Brutalist Decorative Objects
BRUTALIST STYLE
The design of brutalist furniture encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology. Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to chairs, cabinets, tables and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave.
ORIGINS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
- Brutalism emerged during the mid-20th century
- Term coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham
- Originated in the United Kingdom
- Brutalist architecture gained popularity in the United States beginning in the early 1960s
- Inaugural brutalist projects include Unité d'habitation and the city of Chandigarh, India, both of which owe to influential architect Charles-Édouard “Le Corbusier” Jeanneret
- Le Corbusier’s cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, designed hundreds of chairs, tables, cabinets and lamps for Chandigarh
- Informed by the Bauhaus, constructivism, modernism and the International Style; part of mid-century modernism
- Contrasted starkly with Beaux Arts style
CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
- Use of industrial materials — tubular steel, concrete, glass, granite
- Prioritizes functionalism, minimalism and utilization of negative space
- Spare silhouettes, pronounced geometric shapes
- Stripped-down, natural look; rugged textures, modular construction
- Interiors featuring airy visual flow and reliance on neutral palettes
BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE BRUTALIST FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity.
Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building. The severe style might have been the most criticized architectural movement of the 20th century, even if it was an honest attempt to celebrate the beauty of raw material. But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist interior design and decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.
Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist furniture design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs, coffee table and dining table in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series for Directional Furniture are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in American modern design. Other exemplary brutalist designers are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.
Brutalist furniture and sculptures remain popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.
Find authentic vintage brutalist chairs, coffee tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Marcel Ramond (1935-) Metal geometric sculpture, circa 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Marcel Ramond (1935-) Metal geometric sculpture, circa 1970
Welded iron
Signed under the base
A certificate will be provided to the buyer
Length 44 x Height 38 x Depth 18 cm
Category
1970s French Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Figurative Brutalist Bronze Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, CA
Modern Figurative Brutalist bronze sculpture of a robust man in motion, with a bucket in its hand.
The statue rests on its original base in variegated white or gray marble
There is n...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
BMF Nagel Quist Variomaster Brutalist Stockable Modular Candleholder
Located in Vienna, AT
Stackable modular candleholder by BMF Quist Nagel, the candleholders were designed by Ceasar Stoffi and Fritz Nagel and manufactured by BMF (Bayerische Metal...
Category
1970s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Brutalist Ash Tray by Holger Backstrom
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Vintage mid century modern ashtray. Brutalist in style. Featuring 16 holes and 20 points. Made from aluminum. Designed by Holger Backstrom. Not marked. Tasteful patina.
7” long
7” ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Brutalist Mid Century Modern Small Bronze Panther Sculptures, France 1950s
Located in Valencia, VC
Pair of small Brutalist patinated cast bronze sculptures, representing two panthers on movement. Produced in France circa the mid 20th century.
They are small but very beautiful in...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Ermanno Nason Christ of the Glassblowers Murano Glass and Iron Pipes Early 1970s
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Intense and passionate glass sculpture from Ermanno Nason, using his favorite glass, the acciaio gray.
This warm transparent gray color is often used by glass massiccio Sculptors, w...
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Lucien Bénière Large Abstract Birchwood "Gerbe" Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
French artist Lucien Bénière, born in 1922, studied wood sculpting and molding at the École Nationale Professionnelle de Saint-Étienne. From 1964, Lucie...
Category
1980s French Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Birch
Georges Mathias For Fondica Gilded Bronze Candle Holders Set Of 4
Located in New York, NY
Amazing set of 4 1980's brutalist style gilt bronze candlesticks designed by Georges Mathias for Fondica, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina due to age and use, ...
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1980s French Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Signed Raw Metal Torch Cut Flower Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Brutalist raw metal torch cut flower sculpture, circa 1983. The sculpture is in very good vintage condition and measures 10"W x 5"D x 14.5"H; it is signed and mumbered on the side. G...
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Set of 3 Metal CACTUS Contemporary BRUTALIST SCULPTURES by ESOJ France 2020
Located in PARIS, FR
A set of 3 strong and spectacular metal cactus, contemporary brutalist sculptures, unique pieces by artist ESOJ, France 2020.
