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Abstract Photography

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Bleed # 202331 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202331 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed. Edition: 1/3. Snell creates small production runs, printing each unique work in ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Home
Located in New York, NY
From the series "Light Leaks" (2008) Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2008. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in L...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Okay
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered 8/12 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premier...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Turkish House
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Semimatte, 2003. Signed, dated, and numbered 1/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens towards chance coll...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Milan_Museo del Novecento_ Italo Rota
Located in BARCELONA, ES
To make the work owe only itself to itself is an old ideal of modern art: to cut the ties that bind it to natural reality and let it stand, all contained within its pure limits. To t...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tentation #12- Floral landscape soft pastel color contemporary abstract photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Blues
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiered his late...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Popsicle
Located in New York, NY
From the Secondhand Nature series #22. Archival Pigment Print on Canson Baryta Photographique IISigned, dated, and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angel...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment

New Leaf
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Fujiflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed and numbered 1/4 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiered his latest series of ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Tivoli
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Sisters 3
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Milan_MUDEC_David Chipperfield Architects
Located in BARCELONA, ES
To make the work owe only itself to itself is an old ideal of modern art: to cut the ties that bind it to natural reality and let it stand, all contained within its pure limits. To t...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

MAAT Lisboa I
Located in BARCELONA, ES
To make the work owe only itself to itself is an old ideal of modern art: to cut the ties that bind it to natural reality and let it stand, all contained within its pure limits. To t...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

MAAT Lisboa II
Located in BARCELONA, ES
To make the work owe only itself to itself is an old ideal of modern art: to cut the ties that bind it to natural reality and let it stand, all contained within its pure limits. To t...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Turrel, Fundación Montenmedio
Located in BARCELONA, ES
To make the work owe only itself to itself is an old ideal of modern art: to cut the ties that bind it to natural reality and let it stand, all contained within its pure limits. To t...
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2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Cité de l'architecture 3, Paris
Located in BARCELONA, ES
To make the work owe only itself to itself is an old ideal of modern art: to cut the ties that bind it to natural reality and let it stand, all contained within its pure limits. To t...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bright & Colorful French Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting Thick Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011) oil on thick card, unframed 7 x 9.5 inches signed initals condition: excellent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Oil

Green Lake
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiered his latest ser...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Sisters 2
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Eric's Window
Located in New York, NY
From the series "Light Leaks" (2008) Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2008. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in L...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Cupola
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2004. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Infinity Pool Water Reflections, Blue & White Pattern, Handmade Cyanotype Print
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Infinity Pool" is a sophisticated image that captures the water reflections shimmering over ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Lithograph, Monotype

Handmade Cutouts Monotype, Blue and White Moonlight Reflection Contours, Unique
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from mid-century modern shapes. It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-ligh...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...

Jet Ski Water Sport Action Wave Race in Blue Water
Located in Miami, FL
A Jet Ski - Wave Runner race is documented from an elevated position to be as abstract as it is representational. Diagonal white trails of waves extend behind each colorful Jet Ski l...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Pooltrees
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 5/6 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Blue eyes
Located in London, GB
Blue eyes London, United Kingdom 2015 Limited edition of 20.
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Giclée

Greenhills
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Water element 3 - Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, sun reflections
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Large scale photograph by Michael Banks - Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ) Water element 3 - Limited Editions of 5 , signed + nu...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...

Orange Skies
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

LA Story
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Three Rivers
Located in New York, NY
"Three Rivers" from the "Light Leaks" series. Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

3AM
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Japanese 1
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 5/6 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Vacation
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Avuncular
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

76
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

3rd St. Shadows
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2...
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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Bugatti - Photography, Print, limited, signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print/ photography, Bugatti seen on the street ( one of the 12 existing in the world), signed, limited 1/5. Photographed during a city walk in Bratislava.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Extra Large Black and White Giclée Print of Tranquil Water Patterns, Seascape
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition black and white giclée print, on 100% cotton Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art matte paper. This series of black and white photographs captures the ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée

Tennis Court in Snow with Footprints Green and Wine Color Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
An aerial view looking down on a Manhattan tennis court is photographed so that it is representational and abstract at the same time. The interplay of large areas of color, pattern...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Shadows and Marbles, Cushing, ME
Located in Carmel, CA
Gelatin Silver Print, signed, titled, and dated on verso in pencil. Great Condition. Matted to 16x20"
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Flux 01 -Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Contemporary
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Flux 1 - Large scale photograph by Michael Banks Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ) Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...

Retina #13, 2022, digitally handmade print, edition of 3, signed
Located in New York, NY
Retina #13, an edition of 3, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 22" x 16"...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dog Running on Galway Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Water's Edge I grew up spending entire summer days by the ocean. These outings were always a special event and the beach was a place of wonderment, fascination and exploration f...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

On the Periphery #16, digitally handmade print, edition of 10, signed
Located in New York, NY
On the Periphery #16, an edition of 10, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

A part: abstract photograph w/ nudes & text on black from hand-etched photogram
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"A part" is a black & white framed archival pigment print (photograph) from a hand-etched photogram from artist Jenny Lynn's "Personal Myths" series. Includes images of nudes, glove...
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1970s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Retina #6, 2022, digitally handmade print, edition of 3, signed
Located in New York, NY
Retina #6, an edition of 3, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 22" x 16" ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Retina #12, 2022, digitally handmade print, edition of 3, signed
Located in New York, NY
Retina #12, an edition of 3, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 22" x 16"...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dilation #21, 2022, digitally made abstract print, edition of 3, signed
Located in New York, NY
Dilation #21, an edition of 3, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 22" x 1...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dilation #39, 2022, digitally made abstract print, edition of 3, signed
Located in New York, NY
Dilation #39, an edition of 3, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 22" x 1...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dilation #8, 2022, digitally made abstract print, edition of 3, signed
Located in New York, NY
Dilation #8, an edition of 3, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 22" x 16...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

1991 "Gate" Large Scale Signed Vintage Silver gelatin Print Photograph
By Zeke Berman
Located in Surfside, FL
Gate Taught Version 1991. Large format silver gelatin photo. signed and dated. Zeke Berman’s still lifes are fabrications derived from the material of ordinary and intimate experience, reconstituted to satisfy the demands of improvised play, monocular vision, and the special characteristics of photographic description. They are concerned with the pictorial aspect of sculpture and the provisional nature of realistic indication. In the central tradition of still-life art, they aim to establish an unsuspected order in the congregation of unremarkable things. Since the late 1970's Zeke Berman has been making singular, studio-based photographs. These works reflect his long standing interest in visual cognition, optics and the intersection between sculpture, photography and drawing. The formal range of his work and his sculptural use of materials is varied, original and idiosyncratic. Berman’s work has been collected and exhibited in museums such as The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan, Whitney, Art Institute of Chicago and LA County Museum. His work was featured in the first New Photography Exhibition, 1984, at MoMA. Awards include Guggenheim, NEA and NYFA Arts Fellowships. Berman lives and works in New York City. from MOMA A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio examines the ways in which photographers and other artists using photography have worked and experimented within their studios, from photography’s inception to the present. Featuring both new acquisitions and works from the Museum’s collection that have not been on view in recent years, A World of Its Own brings together photographs, films, and videos by artists such as Berenice Abbott, Uta Barth, Zeke Berman, Karl Blossfeldt, Constantin Brancusi, Geta Brătescu, Harry Callahan, Robert Frank, Jan Groover, Barbara Kasten, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, Paul Outerbridge, Irving Penn, Adrian Piper...
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1990s Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

On the Periphery #18, digitally handmade print, edition of 10, signed
Located in New York, NY
On the Periphery #18, an edition of 10, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Summer Waters in Cannes, Abstract Nautical Cyanotype in Blue, Seascape Triptych
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. This beautiful triptych is called "Summer Waters in Cannes" and it shows the water reflection of one of the most iconic ci...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...

Hole 2 - Abstract, limited, signed, fine art print
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography/ fine art print, limited 1/5, signed by the author.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Pascale Faye #1, Dancer photo
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
HOWARD SCHATZ (American, 20th Century) Pascale Faye #1, 1996 Gelatin silver, 1996 20 x 16 inches. pencil annotations Unframed Schatz was awarded the 2015 IPA International Photogra...
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1990s Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eyebeam, 2022, digitally made by hand print, edition of 2, signed
Located in New York, NY
Eyebeam #2, an edition of 2, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 53" x 30" ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

New York City Abstraction - Street Photography: Literally
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. From an elevated vantage point, Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots down on a busy midtown Manhattan street and composes the image so that it's as...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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