Modern Sculptures
MODERN STYLE
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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Style: Modern
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
1980s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Gilt Bronze Sculpture of Leopard
Located in Rome, IT
Fantastic gilt brass leopard sculpture . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of Modernist Geometric String Sculptures
Located in Milford, NH
A pair of modern geometric string art sculptures featuring nailwork on a gray fabric covered board or panel, unsigned, in custom plexiglass cases....
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Porcelain Bust of a Bird Gondolier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical Italian porcelain bust of a Crow or bird decked out in the Classic Venetian boatman's striped shirt and straw hat. Signed on the bottom Italy Royal Majolyca.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Carved Wood Sculpture of Two Birds in a Tree
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Sculpture of a parrot with a strawberry and a toucan with a banana created in wood and decorated with tropical colors. Signed by the noted artist Leroy Ortega on the bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mirror, Animism
Located in Detroit, MI
Eyes are windows to sentient beings' souls. This work is inspired by animals, humans and ecosystems living together in harmony where a symbiotic relationship exists. The souls seen a...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver
Large Brass Sculptures of Herons
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant pair of brass heron sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
Category
1990s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elephant, Paint on Fiber by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Venkat Bothsa - Elephant
Paint on Fiber , H 13.5 x W 25.5 x D 7.5 inches
Born in 1961, Venkat Bothsa did his B.F.A from Andhra University followed by M.F.A from Banaras Hindu Univer...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Fiberglass
Yann Barrere - Long Cou - Original Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Yann Barrere - Long cou - Original Sculpture
Dimensions: 100 x 11 x 10 cm
Materials: Pink Marble from Portugal
"For me, the pleasure of sculpture...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Yann Barrere - La Petite - Original Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Yann Barrere - La Petite - Original Sculpture
Dimensions: 33 x 16 x 17 cm
Materials: Onyx Marble
"For me, the pleasure of sculpture is already that of pruning. It is a matter of phy...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), 1956
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), A.R. 341 can be compared to several other white earthenware pieces created by Picasso in 1956. Each depicts the carefree imagery of dancers, musicians, and fauns to which the artist returns time and again. Framed under a sloping mountain, two figures dance with arms raised above their heads, hands clasped in a spontaneous gesture. Leafy trees and flowers mark...
Category
1950s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
$13,000 Sale Price
35% Off
Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Beyond the Mountains
Located in Beijing, CN
About the artwork:
Artist: Yang Dongying
Title: Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Beyond the Mountains
Date:2019
Material: Aluminium
Dimension : ...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cuando il cielo ti accarezza, 2010
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.”
Ugo Riva is probably the most eminent and affirmed artist represented by the Frilli Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Leaf Pool
By Anthony Caro
Located in London, GB
Wall mounted card sculpture, 2000, signed and numbered from the edition of 500, published by Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 30 x 60 x 9 cm. (11.8 x 23.6 x 3.5 in.)
Category
Early 2000s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Cardboard
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
1960s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Minimal Sculpture of Rabbit with message: 'I Was Here"
By Ivy Naté
Located in New York, NY
Ivy Naté uses universally recognizable objects in non-traditional ways. She creates both large-scale installations and smaller works. Yet, each express Ivy’s captivation with raw hum...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
George Long received his BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in 1995 and currently lives and works in Atlanta. His first solo exhibition was at Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta in 2004, where he introduced the widely acclaimed 8 x 8 work. Long’s solo and 2 person exhibitions include Flux Projects, Atlanta, the Zuckerman Museum, Kennesaw State University, Space Eight, St Augustine, FL, Gallery One Twelve, Atlanta, Tempus Projects, St. Augustine, FL,Cosms, Dashboard Coop, Atlanta, Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA, the University of West Georgia, Carrolton, GA, the Madison County Art Council, Marshall N.C. among others. Group exhibitions have included the International Kunstler Kolonie Exhibition,Nuremburg, (and residency), The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (2007 Biennial and 2012 "Day Job: Georgia), the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL, the Zuckerman Museum, Kennesaw, GA, Art on the Beltline, Atlanta, GA, Paco Sas Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Georgia, and Brenau University, Georgia. In 2010 he received an NEA grant for public sculpture. Sculpture exhibitions include theAnn Marie Sculpture Center in Solomon Island, Maryland, North River Park, Charleston, SC, and the Chattahooche Nature Center, Roswell, GA, Art in Freedom Park, Atlanta, and Bonaroo, Manchester, Ten. Long has collaborated with Spelman University choreographer T. Lang, New Orleans Airlift, Georgia Tech, Lucky Penny...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$3,250
Polish Modernist Prancing Horses Bronze Expressionist Art 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
Bronze
Estasi Napoletana
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.”
