Post-Modern Decorative Objects
POSTMODERN STYLE
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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Style: Post-Modern
Italy 1980 Bruno Chersicla Black Painted Metal Sculpture Upupa
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla.
All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certif...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Transparent and Murano Glass Pitcher Vase by La Murrina with Gold Leaf, Italy
By La Murrina
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
This pitcher vase is made in transparent Murano glass and features gold leaf flakes. It is slightly ribbed.
This is a vintage item, therefore it might show sl...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Small post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1980s. The vase is primarily a dark brown in color, but has cream, black and grey veining throughout. The vase is in very good vintage co...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Dancing woman in pink Venetian Murano glass, 1960s
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Dancing woman in pink Murano Venetian glass, 1960s
This exquisite Murano glass dancer, a piece that evokes the sophistication of the 1960s. Handcr...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Kopka - Candelabra
By Franco V
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Named for Alfred Kopka, the first craft master at the Bauhaus school's metal shop, expertly crafted by hand in Brooklyn, NY, the Kopka Candelabra is a sculptural addition to any spac...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Iron Sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri
Located in Milano, IT
This modern sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri commands attention with its austerity and visual complexity. Crafted with a mixed technique, the piece consists of two overlapping square pane...
Category
1990s European Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Iron
Italy 1980 Abstract Sculpture by Nevio De Luca
Located in Brescia, IT
This Italian artist follow his soul and imagines the scenes story telling the life. This is the cinema story, a dreaming bronze in which we can find a movie.
Only one piece, bronze o...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze
DYKA Vase by ZEMNA
Located in Geneve, CH
DYKA Vase by ZEMNA
Designed by Tetiana Krasutska.
Dimensions: D 10 x W 30 x H 30 cm.
Materials: Clay.
Each object in the DYKA collection is unique because it is sculpted by hand fr...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Italy 1980 Late 20th Century Pop Art Multiple Bronze Bottles
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a multiple bronze with wood base create by the Italian artist Tino Stefanoni in 1980 circa.
This artwork is following Pop Art and its philosoph...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Eberhard Bank Carving, Sculpture of Two Dolomite Seals, on Black Obsidian Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This an amazing carving by the German certified artist Eberhard Bank. This sculpture is of two seals in white dolomite on snowflake black obsidian , seals are marked with monogram EB...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
1985 Italy Iron Abstract Sculpture by Alex Corno Confini Borders
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense and engaging abstract sculpture of art brutalist was create in 1980 by the Italian artist Alex Corno.
This is a multiple of 10 specimens, numbered and signed by the art...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
1980 Italy Post-Modern Abstract Sculpture Alessandro Guerriero Portabuono Qua
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Alessandro Guierriero, it is a multiple of a serie of specimens made in limited edition not numbered.
The set is forged in aluminum and...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Monika Dąbrowska-picewicz Rounded Objects by Nów
Located in Geneve, CH
Monika Dabrowska-Picewicz Rounded Objects by Nów
Designed by Monika Dabrowska-Picewicz
Dimensions: D 38 x W 30 x H 22 cm
Materials: stoneware, gro...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Stoneware, Porcelain
Italy 1980 Late 20th Century Pop Art Multiple Bronze Pens
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a multiple bronze with wood base create by the Italian artist Tino Stefanoni in 1980 circa.
This artwork is following Pop Art and its philosophy...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Postmodern Handmade Scavo Glass Bottle / Vase by Luigi Mellara, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This bottle / vase is made in hand-blown polychrome scavo glass, with a etched and blown clear glass cap.
It is signed by Luigi Mellara.
It is vintage and handm...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Urano Palma Tavolo Del Politico E Sedia
By Urano Palma
Located in Brescia, IT
Urano Palma is an Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana.
He specially worked to the sculptured furniture, inventing a casting te...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Italy 1982 Post Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture Lucky Charm by Concetto Pozzati
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a joyful bronze sculpture; this art work has signed by the well known Italian artist Concetto Pozzati. Title Lucky Charm.
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 p...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Asian Octagonal Lacquer Box with Turtle Closure
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Asian Octagonal Lacquer Box With Turtle Closure.
Lovely 20th century Asian lacquer box with Greek key design and a metal turtle closure.
Th...
Category
20th Century Asian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Carmelo De Giorgio for Officina De Giorgio Linea Luce Table Candlestick
By De Giorgio
Located in San Diego, CA
The attention to detail is reflected in the high quality workmanship of this piece, Its been sanded, polished and finished by hand. Beautiful design on this candelabra piece of solid...
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Brise Soleil Wall Sculpture by Daniel Schneiger
Located in Geneve, CH
Brise Soleil wall sculpture by Daniel Schneiger.
Dimensions: D 76 x W 117 x H 18 cm.
Materials: wood, foam, resin and paint.
Custom sizes available. Cu...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin, Wood, Foam
Justin Beal aluminum Cantaloupes abstract sculpture .
By Justin Beal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very interesting sculpture of the imagination of a contemporary great artist Justin Beal. This series of Melons,Cucombers, Cantaloupes is exceptional .
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Senape Flower Vase Ettore Sottsass Japanese Urushi Laquer Model B
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Senape flower vase designed by Ettore Sottsass for Marutomi. This model is limited Japanese urushi lacquer model.
Japanese traditional ur...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
Mid-Century / Postmodern Ikebana Style Ceramic Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful ceramic vase with motifs, circa 1980s signed at the bottom no chips or cracks.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
El Mar Wall Piece by Pepe Valenti
Located in Geneve, CH
El Mar Wall Piece by Pepe Valenti
Dimensions: D 7 x W 70 x H 190 cm.
Materials: Chrome-plated stainless steel.
Inspired by the immersive experience of th...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Italy 1998 the Skyscrapers Brass Abstract Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an artwork of Roberto Vecchione, an Italian artist friend of Giovanni Campus and Bruno Munari.
Its work is a form of ‘mind architecture’ and this two pieces are representativ...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
1970s Flying Birds Lucite Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and unique rare Lucite sculpture with flying birds, floating polished front window with a rough back and sides, gives the impression of a cave.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
Abstract Wood Sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri
Located in Milano, IT
This sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri, created in the 1990s, speaks with the strength of the material and the delicacy of form. Crafted from wood, its surface resembles a mosaic of interw...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Brass Counter Hook by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Counter Hook by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 6 x D 4 x H 5 cm
Materials: Brass
Designed for hanging bags and coats under bar counters.
Each ...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Drop No. 2 Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop No. 2 Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: D 35 x W 45 x H 40 cm.
Materials: Ceramics, stoneware.
15 Kg.
A mound of molten clay that is deposited on the gr...
Category
2010s Argentine Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
1980 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Giulietta Juliet
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Ottorino Tonelli.
Ottorino Tonelli was born in 1948 in Carrara, where he lives and works. After having ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Aluminum
Moon Jar in Gloss by Solem Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Moon jar in gloss by Solem Ceramics
Dimensions: Ø 42 x H 42 cm.
Materials: Red stoneware, white slip, glaze.
This Jar is also available in Raw and Obsidian finishes.
Solem’s wo...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
1980 Italy Post-Modern Alessandro Guerriero Abstract Sculpture Portabuono Quo
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Alessandro Guierriero, it is a multiple of a serie of specimens made in limited edition not numbered.
The set is forged in aluminum and...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Baccarat Crystal Glass Zodiac Dragon
By Baccarat
Located in Mérida, YU
Baccarat Crystal Glass Ornament Zodiac Dragon. 2012.
Perfect condition. Marked.
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
1980s Vintage Glossy Glam Rare Navy Large Swan Ceramic Planter
Located in San Gabriel, CA
1980s very rare large glam swan navy planter
19” long x 8” wide x 13” high
Planter 7” high
Some speckles and grazing to surface but in general great condition.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Italy 1970 Post Modern Aluminium Abstract Sculptures the Twins and Moon
Located in Brescia, IT
The twins in aluminium are a pair of metaphysical houses, the moon in black plexiglass is free and can be put on the top of one or other roof.
