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Contemporary Signed Steel Metal Wall Sculpture Signed Christiane Martens, 1990s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a stunning, abstract, steel and mixed metal wall sculpture, signed and dated by Christiane T. Martens, circa 1994. In excellent condition. The dimensions ar...
Category
1990s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$1,400 Sale Price
60% Off
African Black Stone Palette Dish Bowl Ashtray Relief Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Native carved blackened stone artifact, weighs 2 lbs 12 oz. Age is unknown, estate purchase.
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Puerto Rican Pre-Columbian Abstract Scu...
Materials
Cast Stone
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Twisted Copper Lanyard Wreath Industrial Circle Form Sculpture Wall Art Hanging
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Antique late 19th century twisted Lanyard pattern copper tube circle form. Could be mounted or hung. Hollow with some holes from the hand crafting.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Mahogany Gear Pin
Located in Dallas, TX
Add some rustic, vintage flare to your decor with this antique English mahogany wood gear pin from circa 1890. Made in Nottinghamshire, it is ideal for adding style and sophisticatio...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Rustic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$1,095 Sale Price
44% Off
Abstract "Radio Tronics" Artography Lrg Mixed Media Sculpture by Pasqual Bettio
By Pasqual Bettio
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Artography Wall Sculpture titled "Radio Tronics" Artography Wall Sculpture by Pasqual Bettio. Bio Senior Senator ret. J. Pasqual Bettio F.R.P.S. started his artistic career after gra...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$9,660 Sale Price
31% Off
Damien Hirst “The Magnificent Seven”
By Damien Hirst
Located in Palm Springs, CA
“The Magficent Seven” by Damien Hirst. 7ping pong balls in an orange cardboard box. This was an edition of 1500. This one is numbered on the bottom 253/1500. Signed and stamped on th...
Category
Early 2000s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Paper
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Robert Edward Hamilton 1978 Abstract Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A concrete and metal large abstract sculpture signed and dated 1978 by the noted artist Robert Edward Hamilton. It has been repaired in an area near the base, which is pictured.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Metal
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Pink Face Sculptural Wood Chair, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi
Sculptural chair with collage on wood.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chairs
Materials
Metal
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Metal Sculpture by Jack Hemenway
By Jack Hemenway
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Polished steel sculpture with applied "rust" threads by Jack Hemenway. On half dome base with rust finish. Good condition with age appropriate wear. Mino...
Category
20th Century American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Striking Abstract Wood Sculpture by Ed Hart
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderful wood sculpture by the noted Californian artist Ed Hart. Mixed exotic woods with a nice finish and detailed with metal inserts. Vaguely propeller shap...
Category
20th Century American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$2,096 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro No. 11
Signed Mario Dal Fabbro, 1970, P.5
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's fur...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
$4,620 Sale Price
45% Off
DECORATIVE SCULPTURAL VESSEL in Clay by Jake Irving
By Jake Irving
Located in Sherborne, GB
Sculptural vessel in clay with four parallel lines of lava work lines, against a finger worked background, by Jake Irving.
This piece is of dish form with corners turning upwards.
...
Category
Late 20th Century British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
$602 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled' Plywood Sculpture by Govert Heikoop, 1986
By Govert Heikoop
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Govert Heikoop’s "Untitled" (1986) is a hand-signed painted plywood sculpture measuring 9.0 x 25.0 x 14.0 cm. Featuring a vibrant pastel palette of blue, orange, yellow, and white, t...
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plywood
$426 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Sculpture by Alwy Visschedyk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful abstract wood sculpture by Alwy Visschedyk, hand-signed. American, 1994.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Luxury Decor Lull No17 – Handcrafted Wooden Art Piece by NONO
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Luxury Decor Lull No17 – Handcrafted Wooden Art Piece by NONO
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, rounded forms and solid,...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$12,000 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Untitled' Bronze Knot by Mart de Houwer, 1975-1985
By Mart de Houwer
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
A small bronze knot made by Mart de Houwer. Throughout her artistic career De Houwer explored one topic: the line. In the end of the 1980s she created a series of knot sculptures in ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,374 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Italian White And Grey Marble Trompe L'oeil Obelisk
Located in Aspen, CO
1960s Italian white and grey marble trompe l'oeil multi-level obelisk, fits on a table top.
