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Medium: Monotype
Iain Baxter& "Recovering Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Iain Baxter& "Recovering Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

Iain Baxter& "Recovering Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

By Iain Baxter

Located in Surfside, FL

Landscape with music record or disc in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual...

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20th Century Conceptual Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

"India, " Abstract Woodcut and Monotype signed by Carol Summers
"India, " Abstract Woodcut and Monotype signed by Carol Summers

"India, " Abstract Woodcut and Monotype signed by Carol Summers

By Carol Summers

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"India" is a woodcut and monotype signed by Carol Summers. Here, Summer's abstract language for landscape imagery is taken to its most extreme: The image offers a view of a highly stylized waterfall, with red water falling down behind green foliage below. A hint of light blue at the lower left suggests a continuation of the water's flow. Above, purples and yellows mist upward from the power of the water. The playfulness of the image is enhanced by Summers' signature printmaking technique, which allows the ink from the woodblock to seep through the paper, blurring the edges of each form. Summers' signature can be found in pencil at the bottom of the rightmost blue form, with the title and edition at the bottom of the leftmost blue form. A copy of this print can be found in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 37.25 x 24.88 inches, artwork 48.5 x 35.5 inches, frame Numbered 44 from the edition of 75 Carol Summers (1925-2016) has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision which would have significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind and Arch of Triumph, a new look prevailed. These woodcuts were larger in size and in color. Some incorporated metal leaf in the creation of a collage and Summers even experimented with silkscreening. Editions were now between 20 and 50 prints in number. Most importantly, Summers employed his rubbing technique for the first time in the creation of Fantastic Garden in late 1957. Dark Vision of Xerxes, a benchmark for Summers, was the first woodcut where Summers experimented using mineral spirits as part of his printmaking process. A Fulbright Grant as well as Fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation followed soon thereafter, as did faculty positions at colleges and universities primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. During this period he married a dancer named Elaine Smithers with whom he had one son, Kyle. Around this same time, along with fellow artist Leonard Baskin, Summers pioneered what is now referred to as the “monumental” woodcut. This term was coined in the early 1960s to denote woodcuts that were dramatically bigger than those previously created in earlier years, ones that were limited in size mostly by the size of small hand-presses. While Baskin chose figurative subject matter, serious in nature and rendered with thick, striated lines, Summers rendered much less somber images preferring to emphasize shape and color; his subject matter approached abstraction but was always firmly rooted in the landscape. In addition to working in this new, larger scale, Summers simultaneously refined a printmaking process which would eventually be called the “Carol Summers Method” or the “ Carol Summers Technique”. Summers produces his woodcuts by hand, usually from one or more blocks of quarter-inch pine, using oil-based printing inks and porous mulberry papers. His woodcuts reveal a sensitivity to wood especially its absorptive qualities and the subtleties of the grain. In several of his woodcuts throughout his career he has used the undulating, grainy patterns of a large wood plank to portray a flowing river or tumbling waterfall. The best examples of this are Dream, done in 1965 and the later Flash Flood Escalante, in 2003. In the majority of his woodcuts, Summers makes the blocks slightly larger than the paper so the image and color will bleed off the edge. Before printing, he centers a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips. Then he rolls the ink directly on the front of the sheet of paper and pressing down onto the dry wood block or reassembled group of blocks. Summers is technically very proficient; the inks are thoroughly saturated onto the surface of the paper but they do not run into each other. The precision of the color inking in Constantine’s Dream in 1969 and Rainbow Glacier in 1970 has been referred to in various studio handbooks. Summers refers to his own printing technique as “rubbing”. In traditional