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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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Style: Modern
Nude
Nude

Nude

By Lorrie Goulet

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A beautiful rendition of a seated female nude in polished and chiseled marble. Signed and dated 1981 on the back. Stone, wood and ceramics sculptor Lorrie Goulet, who also makes draw...

Category

1980s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Tête de Chèvre de Profil (A.R.145)
Tête de Chèvre de Profil (A.R.145)

Tête de Chèvre de Profil (A.R.145)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

• Picasso began working with ceramics in 1946 at the Madoura workshop in Vallauris, opening an important new chapter in his career. • He created over 3,500 ceramic works, transformi...

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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Martyrs - Relief Sculpture - 1965
Martyrs - Relief Sculpture - 1965

Martyrs - Relief Sculpture - 1965

Located in Roma, IT

Martyrs is a modern artwork realized by Artist of 20th century. Relief on metal decoration artwork depicting a martyrdom scene. Includes frame.

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Trois Personnages sur Tremplin (Three Figures on a Trampoline), A.R. 375
Trois Personnages sur Tremplin (Three Figures on a Trampoline), A.R. 375

Trois Personnages sur Tremplin (Three Figures on a Trampoline), A.R. 375

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Created in 1956, this Madoura small convex wall plaque of white earthenware clay with engraving accentuated with oxidized paraffin in a glaze bath (ivory, brown) is from the edition ...

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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Italian Modernist Bronze Brutalist Sculpture (Manner of Pomodoro)
Italian Modernist Bronze Brutalist Sculpture (Manner of Pomodoro)

Italian Modernist Bronze Brutalist Sculpture (Manner of Pomodoro)

Located in Surfside, FL

Large Modern Brutalist bronze sculpture in Manner of Arnaldo or Gio Pomodoro. We cannot locate a signature or any markings. it has an abstract quality to it. heavily textured with or...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Le Roitelet
Le Roitelet

Le Roitelet

By François-Xavier Lalanne

Located in PARIS, FR

EDITION Monogrammed : FXL Dated : 2003 Numbered EA 2/4B Stamped with foundry mark : bocquel fd. PROVENANCE Marie Lalanne former collection, daughter of the artist. LITERATURE W....

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Penguin A "Hide and Seek: wildlife sculpture artwork contemporary Wall artwork
Penguin A "Hide and Seek: wildlife sculpture artwork contemporary Wall artwork

Penguin A "Hide and Seek: wildlife sculpture artwork contemporary Wall artwork

By Henk Jan Sanderman

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage Midcentury Demitasse Coffee Set Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb
Vintage Midcentury Demitasse Coffee Set Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb

Vintage Midcentury Demitasse Coffee Set Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb

Located in East Quogue, NY

Pristine decorative white porcelain 'Apart' coffee demitasse set from Hutschenreuther Selb, with 6 cups, 6 saucers, coffee pot, creamer/milk jug, sugar bowl (15 piece set). Germain porcelain maker Hutschenreuther (est.1814) commissioned sculptor Hans Achtziger...

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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Joueur de flûte (Flute Player), 1951
Joueur de flûte (Flute Player), 1951

Joueur de flûte (Flute Player), 1951

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Utilizing the minimalist design motifs frequently found in his ceramics, Pablo Picasso ceramic Joueur de flûte (Flute Player ), 1951 creates an intricate and harmonious work that pla...

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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Bronze Abstract Space Age Book Sculpture LA California Modernist Charna Rickey
Bronze Abstract Space Age Book Sculpture LA California Modernist Charna Rickey

Bronze Abstract Space Age Book Sculpture LA California Modernist Charna Rickey

By Charna Rickey

Located in Surfside, FL

Charna Rickey 1923 - 2000 Mexican-American Jewish Woman artist. Signed Bronze House of Books, Architecture Bronze sculpture, signed Charna Rickey and on the front "House of the book." It depicts an open Torah. Original patina. Approx. dimensions: 7 in. H x 9 in. W x 8.5 in. D. Weight: 13.1 lbs. Modernist Judaica Sculpture Born Charna Barsky (Charna Ysabel or Isabel Rickey Barsky) in Chihuahua, Mexico, the future artist lived in Hermosillo and immigrated to Los Angeles when she was 11. She was educated at UCLA and Cal State L.A., she married furniture retailer David Rickey and explored art while raising their three daughters. Moving through phases in terra cotta, bronze, marble and aluminum, she found success later in life. Rickey became one of the original art teachers at Everywoman's Village, a pioneering learning center for women established by three housewives in Van Nuys in 1963. She also taught sculpture at the University of Judaism from 1965 to 1981. As Rickey became more successful, her sculptures were exhibited in such venues as Artspace Gallery in Woodland Hills and the Courtyard of Century Plaza Towers as part of a 1989 Sculpture Walk produced by the Los Angeles Arts Council. Her sculptures have also found their way into the private collections of such celebrities as Sharon Stone. Another of Rickey's international creations originally stood at Santa Monica College. In 1985, her 12-foot-high musical sculpture shaped like the Hebrew letter "shin" was moved to the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The free standing architectural Judaic aluminum work has strings that vibrate in the wind to produce sounds. Rickey also created art pieces for the city of Brea. They commissioned some amazing art pieces by Laddie John Dill, Walter Dusenbery...

Category

20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Neolithic Flints  - Tabletop limited edition abstract sculpture Bronze
Neolithic Flints  - Tabletop limited edition abstract sculpture Bronze

Neolithic Flints - Tabletop limited edition abstract sculpture Bronze

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Vintage Cortendorf Orange Black and Aqua Green Ceramic Vase, West Germany
Vintage Cortendorf Orange Black and Aqua Green Ceramic Vase, West Germany

Vintage Cortendorf Orange Black and Aqua Green Ceramic Vase, West Germany

Located in East Quogue, NY

Bright, boldly colored orange, black, and aqua green mid-century vase by Cortendorf. A beautiful, bold example of West German Art Pottery from the 1950s. It has its original maker's ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Abstract Cross ", Polished Stainless Steel Sculpture for Indoors or Outdoors
"Abstract Cross ", Polished Stainless Steel Sculpture for Indoors or Outdoors

"Abstract Cross ", Polished Stainless Steel Sculpture for Indoors or Outdoors

By Lutfi Romhein

Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

This sculpture is made with 316L stainless steel by Lutfi Romhein. A 2 mm-thick stainless steel sheet was cut, folded, welded at some joint points, with a polished and sanded finish...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Large Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base
Large Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

Large Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base Nicola Rivelli large bronze sculpture of a male torso mounted on a rectangular gray stone/marble base, artist signed on back lower ri...

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1990s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Bowl with Lotus Flowers, White stoneware, h 11 cm; d 39 cm
Bowl with Lotus Flowers, White stoneware, h 11 cm; d 39 cm

Bowl with Lotus Flowers, White stoneware, h 11 cm; d 39 cm

Located in Riga, LV

Inese Margevica (1960) Education: 2004 – LU, master's degree of educational sciences in art pedagogy; 2001 – LMA, Master of Arts degree; 1990 – LMA, Department of Applied Decorative...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Totem
Totem

Elizabeth FreireTotem, 2000

$1,163Sale Price|24% Off

Totem

Located in Washington, DC

Sculpture by Brazilian-born artist Elizabeth Freire. Sculpture is mounted on marble base and signed "EF". B&W photo is of Ms. Freire with renowned sculptor Etienne Martin at the Ecole Nationals des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Elizabeth Freire is a Brazilian-born, contemporary American artist. At the age of eighteen, she left Rio de Janeiro and moved to Paris to study sculpture at l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, receiving her Diploma there in 1979 under the direction of Claude Viseux, Etienne Martin, and Cesar. During that time she worked as an apprentice at the Fonderie de France where she learned bronze technique and she also attended etching courses at l’Ecole de Montparnasse. In 1976, she won a commission to make three life-size figures representing the printing company, “Les Imprimeries de Boulogne,” at the International Printing Fair in Paris. She spent 1977 in Aix-en-Provence where she carved the local stone of Rogne. Returning to Paris, the painter Lutka Pink introduced her to Otero, Frans Krajcberg and Hajdu from whom she received valuable lessons. In 1978, she traveled to Brazil where she was invited to participate in the exhibit ‘A Century of Sculpture in Brazil’. She also met with the sculptor Sergio Camargo...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Pomme Bouche
Pomme Bouche

Pomme Bouche

By Claude Lalanne

Located in PARIS, FR

Edition Signed with the stamp: Lalanne Monogrammed, marked and numbered under the apple: CL ; Artcurial ; 57/250 Literature Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Genève, Éditions Skira, 1991, an other version reproduced p. 123. Claude et François...

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Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Wall shark-original realism wildlife wall sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art
Wall shark-original realism wildlife wall sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art

Wall shark-original realism wildlife wall sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art

By Henk Jan Sanderman

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Daydreamer-bunny-original realism wildlife sculpture painting - contemporary Art
Daydreamer-bunny-original realism wildlife sculpture painting - contemporary Art

Daydreamer-bunny-original realism wildlife sculpture painting - contemporary Art

By Henk Jan Sanderman

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Penguin B Upside down realism wildlife sculpture artwork-contemporary Wall art
Penguin B Upside down realism wildlife sculpture artwork-contemporary Wall art

Penguin B Upside down realism wildlife sculpture artwork-contemporary Wall art

By Henk Jan Sanderman

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Canvas, Acrylic

Buffalo, 2008

Buffalo, 2008

By Valay Shende

Located in Atlanta, GA

Valay Shende is an Indian sculptor and video artist born in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1980. He received his Diploma in Art Education in Nagpur in 2000 bef...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Brass

"Sled" Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel
"Sled" Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel

"Sled" Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel

By Scott Troxel

Located in Marmora, NJ

"Sled" is a modern rustic wall sculpture. It was made in a similar fashion to an abstract expressionist painting, where the process of creating the piece is not predetermined, but is...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Service Poisson Plate R (“Fish” Service Plate)
Service Poisson Plate R (“Fish” Service Plate)

Service Poisson Plate R (“Fish” Service Plate)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Palo Alto, CA

A whimsical fish sits placidly in the center of Pablo Picasso ceramic Service Poisson Plate R (“Fish” Service Plate), 1947 A.R. 3. A sweeping blue back and a orange belly make up the...

Category

1940s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Glaze

Pickingfisher- original realism wildlife sculpture 3d artwork - contemporary art
Pickingfisher- original realism wildlife sculpture 3d artwork - contemporary art

Pickingfisher- original realism wildlife sculpture 3d artwork - contemporary art

By Henk Jan Sanderman

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Figure - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Figure - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Figure - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his chil...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Strength – Dog - Urne
Strength – Dog - Urne

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

Saint Francis - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Saint Francis - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Saint Francis - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his child...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Bronze Sculpture Flutist American Modernist Art Stanley Bleifeld Girl with Flute
Bronze Sculpture Flutist American Modernist Art Stanley Bleifeld Girl with Flute

