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Period: 1980s
Embrace Mother And Child Marble Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Mother with child. Soft pink-white marble, black onyx pedestal, artist signed. It will be shipped in two separate boxes. Robert Russin, born in 1914, in New York City died in 2007, w...
Category

Modern 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Gemini, Bronze Horse Sculpture by Jean Richardson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean Richardson, American (1940 - ) Title: Gemini Year: 1989 Medium: Bronze Sculpture Edition: 10 Size: 18 x 19 x 12 in. (45.72 x 48.26 x 30.48 cm) Base: 3 x 12 x 12 inches
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Abstract Impressionist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mirabile Composto (Enchanted Composition) - Leather and Stone Abstract Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Angelo Canevari's "Mirabile Composto" is a 106.3 x 106.3-inch leather and stone abstract sculpture composed of 12 elements. This piece is part of a limited number of works where Canevari engaged in a different medium than bronze. The title "Mirabile Composto" comes from a 17th-century quote describing the work of the famous Baroque Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It refers to Bernini's fusion of architecture, sculpture, and painting. In this work, Canevari skillfully plays with different shades of leather and a river pebble to blur the distinction between painting, sculpture, or architectural pieces. The piece projects a magnetic presence. It reminds the immensity and peacefulness of the golden sand mounds in the Sahara desert when viewed from an aerial view. Angelo Canevari is an Italian sculptor from a long lineage of artists active in Rome since the 17th century. He has been commissioned several works by the Vatican, including the Bronze Doors of the Cathedral of Belluno and the Vatican Coins.
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Assemblage 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Oh, Georgia (Homage to O'Keeffe)
By Carolee Thea
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Carolee Thea Title: Oh, Georgia (Homage to O'Keeffe) Year: 1986 Medium: Unique Wall Sculpture: Oak, Varnished Plywood and Bone Construction, signed and dated verso Size: ...
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Surrealist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Oak, Plywood, Found Objects

Tusk
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract sculpture of 132 Jello molds on an iron plate by Post War artist Tim Hawkinson. Signed verso, "88, Tim Hawkinson." Provenance: ACE Gallery, Los Angeles; Private coll...
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Post-War 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Kinetic Sculpture
By Bruce Stillman
Located in Long Island City, NY
A steel sculpture by Bruce Stillman from 1980. A kinetic sculpture with rotating components perched atop a whimsically modernist base. Artist: Bruc...
Category

Contemporary 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Saint Mark's Theater
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique terracotta sculpture of Saint Mark's Theater.
Category

Realist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Crouched Body by Sergio Monari 1985 Figurative Sculpture Patinated Bronze Cast
Located in Brescia, IT
Bronze artwork made with lost wax casting technique. This is the prototype, unique signed artist proof. Sergio Monari is an Italian sculpture, that lives and works in Bologna, Italy. He exhibited his artworks in the best Galleries...
Category

Post-Minimalist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vessel: Pierced III, Unique Wall or Table Art by Sylvia Seventy
By Sylvia Seventy
Located in Long Island City, NY
This mixed media sculpture by Sylvia Seventy, from 1986, is a conceptual work in neutral tones. Materials include handmade paper, Apple Wood, Willow, Paint, Oil Pastel, Wax, Cotton ...
Category

Conceptual 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Cotton, Handmade Paper, Oil Pastel, Paint, Wood

Architectures Composition By Italian G.Carlesso Cast Patinated Bronze Panel 1980
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork is a cast patinated bronze and brass panel. This artist was present at the Biennale of Venice with his architectural artworks. He h...
Category

Abstract Geometric 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Genesis, Bronze Horse Sculpture by Jean Richardson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean Richardson, American (1940 - ) Title: Genesis Year: 1989 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and numbering inscribed Edition: 50 Size: 16 x 15.5 x 12 inches Base: 1.5 x...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Horse - Taal Mayon, Sculpture by Ben Gonzales
By Ben A. Gonzales
Located in Long Island City, NY
Title: Horse - Taal Mayon Year: 1981 Medium: Terra Cotta Sculpture, signed and dated Size: 20.5 in. x 23 in. x 6 in. (52.07 cm x 58.42 cm x 15.24 cm)
Category

Modern 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Melrose, Geometric Enamel on Plexiglass Painting by Jay Phillips
Located in Long Island City, NY
This enamel on aluminum in plexi box by Jay Phillips is a structural contemporary work. Phillips cut and folded his materials to form overlaps and projections. His use of bright colors reflected his early Southern California...
Category

Abstract 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum, Enamel

Hammock, Ed. 1/6
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bronze sculpture of a woman resting in a hammock.
Category

1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Freedom Wagon
Located in Buffalo, NY
James C. Litz is a self-taught artist who has a "primitive-naive" style of oil and acrylic paintings that features colorful and humorous characters and scenes. His paintings have a very child-like quality to them and you can see the artist's active imagination at work transforming everyday life into art. In 1994, the fine arts magazine Sunstorm, described him as having a "natural wit and style". Permanent displays: The National and International Vietnam Veterans War Art Museum, Chicago, IL; the American Folk Art Museum, NYC; the President Bush Library, Houston, TX; Museé D'Art Naïf de l'lle De France; the International Folk Art Museum, La Jolla, CA; and the James Fennimore Coopers Museum, Cooperstown, NY. Private Collections: Jackie Gleason (deceased); Roy Rogers (deceased); the Flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya (deceased); opera singer Patrice Munsel, cellist Lynn Harrell, and Bill Cosby.
Category

1980s Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Wood

Correct Time, Surrealist Clock with Permanent Marker by William Stone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Willam Stone, American XXth - XXIst Title: Correct Time Year: 1987 Medium: Marker on Clock on Base, signed, titled and numbered on bottom Edition: 4/10 Size: 26 in. x 25...
Category

Contemporary 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Permanent Marker, Wood

Line Up (7.23.83)
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Category

Color-Field 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Oil

Woman with Head of Roses, Surrealist Bronze Sculpture by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Woman with Head of Roses" or "Femme à Tête de Roses" is a bronze sculpture by Surrealist Salvador Dali. This interesting piece, referenced by Descharnes as number 684, includes a pl...
Category

Surrealist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large Closed Form by Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP5031)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Toshiko Takaezu Large Closed Form (INV# NP5031) 10.75 x 8.5 x 8.5" 1980 signed by artist Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American ceramic artist and painter. ...
Category

Contemporary 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Monograph: BOTERO SCULPTURE (hardback book, hand signed by Fernando Botero)
Located in New York, NY
Fernando Botero BOTERO SCULPTURE (hand signed by Fernando Botero), 1987 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed by Fernando Botero) Hand signed by Fernando on the first front end page 13 × 11 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches Provenance Hand signed for the present owner at Fernando Botero Sculpture...
Category

Surrealist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Guarding Sprit
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed underneath. This carved stone sculpture by Brighton Sango (1958 - 1995) is from a private collection. The family owns a quality collection of Shona sculpture. They purchased...
Category

Other Art Style 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Arabesque
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Drying Bather
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

After Degas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Remorse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bather with Cloth Drape
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Woman in Huipil
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Kneeling Lament
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Seated Bather Washing Foot
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Kneeling Bather Washing Hair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bather Washing Hair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bather
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Reclining Nude
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Guitar Player
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Lovers #3
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category

Art Deco 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

OPENING GRANITE
Located in New York, NY
Duality manifests in her work as she juxtaposes rough, jagged edges with smooth, polished surfaces, as well as with the physical structure of the work, has each of the pieces typical...
Category

1980s Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Basquiat Skateboard Deck (Basquiat skate deck)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Skateboard Deck: Limited edition Basquiat skateboard deck licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat in conjunction with Artes...
Category

Pop Art 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Lithograph, Wood

"California Color Series #8", Blown Glass Sculpture, Sandblasted, Acid Etched
Located in St. Louis, MO
Marvin Lipofsky 1938 - 2016 Lipofsky approached glass as an organic, sculptural medium; resulting in his signature amorphic forms. Many of his works are colorful “bubbles” of glass....
Category

Contemporary 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

Basquiat Skateboard Decks (set of 3)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Skateboard Decks: Complete set of three limited edition Jean-Michel Basquiat Skateboard Decks licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat in conjunction with ...
Category

Abstract 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Lithograph, Offset

Lidded Venice Beach Motif Jar by Magdalena Frimkess (INV# NP3997)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Magdalena Suarez-Frimkess Lidded Venice Beach Motif Jar (INV# NP3997) stoneware, underglaze and glaze 6.5 x 5" 1981 signed by artist provenance - The Nevica Project Magdalena Suarez...
Category

1980s Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Basquiat Keith Haring skateboard decks (set of 2 works)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat & Keith Haring Skateboard Decks (set of 2 individual works): A standout Basquiat & Keith Haring Skateboard Deck set - with each piece trademark by their respecti...
Category

Pop Art 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Wood, Lithograph

Basquiat Beat Bop Skateboard Decks (set of 3)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Beat Bop Skateboard Decks (set of 3): Jean-Michel Basquiat Skateboard Deck Triptych licensed by the Estate of Jean Michel Basquiat in conjunction with Artestar/R...
Category

Pop Art 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Wood

Encre de Chine
Located in Malmo, SE
Signed and numbered EA 2/2 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à cordes published by GKM Siwert Ber...
Category

Contemporary 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Atlas
Located in New York, NY
Steel sculpture inspired from nautical and astronomical influences.
Category

1980s Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Tête Eiffel pivotante
Located in Malmo, SE
Napoléon. (Epruve d’artiste EA 1/2) Bocquel fondeur. Acquired directly from the artist. Signed by the artist. César Baldaccini (1921 – 1998) is one of the great sculptors of the twentieth century. As a young man he took a stand for art that was firmly anchored in reality, as a counterweight to the lyrical, abstract painting of the time. He has transformed rusty bolts, screws, scrap metal and steel wire into biomorphic sculptures depicting everything from chickens on roller skates to self-portraits of the artist. In his magical hands, metal from the junk-heap, old car parts, discarded cans and plexiglass have been compacted into delightful cubistic works of art that César himself has called “compressions”. As a kind of antithesis to these, he experimented by expanding plastics, glass, aluminium and bronze into voluptuously inflated forms known as “expansions”. Among César’s casts of sculpted breasts, female torsos and clenched fists, it is the thumb that, above all else, has emerged as the artist’s hallmark – his own, greatly enlarged thumb in bronze. Exhibited for the first time at the Galerie Claude Bernard in Paris in 1965, today you can see it – in bronze or marble – in museums and public places all over the world. His largest bronze thumb, measuring fully 12 metres in height, stands in La Défense in Paris. In similar fashion, the artist’s signature is always accompanied by his thumb print. Born in Marseilles in 1921, by the age of 12 César had already left school to work in his father’s wine merchants business. In 1935, however, he enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts in Marseilles. He continued his art studies in 1943 at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, sharing a house for some time with Alberto Giacometti. In 1960 he was invited to join the group of artists known as “les Nouveaux Réalistes”, where he worked together with Arman, Pierre Restany, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely and others. César’s genius lies in his ability to coax artistic forms from whatever materials may be at hand. “When I was a child,” he recalled, “I used to think that a sculptor was a man who chipped away at stone with a hammer and chisel. It was only later that I understood you can make sculptures from any material you choose.” In the early 1940s César discovered the opportunities that scrap metal opened up, and his first solo exhibition, “Animaux en ferraille” (or “Scrap metal animals”), was held at the Galerie Lucien Durand...
Category

Contemporary 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Wooden sculpture. Clark Murray is best known for large public sculptures made from pipe.
Category

Abstract 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Maqueta Armonía de Volúmenes y Espacios, La Hoyada
Located in Miami, FL
Maqueta Armonía de Volúmenes y Espacios -La Hoyada- BMPC-002, 1980(1982) Edition /25 Bronze 48 x 37 x 26 cm 18.8 x 14.5 x 10.2 in. ABOUT THE ARTIST Narváez was born in Porlamar, Venezuela, in 1905; he was the fifth son of eleven siblings; his parents were Jose Lorenzo Narváez and Vicenta Rivera. Don José Lorenzo, a multifaceted and creative man, sowed the seed of creativity in his son. “My father did not fit in with his fantasies of cabinetmaker, bricklayer, master builder, and self-taught architect.”1 From an early age, Francis was led to the artistic activity, he traced, carved, made replicas of the furniture and the saints restored by his father. In 1920 he obtained his first professional assignment, a San Rafael for the Church of Carupano, and, in 1922, his father authorized him to travel to Caracas to pursue his studies as an artist. He studied at the atelier of Marcos Castillo, at of the Angel Cabre y Magriña and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Caracas, where he was introduced to the painters and intellectuals of the time. In 1928 he presented his first solo exhibition at the Club Venezuela. With the money raised from the sale of the works and the support of Monsignor Sosa, and the Ministers Centeno Grau and Arcaya, he studied in Paris on a scholarship. Once there, he enrolled at the Académie Julian, where Tito Salas, Cristóbal Rojas and Arturo Michelena had also studied. It was in Paris where, unable to work in wood, he turned to stone carving. “In Paris, I didn’t have wood, so I carved a lot in stone (…), when there were demolitions I purchased chunks of stone, I would take them to the workshop and carve them.”2 His first attempts at volumetric sculptures and painting in plain colours, linked to the thematic of American miscegenation and Creole reality, can be traced back to that first trip to Paris. During his stay in the French city, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Alfredo Boulton, and Finita Vallenilla supported the artist both financially and logistically, and in February of 1930, the trio of friends arranged another exhibition for him at the Club Venezuela. Narváez describes his exhibition as follows: “(…) in it I feel that the sculptural work is more my own, done with more assurance, a response to my pursuit of large planes, stylisation and synthesis.”3 By then, as Boulton himself noted in his book about the artist, Narvaez departed from most of the artistic traditions that prevailed by that time in Venezuela. In 1931 he returned to Caracas and established his atelier at the Barrio Obrero in Catia. The atelier became the hub of the intellectual life of the time. “In those years, the atelier of Francisco Narváez was the hub of the greatest Venezuelan hope. Nothing comparable to it can be found either before or since.”4 From that year onwards, exhibitions, projects, trips, and awards we multiplied. He was awarded the President of the Republic of Venezuela Prize, the National Sculpture Prize of the 1st Official Venezuelan Art Salon, and the John Boulton Prize of the 3rd Annual Venezuelan Art Salon; for the Military Academy, he produced a spectacular relief entitled La Patria. In 1945, commissioned by the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, he produced two groups of sculptures known as Las Toninas, both located in the O’Leary Square. There, as he himself states, he incorporates some baroque patterns into the figures to the source itself: “It is a work of balance between the decorative requirements and the sculpture of planes and angles.”5 In 1948 he was awarded the National Painting Prize. In the same year, he was called upon by the architect Carlos Raul Villanueva to participate in the project for the arts integration in the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Francisco Narváez’s public output continued with works such as the statue of Fermín Toro, La Educación, La Ciencia, three murals (produced by María Luisa Tovar) for the Instituto de Medicina Experimental, El Cristo; el Atleta, the equestrian statue of General Rafael Urdaneta. In 1953 he was appointed Director of the School of Plastic and Applied Arts, and in July of the same year, he exhibited “Francisco Narváez, Maderas, Piedras y Bronces” (Francisco Narváez, Woods, Stones and Bronzes) at the Museum of Fine Arts. Narváez is, unquestionably, one of the great Venezuelan sculptors, his work goes through various stages and interests; as the art world evolves, the artist does not remain in his initial scopes of work. His creations are not imposed by the prevailing trends or fashion but do evolve by experimenting with new materials and interests. When one peruses the artist’s lengthy list of exhibitions, commissions, and awards, it is worth remembering the Narvaez who embark on his career as a child and who, overcoming obstacles, knew how to make the most of his curiosity. He did not settle for living off his successes. He did not remain stagnant as many creators of his environment did. Narvaez managed to understand the changes in the history of art around him. We must not overlook the fact that Francisco Narvaez is an artist amid all the changes occurring in the art world. He moves from the classics to the great transformations in the art world. It is the Europe of Picasso, Braque, Arp. He observes, he is aware of what is happening in the centres of the world of art, but between his craft and his sensitivity, the result is NARVAEZ, his stamp, and his identity. Francisco Narváez comes from tradition, and his first stage is linked to the classics, to the exploration of his heritage, but always with his very own language. Throughout his prolific career, he knew how to remain true to himself, without disregarding the influences of his surroundings or his artistic interests: his ability as a sculptor, his selection of materials, whether they were wood, stone or bronze; his choice of the subject of his work…His mastery and great craftsmanship are a constant that over time have made him a leading player in the history of contemporary Venezuelan and world art. From his beginnings, no subject was foreign to him. His paintings, drawings, aquarelles, and sketches are testimony to his prolific output. Among his themes are portraits, our traditions, still lifes, and landscapes. Narváez is an artist who represents his time. Later, he evolved towards purer and simpler forms, abandoning figurative art for short periods. In 1956 he declared to the newspaper El Nacional: “Every day I am freeing myself, it is a soul that frees itself from the ephemeral wrappings of the circumstantial always, as well as from the inevitable weight of the anecdote. This second stage of my work is remarkably close to abstractionism, even if there are still certain figures or figurations in the sculptures that I will shortly be showing. However, pure, and absolute abstractionism, it will treat the form itself as the sole reason for its existence on the plane of artistic excellence.”6 The artistic development was his professional life. Each period of his life as an artist, he went one step further, searching, solving, seeing plenty of things and understanding how diverse expressions were transforming themselves. His hands followed his gaze and his mind, always inquisitive. He added movement to the volumes. Arturo Uslar Pietri, “Formas Nuevas”, Cromotip editions, 1956 “Francisco Narváez is a path: the path that Venezuelan sculpture...
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Abstract 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Maquette No. 1
Located in New York, NY
Lika Mutal is a Dutch-Peruvian sculptor, who worked on diverse stones and material from Peru, inspired on Pre-Columbian art.
Category

Abstract 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Granite

Basquiat Skateboard Deck (Basquiat Negro Athletes)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Basquiat Negro Athletes Skateboard Deck: Limited edition Basquiat skate deck licensed by the Estate of Jean Michel Basquiat in conjunction with Artestar in 2018, featuring offset im...
Category

Pop Art 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Screen

Le cabinet Anthropomorphique
Located in Tallinn, EE
Salvador Dalí (Spain, 1904-1989) Le cabinet Anthropomorphique 1982, signed Dali 057/330-A. Foundry marks Foneria Mirbosa, Barcelona. Silver sculpture. 12 x 23 cm, w. 2102 gr. A bron...
Category

Surrealist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Silver

César Crystal Baccarat Thumb 1989 Limited Edition 42 Centimeters
Located in Paris, FR
1989 Baccarat Crystal. Signed and numbered at the base. Work accompanied by its certificate issued by the Compagnie des Cristalleries Baccarat. Work registered at the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under No. 3984. César, French sculpture and member of the "Nouveau Réalisme" movement, is best known for his use of compressed cars and recycled metals. Although his work shows similarities to artists like Andy Warhol in his appropriation of commercial products, César is more interested in the formal traditions of modern sculpture, as for example through the work of Alberto Giacometti. Born César Baldaccini on January 11, 1921 in Marseille to Italian parents, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, graduating in 1948. “Despite my classic academic education, I entered the industrial world and learned to approach found materials according to their own language." The artist is at the origin of the creation of the bronze trophies...
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1980s Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Accumulation of Violins, bronze sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Accumulation of Violins Arman, French (1928–2005) Date: 1989 Bronze, signature and number inscribed Edition of 37/99 Size: 13.25 x 6.5 x 6.5 in. (33.66 x 16.51 x 16.51 cm)
Category

Pop Art 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ventana
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Hayes (1931 - 2013) Ventana, 1981 Painted, welded steel 22 x 11 x 4.25 in
Category

Contemporary 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Steel

On Giro, On Taro
Located in Milano, IT
A beautiful set of two table lamps by Keith Haring, screenprint on glass, from the limited edition of 2000, published in 1988 by Kreon. The two lamps are in perfect conditions, they ...
Category

Pop Art 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Screen

Brutalist Metal Wall Sculpture Entitled "Saturn Rings" by Silas Seandel
Located in New York, NY
This stunning brutalist wall sculpture, entitled "Saturn Rings" was realized by the esteemed multidisciplinary artist and furniture maker Silas Seandel in the United States Circa 198...
Category

American Modern 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Le cabinet Anthropomorphique
Located in Tallinn, EE
Salvador Dalí (Spain, 1904-1989) Le cabinet Anthropomorphique 1982, signed Dali 057/330-A. Foundry marks Foneria Mirbosa, Barcelona. Silver sculpture. 12 x 23 cm, w. 2102 gr.
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Surrealist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Silver

"Offshoot" minimalist bronze sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
"Offshoot" is a horizontal pedestal sculpture by renowned Australian artist Clement Meadmore. It is an elegantly simple form with a beautiful dark brown patina. "Offshoot" balances o...
Category

Minimalist 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rare "Dickhead" Robert Longo Bronze Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Very rare cast. (edition of 1 or 2) This work was featured in an article "The Appropriation of Marginal Art in the 1980s Author: Donald Kuspit Source: American Art, Vol. 5, No. 1/2 (Winter - Spring, 1991), pp. 132-141 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This appears to be modeled after a figure by HR Giger. it was cast by Polich Tallix Foundry. Born in Brooklyn, 1953 Robert Longo became synonymous with American pictorial art during the 80s, his ambitious large-scale works seemingly synchronized with the booming economy and boisterous values of the Reagan era. In 1974, whilst studying at State University College, Buffalo, Longo co-founded Hallwalls. As a studio and exhibition space for contemporary art, Hallwalls was the precursor of Longo's ongoing concern for utilizing art's multi-disciplinary potential. His partner in this venture was Cindy ShermanAfter graduation Longo showed in 1979 at The Kitchen, a downtown space which encouraged artistic experimentation and collaboration. In the following year, he had his first one-person exhibition in Europe, at Studio d'Arte Cannaviello in Milan. Since then, Longo has shown continuously in Europe and America. However, it was his first solo exhibition at Metro Pictures, New York, in 1981 that brought him international critical acclaim. This installation of Men in the Cities presented his charcoal, graphite and dye studies of office workersThis interruption of a smooth linear reading, notably used in Dada and Surrealist collage, undermines assumptions, whether they be cultural, social or political. In 'Men in the Cities' Longo cuts anonymous people from their environments, then splices their portraits in amongst blocks of buildings. The association is made between the private and the corporate, the human and the industrial, the fragile and the impervious. Engagement with the social and political can be seen in Longo's work throughout the 80s, setting him apart from fellow artists David Salle and Julian Schnabel. Following a major retrospective at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1989, Longo began to focus on single themes, rather than montages of associations. Furthermore, he moved to Paris the following year. The 'Black Flag' series resulted from this change in direction, and location. Taking the Stars and Stripes as his subject, Longo re-worked the treatment of the spangled banner by Pop artist Jasper Johns. J Longo is a multi talented artist who works equally successfully in a variety of media. He is equally well known as a sculptor and film director as he is as a draftsman/painter, and like the best of the contemporary film directors, his aim is to seduce, elucidate, transform, and instruct. SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS Art Institute of Chicago, USA Guggenheim Museum, New York Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada Museum of Modern Art, New York Saatchi Collection, London Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tate Gallery, London Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 'Das Magellan Projekt', Kunsthalle Tubingen, Germany, 1997 'Das Magellan Projekt', Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1997 'Das Magellan Projekt', Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 1997 'Robert Longo: Kreuze', Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, 1996 'Robert Longo: A Retrospective', The Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1995 'Robert Longo: A Retrospective', Ashikaga City Museum, Kirin Plaza Art Space, Osaka, Japan, 1995 'Faith in Zero' Project: Galerie Daniel Templon, Galerie Antoine Candau, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, A.B. Galleries, Galerie Gordon Pym et Fils, Paris, France, 1991 'Black Flags', Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, 1990 'Robert Longo 1976 - 1989', The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1989 'Robert Longo 1976 - 1989', Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA, 1989 'Robert Longo 1976 - 1989', Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA, 1989 'Sequences/Men in the Cities', University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, USA, 1986 'Sequences/Men in the Cities', Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, USA, 1986 'Sequences/Men in the Cities', Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, 1986 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1985 Metro Pictures, New York, 1981 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS La Biennale di Venezia: XLVII Esposizioione Internationale d'Arte, Venice, Italy, 1997 'Views From Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art 3', Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1997 'Allegories of Modernism: Contemporary Drawing', The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1992 'A Forest of Signs: Art in the Crisis of Representation', The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, 1989 'Documenta 8', Kassel, Germany, 1987 L?epoque, La Mode, La Morale, La Passion, 1977 - 1987', Mus'e National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 1987 "New York '85" (with Jasper Johns, Elsworth Kelly...
Category

Post-Modern 1980s Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

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