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Vintage Boho 90s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Vintage Boho 90s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Wall Sculpture

Vintage Boho 90s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Wall Sculpture

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

the distinctive abstract geometric style of the 1990s. This dynamic piece features an intriguing

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1990s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

1980 Italy Kinetic Wooden Abstract  Sculpture by Bruno Chersicla
1980 Italy Kinetic Wooden Abstract  Sculpture by Bruno Chersicla

1980 Italy Kinetic Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Bruno Chersicla

Located in Brescia, IT

known Italian artist Bruno Chersicla. This is a kinetic abstract sculpture, most of the artworks of

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Bruno Chersicla Ruota Wheel
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Bruno Chersicla Ruota Wheel

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Bruno Chersicla Ruota Wheel

Located in Brescia, IT

of the artist and the Editor who made the artwork. This is a cinetic abstract sculpture, most of the

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Bruno Chersicla  Colomba Dove
1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Bruno Chersicla  Colomba Dove

1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Bruno Chersicla Colomba Dove

Located in Brescia, IT

artist and the Editor who made the artwork. This is a kinetic abstract sculpture, most of the artworks

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1980  Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Romeo
1980  Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Romeo

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Romeo

Located in Brescia, IT

This artwork was created by the Italian artist Ottorino Tonelli. Title "Romeo" . Ottorino Tonelli was born in 1948 in Carrara, where he lives and works. After having completed his st...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze, Aluminum

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Jiro Sugawara Orizzonte Maschile
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Jiro Sugawara Orizzonte Maschile

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Jiro Sugawara Orizzonte Maschile

By Jiro Sugawara

Located in Brescia, IT

a post-war artist and he was born in Japon in 1941. He studied sculpture at the Tokyo Department of

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Jiro Sugawara Orizzonte Femminile
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Jiro Sugawara Orizzonte Femminile

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Jiro Sugawara Orizzonte Femminile

By Jiro Sugawara

Located in Brescia, IT

is a post-war artist and he was born in Japon in 1941. He studied sculpture at the Tokyo Department

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1998 Italy Postmodern Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Roberto Vecchione
1998 Italy Postmodern Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Roberto Vecchione

1998 Italy Postmodern Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Roberto Vecchione

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,...

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1990s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Brass, Iron

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Furio Giovannacci Indianapolis
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Furio Giovannacci Indianapolis

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Furio Giovannacci Indianapolis

Located in Brescia, IT

This intense and engaging abstract sculpture was create in 1980 by the Italian artist Furio

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1970 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Eli Riva Sun Moon
1970 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Eli Riva Sun Moon

1970 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Eli Riva Sun Moon

Located in Brescia, IT

This intense abstract bronze sculpture was created by the Italian artist Eli Riva in the Late 20th

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Post-modern Hard Edge Abstract Paintiing in Brass Frame
Post-modern Hard Edge Abstract Paintiing in Brass Frame

Post-modern Hard Edge Abstract Paintiing in Brass Frame

Located in Miami, FL

Post-modern Hard Edge Abstract Painting in Brass Frame Offered for sale is a post-modern hard edge

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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Paintings

Materials

Brass

1970 Italy Aluminun Abstract Sculpture Eugenio Miccini Ex Libris
1970 Italy Aluminun Abstract Sculpture Eugenio Miccini Ex Libris

1970 Italy Aluminun Abstract Sculpture Eugenio Miccini Ex Libris

Located in Brescia, IT

Amsterdam His artworks are present in many public Collections as Venice Biennale, Museum of Modern Art in

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Aluminum

Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tavole Panels
Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tavole Panels

Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tavole Panels

By Walter Valentini

Located in Brescia, IT

Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in...

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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1970s Brass Abstract Joystick Table Sculpture Tamper Hammer like Aubock
1970s Brass Abstract Joystick Table Sculpture Tamper Hammer like Aubock

1970s Brass Abstract Joystick Table Sculpture Tamper Hammer like Aubock

By Arnaldo Pomodoro, Joannis Avramidis

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Joystick Sculpture, Cast Brass, Slightly Rounded Bottom. No signature. Weight is approx. 11 oz.

