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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
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
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
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
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
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
$371 Sale Price
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
$6,654 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
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
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
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
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
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
$750 Sale Price
49% 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
$1,806 Sale Price
20% 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
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
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
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
$9,030 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
Vintage 50s Italian brass sculptural floor lamp, heart shaped shade, bark finish
By Arnaldo Pomodoro
Located in Milano, IT
Offered for sale is a slender vintage floor lamp in solid brass, with finely hand-decorated base and lampshade and extruded body. The main body has a peculiar "gear" section, while t...
Category
Vintage 1950s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$2,091 Sale Price
20% 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
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
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
Sculptural Breccia Medicea Marble "Pandora" Vase by Lorenzo Ciompi, 2021
By Lorenzo Ciompi
Located in Rome, IT
Sculptural hand made vase, "Pandora" by Lorenzo Ciompi for Compendio Gallery, 2021
fine breccia medicea marble, finely polished
ice bucket or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Breccia Marble
$2,934 Sale Price
35% 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
Monumental Brutalist Icarus Metal Sculpture by Dewey Smith
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering one of our recent Palm Beach Estate Fine art acquisitions of a
Monumental Brutalist abstract Expressionist sculpture of "Icarus" by Dewey Smith...
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$5,625 Sale Price
37% 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
Victor Vasarely for TANE. Sterling Silver with Vermeil "Cuadratura" Sculpture
By Victor Vasarely, Tane Orfebres
Located in Mexico City, MX
A rare TANE Orfebres Sterling Silver with vermeil sculpture by Victor Vasarely named Cuadratura. Series 6 / 20 and signed on one of its sides. Manufactured in 1978.
Weight: 2390 g.
Measurements: 15 x 15 x 15 cm. (5.9 x 5.9 x 5.9 inches).
Cuadratura is part of the collection "Arte Objeto", a series of limited edition sculptures made in numbered, limited editions with important artists from Mexico...
Category
Vintage 1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
$36,000 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
$2,709 Sale Price
20% Off
Organic Modern Hand Carved Stone Egg Sculptural Set with Brass and Lucite Bases
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Organic modern hand carved stone egg sculptural set with brass and Lucite bases. Gorgeous three egg set, veined to perfection by Mother Nature and hand-burnished by midcentury artisa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
$1,040 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Abstract Carrara marble chiselled raw floor sculpture
Located in London, GB
Free standing at over 1 metre, this hand carved Carrara marble monolith features a textural raw finish and is viewable from all angles.
Artist: Unattributed
Origin: United Kingdom
...
Category
Late 20th Century British Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$5,433 Sale Price
20% Off
White Plaster Sculptural Figure, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi
Sculptural plaster figure, plaster+ paper, and image collage on wood.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$11,920 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
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
Sculptural Beechwood Functional Coat Rack Surfaced #2 by Sho Ota
By Sho Ota
Located in Amsterdam, NL
At the intersection of industrial design and craftsmanship, Sho's sculptural works are both minimalistic and multi-layered. Every piece of collectible design is handmade by Sho himse...
Category
2010s Dutch Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Beech, Wood
$6,169 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
White Plaster Sculptural 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 plaster and collage on wood with linen upholstery.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chairs
Materials
Metal
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Trio of Amber Murano Mirrored Spheres By Alberto Donà
Located in London, GB
Introducing a set of three hand-blown glass spheres designed by Alberto Dona, these captivating pieces are perfect additions to elevate your home decor.
Crafted in Italy, each sphe...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$2,030 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Marianna von Allesch Modern Ceramic Sculptural Lamp, Midcentury, Organic Modern
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning Marianna von Allesch modern ceramic table lamp with original hand painted custom shade that continues the cubist color blocks of the body and mirrors the stripes of his mate...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
$5,920 Sale Price
39% Off
Objet Trouvé Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Objet Trouvé sculpture. Sculpture of a machine part on a wood plaque.
Property from esteemed interior designer Juan Montoya. Juan Montoya is one of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Formica, Wood
$1,500 Sale Price
28% Off
Contemporary Ceramic Handmade Sculpture "Double Buddy" by AOAO
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Buddy is a handmade ceramic sculpture, fired in bisqueware, creating a distinctive texture and depth that exudes the warmth and intimacy of a close friend. The sculpture can be prese...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,711 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Italian Bisque Porcelain Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An exceptional pair of bisque porcelain lamps in a shell or fan shape. Mounted on black bases they are in working order. These lamps came out of ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
$6,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Black Iron Chair Sculpture by Lois Teicher, 1992
Located in Toledo, OH
Black iron sculpture by Lois Teicher, an artist from Detroit, Michigan. The 1992 sculpture is signed, dated, and numbered 4/12. Lois Teicher is well known for her large-scale steel s...
