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Place of Origin: French
Henri Delanne, "Silhouettes 'Front and Back", Bronze, France, 1980
By Henri Delanne
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb sculpture by Henri Delanne (1940-2003), artist proof (E.A.) of the "Silhouettes" patinated bronze sculpture representing a deconstructed forme-libre modernist women's bust. Si...
Category
1980s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Primavera HM French Art Deco 'Plat Circulaire' Champlevé Bronze Plate, 1920s
By Atelier Primavera au Printemps
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good Primavera HM Art Deco period plat circulaire.
The round bronze plate has turquoise and black enamel champlevé decoration and a mottled verdigris patina.
The reverse has ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Figurative plaster sculpture from the 1950s with a French origin.
By Joan Miró, Émile Gilioli, Jean Arp
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
This plaster sculpture depicting a Virgin and Child, from the 1950s hails from a workshop located in the southern region of France.
Despite bearing a few minor imperfections, it sta...
Category
1950s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
David Erevantzi ( 1940-Armenia ) : "Maternity", Original Sculpture C. 1980-85
By David Erevantzi
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
David Erevantzi (1940-): "Maternity"
Original bronze sculpture with a bronze patina representing a mother and her child on a stone base from Yerevan (Armenia)
Signed: "David Erevan...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Sculpture Entitled "Petite musique de nuit" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1991
By Pierre Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture entitled " Petite musique de nuit " by Pierre Martinon.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed and dated at the base " Pierre Martinon 1991".
Unique piece.
...
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Sculpture with Brown Glaze Decoration by Tim Orr, circa 1970
By Tim Orr
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture with brown glaze decoration by Tim Orr.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed under the base,
circa 1970.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Daum, France. Large sculpture in clear art glass. Abstract form.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Daum, France. Large sculpture in clear art glass.
Abstract/free form.
Circa 1960.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 46.0 cm. x W 25.0 cm. x D 12.5 cm.
Category
1960s Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Baccarat Crystal Modernist Asian Elephant Sculpture Paperweight Figurine France
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful Baccarat Crystal modernist Asian Elephant sculpture figurine/paperweight. Dates from the 1970's. Signed on the side and bottom. Made in France. In excellent condition for i...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
A Primitive Ceramic Shield by Tim Orr France 1970s
By Tim Orr
Located in HYÈRES, FR
An exceptional and rare piece by Tim Orr.
Provenance : His own garden ( we conserve the exterior patina )
Made in 1970's
In three parts.
Not signed
Category
1970s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Japanese Style Ceramic Tea Pot and Cup Contemporary Zen
Located in Miami, FL
A very nice contemporary Japanese style ceramic tea pot and tea cup.
This zen teapot has three parts that allow for perfect tea brewing.
Glazed.
Ce...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
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.
Category
Early 2000s French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Resin Egg by Marie Claude de Fouquières
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Marie Claude de Fouquières
Resin Egg
France 1970
Diameter : 16 cm
Height : 20 cm
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 1997
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
1997.
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 Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware sculpture, Jean-Paul Brunet. France 1980
By Atelier Palègre
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
Imposing stoneware sculpture,
Kiln-fired in a wood oven.
Unique piece, signed, in perfect condition.
Artist : Jean-Paul Brunet (1942-1996)
Atelier Palègre
France
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Gold Bronze Decorative Geometrical Forms, circa 1960, France.
By Monique Gerber
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...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antonine de Saint Pierre. Sculpture entitled “Soleil”. Contemporary work.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Antonine de Saint Pierre, signed.
Sculpture entitled “Soleil”, in green lacquered metal.
Work of a contemporary French artist.
Dimensions: H 180 x W 90 x D 70 cm
Reference: LS622...
Category
20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Objet Trouvé Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Objet Trouvé sculpture. Sculpture of a machine part on a wood plaque.
Property from esteemed interior designer Juan Montoya. Juan Montoya is one of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Formica, Wood
Pair of OTTO Brass Sconces, ITEM Edition, Paris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
OTTO sconces, gilded Brass, Item, France.
Handcrafted in Paris with high-quality brass polished and varnished. The inner face is white lacquered for an optimal light diffusion.
Each...
Category
2010s Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Glazed ceramic sculpture by Gisèle Buthod Garçon, circa 1980-1990
By Gisele Buthod Garçon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed ceramic sculpture by Gisèle Buthod Garçon.
Raku fired. Artist monogram and signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990.
H : 3.9’ x 5.5’ x 5.5’ inch...
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sculpture Signed Modernist in Wood, Metal and Plaster
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Very original French sculpture, small proportions, made with a technique of assembly of wood and white lacquered metal the whole coated with plaster in a modernist style. Unknown art...
Category
1960s Organic Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
By Michel Lanos
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos.
Artist signature under the base.
Circa 1980-1990.
Unique piece.
H : 27’ x 17’ x 12’5 inches.
Category
1980s Beaux Arts Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Eva Table Lamp in Bronze by Jacques Jarrige, 2013
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
Eva is a recent bronze lamp (pair available) sculpted by Jacques Jarrige.
Its sensual form is captivating from all angles, a trademark of Jarrige's work who by capturing movement in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amber Colored Natural Stone with Wood Stand
Located in Miami, FL
Natural amber stone found in Corsica on a wooden stand painted black.
Makes a lovely gift.
Will enhance any shelf, table or countertop.
Category
20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Unique Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2017
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An unique porcelain sculpture by Wayne Ficher.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed under the base, Wayne Fischer.
2017.
Category
2010s Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Bronze Bracelet Cuff Object with Unique Markings
Located in New York, NY
Exact origin unknown. Handsome desk accessory.
Category
Early 20th Century Primitive French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jean Campa. Abstract patinated iron sculpture. 1980s.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jean Campa, by.
Abstract, or geometric, sculpture in patinated iron.
French work realized in the 1980s.
Dimensions: H 80 x W 70 x D 40 cm
Reference: LS62191309U
Category
Late 20th Century French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Fragments Wall Sculpture by Dora Stanczel
Located in Geneve, CH
Fragments Wall Sculpture by Dora Stanczel
One of a Kind.
Dimensions: D 15 x W 50 x H 70 cm.
Materials: Porcelain, gold and jasmonit.
I create ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other, Gold
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
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 Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Wood and Glass Vases
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of interesting vases is made of wood elements and glass vases. This is a French work, circa 1980.
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Rick Owens Cast Bronze Coupe Vase Black Patina Signed
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze coupe vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection.
This is shown in the black patina.
Designed in 2012. Each bronze is signed.
Can be used as vase or sc...
Category
2010s Brutalist French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Shelomo Selinger (1928): Anthopomorphic striaght carved sculpture
By Shlomo Harush
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Shelomo SELINGER (1928-) : Anthropomorphic sculpture
Straight carved pink granit sculpture, uniq piece standing on a massive light brown coloured wood base representing a strange an...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
French ceramic sculpture reminding César Baldaccini work - 60s - France
By César Baldaccini
Located in Paris, FR
Superb ceramic and clay sculpture.
.
France, around 1960.
.
60s.
.
It is free form and recalls certain works of Cesar,
In particular its compressions.
.
Dimensions :
Height : 17 cm
...
Category
1960s Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Blown Colorless Glass and Metal Sculpture by Xavier Carrere
Located in Madrid, ES
Transparent blown glass and metal sculpture engraved as: Carrere/Ovites 99/E20, 1999. The object is by a sculptor, glassmaker and plastic artist Xavier Carrere, born in 1966, famous ...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Interesting Plaster Sculpture, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful interesting sculpture is made of plaster. This is a French work, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
72.5° Arcs
By Bernar Venet
Located in Paris, FR
Black patina steel sculpture
70 x 43 x 30 cm
Title engraved at base of work
To achieve a flawless curve, 72.5° Arcs is based on the fundamental principles of Euclidean geometry. Fol...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Big Ceramic Sculpture by Pierre Baey, circa 1990
By Pierre Baey
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A big ceramic sculpture by Pierre Baey.
Unique piece.
Perfect original conditions.
Circa 1990.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Gari, La Maison Des Artisans, Sculpture in Stainless Steel, "Fleur De Gogane"
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gari, La Maison des Artisans. Large sculpture in stainless steel. "Fleur de Gogane". France, late 20th century.
Height: 60 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Art Deco Sculptures by Marcel Guillard Mottled Fruits in a Bowl France
By Marcel Guillard
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of Art Deco Sculptures of mottled and speckled marble like glaze on a pair of baskets with fruit. Signed Marcel Guillard, Lye...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2015
By Wayne Fischer
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 Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic sculpture by Alistair Dahnieux, circa 2013
By Alistair Danhieux
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture signed Alistair Danhieux.
Signed and dated under the base.
2013.
Perfect original conditions.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Elegant Brass and Agate Sculpture
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This extraordinary sculpture is surely made in the 1970s. You recognize the influences of the Art Nouveau in this era: Organic structures and fluid forms, often in combination with h...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Brass
Ceramic Sculpture Signed A.C, Signed, 1980
By Tim Orr
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture signed A.C,
circa 1980.
Perfect original conditions.
Unique piece.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Relief Assemblage by André Bogaert, Belgium 1965
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Abstract Relief Assemblage by André Bogaert (1920-1986), Belgium 1965. Bogaert was an abstract expressionist who always put the experiment at first place...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Vase, Sculpture by Michel Lanos
By Michel Lanos
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase, sculpture by Michel Lanos (1926-2005).
Perfect original decorations.
Artist monogram under the base,
circa 1990.
Unique piece.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Late Ceramic Box Sculpture by French ceramicist couple Andrée & Michel Hirlet
By Andrée & Michel Hirlet
Located in London, GB
'Boite Jaune' by Andrée & Michel Hirlet
Material: Glazed stoneware
Dimensions: H 42 x 46 x 35 cm
Year: 2020
Type: one-of-a-kind
The exploration of forms and volumes consistently de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
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...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
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 Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Coupelle_Otoma_07 Bowl by Emmanuelle Roule
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Coupelle_Otoma_07 bowl by Emmanuelle Roule
Unique piece
Dimensions: D 38 x H 6 cm
Materials: stoneware, glass
Unique piece modelled in white stoneware, with glazes. Made...
Category
2010s Post-Modern French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glass
Glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
By Michel Lanos
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos.
Artist signature under the base.
Circa 1980-1990.
Unique piece.
H : 29’5 x 10’5 x 9’ inches.
Category
1980s Beaux Arts Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
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 Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
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 Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Black glazed stoneware sculpture-vase by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
By Michel Lanos
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black glazed stoneware sculpture-vase by Michel Lanos.
Artist signature under the base.
Circa 1980-1990.
Unique piece.
H : 18’ x 13’ x 5’5 inches.
Category
1980s Beaux Arts Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Chevalier Signed Vintage Brass Geometric Abstract Triangle Sculpture French
By Chevalier Paris
Located in North Miami, FL
This French arresting vintage 2 part brass abstract geometric signed sculpture is from the 60;s and by Chevalier. It is tall at 18.5" H. The ...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
By Maarten Stuer
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 Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Sculpture by Gérard Brossard, to La Borne, circa 2000
By Gérard Brossard
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture by Gérard Brossard to La Borne.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed " Gérard Brossard ".
Unique piece.
circa 2000.
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
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 Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 1989
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
1989.
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 Beaux Arts French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic