In Tangier
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in London, GB
Howard Hodgkin In Tangier, 1991 Screenprint in 22 colours on huntsman velvet 300gsm paper Signed with initials HH, numbered (63/72) and dated ('91) in pencil 82 × 86 cm Edition of 7...
Screen
XL PostModern Memphis Ettore Sottsass Ip Murano Blown Glass Sculpture Vase Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Exceptional, Stunning and Monumental, post modern, Memphis Era, Ettore Sottsass inspired sculptural vase, Circa 1980, Italy Striking, bold, glass sculptural centerpiece in primary ...
Blown Glass
Glazed Ceramic Head Sculpture by Roy Terbeek, The Netherlands 1994
Located in Utrecht, NL
This ceramic sculpture presents an abstract human head formation, made by Roy Terbeek in 1994 in the Netherlands. The piece features a modeling of facial features. There is a sense o...
Ceramic
L'empilement Des Grâces Sculpture in Felted Wool & Metal by Tina Tictone
Located in Geneve, CH
L'empilement Des Grâces Sculpture in Felted Wool & Metal by Tina Tictone. Dimensions: W 27 x D 30 x H 96 cm. Materials: Felted wool, metal plinth. Dimensions may vary. Please contac...
Metal, Other
Anatomie De L'envol Sculpture in Felted Wool & Metal by Tina Tictone
Located in Geneve, CH
Anatomie De L'envol Sculpture in Felted Wool & Metal by Tina Tictone. Dimensions: W 24 x D 20 x H 107 cm. Materials: Felted wool, metal plinth. Dimensions may vary. Please contact u...
Other, Metal
Cariátide Small Sculpture in exclusive Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Cariatide is a modular stone sculpture series designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, available in multiple heights, proportions and materials as Jurassic Fossil Top or Marble. Insp...
Stone
Cariátide Small Sculpture in Marquina Marble Stone by NERINEA
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Cariatide is a modular stone sculpture series designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, available in multiple heights, proportions and materials as Jurassic Fossil Top or Marble. Insp...
Marble
$29,397 / item
Itzcali Matla Marble Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Itzcali Matla Marble Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles Dimensions: D 70 x W 27 x H 95 cm Materials: Santo Tomás Marble Conceived as a functional sculpture, MATLA reinterprets the figur...
Marble
$29,397 / item
Itzcali Tlal Marble Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Itzcali Tlal Marble Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles Dimensions: D 123 x W 100 x H 61 cm Materials: Santo Tomás Marble Conceived as a functional sculpture, TLAL reinterprets the prese...
Marble
Unique Rock Large Sculpture in Jurassic Natural Rock by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Rock Large Sculpture in Jurassic Natural Rock by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 35 x D 25 x H 15 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil Rock). Collectible sculptural object cur...
Stone
Cariátide Small Series, 24cm Sculpture in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Cariátide Small Series, 24cm Sculpture in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 11 x D 12 x H 24 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil TOP). Designed by Fran Silves...
Stone
Eólica Large Sculpture in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Eólica Large Sculpture in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 33 x D 29 x H 178 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil TOP). Designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos...
Stone
Afrodita Sculpture Object in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Afrodita Sculpture Object in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 14 x D 14 x H 39 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil TOP). Designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitect...
Stone
Sculpture Centerpiece in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpture Centerpiece in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 50 x D 15 x H 15 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil TOP). Designed by Paco Camús. The Sculpture C...
Stone
$15,637 / item
Silvestrin Amphora in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Silvestrin Amphora in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 40 x D 60 x H 118 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil Classic). Designed by architect Claudio Silvestr...
Stone
Unique Ocean Flower 005 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Ocean Flower 005 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics. One of a Kind. Dimensions: W 20 x D 40 x H 42 cm. Materials: Porcelain. About the artist Istanbul based artist, Mina Ka...
Porcelain
Unique Ocean Flower 004 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Ocean Flower 004 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics. One of a Kind. Dimensions: W 22 x D 34 x H 34 cm. Materials: Porcelain. About the artist Istanbul based artist, Mina Ka...
Porcelain
Unique Ocean Flower 003 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Ocean Flower 003 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics. One of a Kind. Dimensions: W 20 x D 35 x H 34 cm. Materials: Porcelain. About the artist Istanbul based artist, Mina Ka...
Porcelain
Unique Ocean Flower 002 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Ocean Flower 002 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics. One of a Kind. Dimensions: W 28 x D 37 x H 34 cm. Materials: Porcelain. About the artist Istanbul based artist, Mina Ka...
