Modern Animal 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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Late 20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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20th Century Danish Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Maple, Walnut
20th Century English Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Limestone, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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Late 20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Stone, Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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1940s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Steel
1980s French Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
20th Century Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
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1930s Czech Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
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1990s European Modern Animal Sculptures
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Early 2000s Modern Animal Sculptures
Pottery
1670s Italian Antique Modern Animal Sculptures
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1930s French Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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20th Century Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
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1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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1980s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
1990s European Modern Animal Sculptures
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20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Pottery
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
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Late 20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Leather
19th Century Italian Antique Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
1830s Italian Antique Modern Animal Sculptures
Stone, Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
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2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
19th Century Italian Antique Modern Animal Sculptures
Stone, Metal
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic