Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
MINIMALIST STYLE
A revival in the popularity of authentic Minimalist furniture is rooted in history while reflecting the needs and tastes of the 21st century. Designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s aphorism that “less is more” influenced the evolution of 20th-century interiors with an emphasis on function and order. This was a shift from the 19th century, with its lavish Victorian decorating, and was spread around the world through design styles including Bauhaus and brutalism.
Yet Minimalism was present in furniture design long before the clean lines of modernism, such as in the simple and elegant utility of Shaker furniture. Although the Minimalist art movement of the 1960s and ’70s had little crossover with furniture design, artist Donald Judd was inspired by the Shakers in creating his own spare daybeds and tables from sturdy wood. (Judd, whose advocacy of symmetry also informed his architectural projects, furnished his Manhattan loft with unassuming but poetic works by iconic modernist designers such as Gerrit Rietveld and Alvar Aalto.)
Understatement rather than ornamentation and open space instead of clutter are central themes for a Minimalist living room and bedroom. As opposed to Maximalism, the focus for Minimalist furniture and decor is on simplicity and considering the design and purpose of every object.
Furnishings are usually made in neutral or monochrome colors and pared down to their essentials — think nesting coffee tables, sectional sofas and accent pieces such as ottomans. And Minimalist ceramics can help achieve a decor that is both timeless and of the moment. The organic textures and personalization of handmade craftsmanship associated with these works have served as a sort of anti-Internet to screen-weary decorators. That said, while the thoughtful ergonomics of Scandinavian modern furniture, with its handcrafted teak frames, are at home in Minimalist spaces, so are the quietly striking pieces by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa that employ industrial materials like stainless steel, aluminum and plastic.
Minimalist furniture is not for making flashy statements; it boasts subdued appeal and excels at harmonizing with any room. And, as it encompasses many different movements and eras of design, it also never goes out of style, owing to its tasteful refinement.
Find a collection of Minimalist tables, seating, lighting and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Tria Chair, Black Plywood Shell, Golden Legs, Minimalist Icon Made in italy
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
An iconic chair with a plywood shell, in wood veneered (natural or lacquered). Combined with the Golden legs suggests interesting and dynamic effects, displayed around a table or as a single piece in an entrance, a bedroom, a living room. Very appropriate around circle tables. It is possible to add a back cushion in different fabric options
Inspired to Graphic Art of Maurits Cornelis Escher...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Plywood, Paint
Tria Simple Chair Black Leather Upholstered Seat by Colé, Minimalist
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Essential and elegant chair with a bent plywood shell, and four iconic legs with triangular shape in solid oak, joined by transversal wooden bars.
The shell is upholstered in natura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Oak, Plywood
Tria Simple Chair Oak and Orange Upholstered Seat by Colé, Minimalist
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Essential and elegant chair with a bent plywood shell, and four iconic legs with triangular shape in solid oak, joined by transversal wooden bars.
The shel is upholstered in orange ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Oak, Plywood
Tria Simple Chair Oak and Green Upholstered Seat by Colé, Minimalist
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Essential and elegant chair with a bent plywood shell, and four iconic legs with triangular shape in solid oak, joined by transversal wooden bars.
The shel is upholstered in green f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Oak, Plywood
Tria Simple Chair by Colé Natural Leather and oak legs, Minimalist Made in Italy
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Essential and elegant chair with a bent plywood shell, and four iconic legs with triangular shape in solid oak, joined by transversal wooden bars.
The shel is upholstered in natural...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Oak, Plywood
Tria Simple Chair Oak by Colé, Minimalist Design Icon Inspired to Graphic Art
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Essential and elegant chair with a bent plywood shell, and four iconic legs with triangular shape in solid oak, joined by transversal wooden bars.
The shel is available in two diffe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Oak, Plywood
Tria Simple Chair, Golden Legs, Minimalist Design Icon Inspired to Graphic Art
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
A simple but very elegant chair inspired to graphic art and combining the precious metal used for the legs with the simple and hieratic line of the seat, suggesting interesting and d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Plywood, Paint
Tria Simple Chair, Black Oak, Minimalist Design Icon Inspired to Graphic Art
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Essential and elegant chair with a bent plywood shell, and four iconic legs with triangular shape in solid oak, joined by transversal wooden bars.
The shel is available in two diffe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Oak, Plywood
Tria Wood Chair, Natural Oak, Design Icon Inspired to Graphic Art
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Tria wood chair is the icon of our collection. It's a table chair, but many people use it as a sculpture for the Ambience, in an entrance, a bedroom, i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Plywood, Paint
Tria Wood Chair, Black Painted solid oak, Contemporary Design made in Italy
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Tria wood chair is the icon of our collection. It's a table chair, but many people use it as a sculpture for the ambience, in an entrance, a bedroom, i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plywood, Paint, Oak
Tria Wood Four Chair, Denim Veneered Coat, Design Icon Inspired to Graphic Art
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Tria wood chair is the icon of our collection. It's a table chair, but many people use it as a sculpture for the Ambience, in an entrance, a bedroom, i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Plywood, Paint
Minimalist Abstract Sculpture in Stainless Steel, Granite, Lucite, Unsigned
Located in Miami, FL
Minimalist Abstract sculpture in stainless steel, granite, Lucite and is Unsigned
Offered for sale is a large minimalist abstract sculp...
Category
Late 20th Century American Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Stainless Steel
ARRANGEMENT #6 (Coat Rack) Red Bronze
By Nick Ross
Located in Hägersten, SE
An interest in early forms of architecture has profoundly influenced Nick Ross’ approach to design. The way in which humans have arranged stones and other materials to construct stru...
Category
2010s Swedish Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Wall Mounted Sculpture from 'Delta' Series by James Rowland
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
A piece from the 'Delta' abstract sculpture series by James Rowland made from Brazilian hard wood with brass inlay.
Scottish Artist and furniture Designer-Maker James Rowland of K...
Category
2010s Brazilian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
21st Century Set of Wall Sculptures, Handmade Stuccoforte Masks Idoli, Kanz
By kanz
Located in Venezia, Veneto
The IDOLI collection, consisting of wall masks/sculptures, is inspired by iconographic codes from eras when man felt the need to represent the human figure.
The IDOLI masks/sculptu...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stucco
Contemporary Wall Mounted Sculpture from 'Delta' Series by James Rowland
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
A piece from the 'Delta' abstract sculpture series by James Rowland made from Brazilian hard wood with brass inlay.
Scottish Artist and furniture Designer-Maker James Rowland of K...
Category
2010s Brazilian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Chair "the Art of Sitting" by Stine Mikkelsen
Located in Geneve, CH
Chair "The Art of Sitting" by Stine Mikkelsen
Dimensions: 75 x 75 x 85 cm
Materials: Composite material based on crushed granite and fish glue. The inner construction is polystyrene.
The concept behind The Art of Sitting is based on the quote by Gunnar Aagaard...
Category
2010s Danish Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Bent Line Chair by Stine Mikkelsen
Located in Geneve, CH
Bent Line Chair by Stine Mikkelsen
Dimensions:43 D x 68 W x 97 H cm
Materials: Stainless Steel.
Outdoor Suitable.
Stine Mikkelsen is a Copenhagen-based m...
Category
2010s Danish Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italian 'Arte Povera' / Post-Minimalist Wrought Iron Sculpture or Side Table
By Jannis Kounellis
Located in New York, NY
Wrought iron sculpture constructed in the form a double level table
Italy, circa 1967
The top of each level is constructed as an Arte Povera / Post-Minimalist sculpture with para...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Luminous Shapes No 1 Lamp by Stine Mikkelsen
Located in Geneve, CH
Lamp "Luminous Shapes no 1" by Stine Mikkelsen
Dimensions: 70 x 40 x 16 cm
Materials: Composite material based on crushed granite and fish glue. The inner construction is polystyr...
Category
2010s Danish Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Contemporary Minimalist Art Sculpture Refuge 2 by Egor Plotnikov
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Egor Plotnikov works in the field of figurative painting and sculpture, often combining two media in one installation. He is one of the few contemporary Russian artists, whose works ...
Category
2010s Russian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Contemporary Minimalist Art Sculpture Landscape and Tree by Egor Plotnikov
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Egor Plotnikov works in the field of figurative painting and sculpture, often combining two media in one installation. He is one of the few contemporary Russian artists, whose works ...
Category
2010s Russian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Flow Chair Gold Cloud Contemporary and Chair Made in Italy by LapiegaWD
Located in Verona, IT
An element, a continuous wire drawing geometries born from the projection of a circle on a triangle, in which the rigour of the continuous lines plays with the circular shapes that embrace the padding creating a support for the back.
