Modern Sculptures
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1980s Vintage Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Enamel
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Marble, Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1970s French Vintage Modern Sculptures
Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Metal
1970s German Vintage Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Rose Quartz
1970s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s Scandinavian Modern Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Resin
1990s Scandinavian Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Sculptures
Stone, Iron, Wire
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1980s North American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1970s Vintage Modern Sculptures
Brass
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Alabaster, Marble
1990s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Silver
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Brass
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1970s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Composition
2010s Modern Sculptures
Copper
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Silver
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Enamel
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Sculptures
Fiberglass, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sculptures
Metal
1990s European Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Modern Sculptures
Sheepskin, Upholstery, Lacquer
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sculptures
Statuary Marble, Quartz, Onyx, Carrara Marble, Marble, Travertine
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Resin, Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Resin, Plaster
2010s Chinese Modern Sculptures
Metal, Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Art Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Acrylic
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Terracotta
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Iron, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Porcelain, Lucite
2010s Spanish Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Resin, Plaster
Mid-20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Metal





