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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.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
Period: 20th Century
Awakening, by Paul Moore bronze sculpture, torso, nude woman
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Awakening, by Paul Moore bronze sculpture, torso, nude woman Awakening, bronze sculpture, torso, nude woman
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Fragment No. 4
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lina Binkele, Colombian Title: Fragment No. 4 Year: 1995 Medium: Bronze Sculpture Edition: 2/5 Size: 25 in. x 40 in. x 17 in. (63.5 cm x 101.6 cm x 43.18 cm)
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Figura Seduta
Located in Miami, FL
Franco Mauro Franchi was born in Castiglioncello (Livorno) on 9 October 1951. He completed his artistic studies at the Lucca State Institute of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Fl...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Kneeling
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Edition 3 of 12, signed "R Holmes 3/12" on back edge of kneeling figure, and "Kneeling 3/12" on underside of base. Robert Holmes's sculpture has been exhibited over the past thirt...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Figura Dormiente
Located in Miami, FL
Franco Mauro Franchi was born in Castiglioncello (Livorno) on 9 October 1951. He completed his artistic studies at the Lucca State Institute of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Fl...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Cowboy Bronco Rider
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1992. Allan Houser's father Sam, was part of the small band of Apaches who traveled wit...
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1960s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Plains Drummer medallion bronze by Allan Houser Apache
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Plains Drummer medallion bronze by Allan Houser Apache Bronze medallion by Allan Houser Plains Indian drummer
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Aurora
Located in Miami, FL
Franco Mauro Franchi was born in Castiglioncello (Livorno) on 9 October 1951. He completed his artistic studies at the Lucca State Institute of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Fl...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Buffalo Dancer Medallion, bronze pueblo buffalo dancer dark brown, Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Bronze medallion depicting a Pueblo Buffalo Dancer in relief form. Among Houser's first bronze work created and cast in the artist's lifetime at Nambe F...
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1960s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Chased
By Michael Stevens
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Michael Stevens, American (1942 - 1989) Title: Chased Year: 1980 Medium: Hand-Carved and Painted Wood Sculpture, signed, titled and dated under base Size: 17.75 x 37 x...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood

Figura Distesa
Located in Miami, FL
Franco Mauro Franchi was born in Castiglioncello (Livorno) on 9 October 1951. He completed his artistic studies at the Lucca State Institute of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Fl...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Oohiye, Bronze Sculpture by Clemente Spampinato
Located in Long Island City, NY
A classic relic from the American West, Spampinato's exquisite solid bronze sculpture is beauty, grace and action-packed. Signature inscribed on sculpture and plate stamped on base. ...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Figura Seduta
Located in Miami, FL
Franco Mauro Franchi was born in Castiglioncello (Livorno) on 9 October 1951. He completed his artistic studies at the Lucca State Institute of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Fl...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Astarte
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Phoenician goddess of fertility and sexual love, she is also regarded as a moon goddess." Quote from the monograph "Anita Huffington," Photographs by David Finn...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Couple with a Child Bronze by Michel Serraz
By Michel Serraz
Located in Pasadena, CA
Wax lost bronze. 3/8. Founder CHAPON. Michel SERRAZ was born on August 2, 1925 in Paris he knows the price and importance of work and is constantly in a harmonious relationship wi...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Draped Bar
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
This wall-mounted sculpture is from Mary Shaffer's well known "Tool Wall" series, combining slumped glass and a found metal object. "I take lovingly crafted, hand-forged tools - the ...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