Flow chair...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Tactile Monolith No 5 Sculpture by Stine Mikkelsen
Located in Geneve, CH
Tactile Monolith no 5 sculpture by Stine Mikkelsen.
Dimensions: 13 x 70 x 70 cm.
Materials: Composite material based on crushed granite and fish glue. The inner construction is pol...
Category
2010s Danish Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Contemporary Minimalist Art Sculpture Road to the Sea by Egor Plotnikov
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Egor Plotnikov works in the field of figurative painting and sculpture, often combining two media in one installation. He is one of the few contemporary Russian artists, whose works ...
Category
2010s Russian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Francois Morellet, Zwei Interferenz Schnitte, minimal sculpture, signed & dated
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Stunning and rare work by one of the leading artists of the 20th century. This work is only produced in a limited edition of 30, each signed by Morellet. Two other examples of this ...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Wall Mounted Sculpture from 'Delta' Series by James Rowland
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
A piece from the 'Delta' abstract sculpture series by James Rowland made from Brazilian hard wood with brass inlay.
Scottish Artist and furniture Designer-Maker James Rowland of K...
Category
2010s Brazilian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Tony Delap "Brema" 1988, Bronze Sculpture Edition 1 of 6
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
"Brema", 1988
Cast Bronze
9 x 8 x 5"
Edition 1 of 6
Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art San Francisco, and Claremont ...
Category
20th Century North American Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Maria Osminina Matter Stone Vases Candleholders and Jar Set Limited Edition
Located in Carrara (MS), IT
Stone vases candleholders and jar set from Maria Osminina's Matter collection.
Matter is a collection of sculptural pieces created around the idea of the pristine, power of nature...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Vintage Thomas C. Hicks Jr. Steel and Stone Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Thomas C. Hicks Jr. Steel and Stone Sculpture
About The Artwork
Born in Amarillo, TX in 1927, Tommy graduated from West Texas State University in 1952. When he was 45 year...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel
Tony Delap "Pocus", 1968 Aluminum Sculpture
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
"Pocus", 1986
Tony Delap
Aluminum with Aluminum Base
9.25 x 9.25 x 2"
Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art San Francis...
Category
20th Century American Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Tony Delap "Eusapia", 1987 Bronze Sculpture
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
"Eusapia", 1987
Tony Delap
Cast Bronze
12 x 12 x14"
Edition 6 of 6
Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art San Francisco,...
Category
20th Century American Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceramic Sculptural Ring by Andrea Salvatori Contemporary 21st Century Art Jewel
Located in London, GB
"Little space juicy", unique piece, 2017 glazed earthenware, 4.5 x 12 x 4.5 cm.
A Ring Thing collection
A small chair, a miniature moon, a Philipp Stark's squeezer or the anatomi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Contemporary Minimalist Art Sculpture Refuge by Egor Plotnikov
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Egor Plotnikov works in the field of figurative painting and sculpture, often combining two media in one installation. He is one of the few contemporary Russian artists, whose works ...
Category
2010s Russian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Contemporary Minimalist Art Sculpture Noon by Egor Plotnikov
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Egor Plotnikov works in the field of figurative painting and sculpture, often combining two media in one installation. He is one of the few contemporary Russian artists, whose works ...
Category
2010s Russian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Sculpture "Tactile Monolith No 3" by Stine Mikkelsen
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpture "Tactile Monolith no 3" by Stine Mikkelsen
Dimensions:
Height 52 cm
Width 74 cm
Depth 23 cm
Materials: Composite material based on crushed granite and fish glue. The ...
Category
2010s Danish Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Maria Osminina Matter Stone Vases Candleholders and Jar Set Limited Edition
Located in Carrara (MS), IT
Stone vases candleholders and jar set from Maria Osminina's Matter collection.
Matter is a collection of sculptural pieces created around the idea of the pristine, power of nature...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Maria Osminina Matter Stone Vases Candleholders and Jar Set Limited Edition
Located in Carrara (MS), IT
Stone vases candleholders and jar set from Maria Osminina's Matter collection.
Matter is a collection of sculptural pieces created around the idea of the pristine, power of nature...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Minimalist abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Minimalist 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, seating, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with stone, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Minimalist abstract sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original abstract sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Lorenz+Kaz, Rebeca Cors, Stine Mikkelsen, and EXPERIMENTAL. 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 $26 and tops out at $49,742 while the average work can sell for $2,878.