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Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Brass

Large Postmodern Abstract Freeform Lucite / Acrylic Table Sculpture Signed
Large Postmodern Abstract Freeform Lucite / Acrylic Table Sculpture Signed

Large Postmodern Abstract Freeform Lucite / Acrylic Table Sculpture Signed

Located in Philadelphia, PA

sculpture features two abstract forms on a thick base. Large substantial piece. Signed Vincent. Edition 1 of

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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Acrylic, Lucite

Murano Glass Abstract Head Sculpture by Maestro Fabio Tagliapietra, 21th Century
Murano Glass Abstract Head Sculpture by Maestro Fabio Tagliapietra, 21th Century

Murano Glass Abstract Head Sculpture by Maestro Fabio Tagliapietra, 21th Century

By Fabio Tagliapietra

Located in NICE, FR

This Murano glass sculpture is a signed work by Fabio Tagliapietra, one of the most distinctive contemporary Murano glass artists. The sculpture represents a stylized human head divi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Murano Glass

1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Mirella Forlivesi Stupore
1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Mirella Forlivesi Stupore

1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Mirella Forlivesi Stupore

Located in Brescia, IT

This intense artwork was created by the Italian artist Mirella Forlivesi. Title "Stupore" traslated in "Astonishment". The piece is a multiple of 1,000 specimen numbered and signed...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1986 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Girasole Sunflower
1986 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Girasole Sunflower

1986 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Girasole Sunflower

Located in Brescia, IT

This is an engaging bronze sculpture created by the Italian artist Patrizia Guerresi, in 1986. The piece is a multiple of 1000 specimens on a green-painted wooden base. The title is ...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Simbiosi
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Simbiosi

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Simbiosi

By Urano Palma

Located in Brescia, IT

Urano Palma is an Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He specially worked to the sculptured furniture, inventing a casting te...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1986 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Afrodite Aphrodite
1986 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Afrodite Aphrodite

1986 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Afrodite Aphrodite

Located in Brescia, IT

This is an engaging bronze sculpture create by the Italian artist Patrizia Guerresi, in the 1986. The piece is a multiple of 5000 specimen on a green painted wooden base. The title o...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Italy 1985 Abstract Sculpture Solid Brass by Eli Riva
Italy 1985 Abstract Sculpture Solid Brass by Eli Riva

Italy 1985 Abstract Sculpture Solid Brass by Eli Riva

Located in Brescia, IT

This is an original and ironic artwork of the Italian artist Eli Riva, a master of sculptural technique. The binoculars, the artwork title, it is a prototype, a single piece. With ce...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Pietro Perin Figura Figure
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Pietro Perin Figura Figure

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Pietro Perin Figura Figure

Located in Brescia, IT

This artwork was created by the Italian artist Piero Perin. Piero Perin was born in 1924, in Cervarese, near Padua Italy. He lived and worked in Padova where he teached at the School...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1989 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Concetto Pozzati in Posa
1989 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Concetto Pozzati in Posa

1989 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Concetto Pozzati in Posa

By Concetto Pozzati

Located in Brescia, IT

This is a joyful bronze sculpture multiple art work signed by the well known Italian artist Concetto Pozzati. Title "In posa" This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 piece...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Piero Perin Testa Head
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Piero Perin Testa Head

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Piero Perin Testa Head

Located in Brescia, IT

This artwork was created by the Italian artist Piero Perin. Piero Perin was born in 1924, in Cervarese, near Padua Italy. He lived and worked in Padova where he teached at the School...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1985 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Annie Lambert Vento  Wind
1985 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Annie Lambert Vento  Wind

1985 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Annie Lambert Vento Wind

Located in Brescia, IT

This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Annie Lambert, a talented young artist of years 80' in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 pieces; ...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tracce Tracks
Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tracce Tracks

Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tracce Tracks

By Walter Valentini

Located in Brescia, IT

Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Kiyomi Iwata (b.1941) 'Gauze Box' Abstract Sculpture C. 1990s
Kiyomi Iwata (b.1941) 'Gauze Box' Abstract Sculpture C. 1990s

Kiyomi Iwata (b.1941) 'Gauze Box' Abstract Sculpture C. 1990s

Located in Norwalk, CT

Presenting "Gauze Box," an intriguing and meticulously crafted abstract sculpture by the acclaimed

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Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Textile, Silk

1978 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Fanna Roncoroni Labirinto Labyrinth
1978 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Fanna Roncoroni Labirinto Labyrinth

1978 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Fanna Roncoroni Labirinto Labyrinth

Located in Brescia, IT

This engaging artwork was created in 1978 by the Italian artist Fanna Roncoroni. It is a multiple of 1000 pieces numbered and signed by the author. The title is "Labirinto", translat...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Giulietta Juliet
1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Giulietta Juliet

1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Giulietta Juliet

Located in Brescia, IT

This artwork was created by the Italian artist Ottorino Tonelli. Ottorino Tonelli was born in 1948 in Carrara, where he lives and works. After having completed his studies at the Flo...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze, Aluminum