Category
Vintage 1960s European Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Vintage Rosewood Salt and Pepper Shaker Set by Don Shoemaker
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern abstract salt and pepper shakers designed by Don Shoemaker for Señal, S.A. Mexico. This set is handmade in rosewood with unique brass ring dispensers that makes fo...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Brazilian Modern Bronze Sculpture by Penithencia, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Sculpted by Brazilian plastics artist Penithencia, this unique brutalist abstract bronze sculpture sits a top a bronze painted wood base. Signed and numbered 2/9 on bronze and maint...
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Aluminum "Lavander" Centerpiece, All Handmade in Italy, 2022, Contemporary
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Prickly Copper Bonsai is inspired by trees moved by a strong wind.
The materials are wood and metals, representing both the strength of life and the roots of Mother Nature.
Scu...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$3,155 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Abstract Large Steel Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful large abstract steel sculpture by a talented pair local Palm Springs, the Sutton Brothers. It is painted and finished on one side in polished steel. Great presence. The p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Gio Colucci Green Glass Statue, 1950s
By Gio Colucci
Located in Lisbon, PT
This abstract green glass sculpture by Gio Colucci (1892–1974) is a rare expressionist piece from the 1950s. Shaped with soft and organic curves, the sculpture reveals the artist’s s...
Category
20th Century French Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$5,833 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled' Aluminium Triangle by Mart de Houwer, 1975-1985
By Mart de Houwer
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
A unique minimalist sculpture by Belgian artist Mart de Houwer (1931-1999) in solid aluminium. Originally the artist placed this work on a black wooden base, but the configuration an...
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$1,374 Sale Price
20% Off
Two Large Lucite Sculptures
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Two large lucite sculptures that we purchased demo an estate. The estate claimed they were done by an artist named Joe Allen or somewhere near t...
Category
1990s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
$1,560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Abstract "Sugar Plumb Fairly" Artography Mixed Media Wall by Pasqual Bettio
By Pasqual Bettio
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Artography wall sculpture titled "Sugar Plumb Fairly" Artography wall sculpture by Pasqual Bettio. Bio senator ret. J. Pasqual Bettio F.R.P.S. started his artistic career after gradu...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$8,280 Sale Price
31% Off
Chinese Hat Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Out of context, this carved wood hat stand has a curious, octopus-like appearance. Intricately embellished with carved flourishes, the hat Stand displa...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$310 Sale Price
60% Off
Sculpted Brick & Truss "Gavyn" Floor Lamp by Arcana
By Arcana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The destructive forces that seem to have shaped the Gavyn floor lamp are no longer seen, yet are deeply imbued in this sculptural floor lamp. A powder coated aluminum truss with 3 ad...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Other
$3,500 Sale Price
27% Off
Rare Art Glass Fish By Miloslav Janku For železnobrodské Sklo, 1970s
Located in Zohor, SK
This unique glass sculpture is designed by one of the most esteemed Czech glass designers- professor Miroslav Janku. Janku specialized in Hot-formed glass sculptures of animals and this part of his art work has become legendary. This unique statue...
Category
Vintage 1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
$370 Sale Price
50% Off
"Sfere" by Alessio Tasca, ceramic object from 1975
By Alessio Tasca
Located in Köln, DE
"Sfere" sculpture by famous ceramic artist Alessio Tasca.
Made in the 1970´s by the artist, marked in the ceramic with his stamp.
Very good condition including a small ceramic ring ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,706 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage European Purple Art Glass Modern Bowl Sculpture w/ Holes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
What we know for certain is this vintage piece was created in the 1970s in Europe. We have been told it is Italian by some glass expert and Scandinavian or Swedish by others. What I ...
