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Item Ships From: Chicago
Pair of 19th Century Brass Parabolic Reflectors
Located in Chicago, IL
In the 19th century, parabolic reflectors such as these were employed in scientific experiments to study the behavior of light, heat, and sound. These brass parabolic mirrors, when p...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Found and Salvaged Steel Industrial Objects on Wooden Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique, interesting items. Here, a beautifully rusted tobacco box, a steel egg...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Set of 19th Century French Pétanque Boules
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful set of 19th century French pétanque boules, comprised of four iron studded balls and one marble cochonnet (jack). The set can be used in pla...
Category
19th Century French Rustic Antique Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Iron
"Crashing Wave" Root Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking silhouette elevates this gnarled rootwood object into an incredible natural sculpture. The organic root form recalls the tradition of Chinese scholars' rocks, or gongshi, ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Rick Owens Cast Bronze Duck Neck Vase Nitrate Patina
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze duck neck vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection.
This is shown in the nitrate patina.
Each bronze is handcrafted in Fra...
Category
2010s French Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rick Owens Cast Bronze Duck Neck Vase Black Patina Signed Rick Owens
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze duck neck vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection.
This is shown in the black patina but other patinas are available by order.
Each bronze is signed.
...
Category
2010s French Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Arnoldo Pomodoro Cast Sculptural Bronze Box Sculpture
By Arnaldo Pomodoro
Located in Chicago, IL
Arnoldo Pomodoro cast bronze box abstract sculptural box with lid decorated organic abstract motifs, c1960-1970
The box is part of a series of four boxes made by the two brothers Gio...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Full Moon" Chinese Bi Disc
Located in Chicago, IL
Found in the tombs of ancient Chinese emperors and aristocrats, bi discs have a mysterious and spiritual history, and their function and significance remain uncertain. Thought to pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Abstract Lucite and Brass Spiral Sculpture by Shlomi Haziza.
By Shlomi Haziza
Located in Chicago, IL
Spiral sculpture constructed of acrylic (lucite), brushed brass and metal by noted artist Shlomi Haziza. Ribbons of violet and gold acrylic along with brass spiral up from an acryli...
Category
1990s American Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
Wharton Esherick Important Sofa
By Wharton Esherick
Located in Chicago, IL
Wharton Esherick important sofa for Lawrence and Alice Seiver.
We are pleased to offer this exceptional item, the epitome of the Americ...
Category
1950s American American Craftsman Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Poplar, Tulipwood, Walnut
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure, Modern and Minimalist Sculpture
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of found steel is reworked, pr...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Signed Bronze Dish by Italian Gio Pomodoro Il Sestante Galeria
By Arnaldo Pomodoro, Gio Pomodoro
Located in Chicago, IL
A bronze sculpture / dish by Italian artist Gio Pomodoro for Il Sestante Galleria, Milan, Italy, circa 1958. This example is much larger than the usually found sculptural dishes. The...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Green Glass Fisherman’s Float, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful green sphere is an early 20th century glass float used by fishermen to keep their fishing nets or droplines afloat in the ocean. The hollow float would have been encased by a rope netting and used just like a modern buoy. Because these floats were commonly produced from recycled bottles, most antique glass floats...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure on a Reclaimed Steel Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of spare parts come together ...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Rick Owens Cast Bronze Coupe Nitrate Patina Vase Signed
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze coupe vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection.
This is shown in the nitrate patina.
Each piece is handmade and hand patinated so there is always a sl...
Category
2010s French Brutalist Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Assemblage No. 08 - Found Object Minimalist Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Using entirely found and collected steel objects, this sculpture shows the beauty of repurposed steel. Meticulously crafted, artist Jim Rose was a master welder as well as artistic c...
Category
2010s American Shaker Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Geometric Ashanti African Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
An indicator of status and family, stools play an integral role in traditional Ashanti culture. Believed to be the resting place for a person's soul, a stool is given to a child when they first learn to crawl and used in personal milestones throughout the rest of their life.
Carved from a solid block of wood, each stool has a rectangular base and a distinctive curved seat supported by a central column and four corner posts. While some ceremonial stools are carved to convey particular proverbs, this stool is simply decorated with scalloped edges, geometric patterns, and a small cross. The combination of shapes and curved lines makes this Ashanti stool...
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Claude Lalanne Brooch Pomme Bouche Patinated Bronze Brooch Signed CL Lalanne
By Claude Lalanne
Located in Chicago, IL
Surrealistic Pomme Bouche brooch by Claude Lalanne, created in 1975. Bronze with a dark brown patina and a verdigris leaf and stem, signed with editions mark and monogrammed Arthus-B...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Pompeii" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated in Shanxi province as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Steel
Carlo Zauli Italian Artist Abstract Ceramic Sculpture Signed Zauli
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Chicago, IL
Ceramic sculpture by Carlo Zauli from the series "Sphere" done in the circa 1970s.
Stoneware and very abstract. Influences of Lucio Fontana are apparent.
Exhibited large scale installations during Milan Design Week 2013.
Carlo Zauli is indisputably considered one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century.
After having won the main awards in ceramics in the fifties, the early sixties saw him evolve towards a markedly sculptural interpretation of his Craft. In these years he developed his own artistic language, imbued with informal atmospheres intertwined with a harmonious but disruptive "naturalness": these are the years of growing international success. From 1958, the year in which the great high-reliefs were made for the Baghdad palace and the Kuwait State Printing Office, he saw his fame grow continually, up to the end of the seventies and eighties, throughout Europe, Japan , North America, where he realizes exhibitions and placed work permanently.
Carlo Zauli was born in 1926 in Faenza, where he died in 2002.
Instead of ornate platters and decorative vases, his work seemed to have emerged from the earth itself, with organic curves, jagged edges, cracks and fissures that reflected the artist’s keen connection with nature. It was this passion for the natural world that made his work revered in Japan.
Zauli first showed in the Japan as well in 1964 with the International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art that toured several top museums.
At the beginning of 1960s, Carlo Zauli enters an artistic period in which he could be defined 'a sculptor of vases.' He subjects his vases to a progressive process of geometrical synthesis that, combined with a sort of abnormal growth, turns them into true sculptures. His studio receives frequent visits from Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro, Giuseppe Spagnulo...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure, Modern and Minimalist Sculpture
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of found steel is reworked, pr...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Monique Gerber French Small Bronze Rock Form Vide Poche or Ashtray
By Monique Gerber
Located in Chicago, IL
French artist Monique Gerber vintage sculptural bronze abstract rock form vide poche or ashtray. Art du bronze.
Patina is beautiful and shows its age.
These bronze objects were often...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rick Owens Cast Bronze Evase Vase Nitrate Patina
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The iconic bronze Evase vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection.
This is shown in the nitrate patina.
Each bronze is handcrafted in Fran...
Category
2010s French Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stanley Landsman Infinity Mirror 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Stanley Landsman Infinity Mirror 1970
Painted matte black wood and mirrored glass
Dimensions: 84¼ h × 25 w × 24 d in
Stanley Landsman was a pioneering sculptor best known for his “In...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Carlo Zauli Ceramic Vase Iconic Gray Mottled Glaze
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Chicago, IL
The black potion of the glaze is composed of both matte and glossy glaze.
The vase, the archetype of every ceramist, is central to the research of the initial period of Carlo Zauli...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks of wheat to separa...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Joe Downing Mixed Media Rawhide Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Joe Downing Mixed Media Rawhide Painting
This stunning mixed media artwork features overlapping rawhide secured with copper tacks, executed on both sides for a captivating visual eff...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Large Brass Pineapple Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Large-scale vase is made with solid brass.
Vase is made well and is heavy
Dimensions:
11" high
12" dia
opening 5.50" opening
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Paper Darkened Brass Bowl I by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Paper darkened brass bowl I by Gentner Design
Dimensions: D 25.4 x W 25.4 x H 12.7 cm
Materials: darkened brass
Available in tarnished brass and darkened brass.
The Paper Series emb...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
'Regatta', An American Brutalist Iron Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-20th century American Brutalist iron sculpture, titled Regatta, captures the dynamic energy of a sailboat race with bold, abstracted forms. The composition features four sai...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Signed Curtis Jere Starburst POM POM Abstract Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Chicago, IL
Curtis Jere Starburst wall sculpture / Signed & dated.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Brass Oil Decanter by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass oil decanter by Gentner Design
Dimensions: D 6.3 x W 10 x H 22.2 cm
Materials: polished tarnished brass
Made of brass and hand tarnished, the...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
House Sculpture, Minimalist Modern Structure, Rusted Steel Wedge on Wood Blocks
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, found steel objects are welded together to ...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Brass Sweep Dustpan and Brush by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Sweep dustpan and brush by Gentner Design
Dimensions: D 20 x W 18 x H 6.3 cm
Materials: tarnished brass, horsehair
This dust pan and brush bring a whole new dimension to clean...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure on a Reclaimed Steel Plate, Wooden Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of found steel is reworked and...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated in Shanxi province as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Steel
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated in Shanxi province as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Steel
Jim Rose - Construct No. 05, Salvaged Steel and Aluminum Industrial Objects
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique, interesting items. Here he has welded together various metal pieces to...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
“Tiny Celadon Green Jacket" by Gordon Chandler
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures formed from found metal scraps. With an eye to the aesthetic possibilities of this humble material, Chandler invests the reclaimed steel with sculptural fluidity and a wry sense of form.
