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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Lapin bijou sonnette, Sandoz, Ring, Rabbit, Bronze, animal, sculpture, 1920's
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin bijou, sonnette, circa 1920-1930 Fondry Susse, Ed. 1748 pcs Bronze with a brown patina H. 6.5 cm Signed on the side of the base : Ed.m.Sandoz Sandoz : Sculpteur Figuriste et An...
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1920s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Mother and Child
Located in Atlanta, GA
KENNEDY MUSEKIWA Kennedy Musekiwa was born on May 29, 1962 in the Marondera region of Zimbabwe. He is married and has four children. He was first inspired by his cousin, Victor Mutongwizo, and in 1985 began to work under his guidance. However, Joseph Ndandarika...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Stone

"Naomi" Mid 20th Century American Bronze Sculpture Female Portrait Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Naomi" Mid 20th Century American Bronze Sculpture Female Portrait Figurative Albert W. Wein (1915-1991) "Naomi" Bronze, c. 1960s Signed Figure: 19 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 inches Overall he...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Lovers Figurative Bronze Sculpture Signed Illegibly edition 2/10
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lovers Figurative Bronze Sculpture Signed Illegibly edition 2/10 Large bronze sculpture signd illegible possible in Hebrew.
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Triangulation, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Triangu...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
Eugenie Gershoy (January 1, 1901 – May 8, 1986) was an American sculptor and watercolorist. Eugenie Gershoy was born in Krivoy Rog, Russia (Krivoi Rog, Ukraine) and emigrated to New York City in the United States as a child in 1903. Considered somewhat of a child prodigy, Gershoy was copying Old Master drawings at the age of 5. Her interest and talent in art was encouraged from a very young age. Aided by scholarships, she studied at the Art Students League under Alexander Stirling Calder, Leo Lentelli, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Boardman Robinson. Around this time, she created a group of portrait figurines of her fellow artists, including Arnold Blanch, Lucile Blanch, Raphael Soyer, William Zorach, Concetta Scaravaglione, and Emil Ganso, which were exhibited as a group at the Whitney Museum of American Art. At age 17, she was awarded the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draughtsmanship. Early in her career she became an active member of the Woodstock art colony. In Woodstock she experimented by sculpting in the profusion of indigenous materials that she found. Working with fieldstone, oak and chestnut, Gershoy created works based on classic formulae. As she became more interested in the dynamism of everyday life, she found that these materials and her idiom were too restrictive. By the time Gershoy came to Woodstock in 1921 her own individual artistic style was already evident in her sculptures. Eugenie Gershoy worked in stone, bronze, terracotta, plaster and papier-mache. Gershoy’s sculptures were mainly figurative in nature and many of her artist peers such as Carl Walters, Raphael and Moses Soyer, William Zorach and Lucille Blanch, became her subjects. Eugenie Gershoy’s works on paper should not be overlooked. She was the winner of the Gaudens Medal for Fine Draughtsmanship at the tender age of 17. Gershoy married Jewish Romanian-born artist Harry Gottlieb. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the pair kept a studio in Woodstock, New York. There, Gershoy was influenced by sculptor John Flanagan, who lived and worked nearby. From 1936 to 1939, Gershoy worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. She collaborated with Max Spivak on murals for the children's recreation room of the Queens Borough Public Library in Astoria, New York. She developed a mixture of wheat paste, plaster, and egg tempera, which she used in polychrome papier-mâché sculptures; she was the only New York sculptor to work in polychrome at this time. She also designed cement and mosaic sculptures of animals and figures to be placed in New York City playgrounds. Alongside others employed by the FAP, she participated in a sit-down strike in Washington, DC, to advocate for better pay and improved working conditions for the projects' artists. Gershoy's first solo exhibition was held at the Robinson Gallery in New York in 1940. She moved to San Francisco in 1942, and began teaching ceramics at the California School of Fine Arts in 1946. In 1950, she studied at the artists' colony at Yaddo. Gershoy traveled extensively throughout her life. She visited England and France in the early 1930s, and worked in Paris in 1951. She traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in the late 1940s, and also toured Africa, India, and the Orient in 1955. In 1977, Gershoy dedicated a sculpture to Audrey McMahon, who was actively involved in the creation of the Federal Art Project and served as its regional director in New York, in recognition of the work McMahon provided struggling artists in the 1930s. Gershoy's work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her papers are held at Syracuse University Grant Arnold introduced her to lithography in 1930 and Gershoy depicted many scenes of Woodstock artists and their daily activities through this medium. From 1942 to 1966 Gershoy lived and painted in San Francisco where she taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. She traveled extensively, filling sketchbooks with scenes of Mexico, France, Spain, Africa and India. During her later years Eugenie Gershoy returned to New York City and concentrated on numerous well received exhibitions. Her last exhibition in at Sid Deutsch Gallery included many of the sculptures that were later exhibited in the Fletcher Gallery. John Russell, former chief critic of fine arts for the New York Times, writes about the 1986 Sid Deutsch exhibition: “As Eugenie Gershoy won the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draftsmanship as long ago as 1914 and since 1967 has had 15 papier-mache portrait figures suspended from the ceiling of the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea, she must be ranked as a veteran of the New York scene. Her present exhibition includes not only the high-spirited papier-mache sculptures for which she is best known but a group of small portraits of artists, mostly dating from the 30’s, that is strongly evocative.” Eugenie Gershoy is an artist to take note of for several reasons. She was a woman who received great awards and recognition during a time when most female artists were struggling to hold their own against their male counterparts. As a young girl she won a scholarship to the Arts Student League where she met Hannah Small...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Pablo Picasso, Unique variant of "Tête peinte" (Painted Face), pitcher, ceramic
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an A.R. turned pitcher created by Pablo Picasso in 1953. It is made with white earthenware clay, decoration in engobes and oxides under partial brushed glaze with white...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay

"1959 (Teal)" Metal Sculpture- steel, mid century modern, modernism, monochrome
Located in Marmora, NJ
"1959 (Teal)" is a fun modernist freestanding sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. Made from .25" thick powder coated mild steel, it is vibrant and durable and can be used both inside and outside (powder coated is weather resistant). The color is a retro teal (Even though it appears almost bright blue in the bright sun photos...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Steel

Steel Garden Wall - "Diptych Tree with Firewood Rack" - Outdoor Art - 205×195 cm
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Beautiful contemporary oxidized sheet steel Garden Wall or privacy screen. Customization possible. With this garden wall you'll conjure up an atmospheric ambience in your garden. Id...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Steel

"WavyOlive" Wall Sculpture-wood, orange, red, green, modernism, mid century, mcm
Located in Marmora, NJ
"WavyOlive" is a minimalist and modernist maple wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece was inspired by my love for simple bold colors and...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Abstract Modernist Armless Female Nude Torso Bust Bronze Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Modernist nude bronze sculpture by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The sculpture depicts an abstract armless female nude torse that stands on a wooden base. The piece is signed by the artist at the back of the sculpture's left leg. Artist Biography: Born (1927) and raised in Huntsville, TX, David Adickes is an artist whose art and heart are closely aligned with Paris, France. After studying art at the Atelier F. Leger in the late 40s, Adickes burst onto the art scene in Houston and elsewhere in the early 50s and has been a prominent member of Houston’s art community ever since. While his most visible works are his giant sculptures, from the Virtuoso in downtown Houston...
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Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

"Montage" Charles Green Shaw, Antique Playing Cards and Pipe Montage
Located in New York, NY
Charles Green Shaw Montage, circa 1935 Labeled on verso Pipes, antique playing cards 19 x 16 inches Charles Green Shaw, born into a wealthy New...
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1930s Modern Sculptures

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Mixed Media

"Against Winds and Tides" in Brittany by Isabelle LEVESQUE
Located in Pasadena, CA
Levesque Isabelle was born in 1954 in Antananarivo. She attended the school of fine arts of Brest (France) and practiced sculpture since 1997. She made her first official exhibition ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Circus Set (Circus, Fun, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ann Rothman Circus Set (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful, Fun, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey) 2021-2022 Porcelain, ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor

Check with L, 2006
Located in Atlanta, GA
For sculptor/ painter/ photographer Roberto Santo, art became a way of life when, at age16, he embarked upon an apprenticeship with Bob Peak, the celebra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athletes figure , on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male strength and beauty, inspired by the trend i...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Marble

"Pinwheel" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture -wood, pink, monochrome, magenta, mcm
Located in Marmora, NJ
Pinwheel is a modern and refined minimalist wall sculpture made from washed birch panels and mounted on a metallic backer. It is finished with semi-gloss lacquer. Pinwheel is a monoc...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Birch, Paint