This sculpture means the freedom to cr...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Gaia Vase by Arturo Erbsman
Located in Geneve, CH
Gaia vase by Arturo Erbsman
The name GAIA expresses its origin - 'from the earth' and is inspired by the earliest form of Japanese Ikebana style called Tatehana, or “standing flowers”.
GAIA is a contemporary shallow vase designed to receive one or several single stem flowers in a unique arrangement. Carefully sculpted in a capsule shape from a single block of soft pink onyx, it is also available in Carrara marble. The vase comes with eleven holes that differ in diameter and has superficial chambers for each stem. Focusing on shape and line, simplicity and nature GAIA is an exquisite centerpiece for your everyday rituals.
Due to their natural origin (onyx and marble), variations may exist and are to be embraced, making each vase truly one of a kind.
Materials: Pink onyx. Also available in Carrara marble
Dimensions: W36 x D10 x H4 cm
Arturo Erbsman is a French designer whose works reflect different points of intersection between manufactured objects and the four elements of nature. He focuses on showing the delicacy of distinct aspects of water like ice, snow, stalactites, condensation and vapor in his handmade lighting objects.
He derives his source of inspiration from his faraway travels and from closely observing natural phenomena of everyday life.
Arturo Erbsman
2017 Salone Satellite 20 years of creativity - Milan Design Week
2016 Château de Maisons-Laffitte, France
2016 Design Stars / IFFS - Singapore design week
2015 Nature(s) Galerie Glassbox / Mains d’Oeuvre - COP21 Paris
2015 Now le Off - Paris design week
2015 Salone Satellite 2015 - Milan design week
2015 Maison&Objet, Parcours d'inspiration Nature Made - Paris
2015 Equations design at Cité des sciences et de l'industrie - Paris
2014 I designer del futuro at La Rinascente - Milan
2014 Biennale Interieur - Kortrijk, Belgium
2014 Experience/s at Bastille Design Center for the Designer's days - Paris
2014 Salone Satellite 2014 – Milan design week
2014 Formes at Cité des sciences et de l’industrie – Paris
2013 Salone Satellite 2013 – Milan Design Week
2013 Ambiente 2013 – Frankfurt
2013 Ecobat 2013 – Paris
2013 DMY International Design Festival – Berlin...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Vintage Art Deco Revival Chrome & Resin LeGarcon Mannequin by Lindsey Balkweill
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Rare English Art Deco Revival Chrome & Resin LeGarcon Mannequin by Lindsey Balkweill
This rare English Art Deco Revival Silver and Red Mannequin was created in the 1970s by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Artist-made vintage onyx / agate & walnut lidded vessel box, signed & dated 1984
Located in Hastings, GB
This beautifully tactile sculptural onyx lidded box is a unique artist-made piece...unfortunately I've been unable to identify the maker's mark. We sourced it in Phoenix, Arizona, al...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx
1980 Italy Post-Modern Abstract Sculpture Alessandro Guerriero Portabuono Qua
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Alessandro Guierriero, it is a multiple of a serie of specimens made in limited edition not numbered.
The set is forged in aluminum and...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Italy, 1990, Post-Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Filippo Panseca
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting bronze sculpture multiple art work signed by the Italian artist Filippo Panseca. Title The secret of the Pharaoh
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Blue painted iron sculpture by Mario Brunelli
Located in Milano, IT
This sculpture by Mario Brunelli, created in the 1990s in Mantua, embodies the strength and delicacy of iron, transformed by the artist into a column of pure expression. Painted in a...
Category
1990s European Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Italy 1980 Riccardo Dalisi White Painted Metal Sculpture Pulcinino
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known international artist Riccardo Dalisi.
All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and complete...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1970s Brass Geometric Table Sculptures Pyramid Cube Mid-Century, Italy
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Sarreid Ltd. marked brass abstract shapes, Italy, circa 1970s.
Sm pyramid W: 5 1/4 X D: 5 1/4 X H: 5 1/4 in.
Md pyramid W: 5 5/8 X D: 5 5/8 X H: 6 in.
