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Period: Late 20th Century
Untitled. Large Mixed Media Splatter Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Mixed media (acrylic and oil paints) splatter painting on canvas
Signed and dated verso.
Gordon Couch born 1949 British artist based in Cornwall and ...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Spring bouquet. Oil on cardboard, 85 x 74, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring bouquet. Oil on cardboard, 85x74,5 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art,...
Category
Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$1,539 Sale Price
20% Off
"Cheveux en Liberte" Modern Yellow Abstract Expressionist Painting of Horses
Located in Houston, TX
Modern yellow toned Abstract Expressionist painting by the French painter Joël Dabin. The work features a group of running horses, with their hair flowing in the wind, set against an...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ochre Sunset, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Miriam Bromberg, Amnerican XXth Cent.
Title: Ochre Sunset
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Large Oil Painting Color field, Minimalist, Abstract Expressionist John Zinsser
By John Zinsser
Located in Surfside, FL
John Zinsser
(American, b. 1961)
Iron City, 1997
oil on canvas
signed John Zinsser, titled and dated (verso)
72 x 60 inches
Done in bright vibrant shades of red.
American artist John Zinsser was born in New York City in 1961 and studied art, art history and literature at Yale University (where he did his senior thesis on Andy Warhol). He co-founded Journal of Contemporary Art in 1987 and lectures at The New School. He has had over 40 solo shows in the U.S. and Europe, and is known in Europe for his association with monochrome painters of a previous generation. Zinsser has been a devotee of postwar Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism for decades.
A native New Yorker, he came of age as an artist during the late 1980s and early 1990s alongside other now established abstract painters, including Richmond Burton, Gail Fitzgerald, Daniel Levine, Carl Ostendarp, Kate Shepherd, Cary Smith, Dan Walsh, Mary Weatherford, and Stephen Westfall, among others. Zinsser’s material paintings and conceptual drawings often pay homage to, expand upon, and subvert earlier precedents in NYC’s painting history, from Abstract Expressionism to Radical Painting to Post-Modernism. Zinsser interned for the architect Peter Eisenman, when he was director of the Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City.
Select Group Exhibitions
2017 Six Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, curated by Debra Drexler and Liam Davis,
2016 Carrie Moyer/David Reed/John Zinsser, Dedalus Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Fabulists, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY (Four-person show with: Donald Evans...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Composition with Stairs in Gouache and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Composition with Stairs in Gouache and Ink on Paper
Bold abstract composition by Pacific Northwest artist Karen Guzak (American, b. 1939). A large, dark blue ...
Category
Post-War Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Mini Abstract Oil Painting - Fleck
Located in Bristol, GB
FLECK
Size: 31 x 34.5 cm
Oil on Canvas
A small but very engaging and brilliantly executed abstract composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1973.
Set against a tranquil b...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"End of a Long Journey" - Abstract Expressionist Composition - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"End of a Long Journey" - Abstract Expressionist Composition - Acrylic on Canvas
Bold composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (A...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Crystals Emerging From A Solid
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Crystals Emerging from a Solid
1991
Pencil on a blue oil wash on paper
23.0 x 18.0 cm
George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended with...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pencil
$330 Sale Price
20% Off
Colorful Abstract Aerial Landscape Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Stunning textural abstract aerial landscape painting by Hungarian artist Levente Baranyai. Oil on panel, 37.5 x 50 inches.
With a focus on aerial urb...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Tulips. 1996. Oil on canvas, 81х100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips. 1996. Oil on canvas, 81х100 cm
Jurgis Skulme (1928-2015) – painter, art scientist.
1954 – The graduating State Art Academy of Latvia, the monumental department (diploma wor...
Category
Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,731 Sale Price
20% Off
"Walking Crane" Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
"Walking Crane," an abstract acrylic painting incorporating stippling and other textural effects, as well as two chops (stamps), by an unknown artist. The piece is presented in a dou...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
$716 Sale Price
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Large Latin American Blue Abstract Oil Painting Mexican Art Jose Gonzalez Veites
Located in Surfside, FL
José González Veites (Mexican, born Mexico City 1957) Works in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of New York City.
Born in Mexico City, w...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cyan & Orange Seascape at Sunset by Victor Papkov
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive and colorful seascape by Vasil (Victor) Papkov (20th Century). The vivid cyan blue churning waves mirror the sky above, with a glowing orange sunset splitting the canvas o...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Man - Original Oil painting by Danilo Bergamo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Man is an original contemporary artwork realized by Danilo Bergamo in the 1970s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Fair conditions
Danilo Ber...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$541 Sale Price
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'Village in Provence', Large French Geometric Abstract Oil, Palo Alto Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'S. Aron' (French, 20th century) and dated 1970; additionally signed, verso, on canvas with old label verso.
Provenance: Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Abstract in Magenta and Indigo', Geometric Abstraction, Modernism
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial oil abstract comprising a royal blue and citron triangle contained within receding rectangular elements on a scumbled pink and magenta background. American school, uns...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Village. Oil on cardboard, 79. 5 x 100. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Village. Oil on cardboard, 79.5 x 100.5 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, S...
Category
Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$817 Sale Price
20% Off
"Changing Seasons" - Red Over Blue Tribute to Mark Rothko in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Changing Seasons" - Red Over Blue Tribute to Mark Rothko in Acrylic on Paper
A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Draw...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Vintage American Surreal "Bread upon The Waters" Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5013 Vintage American Surreal bread upon the waters
mixed mediaon stretched canvas
Unframed
Signed on verso N. Leavitt 1996
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Arch Points" - Abstract Expressionist Indigo Dye on Acrylic Resin Sculptural
Located in Soquel, CA
"Arch Points" - Abstract Expressionist Indigo on Acrylic Resin Sculptural
San Francisco abstract expressionist (American, 20th c.). Signed indistinctly lower right. Indigo dye and ...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Epoxy Resin, Dye
$1,480 Sale Price
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French Feminine Contemporary Colorful Abstract Painting By Jean Pierre Guiot
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A beautiful and soft feminine gouache painting by French artist Jean Pierre Guiot. With a soft dark color palette of dark green, yellow, red, and blue, this piece exudes an emotional...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Still Life of a Bottle. Op Art. Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late mid-century acrylic on canvas, still life of a bottle by Japanese artist Mayumi Ozawa. Signed bottom centre with dedication and date to the bottom right.
This vibrant artwork p...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Cubist Oil and Acrylic on Board, Le Mannequin, After Giorgio de Chirico
Located in Cotignac, FR
Cubist acrylic and oil on board in the modern form of a stylised mannequin figure portrait by French artist Créqule. The painting is influenced by the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Board
Antique Israeli Surrealist "Bubbles and Birds" Signed Winter Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Israeli modernist surreal landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 13 by 15 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a g...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Green Composition - Oil Painting by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Green Composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Leo Guida in 1970s
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). S ensitive to current issues, artistic mo...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,172 Sale Price
25% Off
Untitled - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Intersections is an oil painting on paper with a wooden support, a wooden rod serves as a frame. This painting is part of a series of works where the human ...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,082 Sale Price
25% Off
Colorful green contemporary Dog/Foxhound acrylic painting with text on paper
Located in Charleston, US
“There is that Far-off Tall Dog Singing to a Hole in Bank” (Frill Dog series). A colorful contemporary dog painting of Foxhounds dogs singing to a fox in a hole with accompanying text from a book is an inspirational departure from the traditional illustrations found in British Rudyard Kipling's "Thy Servant a Dog", 1930. The book was the first ever narrated by a dog. Nancy van Meter...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting in Brown and Black and White
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3574 Oil on board set in a gilt wood frame
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Magenta and Teal Abstracted Figurative Textured Monoprint
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and dynamic monoprint by David Stephens (American, 20th Century). Sand (or a similar medium) was used in the pressing of this monoprint, creating a pocked texture in multiple...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
$556 Sale Price
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Untitled #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #2" 1990 is an oil painting with collage on canvas by noted artist Georgia Whitaker. It is signed at the lower left corner by t...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
'Geometric II', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Art Institute, Woman Artist
By Renee Harwin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Renee Harwin' (Austrian-American, born 1924) and painted circa 1975.
A dramatically balanced abstract comprising adjacent and overlapping geometric forms in muted shades of saffron, brick red and ultramarine.
