"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
Jean-Louis Scherrer Paris Silk Scarf Vintage 1980s
By Jean-Louis Scherrer
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
This rendition is carefully cut from luxurious silk and designed with a Post Modern Abstract print. Wonderful bold multi-color bold abstract silk crepe de chine scarf.
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 Marco Zanini / Peter Shire Insp Abstract Art Pottery Teapot Spain
By Ettore Sottsass, Peter Shire, Marco Zannini
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Rare, Vintage, 1980s, Whimsical, Handmade and Painted, Signed and Numbered, Jorge Benlloch, Post Modern Tea Pot Sculpture. Made in Spain. This piece is very similar to the fantas...
Ceramic, Paint
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
$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
$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
“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
$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
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
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
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
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
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
$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
1990 Mexican Venetian Mosaic Wall Sculpture
Located in Mexico City, MX
A Venetian style mosaic with a organic abstract composition. Signed on the front "M T" on the upper left corner. Signed and dated MEX 1990 on the lower right back. The mosaic is fram...
Stone, Steel
Project Materia 2025 I Didn't Do Enough II Vessel in Glass by Project Materia
Located in Geneve, CH
Project Materia 2025 I Didn't Do Enough II Vessel in Glass by Project Materia. Designed by Willem Van Hooff. Limited Edition of 14. Dimensions: W 51 x D 27 x H 55.5 cm. Materials: Mo...
Blown Glass
Project Materia 2025 Stack Fishies Sculpture in Glass by Project Materia
Located in Geneve, CH
Project Materia 2025 Stack Fishies Sculpture in Glass by Project Materia. Designed by Laurids Gallée. Limited Edition of 14. Dimensions: W 36 x D 9.6 x H 14 cm. Materials: Mouth-blow...
Blown Glass
Project Materia 2025 Alchemist Vase in Glass by Project Materia
Located in Geneve, CH
Project Materia 2025 Alchemist Vase in Glass by Project Materia. Designed by Cathrine Raben Davidsen. Limited Edition of 14. Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 26 cm. Materials: Mouth-blown...
Blown Glass
Project Materia 2025 Cortado Doble Sculpture in Glass by Project Materia
Located in Geneve, CH
Project Materia 2025 Cortado Doble Sculpture in Glass by Project Materia. Designed by Andrés Reisinger. Limited Edition of 14. Dimensions: W 38 x D 36.5 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Mouth...
Blown Glass
Bigger Sculptural Vase in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Bigger Sculptural Vase in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 33 x D 33 x H 55 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Bigger” takes the concept of scale to the extrem...
Ceramic
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
Kazekage Unique Water Feature in Carved Basalt Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Kazekage Unique Water Feature in Carved Basalt Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 25 x W 40 x H 25 cm. Materials: Basalt stone. Available in different material optio...
Stone
$450 / item
Puff Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Puff Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 24 x D 24 x H 26 cm. Materials: Ceramic. This piece is available in a wide range of hand-painted f...
Ceramic
Popcorn Jar Down Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Popcorn Jar Down Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 26 x D 26 x H 37 cm. Materials: Ceramic. This piece is available in a wide range of ha...
Ceramic
Popcorn Jar Up Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Popcorn Jar Up Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 23 x D 23 x H 37 cm. Materials: Ceramic. This piece is available in a wide range of hand...
Ceramic
$426 / item
Minty Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Minty Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 24 x D 24 x H 29 cm. Materials: Ceramic. This piece is available in a wide range of hand-painted ...
Ceramic
$426 / item
Sharp Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Sharp Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 22 x D 22 x H 23 cm. Materials: Ceramic. This piece is available in a wide range of hand-painted ...
Ceramic
Fragment Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Fragment Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 24 x D 24 x H 32 cm. Materials: Ceramic. This piece is available in a wide range of hand-paint...
Ceramic
$1,043 / item
Ties Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Ties Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 32 x D 32 x H 55 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Ties” intertwines forms that suggest bonds and connectio...
Ceramic
Sweet Popcorn Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Popcorn Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 28 x D 28 x H 28 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Sweet Popcorn” from the Popcorn series delights...
Ceramic
$1,564 / item
Dug Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Dug Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 46 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Dug” evokes the essence of excavated earth, from which cl...
Ceramic
$1,695 / item
XXL Popcorn Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
XXL Popcorn Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 47 x D 47 x H 55 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “XXL Popcorn” takes the series to the monumental, ...
Ceramic
$1,956 / item
Rupture Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Rupture Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 39 x D 39 x H 50 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Rupture” explores the beauty of breakage and reinvent...
Ceramic
$1,019 / item
XL Popcorn Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
XL Popcorn Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 39 x D 39 x H 44 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “XL Popcorn” amplifies the Popcorn series with a ge...
Ceramic
$1,434 / item
Sun Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Sun Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 48 x D 48 x H 42 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Sun” is a unique ceramic piece that captures the essence ...
Ceramic
Useless Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Useless Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 23 x D 23 x H 44 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Useless” inspired by the “Dadaism” trend, challenges ...
Ceramic
Popcorn Jug Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Popcorn Jug Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 24 x D 24 x H 28 cm. Materials: Ceramic. The “Popcorn Jug” from the Popcorn series captures...
Ceramic
Big Sculptural Vase in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Big Sculptural Vase in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 35 x D 35 x H 39 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Big” is an imposing presence in my collection, a ce...
Ceramic
$1,434 / item
Rhythm Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Rhythm Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 56 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Rhythm” pulsates with movement and cadence, a ceramic ...
Ceramic
$23,426 / item
Extra Large High Clay Bathtub by Studio Loho
Located in Geneve, CH
Extra large high clay bathtub by Studio Loho Dimensions: D 85 x W 178 x H 54 cm Materials: clay Other colors and raw or smooth exterior available. Available in 4 sizes: W 130 (Small ...
Clay
$22,857 / item
Extra Large Clay Bathtub by Studio Loho
Located in Geneve, CH
Large High clay bathtub by Studio Loho Dimensions: D 85 x W 160 x H 54 cm Materials: Clay Other colors and raw or smooth exterior available. Available in 4 sizes: W 130 (Small High),...
Clay
1950s French Modernist Crucifix in Black Lacquered Metal and Ceramic
By Roger Capron, Peter and Denise Orlando, Georges Jouve
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Black Lacquered Metal Cross with Stylized Enameled Ceramic Christ A rare and sculptural French modernist crucifix from the 1950s, reflecting the postwar renewal of sacred art throug...
Iron
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
Galactica Wall Star Decorative Object in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Galactica Wall Star Decorative Object in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 4,2 x W 40 x H 40 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. A shining and galactic decoratio...
Other
Galactica Lunar Decorative Object in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Galactica Lunar Decorative Object in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 80 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Corner mirror inspired by the dark si...
Other
Galactica Wall Flash Decorative Object in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Galactica Wall Flash Decorative Object in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 4,2 x W 68 x H 100 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Wall accessory, tribute to Dav...
Other
Galactica Mappaluna Decorative Object in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Galactica Mappaluna Decorative Object in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 22 x W 31,5 x H 20 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Would you like the moon? Today...
Other
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.