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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
1960s Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
1960s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
1980s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
1970s English Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Metal, Bronze
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Alabaster
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Carrara Marble, Slate
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Sycamore
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Polystyrene
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum, Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
1970s English Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Slate, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
1990s Portuguese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Limestone
1960s Greek Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
1990s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Silver Plate, Bronze
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Alabaster
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
1990s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Granite, Marble
1970s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
1970s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze