1960s Abstract Sculptures

Harry Bertoia created numerous bundled wire sculptures from the late 1950s until the mid-1970s. This example is a large and interesting table-top variation. Sculpture comes with au...

An expressive and finely rendered unique metal sculpture having a conical wire-wrapped form with organic painted shapes encased in the interior.

Heading : A signed abstract sculpture by Charles Neville Bertram in stained oak with teak base. Date : c1960 Origin : Liverpool, England Size : Height 52cm. Weight 3700g Condition :...

Asian hieroglyphic of our time, forged metal, canned, welded, coated in leaf and coated.

A group of 3 Interwoven Tangle Sculptures Designed By Richard Zawitz in the 1960s Each sculpture is executed in a Metallic surfaced Plastic The sculptures come apart and can be displ...

An abstract sculpture carved of richly figured marble and mounted on an organically shaped lacquered wooden base.

Stunning "Iron Totem" Sculptural Wrought Iron Candlestick designed by Salvino Marsura in Italy during the 1950s. An extraordinary sculptural candlestick crafted entirely in wroug...

Mid-Century Modern bronze sculpture by the international artist Bijan. Mounted on a natural piece of quartz, elegant weeping willow tree has 11 branches, with each branch having 6 se...

A 1960s Belgian ceramic abstract sculpture with bronze textured style finish mounted on natural wooden base, signed on the base "j h '64". Other simlar sculptures by the same artist ...

This exhibits all the hallmarks of mr Tarrs' work. Signed. If you are familiar with con-tar steel you understand that the surface has oxidized and rusted.

Bronze Abstract nude sculpture, circa 1960s.

Cubist Sculpture in Mirror Polished Chrome Striking Cubist-style mirror in polished chrome on plinth base. This sculptural piece features a dynamic interplay of angles and reflective...

Clock sculpture in 24k gold plated bronze and cast aluminum for the base by artist David Marshall. Marshall moved to Spain in the mid-1960s, opening a workshop in Malaga in 1969 whe...

An unsigned vintage cast bronze abstract sculpture with natural patina.

Free form wood and patinated brass sculpture after Harry Bertoia circa late 1960’s.

Ciotola in rame smaltato. Produzione Studio Cellini Pesaro. Difetti come da foto Grazie

Fantastic modernist, solid bronze flip-flop/sandal by unknown Japanese artist c 1960s. Acquired in Japan. Signed by artist, amazing patina throughout. Incredible detail.

This Brutalist sculpture is in overall good condition. Created by artist William S. McKenzie. Mixed-Metals. 1969, USA. Dimensions: 9" D x 13" W x 30" H.

Architectural and unique bronze sculpture that mesmerizes with angular beauty. Built in bronze, this mid-century piece is substantial in presence and weight, yet fluid to the eye. ...

Fratelli Brambilla is the manufacture which produced the vase designed by Angelo Mangiarotti in the 1960s. Old sticker of Frattelli Brambilla is there but not holding .The mark is ap...

A fun to look at piece of 3D wall created by Finesse Originals in the 1960's. It consists of a wood frame and the sculpture part is molded resin.

Unique sculpture handmade by Danish artist Erik Aalykke in his own studio in the 1960s. The piece is made from acid treated iron with a beautiful patina. Erik Aalykke (1923-83) used...

Untitled, undated bronze by American sculpture Abbott Pattison (1916-1999). Signed A. Pattinson, Firenze, 1/7.

Wonderful Bookend or Table Sculpture in Rosewood and Vermillion by California Design artist Jere Osgood.

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...

This lovely Mid-Century Modernist Biomorphic Carved Stone Sculpture on Rectilinear Slate Base originates from the United States, Circa 1960. Placed upon a solid rectilinear slate bas...

Abstract sculpture in Ebony wood by the student at Accademia di Belle Arte Venezia.

