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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
Batman, Natural Height Sculpture in Black Marble
Located in Tivoli Terme, Roma
The sculpture was made from a single block of black marble, natural height sculpture, one of a kind piece.
It is a unique piece for collectors.
Dimensions of the sculpture: cm 170 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Handmade sheep in white fur and teak wood by Hans Peter Krafft, Meier Germany.
Located in Renens, CH
Handmade sheep in white fur and teak coloured wood. Designed by German artist and designer Hans-Peter Krafft, produced in Germany by Meier Germany.
Originally used as a stool, the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sculptures
Materials
Fur, Leather, Wool, Glass, Teak
Tall Spanish Textured Matte Bone Finish Ceramic Abstract Sculpture
Located in Troy, MI
New and made in Spain, this abstract sculpture is ceramic with a matte finish. Standing over 30” tall, the piece has a ceramic cylinder shaped base with a metal support rod to displa...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Hand-Blown Murano Diamond Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisitely crafted in Murano, Venice, this hand-blown glass sculpture embodies timeless elegance and artisanal mastery. Its smooth, shiny surface reflects light beautifully, enhanci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,775 / item
Signed Feliciano Bejar Green Cut Glass Sculpture, circa 1990
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Cut glass and brushed aluminum table sculpture by Feliciano Béjar (1920-2007), Mexico, 1990's.
His art sculptures dating from the 1960's through 1990's uses glass ground with either...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$1,512 Sale Price
79% Off
Sculpture, Stone Sculpture Representing a Bas-Relief.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture, stone sculpture representing a bas-relief.
Our world is populated by angels, cherubim and seraphim, and we are often unaware of this. It is the seraphim who are closest t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Modernist 20th Century Soviet Russian Nude Male Sculpture in Blackened Bronze
Located in New York, NY
This handsome sculpture was realized in Russia in the 20th century. Created in blackened bronze, it features a male nude figure in the process of forging a sword. He is portrayed mid swing as he strikes the sword with a Hammer. His body torqued all of his muscles appear flexed. The male figure- with his chiseled physique- appears as the paradigm of male beauty- a true adonis. This sculpture offers a timeless motif- employed from Greek antiquity...
Category
20th Century Belarusian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marble Plinth or Bookend
Located in New York, NY
A substantial light gray marble plinth for sculpture, etc., for use as a bookend, in the Modern or Minimalist style, circa late-20th century. Very...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Ettore Sottsass Y Limited Edition Vase in Wood and Murano Glass for Flowers
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Y Vase made for the collection of Twenty-seven Woods for Chinese Artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass,
Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 numbered p...
Category
1990s European Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Holiday Vase by Project 213A
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Holiday vase in dusty black.
Designed by Project 213A in 2021 Handmade Stoneware.
The oval vase, ruffled on the edges brings about contrast of lightness. This hand made and embelli...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
$307 / item
Trio of Lucite Sculptures Signed & Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic trio of Lucite sculptures with geometric shapes designed and manufactured by a Los Angeles artist and signed "Henry" 2017.
The pieces are beautifully executed, the inlaid ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$1,895 / set
Sculpture of Venus in Resin and Metal Base, Small Model.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture of Venus in resin and metal base, small model.
Venus is the goddess of love, seduction and beauty in Roman mythology. She is the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Philippe Berry, "Sans Les Mains"
Located in New York, NY
Philippe Berry (French, 1956-2019), number 2 of an edition of eight, entitled: ''Sans les Mains'' (Without Hands), 1996, cast aluminum, initialed ''P.B.'', d...
Category
1990s French Modern Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Cut Steel
Modern Design Wood Sculpture
Located in Pordenone, IT
" Pandora " wood modern sculpture.
