Modern Abstract Sculptures
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Limestone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Walnut, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Jute, Fiberglass, Plaster
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Jute, Fiberglass, Plaster
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood, Wenge, Cedar
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
20th Century Unknown Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Acrylic, Lucite, Paint
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plaster
2010s German Modern Abstract Sculptures
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Platinum
20th Century North American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Chrome
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plaster
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Paper
2010s English Modern Abstract Sculptures
Porcelain
1990s Swedish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze, Iron
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century North American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Onyx, Wire
1980s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Other
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Hardwood, Paint
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
1990s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic





