Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

Cuban, 1915-2022

Born May 30, 1915, in Havana, Cuba, Carmen Herrera was educated in Havana and Paris, studying art, art history, and architecture. In 1939 she married an American, Jesse Loewenthal. She moved to New York City, where she attended classes at the Art Students League and was a frequent visitor to the Whitney Museum of American Art. From 1948 to 1953, Herrera and Loewenthal lived in Paris, where she became associated with an international group of artists, the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. Herrera exhibited her work with them regularly and developed a distilled, geometric style of abstraction, reducing her palette to three colors for each composition and then to two. Herrera's hard-edged canvases emerged when Ellsworth Kelly, whose time in France overlapped with Herrera's, began producing his abstractions around the same time that Frank Stella began producing his famous black paintings. Herrera's ascetic compositions, which prefigured the development of Minimalism by almost a decade, did not find a warm reception when she returned to New York in 1954, a time when Abstract Expressionism still reigned supreme. As both a woman and an immigrant, Herrera faced significant discrimination in the art world. Yet, she persisted and continued to paint for the next six decades, only rarely exhibiting her work publicly. Herrera worked almost every day in her studio, and her oeuvre demonstrated a disciplined but highly sophisticated exploration of color and form. As she once stated, "I believe that I will always be in awe of the straight line; its beauty is what keeps me painting." Since the late 1990s, Herrera has garnered increasing attention for her work, selling her first painting in 2004. The last significant museum presentation of Herrera's work in this country was a 2005 show at Miami Art Central, preceded only by a 1998 show of her black and white paintings at El Museo del Barrio and a 1985 show at The Alternative Museum, both in New York. Her first monographic presentation in Europe was held at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England; in 2009, she traveled to Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern, Germany. In the last decade, the Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Tate Modern have all acquired works by the artist. She died at the age of 106, in New York, in 2022.

Artist: Carmen Herrera

Carmen HerreraCarmen Herrera - Rondo (Blue and Yellow) - Contemporary Art, Artist Plate, 2021

$1,173

Carmen Herrera - Rondo (Blue and Yellow) - Contemporary Art, Artist Plate

By Carmen Herrera

Located in London, GB

Rondo (Blue and Yellow) (1965) by Carmen Herrera - Artist Plate Fine Bone China Edition of 250 Printed signature and edition details on verso comes with the original presentation box...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Element Clay Studio“Sylva” Contemporary Porcelain Wall Sculpture Trio, 2026

$3,600

H 32 in W 10 in D 4 in

“Sylva” Contemporary Porcelain Wall Sculpture Trio

By Element Clay Studio

Located in Savannah, GA

“Sylva” is a contemporary porcelain wall sculpture installation by Heather Knight, founder of Element Clay Studio, a Savannah-based studio recognized for organic modern ceramic works...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Element Clay StudioContemporary Porcelain Wall Sculpture Installation “Bloom”, 2025

$4,250

H 17 in W 28 in D 3 in

Contemporary Porcelain Wall Sculpture Installation “Bloom”

By Element Clay Studio

Located in Savannah, GA

“Bloom” is a contemporary porcelain wall sculpture installation by Heather Knight, founder of Element Clay Studio, a Savannah-based studio recognized for organic modern ceramic works...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Element Clay StudioGrove / Contemporary Porcelain Micro Tile Wall Sculpture Installation, 2026

$2,475

H 18 in W 18 in D 2.5 in

Grove / Contemporary Porcelain Micro Tile Wall Sculpture Installation

By Element Clay Studio

Located in Savannah, GA

“Grove” is a contemporary porcelain wall sculpture installation by Heather Knight, founder of Element Clay Studio (est. 2007), a Savannah-based studio recognized for organic modern c...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Laura PasquinoTotemic Black Ceramic Sculpture — Contemporary European Artist - Laura Pasquino, 2025

$19,116

H 61.42 in W 17.72 in D 17.33 in

Totemic Black Ceramic Sculpture — Contemporary European Artist - Laura Pasquino

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Created specifically for the exhibition Timeless Remnants in Knokke, "Quiet Aunt" is part of Laura Pasquino’s new totemic ceramic series. This standing sculpture, composed of stacked...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Stoneware

