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Contemporary Abstract Paintings

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Period: 1980s
Abstract Expressionist Painting Miami Architecture Modernist Lynne Golob Gelfman
Located in Surfside, FL
Lynne Golob Gelfman, American (1944-2020) Abstract Composition in colors Acrylic paint on paper 1983 Hand signed and dated recto 23" X 29", Frame measures 26" X 33". Provenance: Jan ...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper

1987 Adrianne Wortzel Acrylic on Paper
Located in Larchmont, NY
Adrianne Wortzel (b. 1941) Gold Columns, 1987 Acrylic on paper Sight: 22 x 30 in. Framed: 27 x 34 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. Signed and titled verso on stretcher bar ADRIANNE WORTZEL'S early ...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Large Abstract Expressionist Painting Miami Woman Modernist Lynne Golob Gelfman
Located in Surfside, FL
Lynne Golob Gelfman, American (1944-2020) Abstract Composition in colors Acrylic paint and watercolor on paper Hand signed and dated recto Sheet: 40 X 26 inches Frame dimensions: 47....
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Rene Ricard Red Blue Nasty, 1989 poetry painting Keith Haring reference
Located in New York, NY
Frustration is center stage, written in cursive: "It's one of those days nothing works out right -- bump into any sharp corner – can’t tell flesh from white or brown from…or green fr...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Screen

Standing Figure: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Large oil on paper by this well collected British artist. Signed and dated 1980 lower left. Superb example of this artists work. Behind glass in excellent condition, new mount origin...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

P094
Located in Westport, CT
Over the course of his 40-year career German-American artist, Gunnar Theel, has created a rich body of work largely comprised of painting and sculpture. S...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1984
Located in Manchester, GB
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1984 Ink on yellow wove paper Hand-signed and dated in ink in the lower portion of the right margin: K Haring 11.75 x 16.5 in (30 x...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Felt Pen

Abstract Expressionist 1980s Painting Miami Woman Modernist Lynne Golob Gelfman
Located in Surfside, FL
Lynne Golob Gelfman, American (1944-2020) Composition in Pink Acrylic on paper Hand signed and dated recto Sheet: 22.5 x 30 inches Frame dimensions: 24.75 x 32.25 frame with glazing ...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist 1980s Painting Miami Woman Modernist Lynne Golob Gelfman
Located in Surfside, FL
Lynne Golob Gelfman, American (1944-2020) Composition in Blue Acrylic polymer on paper Hand signed and dated recto Sheet: 22.5 x 30 inches Frame dimensions: 26 x 33 frame with glazin...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

original card. 8.5 x 13.5 cm
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Keith Haring. 1958-1990. The iconography of his drawings includes dancing animals and figures, dogs, crawling babies, pyramids, televisions, telephones, ...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

"City-Morning-Skyscape" 1982 Pink And Grey Contemporary Oil By Joyce Weinstein
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Step into the world of abstract contemporary art with Joyce Weinstein's "City-Morning-Skyscape", a captivating painting from 1982 that flaunt the artist's early brilliance and creati...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

P112
Located in Westport, CT
Over the course of his 40-year career German-American artist, Gunnar Theel, has created a rich body of work largely comprised of painting and sculpture. S...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

P125
Located in Westport, CT
Over the course of his 40-year career German-American artist, Gunnar Theel, has created a rich body of work largely comprised of painting and sculpture. S...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

P101
Located in Westport, CT
Over the course of his 40-year career German-American artist, Gunnar Theel, has created a rich body of work largely comprised of painting and sculpture. S...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Optical Art Female Artist 1980s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Pastel Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Log Cabin Humble Beginnings" is a watercolor painting created by Barbara Kohl-Spiro. From 1984 this comes from a series of paintings based on quilt designs. This example depicts the...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Large Modernist Figurative Abstract Oil Painting BASKET
By Marlene Bauer
Located in Surfside, FL
A Pacific Northwest native, Bauer was born in Vancouver, Washington, and has maintained a studio in Portland, Oregon since 1976. She attended the Pacific Northwest College of Art and the University of Oregon where she received her M.F.A. Since that time, she has exhibited her work throughout the Northwest while teaching art as an associate professor at Marylhurst University. Bauer applies her modernist approach to her artwork, and her paintings become a sort of balancing act in reconciling her subjects and her techniques. Teetering between abstraction and representational, Bauer's houses are depicted as simplified forms, exploiting a universal iconography. The recognizable elements in her artwork – trees, buildings – are unconventionally depicted in wide patches of overlapping color, "pulling each painting away from literal interpretation." Marlene Bauer's abstractions stem from her interest in the visual dynamics of a quick impression of a landscape from a moving car or a glance out a window. The artist has exhibited her work in solo exhibitions at the Laura Russo Gallery, the Elizabeth Leach Gallery (both in Portland), and the Davidson Galleries in Seattle. Bauer's artwork is included in many of the region's public and private collections including the King County Regional Justice Center, Bank of America, the City of Portland, the City of Seattle, the Oregon State...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pears (from Holly Solomon Gallery. Readers Digest Associ Art Collection) Unique
Located in New York, NY
Robert Kushner Pears, 1985 Acrylic & Collage on Paper; Framed with Holly Solomon Gallery Label & Reader's Digest Art Collection Label Signed and titled by the artist on the front Thi...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Artists in the Spotlight
Located in New York, NY
Tom Holland Artists in the Spotlight: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), 1985 Acrylic and mixed media on paper Signed and dated 1985 on ...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irradiant Chromosectorial - Acrylic Painting by Elena Fia Fozzer - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Elena Fia Fozzer, Irradiant Chromosectorial. Acrylics on four canvases applied and positioned with magnets on a metal panel, 1989. Signature on the back of each canvas Artist's si...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Project - Collage and Acrylic by Lucio del Pezzo - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Project is an artwork realized by Lucio Del Pezzo, 1985. Collage e Acrylic on cardboard. Handsigned in red in the lower part. cm. 32.5x50 Lucio Del Pezzo (Naples, December 13, 1...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

June 1984 Color Study #1
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen June 1984 Color Study #1, 1989 Mixed media on paper Hand signed, titled and dated on the lower front This is a unique work Frame included; held in the original vintage frame Robert Petersen, protege of Robert Rauschenberg, was born in 1945 in the small farm town of Le Mars, Iowa and was raised there until 1952 when he moved with his family to Whittier, California. His education as an artist began in 1963 at Fullerton Community College where his interest in architectural drafting led him to develop a passion for drawing, painting, and printmaking. In 1966, he pursued his love for printmaking further at California State University, Long Beach under the former Tamarind Lithography Workshop printer, Robert Evermon. In 1969, Petersen went on to work as an assistant printer at Gemini G.E.L. where he printed editions for Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg. Most notably, Petersen served as one of the head printers for Rauschenberg's Stoned Moon series, during which the two formed a close friendship. In late 1970, Rauschenberg invited Petersen to live and work with him on Captiva Island, Florida, which had recently become the artist's permanent residence and studio. In 1971, Rauschenberg and Petersen...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

May 1987, Signed collage, gold leaf, acrylic painting, Framed w/ Castelli label
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen May 1987, 1987 Pure pigment collage, gold leaf, acrylic painting and drawing Signed, titled and dated on the front. The back of the frame bears the label of Castelli ...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Large Plein Air Landscape Oil Painting, Peach & Plenty, Hamptons, Janet Jennings
Located in Surfside, FL
Janet Jennings Oil Painting on Canvas Peace and Plenty, 1989. Hand signed Dimensions: Canvas, 65 1/2" x W: 59 1/2". framed 68 X 62 inches Janet Jennings received her BFA from the University of Dayton and attended The Dayton Art Institute, Antioch College and The Art Students League. Her paintings are in numerous corporate and private collections worldwide. She has exhibited at numerous galleries on Long Island, the Hamptons and New York City including The New York Design Center, Hampton Road Gallery, Pamela Williams Gallery, Folioeast, Lizan-Tops Gallery, Chase Edwards Gallery, Gallery North, Elaine Benson Gallery, Glenn Horowitz Gallery, Mark Humphrey...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Woman with Rosy Cheeks after Picasso in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with Rosy Cheeks in Acrylic on Paper A stylized portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). In this stylized portrait, the s...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled Gestural Abstract Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Matthias Kohlmann Untitled Gestural Abstract Composition Medium: Gouache Year: 1988 Signed and dated by hand Edition: Unique Size: 13.7 × 9.4 inches COA provided Matthias Kohlmann (...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Minimalist Black Oil Painting, Collage, Mixed Media on Canvas Kevin Larmon
Located in Surfside, FL
Kevin Larmon, (American, b. 1955), 1985-1986, oil on canvas; hand signed, titled, and dated on the reverse Provenance: bear a Curt Marcos Gallery label verso This is one of a pair we are offering for sale Kevin Larmon (1955-) is an American artist and was assistant monitor of painting at Syracuse University. Kevin Larmon was born in Syracuse, New York in 1955. He grew up on a small horse farm. Larmon's mother was a school secretary while his father was a construction worker. He graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and moved to New York City as an undergraduate senior, where he finished his schooling at the New York Studio School. In the late 1970s, Larmon played guitar for Mudmen, a three piece band in the East Village of New York City with Craig Gillis playing bass, Mike Caffes playing drums, and percussionist Jill Burkhart. Mudmen played in venues such as CBGB, Danceteria, A7 (bar), Pyramid Club, Mudd Club, and The Limelight. Larmon started making still life paintings in 1979. He has also worked with atmospheric drawings and paintings since 1989, many of which are made on canvas or wood. In 2009, he began to paint his cell paintings. Larmon's paintings are built up through layers of collage and paint. Most famously, Larmon's work includes collages of gay male pornography that have been painted over with images that exist somewhere in between abstraction and form. These images are often anatomical. Conceptually, Larmon's work deals with issues such as the male body image and fascist culture. Similarly, Larmon's drawings on wood deal with ambiguously anatomical and abstracted forms. His work has been associated with the post-conceptualism and neo-conceptual art movements, which were prominent aspects of exhibitions at Gallery Nature Morte and with Tricia Collins and Richard Milazzo shaping the nature of painting after the rise of conceptual art. Larmon was also associated with Feature Inc., a gallery that was first established in Chicago in 1984. In August 1988, the gallery's director, known as Hudson, moved Feature Inc. to New York City. Larmon's first exhibition with Feature Inc. occurred in 1987 in Chicago, Illinois. Over the years, Hudson and Larmon would work together on many exhibitions. As a young artist, Larmon spent his Thursdays working to sustain Gallery Nature Morte together with the gallery owners, Alan Becher and Peter Nagy, when the gallery existed in New York City. Larmon was heavily influenced by his contemporaries at Gallery Nature Morte such as Robin Weglinski, Joel Otterson, and Steven Parrino. Other influential artists include Oliver Wasow, Robert Gober, Nancy Shaver, Carter Hodgkin, and Steven Wolfe. Larmon also drew inspiration from Rembrandt, Giorgio Morandi, Jackson Pollock, and Agnes Martin. During his time as a professor at Syracuse University, Larmon made an impact on many emerging artists including Deborah Roberts and Paul Weiner. Larmon participated in Aperto 86 at the 1986 Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, where his paintings were exhibited at the Corderie at the Arsenal. From 1983–2013, Larmon was invited to exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; Feature Inc, New York, New York; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; the University Art Museum at the University of California, Berkeley; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Visual Arts Museum, New York, New York; the Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, now the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado; Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey; and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2013, Larmon was included in a group show at the Leslie Sacks Gallery in Los Angeles, California alongside artists Christo, Jim Dine, Pablo Picasso, Chuck Close, Howard Hodgkin, Jasper Johns, Marino Marini, Henri Matisse, Karel Nel, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg, and Sebastião Salgado. Exhibitions curated by Tricia Collins and Richard Milazzo Still Life With Transaction: Former Objects, New Moral Arrangements, and the History of Surfaces took place at International with Monument in New York from March 28 – April 21, 1984. Larmon was accompanied by artists Alice Albert, Ericka Beckman, Alan Belcher, Ross Bleckner, Barry Bridgwood, Sarah Charlesworth, Wendy Galavitz, Judy Geib, Jim Jacobs, Stephen Lack, Andrew Masullo, Peter McCaffrey, Jan Mohlman, Peter Nadin, Peter Nagy, Joel Otterson, Richard Prince, Steven Parrino, Tyler Turkle, and Laurie Simmons. Natural Genre: From the Neutral Subject to the Hypothesis of World Objects took place at Florida State University Gallery & Museum in Tallahassee, Florida from Aug. 31-Sept. 30, 1984. Larmon was accompanied by artists Jane Bauman, Ericka Beckman, Alan Belcher, Gretchen Bender, Ross Bleckner, Tom Brazleton, Barry Bridgwood, Sarah Charlesworth, Carroll Dunham, Robert Garratt, Mark Innerst, Louise Lawler, Allan McCollum, Peter Nadin, Peter Nagy, Joseph Nechvatal, Steven Parrino, Louis Renzoni, Meyer Vaisman, Oliver Wasow, James Welling, David Wojnarowicz, Michael Zwack...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

Untitled Large Abstract Expressionist Color Oil Painting Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
In 1974, Tom Lieber attended the University of Illinois and earned his M.F.A. Lieber then moved to San Francisco to fulfill his afinity with Ba...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Iron Drops - Oil On Canvas by Tommaso Cascella - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Iron Drops (Gocce di ferro) is a contemporary artwork realized by Tommaso Cascella in 1991. Mixed media painting (oil painting on rough canvas; copper inserts and base). Hand signe...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Schoolboy
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a School Boy', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). Big, bold with brash brush strokes painted in exuberant colours is the trademark of the artist. Strangers, frie...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Austrian Contemporary Art by Peter Hofmann Gir - Neapel Strategie
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on jute
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Jute, Mixed Media

Austrian Contemporary Art by Peter Hofmann Gir - Raum o.T.#12
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on jute
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Jute, Mixed Media

Austrian Contemporary Art by Peter Hofmann Gir - Raum o.T.#10
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on jute
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Jute, Mixed Media

Austrian Contemporary Art by Peter Hofmann Gir - Andalusien
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on jute, diptychon
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Jute, Mixed Media

"Voyage I, " Rosamond Berg, Female Contemporary Minimalist Sculpture Artist
Located in New York, NY
Rosamond Berg (American, 1931 - 2018) Voyage I, 1982 Mixed media construction including hand-dyed cotton cloth pouches 24 x 24 inches Signed, titled an...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Cotton, Thread, Glass, Wood

Pressure
Located in New York, NY
Robert Longo Pressure, 1983 Acrylic and Graphite on Paper Signed and dated 'Robert Longo 83’ (lower right) in graphite Frame included: Floated and framed in a museum quality frame with UV plexiglass This is a unique painting "Pressure " [on God], Robert Longo's unique acrylic and graphite work on paper, was created during the same period as his iconic work, simply labeled "Pressure", now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in N.Y. Whereas the latter depicts a young man, the present work, titled "Pressure on Heaven", then deliberately changed to "Pressure on God", is more ethereal in subject matter, though the lone youth's image is still present in the composition. From Lexander magazine: "In the excerpt from Neal Benezra’s article about 1980s art in the previous post, he writes, “Robert Longo’s Pressure might well be the most representative work of art of the 1980s.” I would go further and state that it is the definitive work of the 1980s—the penultimate visual anthem of the era—and most especially the period between 1979—1987, during which the musical genres of gothic rock and deathrock flourished and achieved their greatest artistic successes through the work of a variety of diverse bands including Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Graphite, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Broken Promises" - Abstracted Floral Still Life in Acrylic and Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold still life painting with collage by unknown artist Marvin Martin (American, 20th Century). A black and white floral still life has been torn and used as collage material for this composition. There are additional layers of paint and pencil to create a layered composition. Signed, titled, and dated along the bottom edge: Marvin Martin Broken Promises 1986 Presented in a distressed wood frame with an off white mat...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Modern Blue Abstract Watercolor by Marc Bensimon
Located in Pasadena, CA
This abstract watercolor by the American artist Marc Bensimon (1926-) features vertical lines of blues sliding down the canvas like raindrops on a window. It is signed in blue pencil...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Canvas

Large Trompe L'oeil Hyperrealism Painting Abstract Surrealist Photo Realist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Large acrylic painting by Pat Rosenstein, American Woman Artist, graduate of Pratt Institute whose work has been exhibited extensively. Rosenstein, who...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstraction, Mauves
Located in Greenwich, CT
This marvelous work done in the rich palette of mauves and intermittent blues, greens and whites is a dynamic work that would bring movement to any room. Forster was a Canadian arti...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Colorful Abstracted Landscape
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Scott Swezy Title: Southwestern Landscape Year: 1989 Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 24 inches
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

A Small Error by Gladys Nilsson (INV# NP3714)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Gladys Nilsson A Small Error (INV# NP3714) watercolor on paper Approx: 5 x 5.12" Frame: 10.12 x 10.12" 1987 Annotated on mat verso with title, artist...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Filtration Abstract Mixed Media Contemporary
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
Just purchased, more information to follow Filtration, signed lower right Doylan In a ebonised oak moulded frame Length 103cm, Height 104cm Depth 4cm Striking, decorative, contempo...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Hockey - Original Tempera on Paper by E. Stoebel - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Hockey is an original artwork realized by Edgar Stoëbel during the 1980s. Tempera on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Very good conditions except for som...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Tempera

Minimalist Black Oil Painting, Collage, Mixed Media on Canvas Kevin Larmon
Located in Surfside, FL
Kevin Larmon, (American, b. 1955), 1985-1986, oil on canvas; hand signed, titled, and dated on the reverse Provenance: bear a Curt Marcos Gallery label verso This is one of a pair we are offering for sale Kevin Larmon (1955-) is an American artist and was assistant monitor of painting at Syracuse University. Kevin Larmon was born in Syracuse, New York in 1955. He grew up on a small horse farm. Larmon's mother was a school secretary while his father was a construction worker. He graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and moved to New York City as an undergraduate senior, where he finished his schooling at the New York Studio School. In the late 1970s, Larmon played guitar for Mudmen, a three piece band in the East Village of New York City with Craig Gillis playing bass, Mike Caffes playing drums, and percussionist Jill Burkhart. Mudmen played in venues such as CBGB, Danceteria, A7 (bar), Pyramid Club, Mudd Club, and The Limelight. Larmon started making still life paintings in 1979. He has also worked with atmospheric drawings and paintings since 1989, many of which are made on canvas or wood. In 2009, he began to paint his cell paintings. Larmon's paintings are built up through layers of collage and paint. Most famously, Larmon's work includes collages of gay male pornography that have been painted over with images that exist somewhere in between abstraction and form. These images are often anatomical. Conceptually, Larmon's work deals with issues such as the male body image and fascist culture. Similarly, Larmon's drawings on wood deal with ambiguously anatomical and abstracted forms. His work has been associated with the post-conceptualism and neo-conceptual art movements, which were prominent aspects of exhibitions at Gallery Nature Morte and with Tricia Collins and Richard Milazzo shaping the nature of painting after the rise of conceptual art. Larmon was also associated with Feature Inc., a gallery that was first established in Chicago in 1984. In August 1988, the gallery's director, known as Hudson, moved Feature Inc. to New York City. Larmon's first exhibition with Feature Inc. occurred in 1987 in Chicago, Illinois. Over the years, Hudson and Larmon would work together on many exhibitions. As a young artist, Larmon spent his Thursdays working to sustain Gallery Nature Morte together with the gallery owners, Alan Becher and Peter Nagy, when the gallery existed in New York City. Larmon was heavily influenced by his contemporaries at Gallery Nature Morte such as Robin Weglinski, Joel Otterson, and Steven Parrino. Other influential artists include Oliver Wasow, Robert Gober, Nancy Shaver, Carter Hodgkin, and Steven Wolfe. Larmon also drew inspiration from Rembrandt, Giorgio Morandi, Jackson Pollock, and Agnes Martin. During his time as a professor at Syracuse University, Larmon made an impact on many emerging artists including Deborah Roberts and Paul Weiner. Larmon participated in Aperto 86 at the 1986 Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, where his paintings were exhibited at the Corderie at the Arsenal. From 1983–2013, Larmon was invited to exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; Feature Inc, New York, New York; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; the University Art Museum at the University of California, Berkeley; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Visual Arts Museum, New York, New York; the Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, now the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado; Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey; and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2013, Larmon was included in a group show at the Leslie Sacks Gallery in Los Angeles, California alongside artists Christo, Jim Dine, Pablo Picasso, Chuck Close, Howard Hodgkin, Jasper Johns, Marino Marini, Henri Matisse, Karel Nel, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg, and Sebastião Salgado. Exhibitions curated by Tricia Collins and Richard Milazzo Still Life With Transaction: Former Objects, New Moral Arrangements, and the History of Surfaces took place at International with Monument in New York from March 28 – April 21, 1984. Larmon was accompanied by artists Alice Albert, Ericka Beckman, Alan Belcher, Ross Bleckner, Barry Bridgwood, Sarah Charlesworth, Wendy Galavitz, Judy Geib, Jim Jacobs, Stephen Lack, Andrew Masullo, Peter McCaffrey, Jan Mohlman, Peter Nadin, Peter Nagy, Joel Otterson, Richard Prince, Steven Parrino, Tyler Turkle, and Laurie Simmons. Natural Genre: From the Neutral Subject to the Hypothesis of World Objects took place at Florida State University Gallery & Museum in Tallahassee, Florida from Aug. 31-Sept. 30, 1984. Larmon was accompanied by artists Jane Bauman, Ericka Beckman, Alan Belcher, Gretchen Bender, Ross Bleckner, Tom Brazleton, Barry Bridgwood, Sarah Charlesworth, Carroll Dunham, Robert Garratt, Mark Innerst, Louise Lawler, Allan McCollum, Peter Nadin, Peter Nagy, Joseph Nechvatal, Steven Parrino, Louis Renzoni, Meyer Vaisman, Oliver Wasow, James Welling, David Wojnarowicz, Michael Zwack...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

Vintage Large Oil Painting Study for Diptych Abstract Modernist Vessel and Tree
Located in Surfside, FL
Curtis Ripley (American, born 1949). Expressionist figurative abstract oil painting on paper. Titled "Study For A Diptych". Artist signature upper right and lower left. Good overall condition with normal storage wear to frame. Provenance: Joy Moos Gallery. Bears their label verso. Measures approximately 30 in. x 42 in. (image), 33 in. x 45 in framed. Born: Lubbock, Texas, 1949. Lives and works in Los Angeles Education: University of Wisconsin, Madison, MFA 1975, Texas Tech University, BFA 1971, University of the Americas, Mexico D.F. 1969 Teaching: Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (w/tenure) 1977-85 Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1975-77 Awards: Juror's Award, Zeichnung Heute, Kunsthalle, Nurnberg, 1983 National Endowment for the Arts, Artists Fellowship, 1979 His new works are musically inspired, atmospheric paintings that are influenced by poetry and jazz music. and bears the influence of both abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock as well as Wassily Kandinsky and the light and movement art. He has shown with Peter Lodato. Curtis Ripley was born in Lubbock, Texas. He attented the University of the Americas, México D.F. in 1969; Texas Tech University, earing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1971; and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1975. Ripley served as a lecturer in 1975 at the Univeristy of Wisconsin, Madison; an Assistant Professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana from 1975 to 1977; an Associate Professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia from 1977 to 1985; an Associate Professor at California State University, San Bernardino from 1985 to 1986; and a lecturer at California State University, Long Beach from 1986 to 1987. His awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Artists Fellowship, 1979, and Juror’s Award, Zeichnung Heute, Kunsthalle, Nurnberg in 1983. He has had numerous one-person shows throughout the United States, has participated in a wide-variety of group exhibitions, and has works in several collections such as those of the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, California; Chemical Bank, New York City; Yokohama Royal Park Hotel, Japan; MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada; and The Ambassador Hotel, Taipei. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Selected One Person Exhibitions: William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, A Poem About Breathing--Recent Paintings Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach, CA, Invocation--/Recent Paintings William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, Here and Now--Recent Paintings Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, Changing Light--Paintings and Works on Paper Melissa Morgan...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

"No. 104_A" French Oil and Mixed Media Textured Abstract Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Marie Brisson is a French painter known for his Iconographic style. His work appropriates the forms, concepts, and imagery of art history. Spanning from prehistoric art to Roc...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas

Representation of the Countryside - Acrylic by C. Bissattini - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Representation of the Countryside is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1982 by Claudio Bissattini. Original Acrylic on canvas. Titled a...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Lyre and Palette - Oil On Canvas by Tommaso Cascella - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Lyre and Palette is an original artwork realized by Tommaso Cascella (Rome, 1951) in 1989. Original oil on canvas. Hand-signed, titled and dated on the back of the work. Wood f...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Colour of Light - large, yellow, purple, gestural abstract acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt approaches colour in her work with sincere consideration and expertise, her palettes contain a subtle complexity that is striking. The background of this painting is b...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Carole Seborovski Large Abstract Diptych Monoprint Monotype Garner Tullis Studio
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and dated. Untitled minimalist abstract composition, diptych monotype. Dimensions: 22" X 30" each sheet; 31.5" X 70" with the frame. Carole Seborovski was born in San Diego, California. She received her BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1982. She continued her studies at the New York Studio School and received her MFA in painting from Hunter College in 1987. Her work has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums both nationally and internationally since 1984. She has had solo shows at Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, Cologne, and Milan. Haines Gallery, San Francisco, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, NYC, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, and John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco among others. Her work has received favorable reviews in publications such as Art in America, Hyperallergic, Art News, Art Net, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and the Frankfurter Allgemeine. Carole Seberovski has received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Art Development Committee Grant, and the Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation. Seborovski’s work is represented in numerous museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, NY, Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum, San Francisco Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland among others. This was printed at Garner Tullis...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Monoprint, Monotype

TRANSPARENT GREEN SQUARES
Located in New York, NY
large abstract oil painting on canvas green orange brown
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Abstract Oil Painting Belgian American Artist Roger Van Ouytsel Menorah
By Roger Van Ouytsel
Located in Surfside, FL
Roger Van Ouytsel (American, b. 1941) Title: "The Things I liked About Larry Wise," 1987. Oil painting on canvas, signed and dated. Framed. Provenance: Exhibited at Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 1988. Size: 44'' x 52'', 112 x 132 cm (stretcher); 45.5'' x 53.5'', 116 x 136 cm (frame). It has a symbol on it that appears to be a Jewish Menorah or a candelabra. ROGER VAN OUYTSEL (b. 1941) is a Belgian-American painter whose body of work developed over a lifetime of attention to detail, imagination, and spirituality. Van Ouytsel holds an MFA from Academy of Fine Art, Mechelen, Belgium, 1963. He lives in northern New Mexico. Roger Van Ouytsel (Belgian-American) artist and painter whose body of work developed over a lifetime of attention to detail, imagination, and spirituality. Van Ouytsel holds an MFA from Academy of Fine Art, Mechelen, Belgium, 1963. He works in raw, textural paint, ink, markers and graphite EDUCATION 1957-63 M.F.A., Academy of Fine Art, Mechelen, BELGIUM 1961-63 Belgian National Institute of Arts and Crafts, Mechelen, BELGIUM 1955-57 State Institute of Technology, Mechelen, BELGIUM AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES 2018 Between Heaven and Earth, a poetry collection in English and Mandarin., published in Taipei, Taiwan. 2018 Muralist, The Flip Flop Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan. 1976 Poster...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'When They Smile, ' by Perla Krauze, Mixed Media Painting on Board
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 48" x 48" abstract mixed media and oil painting on board by Perla Krauze features male and female figures in intriguing poses and glances blocked in and separated by metallic si...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard, Board

Palmyra
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Valerie Jaudon. "Palmyra" is an abstract, oil on canvas painting by Valerie Jaudon. Using just three colors of bright red and orange, interwoven lines on a black background, Jaudon employs crisp precision making the lines of color appear almost carved into canvas. "Palmyra" recalls gothic stonework, celtic interlace, islamic ornament...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Op-Op-Pop, Mixed Media Painting by Thomas Mahady
By Thomas Mahady
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Mahady Title: Op-Op-Pop Year: 1987 Medium: Oil, Acrylic, Encaustic, Gesso and Sand on masonite, signed verso Size: 13.75 x 17.5 in. (34.93 x 44.45 cm) Frame: 25 x 21...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Encaustic, Oil, Acrylic

At the Seaside - Oil Paint on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
At the Seaside is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1985 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Oil painting on canvas. Frame is included. Total Dimen...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bruce Robbins Large Mixed Media Contemporary Collage Painting Abstract Flower
Located in Surfside, FL
mixed medium, possibly titled "Bird". signed and dated and titled in pencil. Bruce Robbins, shows at Marlborough Gallery in New York City. born in Philadelphia, graduated from the Co...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper

The Sigil - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
The Sigil is an original painting and collage artwork in mixed media, ink, tempera and watercolor realized by Sergio Barletta in 1987. Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled on the ...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera, Watercolor

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