Renee Harwin's figures are gestural, reflective of human design and set within an environment of patterns suggestive of clouds and sky. She comes to the figure through years of hard-edge painting. Her work combines the influence of Midwest painters such as Clyfford Still and her San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack Jefferson...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lexington, " Larry Zox, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Brown Modernism
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Larry Zox
Lexington, 1973
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 49 inches
Provenance:
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, Texas
Private Collection, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Exhibited:
New York, Andre Emmerich Gallery, Larry Zox: New Paintings, March 10 - 28, 1973.
Houston, Texas, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Larry Zox, February - April, 1974.
A painter who played an essential role in the Color Field discourse of the 1960s and 1970s, Larry Zox is best known for his intensely and brilliantly colored geometric abstractions, which question and violate symmetry. Zox stated in 1965: “Being contrary is the only way I can get at anything.” To Zox, this position was not necessarily arbitrary, but instead meant “responding to something in an examination of it [such as] using a mechanical format with X number of possibilities." What he sought was to “get at the specific character and quality of each painting in and for itself,” as James Monte stated in his introductory essay in the catalogue for Zox’s 1973–74 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Zox also at times used a freer, more intuitive method, while maintaining coloristic autonomy, which became increasingly important to him in his later career.
Zox began to receive attention in the 1960s, when he was included in several groundbreaking exhibitions of Color Field and Minimalist art, including Shape and Structure (1965), organized by Henry Geldzahler and Frank Stella for Tibor de Nagy, New York, and Systemic Painting (1966), organized by Lawrence Alloway for the Guggenheim Museum. In 1973–74, the Whitney’s solo exhibition of Zox’s work gave recognition to his significance in the art scene of the preceding decade. In the following year, he was represented in the inaugural exhibition of the Hirshhorn Museum, which acquired fourteen of his works.
Zox was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended the University of Oklahoma and Drake University, and then studied under George Grosz at the Des Moines Art Center. In 1958, Zox moved to New York, joining the downtown art scene. His studio on 20th Street became a gathering place for artists, jazz musicians, bikers, and boxers. He occasionally sparred with visiting fighters. He later established a studio in East Hampton, a former black smithy used previously by Jackson Pollock.
Zox’s earliest works were collages consisting of pieces of painted paper stapled onto sheets of plywood. He then produced paintings that were illusions of collages, including both torn- and trued-edged forms, to which he added a wide range of strong hues that created ambiguous surfaces. Next, he omitted the collage aspect of his work and applied flat color areas to create more complete statements of pure color and shape. He then replaced these torn and expressive edges with clean and impersonal lines that would define his work for the next decade.
From 1962 to 1965, he produced his Rotation series, at first creating plywood and Plexiglas reliefs, which turned squares into dynamic polygons. He used these shapes in his paintings as well, employing white as a foil between colors to produce negative spaces that suggest that the colored shapes had only been cut out and laid down instead of painted. The New York Times noted in 1964: “The artist is hip, cool, adventurous, not content to stay with the mere exercise of sensibility that one sees in smaller works.”
In 1965, he began the Scissors Jack series, in which he arranged opposing triangular shapes with inverted Vs of bare canvas at their centers that threaten to split their compositions apart. In several works from this series, Zox was inspired by ancient Chinese water vessels...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$44,000 Sale Price
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Abstract Acrylic Mix Media Painting Cheryl Warrick African American Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Cheryl Warrick (American, b. 1956),
"Build a nest" 1998,
Acrylic and mixed media painting on paper,
Hand signed, titled and dated verso, matted and framed.
(I have not opened thi...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Abstraction
Located in Germantown, NY
Stuart Bigley is an artist based in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley. He has been making and showing his artwork for over 40 years. During this time he also co-founded and ran the ...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary American Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 24H by 24L.
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arial Landscape (Black Blocks with Red)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Gary L. Shaffer (American, 1936-2001)
Title: Arial Landscape (Black Blocks with Red)
Year: 1989
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 54 x 48 inches.
Signature: Signed, titled, dated...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Birds" Large Oil on canvas 36x46 framed.
