Modern Animal Sculptures
MODERN STYLE
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Modern
Kong XS, Gorilla Turquoise Blue Velvet Table Lamp by Stefano Giovannoni
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Giovannoni's Kong is, surprisingly, technological and almost human. It shines in front of itself just as if the power went out. It's out of scale to be a toy, out of scale to be a lamp, but it is also out of scale to be a gorilla. With its 20.8" (53 cm) height, Kong XS...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Velvet
Frog on a Leaf, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured objects...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Wall Street Bull Big in Ceramic, White, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
In Bassano ceramics have been produced for 300 years. In fact, from the seventeenth century this art has been developed in Veneto thanks to the presence of plastic clay, solder and k...
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
European Studio Ceramicist, Large Unique Figure of Lying Cat, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
European studio ceramicist. Large unique figure of a lying cat. Beautiful glaze in blue-green shades, 1980s.
Measures: 20 x 11.5 cm.
Signed.
In excellent ...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fantastic Animal by Gabriele De Vecchi
Located in bari, IT
Gabriele De Vecchi's work "Fantastic animal"
Gabriele Devecchi (Milan, March 18, 1938-Milan, October 27, 2011) was a famous Italian artist, architect and goldsmith. In 1959 he was co-founder (together with Giovanni Anceschi, Davide Boriani, Gianni Colombo and Grazia Varisco...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Sphere with Frog Color Red, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Lion by Gualverio Michelangeli
By Bottega Gualverio Michelangeli 1
Located in Krefeld, DE
Nice small wooden sculpture by Gualverio Michelangeli.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Terracotta Ceramic
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An unusual terracotta ceramic bird by Louis Delorme born in 1934.
Category
1980s European Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Danish Art Glass Hen Figurines, 1980s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Decorative pair of hen figurines in marbled multicolored glass. Hand blown and finished by the founders of Danish glass art husband and wife John and Ulri...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Sphere with Frog Color Petroleum Blue, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Wall Street Bull Small in Ceramic, White, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
In Bassano ceramics have been produced for 300 years. In fact, from the 17th century this art has been developed in Veneto thanks to the presence of plastic clay, solder and kaolin i...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Kong Gorilla White Floor Lamp, by Stefano Giovannoni
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Giovannoni's Kong is, surprisingly, technological and almost human. It shines in front...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Eleph Joyful Platinum Colored Ceramic Sculpture Designed by Aldo Cibic
By Aldo Cibic
Located in Como, IT
Eleph is a platinum colored glazed ceramic sculpture shaped like an elephant head, from the famous Bassano del Grappa ceramic district. Designed by Aldo Cibic. It can be hung on the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Green or Orange Lizard on a Rock, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made, glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured objects...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Small Egg with Frog, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Walter Bosse, for Herta Baller, "Black Gold Line" Elephant in Bronze, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Walter Bosse, Austrian artist and designer (b. 1904, 1974) for Herta Baller. "Black gold line" elephant in bronze. 1950s.
Walter Bosse was affiliated with Wiener Werkstätte with Jos...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Geko Vase Big, Big Vase in Glass with 2 Gekos, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Geko Vase Big, Big Vase in Glass with 3 Gekos, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Geko Vase Small, Small Vase in Glass with 2 Gekos, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Tray with Frog, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured objects...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Lizard on a Stone, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured objects...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Red Fox in Wire Mesh by Benedetta Mori Ubaldini
Located in Milan, IT
Benedetta works in many materials but is most well known for her innovative and extraordinarily wire work. Each piece starts life as flat rolled chicken wire which is gradually shape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Sphere with Geko Color Green, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made, glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured objects...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Tray with Geko, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Glass Egg Crack with Frogs Color Green, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Crystal Egg with Gekos, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Glass Egg Crack with Frogs Color Turquoise, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Geko Vase Big, Big Vase in Glass with 8 Gekos, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Geko Vase Big, Big Vase in Glass with 2 Gekos, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Prince Frog Small color Clear, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured objects...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Small Egg with Geko, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
One of a kind pair bronze sculptures 'Royal Birds of India'
By Rinat Design
Located in London, GB
'Royal Birds of India' - One of a kind pair of beautiful bronze sculptures, hand crafted moulded and cast in the lost wax process. Magnificent grand pair of birds in sculpture form that stand out and create a wow effect . The artwork is loosely inspired by the pea fowl, a bird native to India. The elegant stature of the bird is reminiscent of the regality and grace of the Indian maharajas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Glamour Cat Sculpture by Scott Musgrove for Superego Editions, Italy
By Scott Musgrove, Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
A "Glamour Cat" sculpture in enamelled gold ceramic designed by Scott Musgrove and produced by Superego Editions. Limited edition of 50 pieces signed and numbered.
Biography
Born in 1966, Scott Musgrove received a BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio.
He currently lives and works in Seattle, Washington. Musgrove’s style of figural surrealism carries themes of environmental issues and endangered wildlife concerns with unique humor, depicting anomalous extinct (and fictitious) animal species.
His influences include historical artists such as Hudson River School painters Frederic Church, Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, as well as naturalist artists including John James Audubon.
The artist’s paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States and Europe. His new book The Late Fauna of Early North America features lush, highly detailed landscapes and close encounters with many of his strange and beautiful creatures.
