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Contemporary Sculptures

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Period: 20th Century
Set of 5 Tequila Cups by Ken Price (INV# NP3613)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Ken Price Set of 5 Tequila Cups (INV# NP3613) clay and glaze 1.75 x 2.5 x 1.75" 1988 Ken Price (1935 - 2012) received a BFA from the University of Southern California after studyin...
Category

1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glaze

Bounty Hunter BXH Companion
By KAWS
Located in Washington , DC, DC
In collaboration with Real Mad Hectic, and produced by Bounty Hunter, this piece depicts KAWS’s signature figure, Companion, in Black. This human/animal/cartoon hybrid has a Mickey Mouse body, complete with gloves, shorts, and clown-like shoes...
Category

1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Paint

Ceramic Sculptural Piece -- Untitled (Athletic Theme)
Located in Troy, NY
This ceramic wall-mounted sculpture features an athletic theme. The blue figure seems to be in a discus position and the horizontal figure is in motion. The geometric motifs give thi...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

"Column Antropology Museum" - Glass sculpture.
Located in Miami, FL
Pedro Ramírez Vazquez is the famous architect , designer, urbanist, writer, his work include the Aztec Stadium, La Villa (Guadalupe Shrine) and he also built the national anthropolo...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass

'Illeagle' original signed ceramic sculpture courtroom animals by Bill Reid
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Illeagle' is a humorous and playful ceramic sculpture by the American artist Bill Reid. Reid is known for his animal sculptures based around word play, and indeed, this sculpture is...
Category

1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Stoneware

Pool, Hand-blown Glass Sculpture by SkLO
By SkLo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Title: Pool Medium: Hand-blown glass sculpture, makers mark inscribed lower right Dimensions of glass: 18 inches in diameter Dimensions of sculpture with stand: 24 x 18 x 5 inches
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Abstract Geometric, small abstract bronze, dark brown patina, life cast, marble
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Abstract Geometric, small abstract bronze, dark brown patina, life cast, marble limited edition Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994) Selec...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

RECLINING NUDE (SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Incised signature and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 50. All reasonable offers will be considered.
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Molcajetes" - Contemporary sculpture made of stone, clay and wood.
Located in Miami, FL
Felipe Ehrenberg is a Mexican Artist, he is a conceptual artist, his work belongs to the collections of different museums and institutions, like MUAC ...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Mare and Foal at Rest
Located in New York, NY
25 x 10 inches Bronze Slupture Excellent condition. Signed by the artist
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Yunomi Set with Box by Tatsuzo Shimaoka (INV# NP3206)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
TATSUZO SHIMAOKA YUNOMI SET WITH SIGNED BOX II (INV# NP3206) stoneware and glaze 3.25 x 3” 3.5 x 3.5” date unknown signed
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Stoneware

Accumulation of Violins
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Edition 20/99 Arman (born Armand Pierre Fernandez) was an early proponent of accumulation and scatter art. In 1959, he began displaying collections of objects in Plexiglas cases and creating installations of strewn garbage, which he called “Poubelles,” or “trash bins.” He also welded identical objects together to create larger sculptural pieces. In 1961, along with Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Jacques Villeglé, art critic Pierre Restany, and others, Arman founded Nouveau Réalisme, a group interested in new approaches to the concept of “reality.” Spending time in New York in the 1960s, Arman adopted destruction as a strategy for creating something new—slicing, burning, and smashing objects such as bronze statues and musical instruments to mount on canvas. Andy Warhol owned two of Arman’s Poubelles, and Arman appears in the Warhol’s 1964...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Russian Judaica "Vision" Abstract Kabbalah Figure Steel Sculpture Grisha Bruskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Grisha Bruskin (Russian, b. 1945) Vision, 1992 steel Hand signed and inscribed Grisha Bruskin in Cyrillic numbered 117/300 Genre: Contemporary Subject: Religious Medium: Steel Gri...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Large Israeli Colorful Metal Wall Sculpture Painting Circus Scene Calman Shemi
Located in Surfside, FL
Calman Shemi (1939-) Laser cut metal wall sculpture 3D Titled "Circus" Signed on the front lower left edge, and signed, numbered, and titled verso. Marked, Jerusalem Limited edition, 2/99 (I don't know how many were actually made) Approx. 34.5" x 35.5" Depicts weightlifter, acrobats, figure on unicycle, clown with umbrella, and acrobat under the circus big top...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Warming Up"
By Victor Manuel Villarreal
Located in Southampton, NY
Bronze ballet dancer by Mexican artist Victor Manuel Villarreal, circa 1985. Signed at base. Condition is excellent. Provenance: Sarasota, Flori...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mujer Desnuda
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Felipe Castaneda. ""Mujer Desnuda"" is a figurative sculpture, white and gray marble by Mexican contemporary artist Felipe Castaneda. The ar...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Marble

The Throne, Unique Enamel Painted Chair Sculpture by Alan Siegel
By Alan Siegel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alan Siegel, American (1938 - ) Title: The Throne Year: 1967 Medium: Enamel On Laminated Wood, signed on bottom Size: 40 x 23.5 x 20 in. (101.6 x 59.69 x 50.8 cm)
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1960s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Tokion Neo Graffiti Project 3D
Located in Washington , DC, DC
comes with original box. numbered on bottom
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Cast Stone

Tatsuzo Shimaoka - Yunomi with Signed Box (INV# NP3196)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
TATSUZO SHIMAOKA YUNOMI WITH BOX (INV# NP3196) stoneware and glaze 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.5” date unknown signed
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Stoneware

Mujer Hincada
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Felipe Castaneda. ""Mujer Hincada"" is a figurative sculpture, black onyx by Mexican contemporary artist Felipe Castaneda. The artwork is signed in the lower left, ""F...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Strawberry 1. Bronze Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama (1974/93) Limited Edition of 30
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Lacquered bronze sculpture by Yayoi Kusama. Original mould executed in 1974; casted in 1993. This work is number 8 from a limited edition of 30 plus 1 artist's proof. Incised with t...
Category

1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

'The Calendar Wheel' assemblage in drawer with spheres clock shells cards
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Calendar Wheel' is an original assemblage by the American artist Charles Berg. Within a divided drawer, Berg has assembled a variety of found objects: metal balls, a clock, a sheet of copper punched with the word 'wind,' a Victorian card of a woman, etc. The artwork takes its name, however, from a transparent 1935 calendar in the lower right. Berg here is following the tradition other artists who specialize in assemblage, including Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauchenberg, and Betye Saar...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

The Beginning, 2021, cast paper, framed sculpture, black, Chinese text
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Cheung Yee, Cast Paper painting, wall sculpture, black, edition CHEUNG YEE (1936–2019) The Chinese artist Cheung Yee, a pioneer of the contemporary art scene in Hong Kong, died in Los Angeles on December 4 at the age of eighty-three. The Hong Kong Museum of Art confirmed his passing. Best known for his paper castings; bronze relief; and wooden, stone, and bronze sculptures, which mixed Western modernism, traditional Chinese aesthetics, and elements of folklore and ancient philosophies, Cheung cofounded the avant-garde Circle Art Group with Hon Chi Fun, Wucius Wong, and several other peers. The group was active from 1964 to 1971. Born in Guangzhou, China, in 1936, Cheung was raised in Hong Kong but was forced to leave the region when the Japanese invaded China during the Second Sino-Japanese War; his family relocated to Guangzhou. When the conflict ended, Cheung returned to the region and began learning Gongbi, a realist brush technique in Chinese painting. In the 1950s, he studied art at Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, where he met his wife. Throughout his schooling, Cheung pursued his interests in archaeology and began experimenting with different materials and with approaches to copperplate etching, welding, and modeling. In 1964, Cheung’s first major retrospective was organized by the City Museum and Art Gallery at Hong Kong City Hall. The following year, he received a grant from the Institute of International Education to study in the United States and Europe. Since then, he has had solo exhibitions at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, AO Vertical Art...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Handmade Paper

