Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
POSTMODERN STYLE
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Post-Modern
Set of 5 Totem Pulmo Vases by Pia Chevalier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 5 Totem Pulmo by Pia Chevalier
Each one is unique.
Materials: Glazed stoneware.
Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 50 cm.
Pia Chevalier is a French contemporary designer.
Independen...
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2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Balance Sculpture I by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance sculpture I by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: D 15x W 19 x H 35
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
The inspiration co...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ovniplate 1 Stoneware Sculpture by Odatempo
Located in Geneve, CH
Ovniplate 1 stoneware sculpture by Odatempo
Dimensions: W 24.5 x D 22.5 x H 0.007 cm
Materials: Enameled white stoneware.
Audrey Langlet is a Paris-based ceramist. Trained in fa...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Romie II Console by Arthur Vallin
Located in Geneve, CH
Romie II console by Arthur Vallin
Dimensions: 120 W x 40 D x 85 H cm
Materials: Verde Alpi
Customizable fabric on demand, Customizable dimensions on demand.
French Artist, Designer, and Creative Director Arthur Vallin hold a master’s degree in Art Direction from the prestigious design academy Penninghen located in Paris, France. In 2010 he moved to New York and joined Harley & Company as a partner to develop and lead their creative team. He extended the design studio’s capabilities, creating award-winning projects ranging from immersive experiences, set design, digital innovation, global campaigns, and more.
The studio is now well recognized in the creative field and has won numerous accolades including Cannes Lions, Clio Awards...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Romie I Console by Arthur Vallin
Located in Geneve, CH
Romie I console by Arthur Vallin
Dimensions: 120 W x 40 D x 85 H cm
Materials: Calacatta Verde
Customizable fabric on demand, Customizable dimensions on demand. Please contact us.
French Artist, Designer, and Creative Director Arthur Vallin hold a master’s degree in Art Direction from the prestigious design academy Penninghen located in Paris, France. In 2010 he moved to New York and joined Harley & Company as a partner to develop and lead their creative team. He extended the design studio’s capabilities, creating award-winning projects ranging from immersive experiences, set design, digital innovation, global campaigns, and more.
The studio is now well recognized in the creative field and has won numerous accolades including Cannes Lions, Clio Awards...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Morel Sculpture III by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Morel sculpture III by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: W 33 x H 31 cm
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
Inspired by the forms of nature, the origin comes from t...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rustyplate Stoneware Sculpture by Odatempo
Located in Geneve, CH
Rustyplate stoneware sculpture by Odatempo
Dimensions: W 24.5 x D 22.5 x H 0.007 cm
Materials: enameled white stoneware.
Audrey Langlet is a Paris-based ceramist. Trained in fas...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Ovniplate 3 Stoneware Sculpture by Odatempo
Located in Geneve, CH
Ovniplate 3 Stoneware sculpture by Odatempo
Dimensions: W24.5 x D22.5 x H0.007 cm
Materials: Enameled white stoneware.
Audrey Langlet is a Paris-based ceramist. Trained in fashi...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Norma Sculpture by Tim Vranken
Located in Geneve, CH
Norma Sculpture by Tim Vranken
Materials: Yellow pine burned
Dimensions: 183 x 80 x 75 cm
Tim Vranken is a Belgian furniture designer who focuses on solid, handmade furniture. Throu...
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2010s Belgian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Butter Plate by Marta Bonilla
Located in Geneve, CH
Butter plate by Marta Bonilla
Dimensions: D9 x H9 cm
Materials: Metal
Butter plate: Piece modelled by hand, enamelled with matte white enamel and ...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Emboss Wall Sculpture II by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Emboss wall sculpture II by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: D 8 x W 12 x H 32 cm
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
Wall sculpture with undulating shape like a d...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Emboss Wall Sculpture I by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Emboss wall sculpture I by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: D 8 x W 32 x H 25 cm
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
Wall sculpture with undulating shape like a dr...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Doodle Sculpture III by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Doodle sculpture III by Sophie Rogers.
Dimensions: D 14 x W 18 x H 23 cm.
Materials: ceramic, glaze.
Other glaze colors available.
Created based on childhood sketching on paper...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Artifacts of Disharmony Red Pillow Sculpture by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Artifacts of Disharmony red pillow Sculpture by Tero Kuitunen
Material: Handbuild ceramic, gold plating.
Dimensions: D39 x W 39 x H29cm
Unique piece, part of the museum exhibiti...
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate
Artifacts of Disharmony Clear Buoy Sculpture by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Artifacts of Disharmony Clear Buoy sculpture by Tero Kuitunen
Material: Hand sculpted glass and ceramic.
Dimensions: D48 x W 20 x H10cm
Unique piec...
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Artifacts of Disharmony Yellow Buoy Sculpture by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Artifacts of disharmony yellow buoy sculpture by Tero Kuitunen.
Material: Hand Blown glass, handbuild ceramic, leather.
Dimensions: D 25 x H 29cm.
...
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Ceramic, Leather
Morel Sculpture I by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Morel sculpture I by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: W 33 x H 31
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
Inspired by the forms of nature, the origin comes from the mu...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 TOTEM Pulmo Vases by Pia Chevalier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Totem Pulmo vases by Pia Chevalier
Each one is unique.
Materials: Glazed stoneware.
Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 40 cm.
Pia Chevalier is a French contemporary designer.
Inde...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
1986 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Patrizia Guerresi Girasole Sunflower
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an engaging bronze sculpture created by the Italian artist Patrizia Guerresi, in 1986. The piece is a multiple of 1000 specimens on a green-painted wooden base. The title is ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Motion Sculpture I by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Motion sculpture I by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: W 17 x H 21 cm
Materials: ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
A play with the Material ...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Cloud with Bronze Sticks Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud with bronze sticks marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D 25 x W 20 x H 30 cm
Materials: Marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in ...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
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Marble
Doodle Sculpture II by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Doodle sculpture II by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: D 14 x W 23 x H 24 cm
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
Created based on childhood sketching on paper for...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Motion Sculpture IV by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Motion sculpture IV by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: D 17 x W 32 x H 25 cm
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
A play with the M...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Motion Sculpture III by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Motion sculpture III by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: W 18 x H 35 cm.
Materials: ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
A play with the materi...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Doodle Sculpture IV by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Doodle sculpture IV by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: D 14 x W 14 x H 17 cm
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
Created based on childhood sketching on paper for...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Balance Sculpture II by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance sculpture II by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: W 17 x H 15
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
The inspiration comes f...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Balance Sculpture III by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance sculpture III by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: D 25 x W 22 x H 32
Materials: ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
The inspiration...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Doodle Sculpture I by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Doodle sculpture I by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: D 14 x W 23 x H 30 cm
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
Created based on childhood sketching on paper for ...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Morel Sculpture II by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Morel sculpture II by Sophie Rogers.
Dimensions: W 26 x H 32 cm.
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
Inspired by the forms of nature, the origin comes from ...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Motion Sculpture II by Sofia Tufvasson
Located in Geneve, CH
Motion sculpture II by Sophie Rogers
Dimensions: W 28 x H 24 cm
Materials: Ceramic, glaze
Other glaze colors available.
A play with the material...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fountain with Noir Belge by Pierre De Valck
Located in Geneve, CH
Fountain with Noir Belge by Pierre De Valck.
Dimensions: W 70 x D 70 x H 90 cm.
Materials: Patinated brass with Noir Belge.
Weight: 65 kg.
Each piece is u...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Brass, Bronze
White Craquel Skin 22 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
White Craquel skin 22 sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Materials: high temp. ceramic
Dimensions: D 4 x W 21 x H 25 cm
VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio establishe...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
1980 Italy Ugo La Pietra Bronze Abstract Sculpture Bellezza Al Bagno
Located in Brescia, IT
This is one of the 30 pieces of this engaging artwork realized in bronze by the well known Internationally artist, Ugo La Pietra, in 1985.
This artwork well represents the relations...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1980 Italy Post-Modern Rodica Tanasescu Bronze Abstract Sculpture Muse
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Rodica Tanasescu. The title " Musa" Muse.
Rodica Tanasescu was born in Rumania and now lives in and works in Mestre, (Venezia, Italy)....
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tall Brown Stone Sculpture by Okayed Konstnar 1930 URSS Signed
By Okänd Konstnär
Located in Paris, FR
OKAND Konstnar artists. Sculpture hand made in brown stone / marble tälisten. monogrammed. Soviet Union. second half of the 20th century.
Human figure....
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
1980 Italy Post-Modern Rodica Tanasescu Bronze Abstract Sculpture Insieme
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Rodica Tanasescu. The title "Insieme" Together
Rodica Tanasescu was born in Rumania and now lives in and works in Mestre, (Venezia, It...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ugo La Pietra, "La Bagnante" Sculpture 25/29, Superego Editions, Italy, 1990
Located in Firenze, IT
“Bagnante” postmodern sculpture
Ugo La Pietra, Superego editions Italy, 1990
Large ceramic female bust modelled by casting. Polychrome craque...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sepia Tray by Homefolks
Located in Geneve, CH
Sepia tray by Homefolks
Dimensions: D 31.5 x W 115 x H 3.5 cm
Materials: Cremo Delicato marble.
A sculptural tray with spectacular dimensions, Sep...
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2010s English Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black Prototype 2/8
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Black Shiva ceramic vase designed by Ettore Sottsass circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona.
