"American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting, Yellow Color Field, Modern"
Located in Queens, NY
American Post War design abstract art, oil painting of yellow color field with dark shapes in a silver frame.
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting, Modern Design, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting with shades of purple and red \"tear drop\" design in a silver frame.
Paint
Blue and Red Minimalist Abstract Still Life Oil Painting, Post-Modern Style
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage abstract still life oil on canvas painting composed of varying shades of reds and blues. Unframed. No signature.
Canvas, Wood, Paint
80s Post Modern Memphis Design Handmade Marilee Hall Abstract Art Teapot Signed
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Spectacular, Post Modern, Memphis Design, One of a Kind, Handmade, tossed pottery and painted yellow tea pot, with a crackle finish, I adorned with both incised and applied colorful...
Metal
Post Modern Silver Gray Beige Abstract Rug with or without Fringe
By Woven Concepts
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations...
Cotton, Polyester
Post Modern Silver Abstract Allover Pattern Rug with or without Fringe
By Woven Concepts
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations...
Cotton, Polyester
Curtis Jere Kinetic Abstract Sculpture Steel Industrial MCM 1996 Post Modern
By Curtis Jeré
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A large, kinetic sculpture by Curtis Jere, signed 1996. Abstract, well done with an industrial/post modern style.
Steel
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting on Paper, Modern, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting on paper with shades of multicolored blue & beige in a silver frame. (One of series of 4: BLO010A-D)
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting on Paper, Modern, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting on paper with shades of multicolored blue & beige in a silver frame. (One of series of 4: BLO010A-D)
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting on Paper, Modern, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting on paper with shades of multicolored blue & beige in a silver frame. (One of series of 4: BLO010A-D)
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting on Paper, Modern, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting on paper with shades of multicolored blue & beige in a silver frame. (One of series of 4: BLO010A-D)
Paint
Post Modern Light Blue Abstract Repeat Pattern Rug with or without Fringe
By Woven Concepts
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations...
Cotton, Polyester
$3,336 / item
Stone Sculpture by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Sculpture by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 22 x W 39 x H 48 cm. Materials: Stone. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment...
Stone
$3,336 / item
Stone Sculpture by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Sculpture by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 19 x W 22 x H 31 cm. Materials: Stone. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment...
Stone
$6,364 / item
Ivory Clay Sculptural Mirror by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Ivory Clay Sculptural Mirror by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 9 x W 49 x H 66 cm Materials: Ivory clay. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a...
Clay
$6,364 / item
Ivory Clay Sculptural Mirror by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Ivory Clay Sculptural Mirror by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 11 x W 46 x H 60 cm Materials: Ivory clay. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of ...
Clay
$3,944 / item
Ivory Clay Sculptural Mirror by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Ivory Clay Sculptural Mirror by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 6 x W 40 x H 53 cm Materials: Ivory clay. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a...
Clay
$43,894 / item
Brown Glass Standing Sculpture by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Brown Glass Standing Sculpture by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 85 x W 155 x H 230 cm Materials: Transparent brown glass. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art,...
Glass
Unique La Vie Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique La Vie Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky. Dimensions: W 32 x D 17 x H 42 cm. Materials: Cream chamotte stoneware. Thalia Dalecky is a visual artist and a gra...
Ceramic
Unique Ensemble Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Ensemble Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky. Dimensions: W 24 x D 7 x H 21 cm. Materials: Raw cream chamotte stoneware. Thalia Dalecky is a visual artist and ...
Ceramic
Unique Era Sculptural Accent Table in Glazed Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Era Sculptural Accent Table in Glazed Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky. Dimensions: W 21 x D 11 x H 55 cm. Materials: Cream chamotte stoneware, glossy transparent glaze. Thalia D...
Ceramic
Unique Choeur Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Choeur Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky. Dimensions: W 28 x D 15 x H 37 cm. Materials: Black chamotte stoneware, metallic effect black glaze. Thalia Dalecky...
Ceramic
Unique Envol Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Envol Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky. Dimensions: W 43 x H 19 cm. Materials: Orange chamotte stoneware, glossy black/bluish glazed stoneware. Thalia Dalec...
Ceramic
Unique Flammes Jumelles Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Flammes Jumelles Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky. Dimensions: W 19 x D 12 x H 49 cm. Materials: Light grey chamotte stoneware, cream stoneware, sand stonewar...
Ceramic
Unique Momentum Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Momentum Sculpture in Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky. Dimensions: W 43 cm x D 4 cm x H 13 cm. Materials: Raw orange chamotte stoneware, raw black stoneware. Thalia Dal...
