Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Group of 1960's Square Studio Ceramic Vases in Ocher and Earth Tones
By Mobach
Located in London, GB
Set of eight Mid-Century Modern square studio pottery vases glazed in ocher and natural earth tones hand formed and in various heights by Mobach's Dutch ceramist made in the 1960's. ...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Modern Tapio Wirkkala Combed Crystal Art object Leaf set Handblown
Located in EL Waalre, NL
Artist
Tapio Wirkkala (1915 Hanko, Finland - 1985 Helsinki, Finland) A giant of Finnish design, Wirkkala was an artist of great diversity for whom no material was alien and who left...
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Fat Lava Ceramic Pottery Vase Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Italian Modern Sculpture in Blue and Yellow Murano Glass, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern sculpture in blue and yellow Murano glass, 1970s.
Sculpture with oval base in Murano glass with shades of blue and yellow. Belonging to the series I Somme...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Brass and Copper Abstract Sculpture with Black Carrara Marble Base, 1960's
Located in Den Haag, NL
Brass and copper mid-century sculpture with black carrara marble base, 1960's.
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass, Copper
Abstract Wood Sculpture, Brown and Black Base, France 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
It is a curved wooden sculpture, light brown in color. It was made in the 1970s in France. An iron bar painted black attaches it to its base, which is also made of black painted wood...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Sculpture by Alessio Tasca, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Sculpture by Alessio Tasca, Italy, 1970s
Designer Biography :
"Tasca was born 1929. He studied at the Art Institutes of Nove, Venice and Florence. He comes from a family of potters and started to work with clay early, first with his brothers (production of huge panels...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Carrara Marble Sculpture by Bertrand Créac'h, 1993
Located in London, GB
Citadelle sculpture by Bertrand Créac'h, 1993
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Sculpture in Carrara marble, unique piece signed.
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Dimensions:
H 55 x 25 x 15 cm
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Bertrand Créac'h is a french sculptor. He studied at l’Ecole Boulle in Paris and met the artists Étienne Martin...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
20th Century 1950 Asbtract Green and Brown Ceramic Free Form Sculpture
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Abstract french unique piece
Brown and green ceramic free form sculpture realised circa 1950
Original perfect condition
Signed under the base
Measures: Height 21 cm
Larg...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
21st Century Room Divider / Screen Sculptures by Natasha Dakhli, 2021
Located in London, GB
Ceramic screen/room divider sculptures by Natasha Dakhli, 2021
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Dimensions: H 185 cm x L 140cm
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Modular rotating sculptures made of enamel...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
Giant Marcello Fantoni Blue Ceramic Vase Object 1955
Located in Munich, DE
Unbelievable stoneware masterpiece of the famous Italian Artist Marcello Fantoni in blue glazed ceramic with white ceramic laces decorated. Every design museum would be happy to have...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Italy Late 20th Century Bronze Multiple Bust
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging bronze sculpture on black wooden base, well represents a human bust, but for its expressive force, the bust turns into an abstract shape of it.
The artist who created this sculpture is Roberto Nanut...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Sculpture by A. d. S.P
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Monumental abstract sculpture in patinated metal with a travertine stone base.
Creation signed by the french artist A.d.S.P.
France, 2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Travertine, Metal
Italy, Late 20th Century, Bronze Multiple Bust
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging bronze sculpture on black wooden base, well represents a human bust, but for its expressive force, the bust turns into an abstract shape of it.
The artist who created this sculpture is Roberto Nanut...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Flavio Poli Style Black Murano Glass Sculpture, Italy, 1970
By Flavio Poli
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand crafted transparent and black Murano glass abstract sculpture.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Isamu Noguchi Akari 3X, Ozeki, 1951
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
Akari model "3X" by Isamu Noguchi
Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal
Hand-made form realized by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan
Series started in...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Sculptures Probably Produced in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Pair of sculptures by unknown artist. Probably produced in Sweden.
Signed “MR 66 15/20” and the other “MR 66 17/20”.
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rudolf Wolf Tubular Sculpture Holland, 1975
By Rudolf Wolf
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Stunning sized symmetrical sculpture in stainless steel, designed and made by Rudolf Wolf in his own atelier in Amstelveen in 1975. The sculpture is made of 2 stainless steel tubes, cut, and welded perfectly into this abstract modern shape; it has a black painted wooden base which connects the 2 parts with each other. These sculptures were only made in very small numbers and are very hard to find. This sculpture is one of several we acquired from the former bookkeeper from Rudolf Wolf who bought these artworks in the 1980s. The sculpture has a nice size which you can easily put somewhere on a table/sideboard and look highly decorative. This work is unsigned, but we have several old pictures...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura, circa 1960s
By Madoura
Located in London, GB
Vintage ceramic egg figure from Atelier Madoura, Vallauris, France (circa 1960s). This egg-sized ceramic figure is painted with a stylized suited man w...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Isamu Noguchi Akari 33N, Ozeki, 1951
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
An Akari model "33N" by Isamu Noguchi
Light sculptural column
Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Hand-made form realized by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan
Series started in 1951
...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Sculpture "Dancer", A. Grazioli Signed, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Bronze "Ballerina" sculpture with wooden pyramid base, signed A.Grazioli.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rudolf Wolf Wire Turned Sculpture Holland 1975
By Rudolf Wolf
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice geometric wire sculpture designed by Rudolf Wolf and manufactured in his own atelier ca 1975. This sculpture is made of metal wire and were also used as studies for bigger sculptures he made later for outdoor. This sculpture is one of several we acquired from the former bookkeeper from Rudolf Wold who bought these artworks in the 1980s. The sculpture has a nice size which you can easily put somewhere and is in very good original condition. It is unsigned but we have several old pictures...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
20th Century Group Np2 Nerone Ceccarelli Giancarlo Patuzzi Wooden Sculpture 60's
Located in Turin, Turin
Nerone Ceccarelli was an Italian sculptor. He worked under the banner of research characterized by the integration of art and architecture, while he developed sculptures linked to a ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Abstract Stoneware Brown Ceramic Sculpture by Jean Brisy Modern XXth Century Art
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jean Brisy (1924-1991)
Original abstract ceramic sculpture by French artist Jean Brisy
Brown stoneware ceramic glaze colors
Original perfect condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Rustic Wooden Spools of Thread, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rustic Wooden Spools of Thread, by unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, pre...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Caesar Stoffi for Nagel, Pair of Modular Stacking Elements/Candle Holders, 1970s
Located in London, GB
Caesar Stoffi for Fritz Nagel c. 1970
2 modular stacking elements/candleholders
Polished metal
Good condition but with some surface tarnish
Orig...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Surrealist Sculpture, Punch Engraving by Adrian
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Surrealist sculpture, punch engraving by Adrian
Iron and wood
2017.
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
20th Century Mackintosh Pair of Vases "Black & White" by Sabattini
Located in Turin, Turin
The original design of this gorgeous pair of Vases is by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter. He was an exponent of the so-called Glasgow movement, at...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Large Wall Sculpture by Curtis Jere Signed and Dated
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
A quite large and very cool piece of wall art by the famous American artists Curtis Jere. Signed and dated, and in very good original condition.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
20th Century Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Located in Bagshot, GB
A fantastic piece of abstract art in the form of a bronze sculpture.
With sharp casting in the form of a shell motif and figurine and with a great verdi gris patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Isamu Noguchi Akari 40XP / T1, Ozeki, 1951
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
An Akari model « 40XP » on « Single Stem Base » (T1) by Isamu Noguchi
Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal
Hand-made form realized by Ozeki Com...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Sculpture by Antonio Virduzzo
By Antonio Virduzzo
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze sculpture mounted on black marble base.
This sculpture represents the project of a fountain that designed the artist
Antonio Virduzz...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid-Century Wooden Tree Decorative Sculpture signed by Giorgio Rastelli, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Wooden tree decorative sculpture signed by Giorgio Rastelli - Italy 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sculptural Studio Pottery Vase Object by Otto Meier, Worpswede, Germany, 1970s
By Otto Meier
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic object
Designer and producer:
Otto Meier, Bremen in Germany
Information:
Otto Meier (born March 18, 1903 in Dortmund, † June 1, 1996 in Worpswede) was a German ceramist.
Otto Meier, the silent master of the 20th century, is still considered a role model to many ceramists. His works are represented in important public and private collections.
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage Studio Ceramic Object was designed by Otto Meier and produced in his own Studio in the 1970s in Bremen, Worpswede in Germany. It is made of solid ceramic pottery and has a very unique brown and beige, coloration and surface structure. The bottom is marked with typical Otto Meier Producer signature OM. a very collectible and very rare item of the Meier Collection. the object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 14x11cm, it is very impressive.
straightforward and minimalistic design of the 1970s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home.
Dimensions:
Height 11cm
Diameter 14cm.
Condition:
This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina.
VITA Otto Meier:
Since 1924 Otto Meier studied architecture and sculpture at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dortmund. A visit to Bernhard Hoetger in Worpswede in 1925 brought him to ceramics. In Hoetger's workshop he began an apprenticeship under Willi Ohler...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Decorative Mid Century Modern Sculpture Sea Urchin or Sunburst by Curtis Jere
Located in Munich, DE
Exceptional and highly decorative Mid-Century Modern sculpture or decorative object »Asteroid«, »Sea Urchin« or »Sunburst«. Designed by Jerry Fels & Curtis Freiler for Curtis Jere, U...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
20th Century Charles Rennie Mackintosh Vase "HouseHill" by Colle, Matte
Located in Turin, Turin
The original design of this gorgeous Vase is by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter. He was an exponent of the so-called Glasgow movement, at least th...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
R van 't Zelfde Abstract TOTEM Sculpture Holland 1970s
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very visually pleasing and appealing totum sculpture from the hand of Dutch artist Rob van 't Zelfde, made in the 1970's. The sculpture is made out of Elm wood and is slightly tapere...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Elm
Set of Three Tall Minimalist Cylinder Vases in Earth Tones
Located in London, GB
A set of 3 (the smallest one of the four is not available) tall minimalist handmade stoneware cylinder vases. Their bold architectural structures are contemporary in design. Standing on a column with a wide border and chocolate brown textured surface glaze these vases tower in space like four ascending water towers. These vessels would have been turned by a highly skilled ceramist in the 1970-80's, signed LB Manufactured by Kuckertz & Rennertz, a four generation old family...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Charles Rennie Mackintosh Vase "HouseHill" by Colle, Glossy
Located in Turin, Turin
The original design of this gorgeous Vase is by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter. He was an exponent of the so-called Glasgow movement, at least th...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
André Bloc Sculpture in Metal and Bronze, 1960s
By André Bloc
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Abstract sculpture by André Bloc (1896 - 1966), France ca. 1960. The sculpture in made from brazed bronze and metal rods on a raw cut metal base, facinating...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Siderale, Sommerso and Battuto Glass Sculpture by Giorgio Vigna
By Venini
Located in Brussels, BE
Sculpture in translucent glass whose interior has a "cavity" in blue sommerso glass.
The blue color causes a slight exterior reflection.
The entire exterior of the piece is wheel engraved.
Giorgio Vigna...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Livio Seguso Murano Glass Sculpture, Italy
By Livio Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Murano glass sculpture designed by Livio Seguso, Italy, 1970's. Clear and smoked hand blown glass. Incised signature to underside an...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Rudolf Wolf Tubular Tangled Sculpture, Holland, 1975
By Rudolf Wolf
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice abstract tangled tubes sculpture designed by Rudolf Wolf and manufactured in his own atelier ca 1975. This sculpture is made of two seperate s...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Rudolf Wolf Geometric Stainless Steel Sculpture 1981
By Rudolf Wolf
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice abstract stainless steel geometric sculpture designed by Rudolf Wolf and manufactured in his own atelier in 1981. This sculpture is one of several we acquired from the former bookkeeper from Rudolf Wold who bought these artworks in the 1980s. The sculpture is a nice addition to any interior and has a nice size which you can easily put somewhere on a table/sideboard. It is in very good original condition. It is signed on the top; Rudolf Wolf '81 and we have several old pictures...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Isamu Noguchi Akari L2, Ozeki, 1951
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
An Akari model "L2" by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1908)
A light sculptural column, original shade in washi & structure in black lacquered metal
Hand-made form realized by Ozeki Company, G...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Large 20th Century Abstract Brown Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by F Clasen 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
F. Clasen
Original and large stoneware ceramic sculpture
Brown stoneware woodfiring ceramics colors
Abstract ceramic form
Signed at the base
Original perfect condition...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
xxl Fat Lava Floor Ceramic Pottery Floor Vase by Fritz van Daalen, Germany 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Fritz van Daalen
Producer:
Fritz van Daalen, Germany
Decade:
1960s
This original vinta...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Abstract red Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery object
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925 †2005
Decade:
1960s
This origi...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Fractal Resin Ball from 70s
Located in Paris, FR
Fractal resin ball attribued to François Godebski.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Isamu Noguchi Akari YA1 / T1 stand, Ozeki, 1951
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
An Akari model "YA1" on "Single Stem Base" (T1)
Original shade in washi
Structure in black lacquered metal & pebble base in cast iron and black lacquered metal stem
Hand-made form...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pottery Super White Color Fat Lava Multi-Color Vase Scheurich Germany WGP, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Ger...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 Red Black Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects Otto Keramik Germany 1970
By Otto Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic objects set of 3
Designer and producer:
Otto Keramik, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage Studio Pottery objects were designed and ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Large Abstract concrete Sculpture by Roger Desserprit
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Unique Large abstract sculpture by Roger Desserprit (1923-1985), France 1981. The sculpture is made out of concrete with a metal frame inside, the sur...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Concrete, Metal
Large Green Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by Maxime Defer circa 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Maxime Defer
Realised circa 1970 in France
20th century unique handmade ceramic sculpture by french artist Maxime Defer
Original perfect condition
Grey and green ceramic ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 2 Studio Pottery Sculptural Objects Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic object set of 2
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925-2005
Decade:
1970s
This origina...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Rare Super Color Fat Lava Multi-Color Vase Scheurich, Germany WGP, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Ger...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Four Solid Wooden Balls, 1970s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Set of four solid wooden balls, 1970s. Playful and decorative set made from solid Iroko wood crafted by hand in the 1970s by a specialized wood turner. The three smaller balls are ba...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Modern abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage abstract sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern abstract sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original abstract sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Joel Escalona, Curtis Jeré, Carstens Tönnieshof, and Gerhard Liebenthron. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for abstract sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $76 and tops out at $260,000 while the average work can sell for $1,960.
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