Inspired by the nontraditional ways Postimpressionists like Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat depicted the world, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered an even more abstract style in which reality was fragmented into flat, geometric forms. Cubism majorly influenced 20th-century Western art as it radically broke with the adherence to composition and linear perspectives that dated back to the Renaissance. Its watershed moments are considered Picasso’s 1907 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, in which nude figures are fractured into angular shapes, and Georges Braque’s 1908 painting show, which prompted a critic to describe his visual reductions as “cubes.”
Although Cubism was a revolutionary art movement for European culture, it was informed by African masks and other tribal art. Its artists, which included Fernand Léger, Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Jean Metzinger, experimented with compressing space and playing with the tension between solid and void forms in their work. While their subjects were often conventional, such as still lifes, nudes and landscapes, they were distorted without any illusion of realism.
Cubist art evolved through different distinct phases. In Analytic Cubism, from 1908 to 1912, figures or objects were “analyzed” into pieces that were reassembled in paintings and sculptures, as if presenting the same subject matter from many perspectives at once. The palette was usually monochromatic and muted, giving attention to the overlapping planes. Synthetic Cubism, dating from 1912 to 1914, moved to brighter colors and a further flattening of images. This unmooring from formal ideas of art would shape numerous styles that followed, from Dada to Surrealism.
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Color photography in methacrylate, playground/childhood, with aluminum frame.
By Vari Caramés
Located in Carballo, ES
Color photography printed in high resolution on methacrylate, with a wooden frame on the back. The work is signed and numbered, includes a certificate of authenticity. The dimension...
Plexiglass
$3,500
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, Rekokut B12G, World Records (Photography)
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 10 Mounted in Plexiglas Record Original Size Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turnta...
C Print, Plexiglass
$12,000
H 55 in W 74.5 in D 2 in
B&O, Kate Bush - Running up that hill, World Records (Photograph)
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Bang & Olufsen Beogram 1800, Kate Bush - Running up that hill, World Records (Photograph) Edition of 3 Mounted on Plexiglas Framed Kai Schäfer is an accla...
Plexiglass, C Print
David Bowie, Luxman, PD-310
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5 Mounted in Plexiglas Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Records series celebrates some of...
Plexiglass, C Print
$12,000
H 50.01 in W 66.54 in D 1.97 in
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall - Luxman - World Records
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5 Mounted in Plexiglas Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Record...
Plexiglass, C Print
Miami Beach, Florida
By Aaron Krach
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print mounted on Plexiglas Signed, dated, and titled, verso Numbered, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. About...
Plexiglass, C Print
$12,000
H 55 in W 76 in D 2 in
B&O - Tangential - Pink Floyd - The Wall, World Records (Photograph)
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4004 - Tangential - Pink Floyd - The Wall,, World Records (Photograph) Edition of 3 Mounted on Plexiglas Framed Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographe...
Plexiglass, C Print
Kraftwerk – Tour De France – Harman Kardon Rabco ST-7
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5 Mounted in Plexiglas Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Records series celebrates some of...
Plexiglass, C Print
New Order, 1987, Ariston RD40, Vynil, World Records
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5 Mounted in Plexiglas Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Records series celebrates some of...
C Print, Plexiglass
$12,000
H 50.01 in W 70.87 in
Elvis Presley, Mistery Train, Braun, Vynil, World Records
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5 Mounted in Plexiglas Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Records series celebrates some of...
Plexiglass, C Print
$29,500
H 50 in Dm 50 in
"SKGT-LED Transparent" Photography 50"D Edition 3/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"SKGT-LED Transparent" Photography 50"D Edition 3/8 by Giuliano Bekor From the SKULL series Edition 3/8 Year created 2018 Print size 48 Inches diameter trim bleed Artwork finish siz...
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Lenticular
$12,000
H 50.01 in W 70.87 in
Elvis Presley, Mistery Train, Braun, Vynil, World Records
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5 Mounted in Plexiglas Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Record...
C Print, Plexiglass
$33,000
H 73 in W 37 in D 2 in
"M16 LED" Photography (FRAMED) 73" x 37" inch Edition 1/2 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M16 LED" Photography (FRAMED) 73" x 37" inch Edition 1/2 by Giuliano Bekor Print size 72x36 Inches trim bleed Artwork finished size 73x37 Inches Limited edition 1 of 2 Artist pr...
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment, LED Light
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H 35.44 in W 55.12 in D 1.58 in
Color photography in methacrylate, playground/childhood, with aluminum frame.
By Vari Caramés
Located in Carballo, ES
Color photography printed in high resolution on methacrylate, with a wooden frame on the back. The work is signed and numbered, includes a certificate of authenticity. The dimension...
Plexiglass
Man Ray's Studio, Pablo Picasso Portrait in 1933
By Man Ray
Located in Pasadena, CA
Man Ray, Pablo Picasso , 1933 Man Ray (American/French, 1890-1976), sepia gelatin silver print , studio stamp from Man Ray Paris stamp verso, matted and framed under glass 6"h x 5"w ...
Silver Gelatin