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
Set of 2 Modernist 1960s Vase Sculptures Peter Müller for Sgrafo Modern, Germany
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Set of 2 op art vases
Origin:
Germany
Produder:
Sgrafo Modern
Design:
Peter Müler
Material:
Porcelain
Age:
1960s
Orig...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 2 Ceramic Studio Pottery Objects by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object set of 2
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925-2005
Decade:
1980s
Th...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Set of 2 Original OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vases by AK Kaiser, Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vase set o 2
Producer:
AK Kaiser, Germany
Description:
This original vintage OP Art Vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. it is made...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Glazed stoneware sculpture with motifs
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Glazed stoneware dish/sculpture with motifs in shades of green and black. Circa 1955. Signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Wood and Glass Vases
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of interesting vases is made of wood elements and glass vases. This is a French work, circa 1980.
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
1970s Abstract Textured Hoof Sculpture Studio Art Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Abstract Textured Hoof Sculpture Studio Art Pottery
10.25 h x 7.5 w x 6.25 d
Preowned Original vintage condition
See images provided.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
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
Metaformose Wood Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wood abstract sculpture
anon artist from the art studio in Verona, Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 Fat Lava Pottery Vases Heinz Siery Carstens Tonnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vases set of 2.
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Stoneware sculpture, Jean-Paul Brunet. France 1980
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
Imposing stoneware sculpture,
Kiln-fired in a wood oven.
Unique piece, signed, in perfect condition.
Artist : Jean-Paul Brunet (1942-1996)
Atelier Palègre
France
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Set of 2 Rare Super Color Crusty Fat Lava Vases by Scheurich, Germany WGP, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, set of 2
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase set was produ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
American Modern Lucite Monolithic Sculpture, Grace Absi
Located in Queens, NY
American Modern Lucite Monolithic Sculpture, Grace Absi
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Set of 2 colorful Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects Otto Keramik Germany 1970
By Otto Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic objects set of 2
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
Mid Century Mixed Metal Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Mid Century Mixed Metal Sculpture.
Offered is an interesting mid century abstract steel and brass table sculpture mounted on a wood base.
This sculpture is unsigned but clearly the w...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
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
1970s MCM Decorative Burlwood Root Sculpture Torch Cut Brass Leaves
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s MCM Decorative Burlwood Root Sculpture Torch Cut Brass Leaves
10.5 tall x 16 w x 12
Burlwood base with torch cut brass leaves.
Unsigned.
Original vintage preowned condition.
S...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Fat Lava Multi-Color Floral Vase Scheurich Europ Linie Germany WGP, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, abstract floral illustration
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Studio Pottery Object 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
Super Glaze Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects Otto Keramik Germany 1970s
By Otto Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze
Producer:
Otto Ceramic, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Naomi Feinberg "Wild Spirit" Sculpture in Italian Marble, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Hand-carved “Wild Spirit” sculpture in Italian marble on a white lacquered wood base by Naomi Feinberg, American 1970’s. This is a stunning work by a renowned American sculptor.
Nao...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Russell Secrest Bronze Kinetic Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-Century Modernist Bronze and Teak Sculpture by Russell Secrest, American, circa 1970s. Russell Secrest (1935-2010) is known for both his sculptures and modernist jewelry designs....
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of 3 Grey Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Objects by Otto Keramik, Germany 1980s
By Otto Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic objects set of 3
Designer and producer:
Otto Keramik, Germany
Decade:
1980s
This original vintage Studio Pottery objects were designed and ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Interesting Plaster Sculpture, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful interesting sculpture is made of plaster. This is a French work, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculpture no. 24
Signed, 1976. Nodding head. C.6
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 honours 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
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Pair of Feliciano Bejar Celestial Magiscope Series Sculptures
Located in Kansas City, MO
Wonderful pair of Bejar "Magiscope" sculptures. The optic bubbles on both sides of the glass create lenses that are both concave and convex so that as one looks through the glass he ...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Iron
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
Abstract Ceramic Studio Pottery Lid Can by Wendelin Stahl, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic object, lid can
Designer and producer:
Wendelin Stahl, Klotten/Mosel, Germany
Information:
Wendelin Stahl 1922-2000
Decade:
1970s
T...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Set of 2 Modernist 1970s ceramic objects Peter Müller for Sgrafo Modern, Germany
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Set of 2 op art elements with abstract floral illustrations
Origin:
Germany
Produder:
Sgrafo Modern
Design:
Peter Müler
Material:
Pottery stoneware
Age:
1970s
Original 1970s set of 2 sculptural op art objects designed by Peter Müller...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Bentwood Abstract Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning large modernist bentwood abstract sculpture. This gorgeous Mid-Century Modern abstract sculpture is polychrome decorated and interesting from every angle. Would look great d...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage handmade Mid Century Modern Abstract Sculpture Possibly brass and wood
Located in Seattle, WA
Possibly bronze or brass abstract sculpture mounted on a piece of what's looks like natural driftwood or aged wood. The sculpture has a smooth, organic form resembling a stylized ani...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 Modernist 1970s Vase Sculptures Peter Müller for Sgrafo Modern, Germany
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
set of 2 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
French Pate De Verre Sculpture "L'Oeil de Pâques" by, DAUM and Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí, Daum
Located in Englewood, NJ
A French Pate De Verre Sculpture "L'Oeil de Pâques" (The Easter Eye). by, Daum and designed by, Salvador Dali of cobalt blue eggs some melting and one with a glass eye. The sculpture...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Abstract Cubist Nude Sculpture Attributed to Allen Hermes
Located in Redding, CT
Abstract Cubist Nude Sculpture attributed to Allen Hermes. This was most likely a mold specimen for a future bronze sculpture. Angular cubist design to this Mid Century Modern Sculpture. No signature but from the prolific artist home estate in Redding CT...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Elegant Brass and Agate Sculpture
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This extraordinary sculpture is surely made in the 1970s. You recognize the influences of the Art Nouveau in this era: Organic structures and fluid forms, often in combination with h...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Brass
Large Pottery Super Fat Lava Multi-Color 266-53 Vase Scheurich WGP, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 266-53
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large 33x47 Framed Fired Clay Wall Art Sculpture Abstract Textures Tray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 33x47 Framed Fired Clay Wall Art Sculpture Abstract Textures Tray
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Reclaimed Wood
Ceramic Studio Pottery Bowl Shell Element by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1962
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
Colorful Sommerso Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Circular clear Murano glass sculpture with colorful sommerso striping.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Cube Sculpture Signed Steve Upham
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning modernist cube sculpture signed Steve Upham. This well executed Mid-20th Century abstract sculpture is made of paper mache / cardboard and is absolutely gorgeous from every ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Pal Kepenyes Gates Brass Brutalist Sculpture
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Mexico City, MX
A Brutalist welded brass sculpture by Hungarian - born Mexican sculptor Pal Kepenyes. The sculpture features 5 gates over a rectangular base. Signed on base.
An Hungarian-born Mexic...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Murano Glass Skull Sculpture on Crystal Base Signed Pino Signoretto
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pino Signoretto was born in 1944 in a small town near Venice; in 1954 he started working in a chandelier furnace. In 1959 he learned from the great masters Alfredo Barbini, Livio Seg...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Polished Stone Abstract Sculpture on Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Abstract Polished Stone sculpture presented on a base and manually rotating.
Measures 10" wide x 17" high.
Good condition with minor blemis...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Abstract Steel Sculpture, Signed And Dated
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Full of kinetic energy and very well done Abstract Steel sculpture. Abstract steel sculpture surmounted on a rectangular plinth base having a green metallic coating.
Indistinctly sig...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Sculpture in the Manner of Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-Century Modern sculpture in the manner of Amedeo Modigliani.
Fantastic Mid-Century Modern sculpture signed M.B. Mitchell. This interesting figurative sculpture of a nude male wi...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Late 1970s Sculptures in Resin in the Way of Jean Arp, Picasso, France
By Jean Arp
Located in Paris, FR
Superb pair of resin sculptures on pedestals, with rather organic shapes.
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Abstract, illusionism, modernism and minimalism.
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Late 70s.
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Origine : France.
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In the style of Jean Arp.
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Dimensions :
1st scumpture :
145 cm tall
52 cm wide
2nd sculpture :
120 cm tall
70 cm wide
The bases, in stone, measure 30 cm x 19 cm
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In perfect condition, no lack or crack.
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No apparent signature.
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Perfect indoors and outdoors.
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Indspired by Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Set of 2 Ceramic UFO Pottery Vase Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase set of 2
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This origina...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Large Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Carol Harrison
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large abstract bronze sculpture by Carol Harrison, American, circa 1970s. Retains it's warm original patina. It measures an impressive 18" height...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Set of 3 OP Art Porcelain Vases by Melitta Minden, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vases set of 3
Producer:
Melitta Minden, Germany
Age:
1970s
This original vintage OP Art vase set was produced in the 1970s in Germany...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Eames Flag from the 1964 Worlds Fair for IBM
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Very rare Eames flag from the 1964 World's Fair in Queens, NY. These flags were designed to sit atop the pavilions Eames Office designed for IBM. Only two pavilions are known to exis...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Curtis Jeré Sculpture with Marble Base, Signed
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Dallas, TX
Curtis Jeré sculpture with marble base. In excellent condition.
Dimensions: 22" W x 35" T.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
American Modern Lucite Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
American Modern Lucite Sculpture
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Brutalist Abstract Wood & Steel Sculpture by Rick Lussier
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wood, patinated steel and iron sculpture by Rick Lussier, circa early 1980s. This unusual example mixes different elements seamlessly and is striking from every angle.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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
Italian Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture on Marble Base, 1950s
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture on Marble Base, 1950s
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Curtis Jere Molten Brass Flakes Wall Sculpture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Curtis Jere Molten brass flakes wall sculpture.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1980s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object set of 2
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925-2005
Decade:
1980s
Th...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Modern Geometric Steel Sculpture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Modern geometric steel sculpture, painted metal with tall black central support, added red circle, and black panels with attached white elements. The b...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Mid-century Modern abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
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