Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi White Metal Painted Sculpture Nuvolella
By Riccardo Dalisi
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known international artist Riccardo Dalisi. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and complete...
Metal
Vintage Postmodern Signed Studio Pottery Slab Built Sculptures - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Crafted with the finesse of postmodern American artistry, this captivating set of two signed studio pottery slab-built sculptures offers a nostalgic journey into vintage aesthetics. ...
Pottery
Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi White Painted Metal Amanti
By Riccardo Dalisi
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known international artist Riccardo Dalisi. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and complete...
Metal
Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi White Painted Metal Sculpture Pulcinino
By Riccardo Dalisi
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known international artist Riccardo Dalisi. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and complete...
Metal
Hexagonal Black Basalt Columns Decorative Object by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Pyrus Rock Installation by Andres Monnier One of a Kind. Dimensions: W 300 x D 300 x H 300 cm Materials: Basalt, Stainless Steel Stone options available: Grey, black and white marble...
Stone, Stainless Steel
$14,400Sale Price|20% Off
Alberto Vargas Steel, Marble and Alabaster Sculpture
Located in Mexico City, MX
An interesting polished steel, black marble and white alabaster abstract sculpture by Mexican artist Alberto Vargas named "El Jardín Perfumado. Desnudos Abundantes y Besos Dobles" (T...
Alabaster, Marble, Steel
Chippensteel 1.0 Chair in Polished Stainless Steel 'limited Edition' by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Chippensteel 1.0 chair in Polished stainless steel 'limited Edition' by Zieta Dimensions: D 60 x W 41 x H 78 cm Material: Polished stainless steel. About A development of the limit...
Stainless Steel
Lex Hogenhout Large Artwork 'Spatial Weave / Shelter X' The Netherlands 1970s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Lex Hogenhout Large Artwork 'Spatial Weave' The Netherlands 1970s. A large and impressive 'living' artwork by Dutch artist Lex Hogenhout. Suspended and leaning, this work almost wor...
Metal
Large SIGNED Ceramic Totem by Alessandro MENDINI
By Alessandro Mendini
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Original ceramic designed by Alessandro Mendini. Italy, 2008. Glazed Totem ceramic by Alessandro Mendini for Superego edition, Milano. Named 'Dypilon', this ceramic is part of a T...
Ceramic
Shiro Kuramata Hammer House
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hammer house object by Shiro Kuramata. Never used condition in box.
Zinc
Guy Dill Wood Sculpture with Marble Base Signed and Dated
By Guy Dill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very well known Abstract artist Guy Dill. He works in monumental bronze and marble abstractions.
Wood
Torsten Treutiger (1932-2019), sculpture "PROFIL II"
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture in steel, "PROFIL II", by Swedish artist Torsten Treutiger. Signed and marked with artist information as well as the price set by the artist on the piece. Ca 1990/2000s ...
Stainless Steel
Ceramic Screen Divider/Partition Totem Sculptures by Andrée & Michel Hirlet
By Andrée & Michel Hirlet
Located in London, GB
Screen Divider/Partition Totems by Andrée & Michel Hirlet Material: Glazed ceramic Dimensions: H 210 x 150 x 11 cm Type: Limited series Year: 2023 Numbered and signed, made in Fra...
Ceramic
$9,769 / item
Meiso Floor Sculpture by WANAS
Located in Geneve, CH
Meiso Floor Sculpture by WANAS Dimensions: D 92 x W 92 x H 194 cm. Materials: Brass, metal, stainless steel, and steel. The size and finish are customisable on request. Please conta...
Metal, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
Italian Wooden XXL Sculpture by Gianni Pinna, 1981
By Gianni Pinna
Located in Weesp, NL
"Experience the beauty and craftsmanship of Gianni Pinna's stunning wooden sculpture, Documento No.7. This one-of-a-kind piece was created in Italy in 1981 by the late artist, whose ...
Hardwood, Paint
Brass Accented Crystal Tabletop Decoration by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Accented Crystal Tabletop Decoration by Dainte Dimensions: D 11.5 x W 11.5 x H 18 cm. Materials: Crystal and brass. The illustrious and luxurious crystal and brass tabletop de...
