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Size: Miniature
Miro Lithographe II planche 8
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1975 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated XII/LXXX Printer : Mourlot (Paris) Catalog : [Maeght 1043 Cramer 198] 45.00 cm. x 36.50 cm. 17.72 in. x 14.37 in. (...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Woman - Woodcut Print - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original woodcut on cardboard realized in 1957 by the Italian artist Vincenzo Petrillo (1932-2003). Signed at the top right in pencil. The state of preservation of the ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Pablo Picasso 'Personnages et cavalier' (A. R. 540) Madoura Tile
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Personnages et cavalier' (A. R. 540) Terre de faïence plaque, 1968, numbered 178/500, with the workshop numbering, partially painted, with the Empreinte ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Terracotta

Seeing Voices 2, Abstract Lithograph by Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the portfolio "Seeing Voices", a collection that also includes several poems. This abstract piece by Paul Jenkins is signed and numbered on the front of the print i...
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1960s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

White Hand - Vintage Offset Print After Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
White Hand is a vintage offset print after Antoni Tàpies, printed on hand made paper. It is one of the prints belonging to a deluxe edition of 1982 limited to 2.000 specimens, reprod...
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1980s Modern Abstract Prints

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Offset

Blue Figure in Dark Night - Original Lithograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue figure in dark night is an original lithograph on white paper realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1970s. Monogrammed on the lower in pencil by the...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Etching and Drypoint - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 7 x 10 cm. Abstract Composition is an original color etching and drypoint o paper realized around the 1970's. Signed "Bénic" in pencil on the lower right margin. ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

"II Cottonballs" - Intaglio Print by Tomoya Uchida
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted drypoint etching by Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, 20th Century). Two cottonballs on the stalk sit in a minimalist space. Titled "II Cottonballs" along the bottom edge. Signed and dated "T. Uchida - 89" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new light grey mat with foamcore backing. Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Drypoint

To a Woman from Malabar - Screen Print by Mario Radice - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 18 cm. A una donna del Malabar is an amazing colored serigraph on paper, realized by the Italian artist, Mario Radice and published in 1964 by La Nuova Fogl...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Seeing Voices 4, Abstract Lithograph by Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the portfolio "Seeing Voices", a collection that also includes several poems. This abstract piece by Paul Jenkins is signed and numbered on the front of the print i...
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1960s Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Utopia, by Christian Bozon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Medium: Aquatint Edition: 50 Image Size: 7.87 in. x 5.9 in. Year: 2018 Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landsc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Composition - Woodcut by Luigi Spacal - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Luigi Spacal (Trieste, 1907 - Trieste, 2000) in the 1970s. Original Colored woodcut print on cardboard. Image Dimensions: 18 x 14 cm Good conditions, not signed. Lojze Spacal, also known as Luigi Spacal, was born on the Trieste Karst, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, from a family of Slovenian nationality.In 1930 he was arrested on charges of anti-fascism and confined for some time to Accettura, in Basilicata. Here he discovered his artistic vocation. In 1934 he graduated in Venice. He began to exhibit his first works in 1937. In 1942 he was again sent to confinement, this time in Abruzzo and, later, assigned to a special working battalion in Forte dei Marmi. Nevertheless, he managed to continue to exhibit his works so much that, in 1944, he set up his first solo show. In 1948 he participated for the first time in the Venice biennial. In 1958 he won the International Grand Prix "for a draftsman and engraver" at the Venice Biennale. In 1959 he received the 2nd prize at the International Biennial of Graphic Art in Ljubljana. In 1974 he was awarded the Prešeren prize, the highest Slovenian artistic recognition, and the “San Giusto d'Oro” in 1977. In 1998 a museum was dedicated to him in the castle of San Daniele...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Into the Blue, Abstract art, Blue and pink landscape art, Devon art
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a stunning limited edition Giclee print reproduced from an original mixed media painting. Blues and golds combine in an intricate Devon landscape that hints at something hidd...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Giclée

Chris Keegan, Vantage Point, Limited Edition Print, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Vantage point by Chris Keegan. This Five colour handmade screen print depicts a multi-layered dynamic set of landscapes all floating above and below each ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

In the Space - Original Etching - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
In the Space is an original artwork realized by an unknown artist in the second half of 20th Century. Beautiful Etching on ivory paper, hand signed and numbered in pencil. Good co...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Diecicomeleditadiduemani - Screen Print on Acetate by Ennio Pouchard - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Diecicomeleditadiduemani is a silk-screen print on acetates, realized in 1973 by the artist Ennio Pouchard (1928). Signed on plate on the lower right. Titled at the top left. From...
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1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Screen

Opus Eight
Located in New York, NY
Naum Gabo was a major constructivist sculptor and highly influential member of the European avant-garde art movement. Gabo signaled a rejection of conventional sculptural modes by em...
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20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Frontispiece for Cahiers d'Art - Lithograph by J. Mirò - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Cahiers d'Art is a splendid abstract artwork realized by Joan Miró in the 1960. Color lithograph. Not signed and not numbered. Good conditions except for some light foxings and so...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Emil Schumacher Limited Edition Serigraph Terraraph Print Abstract Art Informel
Located in Surfside, FL
Heavily textured abstract print in a serigraph and terragraph technique. It has a raised texture to the surface, A beautiful piece. This listing is for the one print, the cover justification sheet and the photograph are just included for provenance. This is from the limited edition of 100. Hand signed and numbered on colophon page. (They are not signed and numbered on each print) Arches paper. Dimensions: 15.75 X 15.25 These have a texture that feels like a painting. Done in Jaffa Israel based on the Hebrew Bible. Jewish, Judaica interest. Emil Schumacher is among the best-known exponents of Art Informel in Germany. His painting style, which he initially developed in the 1950s under the influence of Wols, is marked by dark, brownish black or brilliant thick red colours and a graffiti like sign language that endow the pictures the expressive character of old cracked masonry. Emil Schumacher (29 August 1912 in Hagen, Westfalen – 4 October 1999 in San José, Ibiza) was a German artist and painter. He was an important representative of abstract expressionism in post-war Germany. As an 18-year-old, Emil Schumacher undertakes a four-week-long bicycle tour to Paris, France. 1932–1935: Studies graphic design at the School of Applied Arts in Dortmund intending to become a graphic designer in advertising. 1935–1939: Independent artist without participating in exhibits. He undertakes study trips by bicycle to the Netherlands and Belgium. 1939–1945: Service obligation as draftsman in an arms factory, the Akkumulatoren–Werke of Hagen. Since 1945: Immediately after end of war, new start as independent artist. 1947: First solo exhibit in the Studio für neue Kunst. Co-founder of the artist group Junger Westen. 1954: Participates in the Willem Sandberg...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Impression of Wood - Vintage Offset Print After Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Impression of wood is a vintage offset print after Antoni Tàpies, printed on hand made paper. It is one of the prints belonging to a deluxe edition of 1982 limited to 2.000 specimens...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

Composition - Original Etching by Rainer Maria Küchenmeister - 1963
By Rainer Maria Küchenmeister
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized in the 1960s by Rainer Maria Küchenmeister (Ahlen, 1926 - Paris, 2010). Original Etching on paper. Sigled on paper on the lower left corner. Excellent conditions. Rainer Maria Küchenmeister (Ahlen, 1926 - Paris, 2010). Rainer Küchenmeister...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching

Acanthes
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: Acanthes Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Date: 1958 Edition: 2000 Sheet Size: 14" x 10 1/2" Signature: No Reference...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Genesis 5th Day
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Genesis 5th Day" 1962 is a n original colors etching, with embossing by noted American artist Dennis Ray Beall, b.1929. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numb...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Vase Space - Vintage Offset Print After Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Vase Space is a vintage offset print after Antoni Tàpies, printed on hand made paper. It is one of the prints belonging to a deluxe edition of 1982 limited to 2.000 specimens, reprod...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

Suoni e Segni per Clivi di Maggio - Etching by Gianni Baretta - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 36 prints. Image Dimensions: 12,5x15 cm. Good conditions.
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Tenuousness1 (blue, organic, patterned, water chine colle, monoprint)
Located in New York, NY
This piece is featured in Bruckner’s 2024 solo exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art titled, “Keeping Memories”. Artist Biography: Karin Bruckner was born in Zurich, Switzerland and...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Monotype, Wood Panel

Composition #1850
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered by the artist. Medium: Etching and aquatint Image Size: 14 x 11.25 inches Edition size: 13 The horizontal and vertical directional lines and the use of black and...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

ARP, Jean. Sphere de sable ( RARE LIMITED EDITION), No. 13 of 20 copies .
Located in New York, NY
ARP, Jean, poems by Georges HUGNET. Paris; Robert-J. Godet 193. Collection "Pour mes amis" With 35 illustrations integrated with the text (2 full-page), by J. Arp. Small 8vo, [...
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1940s Modern Abstract Prints

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Other Medium

La balsa de Ulises
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size 50. Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

F.S.A.V. - Original Etching and Aquatint by Sebastian Matta - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Etching and aquatint. Edition of 60 prints. From the graphic collection: "Il Surrealismo tra le due guerre" Bibliography: L'Oeuvre gravée de Matta, Sonet ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

White Angle - Vintage Offset Print after Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
White Angle is a vintage offset print after Antoni Tàpies, printed on handmade paper and part of a deluxe edition of reproductions published in 1982 and limited to 2.000 specimens. S...
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1980s Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

Origin-Beginning-2, by Seiko Tachibana
Located in Palm Springs, CA
One of seven images from the Origin-Beginning series. Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Seiko Tachibana was born in Japan and completed her Masters of Art Education at Kobe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Takashi Murakami, Flowers of Gratitude - Signed Print, Contemporary Pop Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962) Flowers of Gratitude, 2022 Medium: Offset print, cold stamp and high gloss varnishing Dimensions: 71 cm diameter (28 in) Edition of 300: Hand-sig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, not individually numbered but from edition of 180. I can include a copy of the title sheet with the edition size and his signature if you r...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Star, Geometric Pop Art Screenprint by Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden, American Title: Star Year: circa 1970 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 4/50 Image Size: 10 x 9.5 inches Size: 14 x 14 inches Plexi Box ...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Fire
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, edition of 10. Rosalyn Richards has been a member of the Bucknell University art faculty since 1982. Images from particle physics, satellite p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Dreamy - Original Woodcut on Paper by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dreamy is an original modern artwork realized in the mid-20th Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original woodcut on paper. Very good conditions...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Hand of Fire - Vintage Offset Print After Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Hand of Fire is a vintage offset print after Antoni Tàpies, printed on hand made paper. It is one of the prints belonging to a deluxe edition of 1982 limited to 2.000 specimens, repr...
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1980s Modern Abstract Prints

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Offset

Attempting the Other
Located in San Francisco, CA
This abstract monotype is by Sarah Smelser (1971-). It measures 8.5 x 8.5 inches the plate and 16.5 x 15.25 inches framed. It is titled in the lower left, “Attempting the Other” and signed and dated in the lower right, “Sarah Smelser 1997.” It is matted with an acid-free mat and framed in brushed metal. The print, mat and frame are in very good condition. Sarah Smelser received her BA from University of California at Santa Cruz, her MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. She has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center; The Franz Masereel Center in Kasterlee, Belgium; Artica in Bilbao, Spain; Kala Art Institute in Emeryville, CA; Jentel Artist Residency in Banner, WY; and Skopelos Foundation for the Arts in Skopelos, Greece, Anchor Graphics in Chicago; and the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Ireland. Her work is in such collections the Readers' Digest Association, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, the Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, the Spencer Museum at University of Kansas, Hallmark Corporate Collection, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Smelser has had solo exhibitions at Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld in New York City, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York City, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, MI, Carnegie Mellon University, Bradley University, University of Wyoming, Diablo Valley College, Luther College and Spencer College. Her work has been included in many invitational and juried shows, and been shown at numerous art fairs including Art Frankfurt, Estampa (in Madrid), the Affordable Art Fair in New York, Art Miami, Red Dot Art Fair in New York and Miami, Art Santa Fe, Art Chicago, EDITION Chicago, Boston Print Fair, Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair, Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, and the Los Angeles Art Show. Smelser's work has been reviewed in Art on Paper: The Journal of Prints, Drawings and Photography, as well as Abstract Art Online, and has been reproduced in New American Paintings. Most recently Smelser was the featured interview in Monotype, Monoprint, & Strappo Ezine. Smelser is a Professor of Art at Illinois State University and a co-founder of Manneken Press...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Monotype

Still Life - Vintage Offset Print After Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a vintage offset print after Antoni Tàpies, printed on hand made paper. It is one of the prints belonging to a deluxe edition of 1982 limited to 2.000 specimens, reprod...
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1980s Abstract Prints

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Offset

Graffiti - Vintage Offset Print After Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Graffiti is a vintage offset print after Antoni Tàpies, printed on hand made paper. It is one of the prints belonging to a deluxe edition of 1982 limited to 2.000 specimens, reproduc...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Offset

Red and Black - Vintage Offset Print After Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Red and Black is a vintage offset print after Antoni Tàpies, printed on hand made paper. It is one of the prints belonging to a deluxe edition of 1982 limited to 2.000 specimens, rep...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Offset

Breathe
Located in Deddington, GB
Breathe [2019] limited_edition Etching and aquatint Edition number /40 Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:26 cm x W:26 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Sueño de Verano, by Christian Bozon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, title and numbered by the artist Image Size: 8.25 x 10.25 inches Year: 2009 Edition: 50 Bozon's abstract imagery recalls the colors and textures of Morocco and southern Spai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Blue Texas Modernist Abstract Surrealist Space Themed Landscape Block Print
Located in Houston, TX
Blue space themed surrealist block print by Texas modernist artist Josefa Vaughan. The yellow toned abstract forms create a whimsical landscape. Signed "Fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

"Zeni" Embossed Symbolic Composition (Bronze Version)
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate embossed composition by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece has been painted in a bronze tone that shimmers and morphs depending on the light source and angle...
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Late 20th Century Minimalist Abstract Prints

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Paint, Paper

"Teatro Cósmico" psychedelic, contemporary, surrealist, geometric, cosmic
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Gold Leaf

Composition, Heart of Darkness, Sean Scully
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching in colors on vélin de Lana Royal paper. Paper Size: 11.93 x 9.81 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Heart of Darkness, 1992. Publ...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching

Albert Rafols Casamada - ESTRUCTURES 2 Spanish Abstraction Contemporary Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Albert Rafols Casamada - ESTRUCTURES 2 Date of creation: 2006 Medium: Lithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 41 x 31 cm Observations: Condition: In very good conditions and never fram...
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2010s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Four trees. Paper, wood carving , 29x29 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Four trees. Paper, wood carving, 29x29 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1...
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1970s Abstract Landscape Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Seligmann, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°5-6, 1938. Published and printed under the dire...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Mexican Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this lithograph, from an edition of 250. Signed in pencil by Covarrubias. Published by Associated American Artists, New York.
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1940s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Fern-12
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 25. Seiko Tachibana was born in Japan and completed her Masters of Art Education at Kobe University, Japan. Her distinctive work balances Asian tradition with minimalist modernity. Tachibana’s work is exhibited internationally and has been acquired by many museum collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, The Portland Art...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Paroles Peintes
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1975 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 62/75 Publisher : O. Lazar-Vernet, Paris Printer : Georges Leblanc et Morsang, Paris 37.70 cm. x 28.00 cm...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Matisse, Série D, var. 2 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1960s Francis Bacon lithograph (Bacon Isabel Rawsthorne)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1960s Francis Bacon lithograph from Derrière le miroir: Well-suited for matting & framing, this original 1960's print is derived from Bacon's ...
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1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Genesis 1th Day
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Genesis 1th Day" 1961 is a n original etching, with embossing by noted American artist Dennis Ray Beall, b.1929. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 24...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching

Ecce Homo VII
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ecce Homo VII Woodcut, 1921 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist One of only three known impressions Created while the artist was studying at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. Extreme rarity-One of three know impressions Note: In 1921 Drewes went to the Bauhaus in Weimar, where, after completing the compulsory preliminary course with Johannes Itten, he continued to study with Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer and Georg Muche and initially went to the wall painting workshop. He then traveled extensively through Europe, North America and Asia. After returning to Germany in 1927, he went back to the Bauhaus, this time to his new location in Dessau, where he studied in the classes of László Moholy-Nagy and Wassily Kandinsky. He was one of the first artists to introduce the groundbreaking concepts of the Bauhaus School in the United States through his painting, printmaking, and teaching. Condition: Excellent Missing small voids in the upper margin from removal of the original hinges. Image size: 9 7/8 x 8 3/16 inches Reference: Rose 30 Provenance: From the estate of Drewes's teacher at the Bauhaus. During the pasot WW2 the professor lived in East Germany. WERNER DREWES 1899-1985 Werner Drewes initially studied architecture before enrolling, in 1921-22, at the Bauhaus in Weimar under Klee, Kandinsky, Itten and Feininger. For four years - 1923 to 1927 - he travelled the world with his bride, before completing his Bauhaus training in Dessau in 1929. He immigrated to the United States in 1930, documenting that move to New York through series of woodcuts. In 1936/37 he was an active founder of the American Abstract Artists and participated in the Federal Arts Project in New York before moving on to a teaching career at Washington University in St. Louis. As an artist for over sixty five years, he employed various media from drawing and watercolor, through woodcut and etching, to painting and collage. Translating an early interest in subjective cubistic forms, his work evolved into nonobjective abstraction. He was creative until the day of his death. Courtesy: Toby C. Moss Werner Drewes (1899–1985) was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, he was one of the first artists to introduce concepts of the Bauhaus school within the United States. His mature style encompassed both nonobjective and figurative work and the emotional content of this work was consistently more expressive than formal. Drewes was as highly regarded for his printmaking as for his painting. In his role as teacher as well as artist he was largely responsible for bringing the Bauhaus aesthetic to America. Early life and education Drewes was born in 1899 to Georg Drewes, a Lutheran pastor, and Martha Schaefer Drewes. The family lived in the village of Canig within Lower Lusatia, Germany. From age eight to eighteen he attended the Saldria Gymnasium, a boarding school in Brandenburg an der Havel. There, he showed talent both for painting and woodblock printing. Graduating from Saldria in 1917, he was drafted by the German army and served in France from then until the close of the war. About this period of his life he is reported to have said that the horrors of life at the front were only made tolerable by his sketchbook, a copy of Goethe's Faust and a volume of Nietzsche. For a decade following the close of the war he studied, made paintings and prints, and traveled widely. His friend, Herwarth Walden, helped shape his appreciation for expressionist literature and art. Walden produced the quarterly magazine, Der Sturm and ran a gallery of contemporary art, Galerie Der Sturm, from which, in 1919, Drewes purchased an expressionist painting by William Wauer titled Blutrausch (Bloodlust). In the same year he made the acquaintance of Heinrich Vogeler and participated in Vogeler's socialist utopian artists' commune, Barkenhoff, at Worpswede, Lower Saxony. In 1919 Drewes also enrolled at the Königlich Technischen Hochschule Charlottenburg to study architecture and the following year he studied the same subject at the Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart. Preferring art over architecture, he then enrolled in Stuttgart's school of applied arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) where he studied life drawing and learned to work with colored glass. At this time he joined a group of artists and architects associated with the newly formed Merz Akademie, a college of design, art, and media in Stuttgart. In 1921 his friendship with a French artist, Sébastien Laurent, led him to begin studies in Weimar at Bauhaus, then a new school which taught an integrated approach to the fine and applied arts. His instructors were Johannes Itten and Lyonel Feininger, whose paintings were expressionist and abstract, and Paul Klee, who taught bookbinding, stained glass, and murals. While at Bauhaus Drewes produced a portfolio of ten woodblock prints entitled "Ecce Homo." In 1923 and 1924 he studied art during travels throughout Italy, Spain, the United States, and Central America and in 1926 he traveled to San Francisco, Japan, and Korea, thence taking the Trans-Siberian railway to Manchuria, Moscow, and Warsaw. He later said the El Grecos he saw proved to be most influential in his work. While traveling, he exhibited: (1) etchings in Madrid (1923) and Montevideo (1924), oils and etchings in Buenos Aires and St. Louis (1925), and (3) etchings in San Francisco (1926). He paid his way by the sales these exhibits produced and by taking commissions to paint portraits. While in San Francisco he set up a shop from which he sold prints he had made in Spain and South America. After his return to Germany in 1927 he resumed study at Bauhaus, which had been forced to relocate in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. His instructors at that time were László Moholy-Nagy (metal work), Wassily Kandinsky, and (painting), and Lyonel Feininger (prints). At this time he also worked and exhibited in Frankfurt. With the rise of Nazism abstract artists found it increasingly difficult to sell their work and, in 1930, Drewes, finding the political pressure unbearable, emigrated to the United States. There, despite the world economic crisis, Drewes was able to earn a living as a professional artist. Mature style After Drewes moved to New York, Kandinsky, who was both friend and mentor, continued to exert a strong influence over his style. Later in life he said he had a hard time getting away from Kandinsky's influence as he developed his own style. In time he was able to bring a more emotional approach to his work and to base it, more than Kandinsky did, on natural forms. In 1930 Drewes had a solo exhibition at the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library and a two-person show at the S.P.R. Penthouse Gallery...
Category

1920s Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

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