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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Man Reading The Village Voice
Man Reading The Village Voice

Man Reading The Village Voice

Located in New York, NY

Eduardo Torres – Man Reading Village Voice – Vintage Abstract Figurative Wire Sculpture, 1980 📏 Dimensions: 29" Tall x 12" Wide 🎨 Medium: Handcrafted Wire Sculpture, Mid-Century M...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Large Abstract Blue LED
Large Abstract Blue LED

Large Abstract Blue LED

Located in Santa Fe, NM

For indoor or outdoor use We create hand-made cast glass works. Using the age-old technique of lost wax casting. We craft forms ranging in shape from jewel-like elements to large sc...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Dimitri Hadzi - Uxmal unique bronze sculpture famed sculptor & Harvard professor
Dimitri Hadzi - Uxmal unique bronze sculpture famed sculptor & Harvard professor

Dimitri Hadzi - Uxmal unique bronze sculpture famed sculptor & Harvard professor

Located in New York, NY

Dimitri Hadzi Uxmal, 1991 Cast bronze on custom made granite base 17 × 30 1/2 × 14 inches The title UXMAL, refers to the ancient Mayan city of Uxmal, which is known for its "Pyramid of the Magician" Provenance: Acquired by the original owner from the prestigious Gremillion Gallery in Houston, Texas (accompanied by a copy of the original receipt) Measurements: Base: 26.5 by 11 by 1.75 inches Work longest 30.5 inches Widest 14 inches Highest. 17 inches More about Dimitri Hadzi" Derived from the figure and mythic narratives, Hadzi’s sculpture references antiquity and classical artifacts – abstracted anatomical forms, columnar and other architectural elements, helmets, weaponry and body armor function as visual metaphors for ancient cultures. “I was interested in mythology, and I was interested in movement,” Hadzi remarked on his years in Rome, “I was attempting through formal methods to exaggerate sexual tension or apprehension. Suddenly I was myself in an atmosphere of freedom.” [1] Powerfully rendered in bronze his sculptures convey raw emotion, brute strength and mass, tempered with a delicate rush of whimsy, vivacity and sensuality. Born in New York City on March 21, 1921, Hadzi graduated from Cooper Union in 1950 and received a Fulbright Fellowship in the same year. After studying sculpture in Greece, he moved to Rome under the GI Bill where he lived for twenty-five years. Hadzi returned to the U.S. where he taught at Harvard University for fourteen years. He continued to create sculpture until his death in 2006. Hadzi is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; The Phillips Collection and the Guggenheim Museum. Receiving over twenty sculpture commissions, Hadzi’s work appears in public squares, concert halls, federal and private plazas, and universities throughout the world. --------------- [1] Elsen, Albert. “On Artistic Freedom: An Interview,” Dimitri Hadzi, (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996), 30. Additional Biography: Dimitri Hadzi (1921 – 2006) is among the most distinguished modernist sculptors, creator of works in bronze and stone that are powerfully abstract and expressionist in character. His contribution to the international language of sculpture continues to influence and inspire through permanent installations and collections, and exhibitions worldwide. Born to Greek-American immigrant parents in New York City, he had a talent for drawing at an early age and won a prize for his young ability. But, it wasn't until after serving in the Air-force in the South Pacific during WWII that he turned his sights fully to painting and sculpture, going on to study both at Cooper Union. Eventually, he would become a mainstay of the Cambridge, MA art community. He was a Guggenheim Fellow (1957), the winner of the Venice Biennale Award (1962), and the Rome Prize (1974). His most notable sculptures are: Copley Place Waterfall (Boston, MA), Owen Glass Co. (Toledo, OH), as well as Thermopolis, adjacent to Boston’s City Hall Plaza, and the former Omphalos in Harvard Square (Cambridge, MA). Hadzi is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art; National Gallery of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Museum of Fine Art, Boston; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; The Phillips Collection and the Guggenheim Museum. Additionally, Hadzi was also a prolific painter, and printmaker. He also taught at Harvard University for over a decade. Famously, David Hockney attended one of Hadzi’s classes at the Carpenter Center at Harvard, where Hadzi served as director. The two of them spent time together painting and discussing techniques. Hockney gifted Hadzi one of his paintings. He worked alongside his good friend, Nobel Prize winning Irish poet...

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1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Vesuvius
Vesuvius

Vesuvius

By Sally Hepler

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Vesuvius 19.5 x 15 x 14" hand fabricated steel with patina, 4 inch tall powder coated steel base, shown in picture There are two sides to any circle: the inside and the outside. In ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Tantra 92: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circle
Tantra 92: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circle

Tantra 92: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circle

By Antonio Puri

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Antonio Puri's "Tantra" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny seed beads adhered to canvas in a range of red hues, crea...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Large Abstract Orange LED
Large Abstract Orange LED

Large Abstract Orange LED

Located in Santa Fe, NM

For indoor or outdoor use We create hand-made cast glass works. Using the age-old technique of lost wax casting. We craft forms ranging in shape from jewel-like elements to large sc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Gold Meander Mesa

Gold Meander Mesa

Located in Santa Fe, NM

It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Loren Eiferman, Winter Solstice, 2012, 165 Pieces of Wood, Putty, Wood Sculpture
Loren Eiferman, Winter Solstice, 2012, 165 Pieces of Wood, Putty, Wood Sculpture

Loren Eiferman, Winter Solstice, 2012, 165 Pieces of Wood, Putty, Wood Sculpture

By Loren Eiferman

Located in Darien, CT

Over many decades Loren Eiferman has created and mastered a unique technique of working with wood—her primary material. First, she begins with a drawing of an idea. Then she takes a daily walk in the woods surrounding her studio and collects tree limbs and long sticks that have fallen to the ground. She never chops down a living tree or uses green wood. Eiferman allows the wood time to cure in the studio to make sure it won’t check or crack. Next, she debarks the branch and looks for shapes found within each piece of wood. Using a Japanese hand saw, she cuts and connect these small shapes together using dowels and wood glue. Then, all the open joints get filled with a home made putty, which is then sanded so she can see the newly formed shapes. This process is until the new sculpture appears like the original line drawing but in space. She wants the work to appear as if it grew in nature, when in fact each sculpture is composed of over 100 small pieces of wood that are seamlessly jointed together. Her work can be called the ultimate recycling: taking the detritus of nature and giving it a new life. We have all at one point or another picked up a stick from the ground—touched the wood, peeled the bark off with our fingernails. Her work taps into that same primal desire of touching nature and being close to it. Trees connect us back to nature, back to this Earth. Her work has a meditative quality to it—a quiet, calming energy. Her influences are many; from looking at nature and plant life on this Earth to researching the heavenly bodies in the images beamed back from the Hubble Telescope. From studying ancient Buddhist mandalas and designs to delving deeper into quantum physics. And from researching mysterious manuscripts to studying the patterns inside our brains. Her newest body of work is inspired by the illustrations found in the Voynich Manuscript. This 250-page book, is believed to have been written in the early 15th century, of a mysterious origin and purpose. Written in an unknown language and currently housed at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book Library, the manuscript has eluded all attempts in the intervening centuries to decode or decipher its purpose and meaning. This enigmatic book is divided into 6 different sections (herbal, astronomical, biological, cosmological, pharmaceutical and recipes). Having discovered the images contained in this codex over the Internet, Eiferman felt an immediate, profound and inexplicable connection to this manuscript and its creator. The artist is currently transposing the “herbal” section of manuscript into sculptures. This section has drawings in it of plants and flowers that do not really exist in nature—past or present. These aren’t just pretty images of flowers—they also contain the wacky root systems and seemingly out of proportion leaves, stamens and pistils. Loren Eiferman was born in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from SUNY Purchase. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the Tri-State region including gallery and museum exhibitions in the Hudson Valley and Connecticut. Her work is included in numerous corporate and private art collections. In 2014 she was awarded a NYC MTA Arts & Design art commission to produce steel railings...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Putty

Close to Nature Cacti by Isabel Ritter - Contemporary wood carved sculpture
Close to Nature Cacti by Isabel Ritter - Contemporary wood carved sculpture

Close to Nature Cacti by Isabel Ritter - Contemporary wood carved sculpture

Located in DE

Hand carved sculpture by artist Isabel Ritter. Beautiful blue wings are carved perfectly. Stunning on a plinth or a shelf. About the Gallery: Folly & Muse was established in 2015 in...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

