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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Porcelain
20th Century Unknown Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
1990s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1980s British Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood, Driftwood
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s Finnish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
20th Century British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
1990s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1970s Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Alabaster
1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plywood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wire
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Abstract Sculptures
Alabaster
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Other
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Abstract Sculptures
Oak, Fiberglass
2010s South African Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
Late 20th Century British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Acrylic, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold Leaf
1970s Peruvian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Onyx, Travertine, Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood, Acrylic
20th Century Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1960s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
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