1985 Italy Iron Abstract Sculpture by Alex Corno Confini Borders
1985 Italy Iron Abstract Sculpture by Alex Corno Confini Borders

1985 Italy Iron Abstract Sculpture by Alex Corno Confini Borders

Located in Brescia, IT

This intense and engaging abstract sculpture of art brutalist was create in 1980 by the Italian

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Iron

Gail Folwell Abstract Bronze Sculpture, Signed, Numbered, "Synaptic Gap"
Gail Folwell Abstract Bronze Sculpture, Signed, Numbered, "Synaptic Gap"

Gail Folwell Abstract Bronze Sculpture, Signed, Numbered, "Synaptic Gap"

By Gail Folwell

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Great abstraction sculpture for the well known Colorado artist Gail Folwell, all measures are including marble base. This Piece is numbered 4/9 and signed.Title Synaptic Gap

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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Lino Tagliapietra for Effetre Edition abstract large  Murano  glass charger .
Lino Tagliapietra for Effetre Edition abstract large  Murano  glass charger .

Lino Tagliapietra for Effetre Edition abstract large Murano glass charger .

By Lino Tagliapietra, Effetre International Company

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Large charger by the well known artist/designer Lino Tagliapietra , signed and dated 1985. base is 10 inches diameter and high with base is 22.6 inches.

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Art Glass

Post Modern "Sunhooks" Abstract Wool Tapestry Wall Art
Post Modern "Sunhooks" Abstract Wool Tapestry Wall Art

Post Modern "Sunhooks" Abstract Wool Tapestry Wall Art

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Post Modern "Sunhooks" Abstract Wool Tapestry Wall Art

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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Tapestries

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Wool

1985 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Edmondo  Cirillo  Front Opus
1985 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Edmondo  Cirillo  Front Opus

1985 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo Front Opus

Located in Brescia, IT

This engagind and intense artwork was create in 1985 by the Italian artist Edmondo Cirillo. It was forged in bronze and then silver plated. The title of this piece is "Stele frontal...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Ceramic Postmodern Geometric Abstract Sculpture 2 Piece by Lee Hun Chung 1990
Ceramic Postmodern Geometric Abstract Sculpture 2 Piece by Lee Hun Chung 1990

Ceramic Postmodern Geometric Abstract Sculpture 2 Piece by Lee Hun Chung 1990

By Lee Hun Chung

Located in San Diego, CA

Ceramic charcoal geometric Abstract sculpture by Hun-Chung Lee, Korea, signed and dated 1990. Very

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20th Century American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

1970 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Cristiana Isoleri Reperto Fragment
1970 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Cristiana Isoleri Reperto Fragment

1970 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Cristiana Isoleri Reperto Fragment

Located in Brescia, IT

This engaging bronze artwork was created by the Italian artist Cristiana Isoleri. This is a multiple of 1.000 specimens, numbered and signed. The title is "Reperto" translated in "Fr...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Miguel Berrocal Sculpture/Abstract, Torso " with Stand, Choker Necklace Art
Miguel Berrocal Sculpture/Abstract, Torso " with Stand, Choker Necklace Art

Miguel Berrocal Sculpture/Abstract, Torso " with Stand, Choker Necklace Art

By Miguel Berrocal

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Beautiful mounted sculpture from the Puzzle Spanish master Miguel Berrocal, This work is signed in front and numbered 809/1000.

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Vintage 1980s Spanish Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Città del sole
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Città del sole

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Città del sole

By Walter Valentini

Located in Brescia, IT

Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

1986 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Donnasole Sun Woman
1986 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Donnasole Sun Woman

1986 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Donnasole Sun Woman

Located in Brescia, IT

This is an engaging bronze sculpture create by the Italian artist Patrizia Guerresi, in the 1986. The piece is a multiple of 1000 specimen on a green painted wooden base. The title o...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Piero Perin Testina Little Head
Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Piero Perin Testina Little Head

Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Piero Perin Testina Little Head

Located in Brescia, IT

This artwork was created by the Italian artist Piero Perin. Piero Perin was born in 1924, in Cervarese , near Padua Italy. He lived and worked in Padova where he teached at the Scho...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Postmodern Abstract Welded Steel and Enameled Sculpture, circa 1980s
Postmodern Abstract Welded Steel and Enameled Sculpture, circa 1980s

Postmodern Abstract Welded Steel and Enameled Sculpture, circa 1980s

By Ettore Sottsass

Located in Peabody, MA

Postmodern welded steel and enameled sculpture in the manner of the Memphis School designs of the 1980s.

