$88,000
H 89 in W 62 in D 32 in
David L Deming Centurion II Abstract Modern Sculpture in Flat Black Steel, 1985
Located in Dallas, TX
An astounding abstract sculpture hand crafted by renowned Texas artist David Deming executed in
Steel
$10,500
H 14 in W 12 in D 9 in
Contortionist Nude, 20th Century Bronze of Nude Female, Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
David Deming (American, 20th Century) Contortion Nude Bronze Signed on base 14 x 12 x 9 inches
Bronze
$40,000
H 67 in W 37 in D 24 in
"Rocker VI", David L. Deming, Stainless Steel Contemporary Sculpture, 67x37x24
By David L. Deming
Located in Dallas, TX
David L. Deming's "Rocker VI" is skillfully welded together with stainless steel and polished to a
Stainless Steel
Dog with Bird
By David L. Deming
Located in Sante Fe, NM
David L. Deming’s world of lively canine sculptures captures the artist’s love for dogs and
Steel
$2,200
H 48 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Where The Wind Blows- Indigo, Dusty Blue" Contemporary Pastel Floral Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,000
H 48 in W 40 in
“Welcome Back Home, My Love” Contemporary Gestural Neutral Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,800
H 48 in W 31.5 in
“Familial Pedestal” Contemporary Gestural Red Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David Deming. Upon
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,200
H 32 in W 32 in
“Silent Lament” Contemporary Gestural Blue, Brown, & Tan Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,900
H 48.5 in W 72.75 in D 2 in
“Whispers of Mothering” Contemporary Gestural Tan and Pink Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,000
H 37.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.5 in
“Helping You Say Goodbye To Me” Contemporary Gestural Blue Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,200
H 29 in W 40 in D 2 in
“The Trees of Comfort 1” Contemporary Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 24 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
“Too Late, Too Much” Contemporary Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 48 in W 60 in D 2 in
“Concave Surrender” Contemporary Green Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 24 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
“Ethereal Concession” Contemporary Blue Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 40 in W 30 in
“The Coastal Breeze That Almost Broke Me” Contemporary Neutral Gestural Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 60 in W 48 in
“Mourning Barricade” Contemporary Gestural Red, Blue, & Green Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 50 in W 40 in
“That Against This, Why” Contemporary Gestural Green & Red Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$14,350 / item
H 33.08 in W 115.36 in D 61.82 in
1950's Style Curved Velvet Sofa in Custom Velvet Colors
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Sofa inspires itself nature where green is the predominant element and where valleys and hills prevail. The item’s details allow it to be the perfect statement piece for any cont...
Velvet, Walnut
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$5,000
H 23 in W 16 in D 8.5 in
Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Seated Hermes, Early 19th Century After the Antique
Located in Beachwood, OH
Large Figure of Seated Hermes, Grand Tour Bronze, Early 19th Century 19th Century Continental School After the Antique The large size figure well cast, with brownish green patination...
Marble, Bronze
$1,647Sale Price|30% Off
H 39.38 in W 31.89 in
The Billiard Player oil on canvas painting
By Fernando Botero
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: The Billiard Player Artist: Anonymous Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 in Period: c. 2000 Condition: Good Art Movement: Contemporary Figurativism, Neofiguratio...
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Bronze of the Borghese Gladiator Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
The Borghese Gladiator, 19th Century Bronze on marble base Musée du Louvre signed on base 15 x 12 x 8 inches Since its discovery in the early seventeenth century, the Borghese Gladi...
Marble, Bronze
$3,500
H 8 in W 10 in
The Three Skunks of WWII, Carved Wooden Figures of Hitler, Mussolini & Tojo
Located in Beachwood, OH
Three Skunks of WWII c. 1940s Carved and painted wood Unsigned 8 x 10 in. h. each These skunks are depicted as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo. Condition: There ...
Wood, Paint
$5,500
H 27.5 in W 14.25 in D 5.5 in
Mercury Standing on the Breath of Zeus, Antique Grand Tour
By Giambologna
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608) Mercury Standing on the Breath of Zeus Bronze 27.5 x 14.25 x 5.5 inches The sculpture depicts Mercury wearing his winged helmet and sandals an...
Bronze
$7,000
H 9 in W 20.5 in
20th Century Reclining Female Nude Marble Sculpture, Cleveland School Artist
By Max Kalish
Located in Beachwood, OH
Max Kalish (American, 1891-1945) Reclining Nude Marble Signed on base 9 x 20.5 inches Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894,...
Marble
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
$15,000
H 24 in W 19 in D 16 in
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Large Marble Sculpture after Canova, 19th C.
By Antonio Canova
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822) Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss Marble 24 x 19 x 16 inches 135 lb. The love affair between Cupid and Psyche is one of the best known classic...
Marble
$6,793
H 13 in W 11.82 in
David Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
By Wim van der Kant
Located in Utrecht, NL
David Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intens...
Marble, Bronze
$14,500
H 67 in W 20 in D 8 in
Late 19th Century Italian Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady w/ Pedestal
Located in Beachwood, OH
Italian, Late 19th Century Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady White marble, garment in veined buff colored marble on fitted green marble pedestal Bust: 22 x 18 x 9 inches Pedes...
Marble
$6,200
H 34 in W 11 in D 7.75 in
Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Figure Statue Sculpture "Prise de Corsaire"
By Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique large French Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Sculpture, titled "Prise de Corsaire" by Emmanuel Villanis (1858-1914), circa 1900. This very fine half life size bronze depic...
Bronze
$9,000
H 22 in W 24 in D 10.5 in
Sleeping Ariadne, Large Bronze & Marble Sculpture of Greek Mythology, 19th C.
By Pietro Chiapparelli
Located in Beachwood, OH
Pietro Chiapparelli (Italian, 19th Century) Sleeping Ariadne, c. 1865 Bronze on marble base Inscribed 'P. Chiapparelli F.I. Roma' 22 x 24 x 10.5 inches 136 lb. (34 lb. bottom marble,...
Marble, Bronze
$1,650,000
H 30.57 in W 20 in D 13.13 in
Pair of Carrara Marble Busts of the Emperor Napoleon and Empress Marie Louise
Located in New Orleans, LA
"I am a true Roman Emperor; I am of the best race of the Caesars—those who are founders." –Napoleon Bonaparte, 1812 Among the most iconic and celebrated figures in history, Napoleon...
Marble
$42,911
H 61.82 in W 38.59 in D 22.05 in
An Important Late 17th Century Japanese Lacquered Cabinet Edo Period on Stand
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely fine, elegant and rare late 17th Century Japanese lacquer cabinet, from the Eco period, on later lacquered black stand. Japanese circa 1690 Provenance A private Scott...
Lacquer
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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