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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Blown Glass, Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Carrara Marble
1980s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Sculptures
Rock Crystal
1960s French Vintage Modern Sculptures
Art Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Modern Sculptures
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Tourmaline, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Stone
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Sculptures
Sandstone
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Modern Sculptures
Crystal, Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal, Other
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Concrete
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Metal
1970s Czech Vintage Modern Sculptures
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Sculptures
Rock Crystal
Late 20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Bronze
18th Century Italian Antique Modern Sculptures
Rock Crystal
1960s Vintage Modern Sculptures
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Marble
20th Century Mexican Modern Sculptures
Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Marble
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sculptures
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Modern Sculptures
Crystal, Multi-gemstone, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Concrete, Cement
1980s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Granite, Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Concrete, Cement
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Onyx
Late 20th Century British Modern Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s English Modern Sculptures
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Concrete, Cement
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Sculptures
20th Century South American Modern Sculptures
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Gold Leaf
1990s American Modern Sculptures
Steel
20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
Late 20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Olive
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1980s Belgian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Granite, Bronze
20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Stone
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Crystal
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Marble
1970s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Plaster
1960s French Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Sculptures
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sculptures
Porcelain
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sculptures
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Velvet
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1980s European Vintage Modern Sculptures
Acrylic
20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Bronze