Category
Late 20th Century American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Oscar Zieta prototype mirror object "Rondo" from 2010 incl. certificate
By Zieta, Oskar Zieta
Located in Köln, DE
Protoype piece by Oskar Zieta of his "Rondo 75" abstract mirror object.
Includes a certificate from 2010 (NEVER OPENED).
Compared to the later serial pro...
Category
2010s Polish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$3,612 Sale Price
20% Off
Expressionist Emerald Green Glass Sculpture, Gio Colucci, 1950s
By Gio Colucci
Located in Lisbon, PT
This Expressionist sculpture in emerald green polychrome glass is a rare 1950s original by Italian-French artist Gio Colucci (1892–1974). An emerald green sculpture...
Category
20th Century French Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$5,849 Sale Price
20% Off
Marcel Wanders One Minute Sculpture Table Lamp
By MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Most unique table lamp by Marcel Wandres. Gilt-glazed ceramic, stainless steel, linen, Netherlands, 2016.
In this limited series, the artist challenged himself to create a sculpture in no less than one...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Table Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
David Thorpe Sculpture "The Great Conspirator" 2005
By David Thorpe
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A stunning art statement is this sculpture by the German Based British artist David Thorpe from 2005. It is made of small pieces of wood, plaster, glass, cement, resin and slate. Unf...
Category
Early 2000s German Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$9,000 Sale Price
40% Off
Black Tar String Instrument Viola Sculpture, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi
Viola and Tar.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$8,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Fluid Murano sculpture, centerpiece, decorative object in grey glass, signed
Located in Milano, IT
This thick and heavy Murano sculpture, coming from the collection of Spinzi Milano, is a beautiful decorative piece obtained by casting and hand-melting a solid block of grey/greenish glass.
Perfect on a coffee table, sideboard or console table - and also useful as a double valet-tray thanks to the two "bowls", it's a wonderful and uncommon piece of Italian art, exuding all the skills and craftsmanship of Muranese creators.
It is hand-signed on the bottom, which reads "Murano 20...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
$456 Sale Price
20% Off
Bruce Beasley Cherry Picker Pecker Sculpture, Signed, 1969, USA
By Bruce Beasley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bruce Beasley cherry picker sculpture, Signed, 1969, USA. Beasley is recognised as one of the most noteworthy and innovative sculptors on the American W...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
$11,584 Sale Price
20% Off
Claude Viseux, Abstract Sculpture, Late 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...
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Located in Copenhagen, K
Midcentury Flygfors orange bubblegum centerpiece from the range Coquille by Paul Kedelv.
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Marina Gutierrez 2007 "En Aqua Memoriam 1"
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful sculpture by the noted artist and sculptor Marina Gutierrez from 2007. It is titled En Aqua Memoriam 1. It is in good shape with some imperfections.
From the artist's website comes the following description:
EnAquaMemoriam1 - is a lunch box sized diorama, whose aluminum walls are engraved with a Latin textual requiem to the ecology of oceans. Metal silhouettes...
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Early 2000s American Animal Sculptures
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Bill Culbert 'New Zealand' Light Sculpture, 'Cubic Projections', 1968
Located in London, GB
Bill Culbert (New Zealand, 1935-2019),
'Cubic Projections', 1968.
Exhibited by the Lisson Gallery, a plastic ball with pinholes all-over, radiating lights, this example from the original edition sold at the time of the exhibition.
Measure: 60cm diameter
Literature: David Mellor...
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Vintage 1960s New Zealand Abstract Sculptures
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Plastic
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Pottery Vessel or Sculpture by noted American Potter Don Reitz
By Don Reitz
Located in Greensboro, NC
Large impressive pottery sculpture, vessel form, by Don Reitz (1929-2014)
Via 1stdibs:
Don Reitz
AMERICAN, 1929-2014
Donald Lester Reitz was an American ceramic artist, recogn...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
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Wood Collage Multicolor Sculptural, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
After having been printed and attached on wood, the images are cut out and assembled onto a classic furniture form. This anthology of memories, visions, and experiences allows Biagi ...
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Contemporary Ceramic Handmade Sculpture "Buddy No_03" by AOAO
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Buddy is a handmade ceramic sculpture, fired in bisqueware, creating a distinctive texture and depth that exudes the warmth and intimacy of a close friend. The sculpture can be prese...
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Blue and Black Ceramic Wall Lights and Sconces 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
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Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi.
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Located in Austin, TX
Bill Meek, the maestro of glass artistry, unveils a mesmerizing creation that transcends mere materiality. This sculpture, a delicate dance of form and light, beckons viewers into a ...
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Claude Viseux, Abstract Sculpture, 1975, 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...
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Vintage 1970s French Abstract Sculptures
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Bronze, Steel
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