In 1967, artist Sol LeWitt wrote that in “Conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.” He was giving a name to an art movement that had emerged in the 1960s in which artists were less focused on their medium being something traditionally “artistic” and instead engaged in using any object, movement, form, action or place to express an idea.
LeWitt’s work was featured alongside an assemblage of notes, drawings and outlines by other artists in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” a groundbreaking show at New York City’s School of Visual Arts curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism. Building on radical 20th-century statements, like Fountain (1917) by French artist Marcel Duchamp, Conceptual artists around Europe and North and South America were not interested in the commercial art scene and rather directly challenged its systems and values.
Stretching into the 1970s, this movement has also been called Post-Object art and Dematerialized art. Conceptual art reflected a larger era of social and political upheaval. Pieces associated with the style range from Roelof Louw’s Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) — a work of installation art that sees fresh oranges stacked into a pyramid from which visitors are allowed to take one orange away — to On Kawara’s “Today” series, which saw the Japanese artist carefully painting a date in white acrylic on canvases consisting of a single color from 1966 to his death in 2014. Artists such as Ed Ruscha, who created the Twentysix Gasoline Stations book — a collection of photos of gas stations that is widely said to be the first modern artists’ book — made photography a major platform for Conceptual art, as did Bruce Nauman, who burned one of Ruscha's books and then photographed it for his own.
Conceptual art’s legacy of questioning artistic authorship, ownership and how to work with complex ideas of space and time had a significant influence on the decades of culture that followed, and it continues to inform art today.
The collection of Conceptual photography, paintings and sculptures on 1stDibs includes artworks by John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and others.
Estante No. 6, Biblioteca Joanina, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 40 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 75 x 50 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 90 x 60 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photogra...
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"Untitled 2.20" Still Life Photography 24' x 16' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 2.20" Still Life Photography 24' x 16' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in ...
Digital Pigment
Reversal Grey Marilyn (Pictures of Diamond Dust)
By Vik Muniz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Reversal Grey Marilyn was created by Vik Muniz for his 'Pictures of Diamond Dust' series in 2003. The art is 55 x 49 inches and the framed size is 57.75 x 51.25 inches. There is a la...
Paper, C Print
Panel D - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Panel B - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. Signed by the artist on a sticker label Edition 6 + 2 AP - E...
Paper, Archival Pigment
$2,350
"Untitled 1.14" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.14" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...
Digital Pigment
Moving Flag
By David Datuna
Located in Indianapolis, IN
David Datuna (1974-2022) Moving Flag (2013) Mixed media construction with collage, paint, and acrylic glasses lenses. Size: 32 x 57 x 9.5 in (81.3 x 144.8 x 24.1 cm) Hand signed on ...
Mixed Media, Paint, Acrylic Polymer
$5,250
The Son
By Tina Barney
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tina Barney is an American artist renowned for her photographs of friends and family in domestic, yet often highly-charged, settings. Her images evoke both the spontaneity of documen...
C Print
African American Youth With Water Reflections - Self Reflection
Located in Miami, FL
"Self Reflection " In the early 1970's Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer of color photography. In this stunning portrait the photographer merges naturalism and representation with abst...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hashish, Palestine Large Mixed Media Conceptual Abstract Painting
By Dennis Balk
Located in Surfside, FL
From his show Hashish at Michael Steinberg Gallery (bearing their label verso) Reviewed by Roberta Smith in the New York Times. Abstract Expressionism meets graffiti photography. Cy ...
Canvas, Ink
Grand Opening, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 40 inches ed. of 10 75 x 50 inches ed. of 7 90 x 60 inches ed. of 5 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the m...
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$2,350
"Untitled 4.21" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 4.21" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...
Digital Pigment
Qana, Palestine Large Mixed Media Conceptual Abstract Painting
By Dennis Balk
Located in Surfside, FL
From his show Hashish at Michael Steinberg Gallery (bearing their label verso) Reviewed by Roberta Smith in the New York Times. Abstract Expressionism meets graffiti photography. Cy ...
Canvas, Ink
Shapeshifter No18, Conceptual Archival Pigment Print, Signed, 2023
Located in Vancouver, CA
Jennifer Latour Shapeshifter no18, 2023 Edition of 7 plus 2 artist proofs. Signed in pencil by the artist. Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond, UV laminated, with cleat. Exclus...
Archival Pigment
Shapeshifter No17 Archival Pigment Print, Conceptual, Signed, 2025
Located in Vancouver, CA
Jennifer Latour Shapeshifter no17, 2025 Edition of 7. Signed in pencil by the artist. Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond, UV laminated, with cleat. Exclusive to ADDITION. Desc...
Archival Pigment
Shapeshifter No45 Archival Pigment Print, Conceptual, Signed, 2025
Located in Vancouver, CA
Jennifer Latour Shapeshifter no45, 2025 Edition of 7 plus 2 artist proofs. Signed in pencil by the artist. Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond, UV laminated, with cleat. Exclusi...
Archival Paper
Riggs Library, Washington DC, Interior Architecture Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library, Washington DC, by world-renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner, captures the timeless elegance of one of America's rare surviving cast-iron libraries. Thi...
C Print, Lambda
7000 Oak Trees - Original Vintage Photo by Buby Durini - 1984 ca.
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Roma, IT
7000 Querce (7000 Oaks) is an original b/w photograph representing the indoor of the Marino Gallery (in Mignanelli Square, Rome) where Joseph Beuys' exhibition was held in the Eighty...
Photographic Paper
Medaglia D Oro - Whiskers, Stallion Studio Portrait
By John Reardon
Located in London, GB
Medaglia d'Oro (foaled April 11, 1999) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won several major stakes races including the 2002 Travers Stakes and the 2003 Whitney Handicap. He also finished second in the 2002 Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup Classic in both 2002 and 2003, and the 2004 Dubai World Cup. Since retiring to stud, he has become an excellent stallion whose progeny include 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, two-time champion filly Songbird and two-time Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty. Medaglia d'Oro - 'Whiskers' by John Reardon...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival P...
Untitled (Pregnant Woman), Signed Limited Edition Color Coupler Print
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Since the late 1970's Cindy Sherman has donned an array of personas, disguises and costumes to explore how woman are perceived, presented and judged in Western culture. In this ico...
C Print
$5,000
Of course we all wanted to look like Peggy Castle at the Wagons West Party, 2015
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...
Archival Pigment
Shapeshifter No22 Archival Pigment Print, Conceptual, Signed, 2025
Located in Vancouver, CA
Jennifer Latour Shapeshifter no22, 2025 Edition of 7. Signed in pencil by the artist. Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond, UV laminated, with cleat. Exclusive to ADDITION. Desc...
Archival Pigment
Night Species Archival Print, Conceptual Style, 2010s, Edition of 7
Located in Vancouver, CA
Jennifer Latour Night Species, 2025 Edition of 7, 2 APs Exclusive to ADDITION Available Formats Lead time for all formats is approximately two to three weeks. All Dibond mounted ar...
Archival Pigment
$10,000
George Peabody Library Framed, Baltimore, Interior Architecture Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimensions are for the photograph, but this listing is to provide a framing option via 1stibs. Lead time is 4 weeks for framing, as with all high quality custom framing. Final framed...
C Print, Lambda
Faith Thumbnail H Large Mixed Media Conceptual Abstract Painting
By Dennis Balk
Located in Surfside, FL
From his show Hashish at Michael Steinberg Gallery (bearing their label verso) Reviewed by Roberta Smith in the New York Times. Abstract Expressionism meets graffiti photography. Cy ...
Canvas, Ink
Reinhard Görner, Schussenried Abbey Library, Germany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Schussenried Abbey Library Germany 50" x 59.9" Edition of 10 $6,000 60" x 71.9" Edition of 7 $9,000 70" x 83.8" Edition of 5 $11,000...
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Stairway to Heaven, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 46.3 inches ed. of 10 60 x 55.6 inches ed. of 7 70 x 64.8 inches ed. of 5 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates...
Lambda
$1,800
Color Iris Photo Print Conceptual Cartoon Toy Bugs Bunny Photograph Todd Gray
By Todd Gray
Located in Surfside, FL
From his series SHADOW CARTOONS. Color iris print, hand initialed in pencil, This is not numbered. It is on Somerset watermarked archival paper Paper size is 30 X 22.25, images 22.7...
Archival Paper, Color
Gordon Ramsay, Chef Portrait / Large Photograph / British Chef
By John Reardon
Located in London, GB
Gordon James Ramsay; (born 8 November 1966) is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter, and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded ...
Photographic Film, Color, Archival Pigment
$1,850
"Untitled 3.22" Photography 16' x 24' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 3.22" Photography 16' x 24' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gij...
Digital Pigment
Kaplica by Gina Soden, Documentary photography, colour photography
Located in Deddington, GB
Kaplica by Gina Soden [2014] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Digital photograph on Baryta paper Edition number 9 Image size: H:70.02 cm x W:105 cm Complete Size of...
Paper, Digital Pigment
Marshall - large format photograph of iconic cherry red Cadillac automobile
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic American vintage car with crimson red sheetmetal paint and custom logo tag Marshall by Frank Schott 25 x 40 inches (64 x 102cm) signed edition of ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
Source 3
By VIROCODE (Peter D'Auria and Andrea Mancuso)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original Inkjet prints, carbon and beeswax mounted to wood that was included in the artistic duo's exhibition at the world renowned Albright Knox Art Gallery. Virocode is compose...
Wood, Wax, Carbon Pencil, Inkjet
$2,900
El Grito De La Gitana, from Corazon Sagrado series by Delilah Montoya, 1993
Located in Denton, TX
This image is a collotype print from Delilah Montoya's series, Corazon Sagrado, and is edition 1/1. It is signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print margin by Delilah Montoya. This collotype print features a woman in a dress dancing in front of a backdrop on a checkered floor...
Other Medium
$14,000
Hall with Columns, Old National Gallery, Berlin, Architectural Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 90 inches ed. of 10 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms. An active architec...
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre, Berlin, Germany, architectural library
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre Berlin Germany 2019 60 x 75 inches 152.4 x 190,3 cm Edition of 7 signed and numbered on label, verso In Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre, Reinhard Gör...
C Print, Lambda
The Grand Piano, Biblioteca Joanina, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 61.3 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 71.6 inches ed. of 5 $11,000
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Butterfly, Modern French Framed Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Contemporary Subject: Landscape Medium: Photograph Country: France 16 X 22.5 without frame Animalia, Insect Butterfly Photograph Élisabeth Montagnier was born in Algeria. S...
C Print, Color
Palm Springs 1
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Further to Fly is a series of Wet Plate Collodion Photograms that continues in my practice of using drawings on mylar layered with light-sensitive materials in the darkroom to create...
Photogram
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, limited edition by Duffy
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of an alternative shot from the cover shoot for Aladdin Sane by David Bowie from the official Duffy Archive. This official Duffy Archive print is avail...
Archival Pigment
$4,400
Billboard - large scale monochromatic photograph of iconic Americana road sign
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a monochromatic photographic homage to artist Ed Ruscha from a series of iconic Americana roadside billboard signs and conceptual signage BILLBOARD by Frank Schott 48 x 76 inches...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$11,000
Reinhard Görner: Beinecke, New Haven (Yale Rare Books and Manuscript Library)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner captures the monumentality of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale's principal repository for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books...
C Print, Lambda
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre, Berlin, Germany, architectural library
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre Berlin Germany 2019 50,0 x 62,5 inches 127 x 158,5 cm Edition of 10 signed and numbered on label, verso In Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre, Reinhard ...
C Print, Lambda
$7,000
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre IV, Berlin, Germany, architectural library
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre IV Berlin Germany 2019 40 x 60 inches 101.6 x 152,4 cm Edition of 10 signed and numbered on label, verso In Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre IV, Reinh...
C Print, Lambda
$1,500
Limited Edition Japanese Photography, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture
Located in New york, NY
The photograph Toshio Shibata, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture, 1989 by Japanese photographer Toshio Shibata is signed (on recto) by the photographer. The 13" x 19" print is...
