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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
Contemporary Black and White Abstract Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013
Contemporary Black and White Abstract Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Located in Barcelona, ES

Contemporary photography by Adrian from 2015. Black and white photography, rayograph. Unique piece 1/1. Comes Handsigned. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013
Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Located in Barcelona, ES

Contemporary photography by Adrian from 2013. Black and white photography, rayograph. Unique piece 1/1. Comes Handsigned. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013
Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Located in Barcelona, ES

Contemporary photography by Adrian from 2013. Black and white photography, rayograph. Unique piece 1/1. Comes Handsigned. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013
Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Located in Barcelona, ES

Contemporary photography by Adrian from 2013. Black and white photography, rayograph. Unique piece 1/1. Comes Handsigned. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013
Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Located in Barcelona, ES

Contemporary photography by Adrian from 2013. Black and white photography, rayograph. Unique piece 1/1. Comes Handsigned. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media

Contemporary Rayography 1/1 by Adrian, Framed, Paper, Wood, Glass, 2013
Contemporary Rayography 1/1 by Adrian, Framed, Paper, Wood, Glass, 2013

Contemporary Rayography 1/1 by Adrian, Framed, Paper, Wood, Glass, 2013

Located in Barcelona, ES

Contemporary photography by Adrian from 2013. Black and white photography, rayograph. Unique piece 1/1. Comes Handsigned. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media

Contemporary Photography by Adrian, Framed, Paper, Wood, Glass, 2013
Contemporary Photography by Adrian, Framed, Paper, Wood, Glass, 2013

Contemporary Photography by Adrian, Framed, Paper, Wood, Glass, 2013

Located in Barcelona, ES

Contemporary photography by Adrian from 2013. Black and white photography, rayograph. Unique piece 1/1. Comes Handsigned. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Mixed Media

Mute # 201706
Mute # 201706

Paul SnellMute # 201706, 2017

$3,507Sale Price|20% Off

Mute # 201706

By Paul Snell

Located in London, GB

This work is framed 8mm face and 65mm depth. Chromogenic print face-mounted 8 mm plexiglass. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Edition: 1/3. Paul...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Sequenced, Original Abstract Photograph, 2016

Sequenced, Original Abstract Photograph, 2016

By Dan Derosato

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Included in Artrageous30!, Montserrat College of Art's yearly auction to benefit financial aid for students. Keywords: glitch, digital, digital art, print, abstra...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bleed # 202009 (Abstract Photography)
Bleed # 202009 (Abstract Photography)

Bleed # 202009 (Abstract Photography)

By Paul Snell

Located in London, GB

Bleed # 202009 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request - 4 week turnaround. Backed with extruded polystyrene, co...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Gravity - Liquid 04 (Abstract Photography)
Gravity - Liquid 04 (Abstract Photography)

Gravity - Liquid 04 (Abstract Photography)

By Seb Janiak

Located in London, GB

Gravity - Liquid 04 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist w...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Untitled [Abstract Shapes] Framed Gelatin Silver Print
Untitled [Abstract Shapes] Framed Gelatin Silver Print

Untitled [Abstract Shapes] Framed Gelatin Silver Print

By György Kepes

Located in Astoria, NY

Gyorgy Kepes (Hungarian-born/American, 1906-2001), Untitled [abstract shapes], Gelatin Silver Print, 1941, likely printed later, apparently unsigned, silvered wood frame. Image: 8"...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Blanket12, Version2, Abstract Photograph, 2015

Blanket12, Version2, Abstract Photograph, 2015

By Dan Derosato

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Your purchase through TurningArt can be displayed as either a high quality print, or it's true original form as a woven blanket. Please contact TurningArt for more...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Fabric

EM2020-104
EM2020-104

EM2020-104

By Bill Kane

Located in London, GB

Pigment on watercolor paper - Unframed. Edition of 10. The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Ea...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Paper, Pigment

Bleed # 202031
Bleed # 202031

Bleed # 202031

By Paul Snell

Located in London, GB

Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request - 4 week turnaround. Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (5...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

Gravity - Liquid 02 (Medium)
Gravity - Liquid 02 (Medium)

Gravity - Liquid 02 (Medium)

By Seb Janiak

Located in London, GB

Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large)
Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large)

Gravity - Liquid 02 (Large)

By Seb Janiak

Located in London, GB

Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography)
Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography)

Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography)

