Framed Abstract Prints

Dan Flavin Rare invitation poster for 1970 ACE Gallery exhibition, 1970 Letterpress and stencil on colored paper Not signed Frame included Floated in the original ACE gallery vintage wood frame. Measurements: Framed: 17.75" x 17.75" x 1.6 inches Poster: 16 inches x 16 inches Extremely uncommon letterpress and stencil poster designed by Dan Flavin on the occasion of his 1970 exhibition “Two Cornered Installations in Colored Fluorescent Light from Dan Flavin” at the legendary Ace Gallery in Los Angeles. The poster, like most exhibition invitations of that era (including those from the Leo Castelli gallery in New York) was undated, as these works were so much of the moment. This work was acquired directly from the collection of the ACE Gallery. Other than the present work, we've never seen another example of this collectors item anywhere in the world, on or off the market (If anyone is aware of others, we'd love to see!) More about the legendary ACE gallery, and the sale of some of its art collection from the bankruptcy estate, from where the present work was acquired: ACE Gallery founder Douglas Chrismas opened his own frame shop and gallery in Vancouver at the age of 17. His gallery became known as a venue where Vancouver artists could show alongside major New Yorkers, and get the feeling of belonging to a bigger scene. In the 60s and early 70s he brought artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Carl Andre, Sol LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, and Donald Judd to Vancouver, Canada. The gallery expanded to Los Angeles in 1967 at the former Virginia Dwan Gallery space in Westwood, and then further expanded to New York in 1994. The galleries were noted for doing museum-level exhibitions by up and coming and internationally renowned artists. While in New York the gallery’s presence was amplified by doing exhibitions in conjunction with cultural institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Cartier Foundation (Paris). Under Chrismas' directorship, ACE Gallery has had either offices or galleries in art centers outside of the United States, such as Mexico City, Paris, Berlin. and Beijing. In 1972, Chrismas mounted Robert Irwin’s installation Room Angle Light Volume at the first ACE/Venice, which opened at 72 Market Street in 1971. In 1977, ACE mounted exhibitions of work by Frank Stella and Robert Motherwell, along with Michael Heizer’s Displaced/Replaced Mass. Installed at ACE/Venice, the Heizer piece required that huge chunks be gouged out of the gallery floor to create recessed areas able to accommodate boulders. In April 2016, ACE Gallery emerged from a three-year bankruptcy proceeding under the leadership of Sam S. Leslie. In May 2016, founder Douglas Chrismas was terminated from all roles at the gallery. In July 2021, Douglas Chrismas was arrested by the FBI and charged with embezzlement. In May 2022, Douglas Chrismas was ordered to repay 14.2 million in ACE art sale profits, which were diverted to personal accounts. Chrismas is awaiting criminal trial in January, 2023. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Controversies In a 1983 lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court, Rauschenberg sought $500,000 from Chrismas' Flow ACE Gallery; the artist won a $140,000 judgment in the suit in 1984. Eventually the two reconciled their differences and in 1997 Robert Rauschenberg insisted that ACE Gallery New York (in conjunction with the Guggenheim Museum) host his Retrospective. In 1986, Chrismas pleaded no contest after Canadian real estate developer C. Frederick Stimpson alleged that he had improperly sold work belonging to the collector, among them pieces by Andy Warhol and Rauschenberg. Under the terms of the settlement, Chrismas agreed to pay Stimpson $650,000 over a period of five years. He continues to work with the Stimpson family in handling their art interests. In 1989, ACE Gallery wanted to borrow a work by Judd along with Carl Andre's 1968 Fall, both owned by Count Giuseppe Panza, for an exhibition devoted to minimal art called The Innovators Entering into the Sculpture. Rather than shipping the two large scale works from Italy, Panza authorized ACE Gallery to refabricate the pieces in Los Angeles. In Panza's collection archives, there is a series of signed certificates signed by Judd that granted Panza broad authority over the works by Judd in his collection. These certificates "authorized Panza and followers to reconstruct work for a variety of reasons," as long as instructions and documentation provided by Judd were followed and either he or his estate was notified. This even included the right to make "temporary exhibition copies, as long as the temporary copy was destroyed after the exhibition; and the right to recreate the work