Laura PasquinoWhite Totemic Sculpture in Ceramic, 2025 - 'Farmer's Wife', 2025

$19,116

H 59.85 in Dm 17.72 in

White Totemic Sculpture in Ceramic, 2025 - 'Farmer's Wife'

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Created specifically for the exhibition Timeless Remnants in Knokke, "Farmer's Wife" is part of Laura Pasquino’s new totemic ceramic series. This standing sculpture, composed of stac...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze

Heather KnightContemporary Black Porcelain Dahlia Wall Sculpture

$1,950

H 11 in W 11 in D 3.5 in

Contemporary Black Porcelain Dahlia Wall Sculpture

Located in Savannah, GA

This contemporary porcelain wall sculpture by Heather Knight, founder of Element Clay Studio (est. 2007), is a large-scale work exploring botanical form through repetition, symmetry,...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Laura PasquinoWhite Ceramic Sculpture with Texture, 2025 - 'Cream bowl' - Laura Pasquino, 2025

$2,270

H 11.42 in Dm 7.49 in

White Ceramic Sculpture with Texture, 2025 - 'Cream bowl' - Laura Pasquino

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Drawing inspiration from ancient ceramic traditions, including Korean pottery and the Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic, Laura Pasquino (Grège Gallery) explores the beauty of imperfection...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Heather KnightBlack Aurelia Contemporary Porcelain Wall Sculpture Installation, 2025

$6,500

H 32 in W 18 in D 3.5 in

Black Aurelia Contemporary Porcelain Wall Sculpture Installation

Located in Savannah, GA

“Black Aurelia” is a contemporary porcelain wall sculpture installation by Heather Knight, founder of Element Clay Studio (est. 2007), a Savannah-based studio recognized for organic ...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Laura PasquinoTotemic White Ceramic Sculpture — Contemporary European Artist - Laura Pasquino, 2025

$7,178

H 25.2 in Dm 9.06 in

Totemic White Ceramic Sculpture — Contemporary European Artist - Laura Pasquino

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Created specifically for the exhibition Timeless Remnants in Knokke, "Milkmaid" is part of Laura Pasquino’s new totemic ceramic series. This standing sculpture, composed of stacked, ...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze, Stoneware

Marta CypelAMOR FATI, OR TO THE SPACE IN BETWEEN, 2025

$5,376

H 49.22 in W 15.75 in

AMOR FATI, OR TO THE SPACE IN BETWEEN

Located in PARIS, FR

H 125 x W 40 cm brass structure & 8 large ceramic beads, black and red stoneware, porcelain, sand 2025

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Sofiia HorbachevskaFigurative Abstract Ceramic Sculpture, Handmade Clay, 32x33x29 cm, 2026

$836

H 12.6 in W 13 in D 11.42 in

Figurative Abstract Ceramic Sculpture, Handmade Clay, 32x33x29 cm

Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.

This work will now be featured an the artists exhibition "From the Same Soil" in Contour Art Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania from the 12th of March to the 26th of April, 2026. Sofia Hor...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay

Laura PasquinoBlack Ceramic Sculpture with Texture, 2025 - 'Bucket', 2025

$4,306

H 16.93 in Dm 11.42 in

Black Ceramic Sculpture with Texture, 2025 - 'Bucket'

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Drawing inspiration from ancient ceramic traditions, including Korean pottery and the Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic, Laura Pasquino (Grège Gallery) explores the beauty of imperfection...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Previously Available Items

Carmen HerreraRondo (Blue and Yellow) - Contemporary Art, Artist Plate, 2021

Sold

H 10.52 in Dm 10.52 in

Rondo (Blue and Yellow) - Contemporary Art, Artist Plate

By Carmen Herrera

Located in London, GB

Rondo (Blue and Yellow) (1965) by Carmen Herrera - Artist Plate Fine Bone China Edition of 250 Printed signature and edition details on verso comes wit...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

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