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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Large Ceramic Brutalist Vase Fat Lava 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 vi...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Geometric Wooden Sculpture Lull No41 – NONO’s Decorative Object for Contemporary
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Geometric Wooden Sculpture Lull No41 – NONO’s Decorative Object for Contemporary Spaces
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smoot...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Jaap Ravelli Large Sculptural Studio Pottery Bowl
By Ravelli
Located in Tilburg, NL
Jaap Ravelli Large Sculptural Mid Century Studio Pottery Bowl. The Netherlands, mid 20th century.
This large pottery bowl by Jaap Ravelli is a very spec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Sculpture of Violins by Artist Arman New Years Gift 1984 For Christofle
By Arman
Located in Chicago, IL
A sculpture of many violins by French artist Fernandez Arman created for Christofle in 1984 as a new years gift wishing for a happy new year.
Signed and stamped. Silver plate bronze...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Carl Auböck Model #7259 'Spiral' Brass Pen Holder
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #7259 'Spiral' brass pen holder. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pen or pencil holder is executed in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Lovely Group of Porcelain Kaiser/Rosenthal-Germany Björn Wiinblad, Manfred Frey
Located in Round Rock, TX
A lovely grouping of porcelain bisque vases for Kaiser Germany and Rosenthal “Studio Line” c.1970s. The decorative forms looked so good as a whole, we decided to offer them together....
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Abstract Wall Old Italian Sculpture Mixed Oil Wood Ceramic Interesting Piece
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Abstract wall old Italian sculpture on wood mixed oil wood ceramic very interesting piece, 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Paint
$1,723 Sale Price
20% Off
XXL Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925 †2005
Decade:
1960s
This ori...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Set of 3 Modernist 1970s Vase Sculptures Peter Müller for Sgrafo Modern, Germany
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Set of 3 op art elements with abstract floral illustrations.
Origin:
Germany
Produder:
Sgrafo Modern
Design:
Peter Müler
Material:
Pottery...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Object Horst Kerstan, Kandern Germany 1980s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Horst Kerstan, Kandern in Germany
Information:
Horst Kerstan (born March 29, 1941 in Frankfurt, † March 21, 2005 in Kandern) was a German ceramist, craftsman and internationally recognized artist.
Founder of Group 83.
Decade:
1980s
This original vintage Studio Stoneware Object was designed by Horst Kerstan and produced in his own Studio in the 1980s in Kandern in Germany. It is made of solid stoneware pottery and has a very unique red brown beige coloration and structure. the bottom is marked with typical Kerstan Producer signature K and signed with Keratin and date 21.9.1980. a very collectible and very rare item of the Kerstan Collection. the object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 17x18cm, it is very impressive.
straighforward and minimalistic design of the 1980s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home.
Dimensions:
Height 17cm
Length 17cm
Depth 18cm.
Condition:
This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina.
VITA Horst Kerstan:
Horst Kerstan grew up in Frankfurt am Main, where he became acquainted with the manufacture of ceramic products through his father Walter Kerstan, who headed the "Ceramic Colors" department of Farbwerke Hoechst AG. After a porcelain painter apprenticeship, he worked from 1956 to 1957 as a porcelain painter in the porcelain manufactory of Hoechst AG, then from 1957 to 1959 in the ceramics department of the Werkkunstschule Offenbach (today: Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main) with Lore Kramer-Koehn, the wife of Frankfurt architect Ferdinand Kramer, the pottery to learn and incidentally at the College of Fine Arts, Frankfurt, the drawing.
After Kerstan met the ceramist and painter Richard Bampi...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Early Warren Platner Large Wire Lounge Chair for Knoll , C.1970 Cado Wool Woven
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Buffalo, NY
Warren Platner model 1705 easy wire lounge chair for Knoll
Designer: Warren Platner
Knoll International
USA - Circa 1970s
Condition: Very...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Nickel
Sculptural Ceramic Vessel with Lid by Dutch Schalling
Located in London, GB
Organic free form vessel or urn with lid by Willem Schalling. This sculptural vessel is hand sculpted and glazed in deep blue, with an over glaze in chalk white applied in vertical s...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Four Luce Contemporary Sculptures, circa 2019
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of three contemporary sculptures made by the Spanish contemporary artist Luce, circa 2019. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beaut...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$1,047 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Tall Lucite Sculpture by Joseph Alan Hough
By Joseph Alan Hough
Located in Pasadena, CA
This one-of-a-kind sculpture was carved from a single piece of crystal clear Lucite. The base of the clear Lucite piece is signed "J. Alan Hough.
Joseph Alan Hough is a Californian ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$480 Sale Price
65% Off
Amedeo Fiorese Yellow Sprayed Ceramic Flower Vase Sculpture, Italy, 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Artist Amedeo Fiorese yellow sprayed ceramic flower vase sculpture, Italy 1970s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$1,436 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid-Century Modernist Hand Carved Walnut & Oak Dowel Pierced Amorphic Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This unusual and sophisticated modernist sculpture was realized in France circa 1985. It features a demilune formed base suggestive of a sickle in oak pierced through with a cylindrical dowel in burnished...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Walnut
California Modern Exotic Wood Table Sculpture Organic Oval Form
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Abstract California Modern. Sculptural oval wood form. Organic shape.
Exotic solid wood appears as cherry wood mounted on iron rods.
Black painted base.
No label.
9.5 h x 14 d x 9.5...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Avocado Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful and whimsical mid-20th century Italian porcelain sculpture with five avocados, one cut in half with the pit showing, and placed in a basket with grass, all molded in porcel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Sculptural Abstract Sphere Studio Art Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modern Sculptural Sphere Abstract Studio Pottery Art
Brown ball object
6.75 h x 6.5 w x 6.25 d
Preowned original vintage condition.
See images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Abstract 31cm Ceramic Studio Pottery Object, Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1981
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925 †2005
Decade:
1980s
This original vintage Studio...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Ceramic Sculpture Vase by Weiss, Signed 1972
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Petra Weiss, born in Cassina d'Agno near Lugano, feeling this call of the sea innately, in Tremona, lives the artistic atmosphere of the atelier of a great Swiss sculptor, whom I had...
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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 original vintage pottery object...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Abstract animal bronze sculpture circa 1970 france decorative art unique piece
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
France - circa 1970
Abstract animal bronze sculpture
Not signed
original perfect condition
height 12 cm
Large 23 cm
depth 18 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Albert Féraud : "Abstraction", unique sculpture made of steel C. 19...
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Albert FÉRAUD (1921-2008, France) : "Abstraction"
Unique sculpture made of welded pieces of steel
Signed A. FERAUD
Circa 1970, France
Dimensions
Height = 35 cm
Width = 32 cm
D...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
CINETICO Illuminated Sculpture Murano Glass Brass Mobile Chandelier, Cobalt
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This exquisite Murano glass chandelier boasts delicate glass elements that shimmer and radiate a cozy, welcoming ambiance, making it the perfect centerpiece for any living space. Man...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Metal
Rare Super Color Crusty 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
Italian Midcentury Wooden Sculpture "Elemento Vegetale" Elvio Becheroni, 1970s
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Italian mid-century wooden sculpture "Elemento Vegetale "from Amazzonia series entirely in wood.
The structure is Created by Elvio Becheroni in 1970s. Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Modernist Stabile Sculpture by Graham Sears
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist stabile sculpture by Graham Sears.
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Limited Edition Signed & Dated Glass Sculpture / Vase by Peter Shire, circa 1990
By Peter Shire
Located in Skokie, IL
Peter Shire limited edition signed and dated glass sculpture / vase for Vistosi, Italy, Pedestal, USA / Italy, 1990
Peter Shire rare signed and dated glass sculpture for Vistosi, ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Aharon Bezalel Cast Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cast bronze sculpture by Aharon Bezalel, 1967, Israel.
Aharon was born in Afghanistan and lived in Jerusalem where he created his works of art...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Weinberg Abstract Propeller brass sculpture on marble base mid century signed
By Weinberg
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Abstract motion sculpture by Weinberg (Frederick?) of twisted ribbon of brass tapering above marble base. Signed "WEINBERG"
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Large Wooden Sculpture of an Archer dated and Signed, France 1968
Located in Den Haag, NL
Large Wooden Sculpture of an Archer dated and Signed, France 1968
Wonderful decorative object, in good vintage condition. One hand is missing some fingers but we think gives this piece character. Dated and signed MB...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Brass Art Nouveau Style Twisted Cylinder Mid-Century Modern Vase
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass Art Nouveau Style twisted cylinder Mid-Century Modern vase.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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, Pottery, Stoneware
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...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Iron
Monumental Curtis Jere Style Chrome Raindrops Tree Sculpture in Planter 1970s
Located in Troy, MI
A massive 72" inch tall raindrops tree sculpture attributed to Curtis Jere circa 1970s
Three towering branches of various height and diameter with spherical clusters of chrome "rain...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Chrome
John Andersson, Small Sculpture, Stoneware, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware sculpture designed by John Andersson and produced by Höganäs Keramik c. 1950s.
“HOGANAS KERAMIK” stamp on bottom
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Signed Mid Century Modernist Abstract Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Fran Gazda
Located in Troy, MI
Original Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Frances Gazda 1960s
Abstract Mid Century sculpture by Detroit artist Frances Gazda 1964
Three conjoined ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Still Stand No60: Modern Carved Wood Totem by NONO, Joel Escalona Crafted
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
“Still Stand” sculptures by Joel Escalona
Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a testament to the power of the material...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Artist-Made Metal Sculpture with Mirror
Located in London, GB
Sourced in France, this unique piece features concentric patinated metal circles surrounding a distressed central mirror. A striking decorative object with celestial-inspired design ...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
1970's Torso Abstract Granite Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Large 1970's modern woman abstract torso carved in granite, in vintage original condition with minor wear and patina due to age and use, this piece is very heavy It weights 107 pounds.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Claude Conover Ceramic Stoneware Vessel Okkintok
Located in Chicago, IL
Claude Conover large ceramic vessel titled Okkintok.