woodcut printing, including the Japanese method, the ink is applied directly onto the block. However, by following his own method, Summers has avoided the mirror-reversed image of a conventional print and it has given him the control over the precise amount of ink that he wants on the paper. After the ink is applied to the front of the paper, Summers sprays it with mineral spirits, which act as a thinning agent. The absorptive fibers of the paper draw the thinned ink away from the surface softening the shapes and diffusing and muting the colors. This produces a unique glow that is a hallmark of the Summers printmaking technique. Unlike the works of other color field artists or modernists of the time, this new technique made Summers’ extreme simplification and flat color areas anything but hard-edged or coldly impersonal. By the 1960s, Summers had developed a personal way of coloring and printing and was not afraid of hard work, doing the cutting, inking and pulling himself. In 1964, at the age of 38, Summers’ work was exhibited for a second time at the Museum of Modern Art. This time his work was featured in a one-man show and then as one of MoMA’s two-year traveling exhibitions which toured throughout the United States. In subsequent years, Summers’ works would be exhibited and acquired for the permanent collections of multiple museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Summers’ familiarity with landscapes throughout the world is firsthand. As a navigator-bombardier in the Marines in World War II, he toured the South Pacific and Asia. Following college, travel in Europe and subsequent teaching positions, in 1972, after 47 years on the East Coast, Carol Summers moved permanently to Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California. There met his second wife, Joan Ward Toth, a textile artist who died in 1998; and it was here his second son, Ethan was born. During the years that followed this relocation, Summers’ choice of subject matter became more diverse although it retained the positive, mostly life-affirming quality that had existed from the beginning. Images now included moons, comets, both sunny and starry skies, hearts and flowers, all of which, in one way or another, remained tied to the landscape. In the 1980s, from his home and studio in the Santa Cruz mountains, Summers continued to work as an artist supplementing his income by conducting classes and workshops at universities in California and Oregon as well as throughout the Mid and Southwest. He also traveled extensively during this period hiking and camping, often for weeks at a time, throughout the western United States and Canada. Throughout the decade it was not unusual for Summers to backpack alone or with a fellow artist into mountains or back country for six weeks or more at a time. Not surprisingly, the artwork created during this period rarely departed from images of the land, sea and sky. Summers rendered these landscapes in a more representational style than before, however he always kept them somewhat abstract by mixing geometric shapes with organic shapes, irregular in outline. Some of his most critically acknowledged work was created during this period including First Rain, 1985 and The Rolling Sea, 1989. Summers received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Bard College in 1979 and was selected by the United States Information Agency to spend a year conducting painting and printmaking workshops at universities throughout India. Since that original sabbatical, he has returned every year, spending four to eight weeks traveling throughout that country. In the 1990s, interspersed with these journeys to India have been additional treks to the back roads and high country areas of Mexico, Central America, Nepal, China and Japan. Travel to these exotic and faraway places had a profound influence on Summers’ art. Subject matter became more worldly and nonwestern as with From Humla to Dolpo, 1991 or A Former Life of Budha, 1996, for example. Architectural images, such as The Pillars of Hercules, 1990 or The Raja’s Aviary, 1992 became more common. Still life images made a reappearance with Jungle Bouquet in 1997. This was also a period when Summers began using odd-sized paper to further the impact of an image. The 1996 Night, a view of the earth and horizon as it might be seen by an astronaut, is over six feet long and only slightly more than a foot-and-a-half high. From 1999, Revuelta A Vida (Spanish for “Return to Life”) is pie-shaped and covers nearly 18 cubic feet. It was also at this juncture that Summers began to experiment with a somewhat different palette although he retained his love of saturated colors. The 2003 Far Side of Time is a superb example of the new direction taken by this colorist. At the turn of the millennium in 1999, “Carol Summers Woodcuts...

