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Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

BRUTALIST STYLE

The design of brutalist furniture encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology. Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to chairs, cabinets, tables and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave. 

ORIGINS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN 

  • Use of industrial materials — tubular steel, concrete, glass, granite
  • Prioritizes functionalism, minimalism and utilization of negative space
  • Spare silhouettes, pronounced geometric shapes
  • Stripped-down, natural look; rugged textures, modular construction
  • Interiors featuring airy visual flow and reliance on neutral palettes

BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE BRUTALIST FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity.

Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building. The severe style might have been the most criticized architectural movement of the 20th century, even if it was an honest attempt to celebrate the beauty of raw material. But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist interior design and decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.

Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist furniture design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs, coffee table and dining table in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series for Directional Furniture are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in American modern design. Other exemplary brutalist designers are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.

Brutalist furniture and sculptures remain popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.

Find authentic vintage brutalist chairs, coffee tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Monumental Patinated Fiberglass Figure Sculpture Style of Alberto Giacometti
Monumental Patinated Fiberglass Figure Sculpture Style of Alberto Giacometti

Monumental Patinated Fiberglass Figure Sculpture Style of Alberto Giacometti

By Alberto and Diego Giacometti

Located in Long Island City, NY

Monumental Patinated Fiberglass Figure in the Style of Alberto Giacometti A monumental fiberglass sculpture with a bronze tone patinated finish, executed in the style of Alberto Gia...

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Late 20th Century Unknown Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Fiberglass

1960s Austin Production "Loving Touch" Brutalist Sculpture.
1960s Austin Production "Loving Touch" Brutalist Sculpture.

1960s Austin Production "Loving Touch" Brutalist Sculpture.

By Austin Productions

Located in Miami, FL

1960s Austin Production "Loving Touch" Brutalist Sculpture. Features two nude figures in a tender embrace, inspired by Auguste Rodin's "The Kiss." Molded in resin, patinated to recre...

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1660s American Antique Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

MARYLYN HYDE Post-War British Ceramic Sculptural Stoneware Pottery Vessel
MARYLYN HYDE Post-War British Ceramic Sculptural Stoneware Pottery Vessel

MARYLYN HYDE Post-War British Ceramic Sculptural Stoneware Pottery Vessel

Located in Torquay, GB

Striking British studio stoneware pottery sculptural vessel by Marylyn Hyde, dating from the late 1970s to early 1980s. This monumental stoneware jardiniere is formed as a fragmented...

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Mid-20th Century English Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Stoneware

Brutalist Brass Tree Sculpture by Friedle, Circa 1970s
Brutalist Brass Tree Sculpture by Friedle, Circa 1970s

Brutalist Brass Tree Sculpture by Friedle, Circa 1970s

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Brutalist brass sculpture of a Tree Cluster grouping by Friedle.

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20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Khadim Diop Bronze Sculptures African Ethnic Art Statue Musician Vintage Modern
Khadim Diop Bronze Sculptures African Ethnic Art Statue Musician Vintage Modern

Khadim Diop Bronze Sculptures African Ethnic Art Statue Musician Vintage Modern

Located in London, GB

Khadim Diop, the Senegalese artist renowned for his bronze sculptures that adorn many private collections worldwide, has crafted two captivating and expressive pieces that showcase his mastery of the medium, a rare find in the market outside Africa! The first sculpture portrays a dynamic figure playing the Djembe drum...

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2010s Senegalese Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Reclining Woman Sculpture in Chamotte Clay, France, 1970s
Reclining Woman Sculpture in Chamotte Clay, France, 1970s

Reclining Woman Sculpture in Chamotte Clay, France, 1970s

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

Modernist sculpture of a reclining woman in black chamotte clay, made in France in the 1970s. This figurative sculpture depicts a reclining woman in a contemplative and minimalist p...

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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Clay

Harry Bertoia Bush Sculpture
Harry Bertoia Bush Sculpture

Harry Bertoia Bush Sculpture

By Harry Bertoia

Located in New York, NY

"Untitled" (Bush) Sculpture by Harry Bertoia, circa 1970's made of welded bronze. Harry Bertoia, was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, and...

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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Sculptural Table Lamp Carved  in an Olive  Wood Block France 1950
Sculptural Table Lamp Carved  in an Olive  Wood Block France 1950

Sculptural Table Lamp Carved in an Olive Wood Block France 1950

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

This table lamp, is carved in the Olive wood. The wood has this light brown color of this wood, with the old patina. This lamp was made in France, circa 1950, US PLUG ADAPTATOR W...

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1950s French Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Eddie Hackman The Shearer Bronze Figure Limited Edition 1986 Australian Outback
Eddie Hackman The Shearer Bronze Figure Limited Edition 1986 Australian Outback

Eddie Hackman The Shearer Bronze Figure Limited Edition 1986 Australian Outback

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Eddie Hackman "The Shearer" Bronze Figure Limited Edition 1986 Australian Outback, Signed to Rear. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 4" H x 3.75" W x 2.5" D.

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Late 20th Century Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Sculptural Table Lamp Carved on in Olive Wood France 1950
Sculptural Table Lamp Carved on in Olive Wood France 1950

Sculptural Table Lamp Carved on in Olive Wood France 1950

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

This table lamp, is carved in the wood. The wood has this light brown color of this wood, with the old patina. This lamp was made in Spain, circa 1950, The wood is olive wood. Signed Falcon Spain...

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1950s Spanish Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Contemporary Brutalist Style Bronze & Marble Jazz Musician Band Figures 5 Pc Set
Contemporary Brutalist Style Bronze & Marble Jazz Musician Band Figures 5 Pc Set

Contemporary Brutalist Style Bronze & Marble Jazz Musician Band Figures 5 Pc Set

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Contemporary Brutalist Style Bronze & Marble Jazz Musician Band Figures - 5 Pc Set. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: (5) Standing Musicians: 13" H x 4.5 W x 5" D

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Late 20th Century Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Brutalist Metal Sculpture by Silas Seandel
Brutalist Metal Sculpture by Silas Seandel

Brutalist Metal Sculpture by Silas Seandel

By Silas Seandel

Located in New York, NY

Brutalist mixed metal sculpture by Silas Seandel. This piece depicts a stylized Lilly, it is constructed of torch cut metal, it is signed "Silas" on its back. The sculpture is design...

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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Brass, Copper

Pair of 21st Century Abstract Bronze Floral Sculpture
Pair of 21st Century Abstract Bronze Floral Sculpture

Pair of 21st Century Abstract Bronze Floral Sculpture

Located in Augusta, GA

Pair of bronze abstract floral sculpture Hand made in the Brutalist-style by local Atlanta artist Made with a beautiful verdigris patina Made...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Brass, Bronze

Brutalist Cast Aluminum Sculpture by DCalvi, Mexico, 1960
Brutalist Cast Aluminum Sculpture by DCalvi, Mexico, 1960

Brutalist Cast Aluminum Sculpture by DCalvi, Mexico, 1960

By DCalvi

Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon

Striking Brutalist cast aluminum sculpture by Diana Calvillo, featuring a bold abstract composition with a strong architectural and organic presence. The work is executed in cast al...

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1960s Mexican Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Aluminum

1960's Brutalist Art Sculpture Solid Bronze Figural Bookends Artist Signed WLC
1960's Brutalist Art Sculpture Solid Bronze Figural Bookends Artist Signed WLC

1960's Brutalist Art Sculpture Solid Bronze Figural Bookends Artist Signed WLC

By Alberto and Diego Giacometti, Paul Evans

Located in San Diego, CA

Wonderful brutalist solid bronze sculptural figural bookends, circa 1960's. Great form and design. The sculptures are signed on the bottom with the artist initials "WLC". One is mark...

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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Set of 3 Brutalist Modern Copper and Brass Patchwork Decorative Egg Sculptures
Set of 3 Brutalist Modern Copper and Brass Patchwork Decorative Egg Sculptures

Set of 3 Brutalist Modern Copper and Brass Patchwork Decorative Egg Sculptures

Located in Troy, MI

Grouping of three stylized copper egg sculptures circa 1990s Patchwork copper clad eggs of graduated sizes fastened with brass rivets Unmarked 3 - 5 inch diameter 4 - 6.25 inch hei...