This stoneware vase is glazed in two different tones and finely decorated with Conover's signature one iconic markings.
Classic and contemporary in form, this bold and unique ceramic vessel has surface decorations with incised geometrical and linear designs.
Signed on underside.
Conover was very inspired and influenced by pre-Columbian...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Polish Bronze Sail Boat Sculpture by Emilio Lancia
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful polish bronze sculpture design by renowned Italian designer Emilio Lancia in the 1960s. The sculpture depicts two sail boats sailing in the ocean. The sculpture is constr...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Ceramic Studio Stoneware Vase by Gotlind Weigel, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object - vase
Designer and producer:
Gotlind Weigel
Decade:
1980 (the object is marked with 1180)
This original vintage Studio Pottery Object was designed by Gotlind Weigel produced in her own Studio in the 1980s in Mainz Germany. It is made of stoneware pottery ceramic and has a very unique black, blue, beige etc coloration and craquele surface structure due to aging effects. the bottom is marked with typical Weigel Producer signature and number 1180, indicating the year of production 1980s. a very collectible and very rare item of the Weigel Collection. the object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 24 x 16cm and a height of 21cm, it is very impressive.
straighforward and minimalistic design of the 1960s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home.
Dimensions:
Height 21cm
Length 24cm
Depth 16cm.
Condition:
This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina. with craquele traces on the surface due to aging.
VITA Weigel:
Gotlind Weigel was born on April 25, 1932 in Georgenburgkehlen in Ostpreussen. She is , together with Kuhn , Scheid and Schott, a member of the London Gruppe. She has been working with her husband Gerald Weigel in their studio since 1973. Ceramics from Germany were almost unknown internationally until the late 1960s. This situation changed in 1968 thanks to an exhibition at Henry Rothschild’s Primavera Gallery...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
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...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Marble, Bronze
Artistic Installation Lull No21 – NONO’s Wooden Sculpture for Contemporary Space
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Artistic Installation Lull No21 – NONO’s Wooden Sculpture for Contemporary Spaces
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, roun...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Signed Rusted Steel Mid-Century Modern Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern rusted steel indoor or outdoor table sculpture. Signed and dated on the bottom.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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
Unique Bronze Design of the Ball Fountain from Nuremberg by Günther Rossow
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Bronze design of the famous ball fountain from Nuremberg by sculptor Günther Rossow.
Günter Rossow (*1913 Deutsch Krone / West Pomerania †1992 Marktre...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Handmade Wooden Sculpture Lull No19 – NONO’s Artful Decor for Modern Homes
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Handmade Wooden Sculpture Lull No19 – NONO’s Artful Decor for Modern Homes
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, rounded f...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Interior Design Sculpture Lull No23 – Handcrafted by NONO for Luxury Decor
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Interior Design Sculpture Lull No23 – Handcrafted by NONO for Luxury Decor
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, rounded for...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$12,800 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Sculpture with 24-karat Yellow Gold Flecks by Licio Zanetti
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern sculpture was realized by the esteemed designer Licio Zanetti in Murano, circa 1960. It offers a stylized interpretation of a fish- its mouth an abstr...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold
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, Pottery, Stoneware
Handblown Studio Art Glass Sculpture by John Bingham, Signed and Dated 1976
By John Bingham
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the exquisite Handblown Studio Art Glass Sculpture by renowned artist John Bingham, a highly collectible piece that exudes timeless elegance. Crafted in the USA back in 1...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Three Carrera Marble Links with Brass Details Paperweight of Sculptural
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Our newest favorite pieces - Three interlocking hand-carved marble links with a brass detail on each one. The trio make a great sculptural decorative detail, or can also be used as ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
Set of 2 Ceramic Pottery Vase Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase set of 2
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This origina...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, 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...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Greg Copeland Three-Dimensional Layered Paper Wall Sculpture, 1973
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Three dimensional assemblage of five layers of paper cut-out signed by Greg Copeland, 1973 in chromed metal frame.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
$1,120 Sale Price
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Leonardo Zanardello ceramic sculpture Nove Italy 1978
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Beautiful large sculpture made by Leonaro Zanardello, Nove Italy 1978. Zanardello worked with ceramics for a very short time, making his pieces super rare and hard to come by. His ar...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
2 William King Midcentury Modernist Aluminum Puzzle Sculptures of Acrobats
By William King
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Event and The Test - a group of 2 Mid-Century Modern aluminum acrobat sculptures.
William D. King (1925-2015)
These interlocking aluminum sculptures were part of a series, which w...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
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