Category
Vintage 1970s European Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Tall Lucite Sculpture by Joseph Alan Hough
By Joseph Alan Hough
Located in Pasadena, CA
This one-of-a-kind sculpture was carved from a single piece of crystal clear Lucite. The base of the clear Lucite piece is signed "J. Alan Hough.
Joseph Alan Hough is a Californian ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$480 Sale Price
65% Off
1990 Aluminum Frank Riggs Geometric Sculpture
By Frank P. Riggs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A painted aluminum sculpture by the noted American artist Frank Riggs (b. 1922). The piece is signed and dated 1990. In good condition with some minor paint loss along the edges and ...
Category
1990s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$2,500 Sale Price
28% Off
Green and Purple Glossy Sculpture Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sculptural resin vase in shades of green with touches of purple.
Category
2010s North American Modern Vases
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Unisphere
Located in Wilton, CT
This piece was commissioned by Donald Trump as a prototype for the unisphere to be erected in front of Trump International Hotel at Columbus Circle, New York City. The prototype has ...
Category
1990s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$40,000 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Yatch/Aircraft Compass Bubble Torpedo Table Sculpture Art War Relic
By Bendix Corporation
Located in Hyattsville, MD
For use as Prop not functioning. No break, and no cracks to molded forms or aluminium base plate. Sits flat.
Measures: W 24 x D 9 x H 14 in.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Industrial Aviation Objects
Materials
Plastic
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze Sculpture by Antonio Virduzzo
By Antonio Virduzzo
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze sculpture mounted on black marble base.
This sculpture represents the project of a fountain that designed the artist
Antonio Virduzz...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$5,215 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Emil Milan Walnut Garlic Smasher Utensil Kitchen Tool Vintage Mid-Century
By Emil Milan
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage Emil Milan Garlic crusher sculptural kitchen utensil, rare form, USA, circa 1950s. Vibrant walnut. Signed. Excellent condition. Measures: H 7½ in.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Walnut
$1,400 Sale Price
24% Off
Flow Low Aureo, Contemporary stool Made in Italy by Edizioni Enrico Girotti
By LapiegaWD, Enrico Girotti
Located in Verona, IT
Flow low stool matt or light gold are made by an element, a continuous wire drawing geometries born from the projection of a circle on a triangle, in which the rigour of the continuo...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Stools
Materials
Steel
$753 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Pink and Black Ceramic Wall Lights and Sconces 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ceramic
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Gold Sculptural Bronze Teddy Bear, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
Stunning bronze sculpture representing "Teddy Bear Per Sempre " production n 8 on 50.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
$3,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Stella McCartney Star Light
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Large light made into a star by Stella McCartney. This incredible piece gives off a huge amount of light. Made with 30 fluorescent tubes, each tube easily replaces when needed. A rea...
Category
Late 20th Century British Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$3,500 Sale Price
36% Off
Large Modern White Enameled Forged Steel Kinetic Sculpture '95 M.G. La Mair'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large modern white enameled forged steel Kinetic sculpture, visually Kinetic, non moveable sculpture, standing seven feet-eigh...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$2,963 Sale Price
24% Off
Set of two Organic leaning sculptures - previously owned by Sir Terence Conran
Located in London, GB
A set of two large, biomorphic plaster sculpture with a burnished finish that sits as solid pieces with a dynamic slanted axis.
They were previously owned by Sir Terence Conran (193...
Category
20th Century British Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
$1,253 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Contemporary Minimalist Wooden Console Table Charlotte by Olga Engel
By Olga Engel
Located in Amsterdam, NL
CHARLOTTE collection of collectible design objects inspired by poetic design of renowned French designer Charlotte Perriand. Minimalistic and ironic tables and consoles are made of ...
Category
2010s Latvian Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
$6,637 Sale Price
20% Off
Thick Clear Lucite Interlocking Hearts Sculpture by Miami Artist Michael Gitter
Located in Miami, FL
Thick Clear Lucite Interlocking Hearts Sculpture by Miami Artist Michael Gitter
Offered for sale is a thick clear lucite interlocking hearts sculpture by Miami based artist Michael ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$500 Sale Price
23% Off
Brutalist Bronze Figurative Sculpture by Davis David, 1993
Located in Miami, FL
Brutalist bronze figurative sculpture by Davis David, 1993
Offered is an abstract Brutalist Postmodern figurative bronze sculpture. The bronze sculpture depicts two abstract figur...
Category
1990s North American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Colourful Memphis Style Abstract Sculpture by Dutch Artist Govert Heikoop, 1980s
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
A small colourful sculpture by Dutch artists Govert Heikoop (1951-2007). Strong organic shape with bold colours, very typical of the 1980’s but sti...
Category
Vintage 1980s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plywood
$749 Sale Price
49% Off
Van Teal Signed Two-Tier Lucite Statue Sculpture Vintage
By Van Teal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wonderful vintage Lucite two-tier art statue signed Van Teal. Great Hollywood Regency piece.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$1,600 Sale Price
33% Off
Minimalist Wooden Side Coffee Low Table Charlotte D120 by Olga Engel
By Olga Engel
Located in Amsterdam, NL
CHARLOTTE collection of collectible design objects inspired by poetic design of renowned French designer Charlotte Perriand. Minimalistic and ironic tables and consoles are made of ...
Category
2010s Latvian Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
$9,007 Sale Price
20% Off
Michael Gitter Copper 3/8" Interlocking Hearts Sculpture Clear Resin Emoji Faces
Located in Miami, FL
Michael Gitter Copper 3/8" Interlocking Hearts Sculpture Clear Resin Emoji Faces
Offered for sale is a 3/8" solid copper and clear resin emoji faces interlocking hearts sculpture de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
$395 Sale Price
39% Off
Monumental Brutalist Icarus Metal Sculpture by Dewey Smith
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Monumental Brutalist abstract Expressionist sculpture of "Icarus" by Dewey Smith...
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$6,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Black TAR Teddy Bear Floor Lamp or Sculpture, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi
Sculptural Tar floor lamp created by a metal structure, staffed animal, tar, neon tubing light.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Cement, Metal
$13,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Iron Hanukkah Lamp by David Palombo
By David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
A uniquely shaped Hanukkah lamp crafted in a brutalist style by David Palombo. Impressively massive, this Hanukkah lamp intimates playful motives, both animalistic and anatomical in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Religious Items
Materials
Iron
$10,650 Sale Price
25% Off
Black Tar and Gold Glitter Teddy Sculpture, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi
Sculptural Tar stuffed animal.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Wooden Ribbon Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand crafted large wooden ribbon sculpture.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$3,450 Sale Price
40% Off
Jacques Schnier 1964 Abstract Bronze
By Jacques Schnier
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful abstract bronze sculpture by the noted artist Jacques Schnier. It is 3/6 and signed and dated 1964. Mounted on a round wood base. Great patina. In good condition with som...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Sculpture Black Stone Functional Handcrafted Pedra Negra F-1 by Ricard Casabayó
By Ricard Casabayó
Located in Barcelona, ES
A new functional sculpture made from black stone from Aragon has an organic shape. Can be used as a magazine rack and book holder. Pedra Negra F-1 was made by the Barcelona-based scu...
Category
2010s Spanish Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$2,702 Sale Price
20% Off
Marilyn Fox, Modernist Ceramic Architectural Column Sculpture, 1980s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Marilyn Fox, American (20th century).
White stoneware ceramic column sculpture, circa 1980s. Signed near base.
A witty feminine take on the age-old male...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Claude Viseux, Abstract Sculpture, 20th Century, Steel
By Claude Viseux
Located in SAINT-SEVER, FR
Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français né le 3 juillet 1927 à Champagne-sur-Oise et mort le 9 novembre 2008 à Anglet.