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Pigment, Arc...
Tacita Dean, Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron - Contemporary Photography
By Tacita Dean
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tacita Dean (British, born 1965) Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac 16th of September 1998, 2000 Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper Dimensions: 21 x 26 cm (8 1/4 x 10...
Silver Gelatin
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
Kylie’s Knickers
By Nick Veasey
Located in Santa Monica, CA
C-type print/Diasec
C Print
$5,400
Back in 10 - large format photograph of conceptual message sign in landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of whimsical conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana billboard signs in iconic landscapes of the American West BACK IN 10 by Frank Schott 58 x 77.33 inc...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
George Peabody Library, Baltimore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Peabody Library Baltimore 62.5 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 74.9 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 87.3 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed...
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner 'Toreno, Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid, Spain' (Library, Madrid)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Toreno Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid 2017 50 x 59.7 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 71.7 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 83.6 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered...
C Print, Lambda
By the Sea Ltd Ed 1/25
By Phil Marco
Located in New York, NY
Ltd Ed 1/25. Face mounted Plexi. Aluminum Braced. Archival Print. Female form at the seashore, made to appear part fish. ABOUT THE ARTIST Marco studied fine art at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League in New York. New York Times photography critic Gene Thornton called Marco “a Minimalist, whose images are sensual, whimsical, often surreal, always strong, and deceptively simple.” “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Phil Marco on a number of my films. Phil is a man of extraordinary talents. It seems that his passion is to take an everyday object or event, and show it in an entirely new and exciting way.” Martin Scorsese. Phil’s work is represented in MOMA, The Museum of the Moving Image, and The George Eastman Museum of Photography. His first photographs were studies for his paintings, before he launched a career in print advertising. He eventually became a Director / DP for film and television for a vast base of national and international clients with his wife Patricia as Partner and Producer. In the 1980’s and 90’s Phil was the go to person for Special Effects in Television and Cinema, also best known for his graphic conceptual still lives, and his consummate mastery of lighting, and design. He’s won many awards for his work, including numerous Cannes Lions, Cleo’s, a Grammy for his print work on the legendary “Tommy the Who...
Giclée
$2,000
Untitled V. La Costilla Roja Series. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Color Nude
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This work is the result of an artistic residence outside his 'study'.The artist worked on a different ecosystem, a house of vernacular architecture built in 1913 in the department of...
Color, Archival Pigment
Orthochromatic Negative (Antique Olivetti Typewriter)
By Samuel Field
Located in Cambridge, GB
This bold graphic piece fantastically captures the iconic Italian Olivetti Typewriter. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, lustre photographi...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin
Poolscape #71 Limited Edition Chromogenic Photographic Print
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolscape #71 is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval. Limited Edition of 9 In her series Poolscapes, Karine Laval preempts the series she would ...
Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
"Untitled 4.16" Still Life Photography 24' x 16' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 4.16" Still Life Photography 24' x 16' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in ...
Digital Pigment
$4,600
Back in 10 - large format photograph of conceptual message sign in landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of whimsical conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana billboard signs in iconic landscapes of the American West BACK IN 10 ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$35,000
Wilhold Up the Mirror Photograph and Mixed Media Assemblage Wall Hanging Artwork
Located in Surfside, FL
Dennis Hopper, (American, 1936-2010) Mixed media sculpture "Outmolding Older Concepts (Wilhold Up the Mirror)", 1961, photo and assemblage, Ace gallery and Easy Rider Production l...
Ceramic, Wood, Mixed Media
$726
Set of Three Framed Singapore Stamp Collection, Orchid Floral Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
30 Cents Singapore Orchid, from the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection. These historic postage stamps that make up the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection, Singapore Series 'Postcards fro...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Bode Museum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 7 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format phot...
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Notre Dame 3 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Paris, Icons
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Notre Dame 3' 2010, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, archival Pigment Print, based on a Polaroid 810 transfer process, 27.3x20cm, not mounted, Signed, embossed stamp and artist c...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Greek Temple, Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Greek Temple, Pergamon Museum, Berlin 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed ...
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