Ceramic
Unique La Femme Sculpture in Textured Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique La Femme Sculpture in Textured Chamotte Stoneware by Thalia Dalecky. Dimensions: W 20 x D 17 x H 41 cm. Materials: Textured raw black chamotte stoneware. Thalia Dalecky is a...
Ceramic
$530
Tribal Furniture, Stone Tool Set Figures, Blue Tones, Monotype Cyanotype, Unique
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a unique handmade monotype cyanotype representing a functional stone tool set inspired by the magical forms of early human tools. Created through the cyanotype process using ...
Paper, Lithograph, Monotype
Onyx Rainbow Stone & Travertine Standing Sculpture by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Onyx Rainbow Stone & Travertine Standing Sculpture by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 40 x W 151 x H 209 cm Materials: Onyx Rainbow stone, travertine. Each of Olivia’s handmade creatio...
Onyx, Travertine
$520
Back to Back Organic Mid-Century Floating Shapes, Blue Tones, Monotype Cyanotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Details: + Title: Back to Back + Year: 2026 + Medium: Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided + Measurements : 70x100 cm (28x 40 in.), a sta...
Paper, Lithograph, Monotype
Origen Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Origen Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic by Vica Ceramica Materials: High-Fired Ceramic Dimensions: D 29 x W 43 x H 40 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio establi...
Ceramic
Green Mountains Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Mountains Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic by Vica Ceramica Materials: High-fired ceramic Dimensions: D 18 x W 40 x H 53 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studi...
Ceramic
Vintage Glazed Ceramic Architectural Pottery Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A true testament to mid-century modern artistry, this vintage glazed ceramic sculpture features a bold, architectural form with striking geometric cutouts and dynamic negative space....
Ceramic
Unique Big Flux Desk Organizer by Plasthetic.s
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Big Flux Desk Organizer by Plasthetic.s One of a Kind Dimensions: D 22 x W 30 x H 30 cm Materials: 3D-printed ABS. Flux (Big) is a sculptural desk organizer, 3D-printed in PL...
Other
$447 / item
Small Flux Desk Organizer by Plasthetic.s
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Flux Desk Organizer by Plasthetic.s Dimensions: D 15 x W 20 x H 20 cm Materials: 3D-printed ABS. Flux (Small) is a sculptural desk organizer, 3D printed in ABS and made to ord...
Other
“Frammento” — Postmodern Totemic Sculpture in Pietra di Vicenza
Located in Weesp, NL
Importing Art into the United States is exempt from all U.S. tariffs but please, do check “Frammento” — Postmodern Totemic Sculpture in Pietra di Vicenza by Alberto Cabiddu, 1997 C...
Limestone
1980's Postmodern Italian Solid travertine Square in Circle Sculpture Object
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant Italian minimalist travertine sculpture dating to circa the 1980s, featuring a striking geometric composition of a circle set within a square form. Executed entirely in soli...
Travertine
Resilencia Wall Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic & Wooden Frame by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Resilencia Wall Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic & Wooden Frame by Vica Ceramica Materials: High-Fired Ceramic & Wooden Frame Dimensions: W 140 x H 115 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a ...
Ceramic, Wood
Punto de Tensión Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic & Bronze by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Punto de Tensión Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic & Bronze by Vica Ceramica Materials: High-fired ceramic and bronze Dimensions: Ø 34 x H 61.5 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and...
Bronze
Torre Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic & Blued Steel Bucket by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Torre Sculpture in High-Fired Ceramic & Blued Steel Bucket by Vica Ceramica Materials: High-fired ceramic and blued steel bucket Dimensions: Ø 20 x H 80 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a...
Steel
$36,578 / item
Unique Relic Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Relic Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 28 x D 14 x H 34 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil). Designed by Pininfarina. Relic Unique Rock appr...
Stone
$56,760 / item
Tea Table in Natural Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Tea Table in Natural Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 210 x D 135 x H 38 cm. Materials: Natural Stone. Designed by Rockwell Studio. Conceived for the Presidential Suite of Nobu Hotel...
Stone
$32,794 / item
Unique Vortex Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Vortex Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 26 x D 26 x H 37 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil). Designed by Pininfarina. Vortex Unique Rock ex...
Stone
$40,362 / item
Unique Axis Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Axis Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 31 x D 18 x H 29 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil). Designed by Pininfarina. Axis Unique Rock embodi...
Stone
$54,237 / item
Unique Origin Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Origin Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 47 x D 24 x H 43 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil). Designed by Pininfarina. Origin Unique Rock is...
Stone
$45,408 / item
Unique Infinite Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Infinite Rock in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 39 x D 22 x H 32 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil). Designed by Pininfarina. Infinite Unique Roc...
Stone
$490
Falling Swirls, Organic Curvy Layers in Blue Tones, Handmade Cyanotype on Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes. It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Lithograph
Alberto Cabiddu “Massa Continua” modernist stone sculpture, Italy, 1999
Located in Weesp, NL
Importing Art into the United States is exempt from all U.S. tariffs but please, do check. Alberto Cabiddu “Massa Continua” modernist stone sculpture, Italy, 1999 “Massa Continua,”...
Limestone
Early Biomorphic Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture – Prof. Azade Köker, Germany, Mid-1
Located in Berlin, DE
Prof. Azade Köker biomorphic stoneware sculpture, created in Germany circa 1975 during the artist’s student years. Signed “KÖKER” to the underside, the work was authenticated directl...
Ceramic
Popopo Sculptural Vase by Philippe Starck, 1993
Located in Toronto, ON
An iconic and oversized sculptural vase by Philippe Starck, manufactured by XO in 1993. It is made out of polyester resin and cast aluminum base. The vase features a dramatic and sle...
Other
Project Materia 2025 Morph Horsies Marble Sculptural Object by Project Materia
Located in Geneve, CH
Project Materia 2025 Morph Horsies Marble Sculptural Object by Project Materia. Designed by Laurids Gallée. Limited Edition of 14. Dimensions: W 52.8 x D 49.8 x H 49 cm. Materials: B...
Marble
Signed Shlomi Haziza Op Art Acrylic Lucite Table Sculpture in Green & Purple
By Shlomi Haziza, Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A zig-zag table sculpture by Shlomi Haziza circa 1994. This piece features beautiful shades of green, indigo & purple acrylic. Signed by the artist
Acrylic
Shlomi Haziza Op Art Acrylic Lucite Table Sculpture in Blue Green & Purple
By Shlomi Haziza, Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A mounted crescent form table sculpture by Shlomi Haziza circa 1994. This piece features beautiful shades of green, indigo, blue & purple acrylic. Signed by the artist
Acrylic
Unusual Folk Art / Pop Art Pepsi Cola Decorative Brief Case, France, 1990's
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unusual Pop Art Pepsi Cola Decorative Brief Case Artist Unknown, France, 1990's Exterior is lined with French Pepsi Cola Cans Interior is lined with French Cartoons Very Interestin...
Aluminum
$570
Organic Mid-Century Floating Shapes in Blue Tones, Monotype Cyanotype on Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Shapes XI is a captivating cyanotype monotype that draws on the visual language of mid-century abstraction. Featuring fluid, interlocking forms rendered in rich Prussian...
Paper, Lithograph, Monotype
Vintage Mexican Glass Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This captivating vintage Mexican art glass sculpture is a striking example of modern abstract design and artisanal studio craft. Hand-crafted using sophisticated fused glass techniqu...
Copper
$4,128Sale Price / set|20% Off
Govert Heikoop, minimal Art, De Stijl, Coffee/Side tables, vase & console.
By Govert Heikoop
Located in CASTENRAY, NL
Furniture set by Artist Govert Heikoop (1951-2007) What shall we call it Post modern, Abstract, Minimalist, Memphis Style, De Stijl.
Plywood, Paint
Alexander Street
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in London, GB
Howard Hodgkin Alexander Street, 1978 Serigraph in multiple colours on Velin Arches 300 gsm mould-made paper with deckled edges Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge '42/90 Hodgki...
Screen
Debra Sachs Split Pyramid II Two-Part Sculpture in Sand and Copper over Wood
Located in Downingtown, PA
Debra Sachs Split Pyramid II Two-Part Sculpture in Sand and Copper over Wood American, 1989 “Split Pyramid II” is a two-part sculpture by the New Jersey sculptor Debra Sachs, made i...
Wood
Donald Laborie cubistic sculpture France 1988
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
It’s really nicely made in an abstract way and is attractive from all sides. The piece is signed at the base.
Hardwood
Organic Sand Form Ceramic Sculpture by Maku Ceramic
Located in Geneve, CH
Organic Sand Form Ceramic Sculpture by Maku Ceramic Dimensions: Ø 12.7 x H 25.4 cm Materials: Ceramic Maku Ceramic is an Istanbul-based ceramic studio founded by artist Aslı Özen. W...
Ceramic
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
It's hard to resist the allure of a beautiful pool. So, go ahead and daydream about whiling away your summer in paradise.
Alessandro Mendini, Michael Graves, Ettore Sottsass and other design luminaries contributed to this unusual collection of porcelain wares representing a time capsule of late-20th-century decorative art.
Aided by photos taken of the maestro in his Milan studio, we honor the influential design talent who died last month at 87.
Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero, rising young design talents, are debuting a new, eclectic line of textiles.