Musgrove’s carved wooden and bronze sculptures, oil paintings, watercolors, ink drawings and pencil renderings...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
'Goat' Bronze Sculpture
By Rinat Design
Located in London, GB
'Goat' bronze sculpture created by Studio Rinat Design, molded and cast in bronze in the lost wax process. The sculpture is available to order in other patinas and in gold finish.
Li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elephant Ceramic Sculpture Italy Contemporary 21st Century Unique Piece
Located in London, GB
"Overweight", 2016, glazed earthenware, approx. 38 x 56 x 36cm. Ceramic sculpture, unique piece.
Andrea Salvatori (Italy, 1975) is an internationally renowned visual artist workin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Taurus" Inlaid Walnut Art Piece by Ivan Paradisi, Italy
Located in Turin, IT
Animal sculptures take an important place in Ivan Paradisi's collection since they are so expressive, powerful, particular and oddly fantastic.
"Taurus" is both a massive significant...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Maple, Wenge, Walnut, Padouk
Geko Vase Small, Small Vase in Glass with 4 Gekos, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Geko Vase Small, Small Vase in Glass with 2 Gekos, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Walter Bosse, Austrian Artist and Designer for Herta Baller, Fish
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Walter Bosse, Austrian artist and designer (b. 1904, 1974) for Herta Baller. Fish in bronze, 1950s.
Walter Bosse was affiliated with Wiener Werkstätte...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Walter Bosse, Austrian Artist and Designer '1904 -1974' for Herta Baller, Bird
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Walter Bosse, Austrian artist and designer (b. 1904, 1974) for Herta Baller. Bird in bronze, 1950s.
Walter Bosse was affiliated with Wiener Werkstätte with Josef Hoffmann as his men...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Geko Vase Big, Big Vase in Glass with 4 Gekos, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Love Carrot Ceramic Sculpture by Massimo Giacon for Superego Editions, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Limited edition ceramic part of "The Pop Will Eat Himself" designed by Massimo Giacon and produced by Superego Editions. Signed and numbered.
Biography
Massimo Giacon was born in...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
'Totem Birds' Bronze Sculptures, One of a kind
By Rinat Design
Located in London, GB
One of a kind beautiful pair of 'Totem Birds' bronze sculptures, hand crafted and cast in the lost wax process. Inspired by tribal Art, and more specifically, Aztec totem poles, 'Totem Birds' figures reflect the regality of the ancient Aztec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Egg with Two Gekos, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured objects...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Glass Egg Marble Effect with Frogs Color Gray, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Bull with Red Horns, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Prince Frog Big Color Clear, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Large Eagle Bronze Sculpture by Mogens Bøggild
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large eagle bronze sculpture by Mogens Bøggild, Denmark, 1930-1950.
Dark patinated bronze. Signed with monogram 'MB'.
Mogens Kruse Bøggild (11 June 190...
Category
20th Century Danish Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horn with Geko, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Masocane Ceramic Sculpture by Massimo Giacon for Superego Editions, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic sculpture part of the 'Pop Will Eat Himself' designed by Massimo Giacon and produced by Superego Editions. Limited edition of 50 copies. Signed and numbered.
Biography
Ma...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Monkey Kali Ceramic Sculpture by Massimo Giacon for Superego Editions, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic sculpture part of the 'Pop Will Eat Himself' designed by Massimo Giacon and produced by Superego editions in 2018. Limited edition of 50 copies. Signed and numbered.
Biogr...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Paperocchio Ceramic Sculpture by Massimo Giacon for Superego Editions, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic sculpture part of the 'Pop Will Eat Himself' designed by Massimo Giacon and produced by Superego editions. Limited edition of 50 copies. Signed and numbered.
Biography
Ma...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Marco Laganà Papier Mâché Wolf Sculpture Unique Piece
Located in Milan, Italy
Papier Mâché wolf sculpture created by MarCo Laganà in collaboration with Superego Editions. Unique piece.
Biography
MarCo Laganà realizes his papier-...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Bust Argo, White, in Ceramic, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
In Bassano ceramics have been produced for 300 years. In fact, from the 17th century this art has been developed in Veneto thanks to the presence of plastic clay, solder and kaolin i...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Penguin" Inlaid Art Piece by Ivan Paradisi, Italy
Located in Turin, IT
Animal sculptures take an important place in Ivan Paradisi's collection since they are so expressive, powerful, particular and oddly fantastic.
Animals, in the Natural Line by master...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Large Rare Hand Carved Lions Mane Bust Head in Wood with Solid Marble Base
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very large and decorative solid wood hand carved Lion's mane mounted to a marble base
A very good looking well made and decorative...
Category
20th Century English Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pop Ganesh Ceramic Sculpture by Massimo Giacon for Superego Editions, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic sculpture part of the 'Pop Will Eat Himself' designed by Massimo Giacon and produced by Superego editions. Limited edition of 50 copies. Signed and numbered.
Biography
Ma...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Evert Den Hartog "The Bull" Decorative, Contemporary Sculpture, Bronze on Marble
Located in Berlin, DE
Evert den Hartog "The Bull", decorative, contemporary sculpture. Bronze on marble base.
Evert den Hartog, born in 1949, studied sculpture at the Ac...
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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