$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
“Abstract Face”
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a well executed original watercolor and gouache abstract on archival paper by the New Hope, Pennsylvania artist, Lloyd Ney. Ney was considered to be a...
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Tristan Govignon "Cyclone" Abstract Bronze Sculpture
By Tristan Govignon
Located in Queens, NY
"Cyclone" one of a kind bronze, Tristan Govignon
Bronze
Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Vanni Viviani Monumentalmente Vostro
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Vanni Viviani, a well known artist of years 80' in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1000 pieces; we ca...
Bronze
Vintage Postmodern Geometric Abstract Steel Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An incredible vintage Boho steel sculpture. A chic Abstract Expressionist piece with a playful geometric design. Freshly powder coated an Hermes orange. Acquired from a Palm Beach es...
Steel
“Untitled Abstract”
By Edward Darrell Crisp
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a original and vibrant watercolor on archival paper by the California artist, Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed in pencil D. Crisp in lower right margin a...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Steel Iron Altar Abstract Sculpture by Splady Art Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Steel Iron Altar Abstract Sculpture by Splady Art Studios Design by Charles Splady Dimensions: W 46 x D 38 x H 208 cm. Materials: Steel. Iron Altar is a free-standing abstract sculp...
Steel
Justin Beal aluminum Cantaloupes abstract sculpture .
By Justin Beal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very interesting sculpture of the imagination of a contemporary great artist Justin Beal. This series of Melons,Cucombers, Cantaloupes is exceptional .
Aluminum
$2,319Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Wood Sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri
Located in Milano, IT
This sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri, created in the 1990s, speaks with the strength of the material and the delicacy of form. Crafted from wood, its surface resembles a mosaic of interw...
Metal
$570
Curved Mirrors, Vertical Monotype Cyanotoype, Deep Blue & White Abstract Shapes
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, draws inspiration from mid-century modern shapes to explore themes of balance and duality. Abstract forms echo harmony an...
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype
1998 Italy Postmodern Abstract Bronze Sculpture
By Roberto Vecchione 1
Located in Brescia, IT
Roberto Vecchione is an Italian artist that explore the world between the empty and full, the yes and no with a conceptual language called "New Baroque". He worked mainly in Milano,...
Brass, Iron
$735Sale Price|30% Off
Abstract Multi-Color Wood Table Sculpture, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract postmodern table sculpture circa 1980s by unknown artist.
Wood
Italy 1985 Postmodern Abstract Bronze Sculpture
By Edoardo Franceschini 1
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork by the Italian artist Edoardo Franceschini becomes a landscape where the use of bright colors, it evoques the worlds of our dreams. All his production is characterized b...
Bronze
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Delicate Abstract Lithograph in Pale Blues and Greys
By Will Peterson
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate Abstract Lithograph in Pale Blues and Greys by American Beat artist Will Peterson (1928-1994.) This lithograph features a soft warm grey background overlayed with light blu...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
American Designer, Abstract Sculpture, Ceramic, USA, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
An abstract ceramic sculpture, designed and produced in the US, c. 1970s.
Ceramic
Rare Postmodern Resin Abstract Sculpture Signed With OM Symbol
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in San Diego, CA
Abstract thick lucite resin sculpture circa 1990's depicting OM yoga symbol, nice colors and very unique also signed in the lower back as shown , has a small hole in the bottom for f...
Resin
$550
the Glass House, Blue Tones Abstract Shapes, Unique Monotype Cyanotype on Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, draws inspiration from mid-century modern shapes to explore themes of balance and duality. Abstract forms echo harmony an...
Paper, Monotype
Steel Easel of Enlightenment Abstract Sculpture by Splady Art Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Steel Easel of Enlightenment Abstract Sculpture by Splady Art Studios Design by Charles Splady Dimensions: W 46 x D 61 x H 190.5 cm. Materials: Steel. Easel of Enlightenment is a fr...
Steel
Italian Abstract Expressionist Ceramic Sculpture by Enrico Stropparo, 1980s
By Alessio Tasca
Located in Roma, IT
We are pleased to present this ceramic sculptural opera by Italian artist Enrico Stropparo, created between the 1980s and 1990s and strongly influenced by Abstract Expressionism. We ...
Clay, Earthenware
Tristan Govignon "Lotus VII" Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
Tristan Govignon, "Lotus VII" Cast bronze on a marble base
Marble, Bronze
$550
Blue Blurry Dream, Blue Tones Abstract Shapes, Unique Monotype Cyanotype, Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, draws inspiration from mid-century modern shapes to explore themes of balance and duality. Abstract forms echo harmony an...
Paper, Monotype
$570
Mid-Century Shapes, White and Blue Abstract Shapes, Handmade Cyanotype Monotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, draws inspiration from mid-century modern shapes to explore themes of balance and duality. Abstract forms echo harmony an...
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype
$570
Grand Canyon River, Organic Minimalism, Soft Blue Cyanotype, Abstract Landscape
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique cyanotype monotype transforms organic, river-like forms into a serene field of flowing blues. Soft, undulating shapes echo water, canyon horizons, and desert calm, giving...
Paper, Lithograph, Monotype
$2,699Sale Price|33% Off
Abstract aluminum Sculpture artwork by Lino Tiné
By Lino Tine
Located in Milano, IT
Here is an uncommon artwork by a lesser known Italian artist named Lino Tiné. Crafted from three sheets of steel, each decorated with a different pattern, it has a nice materic appea...
Steel
Contemporary Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Bertrand Créach
By Bertrand Créac'h
Located in London, GB
" Famille I " Bronze sculpture by Bertrand Creach, 2021. Limited edition 1/8, hand-crafted adorned in a black patina. ______ Dimension: H 35 x 15.5 x 7 cm ______ The bronze sculptur...
Bronze
Late 20th Century Vintage Boho Abstract Kinetic Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unleash a dynamic focal point into your curated space with this captivating Vintage Boho Abstract Kinetic Sculpture. This monumental piece of modern art boasts an intricate compositi...
Metal
Michael Morris (1942-2022) "Nuclear Problems" Abstract Sculpture 2017
Located in Norwalk, CT
This evocative abstract sculpture was created by British-born Canadian artist Michael Morris. Known for his abstract sculptures and installations throughout the mid-20th century, Mor...
PVC, Wood
Italy 1998 the Skyscrapers Brass Abstract Sculpture
By Roberto Vecchione 1
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an artwork of Roberto Vecchione, an Italian artist friend of Giovanni Campus and Bruno Munari. Its work is a form of ‘mind architecture’ and this two pieces are representativ...
Brass
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Modern Steel and Brass Object
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
Modern steel and brass sculptural object by Erik Johnson of APD. 1 of 1 Stamped APD 00039 Letter of Authenticity included with the piece. Dimensions: 4 7/8" W x 9 1/4" D...
Steel, Brass
Detail of a Dream Device Abstract Sculpture by Splady Art Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Detail of a Dream Device Abstract Sculpture by Splady Art Studios Design by Charles Splady Dimensions: W 37 x D 41 x H 309 cm. Materials: Steel. 'Detail of a Dream Device' is a free...
Steel
Abstract Pink Alabaster Sculpture by Karen Chera
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Pink Alabaster Sculpture by Karen Chera, signed and dated '88. on its original metal base.
Alabaster
Wet Mirrors, Vertical Monotype Cyanotoype, Deep Blue & White Abstract Shapes
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, draws inspiration from mid-century modern shapes to explore themes of balance and duality. Abstract forms echo harmony an...
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype
Arnaldo Pomodoro Attributed Abstract Bronze Sculpture of Disc
By Arnaldo Pomodoro
Located in New York, NY
Abstract sculpture attributed to Arnaldo Pomodoro (1926- ), depicting a fractured disc or wheel, 21 by 19 by 12.5 inches, in bronze with warm brown patina and sphere in polished bron...
Bronze
1969 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Andrea Picini Bintou
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an intense bronze abstract sculpture and it was created by the Italian artist Andrea Picini. This artwork is a multiple of 70 specimen and this is numbered 69/70. It is signe...
Bronze
1980 Italy Bruno Chersicla Abstract Bronze Sculpture Vite
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 500 realized in 1980 by the well known Italian artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by t...
Bronze
Contemporary Abstract Stoneware Sculptures by Valéry Maillot
By La Borne Potters
Located in London, GB
Contemporary abstract stoneware sculptures by Valéry Maillot, 2015. Uniques Pieces, La Borne, France. _______ Dimensions : (1) H 80 cm – (2) (3) H 112 cm – (4) H 123 cm _______ ...
Ceramic, Stoneware
1975 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Roberto Vecchione Scultura Spezzata
By Roberto Vecchione 1
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense and engaging abstract bronze sculpture was created by the Italian artist Roberto vecchione. The title " Scultura Spezzata" translated in "Broken Sculpture" is a multiple...
Bronze
$650
Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern, Modernist Subject: Abstract Medium: Print, Aquatint with metal foil Hand signed dated 1988, limited edition Surface: Paper Country: Italy Dimensions: 26" x 20" approxi...
Aquatint
$650
Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern, Modernist Subject: Abstract Medium: Print, Aquatint with metal foil Hand signed dated 1988, limited edition Surface: Paper Country: Italy Dimensions: 26" x 20" approxi...
Aquatint
$650
Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern, Modernist Subject: Abstract Medium: Print, Aquatint Hand signed dated 1988, limited edition Surface: Paper Country: Italy Dimensions: 26" x 20" approximately Eugenio ...
Aquatint
$650
Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern, Modernist Subject: Abstract Medium: Print, Aquatint Hand signed dated 1988, limited edition Surface: Paper Country: Italy Dimensions: 26" x 20" approximately Eugenio ...
Aquatint
$650
Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
By Eugenio Carmi
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern, Modernist Subject: Abstract Medium: Print, Aquatint Hand signed dated 1988, limited edition Surface: Paper Country: Italy Dimensions: 26" x 20" approximately Eugenio ...
Aquatint
Contemporary Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Bertrand Créach
By Bertrand Créac'h
Located in London, GB
" Famille I " Bronze sculpture by Bertrand Creach, 2021. Limited edition 1/8, hand-carved and black patina finition. ______ Dimension: H 35 x 15.5 x 7 cm ______ This sculpture is...
Bronze
$700Sale Price|20% Off
Contemporary Solid Black and White Abstract Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Hand carved and polished sculpture, in a black and white blend combination unsigned, circa 1990s.
Marble
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Modern bronze on brass sculptural object
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
The Chameleon: a modern bronze-on-brass sculptural object by Erik Johnson of Argosy Designs and APD. The Chameleon is a magical and transformative piece that takes on the colors and ...
Brass, Bronze
Brad Howe "Ventoso" Stainless Steel Abstract Sculpture
By Brad Howe 1
Located in Mexico City, MX
A stainless steel abstract sculpture by American artist Brad Howe titled "Ventoso". The sculpture is made by 2 brushed metal section and a third lacquered one. Hand signed on the low...
Stainless Steel
Ion Tamaian Postmodern Orange Blown Art Glass 20" Large Abstract Face Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Ion Tamaian Postmodern Orange Blown Art Glass 20" Large Abstract Face Sculpture, Sign...
Glass
Abstract Marble Sculpture 360-degree rotation by Jean-Frédéric Bourdier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Abstract marble sculpture with a 360-degree rotation mechanism, created by French artist Jean-Frédéric Bourdier. Base of Estremoz marble.
Marble
Italy 1980 Abstract Sculpture by Nevio De Luca
Located in Brescia, IT
This Italian artist follow his soul and imagines the scenes story telling the life. This is the cinema story, a dreaming bronze in which we can find a movie. Only one piece, bronze o...
Brass, Bronze
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Kinetic Sculpture Bruno Chersicla Playwork
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 1000 realized in 1980 by the well known Italian artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by...
Bronze
Tall SIGNED French Abstract Ceramic Sculpture in Two Pieces
Located in North Miami, FL
This is a fantastic large scale hand made ceramic sculpture SIGNED to interior top piece (SEE all detail images and video). This ethereal bird-like figure has wonderful coloring and...
Ceramic
Betty Gold Abstract Geometric Metal Sculpture Signed and Numbered
By Betty Gold 1
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Stunning geometric metal and red paint sculpture by the well-known American artist Betty Gold. This work is an edition, signed and marked 23/50. Similar work, large size, as shown in...
Metal
Arthur M. Bernhang Gray Marble Abstract Sculpture, Chrome Base, 1985
Located in Astoria, NY
Arthur M. Bernhang (American, XX) Gray Marble Sculpture, 1985, the abstract form atop two chrome supports affixed to hardstone base signed and dated. Overall: 16.75" H x 23.5" W x 8....
Marble
Monumental Carved Wood Abstract Bird Sculpture, American Studio Craft 1980s
Located in Troy, MI
Large architectural hand carved wooden bird sculpture in solid oak USA circa 1980s Contrasting geometric and organic elements of angular faceted planes and chiseled textural detail...
Wood
Vintage Boho 90s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Make a bold artistic statement with this captivating vintage mixed media wall sculpture, embodying the distinctive abstract geometric style of the 1990s. This dynamic piece features ...
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$2,175 / set
Modern Steel and Aluminum Sculptural Bookends
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
The Mountains: modern steel and aluminum sculptural bookends by Erik Johnson of APD. Solid steel plates and burnished aluminum are combined to form these bold statement pieces. 1 ...
Aluminum, Steel
1980 Italy Kinetic Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Bruno Chersicla
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is one of a kind piece, no other one exists and it was realized in 1980 by the well known Italian artist Bruno Chersicla. This is a kinetic abstract sculpture, most o...
Wood
Jean-Christophe Couradin "La ceinture d'Orion" - Abstract Bronze Sculptures Set
By Jean-Christophe Couradin
Located in New York, NY
-La ceinture d’Orion (triptych) by Jean Christophe Couradin -Manufactured by Barthelemy Foundry -Size of each piece is respectively 7 x 6 x 5 in / 6 x 6 x 5 in / 7 x 6 x 6 in -The e...
Bronze
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.