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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
1960s Ceramic Pot by Claude Conover, Abstract Line Etching Design, Venel Artwork
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional 1960s ceramic pot by acclaimed 20th-century artist Claude Conover (1907-1994) features striking white parallel lines and intricate abstract etchings, making it a sta...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic

Cast Bronze Organic Husk Wall Mounted Abstract Textured Sculpture Seena Donneson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an abstract Flora based hand made, cast sculpture done by Seena Donneson an acclaimed woman artist. A textured abstract bronze with deep, rich patina; The sculpture is signed with the artist initials and dated. It is unique. Seena Donneson (1924 - 2020) was an artist, sculptor and printmaker She studied at the Pratt Institute, NYC Pratt Graphic Art Center, NYC, with Michael Ponce de Leon and the Art Students League with Morris Kantor. Collections Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern Art, New York Brooklyn Museum Portland Art Museum Amon Carter Museum of American Art Select Individual Exhibitions Danville Museum of Art, Virginia; Galerie #836, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Greenville Museum of Art, North Carolina, 1987; Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY. Group Exhibitions NY Upper East Side Outdoor Sculpture exhibition, 78; Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida; CAPS Travelling Exhibition; Ben Shahn Gallery, New Jersey; "The Collograph", NY State Council on the Arts/Pratt Institute. She was included in Group Shows Conceived and Curated by Dorothy Gillespie at the Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1974. Artists included: Betty Parsons, Elsie Asher, Alice Baber, Minna Citron, Nancy Spero, Seena Donneson, Alice Neel, Natalie Edgar, Dorothy Gillespie, and Anita Steckel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Modern Organic Abstract Suspended Wood and Rebar Metal Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Large modern abstract mixed media sculpture featuring a finely sanded piece of wood twisted in coiled rebar. The organic wood entangled in the manmade metal offers subtle commentary ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Metal

MARC CHAGALL 24K, SET OF 12 TRIBE OF ISRAEL MEZUZAH
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
ARTIST: MARC CHAGALL (after) TITLE: THE TWELVE TRIBES SERIES set of 12 MEDIUM: Full color silkscreen on 24K gold plated bronze SIZE: APPROX Size: 13cm X 3.5cm / 5.1" X 1.4" (Each) EDITION: LIMITED EDITION OF 1800 - NUMBERED ON THE COA, ALL 12 ARE MATCHING NUMBERES SIGNED: SIGNED IN PLATE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY: from the publisher: Arta Gallery, Jerusalem Israel. CONDITION: IN MINT CONDITION NOTE: Here and there you may find one Mezuzah but it is extremely rare and hard to find a full set of 12 WITH MATCHING NUMBERES. The Chagall mezuzah...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Gold, Gold Leaf

2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
Located in New York, NY
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century by Agnes Yarnall circa 1940s. Sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian, Agnes Yarnall has, since the age of six been breathing life into her art. Renowned as a sculptor, whose commissioned portrayals of contemporary celebrities are prized. She has sculpted Judith Anderson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Carl Sandburg...
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1940s Modern Sculptures

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Plaster

"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

Cast Bronze Organic Husk Wall Mounted Abstract Textured Sculpture Seena Donneson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an abstract Flora based hand made, cast sculpture done by Seena Donneson an acclaimed woman artist. A textured abstract bronze with deep, rich patina; The sculpture is signed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

"LA DOLCE VITA" THE SWEET LIFE BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 26 x 12 x 8 Medium: Bronze Sculpture "La Dolce Vita" The Sweet Life! John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was desig...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Pomme Bouche
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

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Bronze

Bronze Sculpture Flutist American Modernist Art Stanley Bleifeld Girl with Flute
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, Bruno Lucchesi, Barbara Lekberg...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Visage aux yeux ronds (Round-eyed Face), A.R. 451
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1960, ceramic Round-eyed Face (Visage aux yeux ronds) A.R. 451 is a Madoura round/square plate of red earthenware clay stamped with the ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO’ an...
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1960s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware

Acid etched Abstract Urn Glass Wall Sculpture Artwork Framed ed. 25 Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
With the exception of the dark metallic one they are transparent and opaque glass. I have shot the photos on a dark background so you can better see the images. they are signed in ink, dated and numbered from the edition of 25. I am selling them individually. the box from Vincent Fremont Multiples is not included. Suzan Etkin's passionate involvement with glass began in 1993, when she was invited to design sculptural chandeliers for gallery exhibitions with Giorgio Giuman and master glass blowers in Murano, Italy. Prior to working with glass as a medium she was the production manager for Andy Warhol Factory (Production Manager, Film & Video), and quickly emerged as a conceptual artist of global recognition. Her work has been shown in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Holly Solomon Gallery, and other museums and galleries around the world. In 2001, Suzan founded sei studio in SoHo with her husband, Brenden FitzGerald. They have collaborated with some of the industry’s most innovative architects and interior designers to produce custom chandeliers and art features for hundreds of landmark spaces, including the W Hotel Seoul, Mandarin Oriental New York, and Intercontinental Hong Kong. School of Visual Art: Instructor Drawing, Sculpture and Interrelating the Arts RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS: Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant Artist in Residence – Foundation Cartier pour L Art Contemporanian, Jouy-en-Josas, France SELECT EXHIBITIONS Holly Solomon Gallery, New York City Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland Phillipe Rizzo Gallery, Paris The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden Earl...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Glass, Wood

Niña en guaya
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

KIng David with Harp
Located in Surfside, FL
American sculptor Hana Geber (1910 - 1990) She was born in Prague of Czechoslovakian heritage and eventually settled in New York. Her sculptures deal with Jewish themes...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Silver

Satyr and Baby - Sculpture by Aurelio Mistruzzi - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Satyr and Baby is a bronze statue created by the artist Aurelio Mistruzzi. Minotaur with child on his shoulders. Edition of the late 1900s. Engraved signature on the marble base....
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Untitled Portrait Head (perhaps Arnold Geissbuhler, the artist’s husband)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled Portrait Head (perhaps Arnold Geissbuhler, the artist’s husband), c. 1920s, bronze, signed verso, 11 x 9 x 7 inches (excluding base) Elizabeth Chase was a sculptor, printma...
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1920s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Poisson Chiné (A.R. 170), Pablo Picasso, Design, Ceramic, Madoura
Located in Geneva, CH
PABLO PICASSO Poisson chiné (A.R. 170), 1952 Ed. 200 pcs White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under partial brushed glaze. Grege, blue, mat green Stamped on the back : Edi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic

ORIGAMI CRANES
Located in Tempe, AZ
This sculpture of a pair of Dancing Cranes by Lyle London explores a unique translation of the Japanese art of folded paper into a metal sculpture. Th...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Bill Haendel Americana Toy Soldiers Cast Paper Relief Modern Pop Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
William Haendel framed 16.75 X 17 paper 11.5 X 12.5 Bas relief on hand-made molded, cast, paper; Visual statement of modernist society’s role in conformity of the individual and acquiescence to nationalism. Toy Soldiers in tin, lead or plastic, cast into the paper. Bill Haendel...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida, A.R. 423
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida A.R. 423 is numbered from the edition of 50 on the reverse and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and ‘EMPRE...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze

Terracotta Happy Man Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large Pre Columbian style clay, terracotta sculpture Limited Edition 6/30, signed. Walter Bastianetto, was born in Venice Italy. He graduate of...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Clay, Terracotta

Painted Metal Sculpture of Palm or Banana Tree and Flower
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A painted metal palm tree or banana with removable leaves. Detailed trunk and leaves and a fabulous white flower. What is it about palm trees, that conjures up the romantic? Perfect ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Metal

Samuel Latour - Éclat - Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Samuel Latour - Éclat - Original Bronze Sculpture 28 x 24 x 27 cm Edition of 8 Signed Samuel LATOUR Formed at Boulle arts and craft school in Paris, h...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
This 18 x 9 x 4 inch carved wood sculpture is unsigned and comes directly from the artist's family. Louis 'Lou' Bunin (28 March 1904 – 17 February 1994) was an American puppeteer, artist, and pioneer of stop-motion animation in the latter half of the twentieth century. While working as a mural artist under Diego Rivera in Mexico City in 1926, Bunin created political puppet shows using marionettes...
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1940s Modern Sculptures

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Wood

Head Of A Warrior Large Clay Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Head of a warrior. From the Totonaca culture (state of Veracruz) created about 1982. Modern Pre Columbian style clay, terracotta sculpture artist signed on the right bottom. Walter...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Clay, Terracotta

Mid Century Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Granite Stand by Edward Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
This striking modern abstract bronze sculpture by Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995) is mounted on a polished granite base. The piece measures 7 ½ x 6 x 2 inches, including ...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Granite, Bronze

" Vita " In or Outdoor Figurative Sculpture, Cast Brass, Steel
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Sculpture " VITA ” is a unique piece made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2015, sand cast brass in our foundry, handcrafted by the Artist in his workshop in Spai...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

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Brass, Steel

White Spiral
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Polyurethane

Allan Houser Native American Bronze Modernist Sculpture - "Waiting"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Allan Houser Native American Bronze Modernist Sculpture created 1978. Beautiful, large Allan Houser bronze - female figure titled "Waiting." The...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Nude Man Figure Holding Crystal Ball
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Nude Man Holding Crystal Ball White Sculpture Modern cement, plaster, clay sculpture of a man holding crystal ball painted white, Signature not found. Ab...
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1980s Modern Sculptures

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Plaster, Acrylic, Clay, Glass

Hubert Long Constructivist Twig Sculpture
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Accomplished artist Hubert Long created this striking display of found wood in 1977. He enjoyed some success with exhibitions at a gallery on Long Island in the 1960s and 1970s...
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Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Wood

Head of Dame Edith Sitwell
Located in London, GB
Maurice Lambert Head of Dame Edith Sitwell 1901-1964 Patinated bronze on marble base Dimensions: 7 x 16 inches (18 x 41 cm) Provenance Private collection Originally commissioned by Edith's brother Osbert Sitwell circa 1926/27. Our version is of the same period and must have been commissioned at the same time. A version of this piece made in 1984 in aluminium is held in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 5801). Maurice Lambert Maurice Lambert, born in Paris, was son of the Russian-born Australian painter George Washington Lambert...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Lapin, by Sandoz, Animal, sculpture, rabbit, bronze, 1940's, brown patina
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin, modèle 6, circa 1944-1949 Edition Leblanc-Barbedienne Bronze with a brown patina 7.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm Sandoz : Sculpteur Figuriste et Animalier 1881-1971, Catalogue Raisonné de l...
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1940s Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze life-size statue of a woman standing, called 'Red Right Hand'
Located in Oostende, BE
Unique life-size bronze statue of a woman standing. The hands were painted red, hence the name 'Red right hand'. Very impressive statue and a real eye catcher.
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Quatre Poissons Polychromes (Four Polychrome Fishes)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Picasso Quatre Poissons Polychromes (Four Polychrome Fishes), 1947 is a wondrous mixture of color and charm. In the center of the dish are three fish, e...
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1940s Modern Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

Two Abstract Figures Onyx Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Untitled Biomorphic Form Abstract Sculpture Onyx Sculpture on granite base. Artist signature Graham dated 73. Richard D. Graham is a Postwar & Contemporary artist born in 1940 know...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Stone, Granite

Bob Fosse
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor. He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

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Bronze

Windswept Face Of A Man Marble Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Windswept Face Of A Man Marble Sculpture Signed, on wooden base. Leon Saulter (1908 - 1986) was active/lived in California born in Poland. Moved to US in 1921. Leon Saulter is known for sculptures, paintings also writer. Born in Poland on March 31, 1908. By the 1930s, Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while a resident of Los Angeles. Exhibitions: Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1936-40; Artists Union (LA), 1939; Stendahl Gallery (LA), 1941; LACMA, 1940, 1943, 1946 Santa Barbara Museum; Bonita Union High School (Spirit of Youth Learning Industry); David Starr Jordan School, Long Beach (Head). Museums: University of Wyoming Art...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

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Marble

"Zeke & Zach 11/18" Abstract Figurative Bronze sculpture of a man and horse
Located in Edgartown, MA
The historic tradition of cast bronze provides a contemporary avenue for the creation of Wayne Salge’s abstracted human and animal figures. Thoroughly modern and distinctly impressio...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Stalactite Table
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Mexican Mid-XXst Century Sculpture In Rosewood "Maternity"
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautifull Mexican Modernist Madonna and Child ; Maternity Midcentury wood sculpture. Probably caribbean rosewood characteristic of the ext...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Visage d’homme (Man’s Head), 1968-1969 A.R. 570
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso Visage d’homme (Man’s Head), 1968-1969 A.R. 570 showcases the artist’s unrivaled ability to illustrate human nuance. Each aspect of the man’s face, from his furrowed brow to his side gaze is carefully illustrated. The crowding of horizontal lines on his brow and vertical lines on his nose bring a sense of tension to his face, which compounds the furrowed brow.There are only two colors on the plaque, black and red, but the semi circle of hair atop the mans head...
Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Earthenware

Tête de femme couronnée de fleurs (A.R. 236), Pablo Picasso, Ceramic, Design
Located in Geneva, CH
PABLO PICASSO Tête de femme couronnée de fleurs (A.R. 236), March 20th, 1954 Ed. 37/50 pcs White earthenware clay 23 x 15 x 18 cm I 9 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/8 in Signed by the artist on ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

David Hostetler Polished Bronze Female Form Bust Feminine Shiny Gold Egyptian
Located in Nantucket, MA
This polished bronze bust is sealed with Glasurit- a car finish that is baked on. It prevents the sculpture from tarnishing or yellowing. All you need to do is dust with a soft cloth. This bust is from a full figure wood sculpture...
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1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bicycle, Modern Acrylic on Metal Sculpture attributed to Tony Rosenthal
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tony Rosenthal, Attributed to, American (1914 - 2009) - Bicycle, Medium: Acrylic on Metal Assemblage, Size: 31 x 36 x 6 in. (78.74 x 91.44 x 15.24 cm)
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Arabesque, Female Ballet Dancer in Motion, Bronze Gray Bas Relief Sculpture Art
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning figurative bas relief sculpture captures a female ballet dancer gracefully poised in the arabesque position, created by the acclaimed Colorado/Missouri artist Eric Bransby (1916-2020). Crafted from bronze and polymer Forton casting, the piece beautifully exemplifies Bransby’s mastery of motion and form. Provenance: Collection of the artist, Eric Bransby About Eric Bransby: Eric James Bransby was a highly respected muralist, painter, illustrator, and educator. His education at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center included studies with renowned artists like Thomas Hart Benton, Jean Charlot, Boardman Robinson, and Josef Albers. He also studied at the prestigious Yale School of Fine Art. Bransby’s career is defined by his exceptional work as a muralist, with notable commissions including the Rockhurst Library Triptych Mural at the University of Missouri, murals at Brigham Young University, the U.S. Air Force Academy...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ellen Key Oberg Modernist Ceramic Sculpture, Impetuous Person
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Ellen Key Oberg exhibited with all the major artists of her time including Alexancer Archipenko and William Zorach. This piece received an honorable mention in one of the many exhibi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Visage no.130 (A.R. 479), Pablo Picasso, Design, Ceramic, Madoura
Located in Geneva, CH
PABLO PICASSO Visage no.130 (A.R. 479), 1963 Ed. 176/500 pcs White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes and enamel under glaze D. 25.5 cm I D. 10 in D. 33.5 cm I D. 13 1/4 in (wi...
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20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Pot oiseau, dit aussi Pot Bagatelle
Located in PARIS, FR
EDITION Signed underbase: Lalanne ; Paris Mark of the Paris porcelain on the back EXHIBITIONS Model published for the "Les Lalanne" exhibition in Bagatelle in 1998.
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Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Renegade
Located in Bozeman, MT
Ed. 3/6 Artist Brad Rude was born in Montana and has lived in Walla Walla, Washington most of his life. His journeys through his grandfather's folk art st...
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Tandrima-II, Bronze, Edition 1/5, Brown Color by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Tandrima-II H 45 x W 17 x D 10.7 inches Bronze, Edition-1/5. Lalu’s Tandrima-II exudes grace and quiet introspection through its poised feminine form. Cast in bro...
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2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled (Roi David)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Marc Chagall Untitled (Roi David), 1954 is a rare and imaginative culmination of the collaboration between Marc Chagall and the Fucina degli Angeli. This work is from the beginning of Chagall’s usage of Murano glass as a means of expression. In 1954, Chagall was invited into the Fucina degli Angeli by Egidio Costantini who was the master glass blower at the time. This stunning and mesmeric sculpture beckons the eyes through the use of vivid, bold colors that blend seamlessly together. Blue, purple, teal and hints of red coalesce in the center of the glass plate, creating the backdrop for a whimsical scene placed in the foreground. A man in a crown kneels in the center of the work, preoccupied with the string instrument delicately constructed in his hands. Gilded flecks of gold are highlighted around the crown and instrument, showing us the depth of the lyrical poet. The transparent glass allows us to follow suite of the man, becoming entranced and lost in thought. Created in 1954 in the Fucina degli Angeli in Venice, Italy, this Murano glass sculpture was realized by master glass artist Egidio Costantini (Brindisi, 1912- Venice, 1998) in collaboration Marc Chagall, (Vitebsk, 1887 – Saint-Paul, 1985). This work is inscribed ‘M. Chagall E. Costantini 1954 © Fucina degli Angeli’ on verso and is an artist proof. Catalogue Raisonné: Marc Chagall Untitled (Roi David), 1954 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work). Egidio Costantini: Il Maestro dei Maestri. Brussels: Espace Kiron and Espace Medicis, 1990. A different Chagall glass...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Visage gravé (A.R. 29), Pablo Picasso, Design, Ceramic, Madoura
Located in Geneva, CH
PABLO PICASSO Visage gravé (A.R. 29), 1948 Ed. 85/200 pcs White earthenware clay,, engobe decoration, engraved under yellow glaze blue, straw coloured ground 32 x 39 x 5 cm I 12 5/8...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Tete de chevre de profil (Goats head in Profile) Unique color Variant, A.R. 154
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1952, Pablo Picasso Tete de chevre de profil (Goats head in Profile) Unique color Variant, 1952, A.R. 154 is an original white earthe...
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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze

"Maize" Wall Sculpture- mid century modern, yellow, red, orange, modernism, mcm
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Maize" - (Scott Troxel's Small Pops Series) is a minimalist modernist wall sculpture that can bring bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece is relatively small, but it fe...
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Mother Holding Baby Large Clay Sculpture Pre Columbian Style
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Mother Holding Baby, large terra-cotta and clay sculpture. From the Totonaca culture (state of Veracruz). Modern Pre Columbian style large sculpt...
Category

1990s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Terracotta, Resin

Sailboat Metal Sculpture
Located in Mexico City, MX
We are responsible for our daily actions and directions chosen in life. This art work represents the empowerment of motivation in every person driven by wind filled sails. This uni...
Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

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