Dimensions :
The higher : H 101.5 x D 23 cm / H 40 x D 9 inch
The medium : H 50 x D 17 cm / H 20 x 6.7 inch
The smaller : H 21 x D 16,5 cm / H 8.2 x 6.5 inch
These pieces allow to be presented independently, as well as together (recommended) allowing various esthetic compositions. They are made to be set up indoor as radical sculptures, as well as outdoor on a terrasse or in any garden or even wild nature to create a trouble illusion between wildness and modernity.
We represent ESOJ and organized his exhibition "Metal Spirit", November 2022, in our gallery in Paris, and this unique piece was presented during this event.
Esoj's work is rooted in a direct link to daily life, to the visual value of consumer objects. Whether they are elements of nature or products of pop culture, he fixes them in the metal to give them a definitive appearance, a form of immortality: a box of opened chocolates will be there forever, nothing will not erase Mickey's sluggish smile, nor his middle finger; a succulent plant frozen in iron will no longer need water... A parallel world under construction, a world of avatars springing from a metallic quintessence which confronts man with himself, with matter, with progress, to the flow of time. Beyond their symbolic force, Esoj's sculptures express as much the visceral gesture of the artist in a world losing meaning, as they catalog his universe in a subjective archive.
For his first collaboration with us, Esoj looks away from his Barbie dolls, Playmobils and bags of M&Ms, to sketch a sort of return to Nature and vibrate an ancestral wisdom evident in his new series of cacti, succulents, vases and masks murals with shamanic connotations. A wisdom that he draws from his Portuguese origins, this saudade: “tension between opposites, on the one hand the feeling of a lack, on the other hand the hope and the desire to find what we lack”, embodied here by a particularly inhabited desert; where cacti are next to agaves, aloes, prickly pears, plants which are certainly ornamental but also hallucinogenic and healing, sometimes fatal; where the series of containers suggests an almost medicinal link between these inert objects, even more obvious in the wall piece inspired by Korean...
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2010s French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mexican Abstract Brutalist Modernist Bracelet 925 Sterling Silver Cuff, 1960s
By Jack Boyd
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful abstract bracelet cuff. All in sterling silver haute couture - iconic. This piece is not only a ready to wear creation but also the most dynamic piece of modern sculpture. ...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
DO16 Square Clock brass & Aluminium & A004 Ethnic Bowl Brass & Alum.
Located in Benahavis, AN
The decorative Square Clock & Bowl was created by David Marshall, it is made of sand cast aluminum and sand cast brass.Makes a beautiful Wedding or Company Gift.
Handmade, mounted a...
Category
2010s Spanish Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Vintage Jack Boyd Brutalist Kinetic Sterling Silver Bangle Bracelet
By Jack Boyd
Located in Southampton, NJ
This striking hand-forged sterling silver bracelet by renowned artist Jack Boyd is a testament to his mastery of sculptural jewelry design. Featuring Boyd’s signature organic forms, ...
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20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
BMF Nagel Quist Variomaster Brutalist Stockable Modular Candleholder
Located in Vienna, AT
Stackable modular candleholder by BMF Quist Nagel, the candleholders were designed by Ceasar Stoffi and Fritz Nagel and manufactured by BMF (Bayerische Metal...
Category
1970s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Brutalist Torch Cut Steel Sculpture
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Brutalist torch cut steel sculpture
Category
1960s American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Still Stand Abstract Biomorphic Wood Sculpture, Column, Chainsaw Carved, XL
By Logniture
Located in Stara Gradiška, HR
This exquisite black sculpture, made from reclaimed charred oak beams, embodies a blend of artistry and sustainability. Its design features a captivating arrangement of rounded forms...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Vertical Brutalist Green and Metal Sculpture by Frank Cota
Located in Pasadena, CA
This composition of the artist Franck Cota is a pure creation of Brutalist design, whose balance is achieved through its verticality. The sculpture is made of metal elements, some of...