Porcelain
Unique Ocean Flower 001 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Ocean Flower 001 Porcelain Sculpture by Mina Ceramics. One of a Kind. Dimensions: W 23 x D 38 x H 40 cm. Materials: Porcelain. About the artist Istanbul based artist, Mina Ka...
Porcelain
Mizukage Unique Water Feature in Carved Basalt Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Mizukage Unique Water Feature in Carved Basalt Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 40 x W 80 x H 50 cm. Materials: Basalt stone. Available in different material optio...
Stone
Postmodern German Yellow Ear Clips, 1980s, Set of 2
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Yellow Ear Clips, 1980s, Set of 2
Plastic
Astratto I Contemporary Signed Ceramic Sculpture by Renzo Maar
Located in Geneve, CH
Astratto I Contemporary Signed Ceramic Sculpture by Renzo Maar Handmade Dimensions: D 14 x H 20 cm (dimensions are approximate) Materials: Ceramic, white stoneware, mirror. Custom o...
Ceramic
Constructivist Sculpture “Yo-ga-ga” by Henk van Putten, Netherlands, 1990s
Located in DE KWAKEL, NL
A striking geometric sculpture by Dutch artist Henk van Putten, titled Yo-ga-ga. Executed in a limited edition of 12 pieces, this work embodies the artist’s fascination with balance,...
Metal
Unique Painting #04 Hand Blown Glass Sculpture by Aleksandra Zawistowska
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Painting #04 Hand Blown Glass Sculpture by Aleksandra Zawistowska. One of a Kind. Dimensions: Approx. W 15 x D 15 x H 32 cm. Materials: Hand-blown glass. About the Studio Sz...
Glass, Blown Glass
Coralina Abyss Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Julius Nobre
Located in Geneve, CH
Coralina Abyss Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Julius Nobre. Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 30 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Abyss translates the silent gesture of the mushroom coral attach...
Ceramic
Trípodes Hexa Sculptural Object in Ceramic by Julius Nobre
Located in Geneve, CH
Trípodes Hexa Sculptural Object in Ceramic by Julius Nobre. Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 40 cm. Materials: Ceramic. The series brings together larger-scale sculptures with more arch...
Ceramic
Trípodes Sentinela Sculptural Object in Ceramic by Julius Nobre
Located in Geneve, CH
Trípodes Sentinela Sculptural Object in Ceramic by Julius Nobre. Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 40 cm. Materials: Ceramic. The series brings together larger-scale sculptures with more...
Ceramic
Trípodes Deka Sculptural Object in Ceramic by Julius Nobre
Located in Geneve, CH
Trípodes Deka Sculptural Object in Ceramic by Julius Nobre. Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 36 cm. Materials: Ceramic. The series brings together larger-scale sculptures with more arch...
Ceramic
Trípodes Esporo Sculptural Object in Ceramic by Julius Nobre
Located in Geneve, CH
Trípodes Esporo Sculptural Object in Ceramic by Julius Nobre Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 45 cm. Materials: Ceramic. The series brings together larger-scale sculptures with more arc...
Ceramic
$2,345 / item
Raiz Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Julius Nobre
Located in Geneve, CH
Raiz Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Julius Nobre. Dimensions: W 15 x D 15 x H 30 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Between folds that recall bark, roots, and layers of memory, this piece gu...
Ceramic
$2,606 / item
Bruma Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Julius Nobre
Located in Geneve, CH
Bruma Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Julius Nobre. Dimensions: W 15 x D 15 x H 30 cm. Materials: Ceramic. A lighter piece, with this idea of layers and breathing space between the...
Ceramic
Vintage Signed Judi Harvest “Edible Icons” Gold Plated Matzoh - Set Of 9
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Created by acclaimed artist Judi Harvest, this rare set of nine "Edible Icons" sculptures merges Pop Art cultural commentary with rich material grandeur. Each piece features an authe...
Gold Plate
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Engraving
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Engraving
Entrebanc 14
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Lithograph
Entrebanc 7
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Lithograph
Vintage Fabric Coconut Palm Tree Sculpture, 1990s
Located in Miami, FL
Single fabric coconut palm tree. The palm leaves are adjustable. Unsigned but most likely by Jeff and Lisa Wright, 1990s.
Fabric, PVC
Hidden Secret Three-Piece Decorative Object in Glazed Ceramic by BERTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Hidden Secret Three-Piece Decorative Object in Glazed Ceramic by BERTO Unique Piece Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 72 cm. Materials: Glazed ceramics. At MUT Design, for over a decade, ...
