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Art For Sale
Style: Minimalist
Style: Folk Art
"Prints 1967-1982", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella "Prints 1967-1982" Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1983 Offset lithograph poster 74 3/4 × 52 1/4 inches Unsigned This poster was created for the Frank Stella ...
Category

1980s Minimalist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Deep into the outer reaches of space
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic, dye, pencil on canvas.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Dye, Acrylic, Pencil

Galerie Maeght /// Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly Minimalism Modern Paris
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Galerie Maeght" Year: 1958 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: ...
Category

1950s Minimalist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ruth Bloch, Couple in a window, bronze wall sculpture
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Ruth Bloch, Couple in a window, wall sculpture, Bronze sculpture, two nude figures with a book, classic figures, couple in love, Israeli art , Israeli artist, art
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Bronze

Derrière Le Miroir No. 149 (page 8, 9) /// Abstract Geometric Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Untitled (page 8, 9)" Portfolio: Derrière Le Miroir (No. 149) *Issued unsigned Year: 1964 Medium: Origina...
Category

1960s Minimalist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Josef Albers vinyl record art (1950s Albers)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Josef Albers Album Art circa late 1950s A vinyl record cover (containing its record) brilliantly designed by Josef Albers c.1958. Looks fantastic framed. Offset lithograph on vinyl ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Offset

Roma - Off-Print # 1 - 1977 - Minimalist Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 1 from the portfolio Roma (Coffret Prestige # 4) This image was captured on film (1977) The selected negative was printed on Baryta ...
Category

20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Statuary - Off-Print # 2 - 1976 - Minimalist Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 2 (Florence 1976) from the portfolio Statuary (Coffret Prestige # 7) This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork : The ...
Category

20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Au chic Parisien - Off-Print # 1 - 1981 - Minimalist Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 1 from the portfolio Au Chic Parisien (Coffret Prestige # 8 on 1stdibs) This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork : T...
Category

20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Au chic Parisien - Off-Print # 2 - 1983 - Minimalist Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 2 from the portfolio Au Chic Parisien (Coffret Prestige # 8) This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork : The Fine Art...
Category

20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Suspended Flora" Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Suspended Flora" Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope Not framed. Ships in a tube Ben Cope is a Georgia native graduating from Columbus State University with a BFA...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lines - Off-Print # 1 - Florence - 1976 - Minimalist Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 1 (Florence 1976) from the portfolio Lines (Coffret Prestige # 6) This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork : The Fin...
Category

20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sunspot 95 - Modern Minimalist Colorful Stripes Tall Abstract Resin Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Soil paint, lime green, stitched, aluminum frame, unique piece, tapestry
Located in Carballo, ES
This series by the multidisciplinary artist TUSET (1997, A Coruña, Spain) titled "Boa convivência (buenaventura)" is a series of paintings that the artist had buried for a year in th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Organic Material, Wood, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Thread

a112007-3 by Ahn Hyun-Ju - minimalist painting, dark red
Located in Paris, FR
a112007-3 is a painting on aluminum by contemporary artist Ahn Hyun-Ju which is part of the “Unfolded Lines” series. In this series of abstract works, the artist works with vibrant c...
Category

Early 2000s Minimalist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

a310810 by Ahn Hyun-Ju (Unfolded Lines series) - large minimalist painting
Located in Paris, FR
a310810, diptych by contemporary artist Ahn Hyun-Ju, part of the “Unfolded Lines” series. Mixed media on aluminum, 90 cm × 260 cm. In this series of abstract paintings the artist wo...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Welcome Home, outsider artist etched copper, paint, diamonds in aluminum frame
Located in Toronto, Ontario
WELCOME HOME by Rocky Dobey is a hand-inscribed copper sheet with cut diamonds, black asphaltum and fired porcelain paint. It measures 36 x 32" and is fra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Art

Materials

Metal, Copper

Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now" Ralph Fasanella (1914-_1997) "Victory and After,” gouache on paper. Signed, titled...
Category

1940s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Gouache, Paper

"Carousel"
Located in Washington, DC
Silkscreen work by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Marked in pencil 28/30 lower left. Printed in 1973 by the artist. Image is from her "Carrousel" series. Catalogue of a postumous retrospe...
Category

1970s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Equality of Outcome" Acrylic on canvas Painting 36" x 48" inch by Ty Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"Equality of Outcome" Acrylic on canvas Painting 36" x 48" inch by Ty Joseph From 7 L's series 2017 Comes with a black floater frame * * * The meaning of L series * * * Althoug...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Kicking up Heels in Great Britain" Painting 36" x 60" inch by Ty Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kicking up Heels in Great Britain" Painting 36" x 60" inch by Ty Joseph From 7 L's series 2017 36" x 60" * * * The meaning of L series * * * Altho...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Hapag Lloyd" Acrylic on canvas Painting 36" x 60" inch by Ty Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hapag Lloyd" Acrylic on canvas Painting 36" x 60" inch by Ty Joseph HAPAG LLOYD by Ty Joseph From 7 L's series 2017 acrylic on canvas 36"x60" * * * The...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

abstract 7/7, Minimalist Contemporary Abstract Custom Multi-Panel Painting
Located in Boston, MA
abstract 7/7 7 x 7 x 3 inches. 1.5 lbs each Encaustic Paint Hand signed. by the artist Artist's Commentary: "The “abstract 7/7’s” are smaller encaustic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Encaustic

Galerie Maeght /// Abstract Geometric Minimalist Ellsworth Kelly Colorfield Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Galerie Maeght" Year: 1964 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer...
Category

1960s Minimalist Art

Materials

Lithograph

8'' Vasija Multicolor / Ceramic Mexican Folk Art from Mata Ortiz
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Martin Olivas Quintana MASTERPIECE Carved polychrome jar decorated with a sgraffito and painted hummingbird, flowers ...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Paintings and Drawings: Suite of 10 Separate (Individual) lithographs on vellum
Located in New York, NY
AGNES MARTIN Paintings and Drawings 1974-1990: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1991 The complete set of 10 lithographs in colours, on vellum parchment paper, with full margins, the shee...
Category

Mid-20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Vellum

21" La vuelta al mundo Woodcarving Alebrije Sculpture Mexican Folk Art
By Zeny Fuentes Mendez
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Zeny Fuentes Mendez MASTERPIECE Made with Copal wood, woodcarving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with acrylic paintings with...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Wood

Magic Realist Surrealist Latin American Naive Fantasy Painting
By German Ramon Duron Lanza
Located in Surfside, FL
Magic realist fantasy painting in the manner of Ernst Fuchs and Arik Brauer. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. "Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged socially or technologically "primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self-conscious, "primitive" inspired movement primitivism. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (1860–1961) Nikifor (1895–1968) Poland, Horace Pippin (1888–1946) Jon Serl (1894-1993) United States Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) Scottie Wilson (1890–1972) Gesner Abelard (b. 1922) Jan Balet (1913–2009) Michel Delacroix (b. 1933) France Howard Finster (1916–2001) Ivan Rabuzin (1921–2008) Spontaneous Art Museum in Brussels Art en Marge Museum in Brussels MADmusée in Liege International Museum of Naive Art of Brazil in Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro Gallery Jacques Ardies in São Paulo Musée international d'art naïf de Magog in Magog Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb Gallery of Croatian Naïve Art...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Familiar II, Henry Walsh, Landscape painting, Dog art, Woodland scene
Located in Deddington, GB
Familiar II by Henry Wlash [2021] Familiar II by Henry Walsh is an original acrylic painting on a wooden board that features a man and dog at leisure on a wintry walk. Henry Walsh’s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Board

"Golden Wave" Minimalist Vertical Fluid Sculpture by Lila Katzen
Located in Pasadena, CA
Lila Katzen said, "I feel marvelous when my works find a home. They are like my children. They are my links to the past. They are what I am." The sculpture proposed here consists of...
Category

Mid-20th Century Minimalist Art

Materials

Bronze

Monsieur Jules Elite Peony - line drawing woman figure with flower
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with ink and watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The work is 11 by 15 inches in size framed with a glass on mat board in white color wit...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Love on the Playground, Original Paintingvvv
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Derived from a section of repurposed children’s art, the piece embodies memories of playful antics on the playground. It boasts a naive style of imagery, lend...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Art

Materials

Mixed Media

The Idyls of a Mother, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Amid the joys and struggles of her life, a young mother takes a moment to rest, accompanied by a cute puppy. In the background, a small section repurposed from ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Quarter Horse, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A coin-operated horse ride evokes memories of simpler times. With just a quarter, it opens the imagination and offers a glimpse into the Wild West. The artwork ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Art

Materials

Acrylic

Acrylic on Canvas: 'Charm School'
Located in New York, NY
Scott Harbison grew up in northern New Jersey, and had an early fascination with cartoons. Somewhat introverted, he seemed to daydream his way through his childhood school years, bu...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, ABS

Sinuosity in gold fish orange (wall sculpture minimalist monochrome curvy art )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; #sinuous, focus on material, sculptural folds, Aldo Chaparro, use of common materials, creased crinkled and wrinkled, angular, abstract sculpture, angular, process-oriented...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Concrete

A Love Letter - Modern Minimalist Lettered Black and White Resin Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Sara Walton - Minimalist Abstract Painting "Split System" Green White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Split System" Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 48" overall (triangular shaped canvas) 2019 Sara Walton orchestrates a symphony of color that transcends mere visual aesthetics, delving deep...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Drawing from the 1990's #457
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #457 Acrylic Paint on Paper / Found Object 10 x 8.75 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Drawing from the 1990's #459
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #459 Acrylic Paint on Paper / Found Object 11 x 8.50 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Drawing from the 1990's #450
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #450 Acrylic Paint on Paper / Found Object 11.75 x 11 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Sara Walton - Minimalist Abstract Painting "White Stripe" White Orange Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"White Stripe" Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 48" overall (triangular-shaped canvas) 2019 Sara Walton orchestrates a symphony of color that transcends mere visual aesthetics, delving deep...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sara Walton - Minimalist Abstract Painting "Orange Rails" Orange Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Orange Rails" Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 48" overall (triangular shaped canvas) 2019 Sara Walton orchestrates a symphony of color that transcends mere visual aesthetics, delving deep...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sara Walton - Minimalist Abstract Painting "Excelsior" Red Blue White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Excelsior" Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 48" overall (triangular shaped canvas) 2019 Sara Walton orchestrates a symphony of color that transcends mere visual aesthetics, delving deep in...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

A full body portrait of a dark horse with an Argentinian halter
Located in US
A full body portrait of a dark horse with an Argentinian halter Crisp detailed portrait of an elite horse wearing a nude bridle against a white backdrop The print series Equus: Lig...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Design-inspired, incredible portrait of two rhinos with horns crossed at center
Located in US
Design-inspired, incredible portrait of two rhinos with horns crossed at center of frame Beautiful and unexpected black and white photograph of two rhinos in Kenya Exceptional Crea...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Drawing from the 1990's #469
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #469 ink on paper 10.50 x 8 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Ink

Drawing from the 1990's #468
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #468 mixed media on paper 10.50 x 8 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Indigo Maple Triptych (3 hand-printed botanical cyanotypes, 24 x 18 in. each)
Located in Oakland, CA
Unframed. (Three 24 x 18 inch separate hand-printed cyanotypes on paper, total 24 x 54 inches/ 137 x 61 cm) These are 3 unframed unique hand-printed monotypes on heavy cotton col...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Monotype, Photogram

Drawing from the 1990's #427
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #427 Acrylic Paint and Ink on paper 16 x 20 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Paper

Drawing from the 1990's #337
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #337 acrylic paint on paper 9.75 x 10 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic

Drawing from the 1990's #364
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #364 Acrylic paint on paper 11 x 8.50 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic

Drawing from the 1970's - 1990's #449
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1970's - 1990's #449 Acrylic Paint on Paper / Found Object 8.75 x 13.50 in
Category

1970s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, ABS

Drawing from the 1990's #404
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #404 acrylic paint on paper 17 x 11 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic

Black and white portrait of the back of a young Rendille warrior wearing traditi
Located in US
Black and white portrait of the back of a young Rendille warrior wearing traditional adornments This warrior in a remote tribal community in Northern Kenya is the epitome of physica...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

A young rhino stands next to their mother in this surreal and beautiful portrait
Located in US
A young rhino stands next to their mother in this surreal and beautiful portrait In the Solio conservancy in Eastern Kenya, a young rhino waits next to his mother, remaining in her ...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Portrait of a brown bear looking over his shoulder at the creek's edge
Located in US
Portrait of a brown bear looking over his shoulder at the creek's edge Epic portrait of a lone brown bear at the edge of the creek in Alaska Each year, brown bears descend on a rem...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sara Walton - Minimalist Abstract Painting "Envelope 4" Green Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Envelope 4" Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 48" 2019 Sara Walton orchestrates a symphony of color that transcends mere visual aesthetics, delving deep into the realm of emotion and percep...
Category

2010s Minimalist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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