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Southampton, NY
Hunt is an internationally recognized American painter. His work is in the collections of more that 100 museums including, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim M...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American School Abstract Expressionist Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$556 Sale Price
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Tribute Serie #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tribute Serie #2" 1982 is an acrylic painting on canvas by noted American artist Robert Inman, 1927-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 40 x 30 inches, framed size is 40.75 x 30.75 inches. Custom framed in a simple wood frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Robert Inman 1927-2016. Studied at the Chouinard Art Institute
The first job started in1959 at Bob Clampett...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Piccolo Archivio - l Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Piccolo Archivio is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera o...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
$586 Sale Price
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Israeli Hard Edged Geometric Abstract Mixed Media Art Painting Aharon Gluska
Located in Surfside, FL
Aharon Gluska (Israeli, b. 1951)
Mixed Media Painting
Markings & Inscriptions: Hand signed bottom right
Date: Mid to late 20th century
Frame: 26 X 33.75
Image: 23 X 30.75
Aharon Gluska (born 1951) is an Israeli–American painter. Gluska was born in 1951 in Hadera, Israel. He studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Avni Institute of Fine Arts in Tel Aviv.
Grants
Gluska received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation.
Awards
Gluska was one of two winners along with Moshe Kupferman, of the 1996 Zussman Prize for artists dealing with the Holocaust, from the Yad Vashem museum, for his paintings of prisoners at Auschwitz based on photographs of them taken by their Nazi guards.
Exhibitions:
Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA 1983
Aharon Gluska: Painting and Drawings 1985-1986 Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA 1986
Group Exhibitions
The Disciplined Spirit, Exit Art, New York, USA
Artists: Nahum Tevet, Micha Ullman, Aaron Gluska, Jacob El Hanani, Moshe Kupferman, Gilad Ophir, Joshua Neustein,
Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA
Artists: Larry Abramson, Yosef Zaritsky, Zelig Segal, Menashe Kadishman, Yaacov Agam, Buky Schwartz, Michael Gross, Michael Gitlin, Benni Efrat, Pinchas Cohen Gan, Zigi Ben Haim, Avi Adler, Arie Aroch.
Bertha Urdang Collector's Choice, Space for Modern Artists - Daphna Naor, Jerusalem
Group Exhibition - Etched Voices, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem painting and sculpture.
Artists: Jankel Adler, Avigdor Arikha, Gideon Gechtman, Menashe Kadishman, Marcel Janco, Samuel Bak, Moshe Gershuni, Ori Gersht, Osias Hofstatter, Zvi Aldouby, Mordecai Ardon,Yosl Bergner, Mikhail Grobman, Igael Tumarkin, Naftali Bezem,
Beit Shturman Museum, Kibbutz Ein Harod
Artists: Adi Nes, Gal Weinstein...
Category
Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Paint, Ink
Hydaspes
Located in London, GB
signed 'Gillian Ayres 88' (lower left)
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$201,789
"Let Me In, Let Me Out" - Abstract Mixed Media Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
"Let Me In, Let Me Out" - Abstract Mixed Media Composition
Boldly colored abstract figurative composition by California artist Elizabeth Arrington Leaf (American, B-1955). Three lar...
Category
Conceptual Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
$2,280 Sale Price
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Figure Composition, Faces
By Karel Appel
Located in Greenwich, CT
Karel Appel is internationally recognized and collected for this subject matter in particular. Preferable to have the faces, this piece has rich color and presence. Good value and ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tim Nordin "VIII.1 Study" Signed Acrylic on Canvas Panel, Frameless Presentation
By Tim Nordin
Located in Miami, FL
"VIII.1 Study" BY TIM NORDIN (B. 1945)
Acrylic on Canvas over Panel ⚜ Signed ⚜ Frameless Display
A VIBRANT STUDY OF COLOR, TRANSPARENCY & STRUCTURE
A rare and original acrylic on canvas over panel, Tim Nordin’s "VIII.1 Study" (1976) is a striking example from his renowned Transparent Sumi Brush Mark series. This work is defined by layered organic strokes of deep blues, vibrant greens, and subtle earth tones, forming a rhythmic interplay of color and light.
Nordin’s distinctive brushwork creates a composition that shifts dynamically depending on light and perspective, a hallmark of his innovative approach. His technique results in an immersive, pulsating visual field—where each mark remains distinct yet seamlessly integrates into the whole. This meticulous layering and structured spontaneity connect his work to Abstract Expressionism, Op Art, and Color Field painting.
This highly collectible piece was exhibited in Nordin’s 1982 Palm Springs Desert Museum exhibition and remains an essential work for collectors seeking dynamic gestural abstraction and structured color play.
WHY COLLECT THIS WORK?
✓ Highly Collectible – A rare hand-signed original by Tim Nordin
✓ Exhibited Work – Featured in Nordin’s 1982 Palm Springs Desert Museum exhibition
✓ Optical Depth & Color Play – A dynamic surface with layered transparency & gestural brushwork
✓ Historical Provenance – From the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Ricardo Sanchez, acquired directly from the artist
✓ Frameless Display – Ready to Hang – Presented in its original artist-preferred format
ARTWORK DETAILS:
▸ Title: VIII.1 Study
▸ Artist: Tim Nordin (b. 1945)
▸ Medium: Acrylic on Canvas over Panel
▸ Year of Creation: 1976
▸ Signature: Hand-signed, titled, and dated on verso
▸ Provenance: Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Ricardo Sanchez, acquired directly from the artist
▸ Country of Origin: United States
▸ Dimensions:
— ◼︎ Image Size: 12 x 12.125 inches
— ◻︎ Panel Size: 12 x 12.125 x 1.625 inches
▸ Condition: Excellent – Vibrant colors with well-preserved surface clarity
▸ Framing: Frameless Display (Artist’s Standard Presentation) – Ready to Hang
INCLUDED DOCUMENTATION:
✓ Certificate of Authenticity
✓ Artist Biography Document
✓ Excerpts from the 1982 Palm Springs Desert Museum Exhibition Catalog
THE ARTIST:
Tim Nordin is an American abstract painter best known for his exploration of transparency, repetition, and structured mark-making. His work draws inspiration from a wide range of influences, including Mark Rothko, Sam Francis, Josef Albers, Kazimir Malevich, and the Optical Art movement pioneered by Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley. While elements of his work reflect the gestural expressiveness of Abstract Expressionism, his approach to composition and structure aligns with Color Field painters such as Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler.
Born in 1945, Nordin traveled extensively before settling in California, where he studied fine arts at Cerritos College and later earned his MFA at Claremont Graduate School, concentrating on printmaking and experimental painting techniques. Early in his career, he experimented with plexiglass, vinyl, and alternative surfaces, seeking ways to push the boundaries of traditional painting.
By the 1970s and 1980s, Nordin became known for his Transparent Sumi Brush Mark series, in which he developed a meticulous method of layering individual brushstrokes to form structured, organic compositions. These works, featuring veils of fluid color and precise gestural marks, evoke the optical depth and rhythmic movement found in Bridget Riley’s Op Art...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$2,300 Sale Price
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Green Man with Owl - British Welsh Abstract art oil painting nature country
By Glyn Morgan
Located in London, GB
Richard Taylor Fine Art presents a collection of the works by Glyn Morgan. Many of the works have never been offered for sale before. A Welsh artist, he studied at Cardiff College of...
Category
Impressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,708 Sale Price
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Vintage Latin American School Minimalist Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Latin American School titled "Mask" Minimalist Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
Fine example of Latin American School minimalist portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A stylized face is shown as a mask, with one eye clearly visible. The other is obscured in shadow. The mask has a slightly open mouth.
Signed, dated, and titled along the bottom edge "R de Silva 3.3.86 Mask"
Provenance: Acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
No frame.
Paper size: 19"H x 16"W
DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Composition - Oil on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Leo Guida in 1970s
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,082 Sale Price
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Portrait of A Woman, Abstract Oil Painting by John Uht
By John Uht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Uht, American (1924 - 2010)
Title: Portrait of a Woman
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.l.
Size: 12 x 9 inches
Frame Size: 16 x 13 inches
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Oranges”
Located in Southampton, NY
Interesting abstract of a stillife of oranges by the American artist, Clifford Johnson. Signed lower left. Titled verso. Condition is excellent. Circa 1970. Presently unframed. ...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,240 Sale Price
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Open Blue
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Open Blue
1970
Mixed media on paper
25.4 x 17.7 cm
Vertical orientation
George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended with the artist’...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$442 Sale Price
20% Off
Red Chevron and Dots, Abstract Painting by Dan Teis
By Dan Teis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dan Teis
Title: Red Chevron and Dots
Date: 1978
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 36 in. x 48 in. (91.44 cm x 121.92 cm)
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Naturalistic Coca-Cola Barn Farm Rural Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic painting of a rural farm landscape with a barn that has the iconic red Coca-Cola sign painted on the side. Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner and currently ...