Untitled Bronze Sculpture
By Henry Moretti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Henry Moretti, French/American Title: Untitled Medium: Bronze Sculpture Size: 35 x 24 x 23 in. (88.9 x 60.96 x 58.42 cm) Base: 37 x 17 x 17 inches
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Plains Indian Medallion, bronze, Nambe, Allan Houser, small life-time casting
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Plains Indian Medallion, bronze, Nambe, Allan Houser, small life-time casting Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 1914-1994 recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1992. Allan Houser's father Sam, was part of the small band of Apaches who traveled with Geronimo and surrendered in southern Arizona in 1886. Allan's parents were imprisoned with that group in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He was the first child to be born in freedom to those Apaches and a fluent speaker of the Chiricahua language. Allan Houser is an important artist in that he is of the culture he depicts in his artwork. Allan's parents would tell stories and sing songs recalling the experiences on the war path. This bronze edition is a life-time casting. Our gallery represented Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994 and were investors and provided quality control in the foundry process. Allan Houser's work is many international collections including the Georges Pomidou Centre, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Dahlem Museum among others. Allan’s first bronze sculptures were started in the late 1960’s and were cast at Nambe Foundry. At the time the foundry was producing both Nambeware and was doing some sculptural foundry work. There was a fire at Nambe and they lost many of the molds for sculpture as well as their records. We acquired these works directly from Allan Houser. Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994) Selected Collections Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France * “They’re Coming”, bronze Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany Japanese Royal Collection, Tokyo, Japan “The Eagle”, black marble commissioned by President William J. Clinton United States Mission to the United Nations, New York City, NY *"Offering of the Sacred Pipe”, monumental bronze by Allan Houser © 1979 Presented to the United States Mission to the United Nations as a symbol of World Peace honoring the native people of all tribes in these United States of America on February 27, 1985 by the families of Allan and Anna Marie Houser, George and Thelma Green and Glenn and Sandy Green in New York City. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC * Portrait of Geronimo, bronze National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. * “Buffalo Dance Relief”, Indiana limestone National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. *Sacred Rain Arrow, (Originally dedicated at the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, US Senate Building) “Goat”, “To The Great Spirit” - dedicated in 1994 at the Vice President’s Residence in Washington, D.C.. Ceremony officiated by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore. Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, Ok * “As Long As the Waters Flow”, bronze Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK *Sacred Rain Arrow, bronze Fort Sill, Oklahoma *”Chiricahua Apache Family”, bronze Donated and dedicated to Allan Houser’s parents Sam and Blossom Haozous by Allan Houser and Glenn and Sandy Green The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona *Earth Song, marble donated by Glenn and Sandy Green   The Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas * “May We Have Peace”, bronze The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, College Station, Texas *"Offering to the Great Spirit", bronze The British Royal Collection, London, England *Princess Anne received "Proud Mother", bronze in Santa Fe Allan Houser’s father Sam Haozous, surrendered at the age of 14 with Geronimo and his band of Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache people in 1886 in Southern Arizona. This was the last active war party in the United States. This group of Apache people was imprisoned for 27 years starting in Fort Marion, Florida and finally living in captivity in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Allan Houser was born in 1914. His artwork is an ongoing testimony to Native life in America – its beauty, strength and poignancy. Allan Houser is from the culture and portrayed his people in an insightful and authentic way. Because of the era in which he lived, he had a rare understanding of American Indian life. Allan was the first child born after the Chiricahua Apaches were released from 27 years of captivity. Allan grew up speaking the Chiricahua dialect. Allan heard his father’s stories of being on the warpath with Geronimo and almost nightly heard his parents singing traditional Apache music. Allan’s father knew all of Geronimo’s medicine songs. Allan had an early inclination to be artistic. He was exposed to many Apache ceremonial art forms: music, musical instruments, special dress, beadwork, body painting and dynamic dance that are integral aspects of his culture. His neighbors were members of many different tribes who lived in Oklahoma. Allan eagerly gained information about them and their cultures. Allan gathered this information and mentally stored images until he brought them back to life, years later, as a mature artist. Allan Houser was represented by Glenn Green Galleries (formerly known as The Gallery Wall, Inc.) from 1973 until his death in 1994. The gallery served as agents, advocates, and investors during this time. In 1973 the Greens responded enthusiastically to the abstraction and creativity in Houser’s work. They were impressed, not only with his versatility and talent but with the number of mediums he employed. His subject matter was portrayed in styles ranging from realism, stylized form to abstraction. With encouragement from the Greens, Houser at the age of 61, retired from his post as the head of the sculpture department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1975 to begin working full-time creating his art. The next 20-year period was an exciting time for Allan, the gallery, and for the Green family. He created a large body of sculpture in stone, wood and bronze. For many years Glenn Green Galleries co-sponsored many editions of his bronzes and acted as quality control for the bronze sculptures according to Houser’s wishes. As both agents and gallery representatives, the Greens promoted and sold his art in their galleries in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona and in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They had bi-annual exhibits in their galleries to feature Houser’s newest work and sponsored and arranged international museum shows in America, Europe and Asia. They travelled for these events including a trip to Carrara, Italy to the famed quarries of Michelangelo and together co-financed and arranged the purchase of 20 tons of marble. A watershed event for Allan Houser’s career occurred in the early 1980’s when Glenn Green Galleries arranged with the US Information Agency a touring exhibit of his sculpture through Europe. This series of exhibits drew record attendance for these museums and exposed Houser’s work to an enthusiastic art audience. This resulted in changing the perception of contemporary Native art in the United States where Houser and Glenn Green Galleries initially faced resistance from institutions who wanted to categorize him in a regional way. The credits from the European exhibits helped open doors and minds of the mainstream art community in the United States and beyond. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii was a supporter of Allan Houser’s artwork. We worked with Senator Inouye on many occasions hosting events at our gallery and in Washington D.C in support of the formation of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and other causes supporting Native Americans. Allan Houser is shown below presenting his sculpture “Swift Messenger” to Senator Inouye in Washington, D.C.. This sculpture was eventually given to the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian’s permanent collection. It is now currently on loan and on display in the Oval Office. President Biden’s selection of artwork continues our gallery’s and Allan’s connection to the White House from our time working with Allan Houser from 1974 until his passing in 1994. “It was important for President Biden to walk into an Oval that looked like America and started to show the landscape of who he is going to be as president,” Ashley Williams...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Man and Dog, Lifesize Metal Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture
By Normon Greene
Located in Long Island City, NY
This cast iron sculpture is a fine example of contemporary art. Just the silhouette of a man and dog is able to bring to mind the companionship that devel...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Iron

