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Abstract Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1960s
An abstract sculpture in sandstone circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An abstract sculpture in sandstone in the style of Le Corbusier very nice brown black patina
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1960s French Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Sandstone

Classical Bronze maiden resting on a rock, 19th century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century French patinated bronze statue of a classical young maiden leaning on a rock. Signed to the base. Batch 75 62422. YNYZ
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Late 19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Aluminum Black Locomotive Playground Toy Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This aluminum locomotive sculpture was originally a playground spring ride located throughout parks. Spring is not included. It's more sculptural and part of Americana history. We had this locomotive sand blasted and powder coated black. Locomotive measures 29" wide, 14" deep with handles and 15" high. Stamped J.E. Burke Co, Fond Du Lac...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Aluminum

Aluminum Red Locomotive Playground Toy Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This aluminum locomotive sculpture was originally a playground spring ride located throughout parks. Spring is not included. It's more sculptural and part of Americana history. We had this locomotive sand blasted and powder coated red. Locomotive measures 29" wide, 14" deep with handles and 15" high. Stamped J.E. Burke Co, Fond Du Lac...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Aluminum

Vintage Swedish Kick Sled
Located in South Salem, NY
This antique Swedish kick sled is a charming piece of history, boasting a vibrant red frame that exudes a rustic allure. A delightful touch of folk art adorns the seat with a heart-s...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Pine

Triangular Lacquered Wood Sculpture by The Vallé, Italy, 1969
Located in Milan, IT
"Numero Uno" table abstract sculpture by Thea Vallé. Triangular overlapping composition with a warm ivory patina. Dated and signed.
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1960s Italian Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

19th Century Asian Antique Tropical Wood Hand - The Pearl of Wisdom Ornament
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A single, antique Asian tropical wood hand, the pearl of wisdom ornament, in good condition. The pearl was a symbol of the most valuable treasure, wisdom...
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Late 19th Century Burmese Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Wood Abstract Sculpture in Brown Color Free Form, France, 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is in wood, in brown color. The shape in at the same time, abstract,and look like a bird. It has been made in France, circa 1960. Ref :Old patina, solid wood.
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1960s French Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Large "Ring" Abstract Wood and Brass Sculpture, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Large wood "ring" sculpture with brass feet.
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1960s Italian Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Brass

"Guernica" : tall bas-relief patinated plaster sculpture - 1967
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
"Guernica" : Bas-relief sculpture made of reinforced patinated plaster On the back two hooks to hang the sculpture on the wall Dated : 1967, Probably made for the 30th anniversar...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Plaster

Metal Sculpture by Salvatore Messina
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Salvatore Messina, sculpture, aluminum, Italy, 1960 Salvatore Messina (1916-1982) tackled the question of movement and the concept of space through his metal sculptures. The three-d...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Aluminum

Large Pair Bronzed Arab figures, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive pair of 19th Century French cold painted bronzed Arab spelter figures, each holding a tray and leaning against castle like pedestals....
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19th Century French Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Spelter

19th Century Wood Mortar from Congo
Located in Chicago, IL
Lovely piece with subtle patina.
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Early 19th Century Congolese Antique Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fruitwood

Early 19th Century Primitive Wood Mortar From Congo
Located in Chicago, IL
Striking piece, with history and subtle wear.
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Early 19th Century Congolese Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Fruitwood

Alessio Tasca Anthracite Ceramic Sphere Sculpture, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Exceptional anthracite metallic enameled sphere sculpture by Alessio Tasca, Italy, circa 1968. Interesting extruded sphere shape with a beautiful and exceptional metallic anthracite ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

19th Century Carved York Stone Armorial Plaque
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A 19th century carved York stone armorial plaque. Depicting a coat of arms showing crowns and cockerels, this medieval style piece would make for a stat...
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Early 19th Century Jacobean Antique Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone

French Caen Stone Architectural Fragment
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mid 19th century French Caen stone architectural fragment reputedly from a church destroyed in WWII. With its beautiful cream tone and cr...
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Mid-19th Century Classical Greek Antique Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Painted Antique Caen Stone Architectural Model
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A vibrantly painted antique Caen stone architectural model. Dating from the mid 19th century, this limestone model came from a French church destroyed during WWII. With its arched design and ornately carved columns, it is reminiscent of open arcades found in historic ecclesiastical and gothic architecture. Detailed to the top with castellations, this antique architectural model...
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Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Stone, Limestone

Antique Limestone Lion Crest or Plaque
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Dating from the 1850s, this carved limestone antique plaque depicts the head of a lion within hand carved chain links, some of which have been lost through the ages. It is more than 170 years old and likely once formed part of a larger piece together with this matching plaque. Perhaps it was once part of a keystone above an entranceway or a family crest wall decoration in the prestigious courtyard of a large estate. Made from fine grained limestone, it has a weathered finish that only time can create and yet the lion plaque...
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Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Stone, Limestone

1960s Astrale Sculpture by Emile Gilioli
Located in Paris, FR
Emile Gilioli (1911 - 1977) ‘‘Astrale’’, 1966 White marble, base in black laquered wood Sculpture : H. 63,5 x 29 x 39 cm / Base : H. 100 x 43 x 42,5 cm At the height of the 20th cen...
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1960s French Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Marble

Painted Antique Caen Stone Architectural Fragment
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A vibrantly painted antique Caen stone architectural fragment. Dating from the mid 19th century, this limestone model came from a French ch...
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Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Claude Viseux, Abstract Sculpture, 20th Century, Steel
Located in SAINT-SEVER, FR
Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français né le 3 juillet 1927 à Champagne-sur-Oise et mort le 9 novembre 2008 à Anglet. 'est dans les années 1959-1960 que la sculpture de Claude Viseux, qualifiée de « protéiforme, onirique, fantastique » — ami de Max Ernst, Man Ray, Francis Ponge et Henri Michaux, il ne désavoue pas une parenté avec le Surréalisme9 — se substitue à la peinture, ses premières réalisations étant les objets trouvés en bord de mer qu'il pétrifie dans la cire10 d'une part, les empreintes de pierres et d'algues coulées en bronze d'autre part. En 1960, il signe le Manifeste des 121 titré « Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie ». En 1961, ses expérimentations s'orientent vers les corps organiques, notamment avec sa série Ostéales constituée d'assemblages d'os fossilisés qu'il patine ou au contraire décape, qu'il visse, scie, assemble et plastifie. Les Concrétudes ou Coulées directes qui suivent en 1961-1962 sont obtenues à partir de coulées de métal en fusion dans le sable, générant des reliefs qu'il soude sur des plaques d'acier. Il va cependant adopter rapidement l'acier inoxydable — qu'il est avec Pol Bury parmi les premiers à employer en sculpture — comme matériau de prédilection. « Il assemble divers rebus industriels — tuyaux, écrous, boulons, cuves… — pour créer des sculptures à mi-chemin du mécanique et du biologique » restitue ainsi Sophie Serra11. Claude Viseux, qui fréquente alors Jean Tinguely, Piotr Kowalski, Michel Guino, Takis et César, confirme : « Ma récupération de l'élément industriel s'élargit vers les aciers spéciaux, avec un essai de vocabulaire formel : des barres, des profilés, des sphères, des rotules, des fonds de cuves, des chambres à combustion de Boeing, des tubulures, des soupapes de navire »9. « L'artiste entre au cœur de la réalité industrielle, prospecte dans les chaînes de montage de Renault et rôde dans les terrains vaques autour des usines », restitue donc l'encyclopédie Les Muses : « il récupère ferrailles, pièces détachées, débris de voitures, vieux châssis, toute une série d'éléments devenus inutiles. Ils les assemblent, tels quels, sans les modifier. Des créatures agressives ou pathétiques vont surgir de ce combat physique et dialectique que l'artiste livre avec la matière et entrer dans le domaine d'une poétique étrange, surnaturelle5 ». Dans les années 1967-1970, Les « structures actives » en acier inoxydable procèdent ainsi de la production industrielle de série. Elles se répartissent en familles de formes combinatoires composées par addition, soustraction, multiplication, division. Il confirme : « le monde industriel est ma nature, mon bouillon de culture, où je cherche des corps, des familles de corps, des genres, des espèces, dans un aller-retour de l'artificiel au naturel pour confondre les règnes, pour en inventer d'autres selon une géométrie organique qui féconde les différents types de structures, qui aménage la forme concernée par la forme à venir »9. En 1968, Claude Viseux s'installe à la villa Baudran à Arcueil, atelier qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1992. Si des corps imaginaires naissent ainsi des pièces mécaniques que Claude Viseux emprunte à l'automobile, à l'avion et au bateau, en 1972, « la symétrie de ces formes pures en inox », constate Lydia Harambourg, « l'amène à s'interroger sur la notion d'équilibre instable »12. Ses Instables sont de la sorte exposés à la Biennale de Venise en 1972 où, rappelle encore Lydia Harambourg, une salle entière est consacrée « aux dessins qui reprennent son vocabulaire mécanique identitaire de sphères, toupies, hélices, anneaux, astrolabes et balanciers »12. Les Instables sont de même, en 1973, présentés à la galerie Le Point cardinal à Paris où Claude Viseux avait déjà exposé en 1968 avec Henri Michaux et Joaquin Ferrer...
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1960s French Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Claude Viseux, Abstract Sculpture, Late 20th Century, Steel
Located in SAINT-SEVER, FR
Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français né le 3 juillet 1927 à Champagne-sur-Oise et mort le 9 novembre 2008 à Anglet. 'est dans les années 1959-1960 que la sculpture de Claude Viseux, qualifiée de « protéiforme, onirique, fantastique » — ami de Max Ernst, Man Ray, Francis Ponge et Henri Michaux, il ne désavoue pas une parenté avec le Surréalisme9 — se substitue à la peinture, ses premières réalisations étant les objets trouvés en bord de mer qu'il pétrifie dans la cire10 d'une part, les empreintes de pierres et d'algues coulées en bronze d'autre part. En 1960, il signe le Manifeste des 121 titré « Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie ». En 1961, ses expérimentations s'orientent vers les corps organiques, notamment avec sa série Ostéales constituée d'assemblages d'os fossilisés qu'il patine ou au contraire décape, qu'il visse, scie, assemble et plastifie. Les Concrétudes ou Coulées directes qui suivent en 1961-1962 sont obtenues à partir de coulées de métal en fusion dans le sable, générant des reliefs qu'il soude sur des plaques d'acier. Il va cependant adopter rapidement l'acier inoxydable — qu'il est avec Pol Bury parmi les premiers à employer en sculpture — comme matériau de prédilection. « Il assemble divers rebus industriels — tuyaux, écrous, boulons, cuves… — pour créer des sculptures à mi-chemin du mécanique et du biologique » restitue ainsi Sophie Serra11. Claude Viseux, qui fréquente alors Jean Tinguely, Piotr Kowalski, Michel Guino, Takis et César, confirme : « Ma récupération de l'élément industriel s'élargit vers les aciers spéciaux, avec un essai de vocabulaire formel : des barres, des profilés, des sphères, des rotules, des fonds de cuves, des chambres à combustion de Boeing, des tubulures, des soupapes de navire »9. « L'artiste entre au cœur de la réalité industrielle, prospecte dans les chaînes de montage de Renault et rôde dans les terrains vaques autour des usines », restitue donc l'encyclopédie Les Muses : « il récupère ferrailles, pièces détachées, débris de voitures, vieux châssis, toute une série d'éléments devenus inutiles. Ils les assemblent, tels quels, sans les modifier. Des créatures agressives ou pathétiques vont surgir de ce combat physique et dialectique que l'artiste livre avec la matière et entrer dans le domaine d'une poétique étrange, surnaturelle5 ». Dans les années 1967-1970, Les « structures actives » en acier inoxydable procèdent ainsi de la production industrielle de série. Elles se répartissent en familles de formes combinatoires composées par addition, soustraction, multiplication, division. Il confirme : « le monde industriel est ma nature, mon bouillon de culture, où je cherche des corps, des familles de corps, des genres, des espèces, dans un aller-retour de l'artificiel au naturel pour confondre les règnes, pour en inventer d'autres selon une géométrie organique qui féconde les différents types de structures, qui aménage la forme concernée par la forme à venir »9. En 1968, Claude Viseux s'installe à la villa Baudran à Arcueil, atelier qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1992. Si des corps imaginaires naissent ainsi des pièces mécaniques que Claude Viseux emprunte à l'automobile, à l'avion et au bateau, en 1972, « la symétrie de ces formes pures en inox », constate Lydia Harambourg, « l'amène à s'interroger sur la notion d'équilibre instable »12. Ses Instables sont de la sorte exposés à la Biennale de Venise en 1972 où, rappelle encore Lydia Harambourg, une salle entière est consacrée « aux dessins qui reprennent son vocabulaire mécanique identitaire de sphères, toupies, hélices, anneaux, astrolabes et balanciers »12. Les Instables sont de même, en 1973, présentés à la galerie Le Point cardinal à Paris où Claude Viseux avait déjà exposé en 1968 avec Henri Michaux et Joaquin Ferrer...
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1960s French Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

