Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

Cuban, 1915-2022

Born May 30, 1915, in Havana, Cuba, Carmen Herrera was educated in Havana and Paris, studying art, art history, and architecture. In 1939 she married an American, Jesse Loewenthal. She moved to New York City, where she attended classes at the Art Students League and was a frequent visitor to the Whitney Museum of American Art. From 1948 to 1953, Herrera and Loewenthal lived in Paris, where she became associated with an international group of artists, the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. Herrera exhibited her work with them regularly and developed a distilled, geometric style of abstraction, reducing her palette to three colors for each composition and then to two. Herrera's hard-edged canvases emerged when Ellsworth Kelly, whose time in France overlapped with Herrera's, began producing his abstractions around the same time that Frank Stella began producing his famous black paintings. Herrera's ascetic compositions, which prefigured the development of Minimalism by almost a decade, did not find a warm reception when she returned to New York in 1954, a time when Abstract Expressionism still reigned supreme. As both a woman and an immigrant, Herrera faced significant discrimination in the art world. Yet, she persisted and continued to paint for the next six decades, only rarely exhibiting her work publicly. Herrera worked almost every day in her studio, and her oeuvre demonstrated a disciplined but highly sophisticated exploration of color and form. As she once stated, "I believe that I will always be in awe of the straight line; its beauty is what keeps me painting." Since the late 1990s, Herrera has garnered increasing attention for her work, selling her first painting in 2004. The last significant museum presentation of Herrera's work in this country was a 2005 show at Miami Art Central, preceded only by a 1998 show of her black and white paintings at El Museo del Barrio and a 1985 show at The Alternative Museum, both in New York. Her first monographic presentation in Europe was held at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England; in 2009, she traveled to Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern, Germany. In the last decade, the Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Tate Modern have all acquired works by the artist. She died at the age of 106, in New York, in 2022.

Artist: Carmen Herrera

Carmen HerreraCarmen Herrera - Rondo (Blue and Yellow) - Contemporary Art, Artist Plate, 2021

$1,159

Carmen Herrera - Rondo (Blue and Yellow) - Contemporary Art, Artist Plate

By Carmen Herrera

Located in London, GB

Rondo (Blue and Yellow) (1965) by Carmen Herrera - Artist Plate Fine Bone China Edition of 250 Printed signature and edition details on verso comes with the original presentation box...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Laura PasquinoWhite Totemic Sculpture in Ceramic, 2025 - 'Farmer's Wife', 2025

$18,603

H 59.85 in Dm 17.72 in

White Totemic Sculpture in Ceramic, 2025 - 'Farmer's Wife'

By Laura Pasquino

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Created specifically for the exhibition Timeless Remnants in Knokke, "Farmer's Wife" is part of Laura Pasquino’s new totemic ceramic series. This standing sculpture, composed of stac...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze

Laura PasquinoCeramic Sculpture, Laura Pasquino - 'SCULPTURAL OBJECT I', 2025

$767

H 5.91 in Dm 4.73 in

Ceramic Sculpture, Laura Pasquino - 'SCULPTURAL OBJECT I'

By Laura Pasquino

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Drawing inspiration from ancient ceramic traditions, including Korean pottery and the Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic, Laura Pasquino (Grège Gallery) explores the beauty of imperfection...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

John Oliver LewisClassico de Mango Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary 21st Century Art, 2016

$1,600

H 6.5 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in

Classico de Mango Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary 21st Century Art

By John Oliver Lewis

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Classico de Mango" is an original, painted ceramic sculpture by John Oliver Lewis measuring 6.5”h x 3.5”w x 3.5”d. ABOUT // Originally from Wisconsin, John Oliver Lewis currently l...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Acrylic

Christopher AdamsUntitled 268 Ceramic Wall Relief, Smoky Blue, Contemporary, 2010+, 2025

$850

H 5 in W 5.25 in D 2.5 in

Untitled 268 Ceramic Wall Relief, Smoky Blue, Contemporary, 2010+

By Christopher Adams

Located in New York, NY

Christopher Wade Adams’ smoky blue wall relief reads as a living form suspended between bloom and mutation. Layered, scalloped planes radiate from a dense central core, unfolding lik...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Molly SchulpsMy Sunshine, 2026

$2,280

H 14.5 in W 11 in D 8 in

My Sunshine

By Molly Schulps

Located in Bozeman, MT

Bio MOLLY SCHULPS is an artist and educator living in both California and Oregon. She grew up in Southern CA and was deeply influenced by her father who was a successful educator and...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain, Stoneware

Molly SchulpsCardinal, 2026

$1,800

H 10 in W 7 in D 6 in

Cardinal

By Molly Schulps

Located in Bozeman, MT

Bio MOLLY SCHULPS is an artist and educator living in both California and Oregon. She grew up in Southern CA and was deeply influenced by her father who was a successful educator and...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain, Stoneware

Molly SchulpsBlue Moth, 2026

$1,140

H 7 in W 5 in D 5 in

Blue Moth

By Molly Schulps

Located in Bozeman, MT

Bio MOLLY SCHULPS is an artist and educator living in both California and Oregon. She grew up in Southern CA and was deeply influenced by her father who was a successful educator and...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain, Stoneware

Molly SchulpsLynx, 2026

$1,800

H 10 in W 7 in D 6 in

Lynx

By Molly Schulps

Located in Bozeman, MT

Bio MOLLY SCHULPS is an artist and educator living in both California and Oregon. She grew up in Southern CA and was deeply influenced by her father who was a successful educator and...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain, Stoneware

Grayson Perry100% Art -- Multiple, Porcelain Plate, Text Art by Grayson Perry, 2020

$545

H 0.79 in Dm 8.27 in

100% Art -- Multiple, Porcelain Plate, Text Art by Grayson Perry

By Grayson Perry

Located in London, GB

100% Art, 2020 Grayson Perry Glazed porcelain plate From the edition of an unknown size Published by the Holbourne Museum, Bath Diameter: 21 cm (8.3 in)

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain

Luis Miguel Valdes "Ceramic #30" 2017 original handmade signed unique Talavera ceramic 18x18x3 in, 2017

$2,400

H 17.5 in W 17.5 in D 2.6 in

"Ceramic #30" 2017 original handmade signed unique Talavera ceramic 18x18x3 in

By Luis Miguel Valdes

Located in Miami, FL

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) "Ceramic #30", 2017 Ceramic in Uriarte's Talavera, Puebla, Mexico 44.5 x 44.5 x 6.5 cm. (17.5 x 17.5 x 2.6 in.) Hand-signed by author ________________...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Enamel

Luis Miguel Valdes "Ceramic #16" 2017 original handmade signed unique Talavera ceramic 13x13x2in, 2017

$1,800

H 12.8 in W 12.8 in D 1.5 in

"Ceramic #16" 2017 original handmade signed unique Talavera ceramic 13x13x2in

By Luis Miguel Valdes

Located in Miami, FL

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) "Ceramic #16", 2017 Ceramic in Uriarte's Talavera, Puebla, Mexico 32.5 x 32.5 x 3.8 cm. (12.8 x 12.8 x 1.5 in.) Hand-signed by author ________________...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Enamel

Rachel DennyStar Grazers, 2023

$16,100

H 54 in W 54 in D 7 in

Star Grazers

By Rachel Denny

Located in Bozeman, MT

'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Previously Available Items

Carmen HerreraRondo (Blue and Yellow) - Contemporary Art, Artist Plate, 2021

Sold

H 10.52 in Dm 10.52 in

Rondo (Blue and Yellow) - Contemporary Art, Artist Plate

By Carmen Herrera

Located in London, GB

Rondo (Blue and Yellow) (1965) by Carmen Herrera - Artist Plate Fine Bone China Edition of 250 Printed signature and edition details on verso comes wit...

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2010s Contemporary Carmen Herrera Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

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