Category
Naturalistic Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Uccelliera - Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Uccelliera is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on ivor...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
$586 Sale Price
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Zodiac Magic Circle - Oil Paint by Mino Meno - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Mino Meno in 1980s.
Hand signed and titled on rear.
It bears a contemporary wooden frame cm. 59.5x49.
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Architectural Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare early work by important American modernist Donald Traver. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 14L.
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Modernist Colorful Bold Monoprint Monotype Painting Print Pierre Obando
Located in Surfside, FL
Pierre Andre Obando creates process oriented abstract paintings. He was born in Belize City, Belize and grew up in the Caribbean, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Miami, Fl and Jackson, MS.
Pierre Obando completed his MFA at Hunter College and completed his undergraduate studies at New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fl. His work was featured in the Queens International Biennial in 2004, and 2006 at the Queens Museum of Art. His work has been in group exhibitions at Angela Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY; Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY; MACO Mexico Art Fair in Mexico City; Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA; The Painting Center, New York, NY; and Dean Project, New York, NY. In 2008, he had a solo exhibition at Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY and in 2009, at project space show at Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY. He has participated in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Artists-in-Residence Program. In the fall of 2012, he participated in the group show Caribe Now, at the Nathan Cumming Foundation, which was organized by El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. Contemporary Pattern and Decoration piece, The original movement was championed by the gallery owner Holly Solomon. The P&D movement wanted to revive an interest in minor forms such as patterning which at that point was equated with triviality. The prevailing negative view of decoration was one not generally shared by non-Western cultures, The Pattern and Decoration movement was influenced by sources outside of what was considered to be fine art. Blurring the line between art and design, many P&D works mimic patterns like those on wallpapers, printed fabrics, and quilts. There is a close connection between the Pattern and Decoration movement and the Feminist art movement. The P&D movement arose in opposition to the Minimalist and Conceptualist movements. Mary Grigoriadis, Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Miriam Schapiro, Robert Zakanitch were early proponents of this style. The artist lives and works in New York City.
Education:
2001 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY
2000 Study Abroad, Slade School, UCL, London, United Kingdom
1997 BFA, Painting, New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL
Solo Exhibitions:
2015 ‘Like New’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
2009 ‘Nowhere’, Rush Arts, New York, NY
2008 ‘Noise’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions:
2018 ‘Revival: Contemporary Pattern and Decoration’, El Museo at Hostos, Bronx, NY
Including artists: Abelardo Cruz Santiago Pierre Obando Antonio Pulgarín Keisha Scarville Mickalene Thomas and others.
2017 Locust Projects Contemporary in Miami benefit auction including artists Dara Friedman, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Larry Bell, and more
2017 ‘Browsing Chamber’, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 ‘#BemisPainters, 1982-2015’, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
2015 ‘Spat Spell’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
2013 ‘Un-Natural Constellations’, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
2012 ‘Caribe Now’, Nathan Cummings Foundation/El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
2012 ‘Lucid Fence’, Dean Project, New York, NY
2012 ‘Abstract Gambol’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY
2012 ‘Reenacting Sense’, Yace Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2010 ‘Continuing Color Abstraction’, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2009 ‘West/East’, Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA
2009 ‘Alternative Abstraction’, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Including works by Stephen Antonakos, Warren Isensee, Gary Lang, Melissa Meyer and Katherine Sehr...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Monotype
Large Scale Abstracted Cityscape -- Mountains Overlooking the City
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant abstract of Berkeley Hills overlooking the city of Oakland, California by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Presented in a wood slat white frame. Signed lower right "Loran." ...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$3,800 Sale Price
22% Off
"White Box Blue Lines" 1980s Encaustic Abstract Painting CCAC Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Patricia Zippin
White Box Blue Lines
1980s
Mixed Media
30.75"x 22.5", unframed
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks.
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Acrylic, Pencil
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