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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Mid-Century Bronze Sculpture of a Franciscan Monk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Mid-Century Modern bronze sculpture.
In the form of a Franciscan monk.
The base has a later copper insert and threading for possible mounting on a plinth.
Simply a w...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Whitefriars Indigo Mobile Phone Glass Vase by Geoffrey Baxter
Located in San Diego, CA
This beautiful glass vase by Geoffrey Baxter is sculptural and unique. The unique slab shape, with a textured front surface alludes to a variety of forms that are organic and modern....
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Tom Neugebauer Raku Clay Art Body Sculpture, 1989
Located in Miami, FL
Raku abstract torso sculpture by master potter Tom Neugebauer, dated 1989. Sculpture sits atop black lacquered round wood base. Signed in clay...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Wood
Bronze Male Bust by Anne Van Kleeck, circa 1960s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual cast bronze sculpture by Anne Van Kleeck. 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 Bennett...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Mid Century Hollywood Regency Brass Pineapple Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of Hollywood Regency brass pineapple bookends. Beautiful pieces original to the period and style. These sculptural pair adds whimsy a...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Romer italy hand carved desk top waiter server bartender sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Fun and nicely carved figure of a waiter server in white dinner jacket holding Chianti bottle and tray of beverages . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the seventies . This is one...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Handmade Wall Ceramic Mask by DYBDAHL, 1960s Denmark
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Mid-Century Modern Handmade Wall Ceramic Mask by DYBDAHL, 1960s Denmark
Dimensions
Height: 5.11 in. (13 cm)
Width: 4.33 in. (11 cm)
Depth: 2.75 in. (7 cm)
The fixture need 1 x E27 ...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Brass Winged Bird Spirit Totem Pole Beer Bottle Opener Midcentury Cocktail Bar
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Please let me know which one you would like to purchase, listed price is for each opener. No markings but very Carl Aubock, Native Northwest, or Central American influenced. Possibly...
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1950s Venezuelan Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$240 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Iconic Eiffel Tower Iron Replica Statue, Powder-Coated in Orange
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in France, this oversized wire Eiffel Tower makes an impressive statement wherever displayed. This eye-catching fragment, painted orange, certainly would be a wow factor in ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$340 Sale Price
64% Off
Vamsa Barbini Murano Blue Gold Sun Hat Woman Italian Art Glass Figure Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful early Murano hand blown Sommerso cobalt blue and gold flecks Italian art glass women with sun hat figure / sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, for V.A.M.S.A ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Lion in Frost Style Lucite Iceberg Coffee, Cocktail Table Round Glass Top 1970
Located in Miami, FL
In the style of Lion in Frost is this impressive large round iceberg coffee or cocktail table.
Features two Lucite bases iceberg look with a Tip on Top and complimented by a round b...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Anthropomorphic Stoneware Vase in the Style of Jacques Pouchain 1950s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Anthropomorphic Stoneware Vase In The Style of Jacques Pouchain, mid 20th century, probably French.
Very interesting and unusual anthropomorphic stoneware vase which resembles works by the French pottery artist...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Manuel Carbonell Pygmalion and Galatea Modern Durastone Sculpture
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Absolutely stunning sculpture by Latin American Master artist Manuel Carbonell. Regarded as one on the greatest sculptors of the 20th Century, Carbonell passed away in November of 20...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Hand-Sculpted French Cubist Abstract Sculpture in Terracotta Signed "Philip"
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated and alluring Mid-Century Modern Sculpture was realized in France circa 1950. Executed in terra cotta with a oil rubbed bronze colored glaze, the work presents an abstract and dynamic form- bristling with verve. An elongated form rises from an elliptical base offering both smooth and curvilinear aspects as well as faceted ones concluding in a curved tongue-like appendage with a pointed end. Additionally, there is what appears to be a lug or nut cantilevering from side of the piece, suggesting metamorphosis or some kind of animatronic influence. The amorphic form recalls the highly stylized renderings of tools by Lee Lozano...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Olive Wood Sculpture Flying Goose & Vide-Poche Reversible Objet, c 1970
Located in Labrit, Landes
This atypical item is both an empty pocket and a sculpture representing a flying goose.