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1990s Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Brass, Copper

Brutalist Cast Bronze Sculpture of a Stylized Female Figure after Henry Moore
Brutalist Cast Bronze Sculpture of a Stylized Female Figure after Henry Moore

Brutalist Cast Bronze Sculpture of a Stylized Female Figure after Henry Moore

By Henry Moore

Located in New York, NY

Period 1970's Brutalist sculpture depicting a stylized female figure executed in cast brass, mounted on a stepped walnut plinth base. Well crafted work, in excellent original condit...

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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Brancusi Inspired Abstract Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base
Brancusi Inspired Abstract Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

Brancusi Inspired Abstract Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

By Brancusi, Rene Brancusi

Located in Houston, TX

Large Brutalist male torso abstract bronze sculpture on a marble base in the manner of Brancusi. This midcentury figural male torso sculpture is finely detailed and dates to the mid-...

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1960s Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Mid Century Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture of a Standing Tree Stump Log
Mid Century Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture of a Standing Tree Stump Log

Mid Century Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture of a Standing Tree Stump Log

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Spectacular Brutalist expression of a standing tree stump log in Bronze. Artist unknown, but definitely from the early 1970s. Amazing artistic craftsmanship. The stump is well balan...

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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Tall Bronze Masai Sculptures 1960s Vintage Kenya Mother Baby Giacometti Style
Tall Bronze Masai Sculptures 1960s Vintage Kenya Mother Baby Giacometti Style

Tall Bronze Masai Sculptures 1960s Vintage Kenya Mother Baby Giacometti Style

Located in London, GB

Two 1960s bronze sculptures from the Maasai tribe in Kenya and Tanzania in everyday motherhood figures. The elongated and brutalist-like effect figures evoke a Giacometti-like aest...

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1960s Kenyan Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Vintage Boho Bronze Sculpture of Winged Man
Vintage Boho Bronze Sculpture of Winged Man

Vintage Boho Bronze Sculpture of Winged Man

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This captivating vintage figural sculpture is a masterclass in modern surrealism, capturing a hauntingly beautiful winged human form. Expertly cast with a stunning, multi-tonal verdi...

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Late 20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Other

Expressive Yugoslav Modernist Wood Sculpture, Hand Carved, 1969
Expressive Yugoslav Modernist Wood Sculpture, Hand Carved, 1969

Expressive Yugoslav Modernist Wood Sculpture, Hand Carved, 1969

Located in Beograd, RS

Hand-carved from a single tree trunk, this striking Yugoslav sculpture embodies the expressive spirit of late 1960s Brutalism. Executed in 1969, the work transforms the natural form ...

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1960s Serbian Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Vintage Mid-Century Brutalist Lucite Freeform Sculpture
Vintage Mid-Century Brutalist Lucite Freeform Sculpture

Vintage Mid-Century Brutalist Lucite Freeform Sculpture

By Hivo Van Teal, Curtis Jeré

Located in San Diego, CA

A sculptural interpretation of an organic shape that is enigmatic, poised and unpredictable. A study in form, this vintage lucite piece dates to the early 1960s. In essence it is min...

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1960s American Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Lucite

Small Bronze Figurative Abstract Sculpture
Small Bronze Figurative Abstract Sculpture

Small Bronze Figurative Abstract Sculpture

Located in Norwalk, CT

This small charming abstract bronze figure stands on its own with a curious look on its face. This piece would make a great desk accessory or a ...

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20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Mid Century Modern Brutalist Mixed Metals Figurative Sculpture of a Woman C1970
Mid Century Modern Brutalist Mixed Metals Figurative Sculpture of a Woman C1970

Mid Century Modern Brutalist Mixed Metals Figurative Sculpture of a Woman C1970

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Fantastic steel & iron figurative sculpture of a lifesize nude woman created by artist Hy Suchman. Sculpture is approximately 5ft 2 inches tall with a width and depth of 24 X 20. Am...

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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel, Iron

Modernist Neo Sumerian style Bronze Sculpture of a Centaur, 20th Century
Modernist Neo Sumerian style Bronze Sculpture of a Centaur, 20th Century

Modernist Neo Sumerian style Bronze Sculpture of a Centaur, 20th Century

Located in View Park, CA

A rare and valuable modernist sculpture of a centaur, 20th century. Hand carved out of solid bronze with felted base. D’après Picasso with clear influence from Giacometti and Henry M...

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Mid-20th Century Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Brutalist Art Pottery Studio  Sculpture Man with Gun Riding a Camel signed
Brutalist Art Pottery Studio  Sculpture Man with Gun Riding a Camel signed

Brutalist Art Pottery Studio Sculpture Man with Gun Riding a Camel signed

Located in New York, NY

1970's Brutalist Studio Art Pottery sculpture depicting a Arab man, carrying a rife, riding a camel. The sculpture is signed illegibly on its base, this example is in very good, or...

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Late 20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Pottery

Bronze Brutalist Bust Sculpture
Bronze Brutalist Bust Sculpture

Bronze Brutalist Bust Sculpture

Located in Austin, TX

Brutalist bronze bust sculpture. Extremely well done, exquisite detailing.

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20th Century Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

John Steck Desert Rose Metal and Stone Vintage Brutalist Sculpture
John Steck Desert Rose Metal and Stone Vintage Brutalist Sculpture

John Steck Desert Rose Metal and Stone Vintage Brutalist Sculpture

By Curtis Jeré, John Steck, Silas Seandel

Located in Chattanooga, TN

Vintage 1960s metal and stone table top sculpture. “Desert Rose” by John Steck is a timeless floral arrangement of bristly pom-pom blooms emanating from a stone base. The botanical a...

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1960s American Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Stone, Metal

Macabre Surreal Brutalist Steel Step Sculpture
Macabre Surreal Brutalist Steel Step Sculpture

Macabre Surreal Brutalist Steel Step Sculpture

Located in New Windsor, NY

Torch cut steel and mixed metals Surrealist sculpture of a headless seated figure. Haunting and thought provoking piece dating from the late 1960s-the early 1970s. Unsigned. The ...

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1960s American Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Steel, Cut Steel, Wire

Gladiator and Jester, Brutalist Sculptures in Mixed Metal, 1966-1967
Gladiator and Jester, Brutalist Sculptures in Mixed Metal, 1966-1967

Gladiator and Jester, Brutalist Sculptures in Mixed Metal, 1966-1967

By B. O'Byrne

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Superlative examples of welded, Brutalist sculptures from the 1960s, this pairing of Gladiator and "King's Clown" were executed in steel, brass and slate by B. O'Byrne. The sculptor ...

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1960s American Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Steel

20th Century Standing Figures Brutalist Copper Sculpture, Circa 1950
20th Century Standing Figures Brutalist Copper Sculpture, Circa 1950

20th Century Standing Figures Brutalist Copper Sculpture, Circa 1950

By Jordi Bonet

Located in Montréal, CA

A sculptural grouping composed of four stylized standing figures in copper, arranged in a tight circular formation. Each figure is defined by a simplified, architectural silhouette—f...

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Mid-20th Century Canadian Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Copper

"Two Dancers" Bronze Sculpture, Kostas Dikefalos (B.1956) Signed
"Two Dancers" Bronze Sculpture, Kostas Dikefalos (B.1956) Signed

"Two Dancers" Bronze Sculpture, Kostas Dikefalos (B.1956) Signed

Located in London, GB

‘Two Dancers’ bronze sculpture by Kostas Dikefalos (born 1956). Beautiful from any angle and signed. Kostas Dikefalos was born in Zakynthos in 1956. He studied sculpture with...

