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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
Splash
Splash

Splash

By Robert Cook

Located in New York, NY

Robert Cook’s Splash sculpture draws inspiration from the iconic photograph of a drop of milk creating a circle and splash in a pool of milk. This fleeting moment of suspended motion sparked Cook’s exploration of how to capture such dynamic energy in a static form. Robert Cook was a great American sculptor and his works are in many museums and his iconic Dinoseras piece commands a spot on the street of New York at 51st Street. Important to note with this work that it is unique and there are no other casts. Cook sculpted in wax and when he cast this destroyed the wax and there was no mould. Very few sculptors work in this manner and it speaks to a very pure and altruistic form of sculpture. If perhaps he had been more commercially minded he would have done large editions but instead he valued singularity as in nature. In Splash, Cook freezes a moment of kinetic energy, capturing the elegant tension between impact and expansion. The sculpture embodies both grace and chaos, with a fluidity that suggests movement at the very instant it’s frozen in time. Cook’s mastery of his medium allows this dynamic moment to be immortalized in bronze, creating a powerful and emotional resonance that transcends the physical form, making Splash both a formal and philosophical exploration of time, space, and motion. Signed: R Cook...

Category

1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

NAME by Steven John Clark x denHolm
NAME by Steven John Clark x denHolm

NAME by Steven John Clark x denHolm

Located in Paris, FR

'NAME' by Steven John Clark x den Holm Limestone sculpture Hand carved by Steven John Clark Country: Australia Dimensions: H. 80 x W. 125 x D. 125 cm Wh...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Peace

Peace

By Eileen Braun

Located in Atlanta, GA

Eileen Braun delights in creating biomorphic or organic sculptural forms. Although they may look as though they're constructed of metal rods, they're actually created from rattan ree...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Paradox - black, white, indoor/outdoor, contemporary, stainless steel sculpture
Paradox - black, white, indoor/outdoor, contemporary, stainless steel sculpture

Paradox - black, white, indoor/outdoor, contemporary, stainless steel sculpture

By Ferhat Özgür Görel

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This abstract sculpture, which can be installed indoors or outdoors, is painted in a striking black and white. It’s hand-forged in steel by Ferhat Özgür Görel. A series of large rect...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

"Cheek to Cheek 2" Stoneware Clay Abstract Ceramic Sculpture in white
"Cheek to Cheek 2" Stoneware Clay Abstract Ceramic Sculpture in white

"Cheek to Cheek 2" Stoneware Clay Abstract Ceramic Sculpture in white

Located in New York, NY

Cheek to Cheek 2 by John Born Stoneware clay, terra sigillata, black wash John Born's work primarily involves creating functional and sculptural ceramics. His pieces often reflect t...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

"Monica..." cement, enamel paint, plastic and wood sculpture
"Monica..." cement, enamel paint, plastic and wood sculpture

"Monica..." cement, enamel paint, 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...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

Bronze Relief Sculpture Statue Of Man And Eagle Maquette Mid-20th Century
Bronze Relief Sculpture Statue Of Man And Eagle Maquette Mid-20th Century

Bronze Relief Sculpture Statue Of Man And Eagle Maquette Mid-20th Century

By Elisabeth Frink

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

Dame Elisabeth Frink. English ( b.1930 - d.1993 ). Maquette For Man And Eagle. Bronze With Gold Brown Patina. Signed And Numbered 1/7 Lower Left. Size 8.7 inches x 10.2 inches ( 22cm x 26cm ). Depth 2.8 inches ( 7cm ). Weight 7.1lb ( 3.24KG). Available for sale; this original bronze plaque with raised relief is by Dame Elisabeth Frink and was conceived and cast in 1967. The maquette is presented and supplied unmounted. There is the option to hang the plaque from 2 rings applied to the rear when in previous ownership. This vintage bronze plaque...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #13", Layered Paper and Drawing
"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #13", Layered Paper and Drawing

"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #13", Layered Paper and Drawing

By Charles Clary

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 9"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame. Charles Clary was...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Ink, Illustration Board

GENESIS
GENESIS

GENESIS

By Yevgeniy Prokopov

Located in Edinburgh, GB

MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Bronze Casting. Polished bronze, patina, and marble. The sculpture is a reminder of the ever-changing environment in which we live and the constant transformation ...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Sanawa', 2008 by David Ruth
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Sanawa', 2008 by David Ruth

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Sanawa', 2008 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

'Sanawa' is a contemporary abstract glass by artist David Ruth. Created in 2008, it was a piece in a series about the David's views on the American invasion of Iraq. "In 2005, a fe...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Italian Mid Century Mod Large Brutalist Welded Copper Enamel Sculpture Wood Base
Italian Mid Century Mod Large Brutalist Welded Copper Enamel Sculpture Wood Base

Italian Mid Century Mod Large Brutalist Welded Copper Enamel Sculpture Wood Base

Located in Surfside, FL

Welded, brazed, copper (based on the weight, this might be iron or bronze) with colorful inset enamel plaques on a painted wood base. A studio handmade Brutalist sculpture in a mann...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Copper, Enamel

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Ras Algethi', 1995 by David Ruth
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Ras Algethi', 1995 by David Ruth

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Ras Algethi', 1995 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

'Ras Algethi' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. This part of the series was inspired by astronomy and the distant galaxies and stars. David fused various colored glass creates a layered, suspended, and vibrant three-dimensional space within an spiral form. About the Internal Space Series: David’s experiments with sheet glass and fusing led him to try to make the glass thicker to see more interior space. It was during this time a professor pointed out that he was working with a metaphor, for which the internal space of the glass was the equivalent to the internal life of the mind. This became his operating mantra but also forced him to come to terms with the casting of thick sections. “Creating those internal spaces came with some problems. Other than telescope mirrors, I did not know that anyone annealed glass in a kiln for more than a day or two. When pieces cracked after five...

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1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Abstract Sculpture, Mixed Media on Paper, Circa 2010
Abstract Sculpture, Mixed Media on Paper, Circa 2010

Abstract Sculpture, Mixed Media on Paper, Circa 2010

By Dunja Jankovic

Located in BARCELONA, ES

Ukrainian conceptual artist Dunja Jankovic focuses her work on screen printing, which serves as her primary method of production. She begins with paper that has been treated with wax...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Two Tone Oval Pinched Vase - Grey Porcelain Sculptural Vessel
Two Tone Oval Pinched Vase - Grey Porcelain Sculptural Vessel

Two Tone Oval Pinched Vase - Grey Porcelain Sculptural Vessel

By Mary Jaffe

Located in East Quogue, NY

"Two Tone Grey Oval Pinch" - Pinched Oval Porcelain sculptural vase with grey and white crackle glaze. Size: 7 x 5 x 3 in Mary Jaffe creates functional and sculptural ceramics insp...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

Big Traces Italy 1985 Multiple Polished Pewter
Big Traces Italy 1985 Multiple Polished Pewter

Big Traces Italy 1985 Multiple Polished Pewter

By Walter Valentini 1

Located in Brescia, IT

Walter Valentini was born in Pergola, Italy in 1928. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He takes part to Exhibitions in Italy, Europe and Usa. In 1982 he gains the 1st Prize at the Bienneal of Ibiza. This was one of the Prize he won all over the world. This is a multiple of 300. Numbered and signed. Polished pewter...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Haumi', 2004 by David Ruth
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Haumi', 2004 by David Ruth

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Haumi', 2004 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

'Haumi' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. It features painterly brushstroke formations in glass called trails. Trails are ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Light-Glyph (Yellow)
Light-Glyph (Yellow)

Light-Glyph (Yellow)

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 ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Deceptor
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Deceptor

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Deceptor

By Scott Troxel

Located in Paris, IDF

Artwork made with latex washes, Birch, MDF & lacquer Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including The Other Art Fair in ...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Latex, Birch, Lacquer

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Ha'apai', 2013 by David Ruth
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Ha'apai', 2013 by David Ruth

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Ha'apai', 2013 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

'Ha'apai' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. It features painterly brushstroke formations in glass called trails. Trails ar...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Kulaykili', 2008 by David Ruth
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Kulaykili', 2008 by David Ruth

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Kulaykili', 2008 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

'Kulaykili' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Darfur series. It features painterly brushstroke formations in glass called trails. These trails ar...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Rapota', 2017 by David Ruth
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Rapota', 2017 by David Ruth

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Rapota', 2017 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

'Rapota' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. It was the last completed sculpture from this series. It features painterly bru...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

"Evolution, Bison" (2019) By Julia Mulligan, Original Ceramic Sculpture
"Evolution, Bison" (2019) By Julia Mulligan, Original Ceramic Sculpture

"Evolution, Bison" (2019) By Julia Mulligan, Original Ceramic Sculpture

Located in Denver, CO

"Evolution, Bison" (2019) by Julia Mulligan is an original, handmade ceramic and gold leaf sculpture on a wooden base that depicts a bison with gold horns. My childhood, from about...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Black, Expanded Metal Tile. Wall Sculpture
Black, Expanded Metal Tile. Wall Sculpture

