Modern Figurative Sculptures
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Period: 1970s
Boeltz Style Large Shell Sculpture in Gold with Malachite Elements 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Large shell sculpture model No 22, 24-karat plated "exploded bronze" design with malachite accents, in the manner of Claude Victor Boeltz, France 1970's. Boeltz’s "exploded-bronze" p...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Bronze
1970s Mexican Sculptor-Artist Ramiz Barquet - 3 Dancing Bronze Whales Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Ramiz Barquet 1920-2010 (Mexican) Cetaceans (Whales) circa 1978 in Bronze on cylinder wood shaped base. Puerto Vallarta artist Ramiz Barquet, captures three swimming or dancing abstr...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stunning pair of African lady carrying water, in the style of Hagenauer 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning pair of African lady carrying water, in the style of Karl Hagenauer 1970’s,
Bronze with double black and gilt patina,
Dimensions : 45 cm / 17.72 inches
Stunning pair of Afri...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stunning Bronze of an African lady carrying water, in the style of Karl Hagenaue
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning Bronze of an African lady carrying water, in the style of Karl Hagenauer (1898-1956), 1970’s, Bronze with double black and gilt patina, pierced for electrification
Dimensions : 163.5 cm / 64,37 inches
Stunning life-size bronze sculpture of an African woman...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Silver Metal Sculpture Model Maschera Cornuta by Gio Ponti for Sabbatini
Located in Milan, Italy
Sculpture in perforated plate and silver metal.
Sabattini production. Signature under the base.
Biography
Architect, designer and artist, Gio Ponti (Milan 1891-1979) graduated in Mi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Silver Metal Sculpture Model Diavolo by Gio Ponti for Sabbatini
Located in Milan, Italy
Sculpture depicting the devil designed by Gio Ponti and created by Lino Sabattini in 1978 in hallmarked silver metal.
Biography
Architect, designer and artist, Gio Ponti (Milan 1891...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Richard Russell Jr. Plaster Maquette by Rosario R. Fiore
Located in Savannah, GA
Rosario Russell Fiore
(American, 1908-1994)
A full length portrait plaster maquette of Georgia Governor and United States Senator Richard Russell Jr., circa 1975.
8 ½ inches wide by 8 inches deep by 29 inches tall
Rosario R. Fiore was a prominent American sculptor and member of the National Sculpture Society. Fiore studied at the Mechanics Institute, the National Academy of Design, and the Beaux Arts Academy. Protege of Robert Aitken, he assisted with the creation of the figures in the pediment of the Supreme Court Building, the front of the Archives, and in the Samuel Gompers Memorial.
Other notable achievements include serving as a sculptor for the National Park Service and WPA, the Smithsonian, the Department of the Interior, receiving awards for service provided to the US Army, and undertaking commissions for the White House during the Truman and Kennedy administrations. Born in New York, he was active there, in Washington and in Jekyll Island...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
1970 Roy Adzak Pop Art Sculture Alluminio Mano Orecchio _ set di 2
By Roy Adzak
Located in Brescia, IT
Roy Adzak
1970s
Set di 2 sculture in alluminio pressofuso
Ottime condizioni
orecchio: 19 x 16 cm
mano: 19.5 x 16.5 cm
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Guennol Lioness Vintage Sculpture, Italy, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The limestone sculpture measures just over 16 inches tall. It was described by Sotheby's as "one of the last known masterworks from the dawn of civilization remaining in private hand...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Bronze Sculpture by Victor Salmones (1937-1989), Signed & Numbered 5/10
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the exceptional Bronze Sculpture by the renowned artist Victor Salmones (1937-1989). This exquisite piece showcases a captivating scene of a man swinging a little girl fr...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Unknown Artist, Futuristic Juggler Sculpture, Wrought Iron and Colored Resin
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Beautiful wrought iron sculpture with coloured resin spheres. The work identifies jugglers in acrobatics. Unknown artist.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Alfonso Bini Firenze Italian Carved Head Orange Squeezer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and unusual vintage Italian Firenze blonde wood orange or grapefruit squeezer modelled as a man’s head by renowned Italian wood carver Alfonso Bini and made around 197...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Tony Evans Raku Bear Sculptures
By Tony Evans
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of Tony Evans handcrafted Foss Creek Pottery "Raku" Bear Sculptures. Figurines. Statues. Featuring a seated Grizzly Bear with Arms Together (7.5H x 7.75W x 7D) showing Green to...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Theodore Gall Signed 1976 Abstract Bronze Sculpture of a Nude Figure
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A 1976 abstract bronze sculpture of a nude figure by the American artist Theodore Gall (born 1941). Signed and dated “T. Gall 76", this bronze depicts a nude figure posing contrappos...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Richard Faralla (1916 - 1996) Stick Figure
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Duane 'Richard' Raoul Faralla (1916 - 1996) wood figure. This erotic wood figure was painted using a combination of blues and purples. The left arm has been replaced from the elbow....
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Hand Made Wrought Iron Tree Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional vintage organic wrought iron tree sculpture. Each branch is detachable.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Riccardo Scarpa : "Le Couple", Plâtre Originale/ Original Plaster, 1975
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Riccardo Scarpa (1905-1999) : "Le couple" / "The couple"
Grande sculpture cubisante à la silhouette épurée représentant un couple enlacé, les mains jointes / Tall cubist sculpture...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Miguel Berrocal '1933-2006' « Amaggio Ad Arcimboldo », Opus 167 '1976-1979'
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Miguel BERROCAL (1933-2006)
« Amaggio Ad Arcimboldo », Opus 167 (1976-1979);
Sculpture puzzle en bronze doré poli composée de 30 éléments.
Fonte à la cire perdue.
Signé 'Berrocal' et numérotée xxx/1000.
Edition limité de 8 oeuvres originales en argent massif numérotées de I/VIII à VIII/VIII + 1000 exemplaires en bronze poli, dont seulement 783 ont été fondus.
Bon état de la sculpture. Fourni avec livret d'instructions pour le montage/démontage et certificat de la Fondation Berrocal.
Dimensions : Hauteur 29 cm x Largeur L 19 cm x Profondeur 15 cm.
Bibliographie : Antologica Berrocal 1955-1984, Opus 167.
Extrait de la monographie BERROCAL, Jean-Louis Ferrier. Editions de la Différence, Paris, 1989. ISBN 2-7291-0467-4. Pages 24-25 :
Parmi beaucoup d'autres sculptures, son "OMAGGIO AD ARCIMBOLDO", est, de ce point de vue, une réussite complète.
Arcimboldo, on le sait, est l'un des artistes les plus énigmatiques de l'histoire de la peinture.
Né en 1527 à Milan, il passa 26 ans à Prague où il fut au service, successivement, des empereurs Ferdinand Ier et Rodolphe II, qui le couvrit d'or et d'honneurs. Les têtes composées qu'il a peintes en grand nombre combinent métophoriquement des fruits, des fleurs, des légumes, des racines, des poissons... L'ensemble s'y exprime à chaque fois par des groupes de transformation : ce sont des livres qui font "LE BIBLIOTHECAIRE", la souche, le lierre, les champignons, symboles de la saison morte qui font "L'HIVER". Plus que de la simple bizarrerie, les têtes d'Arcimboldo procèdent d'un affleurement comporable à celui des photos aériennes dont les anomalies végétales montrent les ruines qu'elles ne sont pas. Les contemporains...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marble Female Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial female nude torso white marble sculpture with dark veining, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, 1970s. Sculpture is predominately white marble with traces of d...
Category
1970s European Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
1970s George Schreber 1 Cent Canada in Plexi / Lucite Cube Sculpture
Located in Biella, IT
George Schreber 1 cent year '74 Canada, sculpture cube in plexi / lucite design years 1970.
Signed George Schreber in the superior side, your see in the photo's particular.
Mea...
Category
1970s Canadian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
French Studio Ceramicist, Unique Ceramic Vase, Approx. 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
French studio ceramicist, unique ceramic vase.
Approx. 1970s.
In perfect condition.
Signed in monogram.
Measuring: H 16.0 x D 10.0 cm.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Salvador Dali Bread Sculptures of Dali Theatre, Museum in Figueras
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
This exceptional pair of Salvador Dali bread sculptures are a rare find and come directly from the Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueras, Spain. Create...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Cement
1970s Armando Testa Italy one of the Seven Prototype Figure
Located in Biella, IT
Armando Testa Italy design, one of the seven prototype figures years 70 to choice.
Material; plexi, plastic and brass-metal chrome.
Measure high...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Salvador Dali Surrealist 'Salivasofa' Unique Prototype Red Lips Sofa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Salivasofá:
First prototype sofa designed by Salvador Dalí & Oscar Tusquets, 1972.
The measurements are:
175 x 110 x 80 cm
Comes with a Certif...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Foam
Spectacular Greek Sphinx Sculpture Female Bronze and Forged Steel
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Spectacular Greek sphinx sculpture female in bronze and forged steel.
Greek mythology Sphinx imagery Bronze Sculpture female lion bust with wings
Measures:...
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Allan Houser Native American Bronze Modernist Sculpture - "Waiting"
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Allan Houser Native American Bronze Modernist Sculpture created 1978.
Beautiful, large Allan Houser bronze - female figure titled "Waiting."
T...
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hand-Painted Ceramic Silver Glazed Glass Woman Long Face Mask
Located in Pasadena, CA
This hand-painted mask features a female long face. Gold accents that highlight lips and eyes suggest Japanese culture.
It is resting on a clear Luci...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Lucite
Capodimonte Sculpture Woman Vamp 1970s Italian Design Gold Black
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Porcelain of Capodimonte 1970s years Donna Vamp , totally handcrafted by skilled and skilled hands that have now disappeared, also painted by hand, with 24-karat pure gold dress, sig...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Modern Mario Ceroli Signed Wooden Panel
By Mario Ceroli
Located in Roma, IT
Original Mario Ceroli wooden sculpture panel
Silhouette of a man showing his muscles
Multiple sculpture of balsa wood on paper.
Work signed lo...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood
Vintage Bronze Brancusi And Jean Arp Style Figurative Female Cubist Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This very sensual heavy bronze sculpture is very Constantin Brancusi meets Jean Arp. it is an abstract meets figurative female form in repose and pose. It is restrained and elegant. ...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dark & Disturbing Interpretation of 'The Little Mermaid' by Anonymous Danish Art
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Deconstructing the romantic and nationalistic feelings that Danes and tourists for that matter has for 'The little Mermaid' sculpture by Edvard Eriksen in Copenhagen - comes this rat...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Mid Century Bronze Sculpture of a Man by Michael Shacham "Power of Tyranny"
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and elegant in it's sheer size and power, 29.25 inches tall. Michael Shacham is a prolific sculptor and artist born in 1938 and has been a cre...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brass Face Mask Sculpture Hagenauer Style Black Stand Vintage
By Balos
Located in North Miami, FL
This arresting vintage tall polished brass face sculpture has innuendos of partial tribal design meets Hagenauer meets modern. It is from the 70's...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Iron
Philip & Kelvin LaVerne Sculpture "The Runner" in Bronze 1970s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
One-of-a-kind sculpture, The Runner, in hand-brazed and textured bronze by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1970's (signed "Philip + Kelvin LaVerne" on ba...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
AB Pair of Abstract Figurative Bronze Sculptures, 1977
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Smaller Post Surrealist. handcrafted studio solid bronze abstract sculptures. Featuring Modern handmade, balanced, chair like forms with seated, leaning figures. Versatile. Bookshelf. Mantle. Signed AB 1977 3/9. Three in series of...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Horned Mask" Gio Ponti by Sabattini Silver Plated 1970s Italian Design
By Gio Ponti
Located in Brescia, IT
"Horned Mask"
Gio Ponti
by Sabattini, 1978
Openwork metal sheet.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Italian Study of "Il Braccio di Davide", Small Size Scale 1:1 Rome, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gesso statue small size of the arm of Michelangelo's David. Scale 1:1
Crafted from an Art School in Rome, Italy, circa 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Modernist Bronze Sculpture by Henri Delcambre
Located in New York, NY
"L'Espace" by Henri Delcambre bronze,
stamped at the base.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpted Stoneware Face Sculpture by James Kouretas (1947-2016)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautiful hand carved stoneware face sculpture by James Kouretas (1947-2016). Sculpture has 2 holes in the back most likely for hanging on the wall or ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Gio Ponti Silver Metal Sculpture Model Hand 5 Fingers for Sabattini, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Silver metal model hand 5 fingers designed by Gio Ponti for Sabattini in 1978.
Signed.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Modern Miloslav Klinger Reclining Nude Colorless Glass
Located in Toledo, OH
Modern colorless glass of reclining nude by Miloslav Klinger. Signed and dated '70. Light usual scratches on the bottom. Dimensions: 3.5" depth x 17" ...
Category
1970s European Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Jerry Meatyard Bronze Sculpture "Hydra"
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual bronze sculpture by noted Tampa FL sculptor Jerry Meatyard, made in 1978 and titles "Hydra". Mounts on the wall and measures approximate 13.5" H, 7" W, 4" D. Very heavy wi...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1978 Guy Harloff "Work is the Great Power" Earthenware Modern Art Sculpture
By Guy Harloff
Located in Brescia, IT
"Work is the Great Power"
Guy Harloff, 1978
Earthenware and wood box.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Wood
Sculpture Designed by Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture designed by Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen, Denmark, 1970s.
Sterling silver and ebony.
Dimensions:
H 16 cm/ 6 1/4",
L 10 cm/ 4".
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Patinated Bronze Sculpture, circa 1970, Creator to Identify
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Patinated bronze sculpture, circa 1970.
Creator to identify
composed of two assembled elements.
Category
1970s European Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dennis Clive "Zeppelin Terminal" Large Table top Earthenware / Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Kansas City, MO
"Zeppelin Terminal" by Dennis Clive, 1976. Take a close look at the details in these photos. This piece is very striking in person. A skelatal truck of ribs and bones in clay.
Glazed signature and title to each element ‘Clive Zeppelin Terminal’. Impressed date and number to each element ‘028 76’.
exhibited: Dennis Clive: Trucks, 1-29 April 1978, Allan Stone...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
1970s by Mario Rossello Figure Sculpture
By Mario Rossello
Located in Brescia, IT
Mario Rossella Sculpture
Metal figure
Wood base.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Kenneth Treister Miami Holocaust Memorial Maquette
By Kenneth Treister
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Kenneth Treister, Miami Holocaust Memorial Maquette of
"A Sculpture of Love and Anguish"
This work is attributed and is not signed
Sculpture alone ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Chrome, Bronze
Mid-Century Spanish Brass Sculpture - Modernist Style Female Form - Almazan
By Valmazan
Located in Glasgow, GB
This exquisite Almazan brass figure is a testament to the refined aesthetics of 1970s Spain, embodying the era's modernist verve with a nod to the stylized forms reminiscent of Tamar...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Golfer Wood Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Wood sculpture representing a Golfer, beautiful movement and wood.
Unknown signed artist.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Palisander
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