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1980s Greek Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Mid-century Modern Glass Sculpture of a Man Holding a Flag, by Jan Černý
Mid-century Modern Glass Sculpture of a Man Holding a Flag, by Jan Černý

Mid-century Modern Glass Sculpture of a Man Holding a Flag, by Jan Černý

Located in San Francisco, CA

The faded handwritten sticky note on the sculpture’s base (photo #6) reads "jan cerny / (autor = / socrec).” This suggests this is a mid-20th-century Czech studio art glass sculpture...

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Mid-20th Century Czech Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Art Glass

1970's MCM Brutalist Bronze Sculpture in Walnut Base
1970's MCM Brutalist Bronze Sculpture in Walnut Base

1970's MCM Brutalist Bronze Sculpture in Walnut Base

Located in San Diego, CA

A unique bronze sculpture sitting on solid walnut base circa 1970's nice piece a family of 5 , California Design.

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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Green Clay Sculptures, France, 1970s
Pair of Green Clay Sculptures, France, 1970s

Pair of Green Clay Sculptures, France, 1970s

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

Pair of modernist sculptures in green patinated clay, made in France in the 1970s. This pair of sculptures depicts two seated female figures with free and expressive forms. Made of ...

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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Clay

Vintage Boho Abstract Figurative Cast Metal Sculpture
Vintage Boho Abstract Figurative Cast Metal Sculpture

Vintage Boho Abstract Figurative Cast Metal Sculpture

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This powerful vintage sculpture captures a fluid, dynamic human form in motion, executed with the rough texture and expressive technique characteristic of Brutalist or Abstract Expre...

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Late 20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Iron

Italian Glazed Terracotta Head Sculpture
Italian Glazed Terracotta Head Sculpture

Italian Glazed Terracotta Head Sculpture

Located in Houston, TX

Italian Glazed Terracotta Head Sculpture. Offered is a beautiful well executed Italian glazed terra cotta face or head sculpture signed Consorso, circa. 1950. A fine example of Itali...

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1950s Italian Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

1960s Bronze Sculpture by Thure Thörn – Seated Female Figure (3/7)
1960s Bronze Sculpture by Thure Thörn – Seated Female Figure (3/7)

1960s Bronze Sculpture by Thure Thörn – Seated Female Figure (3/7)

By Thure Thorn

Located in Silvolde, Gelderland

An exceptional and highly decorative bronze sculpture by renowned Swedish artist Thure Thörn, dating from the 1960s. This powerful piece depicts a seated female figure, rendered wit...

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1960s Swedish Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

1970s Austin Production "Dress up Girl" Brutalist Sculpture.
1970s Austin Production "Dress up Girl" Brutalist Sculpture.

1970s Austin Production "Dress up Girl" Brutalist Sculpture.

By Edgar Degas, Austin Productions

Located in Miami, FL

1970s Austin Production "Dress Up Girl" Brutalist Sculpture. Features a molded sculpture of a girl in a dress inspired by Degas' "Little Ballerina" sculpture. Molded in resin, pati...

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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Cast Bronze 'Fins Pacifica' Sculpture by J. Dale M'Hall
Cast Bronze 'Fins Pacifica' Sculpture by J. Dale M'Hall

Cast Bronze 'Fins Pacifica' Sculpture by J. Dale M'Hall

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Cast bronze 'Fins Pacifica' sculpture by American sculptor J. Dale M'Hall. James began sculpting in the 1960's and has worked with a variety of different media throughout his career but bronze sculpting...

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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Modern Brutalist African Wooden Sculpture – Female Bust
Modern Brutalist African Wooden Sculpture – Female Bust

Modern Brutalist African Wooden Sculpture – Female Bust

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

Modern Brutalist African Wooden Sculpture – Female Bust – 50 cm This is a striking sculpture of a female bust, carved in solid wood, in a style that combines modern minimalism, bruta...

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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Metal rooster sculpture, signed, France, 1970
Metal rooster sculpture, signed, France, 1970

Metal rooster sculpture, signed, France, 1970

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

Metal rooster sculpture, France, 1970s, with an expressive and decorative style. Made of hammered metal, this piece is distinguished by its slender and stylized forms, giving the roo...

