Modern 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Style: Modern
Color: Brown
Lauro Malusi Table Lamp and Sculpture Olive Tree
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Table lamp and sculpture belonging to the famous Italian cellist.
Measures in cm: Statue cm 40 Lamp cm 82 Basis cm 18 x 18
Notes
Giovanni Lauro Malusi was born in Cervia on Ju...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Olive
Cabinet Custodia Lombarda Model by Giuseppe Rivadossi Unique Piece, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Container structure in linden wood with two doors made of windowed elements gradually reducing in size. The surfaces of each individual element are finished by carving with a hand plane...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Unique Dieter Finke Panther Sculpture "Der HöLlenhund"
By Dieter Finke
Located in Munich, DE
Wood and paper. Very early work from circa 1970.
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Sculptures
"Woman Slicing Bread" Sculpture by Ramon Lago
By Ramon Lago
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A ceramic sculpture of a rotund woman slicing bread by the Cuban-American sculptor, Roman Lago.
Height: circa 13 1/4 in.
Items purchased from David Sterner Antiques...
Category
20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
One of a Kind Signed Bronze on Wood Sculpture Titled "Ask a Question"
Located in North Miami, FL
This more contemporary sculpture is dated 06 and the signature is hard to read but the initials are RW. It is one of a kind. The wood looks like walnut and the man holding the question sign is bronze. The horse legs in a gallop pose raise the question of an uncertain answer. This represents our times clearly; we are all galloping fast holding a question mark. Where are we going or heading? The man holding the sign ask a question...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Bronze Signed Ramon Lago Vintage Geometric Modernist Monumental Floor Sculpture
By Ramon Lago
Located in North Miami, FL
This fantastic solid bronze floor sculpture is geometric with lyrical forms. It is signed on the left hand side front on an angle R. Lago 86. He is sculptor whose first name is Ramon. It is a one of a kind four-arm sculpture that is 4 feet high. The base is two steps...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wood Cubist Sculpture by Leo Russell
By Leo Russell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wood sculpture by artist Leo Russell. Chicago born artist who worked mostly in painting and silkscreen did a series of wood sculptures in the 1940s. Pieces were acquired by the Gugge...
Category
1940s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Set of Two Artisan Earthen Ware Daushound Sculptures
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Adorable male and female pair of artisan made dogs. Male measures 19" high x 15" wide x 7" deep. Female's measurements are listed below.
Please feel free to contact us directly fo...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Feliciano Bejar Caja De Jano Bubble Box Magiscope Refraction Sculpture Op Art
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Feliciano Béjar Ruiz Magiscopic red perforated glass aluminum box. Bejar was a Mexican artist, best known for a style of sculpture called Magiscopios which involved various material...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Modern Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Sculpture by Dick Shanley, circa 1984, Tall Wood Sculpture, USA, Laminated Wood
By Dick Shanley
Located in New York, NY
Tall laminated wood sculpture of a woman, "Ellie," by Dick Shanley, circa 1984, USA. The platform is missing.
This is a very beautiful tall sculpture. Th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
21st Century LOL Skateboard Sculpture by artist Tom Banks-NYC, Miami, London
By Tom Banks
Located in Miami, FL
One of a kind skateboard LOL sculpture by artist Tom Banks. This is from his earlier works and is actually one of his first pieces, using pieces of copper pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Bombay Co. Butler and Maid Tray Stands, 2
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Bombay Co. Butler and Maid Tray Stands, Wood and Resin, c. 1990.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood
Modernist Brass Sculpture, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Modernist brass sculpture, apparently unsigned, comprised of a standing brass pipe with carefully excised sections, affixed to a wooden base. 28" H x 4.25" W x 3.5" D. Provenance: Fr...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Organic Leaning Sculpture from the Private Collection of Sir Terence Conran, UK
Located in London, GB
A large, biomorphic plaster sculpture with a burnished finish that sits as a solid piece with a dynamic slanted axis. It was previously ow...
Category
20th Century British Modern Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Contemporary Wall Mounted Sculpture from 'Ripples' Series by James Rowland
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
A piece from the 'Ripples' abstract sculpture series by James Rowland made from solid hard wood Sucupira.
Scottish Artist and furniture Designer-Maker J...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Wall Mounted Sculpture from 'Delta' Series by James Rowland
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
A piece from the 'Delta' abstract sculpture series by James Rowland made from Brazilian wood Caxeta dyed with watercolor paint.
Scottish Artist and fu...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Wall Mounted Sculpture from 'Ripples' Series by James Rowland
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
A piece from the 'Ripples' abstract sculpture series by James Rowland made from solid hard wood Cumaru.