Cube W: 5 1/4 X D: 5 1/4 ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Whimsical Postmodern Torch Cut Solid Iron Candle Holder Sculpture Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare candle holder Stamped M 1994, fire torch welded iron figurines after Keith Haring, each holder takes a 3/4" diameter candle.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Baruch Saktsier bronze signed
By Baruch Saktsier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a great work for the Russian /Israel artist Baruch Saktsier.
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Fragments Wall Sculpture by Dora Stanczel
Located in Geneve, CH
Fragments Wall Sculpture by Dora Stanczel
One of a Kind.
Dimensions: D 15 x W 50 x H 70 cm.
Materials: Porcelain, gold and jasmonit.
I create ...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Other, Gold
Pair of Late 20th Century French Enameled Glazed Black Ceramic Women Busts/Heads
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of late 20th century french enameled glazed black ceramic women busts/heads
By: unknown
Material: ceramic, enamel, paint
Technique: pressed, molded, enameled, polished, painted
Dimensions: 9.5 in x 5.5 in x 13.5 in
Date: late 20th century, circa 1970
Style: Post-Modern, Mid-Century Modern, Space Age, Minimalism
Place of origin: France
The sleek minimalism of French design in the 1960s and 70s took inspiration from groundbreaking fashion of the era. This stylish pair of black ceramic busts...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Postmodern Silver-Plated Brass and Plexiglass Candelabrum by Mesa, Italy 1970s
By Mesa
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This splendid candelabrum is made in silver-plated brass and plexiglass.
It features its original patina, but we can clean it for free.
The candelabrum is vi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Silver
Vintage Jaru Geometrical Orbs
By Jaru
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Unique geometric orbs by JARU. 2 multifaceted orbs which capture the attention. White glazed ceramic with JARU copyright and date.
Larger 8.25 x 7.5
Smaller 5.75 x 5
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Raw Stone XL Vase by Milena Kling
Located in Geneve, CH
Raw Stone XL Vase by Milena Kling
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 26 x H 55 cm.
Materials: Mouth-blown crystal glass.
Each RAW Vase is one of a kind and personally signed by Milena Kli...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Set of Modern Greek Antikristos Vessels Sculpture Vase
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
An original set of primary Antikristo pieces by the great greek artist Elena Vasilantonaki
The pieces are built entirely by hand with the coiling technique, in a variety of stoneware...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
1998 Italy Postmodern Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
Roberto Vecchione is an Italian artist that explore the world between the empty and full, the yes and no with a conceptual language called "New Baroque".
H...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Iron
Italy 1980 Abstract Sculpture Sphere in Brass Natural Wood and Metal Chrome
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a unique piece and prototype of this interesting artwork of Filippo Panseca, an Italian artist that it is considered, together with Laurence Gartel, the father of the Computer Art.
Friend of Renato Guttuso, later he created the Biodegradable Art. His artworks were shown at Art Basel and the Biennale of Art in Venice.
In this piece we can see the investigation of the artist of the Cosmic world and Cinetic art...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of Four Post-Modern Marble Blocks / Paperweights
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous set of four post-modern marble blocks / paperweights, circa 1980s. The pieces are in very good condition with no chips or cracks and the largest one measures 3"W x 2"D x 6....
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Hender Model 4 Large Green Object by Eter Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Hender Model 4 Large Green Object by Eter Design
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: D 29.2 x W 39.4 x H 57.2 cm.
Materials: Clay.
Sustainable - Eco-friendly...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Large SIGNED Ceramic Totem by Alessandro MENDINI
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Original ceramic designed by Alessandro Mendini. Italy, 2008.
Glazed Totem ceramic by Alessandro Mendini for Superego edition, Milano. Named 'Dypilon', this ceramic is part of a T...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Vase from Stepped Series in Enameled Ceramic by Bitossi 1990s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
A vase from the stepped series in hand-turned in white clay enameled with two-tone matt gray and light green glaze, manufactured in the 1990s by Bitossi and designed by Ettore Sottsa...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Incense Burner by Saturday Yard Work
Located in Geneve, CH
Incense Burner by Saturday Yard Work
Dimensions: W 10 x D 10 x H 2.5 cm
Materials: Aluminium.
Finish: Polished face / blackened texture.
SATURDAY YARD WORK by Nathan Martin is a Ka...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
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