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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Sculpture of a head in wood, France, 1960
Sculpture of a head in wood, France, 1960

Sculpture of a head in wood, France, 1960

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

A wooden sculpture of a head, France, 1960s, with an expressive and profoundly organic character. Carved from a solid block of wood, this piece reveals a face with soft, introspectiv...

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1960s French Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

A Metal CACTUS Contemporary SCULPTURE BRUTALIST Unique PIECE by ESOJ France 2020
A Metal CACTUS Contemporary SCULPTURE BRUTALIST Unique PIECE by ESOJ France 2020

A Metal CACTUS Contemporary SCULPTURE BRUTALIST Unique PIECE by ESOJ France 2020

Located in PARIS, FR

A strong complex and spectacular metal cactus, contemporary brutalist sculpture, unique piece by artist ESOJ, France 2020. This piece is made to be presented indoor. For any outdoor project, we offer the buyer to create a solid and stable base or fixation system to fix the sculpture and allow it to resist to wind and natural elements. We represent ESOJ and organized his exhibition "Metal Spirit", November 2022, in our gallery in Paris, and this unique piece was presented during this event. Esoj's work is rooted in a direct link to daily life, to the visual value of consumer objects. Whether they are elements of nature or products of pop culture, he fixes them in the metal to give them a definitive appearance, a form of immortality: a box of opened chocolates will be there forever, nothing will not erase Mickey's sluggish smile, nor his middle finger; a succulent plant frozen in iron will no longer need water... A parallel world under construction, a world of avatars springing from a metallic quintessence which confronts man with himself, with matter, with progress, to the flow of time. Beyond their symbolic force, Esoj's sculptures express as much the visceral gesture of the artist in a world losing meaning, as they catalog his universe in a subjective archive. For his first collaboration with us, Esoj looks away from his Barbie dolls, Playmobils and bags of M&Ms, to sketch a sort of return to Nature and vibrate an ancestral wisdom evident in his new series of cacti, succulents, vases and masks murals with shamanic connotations. A wisdom that he draws from his Portuguese origins, this saudade: “tension between opposites, on the one hand the feeling of a lack, on the other hand the hope and the desire to find what we lack”, embodied here by a particularly inhabited desert; where cacti are next to agaves, aloes, prickly pears, plants which are certainly ornamental but also hallucinogenic and healing, sometimes fatal; where the series of containers suggests an almost medicinal link between these inert objects, even more obvious in the wall piece inspired by Korean shaman...

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2010s French Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

French Vintage Plaster Bust of Woman, Hand-Crafted, Circa 1920
French Vintage Plaster Bust of Woman, Hand-Crafted, Circa 1920

French Vintage Plaster Bust of Woman, Hand-Crafted, Circa 1920

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

A monumental French vintage bust of an anonymous young woman in larger-than-life scale, her unforgettable likeness rendered in plaster that has been pigmented and faux-finished to ap...

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20th Century French Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Ermanno Nason Christ of the Glassblowers Murano Glass and Iron Pipes Early 1970s
Ermanno Nason Christ of the Glassblowers Murano Glass and Iron Pipes Early 1970s

Ermanno Nason Christ of the Glassblowers Murano Glass and Iron Pipes Early 1970s

By Ermanno Nason

Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence

Intense and passionate glass sculpture from Ermanno Nason, using his favorite glass, the acciaio gray. This warm transparent gray color is often used by glass massiccio Sculptors, w...

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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Iron

Arik Amir Brutalist Sculpture of a Dancer
Arik Amir Brutalist Sculpture of a Dancer

Arik Amir Brutalist Sculpture of a Dancer

Located in Redding, CT

Arik Amir Brutalist Iron Sculpture of a Dancer, signed Arik on the base. Arik Amir (b 1922-2008) Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography from The Isreali Museum of Jerusalem refered to him as ''...

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Late 20th Century Israeli Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

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Brutalist figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Brutalist figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage figurative sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, folk art, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Brutalist figurative sculptures made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original figurative sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Emaus, Curtis Jeré, Marco Celotti, and Austin Productions. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for figurative sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $49 and tops out at $190,575 while the average work can sell for $1,556.