Girafe - Bronze by Sophie Martin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Lost wax bronze 4/8. founder DELVAL. Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom. She freely observes the animal and captures and interpre...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

The Florist, Free Standing Indoor Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kay Ritter Title: Florist Medium: Papier-mache with metal watering can, glasses, papier-mache flowers Year: 1995 Size: 57 x 24 x 14 in. (...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

Canopo - Anthropomorphic Bronze Sculpture with Opening Elements
Located in New York, NY
This bronze anthropomorphic sculpture is part of the "Canopo" series. With a modern interpretation, Canevari revisited the sacred vases of the ancient Etruscan civilization from the regions of Tuscany and Umbria in Italy. The Etruscans were a polytheistic civilization that believed that all visible phenomena were a manifestation of divine power. Canevari interprets the theme's secrecy and mysteriousness in this monumental yet intimate piece. The curved anthropomorphic and totemic shape of the sculpture opens into a magical inside, hiding more secrets and sacred objects. The two sides open like embracing arms, revealing a star-shaped medallion and a glass pendulum. The use of rings and solid bronze blocks hanging and protruding from the surface creates a theatrical play of light and shadows. 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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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Le Jour by Cibot Bronze
Located in Pasadena, CA
Sculpture - original. Numbered 1/4. Founder GODAR. Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance, sculpture has always been part of the en...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Matchstick Head
By David Mach
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by David Mach. "Matchstick Head" is a small sculpture executed in matchsticks & depicting an abstracted mask by contemporary artist David Mach.
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Found Objects

Reclining 1
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
This cast bronze figurative sculpture is the Artist's Proof in an Edition of 12 plus 1 Artist's Proof. Robert Holmes has been exhibiting sculptures over the past thirty-five year...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Vessel
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Robert Winslow's 'Vessel" is carved from fine grain black Pennsylvania granite. Winslow's signature stonework is apparent in this finely polished granit...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Granite

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...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Wood, Permanent Marker

The Janitor, Free Standing Indoor Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kay Ritter Title: Janitor Medium: Painted Papier-mache on Metal Base, with mop, duster, scrubbing brush, and key chain Year: c. 1983 Size: 52 x 28 x 30 in. (132.08 x 71.12...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

Canopo - Anthropomorphic Bronze Sculpture with opening Elements
Located in New York, NY
Angelo Canevari's "Canopo" is a 22 x 12-inch bronze anthropomorphic sculpture. It is part of the "Canopo" series. With a modern interpretation, Canevari revisited the sacred vases of...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Unique Artist's Colored Glass Folded Plate by Nivet
By Nivet
Located in Long Island City, NY
This frosted fused glass is an expressionist sculpture that's organic in shape. The analogous colors create a serene design. Signature inscribed 'Nivet'.
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass

Coversation
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Ron Reihel. "Conversation" is an abstract, plaster, wood and canvas sculpture, executed in black by contemporary artist Ron Reihel. "Conversation" depicts a group of t...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Plaster, Wood, Canvas

Untitled - L, Polished Chrome Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
This large chrome sculpture is whimsical in design yet strong in construction. The reflective surface allows the observer to become apart of th...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

