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 legendary 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.
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
Period: 1950s
Serge Roche Pair of Large Plaster Sconces, 2 Pairs Available
By Serge Roche
Located in Miami, FL
Superb pair of plaster sconces by Serge Roche.
1 light, 60 watts Max bulb.
US rewired and in working condition.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Sculpture “Mermaid” by Johnny Mattsson, Sweden, 1950’s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture “Mermaid” by Johnny Mattsson, Sweden, 1950s.
Pine with teak base.
Dimensions:
H: 28 cm/ 11"
D: 7 cm/ 2 3/4"
Johnny Mattsson was one of Sweden’s leading wood artists in t...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Teak, Pine
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Edition Madoura , Sujet poule 1954
Located in Paris, FR
Picasso ( 1881-1973 )
Hen subject - 1954 (AR # 250)
Turned shape piece , glazed earthenware clay with white & blue enamel , from an edition of 500, stamped "Edition Picasso" and "M...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Modernist Abstract Wooden Figurative Sculpture
Located in Oakland, CA
A 1950s modernist hand carved figurative abstract sculpture in walnut. A symmetrical form with flowing movement in its shape, starting from the top and with its culmination at its wi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Mannequin Marked Brussel 1950s
Located in Bjuråker, SE
A vintage adjustable mannequin on a metal frame. Owned by a fashion store in Brussels, marked: Articles D'Etalages, A Delabye 17 Bd Poinca...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Colin Melbourne Ceramic Glazed Cow Sculpture for Beswick
By Colin Melbourne, Beswick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Colin Melbourne Ceramic Glazed Cow Sculpture for Beswick
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A Rare Mid Century Italian Salviati Murano Fish with Mermaid Sculpture
By Salviati
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A rare Salviati Murano had blown fish and mermaid sculpture with internal gold fleck and bullicante design.
Since 1859, Salviati has been researching new vernaculars languages of M...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
A Large Saliati Murano Glass Fish with Gold Flecks Mid 20th Century
By Salviati
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A large and impressive Murano glass fish with bullicante controlled bubbles attributed to Salviatt and Co. The elegant form with the fish tail curved upward with a sturdy round glas...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Early Gucci Gun Shaped Foldable Boot Jack, Italy 1950s
By Gucci
Located in Milan, IT
Unusual and early Gucci gun shaped foldable boot jack, Italy 1950s
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of Modernist Carved Abstract Figural Scuptures by Stella Popowski, C. 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
A rare pair of carved mahogany abstract figures circa mid-1950s by the modernist jeweler and painter Stella Popowski (1931-2008). Popowski was active in both Los Angeles and San Fra...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-century female sculpture with silk black, turquoise, gold shade by Izsépy
Located in Budapest, HU
Mid-century silk black female figure. Fired, hand-painted, silk-glazed matte ceramic sculpture with silky black glazed and gold decoartion around neck. It was made in the 50s. A real...
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1950s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A Beethoven Sculpture Mask, 1950s
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Investing in this Beethoven Sculpture Mask, reminiscent of the style of Franz von Stuck and dating back to the 1950s, offers a unique opportunity to own a piece of timeless artistic ...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Sculptor William Conrad Severson Early 1956 Carved Sculpture of Nude Female MCM
Located in St. Louis, MO
Early large organic mid-century modern hand sculpted wood nude female sculpture by artist / sculptor William Conrad Severson, (1924-1999). A beautiful early piece of work, signed Wm....
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Figural Dog Coat Hook Walter Bosse Cast Brass / Bronze Mid Century Modern
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Iconic mid century modern black patinated brass or bronze figural dog coat hook, designed by Walter Bosse for Herta Baller in the 1950s/60s.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Figural Cow / Bull Coat Hook Walter Bosse Cast Brass / Bronze Mid Century Modern
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Iconic mid century modern black patinated brass or bronze figural cow or bull coat hook, designed by Walter Bosse for Herta Baller in the 1950s/60s.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
1950s French Terracotta Sculpture Bust Of A Chinese Man
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning hollowed terracotta bust sculpture representing a Chinese man, French 1950s. The artist really captured the expression of the gentlemen in great details, from whic...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Walter Bosse Hand Sculpture Figurative Ashtray Pin Dish Vide Poche c. 1950s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A beautiful modernist vide poche or ashtray in the shape of a hand designed by Walter Bosse and probably executed by Herta Baller Austria in the 1950s.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
1950s French Terracotta Sculpture Of A Man Kneeling
Located in London, GB
Very elegant hollowed terracotta sculpture of a nude young man kneeling, 1950s French. The artist achieved a smooth terracotta finish for the young man by contrast with the textures ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Modernist Bronze and Marble Sculpture in the manner of Lynn Chadwick
By Lynn Chadwick
Located in Buffalo, NY
Striking Modernist Bronze and Marble Sculpture done in the manner of Lynn Chadwick..
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare Midcentury Brass Owl of Athena Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Enigmatic and sublime bronze sculpture of owl of Athena. Traditionally a companion to the goddess of wisdom, the owl representation has been associat...
Category
1950s Greek Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano Iridescent Italian Art Glass Seashell Sculptures
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Please note, priced per item (7 available), beautiful vintage Murano hand blown iridescent art glass seashells. Documented to designer Flavio Poli f...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Vintage Bronze Cast of a Human Skull 1:1, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1:1 cast model of a human skull in patinated bronze. Its made from a cast of a real human skull, probably female, and is complete with teeth, lower- and upper jaw. This particular ...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1950s Vintage Toy Old Pond Boat Wood Sailboat
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Old Boat Pond Yacht
14.88 x 17 tall x 3.75
Original vintage condition unrestored presentation.
See images provided.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Edition Madoura , Wood-owl Woman Vase 1951
Located in Paris, FR
Picasso ( 1881-1973 ) Vase - 1951 (AR # 119)
Terre de faïence vase painted and partially glazed, from an edition of 500, stamped "Edition Picasso" and "Madoura plein feu"
Height : 1...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Brandy in Hand-Crafted and Painted Ceramic Sculpture Italian Distillery in 50s
Located in Palermo, IT
Rare bottle - hand-crafted and painted ceramic advertising sculpture, depicting a skier on a mountain peak. Brandy - "Acqua Vite" bottled by the Italian distillery "Marco Sarandrea &...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bouquet of French Hand Beaded Ferns
Located in Riverdale, NY
Bouquet of French Hand Beaded Ferns from the 1960's. Dozens of hand wired and beaded ferns in a variety of greens and blues. On strand is a pale pink. Easy to form into different arr...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Marcello Fantoni Copper Sculpture "Still Life"
Located in Hanover, MA
Marcello Fantoni (Italian, 1915 - 2011) Brutalist Copper Sculpture, "Still Life",
Signed on base “Fantoni Firenze” “Raymor”
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
1952 Brass Eagle Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of brass spread-wing eagle bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters, stamped 1952. The eagle is shown with its wings fully spread and a laurel branch and bundle of arrows clutched in its left talon. The eagle clutches a Union shield across its breast. The Union shield has a chief with three stars and six stripes completing the design.
The eagle motif in décor and Folk Art has been widely used throughout our nation's history, most notably as part of our Great Seal. The founders of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery, usually the golden eagle, was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States depicting a bald eagle grasping 13 arrows and an olive branch with its talons.
When Charles Thomson put together the final design for the Great Seal, he placed a bundle of arrows in the eagle's left (sinister) talon. The official description specifies the bald eagle holding "in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows." The thirteen arrows are tightly aligned – a symbol of "strength in unity" that's found in the traditional cultures everywhere, from the Romans to the Iroquois— in this case a nod to the unity of the original 13 colonies. William J. Loth founded Virginia Metalcrafters in 1890, under the name Waynesboro Stove Company. The company, which made ornately cast Cook...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Brass Roman Chariot Figure circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage metal figure of the traditional roman chariot with an olympic symbol stamped.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Spain, circa 1950.
In ...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Hans Bolling Orskov & CO Teak and Beech Danish Modern Mexican Figure
Located in San Diego, CA
Hans Bolling for Orskov & CO teak and beech wood figurine with furry mustache. Stamped on the bottom. Made in Denmark
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Beech, Teak
Raymor Italian 1950s Bronze Brass Patina Etruscan Horse Figurine Weinberg Style
Located in Miami, FL
This is a bronze sculpture, which may have been done by Frederic Weinberg for Raymor.
It is an incredibly stylized Roman decorated horse Figurine and has a patina finish. Italian-mad...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
50s Frederick Weinberg "Swing Time" Abstract Nude Dancers Lighted Wall Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage 1950s FREDERICK WEINBERG Lighted Abstract Nude Dancers.
This FREDERICK WEINBERG Is Also Known To Be Called - "Swing Time" or "Swingtime" Wall Sculpture / With Back Lighting....
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Florentine Art Scagliola "Foot" Sculpture, Italy 1950s
Located in Naples, IT
Scagliola foot, Florentine workshop 1950s
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Scagliola
Figurative sculpture in aged metal of a Roman warrior Gladiator 1950
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Figurative sculpture in aged metal of a Roman warrior Gladiator 1950
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ceramic green figure of Sitting boy, Giordano Tronconi, Faenza Italy, 1950s
Located in Firenze, IT
Sitting boy sculpture, green lustro glazed ceramic.
Giordano Tronconi (Faenza, 1932) Italy 1950s
A juvenile important work by Giordano Tronconi.
Signed Tronconi and numbered on t...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Very Tall Bronze Ndebele Sculpture, Original Mid-Century Modern, 1950s
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful sculpture by an unknown artist, depicting a Ndebele. Despite of occasionally mistakenly attributed to Carl Hagenauer is it undoubtedly a masterpiece. In earlier times,...
Category
1950s African Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marcello Mascherini 'Corrida' Bullfighter Italian Midcentury Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Italian midcentury bronze sculpture titled 'Corrida' and created by Marcello Mascherini (Italy 1906-1983) in 1957. The piece depicts an abstracted ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jose Pedrosa brazilian sculpture in black bronze circa 1950 "Surfer".
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible Jose Pedrosa brazilian sculpture in black bronze circa 1950 "Surfer"
Category
1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Lisa Larson Cat
Located in Charleston, SC
Cat by Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg in the "Lilla Zoo" series, 1950's. H: 9.5cm / 3.7 ″ and W: 11cm / 4.3 ″
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Paint
Vintage Murray "Fire Chief" Flat Front Original Steel Pedal Car
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Murray "Fire Chief" Flat Front Original Steel Pedal Car
Circa: 1950
Dimensions:
H: 17.5”
W: 16”
D: 32.5”
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
figurative ceramic of the Virgin unidentified artist
Located in Lyon, FR
Small French figurative ceramic representing the Virgin praying. Very nice glazes in blue tones with yellow tips. Very nice vintage condition, signature of the artist under the ceram...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Robert E. Kuhn Cubist Wall Sculpture of a Violinist in Wrought Iron
By Robert E. Kuhn
Located in New York, NY
A Cubist wall sculpture, produced circa 1950s by American artist Robert E. Kuhn (1917-2000), which depicts the abstracted figure of a musician with violin, pausing between playing, i...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
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.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Mid Century Roman Marcus Aurelius Head Sculpture 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Mid Century Roman Marcus Aurelius Head Sculpture from the 1950s is a striking artistic representation of the ancient Roman emperor's likeness. Crafted in the iconic style of the ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Big Mid-Century Modern Atomic Molecular Wood Sculpture, 1950s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Large wooden sculpture that represents an atom, a super decorative object full of history since this type of piece was used in the old science classes, suffering great wear and tear ...
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
Antique Century Traditional Toy Singer Sewing Machine Reproduction, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage metal toy Singer sewing machine reproduction.
In original condition, wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
'Venus De Milo' Nude Murano Glass Sculpture / Statue, Italian Mid-Century Modern
Located in Stamford, CT
'Venus De Milo' Nude Murano Glass Sculpture / Statue, Italian Mid-Century Modern
A solid murano glass sculpture of a female nude on a pedestal by Loredano Rosin (1936-91) for Archime...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Michael Andersen & Son Boy on Donkey Ceramic Figurine in Persia Glaze
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Rare Michael Anderssen ceramic figurine executed with Persia glaze. It depicts a boy on a donkey and is probably an Allegory of either laciness, stubbornness, being horny etc. It is ...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Gilded Earthenware "Turnabout Cat" by Hedi Schoop
By Hedi Schoop
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hedwig “Hedi” Schoop “Turnabout Cat” in glazed and gold-leafed earthenware (ca. 1950s, California, USA).
After fleeing Nazi Germany for the USA in 1930s alongside her husband compos...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Modernist Bronze Sculpture of a Standing Man by L. Shore, 1953
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
This wonderful Mid-Century Mordern sculpture of a standing man is clearly influenced by one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, Alberto Giacometti - Swiss scul...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marc Bellaire California Ceramic Native Head Wall Sculpture, Ca 1950s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Rare Marc Bellaire ceramic head sculpture in the Polynesian style akin to the stone "Moai" sculptures found on Easter Island. In the many years I have collected Marc Bellaire, this is the first time seeing this piece. It likely belongs to one of his Island-themed lines.
Measure 12" high x 6" wide x 5-1/2" deep.
Hole at back of sculpture allows hanging on the wall or can place on a surface as shown for use as a tabletop sculpture.
Marc Bellaire was born in 1925 in Toledo, Ohio. He studied at the Toledo Museum of Art while employed at the Libby Glass...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sailing Boat Sculpture Wood Copper Austrian Midcentury Design, 1950s
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Sailing boat with two masts
Designed and executed by Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien, Vienna.
copper sails, brass anchor and masts, wooden boat deck
circa 1950s
marked undernea...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Brass
Double Spouted Vase by Vittorio Cornacchia
By Arnaldo Sangiorgi and Vittorio Cornacchia
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic. Figurative design with blue and red glazes. Produced together with Arnaldo Sangiorgi at Keramos Studio in Faenza, Italy. Artist signed on underside.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fulvio Bianconi Glass Figurine, Venini 1950 circa
Located in Milano, IT
Polychrome glass figurine with sleeve. Made to a design by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini. Acid signature on the base “Venini Murano Italia”.
The figurine...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Solid Carved Malchite Head Sculpture or Paperweight
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very heavy
Solid carved Malchite head sculpture
Paperweight.
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1950s Beninese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Malachite
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
French Glazed Terracotta Boy Head, France, 1958
Located in Firenze, IT
French glazed terracotta boy head.
France 1958.
Signed and dated on the base.
Blue, white, pink colors.
Measures : 30H x 22 cm
Conditions: Excellent.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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