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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Balance is Possible, Blue and White, Handmade Cyanotype, Organic Modern on Paper
Balance is Possible, Blue and White, Handmade Cyanotype, Organic Modern on Paper

Balance is Possible, Blue and White, Handmade Cyanotype, Organic Modern on Paper

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This one-of-a-kind cyanotype monotype layers soft, sinuous bands of blue to create a serene, wave-like field of motion. The artist shapes light-sensitive chemistry directly on waterc...

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2010s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

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Paper, Lithograph, Monotype

Abstract Italian post modern painting, signature unknown
Abstract Italian post modern painting, signature unknown

Abstract Italian post modern painting, signature unknown

Located in Milano, IT

Be captivated by the evocative power of this postmodern Italian abstract painting, made in the

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Blue and White, Mid-Century Modern Shapes, Organic Floating Forms Cyanotype 2025
Blue and White, Mid-Century Modern Shapes, Organic Floating Forms Cyanotype 2025

Blue and White, Mid-Century Modern Shapes, Organic Floating Forms Cyanotype 2025

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

Mid-Century Shapes X is a captivating cyanotype monotype that draws on the visual language of mid-century abstraction. Featuring fluid, interlocking forms rendered in rich Prussian b...

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2010s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

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Paper, Lithograph, Monotype

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Luciana Matalon Gente E Dune
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Luciana Matalon Gente E Dune

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Luciana Matalon Gente E Dune

Located in Brescia, IT

This engaging bronze abstract sculpture was created by the Italian artist Luciana Matalon in 1980

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

“Abstract in Black and White”
“Abstract in Black and White”

“Abstract in Black and White”

By Lloyd Raymond Ney

Located in Southampton, NY

early 1940s, Lloyd Ney was commissioned to paint a mural for the New London, Ohio, post office. The

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1960s Post-Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Play With Me: Abstract Interactive Ceramic Sculpture by Helena Starcevic
Play With Me: Abstract Interactive Ceramic Sculpture by Helena Starcevic

Play With Me: Abstract Interactive Ceramic Sculpture by Helena Starcevic

By Helena Starcevic Ceramics

Located in New York, NY

This series was conceived as a way for the Collector to really interact with a work of art. Titled "Play With Me, No Really" it refutes the idea that "Art" must sit alone on a pedes...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Stoneware

1985 Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Sedia The Chairs
1985 Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Sedia The Chairs

1985 Wooden Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Sedia The Chairs

By Urano Palma

Located in Brescia, IT

This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

1985 Italy Terracotta Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Terracotta Throne
1985 Italy Terracotta Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Terracotta Throne

1985 Italy Terracotta Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Terracotta Throne

By Urano Palma

Located in Brescia, IT

This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Terracotta

Contemporary Italian Hand-Made Customizable Aluminium Geometric Modern Sculpture
Contemporary Italian Hand-Made Customizable Aluminium Geometric Modern Sculpture

Contemporary Italian Hand-Made Customizable Aluminium Geometric Modern Sculpture

By Fp Art, Cosulich Interiors & Antiques

Located in New York, NY

. This post-modern design defies gravity with its interlocking open rectangles in different sizes. Raised

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2010s European Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Aluminum

Italy 1980 Ugo La Pietra Abstract Bronze Sculpture Four Dance Steps
Italy 1980 Ugo La Pietra Abstract Bronze Sculpture Four Dance Steps

Italy 1980 Ugo La Pietra Abstract Bronze Sculpture Four Dance Steps

By Ugo La Pietra

Located in Brescia, IT

This is a unique piece (n.6 of eight realized) of this charming artwork in bronze by Ugo La Pietra. The ironic title is part of the artist philosophy. La Pietra is a genial architect...

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal post modern abstract for your home. Frequently made of metal, ceramic and stone, every post modern abstract was constructed with great care. There are 1022 variations of the antique or vintage post modern abstract you’re looking for, while we also have 758 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer post modern abstract, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A post modern abstract, designed in the modern, mid-century modern or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one post modern abstract that is appealing in its simplicity, but Tom von Kaenel, Berber Tribes of Morocco and Curtis Jeré produced versions that are worth a look.

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The average selling price for a post modern abstract at 1stDibs is $2,419, while they’re typically $0 on the low end and $2,750,000 for the highest priced.

A Close Look at Post-modern Furniture

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

  • Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
  • A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
  • Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
  • Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
  • Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980) 
  • Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
  • Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
  • Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood 
  • Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
  • Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art

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 Mendinia 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.