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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Monotype, Woodcut

Born to Kill, monochromatic, crime, narrative, high contrast, drama

Born to Kill, monochromatic, crime, narrative, high contrast, drama

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...

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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Archival Paper, Monotype

Third Man 2, black and white, night scene, cityscape

Third Man 2, black and white, night scene, cityscape

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surreal mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates r...

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2010s Ashcan School Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Archival Paper, Monotype

Asphalt Jungle, black and white, interior, crime scene, narrative

Asphalt Jungle, black and white, interior, crime scene, narrative

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surreal mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates r...

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Monotype, Archival Paper

Iain Baxter& "Regurgitating Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Iain Baxter& "Regurgitating Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

Iain Baxter& "Regurgitating Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

By Iain Baxter

Located in Surfside, FL

Landscape with beach chair or lawn chair in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conce...

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20th Century Conceptual Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Iain Baxter& "Containing Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Iain Baxter& "Containing Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

Iain Baxter& "Containing Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

By Iain Baxter

Located in Surfside, FL

Landscape with snow capped mountains in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptua...

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20th Century Conceptual Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Estate No. 044021

Estate No. 044021

By Otto Neumann

Located in New Orleans, LA

Signed and dated "52" in pencil Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker. His monotypes evolved from sharp, angular, black and whites to late abst...

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1960s Expressionist Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Monotype

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - The Angel and the Minotaur

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - The Angel and the Minotaur

Located in Paris, IDF

Monotype on paper Federica Frati is an Italian artist born in 1977 who lives lives and works in Brecia, Italy. She is graduated from art school Foppa where she learned the main arti...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

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Paper, Monotype

Iain Baxter& "Deflecting Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Iain Baxter& "Deflecting Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

Iain Baxter& "Deflecting Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

By Iain Baxter

Located in Surfside, FL

Lanscape with waffle iron in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artist. F...

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20th Century Conceptual Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Midnight Olive Trees ( 36 x 18 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)
Midnight Olive Trees ( 36 x 18 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)

Midnight Olive Trees ( 36 x 18 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)

Located in Oakland, CA

Though this may look like a screen print or aquatint etching, there is no ink or printing press involved. My botanical cyanotypes are each one-of-a-kind slow cameraless photographs m...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Olive in Spring ( 36 x 19 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)
Olive in Spring ( 36 x 19 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)

Olive in Spring ( 36 x 19 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)

Located in Oakland, CA

Though this may look like a screen print or aquatint etching, there is no ink or printing press involved. My botanical cyanotypes are each one-of-a-kind slow cameraless photographs m...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Serene Cove Waters, Feng Shui Seascape, Blue and White Ripples, Horizontal Print
Serene Cove Waters, Feng Shui Seascape, Blue and White Ripples, Horizontal Print

Serene Cove Waters, Feng Shui Seascape, Blue and White Ripples, Horizontal Print

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Serene Cove Waters" is a handmade cyanotype print portraying fresh ripples movements in a Greek Islands cove...

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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Emulsion, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Lithograph, Monop...

Mineral Memory - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Yellow, 2024
Mineral Memory - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Yellow, 2024

Mineral Memory - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Yellow, 2024

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on a scroll of lightweight mulberry paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Estate No. 096009

Estate No. 096009

By Otto Neumann

Located in New Orleans, LA

Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was an expressionist painter and printmaker born in Heidelberg, Germany. He was one of the most versatile and original artists of the twentieth century. Neum...

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1970s Abstract Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Monotype

Burst Variation 160 - Abstract Woodcut Print Circle Pattern Blue, 2025
Burst Variation 160 - Abstract Woodcut Print Circle Pattern Blue, 2025

Burst Variation 160 - Abstract Woodcut Print Circle Pattern Blue, 2025

By Eve Stockton

Located in Kent, CT

This woodcut print on paper is composed of a central, circular shape spreading outward beneath an abstract pattern on a blue background. The monotype brings to mind the tradition of ...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Monotype, Woodcut

Stormy - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue Green, 2024
Stormy - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue Green, 2024

Stormy - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue Green, 2024

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on a scroll of lightweight Japanese paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Romantic Landscape of Scandinavian Enchanted Forest, Large Lake Print Cyanotype
Romantic Landscape of Scandinavian Enchanted Forest, Large Lake Print Cyanotype

Romantic Landscape of Scandinavian Enchanted Forest, Large Lake Print Cyanotype

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Lovely scene of a hidden pond in a Scandinavian forest. Details: + Title: Scandinavian Enchanted Forest + Year: 2026 + ...