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel, Iron
Still Stand Abstract Biomorphic Wood Sculpture, Chainsaw Carved, Burnt Oak
By Logniture
Located in Stara Gradiška, HR
Still Stand Abstract Biomorphic Wood Sculpture, Chainsaw Carved, Burnt Oak
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Italian modern brutalist Brass sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern brutalist Brass sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1970s
Brass sculpture with a rectangular base with reference to the brutalist style. The front of the sculpture is square...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Paul Evans styled Brutalist Metal Sculptural Vase by Jim Heneveld
By Paul Evans
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A welded steel box vase sculpture with flamed metal decoration to the body and applied designs to each side . Made in the manner of Paul Evans with highlighted edges to the design in...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Italian Brutalist Ceramic Planter, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Italian studio planter. Decorated with a mustard colored main glazes and set with splashes of thick blue lava glaze to the circular perforations and dots. Marked: Italy 77 to its bas...
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Metal Sculpture, Torch Cut Sun Statue
Located in Decatur, GA
Large scale mid century brutalist sun sculpture. Torch cut patinated metal mounted on wood. Signed "CD".
Excellent condition - no flaws of note.
Measures: W 20" x D 20" x H 36"....
Category
1970s American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Iron
Pair of Mid-20th Century Brutalist Wall Sconces, circa 1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of mid-20th century Brutalist wall sconces, circa 1960.
Constructed of square, tapered spike-like nails and small square copper plates. All connected by fine brass rod braised/...
Category
1960s American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
Ceramic Brutalist Vase from Michael Andersen, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unique ceramic vase displaying exceptional techniques in glazes, Brutalist styling and shape. We have not been able to find any references of this design number/series. Besides the c...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Brutalist Studio Sculpture by John De La Rosa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tall Brutalist studio sculpture by John De La Rosa. Signed.
The last image shows a similar sculpture in an interior setting, for inspiration.
Category
2010s American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Cut Steel
Michael Harjes Brutalist Bronze Candlestick
Located in New York, NY
Since 1912 the metal art workshop of Harjes has produced candle holders, bowls and other objects from bronze, copper and brass. This family business is now in its third generation, a...
Category
1960s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century French Handcrafted Brutalist Iron Chain Link Candleholder
Located in COLMAR, FR
An authentic, brutalist, mid-century modern chain candleholder sourced in France. This is a spiked candleholder made for pillar candles (up to a max...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
A Sculpture of Dark Elegance, Biomorphic Black Solid Wood, Still Stand No97
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A Sculpture of Dark Elegance, Biomorphic Black Solid Wood, Still Stand No97
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Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a ...
Category
2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Midcentury Brutalist Enameled Wall Clock by Kienzle, Germany, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful round Midcentury Brutalist wall clock, executed by Kienzle Germany in the 1970s. The clock has a housing made of ceramic with a colorful enamel glaze in brown, green, yel...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Vallauris Vintage Vase, Brown Turquoise Glazed Ceramic, Double Handled, France
By Vallauris
Located in Glasgow, GB
A vintage French ceramic vase by Vallauris, handcrafted around the 1960s in the famed French village.
This sculptural pottery piece, in the form of a vase, features smooth, sweeping...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Mid Century Modern Studio Pottery Ball Vase
Located in Lutz, FL
Vintage Mid Century asymmetrical sea foam blue ball vase or weed pot. Great texture and dimension in the glaze with varying shades of sea foam and light...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery, Clay, Ceramic
Still Stand Abstract Wood Sculpture, Chainsaw Carved, Burnt Oak
By Logniture
Located in Stara Gradiška, HR
Still Stand Abstract Wood Sculpture, Chainsaw Carved, Burnt Oak
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Claude Victor Boeltz 24 Karat Gold-Plated 'Exploded' Photograph Frame
Located in Hastings, GB
Claude Victor Boeltz sculptural 24-karat gold-plated exploded photograph frame with lamp and rock crystal inclusions.
The natural rock quartz crystal wands...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 1960s Brutalist Style Ceramic Candelabra from Caltagirone CCA
Located in Tilburg, NL
A pair of 1960s Brutalist style ceramic candelabra.
Signed CCA Caltagirone, of excellent craftsmanship and in very good condition.
Very unusual and rare items.
