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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Hardwood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Colombian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Other
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Travertine
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel
2010s Swedish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Hardwood
2010s Australian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Pottery, Wood, Hardwood, Walnut, Reclaimed Wood, Scrap Wood
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1980s English Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
2010s Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Bronze
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Belgian Black Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone
1960s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
2010s English Modern Abstract Sculptures
Acrylic, Wood
20th Century Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Hardwood
1970s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Concrete, Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s Lebanese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cement
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Swedish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cement
2010s Swedish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Sandstone
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood, Paint
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
1980s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Granite, Marble, Steel, Cut Steel
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Silk, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Concrete
2010s Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Fiberglass
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Hardwood
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plaster
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Belgian Black Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Quartz, Steel
2010s Finnish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ash, Maple