Ceramic
Hidden Secret Two-Piece Decorative Object in Glazed Ceramic by BERTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Hidden Secret Two-Piece Decorative Object in Glazed Ceramic by BERTO Unique Piece Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 48 cm. Materials: Glazed ceramics. At MUT Design, for over a decade, I ...
Ceramic
"Galerie Maeght, " Graphic Color Lines Lithograph Poster
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Galerie Maeght" lithograph poster. This poster holds Bazine's name in harsh orange lines near the top of the piece. Diagonally bisecting the b and a in Bazaine is a teal line. Bello...
Lithograph
Teocalli Sculptural Monolith in Basalt Granite & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Teocalli Sculptural Monolith in Basalt Granite & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 220 x W 90 x H 280 cm. Materials: Steel and basalt granite. Available in differen...
Other, Steel
Pisces Crackle Glaze Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips
Located in Geneve, CH
Pisces Crackle Glaze Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips Dimensions: D8 x W 27 x x H 30 cm Materials: Ceramic Also available in other colors and custom sizes from 20cm tall - 5...
Ceramic
Pisces White Tall Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips
Located in Geneve, CH
Pisces White Tall Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips Dimensions: D8 x W 28 x x H 35 cm Materials: Ceramic Also available in other colors and custom sizes from 20cm tall - 58cm...
Ceramic
Talisman Sculpture #2 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras
Located in Geneve, CH
Talisman Sculpture #2 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras. One of a Kind, Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D 13 x W 21 x H 52 cm. Material: Sandy stoneware with...
Bronze
Talisman Sculpture #3 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras
Located in Geneve, CH
Talisman Sculpture #3 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras. One of a Kind, Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D 10 x W 15 x H 37 cm. Material: Sandy stoneware with...
Bronze
Talisman Sculpture #1 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras
Located in Geneve, CH
Talisman Sculpture #1 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras. One of a Kind, Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D 13 x W 23 x H 37 cm. Material: Sandy stoneware with...
Bronze
"Stabile with Red Sun Galerie Maeght" Lithograph Poster
By Alexander Calder
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Stabile with Red Sun Galerie Maught" is a color lithograph poster. The Stabile is a black topsy-turvy statue taking up most of the piece. A red sun sits to the right of the black st...
Lithograph
Cariátide Small Sculpture in Carrara Marble Stone by NERINEA
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Cariatide is a modular stone sculpture series designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, available in multiple heights, proportions and materials as Jurassic Fossil Top or Marble. Insp...
Carrara Marble
Eólica Small Sculpture in Carrara Marble Stone by NERINEA
Located in VALENCIA, ES
A vertical sculptural totem, Eólica expresses the serene minimalism and architectural precision of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. The Eólica series is a family of vertical stone sculpt...
Carrara Marble
Renaat Ramon Postmodern Lacquered Steel Sculpture, Belgium, 1989
Located in Antwerp, BE
Designed by Belgian artist and architect Renaat Ramon, this abstract postmodern sculpture in lacquered steel was created in the 1990s as a functional yet artistic object. Its central...
Steel
Pajaros Paloma Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Pajaros Paloma Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles Dimensions: D 18 x W 6 x H 24 cm Materials: Clay bronze finish What greater symbol of freedom is there than the ac...
Bronze
Pajaros Halcón Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Pajaros Halcón Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles Dimensions: D 8 x W 6 x H 24 cm Materials: Clay bronze finish What greater symbol of freedom is there than the act...
Bronze
Pajaros Cuervo Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Pajaros Cuervo Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles Dimensions: D 15 x W 14 x H 24 cm Materials: Clay bronze finish What greater symbol of freedom is there than the a...
Bronze
Unique Ocean Flower 006 Porcelain and 18k Gold Luster Sculpture by Mina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Ocean Flower 006 Porcelain and 18k Gold Luster Sculpture by Mina Ceramics. One of a Kind. Dimensions: W 15 x D 32 x H 33 cm. Materials: Porcelain with 18k Gold Luster. About...
Gold
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American Post War design abstract art, oil painting of pink, green, orange and beige shapes in a silver frame.
Silver
Renaat Ramon Postmodern Lacquered Steel Sculpture, Belgium, 1989
Located in Antwerp, BE
Designed by Belgian architect and artist Renaat Ramon, this abstract postmodern sculpture in lacquered steel was created in the 1990s as a functional yet artistic object. Its central...
Steel
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.