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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

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 Mendinia 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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Style: Post-Modern
Bi-Track Parking Stand by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Bi-Track parking stand by Mingardo Dimensions: D123 x W14 x H121cm Materials: Varnished iron and LED light Weight: 11 kg Also Available in different finishes. All our lamps...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Other, Iron

Italy 1980 Post-Modern Abstract Red Laquered Bronze Sculpture Prospero Rasulo
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Prospero Rasulo Title "Fossile " translate "Fossil". It is made in bronze and laquered in red. It is also available in black. Prospe...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Satori 13 Sculpture by Noe Kuremoto
Located in Geneve, CH
Satori 13 sculpture by Noe Kuremoto Materials: Earthenware sculpture Dimensions: D28 x W17 x H22 cm When Japanese Mountain Gods appear as children, they...
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2010s American Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware

40 Days into the Dessert Sculpture by Ana Botezatu
Located in Geneve, CH
40 Days into the dessert sculpture by Ana Botezatu. Dimensions: D 17 x W 19 x H 23 cm. Materials: glazed earthenware. Ana Botezatu (b. 1982, Bra?ov (forme...
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2010s German Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware

Unique ÉNOTA_21_09 Sculpture by Emmanuelle Roule
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique ÉNOTA_21_09 Sculpture by Emmanuelle Roule Unique piece Dimensions: W 26 x H 55 cm Materials: stoneware, glaze Unique piece modelled in fired light g...
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2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Stoneware

Post Modern Canvas Dracaena Tree
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Incredible Post Modern canvas Dracaena tree. Super cool, super sculptural. Created out of canvas over metal. Tree has what I'd consider patina, water ...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Canvas

Unique Tatemono_01 Sculpture by Emmanuelle Roule
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Tatemono_01 sculpture by Emmanuelle Roule Unique piece Dimensions: W 20 x H 35 cm Materials: Earthenware Unique piece hand-modelled in beige earthenware building from Ro...
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2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware

Unique Otoma_03 Sculpture Totem by Emmanuelle Roule
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Otoma_03 sculpture Totem by Emmanuelle Roule. Unique piece. Dimensions: W 25 x H 35 cm Materials: stoneware, earthenware Unique piece in 2...
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2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware, Stoneware

Unique TATEMONO_02 Sculpture by Emmanuelle Roule
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique TATEMONO_02 sculpture vase by Emmanuelle Roule Unique piece Dimensions: W 20 x H 35 cm Materials: Earthenware, stoneware Unique piece hand-modelled in beige earthenware and w...
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2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware, Stoneware

Peter Shire x Vistosi Murano Postmodern Bone Sculpture with Cobalt Blue Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exceptional upright murano art glass sculpture by Peter Shire in collaboration with Vistosi Murano. Signed at bottom. Most likely one of kind. Upright bone floats above a cobalt blue...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass

Unique Énota_21_01 Sculpture by Emmanuelle Roule
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Énota_21_01 sculpture by Emmanuelle Roule Unique piece Dimensions: W 14 x H 36 cm Materials: Earthenware Unique handmade piece in partially glazed red earthenware. With metal...
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2010s French Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware

Brutalist Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Brutalist Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 34 x W 37 x H 27.5 cm Materials: High temp. Ceramic and different handmade clays VICA CERÁMICA-STU...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

1985 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Annie Lambert Vento Wind
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Annie Lambert, a talented young artist of years 80' in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbe...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bespoke Italian Amethyst Amber Gold Murano Glass Mask Wall Art Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"For the man" Venetian Murano Glass 3D Modern Mask, in golden amber glass with 2 opposite sides in amethyst color intersecting at the top to highlight a small red accent on the foreh...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine

Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi Black Painted Metal Sculpture Muccacaffè
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known international artist Riccardo Dalisi. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certificate of the artist and the Editor who made the artworks. The black painted metal sculpture...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