Bronze Sculpture Flutist American Modernist Art Stanley Bleifeld Girl with Flute

By Stanley Bleifeld

Located in Surfside, FL

Retaining a fine patina and in overall good condition. Signed with initials SB. I believe the edition size was 7 But I cannot find a mark. Stanley Bleifeld (1924 – 2011) was an American sculptor. Stanley Bleifeld was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bleifeld earned bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of science in education and in 1949 a master of fine arts degree in painting at Tyler School of Art of Temple University. After a trip to Rome in 1959 or 1960 he gave up painting for sculpture. He began his fine-art career as a painter. However, a visit to Italy and exposure to the bronzes of Donatello, Michelangelo, and Ghiberti changed his direction He worked with the Art Foundry of Massimo del Chiaro and alongside artists such as Lucchesi, Harry Marinsky, Fernando Botero, Igor Mitoraj and Ivan Theimer. Many of his early pieces were religious subjects, and reflected both painting and sculptural techniques in bas reliefs* that had "liquid landscapes in undulating reliefs and free-flowing portraits reminiscent of classical fragments" (166-167). He later turned from these abstract pieces to more realistic figures in bronze. Bleifeld was a National Academician in Sculpture, and a member of the National Academy of Design, and helped set policy for that organization. He was also President of the National Sculpture Society. Past presidents of the society have included John Quincy Adams Ward, James Earle Fraser, Chester Beach, Wheeler Williams, Leo Friedlander, Neil Estern, and Cecil de Blaquiere Howard. The first woman to gain admission into the NSS was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, in 1893. She was followed a few years later by Enid Yandell and Bessie Potter Vonnoh in 1898; Janet Scudder in 1904; Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1905 and Evelyn Longman and Abastenia St. Leger Eberle in 1906. In 1946, Richmond Barthé was likely the first African-American to be admitted. In 1994, the NSS held their first exhibition outside the United States at the Palazzo Mediceo Di Seravezza in Italy. Titled “100 Years of the National Sculpture Society of the United States of America in Italy” it ran from the 16th of July through the 4th of September and was curated by Nicky and Stanley Bleifeld along with Costantino Paolicchi, Lodovico Gierut and Paolo Giorgi. Among the 60 notable American sculptors whose work was selected for the exhibition were Stanley Bleifeld, Andrew DeVries, Neil Estern, Leonda Finke...

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1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Terracotta Sculpture by Evert Lindfors, Sweden, Similarities with A.Giacometti
Terracotta Sculpture by Evert Lindfors, Sweden, Similarities with A.Giacometti

Terracotta Sculpture by Evert Lindfors, Sweden, Similarities with A.Giacometti

Located in Stockholm, SE

Terracotta Sculpture by Swedish artist Evert Lindfors (1927-2016), made in the 1970s. Evert moved to France in the 1940s where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked from the mid-1950s as a painter in Lacoste in Provence, France. Towards the end of the 1960s, he switched to terracotta sculpture. He met his friend Torsten Renqvist...

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1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large Panel of 9 Original Modernist Relief Sculptures by Ron Hitchins
Large Panel of 9 Original Modernist Relief Sculptures by Ron Hitchins

Large Panel of 9 Original Modernist Relief Sculptures by Ron Hitchins

Located in London, GB

Stunning original panel made of 9 handmade fibreglass relief sculptures from the artist's own home. Each sculpture is unique, with beautiful rust and copper tones, and several are signed by the artist. This very large, striking piece has a great Brutalist and Modernist feel. It is particularly notable as an example of Hitchin’s mastery of finishing techniques in simulating aged metal. The relief sculptures were visible outside of Ron’s house and became a Hackney landmark. They were carefully removed by the artist's estate after Ron passed away. Year: unknown (Ron was active from the mid 1960s to the early 2000s) Colour: Rust and copper tones Signature: 5 of the relief sculptures bear the artist's trademark initials “RH” Framing: The sculptures have been carefully mounted on a cotton covered board with a walnut wood trim and a hidden subrame on the reverse for ease of hanging. Authenticity: This piece was purchased directly from the Artist's Estate and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the sole executor of the Ron Hitchins...

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1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Fiberglass, Paint, Board

Robert Mapplethorpe, Calla Lily Porcelain Plate
Robert Mapplethorpe, Calla Lily Porcelain Plate

Robert Mapplethorpe, Calla Lily 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

Nude Couple Embracing
Nude Couple Embracing

Nude Couple Embracing

Located in Milford, NH

A fine modernist solid wooden sculpture of a nude couple embracing in the manner of Rodin by South African artist Herman Wald (1906-1970). Wald was born...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Large Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base
Large Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

Large Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base Nicola Rivelli large bronze sculpture of a male torso mounted on a rectangular gray stone/marble base, artist signed on back lower ri...

Category

1980s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Female Figure
Female Figure

Female Figure

By Lorrie Goulet

Located in New York, NY

It is marvelous to find discoveries such as Lorrie Goulet's female form, one of our few American women sculptors who direct carved in marble. Goulet has an attractive technique of u...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

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Marble

Modern sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

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.