The sculptor has played with the veins of olive wood to create this unique object with a side ...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Olive
Untitled 'Christ' Sculpture by Karl Hagenauer, 1950, Rosewood and Bronze
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare Untitled (Jesus Christ) table top sculpture by Karl Hagenauer for Werkstätte Hagenauer, Austria, c. 1950
Brazilian rosewood body and bronze head and hands. One hand turns in pl...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Bronze Sculpture Profile of a Woman Face by Sacha S. Schnittmann
By Sacha S. Schnittmann
Located in St. Louis, MO
This 1940s bronze sculpture wall plaque of a profile portrait of a woman's face, possibly his wife was created by New York native artist and sculptor, S...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sensual Rouge Marble Abstract Sculpture of Nude Female Figure
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Gorgeous marble in pinks, maroon and cream, artfully sculpted to suggest the female form from every angle. Abstract and eye-catching. No signature.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
$895 Sale Price
36% Off
Colorful Wall Decorative Ceramic Mask Midcentury
Located in Vienna, AT
Wall colorful ceramic mask, made in Germany in the 1960s
Original perfect conditions.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Virgin and Child, ceramic by the French artist Jean Derval 1960's - F422
By Jean Derval
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ceramic from the 60's representing the "Virgin and Child" by the famous French artist Jean Derval. Very nice glazing on the whole, with typical colours and patterns of the artist. So...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Aubock "My Son" Patinated Brass Sculpture #4752
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock "My Son" Patinated Brass Sculpture #4752 designed in the 1950s. Currently produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same sta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Architect Sculpture #4061
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock patinated brass "Architect" sculpture #4061. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality material...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Leaning on Tree Stump Figural Sculpture #4068
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Leaning on Tree Stump Figural Sculpture #4068 designed in the 1950's. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Solid Cast Iron in Black Mate Finish & Gold Stonington Statue
Located in San Diego, CA
The Stonington statue depicts male rowers racing with maximum athleticism. The crew of three has elegant 1930s-40s styling as they lift above the race course, attacking the water at ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Cheeky Child Bronze Statue on Square Base by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Pasadena, CA
Sculpture has long been revered as one of the purest means of expressing artistic thought and feeling. An art form that transforms materiality and space, capturing an ephemeral momen...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
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
1950's Marwal Group Figural Plaster Statue W./ Maiden and 2 Girls with Books
Located in Germantown, MD
Marwal Ind. Inc plaster figural plaster sculpture depicting a maiden with her two children holding books. An inspirational piece for children and mothers. Very clean vintage condition in antique white color.
Measures 12 inches in base diameter and stands 24.5" tall.
Marwal Ind. Inc., Miami Florida 1940’s-1960’s
Marwal Ind. Inc. was a commercial producer of classic reproductions statues...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Mid Century Jansen Style Metal Palm Tree Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic Large scale vintage palmetto palm tree sculpture crafted in metal having a "hip" anodized finish with torch burnt highlights.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Austin Productions Embracing Figures by Manuel Carbonell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Manuel Carbonell for Austin Productions Embracing Couple. Signed and dated 1986, but i have seen variations of this sculpture dated to the early 1960's In very nice original condi...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$850 Sale Price
32% Off
Napkin or Letter Holder by Walter Bosse
By Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Napkin or letter holder by Walter Bosse
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4057 'Athlete' Brass Sculpture
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4057 'Athlete' brass sculpture. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural figure is executed in polished and patinated brass.
Price is per it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Brass & Copper Cattails Curtis Jere Style Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Mid-Century Modern mixed metals sculpture.
In the style of Curtis Jere.
In soldered brass & copper.
In the form of cattails surrounded by lilypads(?).
Sim...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Large Vintage Mid-Century Glazed Pottery Saint Bernard Dog Sculpture circa 1960s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Delightful large vintage midcentury modern quirky, whimsical sculpture of a St. Bernard dog with unusual dark eyes and bright red tongue, made circa 1960s / 1970s. Most likely made i...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Plaster
Vintage Japanese Trappist Nun Figures Wood Turned Kokeshi Dolls Isao Nemoto
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage Japanese lathe-turned trappist nun figures in wood.
Monastery & Convent Hakodate Hokkaido. Kokeshi Dolls by Isao Nemoto
Dimensions: 4.75" H x 1.2...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
White and Gold "Piede Romano" Roman Left Foot by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Doraville, GA
A porceline "Piede Romano" or a left Roman foot in white with gold accents designed by Piero Fornasetti. The foot has an earlier Fornasetti insigna on the...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
MCM Petite Red Enamel and Brass Crucifix / Cross on Base
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice MCM petite red enamel and brass crucifix / cross on base, circa 1970s. Nice weight and detail. #2475
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Three Cut Crystal Obelisks with Inner Pagodas
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here are three cut crystal obelisks with the unexpected pagodas appearing inside. By cutting stylized geometrics into the back the results in the fronts are truly magic.
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Modern Metal and Wood Ibis Bird Sculptures
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-Century Modern wood and metal long-legged ibis bird sculptures.
Measures: Height 21 inch, 54 cm.
Width 6 inch, 15 cm.
Depth 7.8 inch, 20 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Capodimonte Porcelain Decorative Item by Ginori, Rococo Style, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s.
These two 18th century figures are made in Capodimonte porcelain.
This statue might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Large Thick Brass Trade Sign Of Steaming Tea Pot Aladdin Style
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage 1,5 inch Thick Solid Brass Trade Sign Of Steaming Tea Pot Aladdin Style.
The trade sign can be wall mounted or can be free standing by it self.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Vintage Italian Colorful Ceramic Harlequin Figure by Otello Rosa for San Polo
By San Polo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Vibrant Polychrome-Glazed with Gilt Face and Hands Harlequin Sculpture by Otello Rosa for San Polo, Venezia
Sculpture Bolted to a B...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury terracotta sculpture by Alessio Tasca, Italy 1960
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Rare terracotta figurative sculpture by Alessio Tasca, Italy 1960.
Elegant composition of several panels that creates an important panel.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$7,619 Sale Price
20% Off
Sandro Couple Sculpture, 2017
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sandro couple sculpture, 2017
Taxidermy, Ceramic Plate.
Made in Berlin in 2017.
Category
2010s German Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Organic Material
$1,785 Sale Price
40% Off
Sculpture, Nude, Female, circa 1920s, Nude Woman, Nude Color Vintage Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Detailed nude female sculpture, made in the 1920s.
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
$2,350 Sale Price
20% Off
Creature Sculptures by Dick Seeger
By Dick Seeger
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Dick Seeger large-scale sculptures, circa late 1980s. Seeger created a series of large-scale creatures all with saw horses on the interiors as foundations with papier mâché atop. The...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Optimist" Sculpture #4049
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Optimist" Sculpture #4049. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Chinese Art Glass Figurine by Dino Rosin for Murano Glass
By Dino Rosin, Murano 5
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous art glass Chinese figurine in green swirl, black and clear Murano glass, circa 1970s. The pieces is signed "Rosin Murano" and has incredibly vibrant color and great texture!...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Figurative Ceramics 1970s Very Special Buddha
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Figurative ceramics 1970s very special buddha.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$857 Sale Price
40% Off
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Bronze Sculpture on Glass and Granite Base, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Patinated bronze sculpture of backside of woman suspended on smoked glass and held upright by a block of granite. Signed Lima. Brazil, 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Ceramic Woman with Deer by R. Unger for Göbel. 1941
By Unger
Located in CADALSO, ES
R. Unger was the master modeler at Göbel for the world-famous Hummel figures
Category
1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Modernist Mouse Sculpture
By Mattia Biagi
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful modernist mouse sculpture. A piece that is full of whimsy and detail. Clean lines are the base for this piece as a mouse figure orbits on its own tail. Beautiful, enchanting and dynamic. Cast iron with zinc finish. Clean lines with a brutalist node. This piece is vintage (1960s) and unsigned. A piece that is sculptural and fun. Unsigned and reminiscent of Stephen Charlton...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Zinc
$300 Sale Price
54% Off
Midcentury Brass and Walnut Crucifix
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice brass and walnut crucifix, circa 1970s. Nice weight and detail. #1199.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
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
Abstract terracotta sculpture from the 1950s with a French origin.
By André Bloc, Jean Arp, Henri Laurens
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
This terracotta sculpture from the 1950s originates from a workshop in the south of France. Despite a few minor imperfections, it perfectly embodies the artistic spirit of that era. ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Sylvia Weiss Bronze Chicago Modern Dancer Figure on Wood Base
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hand sculpted bronze dancer sculpture created by listed artist Sylvia Weiss of Chicago, Illinois. Sculpture measures 9.5" by 6" by 3.5" and is signed S. Weiss on the base. In very g...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$795 Sale Price
20% Off
KISTER SCHIBE ALSBACH - Madonna con bambino - Porcellana del 1940
By Scheibe
Located in Milano, IT
Madonna con bambino, porcellana della manifattura KISTER SCHEIBE ALSBACH ,
Made in Germany 1940.
E una porcellana dipinta a mano , in perfetto stato, non ha rotture ne restauri.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large 20th Century Fiberglass Cast Form Sculpture Of Statue of Atlas
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large 20th century fiberglass cast form sculpture of statue of atlas.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Nude Bronze Sculpture by James Maher
Located in New York, NY
James Patrick Maher (20th Century), bronze Sculpture of a nude woman.
James P. Maher, was a renowned artist whose drawings, paintings and sculptures reflected an innate appreciation...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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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