Mixed Media Gravel Painting, Sculpture Abstract Expressionist Thomas Nozkowski
Located in Surfside, FL
Thomas Edward Nozkowski (American, 1944-2019). Original mixed media abstract composition art utilizing colored rock gravel. Titled, "Gravel Piece." Hand signed on verso, dated 5/73. Provenance: Collection of the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida (Museum Inventory No. t.13.2000.053.) Thomas Nozkowski was an American contemporary painter. He achieved a place of prominence through his small scale paintings and drawings that push the limits of visual language. His work appeared in more than 300 exhibitions over the past 40 years. He had more than 70 solo exhibitions, and 24 of his paintings were featured in a large-scale retrospective in 1987 at Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC Nozkowski was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and raised in Dumont, where he graduated from Dumont High School in 1961. He spent his youth in the New Jersey suburbs, admiring New York culture from afar before moving there after graduating high school. His father worked in an Alcoa Aluminum factory and then as a postman. His mother worked in factories and as a bookkeeper. One of his aunts was a schoolteacher who gave him and his younger sister art supplies. When he was a senior in high school he won a scholarship to attend a painting class at New York University's School of Education, where he studied with Robert Kaupelis and Hale Woodruff. While he earned his BFA at Cooper Union, Nozkowski was making sculpture. He graduated in 1967. He later transitioned to large scale abstract expressionist painting, and exhibited some of his earliest works in group shows at the storied Betty Parsons Gallery. Richard Tuttle had his first show a year after he began assisting Betty Parsons. Thomas Nozkowski worked for her after graduating from Cooper Union. Between 1949 and 1951. In the course of 36 years, the Betty Parsons Gallery mounted important early shows of Robert Rauschenberg, Kenzo Okada...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Tolla Inbar, Spiral circle of life, Black sculpture
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Tolla Inbar, Spiral circle of life, Bronze sculpture, International artist, Israeli artist, Figurative sculpture, art
Category

1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Nu couche
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture 1/8 ex. Signed and numbered by the artist and stamped Bocquel fondeur. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Arman wrote, “The bow on the ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cup and Saucer by Irv Tepper
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Irv Tepper Cup and Saucer porcelain, glaze 3.25 x 5.25 x 5.25" circa 1975 signed VERY RARE.
Category

1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Porcelain

'Mother Elephant with Baby' original small sculpture, heirloom gift
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This small and intimate sculpture of a mother and infant elephant is a heartfelt and doting example of the sculpture of the Shona artists of Zimbabwe, but also demonstrates the cleve...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Trail of Prayers
Located in Loveland, CO
Trail of Prayers by Denny Haskew Figurative Female Bust 66x16x20" Bronze/Walnut #20/20 ​sold out edition available on the secondary market, sold as pictured "Grandmother’s sunrise p...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Inflammatory Essays -- Sculpture, Pewter, Text Art by Jenny Holzer
Located in London, GB
Inflammatory Essays: Shriek When the Pain Hits During Interrogation, 1996 Jenny Holzer Pewter multiple with engraved text With the artist's incised signature and numbering verso Fr...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Moonwatcher
By Jim Amaral
Located in New York, NY
Base 25 x 25 inches Height 72 inches Width (wing open wing to wing) 34 inches Width of body 17inches Weight 200-250 pounds Bronze sculpture. Unique piece - 1/1 edition. Original gallery receipt is available upon request. Excellent condition. Signed by the artist Item is located and shipped from Florida...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Once-Off Patina Bronze Sculpture "In Beweging"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
An intriguing, evocative bronze sculpture with a unique and intricate surface patina.
Category

1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled Carved Wood Sculpture - Driftwood
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Miami, FL
Mario Dal Fabbro's "Untitled Carved Wood Sculpture" is somewhat reminiscent of driftwood with natural cracks that have been carved by the ebb and...
Category

1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Dream Screens (Paravents du Reve) - large, abstract, outdoor steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This imposing metal sculpture by the renowned Quebecois artist, Marcel Barbeau dominates the landscape. This monumental piece, ‘paravents du rêve’ trans...
Category

1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

Pensando
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Felipe Castaneda. "Pensando" is a contemporary figurative white marble sculpture by Mexican artist Felipe Castaneda. The artwork is signed in the lower right, " F. Cas...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Jorge Seguí, Ciclista IX, Bronze, Edition 7/7, 1990-1995
Located in Miami, FL
Jorge Seguí Ciclista IX, 2010-13 Bronze, Edition 7/7 70.5 x 18 x 70 cm 27.7 x 7 x 27.5 in. Signed and Numbered. Jorge Seguí b. 1945, Argentina. He attend...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mountain Lords bookends
Located in Loveland, CO
Bronze bookends by Kent Ullberg "Mountain Lords" Bronze Limited Edition of 100, signed and numbered 23 10.5" x 4.5 " x 5 " Representational sculpting of a Bald Eagle and Mountain Lion This particular casting is available on the secondary market from an original purchaser. It is in excellent condition, sold as pictured. ABOUT THE ARTIST: A native of Sweden, Kent Ullberg is recognized as one of the world's foremost wildlife sculptors. He studied at the Swedish University College of Art in Stockholm and worked at museums in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Africa and Denver, CO. After living in Botswana, Africa, for seven years he has made his home permanently in the United States where he now lives on Padre Island, Corpus Christi, TX. He also maintains a studio in Loveland, CO. Ullberg is a member of numerous art organizations and has been honored with many prestigious awards. In 1990 his peers elected him a Full Academician (NA), thus making him the first wildlife artist since John James Audubon to receive one of the greatest tributes in American art. A selection of his memberships include the National Sculpture Society; the American Society of Marine Art; the Allied Artists of America; Nature in Art, Sandhurst, UK; the National Academy of Western Art in Oklahoma City, OK which awarded him the Prix de West, the foremost recognition in Western Art. In 2010 he received the Briscoe Legacy Award and in 2016 the lifetime achievement award from the Society of Animal Artists. Best known for his monumental works executed for museums and municipalities across the globe, his Fort Lauderdale, FL, and his Omaha, NE installations are the largest bronze wildlife compositions ever done, spanning several city blocks. Both earned him the coveted Henry Hering...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

"Wild in the Woods" abstract horse, mixed media textile sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
"Wild in the Woods" fiber, wood, mixed media, 40 x 11 x 16, 1997. This mixed media textile sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). The interlacing te...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Textile, Thread, Mixed Media, Wood

Stèle aux Dollars.
Located in Malmo, SE
Stèle aux Dollars. Accumulation of US dollar bills in polyester. Edition of 30 ex. Artwork size: 30x80x6 cm. (Size with base 45x82x6 cm) [Archives Durand Ruel 2089] Arman explor...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Plexiglass, Polyester

“Elongated Figure”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a original sculpted marble elongated figure by the artist Joseph L. Rotella. Signed on the bottom back of the sculpture as well as the underside of the...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Italy O-pera by Concetto Pozzati Figurative Bronze Sculpture 1989
Located in Brescia, IT
Concetto Pozzati was born in Padova, Italy in 1935. He is living since 1949 in Bologna where is was holder of the chair of Painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti. He has been exhibi...
Category

1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

HEAD
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture with brown patina. Head of a young girl.
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Morning Kachina by Dan Namingha, bronze sculpture, kachina, female, Hopi, brown
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Morning Kachina by Dan Namingha, bronze sculpture, kachina, female, Hopi, brown artist copy, wood base We present paintings, prints, and sculptures by Southwestern luminary, DAN NAMI...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Indian Ponies, realistic bronze sculpture, dark brown patina, horses, Nambe
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Indian Ponies, realistic bronze sculpture, dark brown patina, horses, Nambe Foundry limited edition bronze solid casting Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994) Selec...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Tolla Inbar, Aspiration, Bronze Sculpture
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Tolla Inbar, Aspiration, Bronze Sculpture, Nude figure, Rope sculpture, elevation, international artist, Israeli artist, Israeli art
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Philosopher bronze sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
A recurring theme in John Denning’s art (both painting and sculpture) has been combining human figures with birds or horses. The bird in the freestanding bronze sculpture "Philosophe...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Strawberry 2. Bronze Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama (1974/94) Limited Edition of 30
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Lacquered bronze sculpture by Yayoi Kusama. Original mould executed in 1974; casted in 1994. This work is number 20 from a limited edition of 30 plus 1 artist's proof. Incised with ...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Jeff Koons-Puppy-Bernardaud-Plate
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Puppy Platter by Jeff Koons is from 1992 and a Special Edition for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This edition is limited to 125 and Made in Switzerland by Langenthal. It ...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Octopus Sake Set by Ron Nagle
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Octopus Sake Set Porcelain, decal and red enamel underglaze tallest- 4.25" x 3.75” date unkown Ron Nagle is one of the most important sculptors in the United States. He work is highly collected and included in museum collections such as Shigaraki Museum, Japan; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Musée de Plastique, Paris; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands. He was born in San Francisco and began working with ceramics during the 1950s as a high school student. In 1961 he apprenticed to Peter Voulkos at the University of California, Berkeley, and later exhibited his work alongside Voulkos, Ken Price, and other innovative West Coast artists working in clay. His work is inspired by such artists as Giorgio Morandi, Phillip Guston, and George Herriman...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Unique Once-Off Patina Bronze Sculpture "In Beweging"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
An intriguing, evocative once-off bronze sculpture with a unique and intricate surface patina.
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Fred W. Begaye Gives Tours of His Homeland, bronze dog sculpture, Navajo, blue
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Fred W. Begaye Gives Tours of His Homeland, bronze dog sculpture, Navajo, blue The next sculpture in the edition is on order from the foundry. Contact the gallery for delivery time.
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Carry a Quiet Heart
Located in Loveland, CO
"Carry a Quiet Heart" by Denny Haskew Figurative Bronze Bust, Native American (companion piece is Dance Every Dance) 23x13x13" ed/25 #8 of 25 available "I carry a quiet heart and se...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