Crystal, Brass
“Ziggurat 1.“ by Russell Bamber, 2018, Turquoise, Rose and Colored Laminate
Located in London, GB
The Ziggurat series (of four) are smaller scale investigations into color, planes and form. Each Ziggurat as a unique, one-off sculpture, completely handmade and finished by Russell ...
Laminate
“Ziggurat 4” by Russell Bamber 2018, Fluorescent and Colored Laminates
By Russell Bamber
Located in London, GB
The Ziggurat series (of four) are smaller scale investigations into color, planes and form. Each Ziggurat as a unique, one-off sculpture, completely handmade and finished by Russell ...
Laminate
"Ziggurat 3" by Russell Bamber, 2018, Carrara, Alicante and Colored Laminate
By Russell Bamber
Located in London, GB
The Ziggurat series (of four) are smaller scale investigations into color, planes and form. Each Ziggurat as a unique, one-off sculpture, completely handmade and finished by Russell ...
Laminate
“Ziggurat 2" by Russell Bamber, 2018, Gold, Purple and Colored Laminates
By Russell Bamber
Located in London, GB
The Ziggurat series (of four) are smaller scale investigations into colour, planes and form. Each Ziggurat as a unique, one-off sculpture, completely handmade and finished by Russell...
Laminate
$200Sale Price|38% Off
Vintage Artist Candle Holder by Tazewell
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful artist candleholder by Tazewell. Handmade piece by artist Tazewell that combines whimsical and highly graphic details. The candleholder is crafted out of a single piece of ...
Wood, Paint
Biomorphic Malachite Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biomorphic Malachite sculpture has a polished surface and raw rock bottom. The opaque polished stone features round patterned top and a textured underside. A playful sculpture or pap...
Malachite
Brass Accented Crystal Wall Decoration by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Accented Crystal Wall Decoration by Dainte Dimensions: D 4 x W 34.5 x H 25.5 cm. Materials: Crystal and brass. An asymmetrical geometric wall decoration made of crystal and br...
Crystal, Brass
Brass Accented Crystal Tabletop Decoration by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Accented Crystal Tabletop Decoration by Dainte Dimensions: D 11.5 x W 11.5 x H 18 cm. Materials: Crystal and brass. The illustrious and luxurious crystal and brass tabletop de...
Crystal, Brass
Large 1st Generation Pleomorph 34D Sculpture by Abid Javed
Located in Geneve, CH
Large 1st Generation Pleomorph 34D Sculpture by Abid Javed Dimensions: W 30 x D 10 x 40 cm (Dimensions are variable) Materials: Ceramic stoneware. Available in multiple clay body ...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large 2nd Generation Pleomorph 30 Sculpture by Abid Javed
Located in Geneve, CH
Large 2nd Generation Pleomorph 30 sculpture by Abid Javed Dimensions: W 65 x D 10 x 50 cm (Dimensions are variable) Materials: Ceramic stoneware. Available in multiple clay body a...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$4,540 / item
Under Pressure 3 by Yuri van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under pressure 3 by Yuri van Poppel Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm One of a kind. Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours. Handmade and spray-painted by hand by SunkOne....
Ceramic, Earthenware
$4,540 / item
Under Pressure 6 by Yuri van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under Pressure 6 by Yuri van Poppel Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm One of a kind. Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours. Handmade and spray-painted by hand by SunkOne....
Ceramic, Earthenware
$4,540 / item
Under Pressure 4 by Yuri van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under pressure 4 by Yuri van Poppel Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm One of a kind. Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colors. Handmade and spray-painted by hand by SunkOne. ...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$4,540 / item
Under Pressure 11 by Yuri Van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under Pressure 11 by Yuri van Poppel. Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm. One of a kind. Material: earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours. Handmade and spray-painted by han...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$4,540 / item
Under Pressure 10 by Yuri van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under pressure 10 by Yuri van Poppel Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm One of a kind. Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours. Handmade and spray-painted by hand by SunkOne...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$4,540 / item
Under Pressure 9 by Yuri van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under pressure 8 by Yuri van Poppel Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm One of a kind. Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours. Handmade and spray-painted by hand by SunkOne....
Ceramic, Earthenware
$4,540 / item
Under Pressure 13 by Yuri Van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under Pressure 13 by Yuri Van Poppel Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm One of a kind. Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours. Handmade and spray-painted by hand by SunkOne...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$4,540 / item
Under Pressure 7 by Yuri Van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under Pressure 7 by Yuri van Poppel. Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm. One of a kind. Material: earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours. Handmade and spray-painted by hand...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$4,540 / item
Under Pressure 8 by Yuri Van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under pressure 8 by Yuri van Poppel Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm One of a kind. Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colors. Handmade and spray-painted by hand by SunkOne. ...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$108,933
72.5° Arcs x9
By Bernar Venet
Located in Paris, FR
Black patina steel sculpture 70 x 43 x 30 cm Title engraved at base of work Archive number: bv03ss10 To achieve a flawless curve, 72.5° Arcs x9 is based on the fundamental principle...
Steel, Stainless Steel
Tall Bronze Swirls and Mum Sculpture by Art Flower Maker
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall bronze swirl and mum by Art Flower Maker Unique Piece. Dimensions: Ø 58 x H 47 cm. Materials: hand painted bronzed brass. The artistic eye of The Art Flower Maker combined...
Brass, Bronze
$5,549 / item
Golden Swirls and Mum Sculpture by Art Flower Maker
Located in Geneve, CH
Golden swirls and mum by Art Flower Maker Unique Piece. Dimensions: Ø 59 x H 33 cm. Materials: 24 K gold plated brass. The artistic eye of The Art Flower Maker combined with It...
Gold Plate, Brass
$9,081 / set
Handmade Sassi Ceramics by Le Meduse
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Sassi ceramics by Le Meduse Unique pieces Dimensions: W 25, D 15, H 18 cm Materials: Glazed ceramics bicolor. Each model is unique because it is handmade, it can be re...
Other
$3,027 / item
Handmade Golden Rami Sospesi Sculpture by Le Meduse
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Red Rami Sospesi sculpture by Le Meduse Unique piece Dimensions: W 50, D 60, H 78 cm Materials: Buxus wood painted Each model is unique because it is handmade, it can ...
Other
$16,397 / item
Handmade IOS P. Structure by Le Meduse
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade IOS P. Structure by Le Meduse Unique piece Dimensions: W 75, D 60, H 60 cm Materials: Plaster Each model is unique because it is handmade, it can be reproduced in a si...
Plaster
$3,027 / item
Handmade Red Rami Sospesi Sculpture by Le Meduse
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade red Rami Sospesi sculpture by Le Meduse Unique piece Dimensions: W 50, D 60, H 78 cm Materials: Buxus wood painted Each model is unique because it is handmade, it can ...
Other
$2,270 / item
Handmade Nest Copper Sculpture by Le Meduse
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade nest steel sculpture by Le Meduse Unique piece Dimensions: W 50, D 40, H 25 cm Materials: Copper. Each model is unique because it is handmade, it can be reproduced in ...
Copper
$2,522 / item
Smoker Scent Burner by Vaust
By VAUST
Located in Geneve, CH
Smoker scent burner by Vaust Open Edition Dimensions: D 26 x H 22.5 cm Materials: exposed concrete, aluminium, carved artificial stone Also Available: Custom material selection c...
Stone, Concrete, Aluminum
$2,774 / item
Hollow Form Oak Sculpture by Vlad Droz
Located in Geneve, CH
Hollow form oak sculpture by Vlad Droz Dimensions: D 33 x H 30 cm. Materials: Oak One of a kind. Hollow Form Oak Sculpture by Vlad Droz. Greenturned, carved, textured and sandblast...
Wood, Oak
$1,248 / item
Tremella Sculpture by HS Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Tremella sculpture by HS Studio Surreal real collection Dimensions: 35 x 27 x 12cm Materials: Ceramic Hannah Simpson is a ceramic artist, based in Kent, UK. With a passion fo...
Ceramic
Framed Brass Sculpture by Sverre Høvren Johnsen, Norway, 1978
Located in Barcelona, ES
Brass sculpture made by the Norwegian sculptor and goldsmith Sverre Høvren Johnsen, (1943- ) in 1978.
Brass
Contemporary Hand-sculpted Black Steel TOTEM with Organic Stone by Lee Sisan
Located in Geneve, CH
Jangseung TOTEM by Lee Sisan Dimensions: W 36 x D 36 x H 200 cm Materials: Raw steel, natural stone Each piece is made to order and uses natural stones, so please expect some variab...
Stone, Steel
$458 / item
Steel Bottle Opener by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Darkned Brass Bottle Opener by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 14 x W 1.9 x H 1.9 cm Materials: stainless steel Strong in form and heavy in weight, the bottle openers are elegant in th...
Stainless Steel
$19,745 / item
Grid Chair by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Grid chair by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 35.5 x W 58.5 x H 91.5 cm. Materials: aluminum, silicone tubes Gentner Design Rooted in a language of sculpture, character defining d...
Aluminum
$34,927 / item
Chair with Tubes and Brass by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Chair with tubes and brass by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 42.5 x W 50 x H 63.5 cm. Materials: brass, silicone tubes A chair? made of brass and silicone tubes. Gentner Design...
Brass
$15,801 / item
Slumped Leather Bench by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Slumped leather bench by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 81 x W 28 x H 48 cm. Materials: steel, leather. Gentner Design Rooted in a language of sculpture, character defining detai...
Steel
$10,641 / item
Slumped Leather Stool by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Slumped leather stool by Gentner Design. Dimensions: D 46 x W 25.5 x H 46 cm. Materials: steel, leather. Gentner Design Rooted in a language of sculpture, character defining de...
Steel
Two Rare Signed Hand Blown Glass Sculptures by John Bingham
By John Bingham
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of two clear art glass orb sculptures by John Bingham, circa 1980. Signed (engraved) "John Bingham" the base of the rims. Dimensions listed are for the larger of the two. S...
Art Glass
$1,960Sale Price|20% Off
TREG & CANDACE Art-glass Oversized Zanfirico Filigree Hand-Blown Shell Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
An art glass sculpture of an oversized shell designed by Treg & Candace. This is a fabulous oversized art-glass sculpture of a shell that remind us of the beach. The gorgeous piece ...
Art Glass
$850 / set
Resin Lego Sculptures, 2000’s, Signed
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Pair of resin Lego sculptures with a faux-marble finish. Both signed and numbered out of an edition of 100 (28 and 31 respectively) by contemporary artist Santicri. Made in Italy.
Resin
Late Ceramic Box Sculpture by French ceramicist couple Andrée & Michel Hirlet
By Andrée & Michel Hirlet
Located in London, GB
'Boite Jaune' by Andrée & Michel Hirlet Material: Glazed stoneware Dimensions: H 42 x 46 x 35 cm Year: 2020 Type: one-of-a-kind The exploration of forms and volumes consistently de...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Christopher Schumaker Set of 2 Wood, Lead and Bronze Sculptures
Located in Mexico City, MX
A set of abstract wood, lead and bronze sculpture by Canadian artist Christopher Schumaker. One is titled "Path", signed and dated on base 1985. Dimensions: 61.5 x 27 x 9 cm....
Bronze, Lead
Contemporary Art TOTEM Clair De Lune Light Blue White N/Edit. by Ettore Sottsass
By Mirabili, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Pistoia, IT
Limited edition of 29 pieces. From Primitive clay magma, by playing with shapes, Sottsass makes the “philosophy” of a state of mind visible and concrete: as if in the musical atmosph...
Ceramic, Wood
Hand Hammered Brass Smiley Face Sculpture
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A super cool and distinctive 1980s postmodern smiley face sculpture, expertly handcrafted from hammered brass sheets brazed together to form a seamless, playful expression. This one-...
Brass
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.