DNA 2006 by Silvia Zotta Abstract Ceramic Wall Sculpture in Red and Purple
DNA 2006 by Silvia Zotta Abstract Ceramic Wall Sculpture in Red and Purple

DNA 2006 by Silvia Zotta Abstract Ceramic Wall Sculpture in Red and Purple

Located in Brescia, IT

This engaging artwork was hand made in ceramic and then finished with lacquer in red and purple color. This piece is a part of the DNA collection, that represents the research of the artist into the micro human world. This artwork is a one of a kind piece. Silvia Zotta...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

1982 Argentine Metal Sculpture "Serie De Los Sobres" Maria Simon
1982 Argentine Metal Sculpture "Serie De Los Sobres" Maria Simon

1982 Argentine Metal Sculpture "Serie De Los Sobres" Maria Simon

Located in Surfside, FL

María Simón Argentinian (1922-2009) Untitled (from Serie de los Sobres) 1982 welded and enameled black sheetmetal sculpture Escultura en metal, moldeado, soldado, esmaltado 18 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance: The Graciela Kartofel Collection María Simón Padrós (1922 – 5 July 2009) was an Argentine sculptor. Simón was born in Aguilares, Tucumán in 1922. Her father, John Simon Padrós, was an engineer, a prominent politician and industrialist; her mother was Emilia Dublé. Today she is represented in the collections of the Museo Moderno and the Museo de Bellas Artes, where one of her sculptures is on display until the end of July, along with others by Noemí Gerstein...

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1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Light-Glyph (Gold)
Light-Glyph (Gold)

Light-Glyph (Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Small Green LED

Small Green LED

Located in Santa Fe, NM

For indoor or outdoor use We create hand-made cast glass works. Using the age-old technique of lost wax casting. We craft forms ranging in shape from jewel-like elements to large sc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

SCULPTURE TEXTILE BLACK RAFFIA V BY SPANISH ARTIST ELIURPI 2024
SCULPTURE TEXTILE BLACK RAFFIA V BY SPANISH ARTIST ELIURPI 2024

SCULPTURE TEXTILE BLACK RAFFIA V BY SPANISH ARTIST ELIURPI 2024

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...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Textile, Silk

Apple of Eden (Big) Abstract Sculpture, Leather Textile and Epoxy Resin, 2025
Apple of Eden (Big) Abstract Sculpture, Leather Textile and Epoxy Resin, 2025

Apple of Eden (Big) Abstract Sculpture, Leather Textile and Epoxy Resin, 2025

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Apple of Eden (big)" is the largest piece in this series. Here, the idea of human duality unfolds on a grander scale: the outer texture appears solid, yet within lies a different re...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Leather, Textile, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic

"Mother's Purse" cement, resin, plastic and wood sculpture
"Mother's Purse" cement, resin, plastic and wood sculpture

"Mother's Purse" cement, resin, plastic and wood sculpture

By Duane Paul

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Wood, Resin

Violin - Collage and assembly in plexi case, Italy 1970s
Violin - Collage and assembly in plexi case, Italy 1970s

Violin - Collage and assembly in plexi case, Italy 1970s

By Giuseppe Chiari

Located in Napoli, IT

Assemblage, violin, paper collage on board, plexiglass case. Chiari freely uses painting, objects, drawing and collage of photocopies and photographs to create intriguing works. Exhibitions: Back to Future, Glenda Cinquegrana: lo Studio, 17.07-24.09.2013, Milan, Italy Giuseppe Chiari...

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1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Paper

EXCLOS 156 Stainless Steel
EXCLOS 156 Stainless Steel

EXCLOS 156 Stainless Steel

By Guillaume Roche

Located in Pasadena, CA

Guillaume ROCHE The artist translates movement and energy through the dynamism of assemblages and seeks the balance of composition. His sculptures offer aerial movements, round shap...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

"Humpty Dumpty Saddle " Mixed Media Sculpture

"Humpty Dumpty Saddle " Mixed Media Sculpture

By Duane Paul

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and sensual experience of his work covertly explores sexuality, gender traditions, sex, and race. "My artistic mission is to stimulate productive public conversation around these topics." "Humpty Dumpty...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

"Ascension of Weary Bones " Mixed Media Sculpture
"Ascension of Weary Bones " Mixed Media Sculpture

"Ascension of Weary Bones " Mixed Media Sculpture

By Duane Paul

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and sensual experience of his work covertly explores sexuality, gender traditions, sex, and race. "My artistic mission is to stimulate productive public conversation around these topics." "Ascension of Weary Bones...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood, Pigment

Meeresgetier
Meeresgetier

Meeresgetier

By Melanie Sherman

Located in Kansas City, MO

Studying the history of ceramics I have been captivated by the relationship between East and West, and how they continue to influence each other, especially through the ceramic arts....

