Omaggio a Giacometti Tribute to Giacometti 1970 Italy Urano Palma
By Urano Palma 1
Located in Brescia, IT
This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that he is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. ...
Bronze
“Mumbo Jumbo” Neon Pink Biomorphic Painting
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract textured biomorphic shape painted with bright pink pigment by contemporary Houston, TX artist Matthew Reeves. The work is designed to hang away from the wall and cast a shad...
Wood, Acrylic
$4,640Sale Price|20% Off
“Woman with Birds”
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
Original post modern acrylic on canvas painting of a woman with birds and a large bouquet of flowers by the well known Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov.
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,092Sale Price|20% Off
The case will remain unsolved. Veneer, acrylic, 50x50 cm
By Dzemma Skulme
Located in Riga, LV
The case will remain unsolved. Veneer, acrylic, 50x50 cm Dzemma Skulme worked in oil, acrylic and water-colors. She developed the theme of the caryatid, wherein she endeavored to re...
Acrylic
Italy 1980 Bruno Chersicla White Painted Metal Sculpture Upupa
By Bruno Chersicla
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certif...
Metal
Italy 1980 Bruno Chersicla Black Painted Metal Sculpture Upupa
By Bruno Chersicla
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certif...
Metal
1980 Italy Bronze Sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo Title Ulisse
By Edmondo Cirillo
Located in Brescia, IT
This engagind and intense artwork was created in 1980 by the Italian artist Edmondo Cirillo. It was forged in bronze and gold plated and then burnished. The title of this piece is "...
Bronze
Abstracted Phantom Figure Painting by Victor Mirabelli
Located in New York, NY
Victor Mirabelli (b. 1949) Untitled, c. 1970s Oil on canvas 63 7/8 x 53 3/4 x 1 in. Mirabelli attributes his style to his art education and execution of his early abstract oil paint...
Canvas, Oil
Wendover.2
By Joseph Ostraff
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Wendover 2" by Joseph Ostraff, oil on panel, 36 X 31 inches, $4,800. "For me, paint documents the state of things, how I feel and what is at the forefront in my thinking—maybe it’s...
Oil, Panel
'City to the Sea' signed original mixed media c2005
By Andy Gradwell
Located in Frome, Somerset
'City to The Sea' signed original mixed media painting . circa 2005. Glazed oak frame 423.5cm x62.5cm Painting 20cmx 28cm Watercolour , pastel , ink pen , inkjet print and varnish. ...
Mixed Media
$425Sale Price|56% Off
“Edge”
By Susan Wilmarth
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting by the American artist, Susan Wilmarth. Signed, titled and dated 1973 verso. Condition is excellent. Unframed. Provenance: A Long Island, New York ...
Canvas, Oil
$425Sale Price|51% Off
“Open Shell 2”
By Susan Wilmarth
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting by the American artist, Susan Wilmarth. Signed, titled and dated 1973 verso. Condition is excellent. Unframed. Provenance: A Long Island, New Yor...
Canvas, Oil
$425Sale Price|51% Off
“Open Shell”
By Susan Wilmarth
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting by the American artist, Susan Wilmarth. Signed, titled and dated 1973 verso. Condition is excellent. Unframed. Provenance: A Long Island, New Yor...
Canvas, Oil
Stupore Astonishment 1980 Italy by Mirella Forlivesi
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...
Bronze
Il volume The Book Italy 1975 by Nato Frascà
By Nato Frascà 1
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense and engaging artwork was created by the Italian artist Nato Frascà. The title is "Il Volume" translated in " The Book". This is a multiple of 50 specimens and this piec...
Wood
Bronze Sculpture by Patrizia Guerresi Melograno Pomegranate
By Patrizia Guerresi Maïmouna
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. This artwork ...
Bronze
Walter Valentini Big Tracks Tracce
By Walter Valentini 1
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...
Bronze
Original Acrylic and Pen Abstract Painting, Signed, Post-Modern, 1995
By Peter Keil
Located in Wichita, KS
Original Peter Keil in Acrylic, pen or marker - signed and dated 1995. The artwork was in a series of three and all reframed. Framed Image 32.5 x 39
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
$1,711Sale Price|20% Off
2001. paper, watercolor, 103x73 cm
By Dzemma Skulme
Located in Riga, LV
2001. paper, watercolor, 103x73 cm Dzemma Skulme worked in oil, acrylic and water-colors. She developed the theme of the caryatid, wherein she endeavored to reveal the ethical and s...
Watercolor, Paper
Italy, 1980, Riccardo Dalisi White Painted Metal Sculpture Pulcinino
By Riccardo Dalisi 1
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 completed...
Metal
Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi Black Metal Painted Sculpture Caffellatte
By Riccardo Dalisi 1
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the wellknown International artist Riccardo Dalisi. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed ...
Metal
Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi Black Painted Metal Sculpture Amanti Lovers
By Riccardo Dalisi 1
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 completed...
Metal
Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi White Painted Metal Amanti
By Riccardo Dalisi 1
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 Muccacaffè
By Riccardo Dalisi 1
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 completed...
Metal
Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi Black Painted Metal Sculpture Muccacaffè
By Riccardo Dalisi 1
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 Metal Painted Sculpture Nuvolella
By Riccardo Dalisi 1
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 completed...
Metal
Wendover.3
By Joseph Ostraff
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Wendover 3" by Joseph Ostraff, oil on panel, 36 X 31 inches, $4,800. "For me, paint documents the state of things, how I feel and what is at the forefront in my thinking—maybe it’s...
Oil, Panel
$1,250Sale Price|30% Off
“Composition Red and Gold”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting by the American artist Miriam H. Greenberg. Signed lower right. Titled “Composition Red and Gold” and dated verso, 1988. Condition is very good. Orig...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Acrylic
Post-Modern Italian Design Steel Chrome Abstract Table Lamp
Located in Brescia, IT
This Italian table lamp is designed by Edmondo Cirillo, an Italian sculptor (born 1931). Italian hand made in steel chrome finished. EU wiring 240V. USA/GB wiring on demand price...
Steel
$12,000Sale Price|40% Off
"Untitled" Lawrence Philp, Abstracted Surrealist Forms by Afro-American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Philp Untitled Oil and acrylic on canvas 75 1/2 x 79 inches Lawrence Philp, the son of Jamaican immigrants, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and was included i...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Contemporary Painting "Contagian" by Molly Dilworth, Acrylic on Canvas, 2009
By Molly Dilworth
Located in New York, NY
Molly Dilworth "Contagian". Acrylic on canvas created in 2009. Measures: 35.5" W X 60.25" H. Signed on revers "Molly Dilworth/2009". This striking painting depicts what first appe...
Canvas, Acrylic
Post Modern Metal Abstract Wall Art Sculpture Signed Curtis Jere 1991
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
Make a bold artistic statement with this original 1991 signed Curtis Jere postmodern metal wall sculpture. Featuring dramatic geometric forms, a richly textured verdigris finish, and...
Metal, Brass
No te enteras
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Oil, Handmade Paper
Nadando en...
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Oil, Handmade Paper
Del bosque la montaña
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Oil, Handmade Paper
Allá arriba
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Handmade Paper, Oil
Sin freno
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media
La ha perdido
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media
El bosque desnudo
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Paisaje sin agua
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper
$420Sale Price|20% Off
Post Modern Mixed Media Three Dimensional Abstract by Jose Luis Serrano
By José Luis Serrano
Located in San Diego, CA
Post modern mixed media three dimensional abstract by listed Mexican artist Jose Luis Serrano, circa 1982.
Paper
Shes Watching Mixed Media Painting Collage Wall Construction FIgural Abstraction
By Francie Bishop Good
Located in Surfside, FL
"She's Watching" Mixed media collage, assemblage, gestural painting on masonite. Hand Signed in ink and titled verso. It does not appear to be dated. I am estimating it is from the 1...
Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Shes Watching Mixed Media Painting Collage Wall Construction FIgural Abstraction
By Francie Bishop Good
Located in Surfside, FL
"She's Watching" Mixed media collage, assemblage, gestural painting on masonite. Hand Signed in ink and titled verso. It does not appear to be dated. I am estimating it is from the 1...
Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,600
Her Grandson, Mixed Media Painting Collage Wall Construction FIgural Abstraction
By Francie Bishop Good
Located in Surfside, FL
"Lady Looking at Brian (Her Grandson)" Mixed media collage, assemblage, gestural painting on masonite. Hand Signed in ink and titled verso. It does not appear to be dated. I am estim...
Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Jane Sangerman, Digit 53, 2016, Spray Paint, Acrylic Paint, Abstraction
By Jane Sangerman
Located in Darien, CT
Jane Sangerman lives and works in New York City. She received her BFA from the University of New Mexico and her MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has had one ...
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel
Michel Tabori Red Wood Nigh
By Michel Tabori
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Michel Tabori Red Wood Night, 2018 Oil, acrylic, resin, canvas on panel 57” x 75” $18,500
Canvas, Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting, Modern Style, Framed
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting with shades of lime green in a pine frame.
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting, Modern Style, Framed
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting with shades of pale blue in a pine frame.
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting, Modern Style, Framed
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting with shades of purple on white in a silver frame.
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting, Modern Style, Framed
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting with shades of purple on white in a silver frame.
Paint
Post-War Abstract Oil Painting in Yellow, Modern Style
Located in Queens, NY
American Post War design abstract art, oil painting of yellow color field w/ dark shapes in silver frame.
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting, Modern Style, Framed
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting with shades of pale green and blue in a pine frame.
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting, Modern Style, Framed
Located in Queens, NY
American Post War design abstract art, oil painting w/ field of color from light gray to green in silver frame.
Paint
Puerto Rican Modernist Master Figueroa Mixed Media Painting Music Notes Collage
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil pastels, acrylic, wax pencil, graphite, watercolor and collage elements on paper framed to 39.5 X 31.5. sheet measures 30 X 22 inches. (no glass) Raimundo Figueroa (American, b....
Oil Pastel, Wax Crayon, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting, Modern Style, Framed
Located in Queens, NY
American Post War design abstract art, oil painting w/ shades of color ranging from green to blue to gray in a black frame.
Paint
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Paper, Handmade Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
$2,200
Jane Sangerman, Digit 25, 2016, Spray Paint, Acrylic Paint, Panel, Found Objects
By Jane Sangerman
Located in Darien, CT
Jane Sangerman lives and works in New York City. She received her BFA from the University of New Mexico and her MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has had on...
Found Objects, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel
Post Modern Chrome & Abstract Upholstered High Back Dining Chairs - Set of 6
By Milo Baughman
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
Make a bold Post Modern statement with this striking set of six circa 1980s chrome dining chairs.
Chrome
San Francisco China Town Lanterns Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
China Town Lanterns Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, on Hahnemühle paper. Other sizes available. San Francisco
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
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.