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Abstract prints use shapes, lines and colors to create compositions that do not mirror the outside world.
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Ellsworth Kelly: Ferus Gallery (Gate) Poster /// Abstract Geometric Minimalism
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015)
Title: "Ellsworth Kelly: Ferus Gallery (Gate)"
Year: 1966
Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on cream wove paper
Lim...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel (Prefatio) Poster /// Bauhaus Josef Albers Art
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976)
Title: "Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel (Prefatio)"
Year: 1957
Medium: Original Relief Print (Letterpress), Exhibition Poster on light wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Publisher: Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Sheet size: 24.75" x 17.63"
Image size: 11.75" x 15.63"
Condition: A few faint handling creases. Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Nuremberg, Germany. Poster produced for a special exhibition of Albers' work "Early Pictures from the Twenties and New Works" at the Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel from May 28 - June 8, 1957. The image featured on this poster is Albers' 1942 lithograph edition "Prefatio", (Danilowitz No. 103, page 76), from his 1942 "Graphic Tectonics" series of 9 lithographs, (Danilowitz No. 100-108, page 74-79). Printer's imprint upper right.
This is an extremely rare poster being if not the, one of the, earliest documented Josef Albers exhibition...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
"Spirals" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1970 and published by Art In America. Size: 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (365 x 293 mm). This lithograph was published as a folded sheet with a hori...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph. Printed in 1966 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 156) and published in Paris by the atelier Maeght. Size: 15 x 11 inches (378 x 277 mm). There i...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This is one of the Alexander Calder lithographs from his "Stabiles" series, printed in 1963 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 141) and p...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES.. Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstraction
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XIII
Date of creation: 1975
Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper
Edition: 1500
Size: 49,5 x 71 cm
Condition: In v...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
