Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mid-20th Century Italian Avocado Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful and whimsical mid-20th century Italian porcelain sculpture with five avocados, one cut in half with the pit showing, and placed in a basket with grass, all molded in porcel...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pleasant Folk Art Friends Pair Eva Fritz-Linder, 1970
Located in South Burlington, VT
Pleasant Company- A pair of Folk Art Friends
A serene tall antique handmade and hand painted pair (2) of hand bag carrying women named EMA - a fri...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$680 Sale Price / set
71% Off
A Beautiful Tapio Wirkkala Rhythmic Veneer Decorative Leaf Dish Soini 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
In most if not in all of his designs, Tapio Wirkkala took his inspiration from the surrounding nature. This is one example with a beautiful figurative sculptural "leaf". The way it's...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Birch
Mid Century Beaded Tulip Floral Arrangement
Located in Riverdale, NY
Impressive Beaded Flower Tulip Arrangement from the 1960's. The rage for beaded flowers started in the 1960's and ornate labor intensive, professiona...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
Belgian Clay Sculpture By Yolande Ide
Located in Houston, TX
Belgian Clay Sculpture By Yolande Ide. Offered is a Belgian sculpture of a male torso by Yolande Ide. This well executed sculpture was created in the 1960’s.
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Midcentury 1960 Rosenthal Netter Striped Ceramic Vase for Bitossi, Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Created by Bitossi’s creative director, Aldo Londi and distributed worldwide by Rosenthal Netter. Midcentury Italian art pottery vase b...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$796 Sale Price
33% Off
Mid-century Masculine Wooden Sculpture Testa
Located in Weesp, NL
One of a kind beautiful mid-century masculine sculpture cut from one piece of wood. A truly gorgeous piece, a diamond in kust about any interior.
The Testa will be shipped overseas i...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Carl Auböck Model #5371 'Heart' Polished Nickel Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #5371 'Heart' polished nickel paperweight.
Designed in the 1950s, this beautifully refined Viennese paperweight is hand-fabricated in polished nickel-plated brass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Mid Century Hand Blown Two-Tone Murando Art Glass Snail - Italy 1960´s
By Livio Seguso
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Mid Century Hand Blown Two-Tone Murando Art Glass Snail - Italy 1960´s.
This charming stylized snail by Livio Seguso, exemplifies the finesse of the Venetian Glass masters skills in ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of Two French Terra Cotta Bas Relief Sculptures Italy 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Set of two French terra cotta bas relief, 1950.
You can hung on the wall.
Sculptures from Italy , Green and blue colors.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$430 Sale Price
20% Off
Walter Bosse Paragraph Lawyer Brass Sculpture, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A Midcentury brass figurine, displaying a paragraph form the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller, Austria. In very g...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Oversized Antique Italian Wood Pinocchio Toy in Custom Lucite Display Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This is a masterpiece unto itself, a hand carved and hand painted oversized wood toy of Pinocchio, the wooden toy who became a real boy. This treasure of time has been encased in a c...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Vintage Hand-Carved Wooden Moon Face Sculpture - Signed Folk Art Sphere
Located in Seattle, WA
This whimsical vintage wooden sculpture features a hand-carved, smiling moon face rendered in rich detail. Expertly shaped into a spherical form, the expressive face displays deep-se...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Hand Painted Folk Art Nativity Scene Puzzle Sculpture
By Enzo Mari
Located in San Diego, CA
1960s hand painted folk art nativity scene puzzle. Well done with vibrant 1960s pop colors. Each piece is painted on both sides. Signed on the back.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
20th Century Italian Pair of Large Red Smoked Murano Glass Japanese Farmers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A red, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian pair of large Japanese farmers with a large black hat made of hand blown colored Murano glass, in good condit...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass, Smoked Glass
20th Century Blue-Red Italian Murano Glass Parrot Sculpture by Archimede Seguso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A blue-red vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian parrot sculpture made of hand blown Murano Glass, designed and produced by Archimede Seguso in good condition. The décor piece is particularized by multicolored details. Wear consistent with age and use. circa 1960 - 1970, Murano, Venice, Italy.
Base: 3" diameter
The Seguso Familly is an Italian Murano glasswork, manufactor founded by Antonio Filius Seguxi in 1397, in Venice, Italy. Until today, the Seguso Family...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass, Smoked Glass
Orange Ceramic Chess Pieces Sculpture by Il Picchio, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Five chess pieces in orange ceramic by Il Picchio, Italy, 1970s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Bronze Head Sculpture on Marble Solid Base
Located in San Diego, CA
Fine detail, lovely factions and subtle smile on this rare bronze head sculpture
Fix to a black marble base.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Handmade Asian Bird Feeder made of Metal and Brass, 1950s Austria
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Handmade Asian Bird Feeder made of Metal and Brass, 1950s Austria
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Italian Bronze Sculpture by Pino Conte
By Pino Conte
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1950s large bronze sculpture by Italian artist Pino Conte tittle "Head Of A Girl" in wood base, signed by the artist on the bottom of the base ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tall Lucite Sculpture With Seashells
Located in New York, NY
Tall Lucite sculpture with shells carved into the Lucite, measure: 29.75" tall x7" diameter. Base is 7" x 4.5".
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Modernist Murano Glass Sculpture of a Chinese Man by Seguso
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stylized Murano glass sculpture of a Chinese man, created by the renowned glass artist Archimede Seguso. Made in Italy in the 1960's, this sculpture features a Chinese man in a conte...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Venetian Murano Glass Flamenco Dancer Figurine, 1950
Located in Budapest, HU
Elegant and elongated hand blown Murano sculpture of a flamenco dancer.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
1960s Metal Tree Sculpture On Quartz Stone Base
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Metal Tree Sculpture On Quartz Stone Base
Beautiful piece of sculpture in the form of a large tree with leaves atop a free form rock cryst...
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1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Metal
Mid-Century Ceramic Nude Women Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large free-form female sculpture designed in the United States circa 1960. This interesting art piece features two entwined nude women in earth-toned ceramic. Black lines trace their faces, hands, and bodies. Their facial expressions and body language positively contrast with the use of colorful blue brush strokes...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Noel Osheroff Ceramic Girl Figure Sculpture for Robert Maxwell Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Noel Osheroff ceramic girl figure sculpture for Robert Maxwell Studio
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Madonna in Art Glass 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Modernist Madonna in Art Glass 1960s.
This is a wonderful and poignantly beautiful mid-century modernist Madonna in art glass with great details. Catches the light in a very beautif...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Just Andersen Figurine of Naked Boy Made of Disco Metal, Denmark 1940s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Original figurine designed by Danish artist and sculptor Just Andersen (1884-1943) featuring a naked boy sitting on a marble plate.
This particular figurine was first launched in 194...
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Walt Disney “Mickey Mouse in His Reading Chair ceramic, Demons & Merveilles
By Walt Disney
Located in Valladolid, ES
Fun and original ceramic Mickey Mouse sitting in his reading chair. This collectible figurine was designed by Demons & Merveilles, under license from Walt Disney, around the 1990s. I...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wig Holder or Hat Stand 1970 Vintage, Sculpture Face Female Head France, Brown
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is a wig holder, made in the 1970s in France. It is a Female Head, in a brown color.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
$334 Sale Price
20% Off
1976 Curtis Jere Brass Wire Galleon Ship Sailboat Metal Sculpture Art
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Huge, free standing metal galleon shop sculpture by Curtis Jere. Signed and dated '76. Shiny golden metallic hues and blended colors of gold, brass...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
A biomorphic wood and iron sculpture of a woman, signed, mid 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A biomorphic hand-carved sculpture of a femme, signed by artist, 20th century. In wood with hand-crafted embossed iron base. This piece is reminiscent of early Mesopotamian sculpture...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
20th Century Italian Pair of Murano Glass Japanese Farmers by Pino Signoretto
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern pair of Italian Japanese farmers with a large black hat made of hand blown clear Murano glass, designed and produced by Pino Signoretto in good conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Madonna with Child Murano Glass Torchon Frame by Venini, 50s
By Venini
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Murano glass torchon frame Venini production, inside Madonna with child in plaster on a xylonite base, dating back to the early 1950s.
Patented Model.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass, Plastic, Plaster
Dino Martens Murano Orange Sommerso Italian Art Glass Double Fish Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso orange Italian art glass double fish sculpture. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aureliano To...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Ribbon, Glass
$800 Sale Price
33% Off
Lauritz Adolph Hjorth Danish Midcentury Pottery Asian Figure Carrying Pots
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish midcentury Danish stoneware pottery sculpture of an Asian figure carrying two large pottery vessels with further vessels standing on th...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Abstract Brown Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by Jeanne Grandpierre La Borne, 1975
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jeanne Grandpierre
Original and decorative abstract stoneware ceramic sculpture by the French artist, circa 1975.
Original 20th century midcentury ceramic art.
Realized in La Bor...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Anne Van Kleeck Plaster Sculpture Midcentury
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A beautiful, stylized bust by Anne Van Kleeck, circa 1950s. Plaster, heavy, this unique sculpture has a real mid-century feel and timeless presence. From the artist's estate.
A note about the artist: Anne Van Kleeck was primarily known for her works in cast bronze and ceramics. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A.) and Ohio State University (M.A.) and spent several years as a professor of art in Ohio and Florida. In 1957, Anne traveled to Venice, Italy to study bronze and lost wax casting, beaten iron and mosaic techniques. During that stay she employed an Italian foundry expert and together they established a small foundry on the island of Murano where they cast bronzes for her one woman show in Venice. Van Kleecks work has won multiple awards and is owned worldwide by private collectors and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum and MOMA in New York. She was contemporaries of and exhibited with Ruth Asawa, Gary Knox...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Murano Art Glass Sculpture of a Venetian Carnivalist, Seguso ca. 1940s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Murano Art Glass Sculpture of a Venetian Carnivalist, Seguso ca. 1940s
Item e7102
A rare art glass sculpture from the Venetian carnival manufactured most probably by Seguso V...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Wall-mounted Ceramic Harlequin by Rogier Vandeweghe for Amphora, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare Wall hanging decorative glazed ceramic representing a harlequin from the manufacturer Amphora 1960s designed by Rogier Vandeweghe. The wall mounted figure sculpture...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$545 Sale Price
58% Off
American Mid Century Blenko Glass Apple
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful purple tainted Blenko glass apple excellent condition no chips or cracks great color and very collectible.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Sculpture of Womanin Silver Foil and Gold Italy 1970s Guido Mariani
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Sculpture of Womanin Silver Foil and Gold Italy 1970s Guido Mariani
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver
$573 Sale Price
40% Off
Figurative Mid-20th Century Black Ceramic Sculpture circa 1960 Woman Art
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Figurative ceramic sculpture, circa 1960
Elegant black ceramic glaze color
Original mid-20th century form
Perfect condition
Measures: Height 18cm, large 12cm.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
'Salut', Stone sculpture by Jacques Trouvé, France, 1972
Located in Oxford, GB
Wonderful Mid 20th Century sculpture by rare onto the market sculptor Jacques Trouvé. Carved from French Stone in 1972 - standing an imposing 70cm tall on original hard wood base .La...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Silver Embellished Carved Wood Fish Sculpture Signed Alfredo Zalce
Located in Ferndale, MI
Alfredo Zilch 1908 - 2003 . Studied at national school of fine arts under Mateo Saldana , German Gedovious and Diego Rivera . Officially appointed to found Taxco school...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Blenko Attributed Hand Blown Head Glass Vase by Hank Adams
By Blenko Glass
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A amethyst colored hand blown glass head vase with a stylized face and hair attributed to Hank Adams and the Blenko glass company. This piece was purch...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Seguso Murano Blue Red Rope Italian Art Glass Boat Anchor Nautical Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown sapphire blue Italian art glass boat anchor nautical sculpture on base. Documented to designer Archimede S...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Large Fat Lava Op Art Vase by Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning mid-century large fat lava vase. This beautiful piece is glazed in a deep ocean blue with a red glaze band around it in the middle. The en...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$600 Sale Price
24% Off
Mid-century modern murano art glass woman sculpture by Licio Zanetti Italy 1970
Located in Nicolosi, IT
Mid-century modern murano art glass woman sculpture by Licio Zanetti Italy 1970
This stunning Murano glass sculpture by Licio Zanetti, crafted in the 1970s, beautifully depicts a gr...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Mid-Century Abstract Reclining Figure Wood Sculpture by Joseph Martinek
By Joseph Martinek
Located in Middleburg, VA
Large Mid-Century Abstract Reclining Figure Wood Sculpture by Joseph Martinek
Joseph Martinek (1915-1989) was an American sculpture who studied ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Stone Sculpture on Lucite Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Stone sculpture on Lucite base.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Just Andersen Figurine of Boy with Bear by E. Borch of Disco Metal Denmark 1940s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Original figurine of a sitting boy with teddy bear designed by Elna Borch
The figurine is made in the 1950s of disco metal with brown patina by Just Andersen´s own metal workshop.
...
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Sculpture of a Boy Doing a Handstand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our stunning Vintage Sculpture of a boy doing a Handstand, straight from the USA in the swinging 1960s. This captivating piece of art will undoubtedly add a touch of char...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Alfredo Barbini Murano Art Glass 1960s Colored
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Alfredo Barbini Murano art glass, 1960s, character in multicolored Murano glass with gold dust inside, made in the year 1960. Murano art glass.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$645 Sale Price
64% Off
Terracotta Nude Sculptures, Set of 2, from the 1970s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Mid-Century Modern terracotta nude sculptures depicting two women by the water. One signed and dated to the hip. In good original condition, no chips, normal wear.
Dimensions: Height...
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$813 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Quentin Bell Attributed Stoneware Elizabethan Lady’s Head
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual midcentury handcrafted stoneware sculpture of an Elizabethan lady’s head, possibly Elizabeth I, wearing a period hat and ruff collar attributed to renowned artist and writer Quentin Bell (British, 1910-1996). The stoneware shoulder length head stands...
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1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Romer italy hand carved desk top martial arts black belt sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Whimsical carved figure of black belt martial arts patron . Decked in white martial arts robe with black belt . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the seventies . This is one of ma...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Resin Sculpture with Italy 1970 Silver Foil Woman with Fan
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Art Deco resin sculpture with Italy 1970 silver foil woman with fan.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
$681 Sale Price
40% Off
Barovier Seguso & Ferro Italian Art Glass Figurine - Woman with 2 Rearing Horses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Murano glass figure.
Attributed to Barovier Seguso & Ferro (Seguso Vetri D'arte).
Model 13341. (S.A.I.A.R. model no. 685)
In the form of a stylized nude woman with two rear...
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Antique Italian Yard or Garden Majolica Statue, 1910s or Older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous character ceramic figural statue. This character statue has been made probably in Italy, in the 1910s or older. Absolutely gorgeous item with lots of character and still i...
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1910s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Mid-century Modern figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern 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, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern figurative sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original figurative sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Archimede Seguso, Curtis Jeré, and Jihokera. 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 $40 and tops out at $225,000 while the average work can sell for $1,200.
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