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Period: 1960s
1960s Atomic Decorative Chrome Starburst Table Sculpture
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Atomic Decorative Chrome Starburst Table Sculpture Style of Curtis Jere 7 h x 7 diameter Chrome plated steel Overall good condition preowned vintage Unmarked Refer to images li...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Steel, Chrome

Set of Three Vintage Geometric Murano Glass Vases, Grey and Black, Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
The great skills of Murano based artisans show in many different ways. Some are able blowers, others can freehanded create sculptures and elaborate bowls, and finally some master the...
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Italian Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass

Mexican Modern Abstract Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Mexican Modern Abstract Sculpture. Great Mexican mid century modern abstract sculpture lavender, chartreuse and by Abela. Fantastic example of Mexican Modernism!
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Barbara Hepworth Style Carved Marble Organic Abstract Garden or Yard Sculpture
By Hans Arp, Isamu Noguchi
Located in St. Louis, MO
In the style of Barbara Hepworth large organic biomorphic form hand-carved white marble garden - landscape sculpture with beautiful natural moss patina This sculpture also resembles ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Marble

William Bowie Brutalist Bronze Sculpture 1960s
Located in New York, NY
This abstract sculpture appears to be the figure of a man, but upon closer inspection, the figure gives way to a mass of swirling metal. William Bowie was a prominent sculptor of t...
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American Brutalist Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Stone, Bronze

William Bowie Brutalist Bronze Sculpture 1960s
Located in New York, NY
William Bowie was a prominent sculptor of the American Mid-Century Modern period. A contemporary of Harry Bertoia, Curtis Jere and Bruce Freidle, Bowie is considered a founding figur...
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American Brutalist Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Stone, Bronze

Alfredo Barbini Green and Clear Murano Glass "Bull" Table Sculpture, 1969
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Alfredo Barbini Venetian Murano Green & Clear Glass "Bull" Sculpture. Featuring hand made clear, green with dark interior Murano Art Glass Bull, with cl...
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Italian Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Murano Glass

Italian Mid Century Modern Wall Mounted Wooden Sculpture, Geometric Accent Piece
By Luigi Magnani
Located in Milano, IT
Music historian, art critic and collector, and one of the most eminent men of culture in his days: Luigi Magnani Rocca has been a key feature in Italian modern history, and amassed a...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Wood, Walnut

Bertoncello Ceramics
Located in Lugo, IT
Pottery attributed to Bertoncello/Rigon. Good conditions. Thank you
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Italian Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Brian Bijan Hot Air Balloon Table Top Sculpture in Copper, Brass & Stone
By Brian Bijan
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Brian Bijan Attributed Hot Air Balloon Mixed Media Table Sculpture. Featuring a handcrafted, welded mixed metal sculpture in Copper, Iron coated Brass and Basalt, with tethered early...
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American Brutalist Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Stone, Brass, Iron

Fiber Sculpture Wall Hanging or Room Divider
By Sheila Hicks
Located in San Diego, CA
Fiber sculpture wall hanging or room divider in jute. Open weaving with wood on the top and bottom. Purchased from the estate of an artist who attended Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Jute

Abstract Form - Surrealist Entity in Glazed Ceramic, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1960s sculptural surrealist figurine/ornament in partially glazed and hand-painted ceramic. An abstract form based upon an ovoid main shape. The main color is mustard and the appli...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Artisan Brutalist Gold Metal Bonsai Tree Sculpture on Agate Base
Located in St. Louis, MO
Beautiful handcrafted MCM Artisan made Brutalist Bonsai Tree on agate base table sculpture. In the organic modern style, fabricated of brazed metal with a bronze gold metal tone fini...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Agate, Metal

Aksel Hansen Surrealist Entity in Glazed Ceramic, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1960s sculptural surrealist figurine/ornament in partially glazed and hand-painted ceramic. An abstract form based upon an ovoid main shape. The main color is mustard and the appli...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Unique Mid-Century Spatialist Ceramic Sculpture Attributed To Gaetano Magazzù
Located in Koper, SI
Important ceramic sculpture with a spatialist inspiration, for example from the works of Lucio Fontana. It features a color gradient decor on the sides, and black and white decor on ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Aksel Hansen Surrealist Ornament in Glazed Ceramic, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1960s sculptural surrealist ornament in partially glazed and hand-painted ceramic. An abstract form or being ovoid in its main shape. The main color is mustard and the applied glaz...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Aksel Hansen Surrealist Entity in Glazed Ceramic, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1960s sculptural surrealist entity in partially glazed and hand-painted ceramic. An abstract form based upon an ovoid main shape. The main color is mustard and the applied glaze ol...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Abstract Carved Pine Sculpture, circa 1970
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique, Mid-Century pine totem sculpture. A beautifully carved abstract home accessory adorned with intricate detail. In original condition with visible wear consistent with its age ...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Laminate

Impressive Modernistic Wooden Sculpture by Finnish Sculptor Pentti Papinaho 1964
Located in Helsinki, FI
Pentti Papinaho (1926-1992) was a Finnish sculptor whose works (sculptures and wall reliefs) can be found all over Finland, such as the Tampere Central Hospital and Siilinjärvi Churc...
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Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Pine

Set of Three Vintage Decorative Jacks made of iron with black lacque
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of Three Vintage Decorative Jacks made of iron with black lacquer in the style of Bill Curry.  Use these as great paperweights or to add texture and interest to a deskscape. Th...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Iron

Square Studio Ceramic Vases in Natural Earth Tones
Located in London, GB
Five Mid-Century Modern square studio pottery vases glazed in natural earth tones that vary from dark red, grey-green to brown. They are hand formed and in different heights by Mobac...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Signed Mid-Century Brutalist Welded Iron Rebar Abstract Sculpture, circa 1960s
Located in St. Louis, MO
Signed Mid-Century modern Brutalist / abstract sculpture made of welded iron rebar and steel, painted black on colored concrete based. Indiscriminately signed to base. Great coffee t...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Concrete, Iron

Birger Åberg Swedish Mid-Century Abstract Sculpture
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
There are several smaller and lesser-known independent workshops across Scandinavia some producing exceptional and stunning work. Birger Åberg is one such artist or perhaps ceramic s...
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Wood

Mid-Century Modern Carved Wood Sculpture in manner of Takao Kimura, ca. 1960
By Takao Kimura
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern In the manner of Takao Kimura Carved Elmwood Abstract Sculpture Japan, ca. 1960s DIMENSIONS Height: 17.75 inches Width: 6.25 inches Depth: 6...
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Mid-Century Closed Form Ceramic Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Compelling closed form ceramic sculpture from the mid-century. Beautiful subtle glaze with an abstract decoration on the top. Closed forms are difficult to create successfully, notin...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Surrealist Abstract Bronze Sculpture in Manner of Wifredo Lam, ca. 1950's-60's
Located in New York, NY
Surrealist Abstract Sculpture In the manner of Wifredo Lam ca. 1950’s-60’s DIMENSIONS Height (w/ base): 11.25 inches Height of base: 5 inches Width: 5 inches...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Exquisite Italian Phytomorphic Abstract Sculpture in Natural Ash, 1960s
Located in Brescia , Brescia
Crafted during the artistic zenith of the 1960s. An exquisite testament to the fusion of nature and abstract form, this piece exudes an enigmatic allure that captivates the beholde...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ash

Mid Century Abstract Metal and Enamel Wall Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible Mid-Century hand crafted wall-mounted sculpture with enamel on metal elements. Would look great over a fireplace. Can be mounted horizontal or vertically.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

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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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Iron

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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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Aluminum

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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American Brutalist Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Wrought 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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European Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Marble, Brass

Original Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Brutalist Female Torso Sculpture
Located in Troy, MI
Abstract nude sculpture by Ohio artist Fred Scott circa 1960s Female torso molded from welded steel and mounted to wooden base Acquired from the artist estate Original exhibit tag to...
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Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Steel

1960s Jason Seley Welded Chrome Automobile Bumper Abstract Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract chrome car bumper art created by Jason Seley. Overall measurement is 27" by 14" by 12", base measuring 7.5" high by 8" in diameter. Unsigned. Hand...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Marble, Chrome

Bruce Beasley Cherry Picker Pecker Sculpture, Signed, 1969, USA
By Bruce Beasley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bruce Beasley cherry picker sculpture, Signed, 1969, USA. Beasley is recognised as one of the most noteworthy and innovative sculptors on the American W...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Acrylic

Abstract Sculpture Moss Green Marble on Bronze Plinth by Alice Ward
Located in London, GB
Hand-carved sculpture in moss green marble / granite on a polished round bronze plinth by the late Alice Ward. Her sculpture echoes a voyage of discovery in not just the visible natu...
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Granite, Marble, Bronze

Wonderful Modernist Abstract Brutalist Sculpture by William F. Sellers
By William F. Sellers
Located in Buffalo, NY
American mid-20th century modernist Brutalist abstract bust sculpture in cast and hand worked granulated and polished metal aluminum by award winning and well exhibited artist painte...
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American Brutalist Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Aluminum

Haeger Canary Yellow Abstract Tiered Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A stunning rare abstract Haeger bright canary yellow tiered sculpture. This piece coordinates with a catchall in the same color, listed separately, see photos. Beautiful on its own, ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Pottery

Dolly Moreno Kinetic Abstract Sculpture in Stainless Steel
By Dolly Moreno
Located in Atlanta, GA
Kinetic Abstract Sculpture, hand made by Dolly Moreno, American, circa 1960s. Signed on base. It is on a magnetic base, and some of the elements of the sc...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Stainless Steel

Scandinavian Abstract Wooden Sculpture, 1960s
Located in Valby, 84
Rare Scandinavian abstract wooden sculpture in solid teak and beechwood made by an unknown Scandinavian artist in the 1960s. The sculpture is the perfect decorative piece in any i...
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Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Beech, Teak

Table Top Sculpture by Anne Van Kleeck in Bronze
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A unique Anne Van Kleeck bronze, table top sculpture of abstracted figures, dancers perhaps. From the artist's estate. A note about the artist: Anne Van Kleeck was primarily known for her works in cast bronze and ceramics. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A.) and Ohio State University (M.A.) and spent several years as a professor of art in Ohio and Florida. In 1957, Anne traveled to Venice, Italy to study bronze and lost wax casting, beaten iron and mosaic techniques. During that stay she employed an Italian foundry expert and together they established a small foundry on the island of Murano where they cast bronzes for her one woman show in Venice. Van Kleecks work has won multiple awards and is owned worldwide by private collectors and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum and MOMA in New York. She was contemporaries of and exhibited with Ruth Asawa, Gary Knox Bennett...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Sculpture by Leonardo Nierman, Signed and Numbered
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed bronze sculpture by Leonardo Nierman on a mirror base. dimensions include base.
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Mexican Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Nita Sunderland "Standing Woman" Cast Bronze Abstract Modern Sculpture 60"
By Nita K. Sunderland 1
Located in Dayton, OH
"Standing Woman" by Nita Sunderland, Features an abstract form of a Standing women. Circa 1960s Mounts via iron pipe along base Nita K. Sunderland, 92, American sculptor, died July 17, 2020 at Generations at Riverview in East Peoria. Nita was born November 9, 1927, in Newton, Illinois, to parents Sarah (Taylor) Sunderland and Glenn H. Sunderland. She grew up in Newton, and continued her education in Norton, Mass, where she graduated from House in the Pines junior college in 1947. There she developed impressive equestrian skills and became captain of the school’s Riding Club. She briefly taught physical education at Lancaster Country Day School in Lancaster, PA, before resuming her education. She studied art at Duke University before transferring to Bradley University, where she received her BFA in 1952. Nita taught art at the University of Michoacan, Mexico, from 1953 to 1954. She received her Masters degree in ceramics from Bradley University in 1955 and joined the Bradley faculty a year later. As one of the first woman college sculpture instructors in the United States, Nita was constantly breaking the glass ceiling throughout her career. She taught sculpture, drawing, and 3-D design at Bradley until she retired as a Professor Emeritus in 1988. Nita is known for her mostly large-scale works of sculpture carved from Indiana limestone...
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Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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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French Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

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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French Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Group of Studio Ceramic Free Form Pebble Vases in Earth Tones by Jaan Mobach
Located in London, GB
Set of thirteen studio pottery pebble vases, glazed in natural earth tones and in various heights by Mobach's Dutch ceramist Jaan Mobach. The vases are par...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Naomi Feinberg "Fractured Planet" Sculpture in Italian Red Levanto 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary hand carved “Fractured Planet” sculpture in Italian Red Levanto marble on an ebonized wood base by Naomi Feinberg, American 1960’s. Naomi Feinberg was a New York based...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Maurizio Tempestini Brass & Travertine "Geometric" Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Buffalo, NY
Futurist Maurizio Tempestini angular brass table lamp with travertine base. Tall kite form structure in a patina'ed brass on a travertine base. Diagonal. Architectural. Rarity. 24H t...
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Italian Futurist Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Travertine, Brass

Handmade David Palombo Menorah or Candelabra
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique Handmade Iron and Stone Menorah or Candelabra, made by David Palombo, Israel, circa 1960s.
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Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Iron

Set of Asian Carved Wood Zen Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Set of Asian carved wood Zen figures. Great vintage set of 3 carved wood Asian male zen figures or sculptures. Each figure is in a different posi...
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Asian Hollywood Regency Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Bronze Figure on Wood Base, Signed Robert Stoller '1934'
By Robert Stoller
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This abstract bronze figure is by California artist Robert Stoller (1936-). Striking from a distance, the position and the texture of the figure stand o...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Brutalist Mid-20th Century Wire Tree Sculpture by Silva Bucci
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-20th Century intricate and realistic bronze tree sculpture by Silva Bucci. Bronze nameplate accompanies the sculpture.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

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Quartz, Bronze

Abstracted Figure in Bronze by Sanford 'Sandy' Decker
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a wonderful abstract figure in bronze by well known sculpture, Sanford (Sandy) Decker. The patina is a beautiful shade of chocolate brown. It has aged well, bronze highlights can be seen. The base is bronze and a part of the sculpture . It is signed, "Decker" and dated "68" on the base. "Sanford Decker...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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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