"GoldWalnut" Wall Sculpture- mid century modern, gold, birch, walnut, mcm
Located in Marmora, NJ
"GoldWalnut" Wood Wall Sculpture- 2024 Metallic Enamel on solid walnut and maple wood. Finished on three sides and ready to hang. Scott Troxel draws on the aesthetics of bygone tech...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Robert Mapplethorpe, Poppy Flower Porcelain Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: after Robert Mapplethorpe, American (1946 - 1989) Title: Calla Lily Date: circa 2000 Medium: Porcelain Plate, printed signature verso Edition Size: 500 Diameter: 8.25 inches ...
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Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

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Porcelain

Colombe sur lit de paille, Ceramic Plate by Pablo Picasso 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: Colombe sur lit de paille, (Dove on a Straw Bed) [Ramie 79 variant] Year: 1949 Medium: White earthenware clay, white enamel brushe...
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1940s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic

Iphigenie
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacques LE BESCOND (born in CAEN in 1945) was young when he started to sculpture. He was particularly fond of wood. His encounter with a craftsman w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

"ChocolateOchre" Wall Sculpture mid century modern, white, orange, brown, mcm
Located in Marmora, NJ
"ChocolateOchre" is a minimalist and modernist wood wall sculpture reminiscent of both mid century modern forms and bold graphic design. "ChocolateOchre" is part of my "Small Pops" S...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

"KING" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture (White, wood, tan, monochrome, art deco))
Located in Marmora, NJ
King is a modern mixed media wall sculpture. Made from Italian plaster paint, paint, birch panel, and MDF. From the artist: This is the second piece I made as I begin to experiment w...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Plaster, Wood, Walnut, Paint

Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish) (MADE TO ORDER, ~50% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Located in Kansas City, MO
(MADE TO ORDER) (Hand-painted, hand-made, porcelain) *Lead Time may vary between 1-3 weeks Melanie Sherman Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish (handpainted) Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster, Brass Wire (for hanging, can be removed) Year: 2022 Size: 6x4.25x0.5in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1331 ------------------------ My ceramics are handmade and painted with the finest overglazes from Europe. The gold luster used is 24k liquid Gold from Germany. Every piece is unique. My imagery is inspired by vintage Meissen dinnerware...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Brass

"Parallax III" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture -wood, white, monochrome, brown, mcm
Located in Marmora, NJ
Parallax III is a discreet and elegant minimalist contemporary wall sculpture. It is constructed with birch panels, acrylic washes and completed with a semi-gloss lacquer finish. The...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Birch, Paint

Coast2Coast, Abstract 3D, Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Coast 2 Coast, Size: 36" x 72" x 8'' inch, 9...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Brutalist Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture Metropolis Manner of Louise Nevelson
Located in Surfside, FL
A very heavy, massive bronze sculpture by an important Chicago sculptor. Signed and marked "Firenze" with "Fuse Marinelli". METROPOLIS. Seven abstract shapes on black marble base. 1...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Ballerina on a baroque chair
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sculpture from the Ballet series. The series is dedicated to classical ballet and includes over 30 sculptures. This sculpture depicts a dancer tying p...
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Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

“Growing Out of My Ribcage...” Porcelain cup with sgraffito detailing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“Growing out of my ribcage...” Growing out of my ribcage, just to let your softness multiply into a whole sky of lush clouds crowning the forest, so we can become a jungle dense with...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Porcelain, Paint