This magnificent wood sculpture will add a mesmerizing decoration in a modern interior while serving as a textural accent in any room. Crafted ent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Plywood
$1,243 Sale Price / item
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34 Agelada Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Agelada Glass Vase with pendant was originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1986 for Memphis. It's part of the “Vetri Glass” collection. Made in blown Murano glass, and signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Limited Edition Resin Sculpture of a Bondage Girl
Located in London, GB
Resin Erotic Sculpture of a Woman in Bondage
Kneeling and Tied Hands
In Antique White Finish
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$644 Sale Price
20% Off
Side Table Unique Organic Black Modern/Contemporary Waxed Steel
Located in Bronx, NY
Table No. 14 - side table
J.M. Szymanski
d. 2021
An abstract form moves organically through this unique work of art. The form ends in
legs that “drip” to the floor. Solid 3/8” ...
Category
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Iron
Large Steuben Art Glass Figurine of a Trout & 18k Gold Fly by James Houston
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Steuben art glass model of a trout just caught by an 18 karat gold fly.
Designed by James Houston in 1966.
Model No. 2011.
Simply a wonderful figural sculpture of th...
Category
20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Dobermann Dog Ceramic centerpiece with little bird Handmade in Italy New 2025
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This small family-run contemporary artisan workshop is housed in a historic 19th century building, formerly the site of an old bread oven, renovated at the beginning of the twentieth...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Lladro Porcelain Couple Figurine "Amor Et Desirerium"
By Lladro, Ernest Massuet
Located in Norwood, NJ
Lladro porcelain sculpture Amor et Desirerium sculpted by Ernest Massuet for Lladro. Translated to Love and Desire, porcelain figure in matte and glazed finish.
Two lives merge into ...
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Wood
Sergio Bustamante Fish Boy Series Fantasy Figural Large Hand Painted Sculpture
Located in Topeka, KS
Magnificent vintage Sergio Bustamante “Fish Boy” Series Fantasy Figural large-scale hand painted ceramic signed sculpture. Beautiful, repaired c...
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Particle Table Lamp by on.entropy, in Seamless White Marble and Bronze
By on entropy
Located in Athens, GR
In Particle table lamp, on.entropy mines the modern design potential of this classical material, by transforming the austerity of raw marble into a warm and...
Category
2010s Greek Modern Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$596 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Gigantic Hand Sculpture Goldleaf Plated by M. Treml, Austria, 2021
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
One of a kind, contemporary modern golden hand sculpture made by renowned Austrian wood artist M. Treml. An extraordinary, gigantic floor standing "hand" sculpture (just see the size...
Category
2010s Austrian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Amber Resin Fractal in the style of Francois Godebski, ca 1970s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Amber Resin Fractal in the style of Francois Godebski, ca 1970s
Very cool resin sphere in an amber color, unsigned, but certainly has all the hallmarks of Francois Godebski sculptur...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Resin
ClassiCon Folding Screen in Red by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The high-tech look that arose in the 1980s and which is still potentially current had an ingenious predecessor. Over half a century ago, Eileen Gray anticipated the cool Industrial a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$16,754 / item
Modernist Abstract Bird Sculpture Sterling Silver and Stone
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Bird Sculpture Sterling Silver and Stone
signed
2.75 h x 1.75 w x 3.75 d
Preowned original vintage condition
See all images fo...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
Bronze Owl Titled "Grand Duc" by Francois Pompon
Located in Stamford, CT
A large cast bronze Owl by Francois Pompon, titled "Grand Duc" designed in 1928 and cast between 1934-1939. The patinated bronze is marked with a Fonde...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Costantini Diego Modern Crystal Murano Glass Infinity Sculpture With Butterflies
By Costantini
Located in Murano, Venezia
Handmade Crystal Pulegoso Murano Glass Sculpture Infinity with 21 Monarch butterflies attached with magnet.
Modern sculpture ideal for a modern and rustic classic environment, for e...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Hand-Blown Murano Diamond Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisitely crafted in Murano, Venice, this hand-blown glass sculpture embodies timeless elegance and artisanal mastery. Its smooth, shiny surface reflects light beautifully, enhanci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Glacoja Centerpiece in transparent methacrylate by Analogia Project
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
"Glacoja is a unique centerpiece with a vivid colored heart, sculpted through technology and craftsmanship from a block of plexiglass. Excavated from the heart of a glacier, formed t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Golden Bronze Incense Burner by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze Incense Burner by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: D 6 x H 5 cm
Materials: Bronze
The Incense Burner was initially designed for Perfumer H. The p...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dali Vase, Glass Object
By kontra
Located in İstanbul, İstanbul
"Add an Artistic Touch to Your Space with the Captivating Dali Vase Glass Object
Elevate your interior design with the mesmerizing beauty of the Dali Vase Glass Object. Inspired by t...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$607 / item
A set of Knud Kyhn bears for Royal Copenhagen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A charming set of 5 ceramic bear figurines was designed by Knud Kyhn for Royal Copenhagen in 1957, showcasing his mastery in depicting playful and lifelike animals. This collection i...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,200 / set
20th century decorative leather model of a crocodile
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
20th century decorative leather model of a crocodile circa 1990.
Approximately half scale novelty item, depicting a crocodile with it's head raised in an aggressive stance. Clad in...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Hand-Blown Murano Diamond Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisitely crafted in Murano, Venice, this hand-blown glass sculpture embodies timeless elegance and artisanal mastery. Its smooth, shiny surface reflects light beautifully, enhanci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,775 / item
J.A. Burlini Bronze Sculpture, 1979
Located in Savannah, GA
Joseph A. Burlini
(American, b.1937)
winged female bronze on wood base
Incised signature and date to base ‘J.A. Burlini 79’.
2 ½ inches wide by 1 ¼ inches deep by 3 ¾ inches t...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
GUFRAM Cactus Gammablue Sculptural Coatrack by Drocco & Mello
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Cactus: The Invisible Spectrum is a collection by Gufram that features three unique and surprising Cactus inspiried by the optical wavelenght range. Gufram makes exceptionally visibl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Other
GUFRAM Cactus Ultraviolet Sculptural Coatrack by Drocco & Mello
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Cactus: The Invisible Spectrum is a collection by Gufram that features three unique and surprising Cactus inspiried by the optical wavelenght range. Gufram makes exceptionally visibl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Other
20th Century SILVER SWAN FLOWER BOX
Located in Madrid, ES
20th Century SILVER SWAN FLOWER BOX
large sculpture in silver, with articulated neck and wings, glass eyes. With 'eagle' contrast of 925 mils in use from 1985 to 2020, small signs o...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Modern Sculptures
Materials
Silver
$11,725 / item
Modern Cast Iron Vintage Bootjack by Luber Guß Vienna, circa 1970
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage bootjack from cast iron beetle like shape circa 1970s.
Manufactured by Luber Guß Vienna.
The vintage condition is good.
approx. measures:
Width: 15 cm
Len...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Iron
White Sculpt Art Bubble by 101 Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
White Sculpt Art Bubble by 101 Copenhagen
Designed by Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl
Dimensions: L58 / W12,5 / H58 CM
Materials: Sustainable Paper...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Sculptures
Materials
Paper
$627 / item
Original Sculpture/ Seat Designed by Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Seat UP7 designed by Gaetano Pesce. Italy, B&B Italia, 2000 series.
Large sculpture/ seat made of cold-shaped polyurethane foam painted black. Produced as part of the UP series, P...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene
Cuarta-IV Sculpture
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The IV Fourth Sculpture is part of Noviembre collection, which offers a compelling range of furniture, inviting exploration of form, function, and the serene lines that define each p...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oak
$1,980 / item
Unir Solid Stone Sculpture
By Farrah Sit
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hathor is the first collaboration between Farrah Sit and TRNK Collection. The collection is inspired by Farrah’s pilgrimages to ancient monolithic structures and her reactions to the...
Category
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Red Extra-Size Starfish, Océano Pacific, Ophidiaster Ophidianus
By Oceanic Arts
Located in Valladolid, ES
Ophidiaster ophidianus, measures: 495 × 418 × 140 mm, 576 g weight
2018, Océano Pacífico
Red extra-size starfish!
A fantastic specimen of Ophidiaster ophidianus caught in the Solo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pacific Islands Modern Sculptures
Materials
Other
$843 Sale Price
20% Off
Handmade Sicilian Ceramic Pine Nut Italian Potter
Located in Palermo, PA
This exquisite handmade Sicilian ceramic pine nut is a timeless symbol of prosperity, good fortune, and Mediterranean heritage. Crafted by skilled artisans in Sicily, each piece is m...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Italian Studio Murano Glass Female and Male Sculpture by Dino Rosin
By Dino Rosin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1990’s Italian studio Murano glass female and male sculpture by Dino Rosin.
Stamped Studio Rosin Murano Venezia on the back and hand signed Dino Rosin on the front.
Measurements:...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Modern Abstract Pink Alabaster Stone Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Modern Abstract Pink Veined Alabaster Stone Sculpture, two stones mounted on wood plinth, apparently unsigned. 16" H x 6" W x 6" D. Provenance: From a 5th Avenue Estate.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Salvador Dali Contemporary Portlligat Wood Sculpture Sunbed
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Design by Salvador Dalí, 1903
manufactured by BD Barcelona
Solid Iroko wooden structure with polyamide wheels. Optional upholstered cushion with water repellent foam and material ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$12,141 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Rone Contemporary LED Sculptural Brass Table Light, Handmade in Sweden
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Rone range is an exploration of the delicate balance of Classic forms. In simplicity, quality is at the utmost importance and our solid brass parts are painstakingly milled or sp...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Victor Heinrich Seifert - Bronze Sculpture “Nude Woman Fishing
Located in Kastrup, DK
Victor Heinrich Seifert (1870–1953).
A finely detailed bronze sculpture of a young nude woman holding a fishing spear by the German-Austrian sculptor Victor Heinrich Seifert.
The s...
Category
Early 20th Century German Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Sculpture in the Taste of Antiquity, White Marble Patina, White Marble Effect.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small-scale model of our beautiful sculpture in the Taste of Antiquity. This bust represents Hermes, son of Zeus and messenger of the gods. It is a fragment of a statue from the Impe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Male and Female Sculpture, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A vintage midcentury reproduction of a figurative male and female 'embracing' sculpture on black marble base, 1963, New York, New York. Sculpture has maker's mark on side and on bott...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Composition, Marble
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Feliciano Béjar Glass, Steel and Brass Magiscope Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Signed Vintage Feliciano Béjar Table Magiscope objec d'art.
The Mexican artist and sculpture Feliciano Béjar has handcrafted beautiful decorative pieces of industrial glass, ...
Category
Early 2000s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
2 Jellyfish, "Abissi" and "Red Coral", Handmade in Italy, Design, 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The jellyfish is the main element of the Mosche Bianche's "Medusa" Collection: fluid, delicate but also dangerous and deadly. It represents the water, the circle of life.
The speci...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
$15,586 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Modern Sculptural Wood Room Divider by Sebastiano Bottos, Italia
Located in Pordenone, IT
The " Cortina " screen by Sebastiano Bottos is a geometric piece of furniture handcrafted by assembling extroflexed pine wood elements, the result of an innovating working process th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$4,737 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Surrealistic Sculptural Clock by Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
An iconic carved sculptural clock by the famed Mexican surrealistic artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. 1937) circa 1960s. The whimsical...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Red and Gold Lady. Unique piece of art. Handmade and Hand painted. Ceramic 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The red and gold lady is inspired by many cultural reminiscence of Italy. Corals inspired by our mediterranean see, gold elements for luxury art. A gentle r...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$3,482 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Lull No140 Wooden Totem for Interior Design – Handcrafted by Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Lull No140 Wooden Totem for Interior Design – Handcrafted by Joel Escalona
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, rounded for...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Modern Abstract Sculpture in Stainless Steel by Patrick Coard Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This modern abstract sculpture, aptly named "The Tower" by Patrick Coard Paris, is a breathtaking embodiment of contemporary artistry. Crafted from a polished stainless steel veneer ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
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