Flattened with the center portion rolled out and the sides left open, this discarded barrel takes on the look of a miniature jacket. Coated with a mint green finish, the eroded metal appears as draped fabric, folded back to form a simple collar. The sculpture is finished with the artist's initials stamped...
Category
2010s American Industrial Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Signed Bronze Dish by Italian Gio Pomodoro Il Sestante Galeria
By Gio Pomodoro, Arnaldo Pomodoro
Located in Chicago, IL
A bronze sculpture / dish by Italian artist Gio Pomodoro for Il Sestante Galleria, Milan, Italy, circa 1958.
In the late 1950s the gallery was producing small series of decorative o...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stone Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Solid stone sculpture, polished stone sculpture.
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Trio of Hand Carved Wood Sculpture, Tall Carved Poplar Totems
By Steve Turner
Located in Chicago, IL
These hand-carved poplar sculptures transforms from an open, geometric cage form at the bottom to a serpent head at the top. Steve Turner slowly works the wood, revealing natural elements, rings and knots present in the wood. These modern totems evokes the work of Constantin Brancusi and Henry Moore in its modern and organic nature. Each of these three sculptures stands atop a solid steel custom base thus the width dimension can vary depending on how far apart each is spaced.
Steve Turner
Struggle, 2020
catalpa wood...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mars Piece by Thomas Akawie California Realism 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Mars Piece by Thomas Akawie California Realism 1970
Airbrush on Resin, Vacuum-Formed,
A rare 1970s piece by Thomas Akawie, created using airbrush on resin formed with a vacuum machin...
Category
1970s Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Set of Six Iron Greek Key Fragments
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of six early 20th century American cast iron architectural fragments with a Greek Key pattern, perfect for mounting on a wall, displayed on a table, or myriad other uses around...
Category
Early 20th Century American Greek Revival Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Hobnail Tile Wall Piece by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Hobnail tile wall piece by Gentner Design
Dimensions: D 30 x H 40 cm
Materials: steel
Hand-formed from a sheet of steel, emphasizing the material’s pliable characteristics expre...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Plump Floating Wall Console in Topaz Yellow, Translucent Resin, by Ian Cochran
By Ian Cochran
Located in New York, NY
Plump Crystal Clear Floating Wall Console by Ian Cochran, Rep by Tuleste Factory
A continuation of the Plump series of sculptural furniture. The shapes play upon the effect that res...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated in Shanxi province as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Steel
Minimalist Modern Structure, Rusted Steel on Wood Block Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, found steel objects are welded together to ...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Tony Rosenthal Maquette for Large T-Square Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Tony Rosenthal Maquette for Large T-Square Sculpture, 1978 Welded Steel painted.
Last Photograph Tony Rosenthal ’’T-Square’’ (1978) at Grove Isle, Miami, Florida © Estate of Tony Ros...
Category
1970s Vintage Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Tony Rosenthal Tabletop Bronze Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Tony Rosenthal Tabletop Bronze Sculpture
Untitled. Vertically oriented black painted bronze sculpture with three interior voids with irregular edges welded to base, signed, circa 19...
Category
1990s Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Found and Salvaged Steel Structure on a Wooden Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of spare parts come together ...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Serpent's run, Abstract Sculpture, Brightly Colored Intertwined Geometric Form
By Robert Segal
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
1990s American Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Fiberglass
Abstract Bronze Sculpture By Ramiz Barquet
By Ramiz Barquet
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Dove," this bronze sculpture, by the revered Puerto Vallarta artist Ramiz Barquet, captures the bird's form with a fluid abstract style. It is signed "Barquet" and "Dove."
...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Scorpion Sculpture, Enrique "Sebastian Carbajal, 1990
By Enrique Sebastian Carbajal
Located in Chicago, IL
Scorpion Sculpture, Enrique "Sebastian Carbajal, 1990's
Born Enrique Carbajal Gonzalez, Sebastian adopted his pseudonym after seeing a painting called St. Sebastian by Italian Renais...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Javelin, Abstract Sculpture, Brightly Colored Intertwined Geometric Form
By Robert Segal
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Segal’s abstract sculpture offers a particularly fertile ground for experiments in shape, color, proportion, and technique. He steps away from non-traditional sculpting method...
Category
1990s American Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Fiberglass
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated in Shanxi province as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Steel
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated in Shanxi province as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Chicago Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