1980 Italy Post Modern Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Andrea Picini, a talented artist of years 80' in Italy. This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 pieces; we c...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi White Painted Metal Amanti
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known international artist Riccardo Dalisi. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and complete...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Unique Earth Globe Sculpture by Alex de Witte
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Earth globe sculpture by Alex de Witte Each one is unique, hand-sculpted by Alex de Witte Limited edition of 99 pieces + 5 ap Dimensions: H 42cm Materials: Ceramics and scoured brass, Frame in massive brass A recognizable planet in a world beyond recognition. A fusion of realism and imagination, a meeting of future and past. A dream world that does yet does not exist. A playful reproduction of the many hues and nuances that can be found on this planet. An open world without borders, with infinite endless possibilities. Seeing earth as a beautiful planet, and capturing its beauty in a boundless aesthetic creation is a dream. A naive, but delightful dream. Alex de Witte is fascinated by the universal value of beauty and how to influence that. “It is fascinating to me how people have an overall communal perception of beauty. Like scientific studies...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Giulietta Juliet
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Ottorino Tonelli. Ottorino Tonelli was born in 1948 in Carrara, where he lives and works. After having ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Aluminum

Impossible Stack of Unlikely Advances Reaching Skyward by Batten and Kamp
Located in Geneve, CH
An Impossible stack of unlikely advances reaching skyward by Batten and Kamp Dimensions: D 20 x W 20 x H 78 cm Materials: Laser sintered titanium, granite stone. “An Impossible ...
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2010s Hong Kong Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Granite, Other

Abyss No 5 Sculpture by Ceren Gurkan
Located in Geneve, CH
Abyss No 5 sculpture by Ceren Gurkan Dimensions: D9 x W12 x H26 cm Materials: Stoneware. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wire...
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2010s Turkish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Stoneware

Torres Buding 07 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Torres buding 07 sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic Dimensions: P1: H 58.5 x D 14 cm P2: H 50 x D 13 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture stu...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Bronce Skin Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronce skin sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic Dimensions: D 34 x W 21 x H 5 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in Mexic...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Romeo
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Ottorino Tonelli. Title "Romeo" . Ottorino Tonelli was born in 1948 in Carrara, where he lives and work...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze, Aluminum

Roca Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Roca sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 17 x H 27 cm Materials: High Temp. Ceramic. VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio es...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

Glozy Tripod Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Glozy tripod sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 21 x H 23 cm Materials: High Temp. Ceramic. VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculptu...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Jiro Sugawara Orizzonte Femminile
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the artist Jiro Sugawara, the title is "Female horizon"" Jiro Sugawara is a post-war artist and he was born in Japon in 1941....
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Abyss No 13 Sculpture by Ceren Gurkan
Located in Geneve, CH
Abyss No 13 sculpture by Ceren Gurkan Dimensions: D14 x W18 x H35 cm Materials: Stoneware. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wi...
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2010s Turkish Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Stoneware

Golden Reef Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Golden Reef Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic Dimensions: D 45 x W 39 x H 42cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in Mexic...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

1980 Italy Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Eva
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Ottorino Tonelli. Title "Eva" Ottorino Tonelli was born in 1948 in Carrara, where he lives and works. A...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Ceramic Paper Bag Vase Designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, Germany, 1970s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Tapio Wirkkalas playful ceramic paper bag vase in Kraft brown color. Original 1970s edition.
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Mid-20th Century German Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Bespoke Italian Mondrian Style Blue Green Red Black Murano Glass Mask Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Unique Venetian Murano glass 3D Modern mask, exclusive to Cosulich Interiors & Antiques, Mondrian inspired, realized in several block colors, aqua blue, turquoise, lime green, red, o...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine

Bespoke Italian Amethyst Amber Gold Murano Glass Mask Wall Art Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"For the man" Venetian Murano glass 3D Modern Mask, in golden amber glass with 2 opposite sides in amethyst color intersecting at the top to highlight a small red accent on the foreh...
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2010s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine

White Dots Torre Buding 06 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
White Dots Torre Buding 06 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic Dimensions: D 10 x H 45 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in ...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Pareja Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Pareja Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: Ceramic, Cement base polished. Dimensions: P1 20 x 12.5 cm, P2 27.5 x 13 cm B-1.5cm x 24.3 cm VICA CERÁMIC...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Cement

Abstraccion De La Piedad Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Abstraccion de la Piedad Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: high temp ceramic Dimensions: D 34.2 x W 24 x H 18 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio estab...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Frag-2 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Frag-2 sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 33 x H 33.5 cm Materials: Ceramic, Framed in wood with glass. Weight: 2177.4 g Vica Cerámica-studio is a design and sculpture ...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Wood, Ceramic

Rotten Castle 2 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Rotten castle 2 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic, polished cement base. Dimensions: D 30 x H 24 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio e...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Cement

Melty Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Melty Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 40 x W 39 x H 28 cm Materials: High temp. Ceramic VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in Mexico City V...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

Nudos 2 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Nudos 2 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic, Brass. Dimensions: D 21 x H 21 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in Mexico Ci...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Nudos 1 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Nudos 1 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 21 x H 21 cm Materials: High temp. Ceramic, Brass. VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in Mexi...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Face Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Face sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 45 x H 45 cm Materials: High Temp. Ceramic. VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio es...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

Corvus 4 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Corvus 4 sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 17 x W 21 x H 33 cm Materials: high temp. ceramic VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in Mexico ...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

Torres Buding 04 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Torres Buding 04 sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic Dimensions: P1: H 48 cm x D 11 cm P2: H 43.5 x D 12 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture s...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Cement

Copa Buding Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Copa buding sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 34 x H 49 cm Materials: high temp. ceramic, wooden base VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established i...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Enamel

Catrina Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Catrina sculpture by Vica Ceramica Dimensions: D 18 x W 19 x H 34 cm Materials: high temp. ceramic. VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculptur...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Rotten Castle 4 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Rotten castle 4 sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic, Polished Cement base. Dimensions: D 25 x H 25 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studi...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Cement

Rotten Castle 1 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Rotten Castle 1 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: high temp. ceramic, polished cement base. Dimensions: D 32 x H 24 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studi...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Cement

Large Torre Buding 05 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Torre buding 05 sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: high temp. ceramic Dimensions: D 8 x H 60 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture studio established in Mex...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi Black Metal Painted Sculpture Caffellatte
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known international artist Riccardo Dalisi. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Coeur Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Coeur Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic, Laton. Dimensions: D 43 x H 43 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture stud...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Other

Mask Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Mask Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic, Brass. Dimensions: D 46 x H 32 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a design and sculpture st...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Brass

Rotten Castle 3 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Rotten castle 3 Sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: High temp. Ceramic, Polished Cement base. Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 24 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO ...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Cement

Ola Sculpture by Vica Ceramica
Located in Geneve, CH
Ola sculpture by Vica Ceramica Materials: high temp. ceramic, polished cement base. Dimensions: D 16 x W 25 x H 14 cm VICA CERÁMICA-STUDIO is a de...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Cement

Curtis Jere Post Modern Table Sculpture of Brass Chrome and Marble c. 1985
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Curtis Jere table sculpture featuring a chrome ball on a brass ribbon like arm anchored by a strong marble base. This Post Modern Curtis Je...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Brass, Chrome

Postmodern Stone Sculpture Laura Rand Haleman
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Unique to say the least. However beautiful hand - carved and finished stone sculpture titled “Evolving”. 2007 made of French Sandstone mounted on a Black Absolute Granite double base. Custom pedestal base...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Stone, Sandstone

Italy 1980 Bruno Chersicla Volavola Black Painted Metal Sculpture Butterfly
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certi...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Italy 1980 Bruno Chersicla Black Painted Metal Sculpture Upupa
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certif...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Post-modern figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Post-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, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern figurative sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original figurative sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Tom von Kaenel, John Miller, Mirabili, and Riccardo Dalisi. 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 $73 and tops out at $168,000 while the average work can sell for $1,949.

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