Scottish Artist and furniture Designer-Maker Jam...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Wall Mounted Sculpture from 'Delta' Series by James Rowland
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
A piece from the 'Delta' abstract sculpture series by James Rowland made from Brazilian wood Caxeta.
Scottish Artist and furniture Designer-Maker James ...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Modern Bronze Sculpture of 'Allegory of Night' by Bernadette Zachara, 1977
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Modern bronze sculpture of 'Allegory of Night' by Bernadette Zachara, 1977
USA, 20th century
The flying figure of night historically symbolizes the passage of time. The woman in F...
Category
20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Female Head Bust Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, small, substantial bronze female head bust sculpture on cylindrical wood pedestal base, circa 20th century. Artist is unknow. Dimensions:...
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Almodovar", 2021, Ceramic Sculpture, Stoneware, Underglaze, Acrylic
By Stef Duffy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Almodovar", part of the "You Could Be So Much More" Series. Ceramic sculptures in stoneware, oil, glitter, enamel, and acrylic. Measures 35”x 13” approx. 2021.
BIO:
Stef Duffy was...
Category
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Porcelain, Stoneware, Gesso, Paint
Modern Abstract Metal Sculpture in Style of Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in New York, NY
Modern abstract welded metal tabletop sculpture designed in the style of Curtis Jere. Likely made during the late 20th century, the sculpture is unsigned. The piece is in great vinta...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
HOLLY HUNT Hunters Totem in Wood, Cotton & Rope by Christian Astuguevieille
Located in Chicago, IL
HOLLY HUNT Hunters totem in wood, cotton & rope by Christian Astuguevieille
Additional Information:
Materials: Wood, cotton & rope
Dimensions: 10.5 W x 99 H inch
Note: Unique scul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Rope
Florimel Organic Bowl in Mahogany
By Roman Erlikh
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Florimel series inverts a narrative of purely utilitarian object into artistic interpretation of interplay of colors, light, and shadows on organic-based 3-dimentional forms. Bowl I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Pino Signoretto, Livio de Marchi Design Pauly, Boot in Chalcedony Opaline Murano
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Directly from the Pauly's art vignette in San Marco square.
Pauly exhibit of Signoretto translation of De Marchi was in Saint Mark’s square in Venice, April 2000.
While photogra...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Curtis C. Jere Brutalist Citiscape Metal Large Wall Sculpture Mid Century Modern
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Wayne, NJ
Curtis C. Jere Brutalist metal wall sculpture signed. 51" wide from side to side.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pino Signoretto, Livio de Marchi Design for Pauly, Limited Edition 1/9 Signed
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Directly from the Pauly's art vignette in San Marco square.
Pauly exhibit of Signoretto translation of De Marchi was in Saint Mark’s square in Venice, April 2000.
This is a Livi...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
"Tiger" Inlaid Wood Art Piece by Ivan Paradisi, Italy
Located in Turin, IT
Animal sculptures take an important place in Ivan Paradisi's collection since they are so expressive, powerful, particular and oddly fantastic.
Tiger represents the animal of a parti...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wenge, Zebra Wood
Monumental Ceramic Pottery Sculpture by Antoine de Vinck, France, 1970s
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Monumental Ceramic Pottery Sculpture by Antoine de Vinck, France, 1970s. Proudly offered here is a Belgian ceramist Antoine de Vinck (1924-1992) three-piece, wood fired ceramic and sandstone totem...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Chalkstone Architectural Element on Steel Mount
Located in Dallas, TX
Large chalkstone architectural element on metal steel mount. In my organic, contemporary, vintage and mid-century modern aesthetic. Home Decor.
This piece is a part of Brendan Bass’...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel
"Fertility Form" Pendant Light in Terrazzo by Rogan Gregory, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Rogan Gregory. "Fertility Form" illuminated sculpture. Naturally derived terrazzo, pigment. USA, 2018.
Category
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Golfer Wood Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Wood sculpture representing a Golfer, beautiful movement and wood.
Unknown signed artist.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Palisander
Beatrice Wood Iridescent Earthenware Charger
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Ceramic earthenware charger by Ojai, California ceramicist Beatrice Wood (1893-1998), in her signature iridescent glaze. Signed "BEATO".
Category
20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Unique Bronze Sculpture by Antonio Kieff
Located in Stamford, CT
A large unique bronze sculpture by Antonio Kieff (b. 1936) entitled "Motivo Espanol," dated 1985. The sculpture is also numbered 1 of 1.
Category
1980s Canadian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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