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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1970s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin, Acrylic
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cement, Metal
1920s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Alabaster
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1980s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cement
1990s Czech Modern Abstract Sculptures
Crystal
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Quartz, Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1960s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Hardwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s Romanian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Enamel
2010s Australian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Travertine
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Enamel
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Balkan Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Fiberglass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Onyx, Wire
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Copper
1970s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Peruvian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
1960s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass, Cut Glass
2010s South African Modern Abstract Sculptures
Clay
1990s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Felt