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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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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Naomi Feinberg "Amanecer" Sculpture in Red Granite, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary hand carved organic sculpture "Amanecer" in red granite on a white lacquered wood base by Naomi Feinberg, American 1970s.
Naomi Feinberg was a New York based sculpto...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Mid-Century Mexican Silver Plated Cups Set
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this mid-century Mexican silver plated cups set in the style of Los Castilllo in great vintage condition and fantastic patina.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
French Modern Maquette of a Sculpture, Nikki de Saint Phalle, 1980's
Located in Queens, NY
French Modern Maquette of a Sculpture, Nikki de Saint Phalle, 1980's
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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
Abstract Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects by Rudi Stahl, Germany, 1970s
By Rudi Stahl
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic objects, set of 2
Designer and producer:
Rudi Stahl, Germany
Information:
Rudi Stahl (1918 - 1987) / Höhr-Grenzhausen
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage studio object set was designed by Rudi Stahl and produced in his own Studio in the 1970s in Germany. It is made of pottery and has a very unique brown tone etc. coloration. The bottom is marked with typical Stahl Producer signature. A very collectible and very rare item of the Stahl Collection. The object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 12 and 21cm in height, it is very impressive.
Straightforward and minimalistic design of the 1970s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home.
Dimensions:
left
Height 21cm
Diameter 25,5cm
right
Height 12,5cm
Diameter 16cm
Condition:
This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina.
VITA Rudi Stahl:
Apprenticeship in pottery with Wim Mühlendyck (1936 journeyman's examination there), 1937 to 1939 studies at the State College for Ceramics in Höhr-Grenzhausen; from 1940 own workshop there; 1942 master craftsman examination; later he was chief master of the pottery guild of Rhineland-Palatinate. He received numerous awards, in 1975 Rudi Stahl (together with Wim Mühlendyck) was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. Collaboration with, among others, Theodor Bogler.
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Concrete relief sculpture by Momcilo Milovanovic, France 1970s
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Concrete relief sculpture by Momcilo Milovanovic (1921 - 2013), France 1970s. Milovanovic studied sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade unt...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Metal
Large Signed Silas Seandel Wall Sculpture
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Large Signed Silas Seandel wall sculpture.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
Located in Chicago, IL
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
S.M.S. is an art collection in a box that was available by subscription in 1968. Through February and December, subscribers were mailed six issues containing assorted works of art curated by William N. Copley. The portfolios consist of “original reproductions" by 73 artists including William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, John Cage, Terry Riley and more.
S.M.S. included renowned and unknown artists side by side. As form of protest against galleries, S.M.S. made contemporary art affordable and accessible at a modest price of $125.00 per subscription. The portfolios are all kept in their original display covers.
Edition of approximately 2,000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press.
Volume No. 1 February 1968
Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton (cover), Irving Penn; Black Dress, James Lee Byars; Chicago Project…, Walter de Maria; My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Kasper Konig; Luggage Labels Nancy Reitkopf; Project for a Bridge, Sue Braden; A Postcard for Mother, Richard Hamilton; Two Propositions in Black, Le Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Store Front, Christo; Sol Mednick; Pharmaceuticals, Julian Levy.
Volume No. 2 April 1968
Seven Minute Recording of Contapetrie, a surrealist word game (cover), Marcel Duchamp; The Mirror of Genoveva, Meret Oppenheim; Three Color Separations, Alain Jacquet; A Two-Year-Old Girl Choked to Death Today on an Easter Egg, Ray Johnson; A Proposed Comic Section for the New York Times, Bernard Pfreim; Farwell to Faust, George Reavey; Album, Clovis Trouille; Legal Tender, Bruce Conner; 10 collages, Marcia Hertscovitz; Cynocephalus & Co., Nicolas Calas.
Volume No. 3 June 1968
Untitled abstract landscapes (cover), John Battan; Clouds, William Bryant (Bill Copley); Ode to London, Dick Higgens; Two Drawings, Ronnie Landfield; Bush in Hand, Roland Penrose; The Father of Mona Lisa, Man Ray, signed and numbered; Glove, Enrico Baj; Four Titled Abstracts, Joseph Kosuth; Correspondence, H.C. Westerman; Signal Flag Poem, Hannah Weiner; Poppy Nogoods All Night Flight, Terry Riley; Poems, Atograf.
Volume No. 4 August 1968
Untitled (cover), Robert Stanley; Drift Study 4:37:4:05:09:50 5 VII 68, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Permanent Parking Decal, Robert Watts; 100 Year Calendar, On Kawara; Lichtenstein Hat, Roy Lichtenstein; Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued, John Cage; Phenakistiscope, Hollis Frampton...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Striped Vase in Blown Murano Glass Green Orange and Light Blue, 1990s, Italy
Located in Villaverla, IT
Striped vase in blown Murano glass green orange and light blue, 1990s, Italy.
This is a unique striped vase, with double colored sides, and stripes inside the blown technical. Half ...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Mid-Century Brass Sculpture Dish
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-Century brass sculpture dish attributed to Tommi Parzinger. Solid Brass sculpture center mounted to a brass dish. Three detail cut-outs outline the base of the dish. Spectacu...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Brass Sculpture of Abstract Figure 1970's
Located in London, GB
Abstract sculpture in brass suggesting a cloaked figure si Dutch 1970's
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Livio Seguso (Italian b. 1930) Large Clear Abstract Glass Sculpture
By Livio Seguso
Located in Chicago, IL
Large clear glass abstract sculpture, on rectangular block base, by glass Maestro, Livio Seguso.
From MuranoNet:
Livid Seguso, glass sculptor and Maestro.
Born in Murano in 193...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Mary Preminger Abstract Modernist Chrome and Black Marble Sculpture
By Mary Gardner Preminger
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous vintage double U-shaped abstract sculpture by the noted artist Mary Preminger is so modernist. It is polished chrome on a black marble original base. It was executed in...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Solid Marble Decorative Sphere on Bronze Base
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful solid green marble decorative sphere on bronze base, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks; it has a nic...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Beautiful Bronze Sculpture
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An interesting and elegant bronze sculpture, unsigned. In the style of Harry Bertoia or John Risley.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fat Lava Ceramic Pottery Vase Gerda Heukeroth Carstens Tönnieshof Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Gerda Heukeroth
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vin...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Rodger Mack Sandcast Brutalist Sculpture
By Rodger Mack
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual sandcast aluminum and brass sculpture by noted New York sculptor Rodger Mack. Stamped #6 of 10.
A quick note about the artist: "Born in ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Figurative Wooden Sculpture by F Tamba
Located in Antwerp, BE
Highly rare and decorative elegant scene in wood of a man making respectfully advances to a lady, with female servants bringing food. Made in Congo in the 20th century, and offered b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
William Bowie Gilded Mid-Century Modern Abstract Table Sculpture on Teak Base
Located in St. Louis, MO
Signed William Bowie welded spire abstract metal gilded with both gold and silver leaf on teak base, circa 1960. This piece is unusual as most of Bowie's pieces are wall-mounted form...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Teak
Lorenzo Burchiellaro Italian Cast Etched and Black Aluminum Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Lorenzo Burchiellaro cast and etched aluminum square sculpture.
Patinaed black and natural etched aluminum composes this open cube with a dish depressed center for either holding va...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Del Fabbro sculpture No. 17
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro, F.42
1984
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913.
He trained in his family...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Abstract Striated Marble Sculpture on Lucite Base
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Abstract striated marble sculpture on Lucite base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Mark Lindquist Mid-Century Carved Wood Relief Sculpture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An amorphous and sensual early piece by Pioneer Wood Artist Mark Lindquist. Signed and dated '74 along one edge. A carved amorphous natural wood form wi...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 Fat Lava Pottery Vases Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vases set of 2
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This origin...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
1970s Abstract Table Sculpture Exotic Wood Stripe
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Abstract Organic Modern striped Wood Table Sculpture
In the Style of Don Shoemaker
8 H x 21.5 W x 10.25 D
Preowned unrestored vintage condition.
Refer to images provided.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Sculpture 1977 Broken I
Located in Weesp, NL
Unique 1970's metal sculpture titled Broken I by Chris Verbeek the Netherlands.
This beautiful piece will be shipped insured overseas in a custom made wooden crate.
Cost of transpo...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Modern Art Sculptural Studio Pottery Vase Warm Colors David Cressey Style 1970s
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sculptural vase
Modern Art Sculptural Vase Studio Pottery David Cressey Style midcentury modern 1970s
13.25 x 4.75 diameter
RS-30 C stamped on bottom
Preowned original good vinta...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Petite White Marble Sculpture on Stand
Located in Sheffield, MA
Small contemporary white marble sculpture sits on a black platform. Sculptor is Jean Downey (1931-2009). She was born in Canada, studied art in Illinois, New York and Connecticut. He...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Set of 2 Fat Lava Pottery Vases Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vases set of 2
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This origin...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
Joaquin Garcia Donaire abstract modern sculpture Spain 1960
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic sculpture by Joaquin Garcia Donaire made in his own atelier in Spain, 1960s. This abstract sculpture is made with a fantastic and unique shape. It is truly special from eve...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Teak
Ceramic Totem by Sandra Brown North on Wood, 1950's
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Sandra Brown North ceramic and wood totem circa mid 1950’s. This masterful work has earth toned figural ceramic forms mounted on a wood back and a square wood bases. A rectangular se...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Sculpture in the Style of Franco Bucci, Italy, 1960s
By Franco Bucci
Located in Milan, IT
Ceramic sculpture in the style of Franco Bucci.
Two pure shapes can be combined in different positions.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Cut Metal Brutalist Modern Abstract Cat Standing Sculpture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Studio made artist signed Brutalist cut steel abstract standing sculpture standing on 15x15" square metal plate base. Paul Evans Erwine & E...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Midcentury Geometric Abstract Wall Sculpture in Gilt Bronze signed Emile Gilioli
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist geometric abstract wall sculpture by Emile Gilioli is a rare and striking creation, crafted in gilt bronze and mounted on a sleek black acrylic base. Signe...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lee Rohde Sculptural Lectern Form in Wengé, 1970
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual and unique piece of American craft-Lee Rohde made vertical sculpture with storage compartment in solid wengé wood. Top opens to reveal a shallow s...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wenge
Fat Lava Ceramic Pottery Vase Gerda Heukeroth Carstens Tönnieshof Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Gerda Heukeroth
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vin...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
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
1960s Erotic Art Sculpture Woman’s Waist Pottery Ashtray Vessel Female Body Form
Located in Hyattsville, MD
White Hi-gloss glazed ashtray, heavily crazed. Artist/Maker unknown. Procured in Puerto Rico.
Category
1960s Puerto Rican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s California Design Artist Jere Osgood Block Table Sculpture Bookend
By Jere Osgood
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful Bookend or Table Sculpture in Rosewood and Vermillion by California Design artist Jere Osgood.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Bruno and Ingeborg Asshoff, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Bruno and Ingeborg Asshoff
Information:
Ingeborg (1919-1998) und B...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Mid-Century Bronze Welded Brutalist Mummy Cat Sculpture, Style of Jane Ackroyd
Located in St. Louis, MO
Unique cast and welded bronze brutalist sculpture of a cat in the style of a mummy. Having cast bronze gause wrapping around body with welded detail to front paw, in the style of Bri...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wooden Sculpture by MILOSEVIC
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Wooden sculpture by MILOSEVIC.
Dragoljub D.A, MILOSEVIC (1939-2019), is an artist born in 1939. He showed early gifts for the drawing and plastic modeling of busts. He thus obtain...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Abstract Studio Pottery Stoneware ‘Pagoda Pot’ by Alan Ashpool, England C.1970s
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A wonderful three hooped ‘Pagoda Pot’ by Alan Ashpool, tiered forms made from a mixture of thrown and slipcast sections joined together, in an ecru / pale green colourway, with three matt green slip stripes. In very good condition with no chips or cracks. Alan Ashpool backstamp to the base.
