by Constantin Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
This Bronze portrait by Constantin Antonovici is laid directly into the surface of a cut slab of white marble. Intense and hollow eyes stare out from a smiling visage, creating an un...
Category

Art Deco 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Carmen, Washington: Plaster Sculpture with Marble Base by Constantin Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
A minimalist depiction of a woman in a large hat by Constantin Antonovici. This white marble sculpture is composed almost entirely of two colliding ovals, with a few ridges visible o...
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Art Deco 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Pony Tail Girl, Bronze Sculpture by Constantin Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
Referenced in Uricariu & Bulat "Antonovici" on page 134, this bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici plays on a common shape composition of the artist's practice. At their core, t...
Category

Art Deco 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Glazed Bowl Reduction Fired
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled" is a stoneware piece with the decorative layer of the rich toned glazes and markings that John was so well-known for. Each piece that John produced was unique. The lip on this piece is slightly scalloped and the shape is removed from the boring circular to mimic a gentle geometric design. He was seduced by the effects of the reduction kiln, which decreased the levels of oxygen during firing, inducing the flame to pull oxygen out of the clay and glazes changing the colors of the glazes depending on their iron and copper content. In this way he achieved the rich gradients of ochre and umber and variations in stippling and opacity. This piece is signed and stamped on the bottom. John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze. Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery...
Category

American Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

1970s Large Wood, Copper Inlay Sculpture Wall Relief Tropical Flowers Motif
By Helen Weber
Located in Surfside, FL
Helen Weber Large wall hanging wood and metal sculptural relief in a tropical Hawaiian or Polynesian motif with tropical flowers. "Art belongs everywhere from cruise ships to church...
Category

American Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Breathtaking John Glick "Scalloped Basket" Glazed Stoneware Reduction Fired
Located in Detroit, MI
"Scalloped Basket" is a stoneware piece with the decorative layer of the rich toned glazes and markings that John was so well-known for. He was, also, known for the undulating lip lines on his exquisite pieces. The basket portion is shaped with gentle curves and a sculptural handle. Each piece that John produced was unique. He was seduced by the effects of the reduction kiln, which decreased the levels of oxygen during firing, inducing the flame to pull oxygen out of the clay and glazes changing the colors of the glazes depending on their iron and copper content. In this way he achieved the rich gradients of ochre and umber and variations in stippling and opacity. This particular "basket" also has the cool blues and grays that contrast with the umber. It is signed and stamped on the bottom. John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze. Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery...
Category

American Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Op Art Bowl for Hirshhorn Museum
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Op Art Bowl for Hirshhorn Museum, 1976 Glazed Enamel on Metal Bowl. Artists Signature Fired in Plate Anuszkiewicz' signature fired ont...
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Op Art 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Abstract Wooden Wall-Mounted Art Sculpture Panel by Maxime Tendero
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superbly handcrafted abstract wooden wall art sculpture panel was designed by French artist Maxime Tendero (1927-1998) in 1973. Mounted o...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Pony Tail Girl, Modern Bronze by Antonovici 1976
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his portrait series. Referenced in "Antonovici" by Uricariu & Bulat, pg 334. Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovici, until his arrest by Italian fascists. Antonovici himself survived imprisonment in Germany for his refusal to fight on the side of the Nazis. After the war, he continued his studies in Vienna, under the tutelage of Professor Fritz Behn...
Category

Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hippie, Modern Bronze by Antonovici 1971
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Constantin Antonovici, Romanian (1911 - 2002) Title: Hippie - Woman Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature, date inscribed Size: 21 x 11 x 1.25 in. (53.34 x 27.94 x 3.18 cm) Marble Base: 2.5 x 9.5 x 6 inches An original bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his Portrait Series. Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 69 Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovici, until his arrest by Italian fascists. Antonovici himself survived imprisonment in Germany for his refusal to fight on the side of the Nazis. After the war, he continued his studies in Vienna, under the tutelage of Professor Fritz Behn...
Category

Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Queen of Owls, Modern Marble Sculpture by Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original carved marble sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his Owl Series. Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 51. signature and date inscribed verso. ...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Two Ducks, Modern Marble Sculpture by Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original carved marble sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his "Bird and Animal Series". Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 83 Antonovici was born in...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Hippie, Modern Bronze by Antonovici 1970
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Constantin Antonovici, Romanian (1911 - 2002) Title: Hippie - Man Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature, date inscribed Size: 23.5 x 11.5 x 1 in. (59.69 x 29.21 x 2.54 cm) Marble Base: 3 x 10 x 8.5 inches An original bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his Portrait Series. Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 69 Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovici, until his arrest by Italian fascists. Antonovici himself survived imprisonment in Germany for his refusal to fight on the side of the Nazis. After the war, he continued his studies in Vienna, under the tutelage of Professor Fritz Behn...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Linda Stein, Writing on the Wall 001 - Mixed Media Collage Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Writing on the Wall 001 - Mixed Media Collage Contemporary Art Wall Sculpture These wall constructions and dioramas were made in the 1970s when Linda Stein was also wor...
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Contemporary 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Linda Stein, The Eagle 002 - Mixed Media Collage Contemporary Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Eagle 002 - Mixed Media Collage Contemporary Wall Sculpture These wall constructions and dioramas were made in the 1970s when Linda Stein was also working on her Below ...
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Contemporary 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
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.. These Form Studi...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Plaster, Acrylic

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
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.. These Form Studi...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Plaster, Acrylic

Zebra
Located in Miami, FL
Victor Vasarely “Zebra” 1977 Porcelain Rosenthal Ed. 2761 of 3000 14 x 12 in
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Op Art 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Daido Moriyama Skateboard deck (Daido Moriyama street photography)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Daido Moriyama Skateboard deck: This work originated as a result of the collaboration between the legendary Japanese street photographer Daido Moriyama & Evisen Skateboards. A unique wall piece featuring officially licensed imagery of Daido Moriyama. Offset Print on Maple Wood skateboard Deck. Approximate Dimensions: 8.0 x 31 inches (20.5 x 79 cm). Sealed in original shrink-wrapping. Contains surface scratches in a few areas. In otherwise good overall condition. From a sold out a limited edition of unknown. Stamped on the reverse. Makes for fantastic wall-art. Daido Moriyama (Japanese, b.1938) is a prolific Japanese artist, well-known as a photographer, graphic designer, and writer. Moriyama was born in Ikeda City, Osaka, Japan. He studied photography at the Takeji Iwamiya studio in Osaka before moving to Tokyo in 1961 to meet the members of VIVO. Moriyama became an assistant to Eikoh Hosoe, and gained access to the Tokyo photo world through this position. In 1968, Moriyama produced a collection of photographs, Nippon gekijo shashincho, in high-contrast, in which he focused on the indigenous world or the few indigenous things that had not been corrupted by the rapidly industrializing world. Around the same time he produced this collection, he began to draw the attention of many young and aggressive artists, most of them photographers, by becoming involved in the group magazine Provoke. Other artists who also participated in this group magazine project include Koji Tagi, Yutaka Takanashi, Takuma Nakahira, and Takahiko Okada. Apart from Provoke, Moriyama also contributed to other magazines, such as Camera Mainichi, Asahi Journal, and Asahi Camera. Related Categories Street photography. Fashion photography...
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Pop Art 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Lithograph, Offset

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
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.. These Form Studi...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
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...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
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...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
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.. These Form Studi...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Plaster, Acrylic

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_plaster coated cut styrofoam_abstract sculpture
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.. These Form Studi...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Polystyrene, Acrylic

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
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...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
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...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Column
Located in New York, NY
Plexiglass and color screenprint multiple, circa 1970. With the artist's signature incised and numbered 85/125 at the base.
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Sculptures

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Plexiglass, Color, Screen

Man and Machine, Brutalist Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superb modern brutalist bronze sculpture from the 1970s represents an allegory of man and machine (or worker) with a beautiful original dark green patina. The design is striking...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Female Torso
By Leon Saulter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in Poland on March 31, 1908. By the 1930s Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while a resident of Los Angeles. He died there on Se...
Category

Cubist 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Marble

The Test, Assembled Kinetic Modernist Sculpture Puzzle Construction
Located in Surfside, FL
"The Test," 1970 Aluminum sculpture in 5 parts. Artist's cipher and AP stamped into male figure, front, 20 5/16" x 12 1/2" x 6 5/7" (approx.) American sculptor King is most noted for his long-limbed figurative public art sculptures depicting people engaged in everyday activities such as reading or conversing. He created his busts and figures in a variety of materials, including clay, wood, metal, and textiles. William Dickey King was born in Jacksonville, Florida. As a boy, William made model airplanes and helped his father and older brother build furniture and boats. He came to New York, where he attended the Cooper Union and began selling his early sculptures even before he graduated. He later studied with the sculptor Milton Hebald and traveled to Italy on a Fulbright grant. 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. Mr. King’s work often reflected the times, taking on fashions and occasional politics. In the 1960s and 1970s, his work featuring African-American figures (including the activist Angela Davis, with hands cuffed behind her back) evoked his interest in civil rights. 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. His first solo exhibit took place in 1954 at the Alan Gallery in New York City. King was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2003, and in 2007 the International Sculpture Center honored him with the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. Mr. King’s work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Hirshorn Museum at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. 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 New York Times critic Holland Cotter once described Mr. King’s sculpture as “comical-tragical-maniacal,” and “like Giacomettis conceived by John Cheever.”
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American Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

David Hostetler Polished Bronze Female Form Bust Feminine Shiny Gold Egyptian
Located in Nantucket, MA
This polished bronze bust is sealed with Glasurit- a car finish that is baked on. It prevents the sculpture from tarnishing or yellowing. All you need to do is dust with a soft cloth. This bust is from a full figure wood sculpture...
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Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Quadrato
Located in Miami, FL
Jesus Rafael Soto (1923-2005) Quadrato 1974 Editions Denise Rene 46 of 75 Acrylic/aluminum with painted metal rods 17,5 x 15,7 x 12,5 in Signed and dated Provenance: Editions Galeri...
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Op Art 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Bill Haendel Americana 'A Child's War' Cast Paper Relief Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Other Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Mat: 20" x 21" Bas relief on hand-made paper; Visual statement of society’s role in...
Category

Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

1970s French Brutalist Welded Steel and Raw Mineral Specimen Sculpture Signed
By Jacques Lerebourg
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Lerebourg hand made abstract metal sculpture in welded and polished metal with inclusion of a natural quartz or crystal mineral specimen. part of a distinguished group of Fre...
Category

Arte Povera 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Modern Bronze Figure
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture by Betty Jacob depicts a smooth and curvaceous gilt bronze figure posing on her knees. Signed high on the left thigh and mounted on a blac...
Category

American Modern 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Snail
Located in Miami, FL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) "Snail" 1979, Rosenthal plate in glass with polychrome painting, diameter 14.25 in (36.5 cm) Nr. 1886/3000, with certificate. Provenance: Daniel Meyer, Germ...
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Surrealist 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Glass

UNTITLED (SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original stainless steel sculpture. Incised "Leon Ferrari 1978" on a metal plaque affixed to the lower area of the sculpture. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Please do n...
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Contemporary 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

La Escalera Azul, de la serie Sintesis
Located in Miami, FL
La Escalera Azul, de la serie Sintesis 1979 Plexiglas and metal Ed 37 of 110 20 x 14 x 5 in Literature: Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. “Soto. The Fourth dimension”. Catalogue published on...
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Op Art 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Collage, Mind-Line Stamp Series. Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Original Collage Signed and Dated Mind-Line Series, Stamp Series 2-4206, 1977 Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who work...
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Abstract 1970s Sculptures

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Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

Collage, Mind-Line Stamp Series. Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Original Collage Signed and Dated (Frances Parkman American Historian US Postage Stamp) Mind-Line Series, Stamp Series 2-4215, 1977 Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) ...
Category

Abstract 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

Large Stainless Steel Abstract Israeli Sculpture 'Three Tubes' Maquette
By Israel Hadany
Located in Surfside, FL
Israel Hadany (Israeli, 1941-). A stainless steel maquette for sculpture "Three Tubes", currently installed at the University of Pennsylvania ...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel, Iron

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