This piece has been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 100 units.
This...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Vanni Viviani Monumentalmente Vostro
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Vanni Viviani, a well known artist of years 80' in Italy.
This is a multiple of a numbered ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1980 Italy Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Alfredo Cifani Title Eos
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Alfredo Cifani. Title "EOS"
Alfredo Cifani was born in 1939 in Fermo, the Southern part of Italy, lives and works in Milan. He is a pai...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D14 x W18 x H26 cm
Materials: Marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
Materials: marble
Dimensions: W13 x D24 x H18 cm
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in hi...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel.
Materials: marble.
Dimensions: W 17 x D 17 x H 20 cm.
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
1980 Italy Post-Modern Cristina Roncati Bronze Abstract Sculpture Cavaliere
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Cristina Roncati. The title "Cavaliere del mistero" Knight of the mistery
Cristina Roncati was born in...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1980 Italy Post-Modern Cristina Roncati Bronze Abstract Sculpture Donna Velata
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Cristina Roncati. The title "Donna velata" Veiled woman
Cristina Roncati was born in Modena (Italy) wh...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cloud with Bronze Sticks Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud with bronze sticks marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel.
Dimensions: D 19 x W 20 x H 26 cm.
Materials: Marble, bronze.
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Swit...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Cloud with Bronze Sticks Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud with bronze sticks marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D 25 x W 20 x H 30 cm
Materials: Marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in ...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
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Marble
Important and Elegant Polished Earthenware Piece by Ernest Treccani, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy in the 70s by Ernesto Treccani.
This is an incredible polished earthenware piece that would fit perfectly in a museum.
Measures: height: 140 cm
depth: 41 cm
depth: 22 ...
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1970s Vintage Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
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Earthenware
Elettra Vase by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Elettra vase by Mingardo
Dimensions: D 16 x H 32 cm
Materials: Copper and iron in a galvanic blue.
Weight: 3 kg
Also available in Different finishes: Matte antique blue iron s...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Iron
Hemera Studies Sculpture by Atelier Ledure
Located in Geneve, CH
Hemera Studies sculpture by Atelier Ledure
Dimensions: W 25 x D 7 x H 40 cm
Materials: Ceramics - stoneware
Also available: Other variations available.
Each piece is handmade a...
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2010s Belgian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
Materials: Marble
Dimensions: W 12 x D 28 x H 26 cm
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Under Pressure 6 by Yuri van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under Pressure 6 by Yuri van Poppel
Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm
One of a kind.
Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours.
Handmade and spray-painted by hand by SunkOne. Removable lid.
Everlasting graffiti spray-painted with ceramic glaze.
Under Pressure pays homage to the rich history and culture of graffiti
writing, referencing both a writer’s tools and targets at the same time.
From the cap of the first marker used to get up, to the fire extinguisher
used for getting up higher.
An echo of structures and machinery, industrial wastelands in the orange
night light. Powerful memories and sensations poured into a robust ob-
ject -and a refined work of art. A unique handmade earthenware object,
spray-painted by hand in various layers of ceramic glaze.
Glazed Graffiti explores the aesthetic value of vandalism. A post-graffiti
project by SunkOne, aiming to eternize graffiti-writing by trespassing into
a new artistic medium.
Glazed Graffiti was born out of the desire to write graffiti that lasts forever.
To make this shift from ephemeral to eternal, graffiti writer SunkOne had
to cross the boundaries of traditional street graffiti. By changing the con-
text of street tagging he wants to further explore the aesthetics of what
is often labeled as vandalism. To him, the tactility, opacity and shine of
ceramic glaze mirrored...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic, Earthenware
Under Pressure 7 by Yuri Van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under Pressure 7 by Yuri van Poppel.
Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm.
One of a kind.
Material: earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours.
Han...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Under Pressure 8 by Yuri Van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under pressure 8 by Yuri van Poppel
Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm
One of a kind.
Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colors.
Handmade and spra...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Ceramic
Under Pressure 13 by Yuri Van Poppel
Located in Geneve, CH
Under Pressure 13 by Yuri Van Poppel
Dimensions: D 27 x H 55 cm
One of a kind.
Earthenware, layered ceramic glazes, various colours.
Handmade and s...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Verner Panton for Menu, Ten Egg Cups in Different Colours, Made of Rubber
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Verner Panton for MENU. Ten egg cups in different colours, made of rubber.
Late 1900s.
Measures H 5.5 cm. x D 4.5 cm.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
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Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rubber
Geometrical Force in Nature Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Geometrical force in nature marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D 15 x W 24 x H 24 cm
Materials: marble
Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland ...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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Equestrian Statue
Large Bronze Bear Sculpture
Male Face Sculpture