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

SCULPTURE TEXTILE BY SPANISH ARTIST ELIURPI 2024 NEW
SCULPTURE TEXTILE BY SPANISH ARTIST ELIURPI 2024 NEW

SCULPTURE TEXTILE 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 Authenticity, guaranteeing its originality and provenance. We offer secure worldwide delivery to any address you specify, ensuring that your purchase arrives in pristine condition. If you require additional shipping options or a bespoke quote from our trusted network of carriers, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our team is here to help you find the best solutions for a smooth and secure delivery experience. Elisabet Urpí Ràfols and Nacho Umpiérrez Fripp, collectively known as ELIURPI, are the creative duo behind our brand. Based in Barcelona, we specialize in shaping unique pieces through a fusion of culture, architecture, and contemporary art. Founded 14 years ago, ELIURPI originally gained recognition for our sculptural hats. Over time, our artistic scope has broadened to encompass sculptures and art-design pieces. Recently, we showcased our latest creations at the Milan Fair, including an individual exhibition at Palazzo Litta titled "Shadows and Poems," inspired by Junichiro Tanizaki’s "In Praise of Shadows," which extols chiaroscuro as the pinnacle of beauty. Raffia served as the central material uniting all exhibited pieces, creating a harmonious narrative throughout the exhibition space. Our professional and personal lives intertwine, enriching our distinctive artistic language that blends cultural traditions with contemporary aesthetics. We draw inspiration from the interplay of light and shadow, while craftsmanship, creativity, and integrity guide our use of natural materials such as wood, straw, raffia, linen, and silk. Notable milestones include our ongoing exhibitions during ARCO week in Madrid, as well as appearances in international art galleries and craft biennials. In 2023, our work "Sculptural Head Object...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

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Textile

Duet I
Duet I

Duet I

By Jane B. Grimm

Located in Burlingame, CA

Beautiful original and unique white 3D sculpture in low fire ceramic from Pop Art pioneer and internationally collected sculptor, Jane B. Grimm. 19 x 19 x 19 inches. Artist signed an...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

EC 15 - textural abstract circle shape nature inspired white sculpted paper
EC 15 - textural abstract circle shape nature inspired white sculpted paper

EC 15 - textural abstract circle shape nature inspired white sculpted paper

Located in New York, NY

Anne-Charlotte Saliba's artistic universe is largely inspired by nature, its abyssal dimension as well as its vegetal or mineral forms. Her sculpted artworks are a confrontation of smooth and grainy texture on the same linear paper. A cloud of small perforations, incisions, and punches which play on the elasticity of the paper, to create a topographic relief. A controlled wandering of dotted lines, scales and bumps are drawn following the movement of her hand on the paper. The flow is both free and thoughtfully planned, allowing unexpected movements and completely abandoning set patterns at times. Saliba sees herself more like an artisan than an artist in the sense that she is working with texture and touch to create unique intricate sculpted artworks. Playing with light and shadow, each in her own way ennobles a seemingly banal material with a genuine concern for ethics. Like modern-day memento mori, Saliba’s works transport us into dreamlike worlds in which the evanescence of paper echoes the transience of life, subtly reminding us to enjoy the present moment. Anne-Charlotte Saliba works and lives near Lyon, France. Her work has reviewed in numerous publications and has won the prestigious price for Jeune Creation de Métiers d’Art in 2020. She is now represented by the Muriel Guépin Gallery...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Archival Paper

UNDER
UNDER

UNDER

Located in New York, NY

This evocative 2024 mixed-media work by Valentina Innocenti is a masterclass in tactile abstraction and "found object" assemblage. Set against a deep, midnight-black void, the piece ...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Driftwood, Chalk, Acrylic

Abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Scott Troxel, John Van Alstine, Marty Mackenzie, and Stephen Walling. Frequently made by artists working with Wood, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.38 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11 and tops out at $1,400,000, while the average work sells for $4,500.