Large brutalist sculpture by unknown artist. Probably produced in Sweden. Signed “S. ??? 25/50”.  

The Red Abstract Mid-Century Murano Gold Leaf Inlaid Glass Sculpture from the 1960s is an extraordinary work of art that epitomizes the unparalleled craftsmanship and innovative spir...

Circular clear Murano glass sculpture with colorful sommerso striping.

A rare and very special statue known as "The Zodiac" by Lars Bergsten for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1960s. This is a very unusual piece depicting a mans face in an abstract or graphic wa...

Large midcentury sculpture of a standing egret, in the style of Maison Jansen, raised on a circular enameled base.

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...

An interesting set of oval wall platters in glazed stoneware. The subject matter is rather abstract and up for interpretation. But it seems they depicts to human beings dancing one w...

An enigmatic and architectural sculpture, created in France during the 1960s. Though the artist remains unknown, the work speaks in a distinctly modernist language—one of tension, rh...

Beautiful 8 piece set of Mid-Century Modern lucite napkin holders. These novelty vintage pieces also perform as individual salt and pepper shakers...

Bronze sculpture mounted on black marble base. This sculpture represents the project of a fountain that designed the artist Antonio Virduzz...

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...

Jacqueline Huhem (20th Century, California) Jacqui of California Brass and Mixed metals tree table top Sculpture. Original Jacqui of California label on...

Guy Sydenham for Poole Pottery, A hand thrown clay terracotta studio vase. Signed and stamped shape number to the base. Guy Sydenham was a master potter for more than 50 years, reno...

Signed Modern Abstract Composite Stone Sculpture, 1967, two stylized figural forms on rectangular base, signed in Hebrew "Chaim" and dated to base. 18.25" H x 10" W x 6.5" D. Provena...

This whimsical, yet refined, Mid-Century Modern decorative object in the form of a stylized zebra was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centu...

Bronze stylised aircraft model on walnut base. Circa 1960 H 23cm x W 39cm x D 22cm

Jim Dandy - Matthew Strumer. Bronze fsculpture of a man with walking stick. Signed on base 'Mat Strumor, 1961'. On a wood base. H 27 in. W 8 in. D 8 in.

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...

A stylized sculpture of a bird by Sascha Brastoff. Done in solid opalescent resin.

Unique stoneware sculpture by Bengt Berglund, in a whimsical, organic form reminiscent of a mushroom. Beautiful jade, brown and blue colored glaze with a glossy surface, gathering in...

A large unique and stunning vintage porcelain egg made by the talented Sylvia Leuchovius for Rörstrand, Sweden. This a very special item, a studio production and only produced in a v...

This fantastic and gorgeous biomorphic shaped polished stone is an organic modern sculpture. It is different from all angles and rests on a custom triangle shaped stainless steel sta...

Great sculpture from the 1960s.

Vintage French ceramic vase with African mask motif attributed to Jacqueline Lerat (circa 1960s). This sculptural, asymmetric piece presents a tribal mask m...

This beautiful Mid Century Modern marble sculpture, entitled "Kubus", was realized by the renowned Swiss sculptor Max Bill in 1966. It features...

Artist Amedeo Fiorese yellow sprayed ceramic flower vase sculpture, Italy 1970s.   

A large kinetic (moving) sculpture by Jerry Meatyard circa 1960s. Made of steel and brass, measures approximate 64.5" H, 36" W. Jerry Meatyard was born Nov. 25, 1929 in Bloomington-...

A wonderful organic example of Jan De Swart sculpture.  

Large scale welded chromium-plated steel salvaged car parts sculpture by artist Jason Seley (1919-1983). Signed by the artist. Rectangular base measures roughly 18" x 10".

Gorgeous abstract Mid-Century bronze of a dancing female on marble pedestal. Sort of an adventure. In the short period that we have owned this statue, we have not been able to find...

A silver plated architecturally inspired table object. Signed Original unpolished state.

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...

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...