Caltagirone
Caltag...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Brutalist Wrought Iron Candle Holder
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Brutalist Wrought Iron Candle Holder, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969
Additional information:
Color: Black
Styles: Brutalist, Mid-Century Modern
Item Type...
Category
20th Century Brutalist Decorative Objects
Large Scale Brutalist Gilt Metal Pelican Sculpture Ashtray Stand
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large scale, brutalist gilt metal pelican bird sculpture.
American Mid century handcrafted metal Pelican Ashtray Stand.
This stylish sculpture of a pel...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Rare Candlesticks Large, 11 Candles , Wrought Iron Gold Leaf Early 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
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Very original candlestick, for 10 candles, made in wrought iron
It is an unusual...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Beautiful cast iron Candlestick Holder Brutalist Era, Germany, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A large candlestick holder for four candles. Made of cast iron with a nice patina. Typically made in Germany in the 1960s, as a statement piece on a cupboard or credenza. Found at an...
Category
1960s German Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Iron
Paul Evans Style Brutalist Hand Wrought Copper Large Vase, Circa 1970s
By Paul Evans
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful mid-century modern Brutalist hand wrought copper large vase
In the manner of Paul Evans
USA, Circa 1970s
Measures: 7.75"W x 7.75"D x 1...
Category
1970s American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Brutalist Ethnic Sweet Bowl Handmade in Spain Aluminium Brass
Located in Benahavis, AN
The decorative Sweet Bowl was created by David Marshall, it is made of sand cast aluminum and sand cast brass.
Handmade, mounted and finished in our foundry and workshop in Spain from recycled materials.
Certified authentic by the Artist David Marshall with his signature.
The Artist is inspired by nature and land scape...
Category
2010s Spanish Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Danish Brutalist Copper Vase in Copper, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A sculptural cylindrical vase in hand embossed patinated copper. It displays all the right elements of Scandinavian Brutalism. The floral relief pattern resembles some of Axel Salto'...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Plait Picture Frame N027 handmade in cast brass
Located in Benahavis, AN
The Plait Picture Frame was created by David Marshall, from sand cast brass.
We use recycled materials all our pieces are handmade, mounted and finished in our foundry and workshop ...
Category
2010s Spanish Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Giovanni 'John’ Bucci Metal Art Sculpture, 1960s
Located in Savannah, GA
Giovanni 'John' Bucci
(Italian-American, 1935-2019)
A welded metal sculpture composed of various found metal pieces, 1960s.
20 inches wide by 24 inches tall by 8 ½ inches deep
Category
1960s American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Vintage Studio Pottery Crystalline Glaze Weed Pot Ceramic Vase
Located in Lutz, FL
Vintage handmade studio pottery ceramic weed pot vase in muted crystalline glaze. Shades of blue, teal, green and gray with crystalline glaze throughout, and accented by slender weed...
Category
1990s American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Danish Glazed Brutalist Stoneware Vase by Søren Visby, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual stoneware vase executed in earthy over-flow glazes. A vase with 7 (8) holes for flower arrangement. The Danish equivalent of Japanese Ikebana. It was made in studio by Søren ...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Table Lamp, Brutalist, Abstract Root Driftwood Brown color France 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
We can notice the organic curves. The Driftwwod is a Root. We have a socket in plastic, with a plastic switch You can use any kind of bulb up to 100 watt, but choose by priority, bul...
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20th Century French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Driftwood
Vintage David Marshall Brutalist Brass and Aluminum 17.75" Tabletop Wing Clock
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This vintage brutalist brass and aluminum tabletop clock was made in Spain by Scottish sculptor David Marshall. The sand-cast battery-operated clock has a thick, asymmetrical brass ...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Set of Four Brutalist 1970s Oak & Brass Candlesticks
Located in Norwich, GB
A set of four Brutalist brass and solid oak candlesticks. Circa 1970.
There are a few signs of use to the finish as expected with age and use, the brass having the original patina.
...