Ugo Riva is probably the most eminent and affirmed artist represented by the Frilli Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$49,920
Frammento
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he displayed a strong predisposition for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Profile Pitcher, Cubist Bronze Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown, possibly Russian
Title: Profile Pitcher
Medium: Bronze Sculpture with Patina
Size: 26.5 in. x 9 in. x 5 in. (67.31 cm x 22.86 cm x 12.7 cm) Base: 2.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 i...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
1980s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ballerina 2015. Porcelain, 12x19 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ballerina 2015. Porcelain, 12x19 cm
(3 of 3)
The Ballerina figurine is a charming piece of porcelain art created in 2015. It features a sitting ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Orbite ( cast bronze trays )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Cast bronze Trays
Ø 28, 35, 47 cm
Ø 11”, 13”7/8, 18”1/2 in.
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Well dressed 2 - Arman, bronze, sculpture, decorative, green, female, figure
By Arman
Located in London, GB
Pierre Arman (1928-2005)
Well dressed 2
2005
bronze with green patina and coat hooks
162 x 52 x 37 cm
signed on base (beside right foot)
numbered 19/30
Price:
£35,000 GBP
Provenanc...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hen, Gilded Hen in Polished Bronze
Located in Brookville, NY
This Sculpture "Hen" by William Zorach in polished bronze is numbered 3/6 although according to the artist son, only 4 were ever cast. Executed in 1946, signed on the reverse and nu...
Category
1940s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contorsionniste XXIII N2/8
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tabletop Flask/Vase, Unique Artist's Ceramic, circa 1970
Located in Long Island City, NY
This ceramic sculpture is circa 1970 and offers an expressionistic view of a large flask. The geometric abstract pattern that separates the two tones lend...
Category
1970s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hormiga n°2 con cereza
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gerardo Fernandez South American Artist set of 10 bronze stick bugs with iron antennas. Some bugs have circles on their feet in order to make an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Ray
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
$39,000
Mirror, Shrouded Path
Located in Detroit, MI
This work combining intuitive metaphysical shaman energy emanating from planet Earth displays a sensory interplay of light, color and shapes. Viewers come along on a mystical journey...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver
Colourful mixed media sculpture called 'Hanging gardens'
Located in Oostende, BE
Colourful mixed media sculpture
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Renaissance City, New Dawn
Located in Detroit, MI
A new dawn for the once great city of Detroit is in the air. This work generates and expands upon the narrative that Detroit is back. With a renaissance energizing and awakening long...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Two Rare Lucite & Steel Modern Geometric Sculptures by Jeff Messerschmidt 1972
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jeff Messerschmidt, an American artist and furniture designer best known for his innovative work in Lucite, takes the common dumbbell shape from ordinary to extraordinary, from utili...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Tarot Shift
Located in Detroit, MI
A breezy enigmatic day in South Miami Beach, FL inspired this almost surreal work straddling abstraction and representation. Energetic color fields unify this work found at the inter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pyramide du Soleil
By Monique Rozanes
Located in New York, NY
Monique Rozanès
"Pyramide du Soleil"
2005
Methyl methacrylate sculpture
13 x 22 x 9 in, 33 x 56 x 23 cm
Inscribed “Monique”
Unique Piece
Private Collection of Didier Marien
...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
$10,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Contortionniste au Masque Minnie
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"It's Time" Modern Abstract Copper Metal Fish Word Art Wall Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract fish sculpture made of copper by Houston, TX artist Frank Dolejska. The work features a rounded fish shape with the words "It's Time" on...
Category
1980s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper
'Cross Reference' Weathered Bronze Ceramic Sculpture
By Judy Engel
Located in Hudson, NY
Judy Engel
Cross Reference
2019 Glazed Ceramic
Greatly influenced by the modernism of the middle of the 20th century, Judy's first introduction to this style was the Empire Stat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
"T-Rex" Abstract Modern Black and Gold Decorative Sculpture
By Jude Rosemond
Located in Houston, TX
Black decorative sculpture with gold accents by Houston, TX contemporary artist Jude Rosemond. Sculpture is made from concrete, clay, stone with rosewate...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Enamel
Signed, 1970's Abstract Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970’s, leaping, bronze dog sculpture by highly respected, listed, American artist, Abbott Pattison (1916-1999). Select public collections: Whitney Museum of Art in New York City; t...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Petit Plasir
By Laure Krug
Located in Atlanta, GA
Laure Krug. Contemporary French artist
Holder of a license in plastic arts, she naturally turns to sculpture.
Materials: She begins by working the soil and masters the different co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Polyester, Acrylic
$8,450
Magnolia 2
By Perran COSTI
Located in Atlanta, GA
Perran started a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts (COFA) Sydney in 2006 and held his first exhibition in the same year. Perran has never limited himself to a single ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Maple
$1,270
Big Ibex
Located in Washington, DC
This dramatic ceramic sculpture references the horns of an ibex in an homage to native culture.
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Platinum
$17,000
Single-Seater II, 2005
Located in Atlanta, GA
Uses versatility of techniques and materials to create sculptures adorned with irony and contemporary beauty in accordance with urban art. Throughout his life, he has been accompanie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Ica 1
By Shazia Imran
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Bronze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$15,000
Golden Bench
By Welton Rotz
Located in Napa, CA
California Golden Granite
Welton Rotz sculpts in stone to create beauty and form. With his eye for both nature and design, he interacts with the color and texture of natural stones including granite, marble, limestone and sandstone to create water sculptures...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Granite
$10,000
Playboy Magazine Cover - College Cheerleaders at Football Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing revolutionary female illustrator/art director Bea Paul creates a three-dimensional mixed media assemblage of cut-out photos, fabric, and cut paper. It depicts two jumpi...
Category
1950s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Dynasty Qing Lacquer Wood- Untitled I
Located in Beijing, CN
About the artwork:
Artist: Yang Dongying
Title: Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture-Untitled
Date:2020
Material: Dynasty Lacquer Wood Frame（base）, I...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Wizzard, 1978
By Karel Appel
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Dating from 1979, this acrylic on wood relief is hand-signed 'Appel' by Karel Appel (Amsterdam, 1921 - Zürich, 2006) in red in the lower left. From an edition of 8, this work was pub...
Category
1970s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Young Girl
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy
Young Girl
1989
Bronze
24 x 7 x 11 in, 60 x 28 x 18 cm
Edition 4/8
Private Collection of Didier Marien
Jean-Robert Ipoustég...
Category
1980s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$18,000 Sale Price
48% Off
All my Time, 2009
By Debra Fritts
Located in Atlanta, GA
As a child, I had dirt under my fingernails. I continue to allow the earth to feed me information for my art and for daily living. My expression is basic yet intrigues me to continue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Series Table on the Table No.3
Located in Beijing, CN
Artist: Yang Dongying
Title: Modern Impressive Super-Flat Sculpture- Series Table on Table No.3
Date:2019
Material: Iron, Copper Pigment
Dimension : 38...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Iron
$5,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Victor Salmones Signed Bronze Bust of a Young Child
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An untitled signed bronze sculpture by the Mexican artist, Victor Salmones (1937 - 1989) from an edition of 10. Numbered 1 of 10. Signature "Victor Salmones. 1/10" in cast. In excellent original condition.
Victor Salmones (1937-1989) was the most widely known sculptor living and working in Mexico during his lifetime. His sculptures won him universal acclaim and are held in the collections of museums, corporations, cities, universities and private collectors in some 30 countries. During his career, he was highly sought after and increasingly involved in the execution of commissions for major public works around the world.
Salmones developed his love and talent for creating sculpture by working with clay in high school. He attended the Instituto de Bellas Artes (Mexican National Institute of Fine Arts), where he was an apprentice to the Bauhaus master, Otto Hoffman. He was trained to use the exacting, age-old lost wax method of casting and worked principally in bronze. Hoffman's encouragement led to the opening of Victor's own sculpture workshop in Cuernavaca in 1966.
In 1967, Salmones’ fluid bronze “Adam” won first prize at the Biennale Exposition of the National Museum of Modern Art. His work continued to win the highest critical acclaim at subsequent Biennale expositions, and in 1971, over hundreds of entries, his life-size bronze Narcissus...
Category
1970s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cactus
Located in Washington, DC
This image of infinity is beautifully deceptive because although it appears to be in steel, it is a ceramic piece embellished in platinum.
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Platinum
$7,800
Spatial Light
Located in Miami, FL
Agustin Cardenas
Spatial Light, 1989
Bronce II of III
23 x 11 x 5 in
Cárdenas was a descendant of african slaves from Senegal and Congo. He was born in Matanzas, a major export port for the sugar industry. Cárdenas studied under Juan José Sicre, in Cuba, and from 1943 to 1949 at la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana. He was a member of the Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba (AGC) from 1951 to 1955. Also he was a member of the creative group Los Once from 1953 to 1955. Cárdenas' work was exhibited several times in 1952 "Pintura Ávila Escultura Cárdenas" at the Palacio de los Trabajadores in Havana, and in 1955 he exhibited a selection of his pieces in "Agustín Cárdenas...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Obsession de Gustave
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jean-Louis Corby was born in 1951 and was predominantly influenced creatively by the 1970s. The 1970s were a period of consolidation and growth in the arts, most often characterised ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eté
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.”
Ugo Riva is probably the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$46,800
Bilancia
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.”
Ugo Riva...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
$70,200
Learning the Ways, 2010
By Debra Fritts
Located in Atlanta, GA
As a child, I had dirt under my fingernails. I continue to allow the earth to feed me information for my art and for daily living. My expression is basic yet intrigues me to continue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
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Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Scott Troxel, Pablo Picasso, Richard Orlinski, and Stefan Traloc. 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 Modern sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $580,000, while the average work sells for $3,733.