Stepper II
By Judith Stewart
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
In the bronze "Stepper II," a young woman steps forward both deliberately and with caution, entering life as she is still creating herself, gathering strength and assurance. The pain...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze, Steel

After Botero - Small Bird Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero Bronze Small Bierd Sculpture on Marble Base Stamped F. BOTERO 1992, Numbered.
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

After Botero - MAN ON HORSEBACK BRONZE
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero Cast bronze sculpture by Fernando Botero, 1932 to 2023, a Colombian artist whose signature style, also known as Boterismo, depicts people and figures in large, ...
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Set of 3 glossy ceramic popsicles wall hanging. Pick your colors of choice
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Special summer collection - 3 Glossy ceramic popsicles sculptures on a natural wood base. Handmade by artists Osnat Zimerman and Reli Smith for wall installation. Available at Variant colorful glaze. This set features Red, Yellow and Pink. For other color combinations please send us a message . Harmony and grandeur characterize the work of Reli Smith and Osnat Yaffe Zimmerman...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze

After Botero - Horse Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero Bronze Horse Sculpture on Marble Base Stamped F. BOTERO 1992, Numbered.
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Observant, by Allan Houser, bronze, sculpture, limited edition, blanketed figure
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Observant, by Allan Houser, bronze, sculpture, limited edition, blanketed figure
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

End of the Hunt, by Allan Houser, bronze, sculpture, wildlife, eagle, rabbit
Located in Santa Fe, NM
End of the Hunt, by Allan Houser, bronze, sculpture, wildlife, eagle, rabbit Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994) Selected Collections Centre Georges Pompidou, P...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

Vertical Motif #8
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
American modern master David Hayes created graceful sculptures abstracted from organic forms over an artistic career that spanned six decades. His monumental outdoor sculptures conte...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Steel

After Botero - Horse Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero Bronze Horse Sculpture on Marble Base Stamped F. BOTERO 1992, Numbered.
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Small White Closed Form bt Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP5038)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Toshiko Takaezu Small White Closed Form (INV# NP5038) porcelain and glaze 5 x 6.25 x 5.5" date unknown signed Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American cerami...
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Porcelain, Glaze

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. ...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze

California Cup by Ken Price (INV# NP5005)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Ken Price California Cup (INV# NP5005) glazed earthenware cup: 4.19 x 6 x 3" handmade wooden box: 8 x 10.38 x 5.63" 1991 #18/25 signed, dated, and numbered provenance The Nevica Pro...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Earthenware, Glaze

Chet by Ken Price (INV# NP5004)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Ken Price Chet (INV# NP5004) glazed earthenware cup: 4 x 5.88 x 3" handmade wooden box: 8 x 1.38 x 5.63" 1991 #24/25 signed, dated, and numbered provenance The Nevica Project prove...
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Earthenware, Glaze

After Botero - Bull Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Bull Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base in Fernando Botero style. Stamped and Numbered, F. BOTERO 1992 FONDERIA M ITALY
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20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

"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....
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass, Blown Glass

Cream Calabash by Michael Frimkess (INV# NP3996)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Michael Frimkess Cream Calabash (INV# NP3996) stoneware and glaze 8.5 x 5" date unknown provenance - The Nevica Project Magdalena Suarez Frimkess and Michael Frimkess began workin...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze

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...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

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...
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1980s Contemporary Sculptures

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Bronze

WORD THROUGH
Located in New York, NY
The language featured on this sculpture reads "I am a hesitation before birth, My Life is a hesitation before birth" - Franz Kafka
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

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Metal

XXL Emerald Genesis
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Wight XXL Emerald Genesis glass 27 x 16 x 14 in
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass

XL Turquoise Classic Wave
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Wight XL Turquoise Classic Wave Glass 15 x 14 x 13 in
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Epiphany
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Wight Epiphany Glass 25 x 13 x 13 in
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1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Marina
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Salviati Marina, c. 1970's Sommerso Glass - Murano 13 x 5 x 3.12 in
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass

Marina
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Salviati Marina, c. 1970's Sommerso Glass - Murano 20 x 9 x 4 in
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1970s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass

4 Chinese Figures
By Ermanno Nason
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ermanno Nason 4 Chinese Figures, circa 1960's Hand Sculpted Glass 8.62 x 0 in
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1960s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass

Costolato Vase Light Green
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Murano Glass Costolato Vase Light Green, circa 1930 Blown glass 13.25 x 6.25 x 6.25 in
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1930s Contemporary Sculptures

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Glass

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