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2010s Romantic Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Monotype, Photogram

Foundation 12 - Geological Encaustic Monotype Burgundy Red Beige Green, 2017
Foundation 12 - Geological Encaustic Monotype Burgundy Red Beige Green, 2017

Foundation 12 - Geological Encaustic Monotype Burgundy Red Beige Green, 2017

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

An encaustic (pigmented beeswax) monotype on Kawashi paper. The monotype may be oriented vertically or horizontally. Price shown is the unframed price. Signed and dated on recto. La...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Cloudy Evening, Desert Modernism Diptych, Blue Tones Unique Monotype Landscape
Cloudy Evening, Desert Modernism Diptych, Blue Tones Unique Monotype Landscape

Cloudy Evening, Desert Modernism Diptych, Blue Tones Unique Monotype Landscape

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

Cloudy Evening is a handmade monotype that channels the serene minimalism of Desert Modernism. With fluid, organic silhouettes layered in deep cerulean and soft sky tones, the compos...

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2010s Naturalistic Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Monotype, Handmade Paper

'As A Butterfly' - organic abstraction - monotype - ombre - Agnes Pelton
'As A Butterfly' - organic abstraction - monotype - ombre - Agnes Pelton

'As A Butterfly' - organic abstraction - monotype - ombre - Agnes Pelton

By Claire Whitehurst

Located in Atlanta, GA

"As A Butterfly" is a lithographic monotype on Rives BFK paper featuring hues ofpurple, orange, blue and yellow. This work is framed in a gold frame measuring 25.5 by 22 inches. Claire Whitehurst is inspired by the works of Ruth Asawa, Louise Bourgeois, Agnes Pelton, Hilma af Klimt, Alma Thomas...

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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph, Monotype

Mauve Magic
Mauve Magic

Mauve Magic

By Harold Town

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Harold Town (1924-1990) remains one of the most accomplished and fascinating characters from the "Painters Eleven" group. While Town coined the group's name (based on the number of artists who simply attended their first meeting) his output was diverse, ever-changing and not restricted to painting. Somewhat ironically, Town's first significant body of work, which established his reputation, was a group of monotypes - which he called "Single Autographic Prints" Town was introduced to lithography by fellow Painters Eleven member Oscar Cahen...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Monotype

BREAK IN THE HORIZON

BREAK IN THE HORIZON

By Valerie B Hird

Located in New York, NY

VALERIE HIRD BREAK IN THE HORIZON, 2019 oil, monotypes, gesso, Arches paper, silver leaf, silver amulet 23 1/2 x 22 in. 59.7 x 55.9 cm. mythology

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Silver

"Acquiesce", Abstract Collage, Red, Black, Monotypes, Mixed Media
"Acquiesce", Abstract Collage, Red, Black, Monotypes, Mixed Media

"Acquiesce", Abstract Collage, Red, Black, Monotypes, Mixed Media

By Monica DeSalvo

Located in Franklin, MA

Monica DeSalvo’s “Acquiesce" is a 14 x 12 inch abstract collage over an acrylic monotype on pearlescent textured paper with shades of red, silver, blue and purple. Many of the black ...

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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Monotype

Rose Mist by Katherine Warinner Relief Monotype on Paper

Rose Mist by Katherine Warinner Relief Monotype on Paper

By Katherine Warinner

Located in Atlanta, GA

Katherine’s delicate and evocative monotypes portray nature’s flora in all its glory, from the most organic trees and branches to airily etched florals. They are the result of a perfect (and complicated!) marriage of technical expertise and Katherine’s innate ability to create these light-filled, contemplative pieces. "These works are one of a kind. All are hybrids of different techniques, tied together by being created on an etching press...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Monotype

Overcast - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Violet, 2025
Overcast - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Violet, 2025

Overcast - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Violet, 2025

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight kozo paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust and geological ...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

"Fallen Dream", Minimalist Abstract Collage, Blue, Green, Red, Mixed Media
"Fallen Dream", Minimalist Abstract Collage, Blue, Green, Red, Mixed Media

"Fallen Dream", Minimalist Abstract Collage, Blue, Green, Red, Mixed Media

By Monica DeSalvo

Located in Franklin, MA

Monica DeSalvo’s "Fallen Dream" is a 12 x 18 minimalist abstract mixed media collage on mat board with bright blue, chartreuse green, black, gray, white, yellow, red, and a hint of p...

