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David Shapiro is famous for his achievements as an artist. The American painter produced works that used symbols to convey concepts related to meditation and energy work. His works are now in the collections of many museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, also in New York; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California. Find a range of David Shapiro art on 1stDibs.
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Waterfall I, de-accessioned from Denver Art Museum, etching, drypoint, Signed/N
By David Shapiro
Located in New York, NY
David Shapiro (American, b. 1922)
Waterfall I (de-accessioned from the Denver Art Museum), 1979
Spit-bite etching, drypoint and carborundrum on Lanaq...
Category
1970s Abstract Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Mezzotint, Etching
Signed David Shapiro Modernist Yellow Landscape
By David Shapiro
Located in New York, NY
David Shapiro (1944-2014)
Hazy Day #2
Acrylic on board
29 7/8 x 30 7/8 in.
Framed: 37 1/2 x 38 5/8 in.
Signed lower right: David Shapiro
Signed & inscribed verso: "Hazy Day #2" Davi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Colorful Landscape - Lithograph by David Shapiro - 1980s
By David Shapiro
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 40 x 60 cm.
The colorful landscape is a beautiful color lithograph on paper, realized by the American artist David Shapiro (Newark New Jersey, 1944 - 2014).
Sign...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Exceptional Monumental David Shapiro Abstract Painting
By David Shapiro
Located in Surfside, FL
This is quite large and beautiful it is signed and dated verso. this came from an important collection.
Biography
David Shapiro was born in 1944 in Brooklyn, NY. 1965 Skowhegan School of Art He earned his B.F.A. from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1966 and his M.F.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1968.
Aside from participation in many international group shows, since 1971, Shapiro has held many solo exhibitions. Shapiro has also been invited as a visiting artist to many institutions including the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. In addition, he has taught at different art schools and universities including Parsons School of Design, New York, NY and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and his work is represented in public and corporate collections.
Dolan / Maxwell
Tandem Press
Goya Contemporary & Goya-Girl Press
Selected Collections
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts,CA
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Calcografia Nazionale, Rome
Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh
Galerie Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin
Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris
Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenberg, Germany
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Kresge Art Center, Michigan State Univer
Kunsthalle de Stadt, Nurmberg, Germany
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Mint Museum, Charlotte
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
New York Public Library
Pennysylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sculpture Center, New York
Snug Harbor Cultural Center,Staten Is,NY
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York
University of Chicago
University of Iowa Art...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Birnham Wood 2, Geometric Abstract Etching with Aquatint by David Shapiro
By David Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
A detailed abstract geometric print by David Shapiro featuring a blend of aquatint and etching methods on Sekishu, a type of handmade Japanese paper. One half of the composition feat...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Birnham Wood 4, Geometric Abstract Aquatint Etching by David Shapiro
By David Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
A detailed abstract geometric print by David Shapiro featuring a blend of aquatint and etching methods on Sekishu, a type of handmade Japanese paper. One half of the composition feat...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint