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red white Ceramic Brutalist Vase Fat Lava Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by C...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Set of 2 Modernist 1960s Vase Sculptures Peter Müller for Sgrafo Modern, Germany
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Set of 2 op art vases Origin: Germany Produder: Sgrafo Modern Design: Peter Müler Material: Porcelain Age: 1960s Orig...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Set of 3 Grey Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects by Otto Keramik, Germany 1980s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic objects set of 3 Designer and producer: Otto Keramik, Germany Decade: 1980s This original vintage Studio Pottery objects were designed and ...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Ceramic Sculpture by Gérard Brossard, to La Borne, circa 2000
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture by Gérard Brossard to La Borne. Perfect original conditions. Signed "Gérard Brossard". Unique piece, circa 2000.
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos. Artist signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990. H : 19.5’ x 6.5’ x 8’ inches. Unique piece.
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1980s French Beaux Arts Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Bura Spirit Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Sometimes called a "Bura bell" due to its shape, this sculptural terracotta form would have been a critical component of burial rituals of the Bura people of Niger. Buried with its flared mouth facing down, this cylindrical storage...
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Early 20th Century Nigerien Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Abstract Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic stoneware object Designer and producer: Gerhard Liebenthron Information: Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen 1925 †2005 Decade: 1970s This ori...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Urbano Zaccagnini Ceramic 'Tribal' Mask Bowl
Located in Sharon, CT
A low intaglio relief of a tribal mask, white crackle glaze on brown fired clay. Remnants of painted signature on bottom.
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

JB Hanson Ceramic Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hand built ceramic box sculpture. JB Hanson is a Baltimore, Md artist and published writer. Award winner at The Baltimore museum of Art Bienn...
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1980s American Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Super Glaze Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects Otto Keramik Germany 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze Producer: Otto Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in ...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Jacques Darbaud Totem In Glazed Ceramic
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The world of Jacques Darbaud. This Totem is like an homage for the flora and fauna. It can be either indoor or outdoor. It is in ceramic white and yellow.
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2010s French Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Abstract Sand Color Ceramic Rock Sculpture by Bryan Blow
Located in London, GB
Hand formed ceramic rock sculpture in sand color looks like the coastal cliffs on the British coast line. Bryan Blow's work echoes a voyage of discovery ...
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1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. Artist monogram under the base. 2020. Unique piece.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Ceramic Bosco Sculpture
Located in Porcia, IT
The Cartocci Paper Clay collection is comprised of unique paper clay ceramic sculptures, each piece with its own distinct personality. They are entirely handmade, which can result in...
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2010s Italian Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

32-Legged Black Glazed Ceramic Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This year I began focussing on the feet of a piece. How can I change the personality of the artwork by changing the feet it stands on? This challenging piece has many longer feet, ...
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2010s American Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2015
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2015. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

2 Pc. Assemblage #1 by David Haskell
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic floating bowl with green glazes. Artist signed on underside.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Large Midcentury Glazed Ceramic Cube - Side Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Custom made Tomato Red Decagon Sculpture or Side Table - Glazed Pottery , circa 1960 . apparently unsigned A unique and elegant addition of any modern living room ! #midcentury #...
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Mid-20th Century Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Pottery

Gabriele Puetz Pillow Pillar 'Nichts' Vintage German Art Pottery Sculpture # 5/7
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Gabriele Pütz vintage abstract realism ceramic artwork made in Germany, 1982. This work is made of a round clay tower / pillar with pillow edge details. On the body of the tower is w...
Category

1980s German Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

French Modern Stoneware Abstract Erotic Decor Sculpture by Barocco, 1984
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
French Modern Stoneware Abstract Erotic Decor Sculpture by Barocco 1984 Barocco, is the name of a duo of French artists, Richard Tarone makes and turns...
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1980s French Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware

Unique Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2017
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An unique porcelain sculpture by Wayne Ficher. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base; Wayne Fischer. 2017.  
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Modern LAAB Essenza O Sculpture Raku Ceramic White Crakle
Located in monza, Monza and Brianza
Essenza O Sculpture Minimalist and fluid lines outline the silhouette of this sculpture, unique objet d'art deftly handcrafted of ceramic by following the ancient Japanese Raku pottery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic and Metal Sculpture by Klaus Schultze, circa 1960-1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic and metal sculpture with black and red glazes decoration. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 1960-1970.
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Brian Rochefort Ceramic
By Brian Rochefort
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
Brian Rochefort is a Los Angeles-based contemporary artist known for his bold, experimental approach to ceramics. His work bridges the gap between sculpture and painting, exploring m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. Artist monogram under the base. 2020. Unique piece.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Unique XXL D and Brown Ceramic by Eila Munkki Sweden 1960 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Unique sculpture by artists Leila Munkki handmade in Finland in 1960s. impressive size and good condition Eila Munkki (Finland. 1918-1991) Eila Munkki, an earthenware dish. 1960s....
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Mid-20th Century Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Irregular Form with Cosmic Galactic Highlights No 121, Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
‘Irregular Form with Cosmic Galactic Highlights No 121’ is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist, Nicholas Arroyave-Portela. Nicholas Arroyave-Portela’s professional cera...
Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware

Wild Natural Clay Sculpture Silo, Burnished Clay from the Mixteca Mountains
Located in London, GB
Silo is a sculpture that bases its beauty on the material in which it is made. Made of wild clay from the Mixteca mountains, this clay is cleaned in filters...
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2010s Mexican Art Deco Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Wood

Lars Dan, Glazed Stoneware Sculpture
Located in Kastrup, DK
Lars Dan, Danish artist born 1960. Glazed stoneware sculpture. Organic, abstract form - according to the artist himself, the sculpture depicts people crawlin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Ceramic Sculpture with Black Glaze Decoration by Tim Orr, 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture with black glaze decoration by Tim Orr. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 1970.
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Lladró The Red Guest Figurine, Small Model
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain figurine created by Jaime Hayon for the collection The Guest by LLadró Atelier with red glossy finish and white base. The Guest is a piece created by Jaime Hayon for The Guest collection by Lladró Atelier, the brand's ideas lab, which invites leading artists from around the world to customise this unique character. The series includes collaborations by Paul Smith, Devilrobots, Gary Baseman...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Ore in Amber & Ecru with Gold, a Glass Sculpture by Enemark & Thompson
Located in London, GB
'Ore in Amber & Ecru with Gold' is a unique handblown and sculpted glass artwork by the Danish and British artists, Hanne Enemark & Louis Thompson. The outer glass form contains a...
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2010s British Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Tempo Allegro, a handblown aquamarine glass sculpture by Enemark & Thompson
Located in London, GB
'Tempo Allegro' is a unique handblown and sculpted glass artwork by the Danish and British artists, Hanne Enemark & Louis Thompson. Trapped inside the outer shape are a multitude of...
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2010s British Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Set of 2 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1980s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic stoneware object set of 2 Designer and producer: Gerhard Liebenthron Information: Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen 1925-2005 Decade: 1980s Th...
Category

Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Pit Fired Abstract Organic Modern Sculpture by Jan Jacque
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this unique pit-fired abstract sculpture by American artist, Jan Jacque. Inspired by nature, Jacque created this sculpture circa 1975 using a coil-building ...
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1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Marilyn Fox, Modernist Ceramic Architectural Column Sculpture, 1980s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Marilyn Fox, American (20th century). White stoneware ceramic column sculpture, circa 1980s. Signed near base. A witty feminine take on the age-old male...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. Artist monogram under the base. 2020. Unique piece.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world”. Femininity and sensuality are exalted. Inspired by the body, before and after birth, or simply the sea, the parts of the sculpture conjugate around a mysterious interior cavity, secret and troubling. The interior wall doesn’t correspond to the exterior, and has its own volumes, deformities, and intimacy. The pieces present two kinds of interior: one open, and partially uncovered, the other totally hidden inside. The differences of their respective deformation reinforce the impression of life : the subjective representation of muscles and bones, of bulges pushed by an interior force, like a visceral movement of respiration. The surface of the ceramic is crackled but soft and fine, even reflecting light like the skin. The nuances of color reinforce the expression of sensuality. The alignment of technique and what it causes one to see and feel has rarely been so intimately successful. Wayne Fischer perfected his technique in the 1970s and has remained faithful to it. He adds fibers to porcelain clay that has been chosen for its whiteness to create and accentuate volume around empty space, by assembling slabs or thrown pieces. Then, he makes another piece that takes its place inside; both parts are formed with no hand...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world”. Femininity and sensuality are exalted. Inspired by the body, before and after birth, or simply the sea, the parts of the sculpture conjugate around a mysterious interior cavity, secret and troubling. The interior wall doesn’t correspond to the exterior, and has its own volumes, deformities, and intimacy. The pieces present two kinds of interior: one open, and partially uncovered, the other totally hidden inside. The differences of their respective deformation reinforce the impression of life : the subjective representation of muscles and bones, of bulges pushed by an interior force, like a visceral movement of respiration. The surface of the ceramic is crackled but soft and fine, even reflecting light like the skin. The nuances of color reinforce the expression of sensuality. The alignment of technique and what it causes one to see and feel has rarely been so intimately successful. Wayne Fischer perfected his technique in the 1970s and has remained faithful to it. He adds fibers to porcelain clay that has been chosen for its whiteness to create and accentuate volume around empty space, by assembling slabs or thrown pieces. Then, he makes another piece that takes its place inside; both parts are formed with no hand...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture by Alistair Danhieux, circa 2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture white glazes decoration by Alistair Danhieux. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 2010.  
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Modern LAAB Spiegel Sculpture Raku Ceramic White Grey Crakle Iron
Located in monza, Monza and Brianza
Spiegel sculpture A one-off sculpture of extraordinary character, this design celebrates the naked raku ceramics technique, highlighted with the stupendo...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Christina Muff, Danish contemporary ceramicist. Large unique stoneware sculpture
Located in København, Copenhagen
Christina Muff, Danish contemporary ceramicist (b. 1971). Large unique stoneware sculpture in off-white glaze with iron-covered specks. Measuring: W 23 x H 29 cm. In excellent condi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

4 Pc Assemblage Sculpture #4 by David Haskell
Located in New York, NY
4 pc. assemblage sculpture #4 by David Haskell. Ceramic sculpture with blue glazes. Signed on underside.    
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Vernal Blue Porcelain Vase 1 by Robbie Heidinger
Located in New York, NY
Glazed porcelain. Footed orb-shaped vase with applied circular forms. Blue and green glazes. Artist signed on underside.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. Artist monogram under the base. 2020. Unique piece.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Angelo Mangiarotti Indigo Ceramic Vase, 1960
Located in Brussels, BE
Fratelli Brambilla is the manufacture which produced the vase designed by Angelo Mangiarotti in the 1960s. The shape is irregular, free. See mark and old sticker.
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

American Post-War Rust Ceramic Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design rust colored ceramic porcelain sculpture of a vertical form with geometric shape on an iron base. (Kevin Kelly).  
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20th Century American Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

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Iron

Manantial Vase by Omar Ortiz
Located in Geneve, CH
Manantial Vase by Omar Ortiz, 2021 Dimensions: H21 x W10cm Materials: Volcanic stone, black clay. Is a vase that is held off the ground by a hand-carved stone base. The vase resists fire below 950 degrees so it can be used to burn charcoal inside it or incense or contain water for flowers and plants. The vase made of black Oaxacan clay filters a very light humidity through its walls, which are cooked at a low temperature with wood and not glaze. The base of Manantial is made of volcanic stone known as recinto. The shape of the base is inspired by the legs of the traditional molcajete that is used to grind spices and chili peppers while the arches refer to the basic shape of the entrance to a cave creating an empty space between the ground and the black clay vase...
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2010s Mexican Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Antique Bamboo Pencil Beaker Chinese Figures Children, 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Finely carved pencil beaker. The material is bamboo and the carvings show a pagode scene with a couple hand in hand with children next to them. Additional information: Primary Mater...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain

Curve Line Ceramic Vessel, Heeeun Jun
Located in New York, NY
Curve Line Vessel, 2024 (Ceramic, C. 16.1 in. h x 9.8 in. diam., Object No.: 4243) Heeeun Jun was born in Korea in 1998, and lives and works out of Goheung. She studies at Seoul Wom...
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21st Century and Contemporary Korean Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

A Ceramic Mask Sculpture by Christine Fabre France 2000s
Located in HYÈRES, FR
A primitive ceramic mask by Christine Fabre France early 2000. Very impressive patina. Named " Les Veilleurs " Signed with the stamp of the artist. In good condition.
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Early 2000s French Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Incised and Painted Ceramic Tripod Zoomorphic Vase
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Incised and painted ceramic tripod zoomorphic vase.   
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20th Century Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

California Studio Mid Century Glazed Stoneware Bird Sculpture by Robert Maxwell
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage ceramic pottery stoneware zoo bird sculpture designed by Robert Maxwell circa 1960's in Venice, California. This slip-cast studio piece is reminiscent of a "toucan resting on...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture with Black Glaze Decoration by Tim Orr, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture with black glaze decoration by Tim Orr. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base. circa 1970.
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Sculpture vintage Italian anthropomorphic terracotta , Signed Compiani
Located in Milano, IT
An incredible sculpture by an Italian artist from the 1970s-80s, signed with the enigmatic name COMPIANI, is a true wonder of contemporary art. Although not much is known about the a...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

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