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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Monotype

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Monotype, Glue, Charcoal, B...

Untitled (Head of a Woman)

Untitled (Head of a Woman)

By Hughie Lee-Smith

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Inscribed, signed, and dated lower center: "Monoprint H Lee-Smith '69" Provenance: The Waintrob Project for the Visual Arts (Foundation); Sidney and Abraham Waintrob This item is i...

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1960s Post-War Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Garden Suite, May - 1, 6/2014

Garden Suite, May - 1, 6/2014

By Suzi Davidoff

Located in New Orleans, LA

Inspired by her close connection to nature, and by what she calls “the spirit of investigation and observation of the natural world,” Suzi Davidoff creates mixed-media drawings and p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Monotype

Iain Baxter& "Lettering Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Iain Baxter& "Lettering Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

Iain Baxter& "Lettering Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

By Iain Baxter

Located in Surfside, FL

Landscape with framed house in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artist....

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20th Century Conceptual Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Iain Baxter& "Merging Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Iain Baxter& "Merging Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

Iain Baxter& "Merging Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

By Iain Baxter

Located in Surfside, FL

Landscape with ironing board in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artist...

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20th Century Conceptual Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Iain Baxter& "Alpine Skiing Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Iain Baxter& "Alpine Skiing Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

Iain Baxter& "Alpine Skiing Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

By Iain Baxter

Located in Surfside, FL

Landscape with Alpine Skiing and furniture armoire in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pionee...

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20th Century Conceptual Art by Medium: Monotype

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Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Iain Baxter& "Dislodging Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Iain Baxter& "Dislodging Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

Iain Baxter& "Dislodging Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting

By Iain Baxter

Located in Surfside, FL

Landscape with barbecue grill in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artis...

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20th Century Conceptual Art by Medium: Monotype

Materials

Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Bertoia — Mid-Century Visionary Abstraction, Unique
Bertoia — Mid-Century Visionary Abstraction, Unique

Bertoia — Mid-Century Visionary Abstraction, Unique

By Harry Bertoia

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Harry Bertoia, Untitled (Abstraction), monotype, c. 1960, a unique impression. Signed 'HB' in pencil, lower right sheet corner, verso. Inscribed '1852' (the artist’s inventory number) in pencil, lower right sheet corner, recto. A superb, painterly impression, on cream wove Japan paper, the full sheet, in excellent condition. Unmatted, unframed. Sheet size 12 x 39 inches (30 x 99 cm). Provenance: Val Bertoia; Private Collection; Rago Auctions, Lambertville, NJ. Literature: 'Harry Bertoia: Monoprints,' Nancy N. Schiffer, Schiffer Publishing LTD, 2011; pg. 253. This work is included in the Harry Bertoia Foundation digital resource, Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné, number TD.MO.1584. ABOUT THE ARTIST Harry Bertoia (1915-1978) was a visionary Italian-American artist, sculptor, and designer. Born in San Lorenzo, Italy, Bertoia immigrated to the United States with his family at age fifteen, settling in Detroit, Michigan. From an early age, Bertoia demonstrated a keen interest in art and design, studying painting and drawing at the Cass Technical High School in Detroit. Later, he attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he studied under renowned designers Eliel Saarinen and Charles Eames. At Cranbrook, Bertoia first began to explore the possibilities of working with metal, a medium that would come to define his artistic career. In the 1940s, Bertoia moved to California to work for Charles and Ray Eames, contributing to the development of innovative molded plywood furniture. However, his experimentation with metal wire sculpture would ultimately catapult him to international acclaim. Bertoia's iconic "Sonambient" sculptures, consisting of delicate metal rods arranged in various configurations, created ethereal sounds when touched or moved, transforming the act of sculpture into a multisensory experience. Bertoia's talent and innovation caught the attention of Florence Knoll, the founder of Knoll Associates, a leading furniture design company. In 1950, Bertoia began collaborating with Knoll, producing a series of iconic wire chairs that became emblematic of mid-century modern design. His "Diamond Chair," with its geometric form and airy construction, remains a classic of modern furniture design. Bertoia continued to explore sculpture as a means of artistic expression, experimenting with new forms and materials. His work was characterized by organicism and fluidity, with forms that evoked natural phenomena such as waves, leaves, and clouds. A decade before Harry Bertoia began creating three-dimensional sculpture, he dedicated his creative efforts to producing experimental prints at the Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, pursuing a passion that would continue for the rest of his life. With these spontaneous works, he worked intuitively, testing different tools and techniques to achieve his desired effects. Rather than using a traditional mechanical pressing process, he would apply ink to a glass or smooth Masonite plate with a sheet of paper laid directly on top. Then, tools such as brayers, dog hair brushes, styluses, and different parts of his hands were employed to draw or “press” the images on the back of the sheet. Rice paper was typically used due to its semi-translucent nature, offering Bertoia limited visibility of the effects of his experimentation, but ultimately, the unpredictable nature of the process was an integral aspect of the results, which never ceased to delight him. Each work was a singular composition with abstract imagery ranging from linear, structural compositions to fantastic surrealistic forms to poetic tonal landscapes. He received little input from other artists, developing his unique vision with rare purity and a deep personal resonance. From his first year of printmaking in 1940, Bertoia quickly amassed an extensive collection of unique works. The compositions were strongly tied to the non-objective movement, which, while popular in Europe, was still in its nascent stages in the US. There were few proponents of this new art form to be found in the 1940s, and it was Hilla Rebay, then Director of the Guggenheim Museum of Non-Objective Art, who gave Bertoia the encouragement and promotion he needed. In 1943, Bertoia sent approximately 100 monotypes to Rebay for review. After receiving the prints, she responded with a surprising offer to buy them all. Rebay then began including them in the museum’s exhibitions. The Guggenheim shows succeeded in putting Bertoia’s name out into the world. He began exhibiting his works regularly at the Neierndorf Gallery in New York and was provided a stipend to ensure a steady supply of prints until Karl Neierndorf died in 1947. By the 1950s...

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1960s American Modern Art by Medium: Monotype

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Monotype

Estate No. 054047

Estate No. 054047

By Otto Neumann

Located in New Orleans, LA

Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker. His monotypes evolved from sharp, angular, black and whites to late abstract prints in a variety of colors. Neumann lived through revolutionary changes in the art world of prewar and postwar Germany. He was a prolific artist in Germany during a time of the country’s unprecedented academic and intellectual growth. His early work shows the influence of both French masters like Cezanne and the contemporary style that was then being developed by German Expressionists like Kirchner. A master printmaker, Neumann was also inspired by the works of Albrecht Durer, whose allegorical subject-matter and unmatched drawing technique Neumann would emulate throughout his career. A lifetime preoccupation with the human figure informs his work, with frieze-like human figures recalling ancient Greek art...

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1960s Expressionist Art by Medium: Monotype

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Monotype

Estate No. 091013

Estate No. 091013

By Otto Neumann

Located in New Orleans, LA

Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker. His monotypes evolved from sharp, angular, black and whites to late abstract p...

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1960s Expressionist Art by Medium: Monotype

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Monotype

Estate No. 082050

Estate No. 082050

By Otto Neumann

Located in New Orleans, LA

Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker. His monotypes evolved from sharp, angular, black and whites to late abstract prints in a variety of colors. Neumann lived through revolutionary changes in the art world of prewar and postwar Germany. He was a prolific artist in Germany during a time of the country’s unprecedented academic and intellectual growth. His early work shows the influence of both French masters like Cezanne and the contemporary style that was then being developed by German Expressionists like Kirchner. A master printmaker, Neumann was also inspired by the works of Albrecht Durer, whose allegorical subject-matter and unmatched drawing technique Neumann would emulate throughout his career. A lifetime preoccupation with the human figure informs his work, with frieze-like human figures recalling ancient Greek art...

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1960s Expressionist Art by Medium: Monotype

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Monotype

Contemporary Abstract Landscape Monotype Painting Sarah Amos
Contemporary Abstract Landscape Monotype Painting Sarah Amos

Contemporary Abstract Landscape Monotype Painting Sarah Amos

By Sarah Amos

Located in Surfside, FL

Sarah Amos(Contemporary Australian/American) Untitled Monotype, 1995 Monotype or painting on paper 12 x 9 inches on a 22.25 x 15 inches sheet size, Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop This appears as a abstract expressionist landscape or seacape. A lovely, moody, piece Sarah Amos, originally from Australia, lives in Vermont, and maintains an active International and National exhibition schedule. Sarah left Australia, after receiving a BFA in Printmaking from RMIT, to attend the Tamarind Institute of Lithography in New Mexico. In 1992 she became a certified Tamarind Master Printer in Lithography working with Joyce Kozloff and Barton Lidice Benes . In 1998 Sarah became the Master Printer for the Vermont Studio Center Press until 2008 and during this time she also received an MFA from the University of Northern Vermont. Sarah has been an Adjunct Professor at Dartmouth, Williams and Bennington Colleges teaching Printmaking and Drawing since 2007. She has led workshops on monoprint collagraph printing techniques with Joel Janowitz...

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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Monotype

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Monotype

Mid-Century Shapes, White and Blue Abstract Shapes, Handmade Cyanotype Monotype
Mid-Century Shapes, White and Blue Abstract Shapes, Handmade Cyanotype Monotype

Mid-Century Shapes, White and Blue Abstract Shapes, Handmade Cyanotype Monotype

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes. It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...

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2010s Post-Minimalist Art by Medium: Monotype

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Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype, Paper

School of Fish, Blue and White, Handmade Cyanotype, Organic Minimalist on Paper
School of Fish, Blue and White, Handmade Cyanotype, Organic Minimalist on Paper

School of Fish, Blue and White, Handmade Cyanotype, Organic Minimalist on Paper

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This one-of-a-kind cyanotype monotype layers soft, sinuous bands of blue to create a serene, wave-like field of motion. The artist shapes light-sensitive chemistry directly on waterc...

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2010s Minimalist Art by Medium: Monotype

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Paper, Lithograph, Monotype

Old Fire Wagon, Monotype
Old Fire Wagon, Monotype

Old Fire Wagon, Monotype

By Joseph Solman

Located in Surfside, FL

Joseph Solman (1909-2008), a New York expressionist painter, hovered near the leading edge of the avant garde through most of his career, yet his works never departed entirely from r...

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20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Monotype

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Monotype

It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect, Abstract Monotype on Watercolor Paper
It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect, Abstract Monotype on Watercolor Paper

It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect, Abstract Monotype on Watercolor Paper

By a.muse

Located in New york, NY

It Doesn't Have to be Perfect by a.muse suggests that striving for perfection is not always the goal. Transcending the limitations of perfection, personal expression resides in the ...

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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Monotype

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Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper, Monotype

Tropical Botanical Cyanotype, Marrakesh Majorelle Palm, Blue Tree, Still Life
Tropical Botanical Cyanotype, Marrakesh Majorelle Palm, Blue Tree, Still Life

Tropical Botanical Cyanotype, Marrakesh Majorelle Palm, Blue Tree, Still Life

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. This cyanotype shows a palm tree from the Majorelle Gardens in Marrakesh. Details: + Title: Marrakesh Majorelle Palm + Y...

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2010s Naturalistic Art by Medium: Monotype

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Watercolor, Other Medium, Paper, Monotype

Estate No. 082126

Estate No. 082126

By Otto Neumann

Located in New Orleans, LA

Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was an expressionist painter and printmaker born in Heidelberg, Germany. He was one of the most versatile and original artists of...

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1960s Expressionist Art by Medium: Monotype

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Monotype

Firestorm, by Robert Roach
Firestorm, by Robert Roach

Firestorm, by Robert Roach

By Robert Roach

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Unique monotype with collage. signed and numbered on the front, titled on verso. Artist Robert Roach lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His one-of-a-kind, abstract monoprints are inspi...

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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Monotype

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Monotype

Monotype art for sale on 1stDibs.

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