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Period: 1950s
Modernist Bronze & Wire Kinetic Sculpture. "GRASSES" Garden, after Bertoia
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Bronze & Wire Kinetic Sculpture. "GRASSES" after Bertoia, Great little modernist sculpture,, garden,, or interior, Hand crafted. Perfect little accent piece,
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

Modernist wood and metal Kinetic Table Sculpture..Garden... after Bertoia
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist wood and metal Kinetic Table Sculpture..Garden,, after Bertoia.. Signed and dated. something ? 62,,,.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Metal

Early Ceramic Cosanti Bell by Paolo Soleri, 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Early and special ceramic bell by Paolo Soleri. Many craftspeople helped with producing work at Cosanti, however this work is signed with an "S" denoting that it was made by Soleri h...
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North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Ceramic

Michael and Frances Large Glass Rondelay Mobile / Hanging in Pinks and Yellows
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael & Frances Higgins Fused Art Glass Rondelays, set of five, in the very large size. Each piece is 12 inches in diameter. One of the metal connectors has a well done previous re...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Metal

Michael and Frances Higgins Multicolored Mobile, Fused Art Glass
Located in Kansas City, MO
Art glass mobile designed and made by Michael and Frances Higgins, 1950s. Great color combination in blue, orange, purple and pink. Very good condition with a few signs of handling. ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Nylon, Art Glass

Venini Murano glass incolor hourglass circa 1950
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
incredible Venini Murano glass incolor hourglass circa 1950.
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Italian International Style Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Murano Glass

Vintage Kinetic Sculpture by Laurids Lonborg
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Vintage kinetic sculpture by Laurids Lonborg circa 1955.
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Metal

1950s Pepe Mendoza Bronze Elephant Peacock Lamp Chain Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Pepe Mendoza decorative elephant et al. bronze lamp chain Mexico Measures: 73 long x 5.25 diameter Fabulous and rare piece in bronze. Decorative chain with beautiful ornament...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Bronze

Frech Gilt and Silvered Necklace "Le Bélier" by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze necklace titled " "Le Bélier" (the Ram) by French Parisin art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The ram necklace and its variations were con...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Kinetic Table Top Sculpture in Walnut by Clarence Teed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Fine and rare table top sculpture by Clarence Teed. Solid walnut in four pieces which can be turned on the steel connecting rods to display the work in any number of ways. Teed was a...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Steel

Tobia Scarpa for Venini Murano Blown Glass Midcentury "Occhi" Murrine Vase
Located in Brussels, BE
A beautiful "occhi" brown and clear Murano Murrine glass vase. Murrine is the name given to these pieces, the name comes from the technique used. The technique consists of an arrangement of transparent glass pieces with a brown strapping, these pieces are then melted to give shape when the material is melted. Tobia Scarpa is the son of Carlo Scarpa, he worked at the Venini and reinterpreted forms and techniques developed by his father before the war...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Art Glass, Murano Glass

Small ‘Mouse’ Stabile Sculpture by Margery Kahn 1950
By Margery Kahn
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Table top and of a diminutive size, signature stamped on underside of top. Margery worked during the mid-20th century at the Met in NYC.
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North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Paul A. Lobel Sterling Fisherman Kinetic Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Paul A. Lobel (1899-1983) modernist silversmith, sculptor and artist. Lobel sold his jewelry and art at his Greenwich village shop in the 1940s and 1950s. This two-piece sterling Kin...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Sterling Silver

Articulate Bronze Brooch "Pergatoire" by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A hanging articulate three-piece gilt bronze brooch "Purgatoire" also known as "Le Ciel, la Terre, et l'Enfer." by Line Vautrin. Each element with figure symbolizes Heaven, Earth and...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Wood Sculpture Futurist Machine by Urano Palma Locomotive title, from 1956
Located in Milano, IT
Author Urano Palma. Wooden sculpture depicting a Futurist machine made in 1956. Title of work Locomotive. The sculpture is made of wood carved and assemb...
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Italian Futurist Vintage 1950s Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

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Wood

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