Dreamer Panda-original realism wildlife sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
original sculptures for sale online, sculptures for sale online, buy original sculptures online, henk Jan sanderman sculptures for sale, contemporary artworks for sale online Artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Nature, Abstract Art 3D, Original Glass Wall Sculpture, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Nature, Size: 65" x 65" x 1'' inch, 165x...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) Patinated cast bronze sculpture, Three Acrobats, signed mounted on black marble plinth 24.5"h x 14"w x 7"d (bronze alone) Chaim Gross (March 17, 1904 – May 5, 1991) was an American modernist sculptor and educator. Gross was born to a Jewish family in Austrian Galicia, in the village of Wolowa (now known as Mezhgorye, Ukraine), in the Carpathian Mountains. In 1911, his family moved to Kolomyia (which was annexed into the Ukrainian USSR in 1939 and became part of newly independent Ukraine in 1991). When World War I ended, Gross and brother Avrom-Leib went to Budapest to join their older siblings Sarah and Pinkas. Gross applied to and was accepted by the art academy in Budapest and studied under the painter Béla Uitz, though within a year a new regime under Miklos Horthy took over and attempted to expel all Jews and foreigners from the country. After being deported from Hungary, Gross began art studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, Austria shortly before immigrating to the United States in 1921. Gross's studies continued in the United States at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, where he studied with Elie Nadelman and others, and at the Art Students League of New York, with Robert Laurent. He also attended the Educational Alliance Art School, studying under Abbo Ostrowsky, at the same time as Moses Soyer and Peter Blume. In 1926 Gross began teaching at The Educational Alliance, and continued teaching there for the next 50 years. Louise Nevelson was among his students at the Alliance (in 1934), during the time she was transitioning from painting to sculpture. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he exhibited at the Salons of America exhibitions at the Anderson Galleries and, beginning in 1928, at the Whitney Studio Club. In 1929, Gross experimented with printmaking, and created an important group of 15 linocuts and lithographs of landscapes, New York City streets and parks, women in interiors, the circus, and vaudeville. The entire suite is now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gross returned to the medium of printmaking in the 1960s, and produced approximately 200 works in the medium over the next two decades. For more than sixty years Chaim Gross's art has expressed optimistic, affirming themes, Judaica, balancing acrobats, cyclists, trapeze artists and mothers and children convey joyfulness, modernism, exuberance, love, and intimacy. This aspect of his work remained consistent with his Jewish Hasidic heritage, which teaches that only in his childlike happiness is man nearest to God. In March 1932 Gross had his first solo exhibition at Gallery 144 in New York City. For a short time they represented Gross, as well as his friends Milton Avery, Moses Soyer, Ahron Ben-Shmuel and others. Gross was primarily a practitioner of the direct carving method, with the majority of his work being carved from wood. Other direct carvers in early 20th-century American art include William Zorach, Jose de Creeft, and Robert Laurent. Works by Chaim Gross can be found in major museums and private collections throughout the United States, with substantial holdings (27 sculptures) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. A key work from this era, now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is the 1932 birds-eye maple Acrobatic Performers, which is also only one and one quarter inch thick. In 1933 Gross joined the government's PWAP (Public Works of Art Project), which transitioned into the WPA (Works Progress Administration), which Gross worked for later in the 1930s. Under these programs Gross taught and demonstrated art, made sculptures that were placed in schools and public colleges, made work for Federal buildings including the Federal Trade Commission Building, and for the France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years with a silver medal at the Exposition universelle de 1937 in Paris, and in 1942, with a purchase prize at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Artists for Victory" exhibition for his wood sculpture of famed circus performer Lillian Leitzel. In 1949 Gross sketched Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel, at several functions in New York City where Weizmann was speaking, Gross completed the bust in bronze later that year. Gross returned to Israel for three months in 1951 (the second of many trips there in the postwar years) to paint a series of 40 watercolors of life in various cities. This series was exhibited at the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) in 1953. In the 1950s Gross began to make more bronze sculptures alongside his wood and stone pieces, and in 1957 and 1959 he traveled to Rome to work with famed bronze foundries including the Nicci foundry. At the end of the decade Gross was working primarily in bronze which allowed him to create open forms, large-scale works and of course, multiple casts. Gross's large-scale bronze The Family, donated to New York City in 1991 in honor of Mayor Ed Koch, and installed at the Bleecker Street Park at 11th street, is now a fixture of Greenwich Village. In 1959, a survey of Gross's sculpture in wood, stone, and bronze was featured in the exhibit Four American Expressionists curated by Lloyd Goodrich at the Whitney Museum of American Art, with work by Abraham Rattner, Doris Caesar, and Karl Knaths. In 1976, a selection from Gross's important collection of historic African sculpture, formed since the late 1930s, was exhibited at the Worcester Art Museum in the show The Sculptor's Eye: The African Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross. Gross was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1981. In 1984, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, with Jacob Lawrence and Lukas Foss. In the fall of 1991, Allen Ginsberg gave an important tribute to Gross at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which is published in their Proceedings. In 1994, Forum Gallery, which now represents the Chaim Gross estate, held a memorial exhibition featuring a sixty-year survey of Gross's work. Gross was a professor of printmaking and sculpture at both the Educational Alliance and the New School for Social Research in New York City, as well as at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, the MoMA art school, the Art Student's League and the New Art School (which Gross ran briefly with Alexander Dobkin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Large Ceramic Clay Sculpture Of Striped Shirt In Man Size On Piedestal
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Large sized sculpture of a standing shirt including large piedestal.
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Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay

Earth, Abstract 3D Original Glass Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Earth, Size: 37.5" x 77.5" x 1'' inch, 95x197x3 cm, R...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Prometheus, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Anthony Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anthony Quinn, American (1915 - 2001) Title: Prometheus Year: 1988 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed Edition: 5/8 Size: 22.5 in. x 10.5 in. x 5 in. (57...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

"Harbor Flags" Wall Sculpture mid century modern, blue, yellow, mcm, brown bold
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Harbor Flags" is a minimalist and modernist solid wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece is part of my popular "Small Pops" Series which ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Water Hex, Abstract 3D Original Glass Wall Sculpture, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Water Hex, Size: 32.5" x 89" x 1'' inch, 83x226x3 ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Elevate, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Elevate, Size: 29" x 72" x 4'' inch, (...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

"Waikiki" Wall Sculpture mid century modern, modernism, monochrome
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Waikiki" is a minimalist and modernist, solid wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. Artist Scott Troxel says "The piece is part of my popular "S...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Seal (Circus, Viola Frey, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ann Rothman Seal (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful, Fun, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey) 2021 Porcelain, Low Fire Glazes, Crayons, Watercolors ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor

Dusk, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, One of a kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Dusk, Size: 29" x 47" x 4'' inch, 74x120x10 ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Gros oiseau Picasso (Large Bird, Picasso), 1953
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1953, this Madoura big turned vase of white earthenware clay with decoration in engobes and paraffin (red, black), knife engraved is numbered from the edition of 75. This Picasso ceramic vase is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' pottery stamps on the bottom. A spectacular work to witness in person, Pablo Picasso Gros oiseau Picasso...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware, ABS

Rosenthal Plate, Limited Edition Ceramic by Otto Piene
Located in Long Island City, NY
Decorative Rosenthal ceramic plate produced in collaboration with artists Otto Piene from 1973. A modern design in Piene's abstract modernist style. Porcelain plate with box and sign...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic

Water Hex, Abstract Art 3D Original Glass Wall Sculpture, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Water Hex, Size: 32.5" x 89" x 1'' inch, 83x226x3...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Elephant (Circus, Funny, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ann Rothman Elephant (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful, Fun, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey) 2021 Porcelain, Low Fire Glazes, Crayons, Watercol...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor

"Oranges" Wall Sculpture-wood, mcm, orange, red, pumpkin, navy, blue, modernism
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Oranges" is a minimalist and modernist maple wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece was inspired by my love for simple bold colors and ...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Mine-original realism wildlife sculpture-oil painting-Artwork-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Henk Jan Sanderman's "Mine:" is a captivating blend of sculpture and painting that beckons viewers into a world of whimsy and wonder. This original artwork features a stunning fusion...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Untitled #5
Located in Kansas City, MO
Torbjorn Kvasbo (Torbjørn Kvasbø) Untitled #5 Medium: Stoneware, Woodfired Year: 1994 Size: 23 x 17 x 10 inches Comes with original papers COA provided...
Category

1990s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Penguin A "Hide and Seek: wildlife sculpture artwork contemporary Wall artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Limited edition of 25 Serene and contemplative, Penguin A captu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Canvas

Monumental Pair of White Marble Sculptures of Classical Figures
Located in Rome, IT
Standing figure of Julius Caesar wearing a Tunic and holding a billowing drapery with a composition marble square-section pedestal. . The other figure is of Hannibal. Provenance fro...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Pablo Picasso 'Yan Barbu' (A. R. 513) Bearded Man Madoura Ceramic Pitcher 1963
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Yan Barbu (A. R. 513) Terre de faïence pitcher, 1963, numbered 222/300, incised 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura', painted.
Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Terracotta

Reclining Boy
Located in Boston, MA
Initialed and dated: "DVT 61". From the estate of the artist. In fine condition.
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Surreal Bronze Sculpture by Lorenzo Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Surrealist bronze sculpture by Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn depicting a male figure with hands reaching into his chest. Published to benefit the World ...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Polish Modernist Charging Rhino Bronze Expressionist Rhinoceros Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed bronze from small edition of 8. plus 4 artists proofs Dominik Albiński (born 1975, South Africa) He started carving at the age of twelve. When he was eighteen he went to Pari...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Visage de femme (Woman's Face), 1953
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso ceramic Visage de femme (Woman's Face), 1953 is a vibrantly colored pitcher decorated with contrasting saturated greens against chestnut ...
Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze, Engraving