Black, Expanded Metal Tile. Wall Sculpture

By Clemens Wolf

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The panel paintings "Expanded Metal Tile Paintings" are the closest to the classic art of painting. Firstly glaze is applied by roller brush and a piece of expanded metal onto a bloc...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"SACRED CLOTHES"
"SACRED CLOTHES"

"SACRED CLOTHES"

By Astian Rey

Located in Edinburgh, GB

"Sacred Clothing" is a series of wooden wall sculptures inspired by the traditional forms of Japanese, Chinese and Korean kimonos, combined with medieval ornaments and calligraphy, a...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Large Latin American Modernist Bronze Abstract Cuban Master Roberto Estopinan
Large Latin American Modernist Bronze Abstract Cuban Master Roberto Estopinan

Large Latin American Modernist Bronze Abstract Cuban Master Roberto Estopinan

By Roberto Estopiñan

Located in Surfside, FL

Roberto Estopinan, Cuban, 1920 - 2015 Dimensions: 24.5" wide x 13" high plus 6" high base. Roberto Estopiñán (1921–2015) was a Cuban American sculptor known for his sculptures of the human form, including political prisoners. Born in Camaguey, Cuba, he lived in the United States for over fifty years. His works are held by major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Roberto Gabriel Estopinan, a sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, was born in Havana, Cuba on March 18, 1921. Estopiñán enrolled at the San Alejandro Academy when he was just 14 years old and became the protegé and studio assistant of the sculptor Juan José Sicre. After graduation he traveled first to Mexico, where he met and befriended Francisco Zuniga, and studied Pre-Columbian sculpture. In 1949 he traveled to Europe, visiting England, France and Italy. In these trips he encountered the sculpture of Henry Moore and Marino Marini, and their humanistic yet formal visions would be influential on Estopinan's work. Estopiñán was a pioneer of direct carvings using wood and of welding techniques in Latin America. Throughout the 1950s, Estopiñán received important prizes at various national exhibitions in Havana. In 1953 he was the only semi-finalist from Latin America at the Tate Gallery's international sculpture competition for a Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner. In 1961, the artist moved to New York, where he resided until 2002. Roberto Gabriel Estopiñán a Cuban emigre sculptor who emigrated to exile in the United States not long after Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959, is considered one of Latin America’s most important 20th-century artists. His work, which includes drawings and prints as well as sculptures in wood and bronze, is in the collections of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Detroit Institute of Art, among many locations. He is best known for his stark, disturbing renderings of political prisoners, the fruit of his own experiences as a dissident under both Castro and his predecessor, the dictator Fulgencio Batista, and for his representations of the female torso that can remind viewers of both classical statuary and the high-modern, abstractly elongated work of Henry Moore.mHe was born in Havana to a father from Asturias in northwest Spain and a mother of African descent. Estopiñán was something of a prodigy. At the age of fourteen, he won the first prize in drawing at the Centro Asturiano, a regional association for Cubans of Asturian descent. Shortly afterward he received special permission to enter the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana. At the school he was mentored first by its director, the painter Armando Menocal (1863-1941), then by the landscape artist Antonio Rodríguez Morey (1872-1967), and finally by Juan José Sicre (1898-1974), regarded as one of Cuba’s greatest sculptors. Sicre, a professor of sculpture at the Academy, had helped introduce European modernist art to Cuba, and from the 1930s through the 1950s had sculpted monumental figures in Havana of José Martí and other Cuban national heroes that stand to this day. Estopiñán was first Sicre’s student, then his assistant, and, finally, his colleague for the next fifty years. After graduating from San Alejandro in 1942, Estopiñán began simultaneously teaching art at the Ceiba del Agua School for young men, assisting Sicre in public art projects and developing his own artistic vision. He also traveled widely, to Mexico, New York, France, and Italy. From the late 1940s through the 1950s his sculpture evolved from an early neoclassical phase under the influence of Maillol to what he defined as “formalist humanism”: emphasizing the abstract beauty of the shapes he sculpted while not abandoning the human figure as the basis of his work. As the 1950s progressed he chose to carve in native Cuban woods...

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20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Picador, 1952 A.R. 160

Picador, 1952 A.R. 160

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Gracing the center of Pablo Picasso Picador, 1952 A.R. 160 ceramic is a figure on horseback shrouded in shadow. The mat black stands out against the creamy white surface of the plat...

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1950s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

Pink Punk: large abstract geometric wall sculpture painting on shaped wood panel
Pink Punk: large abstract geometric wall sculpture painting on shaped wood panel

Pink Punk: large abstract geometric wall sculpture painting on shaped wood panel

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

"Pink Punk" is a large, acrylic painting / wall sculpture on a flat, shaped wooden panel. It is attached to the wall on two wooden cleats and projects 1.5" from the wall, creating a ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

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.