CENTURION (SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Patinated bronze sculpture. Incised artist name on the side of the sculpture. Foundry stamp on verso. Edition on the underside. From the edition of 250. Certificate of Authentici...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Material Pleasures: Artemisia" Lia Cook, Contemporary mixed media textile
Located in Wilton, CT
"Material Pleasures: Artemisia", acrylic on linen, dyes on rayon; woven, 53" x 77", 1993. This contemporary abstract mixed media tapestry was done by California-based American fib...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Tapestry, Thread, Linen, Acrylic

Self Portrait
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A suite of four holograms by Chuck Close. "Self Portrait" is a contemporary artwork in a palette of blacks and blues by Chuck Close. Each piece measures 14 x 11 in. The work is editioned 16/23 with 2 PPs and is numbered CC(16)2. Chuck Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work that remains sought after by museums and collectors. Throughout his career, Close has endeavored to expand his contribution to portraiture through the mastery of such varied drawing and painting techniques as ink, graphite, pastel, watercolor, conte´ crayon, finger painting, and stamp-pad ink on paper; printmaking techniques, such as Mezzotint, etching, woodcuts, linocuts, and silkscreens; as well as handmade paper collage, Polaroid photographs, Daguerreotypes, and Jacquard tapestries. His early airbrush techniques inspired the development of the ink jet printer. Working from a gridded photograph, Close builds his images by applying one careful stroke after another in multi-colors or grayscale. He works methodically, starting his loose but regular grid from the left hand corner of the canvas. His works are generally larger than life and highly focused. Close has been a printmaker throughout his career, with most of his prints published by Pace Editions, New York. He made his first serious foray into print making in 1972, when he moved himself and family to San Francisco to work on a mezzotint at Crown Point Press for a three-month residency. In 1986 he went to Kyoto to work with Tadashi Toda, a highly respected woodblock printer. In 1995, curator Colin Westerbeck used a grant from the Lannan Foundation to bring Close together with Grant Romer, director of conservation at the George Eastman House. The artist has also continued to explore difficult photographic processes such as daguerreotype in collaboration with Jerry Spagnoli and sophisticated modular/cell-based forms such as tapestry. Close’s photogravure portrait of artist Robert Rauschenberg, “Robert” (1998), appeared in a 2009 exhibition at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York, featuring prints from Universal Limited Art Editions. In the daguerreotype photographs, the background defines the limit of the image plane as well as the outline of the subject, with the inky pitch-black setting off the light, reflective quality of the subject’s face. Close’s wall- size tapestry portraits...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

New Growth (Vertical Wooden Curvy Multicolored Standing Tower Sculpture)
Located in Hudson, NY
"New Growth" by Hudson Valley artist, Peter Hoffman, made in 2020 74 x 9 x 9 inches A Vertical Wooden sculpture created with multiple sections of painted wood segments, cut at angl...
Category

Early 1900s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Unique Once-Off Patina Bronze Sculpture "Exuberance"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
An intriguing, evocative bronze sculpture with a black steel base.
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Edition 26/30 American Indian Rowing Canoe "Bound for Hudsons' Bay"
Located in New York, NY
Bill Nebeker (Born 1942) is a prolific Artist from Idaho Living in Arizona. The bronze up for sale is a gorgeous finely casted American Indian in a canoe. If you have ever seen a c...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Contemporary sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including KOBE, Richard MacDonald, KAWS, and HIRO ANDO. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Bronze and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.25 inches across are also available.

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