'est dans les années 1959-1960 que la sculpture de Claude Viseux, qualifiée de « protéiforme, onirique, fantastique » — ami de Max Ernst, Man Ray, Francis Ponge et Henri Michaux, il ne désavoue pas une parenté avec le Surréalisme9 — se substitue à la peinture, ses premières réalisations étant les objets trouvés en bord de mer qu'il pétrifie dans la cire10 d'une part, les empreintes de pierres et d'algues coulées en bronze d'autre part.
En 1960, il signe le Manifeste des 121 titré « Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie ».
En 1961, ses expérimentations s'orientent vers les corps organiques, notamment avec sa série Ostéales constituée d'assemblages d'os fossilisés qu'il patine ou au contraire décape, qu'il visse, scie, assemble et plastifie. Les Concrétudes ou Coulées directes qui suivent en 1961-1962 sont obtenues à partir de coulées de métal en fusion dans le sable, générant des reliefs qu'il soude sur des plaques d'acier. Il va cependant adopter rapidement l'acier inoxydable — qu'il est avec Pol Bury parmi les premiers à employer en sculpture — comme matériau de prédilection. « Il assemble divers rebus industriels — tuyaux, écrous, boulons, cuves… — pour créer des sculptures à mi-chemin du mécanique et du biologique » restitue ainsi Sophie Serra11. Claude Viseux, qui fréquente alors Jean Tinguely, Piotr Kowalski, Michel Guino, Takis et César, confirme : « Ma récupération de l'élément industriel s'élargit vers les aciers spéciaux, avec un essai de vocabulaire formel : des barres, des profilés, des sphères, des rotules, des fonds de cuves, des chambres à combustion de Boeing, des tubulures, des soupapes de navire »9.
« L'artiste entre au cœur de la réalité industrielle, prospecte dans les chaînes de montage de Renault et rôde dans les terrains vaques autour des usines », restitue donc l'encyclopédie Les Muses : « il récupère ferrailles, pièces détachées, débris de voitures, vieux châssis, toute une série d'éléments devenus inutiles. Ils les assemblent, tels quels, sans les modifier. Des créatures agressives ou pathétiques vont surgir de ce combat physique et dialectique que l'artiste livre avec la matière et entrer dans le domaine d'une poétique étrange, surnaturelle5 ». Dans les années 1967-1970, Les « structures actives » en acier inoxydable procèdent ainsi de la production industrielle de série. Elles se répartissent en familles de formes combinatoires composées par addition, soustraction, multiplication, division. Il confirme : « le monde industriel est ma nature, mon bouillon de culture, où je cherche des corps, des familles de corps, des genres, des espèces, dans un aller-retour de l'artificiel au naturel pour confondre les règnes, pour en inventer d'autres selon une géométrie organique qui féconde les différents types de structures, qui aménage la forme concernée par la forme à venir »9. En 1968, Claude Viseux s'installe à la villa Baudran à Arcueil, atelier qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1992.
Si des corps imaginaires naissent ainsi des pièces mécaniques que Claude Viseux emprunte à l'automobile, à l'avion et au bateau, en 1972, « la symétrie de ces formes pures en inox », constate Lydia Harambourg, « l'amène à s'interroger sur la notion d'équilibre instable »12. Ses Instables sont de la sorte exposés à la Biennale de Venise en 1972 où, rappelle encore Lydia Harambourg, une salle entière est consacrée « aux dessins qui reprennent son vocabulaire mécanique identitaire de sphères, toupies, hélices, anneaux, astrolabes et balanciers »12. Les Instables sont de même, en 1973, présentés à la galerie Le Point cardinal à Paris où Claude Viseux avait déjà exposé en 1968 avec Henri Michaux et Joaquin Ferrer...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$1,801 Sale Price
20% Off
Outstanding Dan Murphy Abstract Aluminum Ribbon Sculpture Mid-Century Modern
By Dan Murphy
Located in Pemberton, NJ
This fantastic sculpture was created by famed artist Dan Murphy in 1979. This abstract aluminum ribbon sculpture is mounted on a rectangular lucite base. This sculpture measures 13" ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
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