Category
1970s European Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Vintage Large Scale Brutalist Cattail Sculpture on a Burled Wood Base
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Charleston, SC
A beautiful brutalist mixed metal sculpture on a Burled wood base. It featured 7 cattails in different heights as well as leaves of different heights and shapes. After C. Jere.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Brutalist Chain Link Sculpture
Located in Malibu, CA
Antique chain sculpture that defies gravity.
The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined to describe this style trend that emerged in the...
Category
1960s Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Late 20th Century Set of Three Sculptural Copper Vessels by Thomas Markusen – Si
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
A striking set of three hand-forged copper vessels by renowned metal artist Thomas Markusen, known for his sculptural and fire-formed metalwork. These pieces feature elegant, flared ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
By Joel Escalona, Burned Oak Abstract Beauty, Still Stand No79
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
By Joel Escalona, Burned Oak Abstract Beauty, Still Stand No79
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Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Eac...
Category
2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Abstract surrealist wooden sculpture by Fredrik Weerkamp, Netherlands 1980s
Located in ECHT, NL
Surrealist abstract sculpture made from different kinds of wood. Created by Dutch visual artist Frederik Weerkamp. This sculpture was part of his personal collection.
It depicts a p...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Karen Karnes Salt Glazed Jar, Signed
By Karen Karnes
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Karen Karnes salt glazed jar w/ lid.
A standard format for the artist, this particular piece is a great example, solid and well executed some great details in the glazing, fading an...
Category
1970s American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Brass Sculpture Max Finkelstein Machine Texture Artwork California
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Brutalist Sculpture by Max Finkelstein, renowned Southern California artist creating modern machine texture artwork.
Brass with welded metal Iron.
Signed underneath.
5 W x 4 D ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Iron
Brutalist Torch Cut Iron Garden Sculpture Ca. 1970’s
Located in New York, NY
Impressive torch cut iron sculpture of abstract geometric form executed in the Brutalist style. The sculpture is in original rust surface, and...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Agate Ashtray or Vide Poche, Grey and Brown Color, Italy 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Vide-poche, or ashtray, was carved from a block of stone,Agathe stone, then polished. We can see as a decoration scheme this extraordinary sinuous Veinage, in brown and beige gr...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate
Brutalist Wall Sculpture of Patinated Metal
Located in Houston, TX
Brutalist wall sculpture of patinated metal.
Monumental Brutalist wall sculpture of patinated metal inspired by Silas Seandel.
Fabulous large Brutalist abstract wall sculpture of patinated metal in the manner of Silas Seandel/Curtis Jere/Tony Melendy...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Table Elefante by NONO 02, Oak Pure, Distinctive Style
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Table Elefante by NONO 02, Oak Pure, Distinctive Style
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Elefante Collection: A Harmony of Design and Heritage by NONO
Crafting Elegance with a Modernist Touch...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Swiss Brutalist Candle Holder, 1960's
Located in Bern, CH
Brutalist floor standing wrought iron candle holder dating from the 1960's. Believed to be of Swiss origin. With single candle holder on a tripod base.
Height: 90cm / Width: 30cm / D...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Emerald Green Faceted Murano Glass Vase
Located in North Miami, FL
This is a super-cool deep green faceted Murano glass oversized vase with lovely details throughout. The intentional rough finish to exterior adds ...
Category
2010s Italian Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
William Bowie Brutalist Bronze Sculpture 1960s
Located in New York, NY
This abstract sculpture appears to be the figure of a man, but upon closer inspection, the figure gives way to a mass of swirling metal.
William Bowie was a prominent sculptor of t...
Category
1960s American Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Brutalist Candle Holder R:2 - Solid Black Oak - by Mokko
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Acer candle holder R:2 features architectural cubic volumes and semi arched voids. Made out of solid wood and steel, showing signs of handcraft.
Designed by Aad Bos and crafted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Logniture, Still Stand Abstract Wood Sculpture, Chainsaw Carved, Walnut
By Logniture
Located in Stara Gradiška, HR
Still Stand Abstract Wood Sculpture, Carved Walnut
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
DO16 Square Clock, Gold and aluminium coloured, Solid cast Brass & Aluminium
Located in Benahavis, AN
The decorative Clock was created by David Marshall, it is made of sand cast brass.
Handmade, mounted and finished in our foundry and workshop in Spain from recycled materials.
Cert...
Category
2010s Spanish Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
John De La Rosa California Brutalist Fish Sculpture, ca 2000s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
John De La Rosa California Brutalist Fish Sculpture, ca 2000s
Sculpture measures 30" wide, 7-1/4" deep, 17-1/4' high overall, Base plate measures 7-1/4" square, 1" high. Signature e...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Clock perforated D018 Cast Brass, Gold coloured, Handmade in Spain
Located in Benahavis, AN
The decorative Perforated Clock was created by David Marshall, it is made of sand cast brass.
Handmade, mounted and finished in our foundry and workshop in Spain from recycled materi...
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2010s Spanish Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Wooden urn or vide poche France circa 1935
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Unusual and decorative urn or vide poche
Conic shaped, 2 handles with rope rings.
Gouge hand-carved walnut, rich patina.
" Africanist" inspiration, France circa 1935
Dimensions :...
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1930s French Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Rope, Walnut
Rare & Early James Bearden "Pod Box on Stand" Steel & Blackened Bronze Brutalist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and studio-made by American designer and craftsman James Bearden, this pedestal style box offers a unique blend of extraordinary hand-made quality and striking brutalist vis...
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2010s American Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Franz West Style Brutalist Large Iron Chain Link Candleholder Candle Stick, 1970
Located in Vienna, AT
A decorative, large, and solid Brutalism candle holder / candlestick from the 1970s. Handmade in France from a heavy blackened nautical iron anchor chain with a hammer-blown top and ...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Danish Brutalist Glazed Ceramic Planters, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Curated set of 2 ceramic pieces. A pot shaped bowl/planter from Dot keramik in Denmark circa 1970 and an unknown square fat-lava vase or small planter from the the early 1970s. The s...
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1970s Scandinavian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 Metal PLANTS Contemporary BRUTALIST SCULPTURES by ESOJ France 2020
Located in PARIS, FR
A set of 3 strong and spectacular plants in pots, contemporary brutalist sculptures, unique pieces by artist ESOJ, France 2020.
These pieces allow to be presented independently, as well as together (recommended) allowing various esthetic compositions. They are made to be set up indoor as radical sculptures, as well as outdoor on a terrasse or in any garden or even wild nature to create a trouble illusion between wildness and modernity.
We represent ESOJ and organized his exhibition "Metal Spirit", November 2022, in our gallery in Paris, and this unique piece was presented during this event.
Esoj's work is rooted in a direct link to daily life, to the visual value of consumer objects. Whether they are elements of nature or products of pop culture, he fixes them in the metal to give them a definitive appearance, a form of immortality: a box of opened chocolates will be there forever, nothing will not erase Mickey's sluggish smile, nor his middle finger; a succulent plant frozen in iron will no longer need water... A parallel world under construction, a world of avatars springing from a metallic quintessence which confronts man with himself, with matter, with progress, to the flow of time. Beyond their symbolic force, Esoj's sculptures express as much the visceral gesture of the artist in a world losing meaning, as they catalog his universe in a subjective archive.
For his first collaboration with us, Esoj looks away from his Barbie dolls, Playmobils and bags of M&Ms, to sketch a sort of return to Nature and vibrate an ancestral wisdom evident in his new series of cacti, succulents, vases and masks murals with shamanic connotations. A wisdom that he draws from his Portuguese origins, this saudade: “tension between opposites, on the one hand the feeling of a lack, on the other hand the hope and the desire to find what we lack”, embodied here by a particularly inhabited desert; where cacti are next to agaves, aloes, prickly pears, plants which are certainly ornamental but also hallucinogenic and healing, sometimes fatal; where the series of containers suggests an almost medicinal link between these inert objects, even more obvious in the wall piece inspired by Korean shaman...
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2010s French Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Vintage Perletinn Brutalist Box in Pewter, Norway 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A Norwegian brutalist box for cigarettes, cigar, playing cards, jewelry or other personal smalls. Distinct crater paneling micmicing the surface of the moon. Made and designed by Per...
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1960s Norwegian Vintage Brutalist Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
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