"Ribbon" Abstract White Ceramic Sculpture, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Ceramic sculpture composed by a revolving continuum stripe.
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1960s Italian Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Quality antique Staffordshire flat back castle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Staffordshire flat back castle having a quality antique Victorian Staffordshire figure of a castle hand painted in wonderful brown, green, white and black colours wit...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Brutalist Iron Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A large Brutalist forged iron sculpture France, 1960s 82 cm high by 37 cm wide by 31 cm depth
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1960s French Brutalist Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe
Located in SAINT-SEVER, FR
Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français né le 3 juillet 1927 à Champagne-sur-Oise et mort le 9 novembre 2008 à Anglet. 'est dans les années 1959-1960 que la sculpture de Claude Viseux, qualifiée de « protéiforme, onirique, fantastique » — ami de Max Ernst, Man Ray, Francis Ponge et Henri Michaux, il ne désavoue pas une parenté avec le Surréalisme9 — se substitue à la peinture, ses premières réalisations étant les objets trouvés en bord de mer qu'il pétrifie dans la cire10 d'une part, les empreintes de pierres et d'algues coulées en bronze d'autre part. En 1960, il signe le Manifeste des 121 titré « Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie ». En 1961, ses expérimentations s'orientent vers les corps organiques, notamment avec sa série Ostéales constituée d'assemblages d'os fossilisés qu'il patine ou au contraire décape, qu'il visse, scie, assemble et plastifie. Les Concrétudes ou Coulées directes qui suivent en 1961-1962 sont obtenues à partir de coulées de métal en fusion dans le sable, générant des reliefs qu'il soude sur des plaques d'acier. Il va cependant adopter rapidement l'acier inoxydable — qu'il est avec Pol Bury parmi les premiers à employer en sculpture — comme matériau de prédilection. « Il assemble divers rebus industriels — tuyaux, écrous, boulons, cuves… — pour créer des sculptures à mi-chemin du mécanique et du biologique » restitue ainsi Sophie Serra11. Claude Viseux, qui fréquente alors Jean Tinguely, Piotr Kowalski, Michel Guino, Takis et César, confirme : « Ma récupération de l'élément industriel s'élargit vers les aciers spéciaux, avec un essai de vocabulaire formel : des barres, des profilés, des sphères, des rotules, des fonds de cuves, des chambres à combustion de Boeing, des tubulures, des soupapes de navire »9. « L'artiste entre au cœur de la réalité industrielle, prospecte dans les chaînes de montage de Renault et rôde dans les terrains vaques autour des usines », restitue donc l'encyclopédie Les Muses : « il récupère ferrailles, pièces détachées, débris de voitures, vieux châssis, toute une série d'éléments devenus inutiles. Ils les assemblent, tels quels, sans les modifier. Des créatures agressives ou pathétiques vont surgir de ce combat physique et dialectique que l'artiste livre avec la matière et entrer dans le domaine d'une poétique étrange, surnaturelle5 ». Dans les années 1967-1970, Les « structures actives » en acier inoxydable procèdent ainsi de la production industrielle de série. Elles se répartissent en familles de formes combinatoires composées par addition, soustraction, multiplication, division. Il confirme : « le monde industriel est ma nature, mon bouillon de culture, où je cherche des corps, des familles de corps, des genres, des espèces, dans un aller-retour de l'artificiel au naturel pour confondre les règnes, pour en inventer d'autres selon une géométrie organique qui féconde les différents types de structures, qui aménage la forme concernée par la forme à venir »9. En 1968, Claude Viseux s'installe à la villa Baudran à Arcueil, atelier qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1992. Si des corps imaginaires naissent ainsi des pièces mécaniques que Claude Viseux emprunte à l'automobile, à l'avion et au bateau, en 1972, « la symétrie de ces formes pures en inox », constate Lydia Harambourg, « l'amène à s'interroger sur la notion d'équilibre instable »12. Ses Instables sont de la sorte exposés à la Biennale de Venise en 1972 où, rappelle encore Lydia Harambourg, une salle entière est consacrée « aux dessins qui reprennent son vocabulaire mécanique identitaire de sphères, toupies, hélices, anneaux, astrolabes et balanciers »12. Les Instables sont de même, en 1973, présentés à la galerie Le Point cardinal à Paris où Claude Viseux avait déjà exposé en 1968 avec Henri Michaux et Joaquin Ferrer...
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1960s French Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Architectural "Sculpta-Grille" Freestanding Room Divider by Richard Harvey
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning architectural “Sculpta-Grille” freestanding room divider by Richard Harvey for Harvey Design Workshop, Inc. in the United States, ci...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Resin, Plastic, Walnut

Large Abstract Modernist Oak Sculpture, c.1960
Located in Surbiton, GB
A large mid 20th Century abstract sculpture carved from oak. Dimensions (cm, approx): Height: 82 Width: 17 Depth: 17
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1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Oak

XL Japanese Charred Cedar Root Wabi Sabi Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A unique XL charred cedar sculpture from the Tokyo region of Japan. A truly impressive piece of art. Japan C.1960
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1960s Japanese Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Cedar

Patinated Abstract Mid Century Bronze Sculpture Signed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Abstract Patinated Bronze Sculpture on Wood Base with Hanging Keys This exquisite and thought-provoking sculpture is a striking bl...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Ferruccio Bortoluzzi Italian 1962 Composizioni 24 Concretism Post War Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Post war sculptural art created by Ferruccio Bortoluzzi (1920-2007). A concretism post war piece of art, created by the Italian artist Ferruccio Bortoluzzi, back in the 1962. This t...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Abstract polyfaced sculpture hand carved pitch pine France 1960
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Abstract polyfaced sculpture hand carved in pitch pine, dating back to the 1960s. Elegantly mounted on a marble base with a brass rod.
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1960s European Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Brass

Dansk Pepper Mills by Jens Quistgaard - A Curated Collection of 17
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a curated collection of Dansk Pepper Mills Designed to be displayed symmetrically to resemble one side of a chess board. All of the grinders ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Abstract Sculpture by Peter Thursby (1930 - 2011), England, c.1960
Located in Surbiton, GB
Abstract sculpture composed of two architectural aluminium forms by British sculptor Peter Thursby. Peter Thursby, who died aged 80, produced his first work in the wake of the seco...
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1960s British Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum

XL Wooden sculpture
Located in Nijlen, VAN
What a beautiful sculpture. Nowadays wooden sculptures are all the way back in fashion. It gives a kind of peace and individuality in a modern home. This sculpture was made in France...
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1960s Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Brutalist Patinated Metal Abstract Sculpture by Frans de Boer Lichtveld, 1964
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Brutalist sculpture. Design by Frans de Boer Lichtveld. Striking Dutch design from the 1960s. Patinated metal with various decorative elements. This wonderful Br...
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1960s Dutch Brutalist Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Natural Stone Sculpture - Sodalite - China - Late 19th Century Period
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
A very fine piece of natural stone, Sodalite, made in China. Finely chiselled, this large statue depicts a scene of life in which several ancient symbols stand side by side, such as the Phoenix, swallows, a horse, earthly abundance with its luxuriant vegetation, fruit, but also food from the ocean and its generous fish, a man, a woman and a child. First discovered in Greenland in 1806, Sodalite was analysed by a Scottish chemist 5 years later (1811), Mr Thomas Thomson. Several long years went by without it achieving any real success. It was not until 1891 that the stone was recognised as an ornamental stone.    It was during a diplomatic trip to Canada in 1901 that Mary de Teck (wife of King George V) discovered Sodalite and fell under the spell of this natural stone.  The princess ordered a large quantity of Sodalite to decorate her London flats. Sodalite quickly became fashionable.   Period: Late 19th century - Napoleon III Dimensions: Total height with base: 92cm x Width: 31.5cm x Depth: 27cm Dimensions of wooden base: Height: 7cm x Length: 25cm x Width: 23cm But what do these symbols mean? The phoenix, a mythological bird, symbolises purification and rebirth, as it is said to rise from its own ashes.   This magnificent bird is also synonymous with good fortune, opportunity and luck in Asian cultures. In feng shui, the phoenix is also one of the four celestial animals (sometimes also known as the red bird or red raven). The red phoenix...
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19th Century Chinese Other Antique Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Rare Raul Coronel Stoneware California Studio Sun Sculpture 1967
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A very rare sun face sculpture made by Raul Coronel of Los Angeles, California. Sculpture is one of 2 ever made while an being an artist in residenc...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Two French Caen Stone Architectural Models
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An excellent pair of mid 19th century French Caen stone architectural scaled models reputedly from a church destroyed in WWII. With their beautiful cream tone and crisp quality, these carved limestone fragments are reminiscent of blind arcades found in historic ecclesiastical and gothic architecture. A fragment from European history, these antique architectural pieces...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Jack Van Deckter Brutalist Sculpture
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A really wonderful torch cut, brutalist sculpture by Jack Van Deckter, ca' 1960's. Patinated wrought iron-heavy. Abstract but with a figurative feel. Jack Van Deckter (American, 1917...
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique White Marble Angel Plaque on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This elegant quatrefoil shaped white marble plaque depicts a kneeling angel in high relief mounted on a bespoke steel stand. Intricately carved, the angel is left facing, kneeling on...
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Late 19th Century Antique Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

Stunning quality large antique Victorian Staffordshire cottage
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning quality large antique Victorian Staffordshire cottage having a large antique Victorian Staffordshire model of a cottage hand painted in vibrant green, pink, orange, yellow a...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Limestone Sphinx Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A characteristic sphinx sculpture nicely carved into finely grained limestone, dating from the 1800s. This sphinx is of interesting scale and makes a ...
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Early 19th Century Antique Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

White Bisque Porcelain Antique Cherub Statue
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large-scale white bisque porcelain putto or cherub statue standing on an ornate bombe plinth by 19th century French ceramicist Gille Jeune. Dating from the 1860s, this statue is over 150 years old. It depicts an infant – known as a cherub or putto – wearing a head band with a swathe of fabric draped over his arm and thigh. He sits upon a tree stump or rock with his arms raised and castanets in his hands. Thanks to its scale and provenance, it is a breath-taking statue for an interior or gallery, both the putto and the plinth inscribed with the maker’s mark ‘Gille Jne, Fabt. Paris’. Gille Jeune, Paris Parisian ceramist Jean-Baptiste Gille (1798-1868) was one of the leading manufacturers of French bisque porcelain - also known as biscuit porcelain - of the 19th century. In 1836, he established his own porcelain factory in Paris under the name ‘Gille Jeune’. His work was displayed in many prestigious exhibitions including London’s 1851 Great Exhibition where he was awarded a prize medal, the 1862 exhibition in London and the Paris exhibition in 1867. Four of his cherub works in the same style and scale reside at Hughenden House in Buckinghamshire as part of the National Trust’s collection. These include two of Gille’s depictions of the four seasons and a putto playing a flute as well as a putto with castanets like this one dating from 1855-1864. For this reason, we can say with some certainty that this antique cherub statue...
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Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain

Antique Scrolling Brocatelle Marble Corbels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of large decorative corbels beautifully crafted in brocatelle marble. Dating from the 1850s, these marble corbels were likely once used as wall decoration or part of a large f...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Marble

Ferruccio Bortoluzzi Italian 1964 Composizioni #75 Concretism Post War Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Post war sculptural art created by Ferruccio Bortoluzzi. A concretism post war piece of art, created by the Italian artist Ferruccio Bortoluzzi, back in the 1964. This three-dimensi...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Iron

1960s Free Form Sculpture Walnut Wood George Nakashima Era
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Organic modern abstract sculpture in walnut wood white carrara marble base. USA 1960s Unsigned. Style representative of George Nakashima free form. 57.75 h x 13.5 d x 9.5 w Preowned ...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Carrara Marble

Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Patinated swirling bronze sculpture.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Armillary Sundial on Terracotta Pedestal
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This large scale antique armillary sundial on a terracotta pedestal is a Blanchard original, stamped at the base with a maker’s mark. The co...
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Late 19th Century Modern Antique Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

Stoneware Midcentury Sculpture by Bengt Berglund for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Small stoneware sculpture by Bengt Berglund in a boxy form with a striped decor and a gold glazed “mouth” on top.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Russell Secrest Modernist Abstract Kinetic Sculpture in Sterling Silver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract modernist sculpture, created by Russell Secrest. Drawing on his background in jewelry, the metal artist creates a dynamic form, in elegant hammered silver. The sculpture rot...
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1960s North American Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Sterling Silver

Gold Bronze Decorative Geometrical Forms, circa 1960, France.
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice set of seven decorative polyhedrons. Polished gold bronze, circa 1970, France. Dimensions: from 5 to 12 cm. A very decorative set in good original condition. All purchases are c...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

David Marshall table clock large model, spain 1960
Located in DÉNIA, ES
Clock sculpture in bronze and cast aluminum for the base by artist David Marshall. Marshall moved to Spain in the mid-1960s, opening a workshop in Malaga in 1969 where he produced s...
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1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Aluminum, Bronze

Set of 3 Triangular Planters by Willy Guhl, 1960s Switzerland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare set of 1960’s triangular concrete planters designed by Swiss neo-functionalist and industrial design pioneer Willy Guhl for Eternit in Switzerland. Each multifaceted planter ca...
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1960s Swiss Industrial Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Concrete

Studio Made Biomorphic Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Studio made artwork drawn from organic shapes into decorative form, this spectacular green oval ceramic slab sculpture with dark hued incised outlines around colorful abstract shapes...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Pottery

Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Bronze Sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist sculpture in bronze, signed Ross 60'. Presumably a San Francisco based area artist, well executed and decorative table top art.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Stoneware Midcentury Sculpture by Bengt Berglund for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Small stoneware sculpture by Bengt Berglund in a cute, cubical form, unglazed with bronze colored glaze running down from the top.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

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