$1,434 / item
Rhythm Sculpture in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
new life to what is part of my past, but a new modern and contemporary 'outfit'. So i'm back to my
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
Ceramic
$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
1950s French Modernist Crucifix in Black Lacquered Metal and Ceramic
By Georges Jouve, Peter and Denise Orlando, Roger Capron
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
figure of Christ, rendered in black and white enameled ceramic, is highly stylized, almost abstract in
Iron
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
$15,647 / 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 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 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 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
$18,243 / 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
$18,243 / 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
Postmodern German Yellow Ear Clips, 1980s, Set of 2
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Yellow Ear Clips, 1980s, Set of 2
Plastic
1990s Modernist Gilded Bronze and Marble Sculpture by Gaudio
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This stunning vintage sculpture, created in the 1990s, is a beautiful example of abstract
Marble, Bronze
Alexander Street
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in London, GB
abstract forms, mirroring the expressive intensity of his paintings. He approached printmaking with a
Screen
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
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
Ceramic
Teocalli Sculptural Monolith in Basalt Granite & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
, reinterpreted through a modern geometric language. Its stepped massing creates a dialogue between stability and
Other, Steel
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
Blown Glass
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
Black diabas sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, Switzerland circa 1985
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Polished diabase sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, made in Switzerland, circa mid-1980s. Composed of two elongated elements with rounded ends, the piece unfolds horizontally. Their arr...
Stone
Donald Laborie cubistic sculpture France 1988
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
right and holds its accordion on the left side. It’s really nicely made in an abstract way and is
Hardwood
Two-part marble sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, Switzerland 1980s
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
A unique piece : two-part marble sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, created in Switzerland in the mid-1980s. Composed of two solid rounded volumes, the piece is structured by an irregul...
Marble
Set of 2 Unique Sueño De Los Andes II, Sculptural Vessels by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Unique Sueño De Los Andes II, Sculptural Vessels by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: Left: W 11 x D 8 x H 27 cm. Right: W 24 x D 8 x H 21 cm. Materials: Low-tem...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Memorias Del Agua II Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Memorias Del Agua II Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 10.5 x H 24 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Memorias Del Agua I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Memorias Del Agua I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 13 x D 13 x H 29 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ceram...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Nocturna Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Nocturna Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 12 x D 10 x H 24 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ceramic with ope...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Sueño De Los Andes I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Sueño De Los Andes I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 13 x D 11 x H 35 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware cera...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Desde La Tierra III Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Desde La Tierra III Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 18.5 x D 13.5 x H 19 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware c...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Desde La Tierra II Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Desde La Tierra II Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 11.5 x D 11.5 x H 28 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ce...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Desde La Tierra I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Desde La Tierra I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 15 x D 11 x H 29 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ceramic...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Set of 3 Unique Vasijas Para Sembrar Agua, Red Vessels by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Unique Vasijas Para Sembrar Agua, Red Vessels by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: Left: W 7 x D 7 x H 13 cm. Center: W 14 x D 9 x H 19.5 cm. Right: W 20 x D 13 x...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Set of 3 Unique Vasijas Para Sembrar Agua, Black Vessels by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Unique Vasijas Para Sembrar Agua, Black Vessels by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: Left: W 16 x D 10 x H 20 cm. Center: W 6.5 x D 7 x H 10 cm. Right: W 19 x D 1...
Ceramic, Earthenware
In Tangier
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in London, GB
British painter associated with the contemporary art movement of abstract expressionism. Born in London
Screen
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
$82,150 / item
Espirae Sculpture in Basalt & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Espirae Sculpture in Basalt & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 600 x W 200 x H 250 cm. Materials: Steel and basalt. Available in different finishes and material op...
Steel, Other
Pisces Crackle Glaze Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips
Located in Geneve, CH
playfully manipulates negative space in and around each piece, making forms that are abstract and jaunty
Ceramic
Pisces White Tall Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips
Located in Geneve, CH
playfully manipulates negative space in and around each piece, making forms that are abstract and jaunty
Ceramic
2000s Postmodern Red and Clear Murano Glass Sculpture for Dior Home
Located in Aci Castello, IT
, making it an ideal centerpiece for a modern interior. The underside of the clear base retains its
Murano Glass
Large pink sandstone sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, Switzerland 1980s
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Pink sandstone sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, made in Switzerland in the mid-1980s. The piece develops a compact volume structured by carved recesses and a central incision, introdu...
Sandstone
Vintage Original Studio Pottery Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This monumental studio pottery sculpture by artist KT Blacklock, dated 1978, is a vibrant and commanding example of late-century Postmodern expressionism. The piece features a dynami...
Pottery
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
Steel
Organic pink sandstone sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, Switzerland 1980s
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Sandstone sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, made in Switzerland in the mid-1980s. Developed horizontally, the piece is structured around an elongated volume with softened contours, cr...
Sandstone
Aerated concrete sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, Switzerland 1980s
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Aerated concrete sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, made in Switzerland in the mid-1980s. Composed of a monolithic volume carved with recesses and sharp edges, the piece introduces a mo...
Concrete
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
Steel
Pyrus Rock Pyramid Installation in Basalt & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
. Please contact us. In this modern human world… aren’t we living in a collective amnesia by forgetting
Stainless Steel, Other
PF01 Handmade Sculptural Bust On Wood Plinth by Object Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
PF01 Handmade Sculptural Bust On Wood Plinth by Object Atelier One Of a Kind. Dimensions: D 20 x 20 x H 42 cm (Dimensions may vary). Materials: Natural fibers, aggregates, pigments, ...
Natural Fiber, Wood
PF02 Handmade Sculptural Bust On Wood Plinth by Object Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
PF02 Handmade Sculptural Bust On Wood Plinth by Object Atelier One Of a Kind. Dimensions: D 20 x 20 x H 53.5 cm (Dimensions may vary). Materials: Natural fibers, aggregates, pigments...
Natural Fiber, Wood
PF03 Handmade Sculptural Bust On Wood Plinth by Object Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
PF03 Handmade Sculptural Bust On Wood Plinth by Object Atelier One Of a Kind. Dimensions: D 20 x 20 x H 42 cm (Dimensions may vary). Materials: Natural fibers, aggregates, pigments, ...
Natural Fiber, Wood
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.