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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
Picasso Ceramic, Mains au poisson (A.R. 214)
Picasso Ceramic, Mains au poisson (A.R. 214)

Picasso Ceramic, Mains au poisson (A.R. 214)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Madrid, ES

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) "Mains au poisson" (A.R. 214) stamped and numbered “Madoura Plein Feu / Empreinte Originale de Picasso / I. 117 / 150/250' (on the reverse) terracotta plate...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Finding Your Way
Finding Your Way

Finding Your Way

By Tim Cherry

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze inscribed with the Artist's name and edition number. 11/18

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Man on Stool, Bronze Sculpture - Edition 7 of 25
Man on Stool, Bronze Sculpture - Edition 7 of 25

Man on Stool, Bronze Sculpture - Edition 7 of 25

By Ruth Bloch

Located in Naples, Florida

Ruth Bloch was born in Israel in 1951 to artist parents. Her father was a musician, while her mother worked in ceramics, Ruth's family were members of a Kibbutz called Alonim, a plac...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture
Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture

By Walter Furlan

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Omaggio To Picasso Woman in Hat Murano Glass Sculpture Artist signed and titled. Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a f...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

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

Mexican Art Abstract Brutalist Gilt Steel Geometric Sculpture Mathias Goeritz
Mexican Art Abstract Brutalist Gilt Steel Geometric Sculpture Mathias Goeritz

Mexican Art Abstract Brutalist Gilt Steel Geometric Sculpture Mathias Goeritz

By Mathias Goeritz

Located in Surfside, FL

Mathias Goeritz (German Mexican, 1915-1990) Geometric Torch-cut Steel or Iron Sculpture with gold leaf gilding. Welded signature, MG. This came from an estate and is signed with his ...

Category

20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Iron, Gold Leaf, Steel

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

Morris Brose "Bronze Bull" Figurative Sculptural Abstract
Morris Brose "Bronze Bull" Figurative Sculptural Abstract

Morris Brose "Bronze Bull" Figurative Sculptural Abstract

Located in Detroit, MI

"Bronze Bull" is an exquisite example of Morris Brose's abstract/figurative sculpture. No soft edges on this piece and no invitation to caress, the power, strength and beauty of the bronze are front and center and create awe. "Bronze Bull" is a free-standing piece signed on the base. Morris Brose, Polish/American was born in Wyszkow, Poland. He became a sculptor and instructor of sculpture at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State University and Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Cranbrook was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists who are alumni of Cranbrook include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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

Seated Mother and Child
Seated Mother and Child

Seated Mother and Child

By Chaim Gross

Located in New York, NY

Bronze sculpture on wood base. Signature, edition number 11/47, and date inscribed in bronze on back. Cast by Joel Meisner & Co., Plainview , NY (foundry mark lower verso). Height ...

Category

1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sora, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019

Sora, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019

By Beverly Morrison

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Black stoneware; cone 5/6 oxidation firing; Slips and Oxides Keywords: abstract, textured, ceramic, expressive Artist Biography: Beverly Morrison (Los Angeles...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Picasso Ceramic, Jacqueline au chevalet (A.R. 333)
Picasso Ceramic, Jacqueline au chevalet (A.R. 333)

Picasso Ceramic, Jacqueline au chevalet (A.R. 333)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Madrid, ES

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) "Jacqueline au chevalet" (A.R. 333) stamped, marked and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu / Empreinte Originale de Picasso / F 219 / 199/200' (underneath) white e...

Category

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

Visage Et Hibou (A.R.407)
Visage Et Hibou (A.R.407)

Visage Et Hibou (A.R.407)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

Signed, numbered, and stamped on the base: Edition Picasso, 64/200; Madoura Plein Feu; Edition Picasso White earthenware, decorated with engobe, knife engraving under partially brus...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

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

"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

Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture
Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture

Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture

By Ron Hitchins

Located in London, GB

Original handmade fibreglass relief sculpture from Ron Hitchins' own home. Uniquely handmade and signed by the artist. Part of a series of 3 (see our other listings for the other two...

Category

1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Fiberglass, Wood

Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist

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...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Tonka I" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture -mcm, mid century, gold, metallic, white
"Tonka I" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture -mcm, mid century, gold, metallic, white

"Tonka I" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture -mcm, mid century, gold, metallic, white

By Scott Troxel

Located in Marmora, NJ

"Tonka I" is the first piece in a 3 piece series of monochromatic wall sculptures. Tonka I features a matte metallic champagne finish made from automotive enamel. The result is a stunning metallic surface that absorbs light and looks extremely rich and luxe. Four different levels of depth and thicknesses on the piece allow for striking shadows when spotlights are used to light the piece. The pinlines are metallic charcoal gunmetal and red. Finally, the name "Tonka" comes from the inspiration for these pieces. The pieces are meant to abstractly resemble Native American dancers...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

Horse with Rider Looking at the Stars
Horse with Rider Looking at the Stars

Horse with Rider Looking at the Stars

Located in New York, NY

Juárez, a renowned self-taught Mexican sculptor, displays his expressive depiction of animals and humans in our Caballo con Jinete Viendo las Estrellas (Horse with Rider Seeing the S...

Category

1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Life Size Zebra Model or Sculpture
Vintage Life Size Zebra Model or Sculpture

Vintage Life Size Zebra Model or Sculpture

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Rare and unusual life size sculpture of a zebra crafted in composition in a surprisingly realistic form and hand decorated with the iconic stripes now worn to perfection.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Other Medium

Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes
Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes

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...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble

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

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...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Fiberglass, Paint, Board

"Tendresse", Penguins Resin with Gesso Sculpture by Thierry Amar
"Tendresse", Penguins Resin with Gesso Sculpture by Thierry Amar

"Tendresse", Penguins Resin with Gesso Sculpture by Thierry Amar

Located in Atlanta, GA

In the quiet presence of the material, a gesture older than language takes shape. Two beings lean toward one another—not to possess, but to recognize. The larger form opens like a re...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Solid Bronze 20th Century Nude Ballet Dancer 'Stepping Stones' by Benson Landes
Solid Bronze 20th Century Nude Ballet Dancer 'Stepping Stones' by Benson Landes

Solid Bronze 20th Century Nude Ballet Dancer 'Stepping Stones' by Benson Landes

By Benson Landes

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

'Stepping Stones' by Benson Landes is a Solid Bronze 20th Century Nude Ballet Dancer - she is so light on her feet and beautifully elegant. For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated with ‘off duty’ ballet dancers, rather wistful women, often caught in moments of solitary repose. Such an obvious appreciation of the grace and elegance of the female form was, no doubt, heightened by 25 years spent in the couture business, which Benson entered at the age of 14. The sculptor admitted that his time as an apprentice at his father’s clothing...

Category

20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Steel Garden Wall - "Diptych Tree with Firewood Rack" - Outdoor Art - 205×195 cm
Steel Garden Wall - "Diptych Tree with Firewood Rack" - Outdoor Art - 205×195 cm

Steel Garden Wall - "Diptych Tree with Firewood Rack" - Outdoor Art - 205×195 cm

By Stefan Traloc

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Steel

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.