L'Echauffeuse Hot Lips
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis Durot was born in Paris on April 22, 1939. He was something of an enfant terrible, and managed to be expelled from various schools for bad conduct. His ambition, as stated to his parents, was to earn money without having to work, and for a time, he was an “escort-boy” for a Parisian Grande Dame. He did, however, manage to get a good education in spite of himself, and received his Baccalaureate degree from Lycee Louis Pasteur in 1956. In 1960, he enrolled in the Facultie de Sciences, where he studied mathematics. He terminated his math studies in 1963, and turned his attention to engineering, working for Equipel, where he was responsible for calculating and measuring resistance for prototype nuclear generators. Equipel became a research facility, and offered Durot the opportunity to study organic chemistry. Durot directed numerous research projects for Equipel between 1966 and 1972. During this time, in fact, starting in 1964, he made many friends in the art world, gathering together artists from a variety of disciplines to form an artists commune — the Freelane Studio. Among the members were jazz journalist Gilles Brinnon, and a young painter, Jean Ihallero — a friend of the painter Maxime Defert. Through them, he met the artist Francois Arnal, who was interested in Durots’ engineering expertise for his sculptures. They got on well, and worked together for two years. Also in this circle were the actress Micheline Presle and the actor Daniel Gelin. In 1968, Arnal and Presle created Le Festival de Theatre de Chateauvallon, and through this, Durot became friends with the noted film director Ulysse Reynaud. In 1966, Francois Arnal introduced Durot to the artist Cesar, with the idea that Durot’s talents as a chemical engineer would be useful. Durot spent a year helping Cesar to master the techniques of working with polyurethane foam, with Durot searching for ways to make this fragile and ephemeral substance more stable and permanent, and more amenable to control. Cesars’ first works in this medium were flat, due to the difficulty of controlling the foam, but he went on to create his famous “expansions”. In 1968, Durot conceived a project to create more three-dimensional sculptures following a simple and precise design. It was during this time that Durot made his first polyurethane sculptures — the Champignons and Plantes Carnivores. Also in 1968, he He opened his first technical studio at 35, rue Leon. In order to support this new endeavor,( he needed more space, equipment, time and money), he created La Societe Durgalith. 1971 saw the Durat’s first works exhibited at the Salon Batimat in Paris. With this exhibition, Durot was hoping to attract the attention of architects with whom he could collaborate. Between 1971 and 1974, Durot created sixty sculptures inspired by fantastical “alien” life, mushrooms, and carnivorous plants. In 1974, Durot”s Societie Durgalith ran into problems with the Italian firm that owned Batimat. Credit Lyonnaise seized his studio and many of his sculptures, and quite a number of them were destroyed. This same year, Durot worked with the architects Sloan and Lecouter on an inflatable structure for the Pavillion Franaise in Osaka. Unfortunately, the project was never realized. Durot continued to pursue his research on polyurethanes, and gained world-wide recognition for his developments in this field. In 1977, a “student prank” had un-expectedly bad consequences. Durot was employed as an engineer at L’Usine Francaise de la Monnaie (the French mint) in Pessac. He took three kilos of “blanks”, and used them for playing slot-machines. For this, he spent seven weeks in jail, which was ended by an amnesty granted by Mitterand in 1981. During Durot’s time in prison, he took up weight-lifting, and also designed his next generation of sculptures. The spirals, feet, lips, and a series of erotic chairs...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Modernist Face
By Itzhak Sankowsky
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZHAK SANKOWSKY "MODERNIST FACE" WOOD, SIGNED ROMANIAN-AMERICAN, C.1940 24.5 INCHES Itzhak Sankowsky was born in 1908 in Romania. He lived and was active in Philadelphia, Penn...
Category

1940s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Strength – Dog - Urne
Located in Winterswijk, NL
“Strength” reflects the very individual character of your animal. It shows the inner calm and strength of your companion. The urn is available in ash box sizes of 1, 2 and 4 liter in Corten Steel. Our artist Chroessi Schnell has designed a series of cremation urns...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Steel

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