Dorset based potter Alan Ashpool, studied pottery under Heber Matthews (1905-1959), a foremost student of William Staite Murray and teacher of Hans Coper.
During the 1960s Ashpool’s pots were sold in leading design stores such as Heal’s, alongside those of Dame Lucie Rie...
Category
1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware, Paint
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture design shop prior to attending both the R. Superior Institute for Decorative and Industrial Arts in Venice as well as Magistero Artistico, graduating with high honors in 1937.
From the years of 1938-1948 Dal Fabbro immersed himself in furniture design and academia. Primarily, he designed furniture for both design houses and private clients. Del Fabbro participated in the Triennale de Milano competition in both 1939 and 1947 and won the Ganzatti Contest for 'Standardization of Furniture". During this period he also contributed to the Italian design publications Domus and Stile and the French magazine L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui.
In 1948 Mario Dal Fabbro immigrated to America and began designing furniture for mass production, working for J.G. Furniture in New York and Quakertown, PA. During his years steady employ, he published Modern Furniture: Its Design And Construction in 1949 and contributed regularly to The New York Times and House and Garden. His subsequent publications spanned a little over the decade and included How to Build Modern Furniture (1951), How to Make Built-In Furniture (1955), and How to Make Children's Furniture and Play Equipment...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Vintage Blue & Clear Lucite Racing Sailboat Sculpture by Wintrade, Beverly Hills
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large solid lucite sailboat sculpture was made by Wintrade of Beverly Hills California in approximately 1980 in a Mid Century Modern style. The sc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Curtis Jere Starburst Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
Curtis Jere Starburst Sculpture
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Abstract Carved Onyx Bust Sculpture on Tall Pedestal
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Modern abstract carved marble or onyx sculpture. Orange beige red.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Onyx
Sculptural Mid-Century Modern Dutch Studio Pottery Vase
Located in London, GB
Organic hand formed vase have different scalloped edged detailing. Scratched and molded onto the surface are layers of maroon, wine, ivory, blue colors. The mix of glazes help accent...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Elio Schiavon Italian Wizard Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Elio Schiavon wizard figure, dates to the mid-1950s in excellent condition! Born in 1925 in Arzergrande, Padua, Italy. Studied at the Nove School of Ceramic Art. Opened his own Studi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Polished Steel Sculpture by Gary Slater
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Gary slater freeform sculpture, circa early 1980s. This example executed in stainless steel looks great from any angle. Signed and numbered 2/25.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Selection of Sirmos Plaster Lamps
By Sirmos, Diego Giacometti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of modernist plaster lamps, made by Sirmos, American, circa 1960s. From left to right, they are:
1) Plaster lamp, in the manner of Diego Giacometti. It has been SOLD.
2) P...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Italian Modern Abstract Blush Marble Sculpture on Base
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century Italian Modern (1960s) abstract blush marble sculpture, mounted on a rectangular black base.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Oscar Troneck Abstract Sculpture, France, c. 1950's, Signed 'Troneck'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oscar Troneck abstract sculpture, France, c. 1950's, signed: 'Troneck'
Wood, Signed twice.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage French Stone Sculpture - unknown artist
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Vintage French Stone Sculpture - unknown artist
Art - Decoration - Natural Organic sculpture
Measures : 25cmx15cm H:47,5cm
Material : French Stone - Wood Base
Wear consistent with ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Selection of Mid-Century Modern Brass Table Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Mid-Century Modern brass table lamps, American, circa 1950s. We believe these were created by the Hansen Company. They are price at $750 each. The price noted includes t...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Huge Daniel Rhodes Sculpture, USA, 1970s
Located in Berlin, DE
Huge Daniel Rhodes sculpture, USA, 1970s
Signed and in excellent condition.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
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