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-Century Modern Heavy Carved Marble Sculpture on Revolving Pedestal
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century Modern carved marble "Three Graces" sculpture on revolving pedestal.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
American Modern Ceramic Silver Glazed Reclining Man, Jaru
Located in Queens, NY
American Modern Ceramic Silver Glazed Reclining Man, Jaru.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Spanish Women Cast Bronze Sculpture by W.N. Cardobo 1973
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautiful 1973 Spanish cast bronze sculpture depicting a woman walking with a basket of fish on her head.
Marked W.N. Cardobo 73 (see detail photo).
In original beautiful condition...
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1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Curtis Jere attr 'House on Rock' Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Desktop sculpture featuring a copper house perched atop a rock with an abstract willow tree coming over the top.
Please confirm location NY or NJ
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Large LLADRO spanish circa 1970 porcelain "Tahitian".
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible LLADRO spanish natural circa 1970 sculpture in porcelain "Tahitian girl".
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Miguel Berrocal La Mini Maria Nickel-Plated Puzzle Sculpture Box and Book
Located in New York, NY
Miguel Berrocal La Mini Maria nickel-plated puzzle sculpture in box with book. Listing includes puzzle sculpture, stand, original box, book, and packaging, circa 1960s. Measurements:...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Nickel
Antique Rosenthal Glove Mold Pair from Germany
Located in San Diego, CA
Great part of Rosenthal porcelain glove molds. These are both marked by the maker and made in Germany. In excellent condition.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
$1,800 / set
Porcelain Sculpture, Czechoslovakia, 1970's.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of Porcelain
Re-polished
Good Original Condition
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Gerald DiGiusto Caryatids Sculpture American 1976
Located in Hudson, NY
This sculpture grouping is a maquette to the "Caryatids" grouping and was created in 1976 by listed American artist Gerald Digiusto. The inspiration for Gerald Digiusto to create these was found in a grouping of female form columns located at the Erechtheion in ancient Greece on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens.
These were produced from zinc plates
Gerald's work can be found in many Museum, public and private collections.
Gerald's work can also currently be seen in the new book titled American Beauty by Thom Filicia and in the November 2012 issue of House Beautiful
Gerald Digiusto was born June 30, 1929 in New York City, the son of immigrant Italian and Jewish parents. He grew up in Boston, and as a young man served a stone carving apprenticeship in Quincy, Massachusetts. From 1950 to 1954, while stationed in Tokyo with the Air Force, he worked in the studio of the Japanese sculptor...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Zinc
$12,000 / set
Set of Three Kokeshi Dolls from Northern Japan
Located in Antwerp, BE
Kokeshi (こけし こけし, kokeshi), are Japanese dolls, originally from northern Japan. They are handmade from wood, have a simple trunk and an enlarged head with a few thin, painted lines t...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$1,130 / set
Pair of Mid-Century Metal and Glass Pineapples
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout pair of decorative pineapples hand crafted with a stylized metal frame having gold tone mercury glass blown into it.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
$4,500 / set
Small Austrian Ceramic Figure Collection / Candleholder by Leopold Anzengruber
Located in Chicago, IL
A group of 3 Austrian ceramic figures attributed to Leopold Anzengruber.
Manner of Walter Bosse and the Wiener Werkstatte
Dimension is of dancing large figure.
Note: They are all ...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Father with Son Holding the Torah Bronze Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a contemplative, bronze sculpture of a father with a son, holding the Torah, by an anonymous artist. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 15" W x 11" ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1970s Hand Crafted Art Pottery Distressed Mask
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Hand Crafted Art Pottery Distressed Mask
5.63 h x 7.25 w x 6.63 d
Preowned original vintage condition. Broken and distressed.
Prior repair was made.
Review images please.
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Ceramic Torero and Flamenco Dancer Figures by Giovanni Girardi, Italy
By Lenci
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This glazed ceramic piece is made by Giovanni Girardi, a famous ceramic artisan from Vicenza that worked for Lenci in Turin.
It...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Manuel Felguérez Mid-Century Mexican Metal Toy Soldier (1 of 7)
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Manuel Felguérez Mid-Century Mexican Metal Toy Soldier (1 of 7)
This figurine measures: 5.5 wide x 5.75 deep x 18 inches high
We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to ...
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1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Hand carved marble figurative sculpture Irene koldorf
By Irene Maria Ganser
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century vintage, modern marble hand carved figural sculpture. The sculpture is a mother and children embracing. This mode...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French Midcentury Decorative Ceramic Plate Black Matte, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
A figurative midcentury French decorative ceramic plate. The apparent very talented artist who hand-crafted this eye catching object, depicts a woman dancing with two friends. The wonderful form and colors on the black background reflect the artist's painterly attention to detail.
A beautiful addition to a collection of mid-Century modern French pottery...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Metal Airplane Propeller Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Well done handmade welded in brass and metal plane sculpture, circa 1970s nice patina. We can’t read the signature.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
IGNI Torino porcelain"Contadinello"
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
IGNI Torino porcelain"Contadinello"
A beautiful figure representing a peasant produced by the IGNI factory in Turin founded by Lionello Franchini in 1936, a ceramist from Lenci in Tu...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Wood Zebra Horse Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Abstract proportions make this zebra so unusual and modern. Hand painted with chippy paint. A few superficial cracks due to age which add personality to this guy.
Dimensions: 20"W...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A large Salviati Murano Glass Sculpture of a Trout, 1950"s
By Salviati
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An impressive Italian Murano glass sculpture of a trout in hades of black, smoky grey to clear glass. The fish form with upward tail with black fins, with colorful bulls eye spots ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Renato Bassoli Stone Soldier Sculpture, Signed 1955
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful stone statue designed and produced by Renato Bassoli in 1955, of fine Italian manufacture.
The statue is made of natural dark stone, very beautiful.
The statue would appear...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$1,428 Sale Price
20% Off
Carmelo Cappello Metal Sculpture, Triangular Spiral
Located in Milano, IT
Futurist sculpture by master sculptor Cappello Carmelo entitled Triangular Spiral. Edition 5 of 6 of 1978, signature and year engraved underneath the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$9,047 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Gio Ponti and Lino Sabattini Sculpture Maschera Cornuta, 1978
Located in Turin, Turin
Now thirty, Sabattini moved from Blevio to Milan, where he found a small laboratory with all the essential tools of his Craft. His contacts with “Domus” became more frequent. This be...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Alexander Calder Designed 3.25" Braniff Airlines 1/600 Airplane
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a miniature examples of the MacDonough-Douglass created airplane for Braniff Airlines. The airplane was painted by Alexander Calder. The plane...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Set of 4 glass head vintage hat / headphone display mid-century mannequin , 1970
Located in Delft, NL
Set of 4 glass head vintage hat / headphone display mid-century mannequin , 1970’s
Dimensions: 25 cm H , 14 cm W 19cm D
Condition: Mint
Material: Glass
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Oversized Saw with (Don't wait for your opportunity, get up and work hard)
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Oversized Saw Advertising Display Sign
With the phrase in Spanish (Don't wait for your opportunity, get up and work hard) / (No esperes tu oportunidad levantate y trabaja duro).
Wh...
Category
1950s Argentine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage High Wheel Bicycle Metal Sculpture on Burl Wood Base
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern studio art high wheeler bicycle sculpture circa 1970's. This piece is crafted of mixed metals mounted on a free form burl wood base. The perfect accent tabletop or desktop piece to complement mid century and industrial modern decor.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Crocodile Walter Bosse figurines brass patinated new Vienna Austria
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
This crocodile figurine was produced in Austria and is signed at the bottom: Bosse Austria. The piece comes together with a fabric pouch, including a certificate, too.
Model N° BO 6...
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
A glass hand sculpture by Livio Seguso, 1970s
By Livio Seguso
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Glass Hand Sculpture by Livio Seguso, 1970s, in Flawless conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 This piece has an attribution mark.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian White Porcelain Small Statue Cast of "Boy w/ Thorn" by Salterini
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-Classical (Mid-Century) white porcelain replica of \"Boy with Thorn\" by Salterini, depicting a young boy sitting on a rock, removing a thorn from the sole of his foot, m...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
20th Century Lidia Selva Le Maschere D'oro Triptych for Luciano Frigerio, 70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Luciano Frigerio was born in Desio in 1928. He completed his technical-administrative studies cultivating two great passions since his adolescence: furniture design and composition f...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Set 2 Italian 'Meta' Marble Sphere Ball Table Base Lella, Massimo Vignelli Style
Located in Miami, FL
Two Italian 'Metafora' marble and onyx Sphere Ball Objects attributed to Lella and Massimo Vignelli for Martinelli Luce.
The two geometric hand shaped Sphere or Ball are Organic Natu...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Style Hagenauer Manner Bronze Bust, Figurative Sculpture Elongated Neck
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco style manner of Franz Hagenauer bronze bust with elongated neck.
Figurative sculpture depicting the head of a figure with elongated neck and pegged ear adornments.
No signat...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1940's Sitting Faun by Elena Borch made of Disco Metal by Just Andersen A/S
Located in Knebel, DK
1940's Sitting Faun by Elena Borch made of Disco Metal by Just Andersen A/S
The sitting faun is in good vintage condition and marked with Just. Andersens triangle mark.
Just Ander...
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Glass sculpture by Roberto Scapa
By Gino Scarpa
Located in Busnago, IT
Glass sculpture, depicting a face, by artist Roberto Scarpa.
Item in good overall condition.
Signed and dated on back Roberto Scarpa 1986
cm 37x20x16
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Pair of Hand Painted Ceramic Hula Girl & Ukele Boy Souvenir Figurines
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The 1940s Pair of Ceramic Japanese Hand-Painted Hula Girl & Ukulele Boy Souvenir Figurines are vintage collectibles that capture the charm of Hawaiian culture from the mid-century er...
Category
1940s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$276 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Vintage Mid Century Modern Cigar Pipes Holder
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Cigar Pipes Holder as pictured. All are Decorative.
Dimensions. 7 1/2 W ; 5 3/4 D ; 7 H
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fuga d'Egitto, Arturo Martini, Bronze Sculpture
Located in Naples, IT
The oeuvre of Italian artist Arturo Martini consists of figurative works in various styles and materials characterised by visual ingenuity and fiery imagination. His works often appe...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Abstract Wood Sculpture
Located in Raleigh, NC
Unique vintage floor sculpture of stacked wood, painted. Steel base with brass feet. Texture and depth to this undulating stacked wood piece.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Cube Sculpture Signed Steve Upham
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning modernist cube sculpture signed Steve Upham. This well executed Mid-20th Century abstract sculpture is made of paper mache / cardboard and is absolutely gorgeous from every ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
High Hall Stand in the Shape of Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Very decorative object made of painted wood depicting Humphrey Bogart in the great movie Classic casablanca. It could serve as a hall stand or in a dressing room, but would equally l...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Marcello Fantoni Ceramic Wall Plaque Caveman and Woman
Located in Bradenton, FL
Marcello Fantoni signed italian caveman pottery art wall tile MCM. This is a very rare Marcelo Fantoni caveman pottery wall art plaque. These are very cool and very hard to find. The...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Renato Anatra Gymnast Dancer Sculpture Murano Art Glass Signed by the Artist
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Renato Anatra Gymnast dancer sculpture Murano Art Glass Signed by the artist on the black applied base as shown.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Glazed Ceramic and Brass Holy Mary and Jesus by Arturo Pannunzio, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This brass and glazed ceramic piece is made by Arturo Pannunzio.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered a...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Glass Sculpture by Jitka Forejtova for Rudolfova Hut, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Mid-century glass sculpture by ceramicist, sculptor and glass artist Jitka FOREJTOVÁ. Manufactured by Rudolfova Hut Glassworks (part of Sklo Union) before 1958.
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Handmade Beaded Flower Boutonniere Decoration Floral Display Pink-Purple Green
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is a fabulous beaded flower with a double layer of petals which are a lovely pinkish purple as is the small bud to the side and there are shiny green leaves accenting them both....
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
$120 Sale Price
48% Off
Midcentury Italian Silvered Bronze Equestrian Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Midcentury Italian silvered bronze equestrian figure / statue.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
John W. Mills (1933-2023) Artist's Maquette of a Couple Dancing
By John Mills
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large sculpture depicting a couple dancing; an original resin maquette made by acclaimed artist, John W. Mills.
Just one of various resin maquettes we are selling from the late ar...
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Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Lineasette Italy Ceramic Lady Hat Figurative Sculpture Slate Base
Located in Miami, FL
Lineasette Italy Vintage peach colored hand carved ceramic lady figurine or table sculpture Mid-Century Modern.
Figurative sculpture depicting a Lady with...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Slate
Terracotta Sculpture of a Nude Woman Reclining 20th Century Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Ceramic sculpture of a seated female figure. Unglazed terracotta with beautiful texture. Signed T.A.W. and believed to date to the mid-20th century. Measures: 8.5" tall and 8" long.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Agnese Udinotti Brutalist Figures Sculpture, 1960's
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Late 1960s Brutalist steel sculpture depicting abstracted figures by Arizona artist Agnese Udinotti.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cut Steel
Pair of Vintage White Ceramic Elephant Figurines by Pereiras of Portugal
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Rare complete pair of Pereiras of Portugal ceramic elephants. The pure white ceramic is stunning. No surprise, as Portugal is known for its mastery of the medium. This original pair ...
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Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Calcedonia Glass Sculpture Signed Dino Rosin
By Dino Rosin
Located in Stamford, CT
Murano Calcedonia glass sculpture, signed Dino Rosin. Titled: "Aphrodite", circa 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Carved Green Marble Hippo Sculpture
Located in Norwood, NJ
Mid century carved marble hippo sculpture. Modern sculpture of a hippopotamus carved from green granite.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
20th Century Light Blue Murano Glass Bear
Located in Milan, IT
A beautiful and rare Murano glass bear.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of 1970s Karl Springer Decorative Grapes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare 1970’s find! Made of metal and wood they make the perfect accompaniment to any stylish room. Put the finishing touch on a bookcase, etagere, or coffee table. These chic accessor...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Striking Lucite Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Striking lucite Sculpture from the late 1970s. Made in two pieces and features NOMA, SEPT. 15, 1977 and the number 4 on the bottom of the base.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
20th C. Bronze Sculpture of a Lying Woman by Argentine Sculptor J. Mariano Pagés
Located in North Miami, FL
20th century bronze figurative sculpture of a lying woman by argentine sculptor José Mariano Pagés
By: José Mariano Pagés
Material: bronze, copper, metal
Technique: cast, patinated,...
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20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
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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