By Seb Janiak

Located in London, GB

Gravity - Liquid 05 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Gravity - Liquid 01 (Abstract Photography)
Gravity - Liquid 01 (Abstract Photography)

Gravity - Liquid 01 (Abstract Photography)

By Seb Janiak

Located in London, GB

Gravity - Liquid 01 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5. In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist w...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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C Print

Rosa Sweet Haze - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print, Abstract Photography

Rosa Sweet Haze - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print, Abstract Photography

By Giles Revell

Located in Brighton, GB

Rosa Sweet Haze by Giles Revell This is an Archival Pigment Print available in this size of 50cm x 50cm in a limited edition of 25 prints. In Cartographic Colour, Giles Revell red...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Pigment

Family
Family

Family

By Andrew George

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. Artist Andrew George is based in Los ...

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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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

Seascape XIII (framed) - large scale abstract photograph of monochrome seascape
Seascape XIII (framed) - large scale abstract photograph of monochrome seascape

Seascape XIII (framed) - large scale abstract photograph of monochrome seascape

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Mesmerizing large scale photograph from the artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and cloudscapes Seascape XIII...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Giclée...

New York City Silhouettes Abstract In Lower Manhattan, Fine Art Color Print
New York City Silhouettes Abstract In Lower Manhattan, Fine Art Color Print

New York City Silhouettes Abstract In Lower Manhattan, Fine Art Color Print

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Abstract color photo of silhouette businessmen, NYC The work is signed, dated, and numbered 3/15 in the lower right recto corner, with other sizes available. It is unframed and prin...

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1970s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Barnett
Barnett

Barnett

By Andrew George

Located in New York, NY

Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/8 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...

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Early 2000s Abstract Photography

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

WINNIE DENKER - Light Box - Centre Georges Pompidou
WINNIE DENKER - Light Box - Centre Georges Pompidou

WINNIE DENKER - Light Box - Centre Georges Pompidou

By WINNIE DENKER

Located in PARIS, FR

LIMITED EDITION OF 15 ON LIGHT BOX. The Eiffel Tower, one of the great symbols of France, is bathed in scarlet red lights for the first time in its history on January 24 evening and has only sparkled red for five days in honor of China. About the artist : Winnie is a fearless explorer. Her animated and judicious views reflect the essence of her subjects in monumental panoramic scenes. Originally from Denmark, Winnie Denker...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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LED Light, C Print

Dan 2 - Signed limited edition Abstract photo, Contemporary black square, green
Dan 2 - Signed limited edition Abstract photo, Contemporary black square, green

Dan 2 - Signed limited edition Abstract photo, Contemporary black square, green

By Michael Banks

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Dan 2 - Limited edition pigment print of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ). The inks used are known for their longevi...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

New York City Street Scene with the Real Street Art
New York City Street Scene with the Real Street Art

New York City Street Scene with the Real Street Art

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

The real street art in New York City is literally the lines painted on the street pavement. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk expands the boundaries of the popular art term by captu...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Landscape Photo
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Landscape Photo

Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Landscape Photo

By Franco Fontana

Located in Surfside, FL

Franco Fontana (Italian, born 1933) Title: Los Angeles, California 1979 Edition 6/15 Medium: dye-transfer Dimensions: Frame 21.5 x 29.25. Sight 13 x 19.5 Provenance: Monique Goldstrom Gallery Franco Fontana (Italian, 1933) is an Italian photographer. He is best known for his Minimalist abstract colour landscapes. He was influenced by Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism. Franco Fontana was born in 1933 in Modena. He started taking photographs in the 1950s when he was working as a decorator in a furniture showroom. In 1961 he joined a local amateur club in Modena. The experience would be a turning point in his career, and Fontana went on to have his first solo exhibition in 1965 at the Società Fotografica Subalpina, Turin and at the Galleria della Sala di Cultura in Modena in 1968. Since then he has participated in more than 400 group and solo exhibitions including the exhibit Lines, Spheres and Glyphs at Robert Klein Gallery with works by photographers: Franco Fontana, Mario Giacomelli, Ernst Haas, Gyorgy Kepes and Aaron Siskind. Franco Fontana is considered one of the most relevant photographers of our time, In 1963 he exhibited his work at the Biennale of Color in Vienna, and in 1968 he held his first solo exhibition in Modena. Fontana often pares landscapes down to their essential elements, producing flat, geometric compositions reminiscent of the color field abstract expressionist paintings of Mark Rothko Ad Reinhardt and Barnett Newman, by underexposing his transparencies. Contrasting blue skies with green or yellow grass and the rigid lines of buildings with the softness of puffy clouds, he makes color and texture his primary subjects. He has also shot in Polaroid film, Cibachrome, C Print and chromogenic prints. His art has been acquired by some of the most important museums worldwide, including the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, MoMA in New York, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Museum of Modern Art in Norman, Oklahoma, National Gallery in Beijing, Australian National Gallery in Melbourne, University of Texas in Austin, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris. Fontana has photographed for advertising campaigns for brands such as Fiat, Volkswagen, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Snam, Sony, Volvo, Versace, Canon, Kodak, Robe di Kappa, Swissair, and has been a magazine photographer for publications including Time, Life, Vogue (USA and France), Venerdì di Repubblica, Panorama, and with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and The New York Times. Fontana's first book, Skyline, was published in 1978 in France by Contrejour and in Italy by Punto e Virgola with a text by Helmut Gernsheim. Fontana is the art director of the Toscana Foto Festival. He has received numerous awards, such as the 1989 Tokyo Photographer Society of Japan - The 150 Years of Photography - Photographer Award. Fontana is especially interested in the interplay of colours. His early innovations in colour photography in the 1960s were stylistically disruptive. According to art critic Giuliana Scimé, Fontana "destroyed all the structures, practices, and technical choices within the Italian tradition." Fontana uses 35mm cameras, and as noted by Iwan Zahar, deploys distant viewpoints with telephoto lenses to flatten contours in a landscape of crops and fields into bands of intense, saturated colour. This is an effect that Franco Lefèvre has described as 'dialectical landscapism'. Of his use of colour in his 2019 retrospective exhibition Sintesi ('Synthesis') at Fondazione Modena Arti Visive, curator Diana Baldon has observed; “His bold geometric compositions are characterised by shimmering colours, level perspectives and a geometric-formalist and minimal language, By adopting this approach during the 1960s, Fontana injected a new vitality into the field of creative colour photography for then multicolour was not in fashion in art photography., The way Fontana shoots, dematerializes the objects photographed, which loose three-dimensionality and realism to become part of an abstract drawing”. Aside from the rural landscape Fontana has applied his graphic sensibility to other subjects: city architecture, portraiture, fashion, still-life and the nude. He was included in the exhibition of the Helmut Newton Collection along with Brassaï, Diane Arbus, Franco Fontana, Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, June Newton, Just Loomis, Man Ray, Mark Arbeit...

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1980s Abstract Photography

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Dye Transfer

Horizon Blue

Horizon Blue

By Christine Matthai

Located in Fairfield, CT

Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10. Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT and...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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C Print

Almost At Rest - Ltd Ed of 10

Almost At Rest - Ltd Ed of 10

By Kat O'Neill

Located in New York, NY

Abstract feeling shot of rock in the water. Shot in Montauk. Exposure creates painterly feel. Ltd Ed of 10. The art can be inside or outside with no visible loss of resolution. ...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Metal

Abstract Dancers White 1 - Limited Edition Color Archival Pigment Print
Abstract Dancers White 1 - Limited Edition Color Archival Pigment Print

Abstract Dancers White 1 - Limited Edition Color Archival Pigment Print

By Giles Revell

Located in Brighton, GB

Abstract Dancers White 1 by Giles Revell is a Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print in this size of 50cm x 50cm in a limited edition of 15 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Vanilla Sky - large scale photograph of iconic American national park landscape
Vanilla Sky - large scale photograph of iconic American national park landscape

Vanilla Sky - large scale photograph of iconic American national park landscape

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Vanilla Sky by Frank Schott a series of images capturing the epique infinety of White Sands 48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm edition of 7 signed 27 x...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Green

Green

Located in Los Angeles, CA

2025 Archival Pigment Print Image 20.3 x 25.4 cm Framed 40.64 x 45.72 cm Edition 1/10 plus 1 AP Pamela Takiff is a New York based abstract photographer. As an artist, and human righ...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Broken

Broken

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Broken 2019 Archival Pigment Print Image 36.83 x 27.94 cm Framed 60.33 x 51.44cm Edition 2/10 Plus 2 AP Pamela Takiff is a New York based abstract photographer. As an artist, and hu...

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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Michael Banks, and Seb Janiak. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract photography, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,359.