to save expense and difficulty in transportation as long as the original was then destroyed." Miwon Kwon, in her account of site specificity: "One Place After Another," presents the account of ACE Gallery recreating artworks by Donald Judd and Carl Andre without the artist's permission. Andre and Judd both publicly denounced these recreations as "a gross falsification" and a "forgery," in letters to Art in America, however, the fabrication of the pieces were permitted by Panza Collection in Italy, the owner of the works. Despite the confusion surrounding the Panza refabrications, both Carl Andre and Donald Judd maintained a professional relationship with Douglas Chrismas and ACE Gallery. Andre showcased works at ACE Gallery in 1997, 2002, 2007, 2011 and present day. In 2007, Carl Andre's show entitled "Zinc" was exhibited at ACE Gallery in Beverly Hills. Donald Judd paid a visit to The Innovators Entering into the Sculpture exhibition at ACE Gallery and agreed to keep his sculpture in the exhibition. After the exhibition was over, Chrismas planned to sell the metal used for the re-fabrication of Judd's work for scrap metal but Judd wanted to own the re-fabrication for himself. ACE Gallery then sold the re-fabrication of Donald Judd's work to Donald Judd. After having consigned more than $4 million worth of art to ACE Gallery to sell in 1997 and 1998, the sculptor Jannis Kounellis filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2006, accusing Chrismas of keeping most of the profits of artworks and refusing to return the pieces that did not sell. According to the lawsuit, the primary agreement between Kounellis and Chrismas was oral. Chrismas returned all of Kouenllis' artwork, and did a full accounting of the proceeds from Kounellis' work—minus the expense of exhibiting it. The matter was resolved between the two of them and ACE Gallery still sells and exhibits Kounellis' work today. By 2006, Chrismas had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at least six times since 1982, barring most of his creditors from collecting the money immediately owed to them. Chrismas filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect the gallery's extensive real estate holdings from the problematic landlord. The landlord of the Wilshire Boulevard space, Wilshire Dunsmuir Company, claimed that ACE owed back rent and penalties however, the claim was disputed by Douglas Chrismas. In court papers, Chrismas Fine Art claimed that it would cure "the pre-petition" debt by Feb. 1, 2000, and was asking the court to protect its right to remain in the property. A declaration filed by Douglas Chrismas characterized this leasehold as the business' primary asset. -Courtesy Wikipedia About Dan Flavin Dan Flavin (1933–1996) was a pioneer of Minimal Art. He rose to fame in the 1960s with his work with industrially manufactured fluorescent tubes, inventing a new art form and securing his place in art history. The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel focuses on his works that are dedicated to other artists or make reference to certain events. Back in 1963 Dan Flavin mounted a single, industrial fluorescent light tube at a 45-degree angle to the wall of his studio declaring it art; the act was radical, and it still is. Indeed, it was owing to this action that standard commercial products would be introduced into art: The nascent Minimal Art of the era emphasised seriality, reduction and matter-of-factness. Somewhat ironically, while the autodidact Flavin never himself sought membership to this movement in art, he would, and quite literally, go on to become one of its most illustrious exponents. Flavin began work with fluorescent light tubes from the early 1960s on; arranged in so-called ‘situations’, he would then further develop them into series and large-scale installations. The colours and dimensions of the materials he used were prescribed by industrial production. Flooded in light, viewers themselves become part of the works: The space, along with the objects within it, are set in relation to each other and thus become immersive experiences of art triggering sensual, almost spiritual experiences. Flavin liberated color from the two-dimensionality of painting. The prevalent perception of his light works has, to date, largely centred on their minimalist, industrial aspect, and thus on the inherent simplicity of their beauty. The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel, by contrast, places emphasis on looking at Flavin’s oeuvre in a less familiar setting: His pieces, although initially without clearly recognisable signature, frequently make reference in their titles to concrete events, such as wartime atrocities or police violence, or are dedicated to other artists—as in the work untitled (in memory of Urs Graf...

Cécile Reims (French, 1927–2020) Cécile Reims’s work is distinguished by its masterful technique, intricate detail, and deep engagement with themes of transformation and the natural ...

Cécile Reims (French, 1927–2020) Cécile Reims’s work is distinguished by its masterful technique, intricate detail, and deep engagement with themes of transformation and the natural ...

JAMES NARES Artaud's Arms (Exhibited at Brooklyn Museum), 1988 Color Monotype on Gampi Torinoko Paper 36 × 27 inches Signed James Nares and dated '88 l...

Stephen Westfall Jig, 2005 Woodblock, on Hiromi Iwa Hara-shi Kasa Japanese paper Signed, dated 2005 and numbered 10/35 in graphite pencil on the front Frame included Elegantly floate...

Michael Rothenstein Little Zoo III, 1990 Screenprint on Velin Arches paper 54 x 45 cm Edition 9 of 100 hand-signed and numbered 9 of 100. published by Flowers Graphics, London in 19...

First project of silence is an original artwork realized by the contemporary artist Gina Pane in 1970. Black and white photolithograph mounted on cardboard....

This abstract landscape limited edition print by Elwood Howell features a cool, green and pale blue palette. The artist's signature high horizon line forms a very slight valley at th...

This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott depicts a cool, deep violet forest and light yellow-green forest floor, which is contrasted by warm orange accents. This...

This artwork titled "Illegal Graffiti #3" 1998is a original color screen print on wove paper by American artist Betty Rees Heredia A.K.A Betty Snyde...

Richard Diebenkorn's Untitled from 1983 is one of the prints included in the famed 'Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary' portfolio published by MOCA as a fundraise...

This abstract portrait limited edition print by Ned Martin is part of the artist's Spirits Through Time series. It features a woman's face rendered realistically, with her neck and s...

Artist: Takashi Murakami Title: We are the Jocular Clan (10) Portfolio: We are the Jocular Clan Medium: Offset lithograph with silver, glossy varnish on wove paper Date: 2018 Edition...

This limited edition print is an abstract landscape by Elwood Howell. In the artist's signature style, the composition is broken up by a high horizon line. A deep, vibrant blue with ...

Brice Marden Limited Edition lithographic poster, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel (Framed), 1993 Offset Lithograph Limited edition of 500 Publisher Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel,...

Alan Shields TV Re-Run B, 1978 Mixed Media Monotype: Color drypoint, mezzotint, linocut and colored embossing on perforated paper on Handmade Paper Mounted on Linen Board Signed, num...

This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...

La Nuova Pesa is a vintage poster realized after Jose Ortega in 1970s. Good condition.

Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Surrealist Portrait of Dali Surrounded by Butterflies Portfolio: Memories of Surrealism Medium: Etching and photolithograph Date: 1971 Edition: AP XIV/XX...

This abstract contemporary painting by Roger Mudre features a cool-toned palette with an iridescent quality. Circles with light outlines overlap one another in varying blue, green, w...

large scale abstract b&w photograph of mesmerizing monochromatic black white water surface SEASCAPE V by Frank Schott 60 x 48 inches / 152cm x 122cm photo...

These wonderful lithographs from the imagination of the Glasgow artist Robert Colquhoun are full of colour and dynamism. Robert Colquhoun (1914-1962) Poems of Sleep and dream Three ...

large scale photograph of a burst of red in an urban landscape of striking minimalism from a series of photographs capturing the mid century mo...

Jack Brusca, American (1939 - 1993) - USA, Year: 1978, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 30, Image Size: 24 x 24 inches, Size: 28 in. x 26 in....

Jack Brusca, Peruvian (1927 - ) - Revolution, Year: 1978, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 30, Image Size: 24 x 24 inches, Size: 27 in. x 26 ...

Genichiro Inokuma, Japanese (1902 - 1993) - Subterranean, Year: 1970, Medium: Woodblock, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 6.5 x ...

This abstract contemporary painting by Roger Mudre features a cool-toned palette with an iridescent quality. Circles with light outlines overlap one another in varying blue, green, white shades to create a larger blue circular form at the center of the composition. The painting, which is 36" x 36" (37.5" x 37.5" framed), transforms and shimmers in changing light due to hand-applied metal-leaf under-layer. It is framed in a gold-hued floater frame. It is wired and ready to hang. The focus of Roger Mudre’s work is the circle. This Connecticut-based artist finds inspiration in the colors and patterns of nature. Painting in jewel toned acrylics, he builds sheer layers of color on a subtly reflective metal leaf surface to create a picture plane that changes with the viewer’s perspective. Roger's work is part of many corporate and private collections including Hotel Zero Degrees in Norwalk, Connecticut, Frontier Communications, and the Energizer Corporation in Shelton, Connecticut. Roger is influenced by Joesph Albers...

This abstract figural limited edition print by Ned Martin features a warm palette. Two women stand together, one with her eyes covered by a white cloth and holding a small gold plate...

This artwork "Untitled #5" c.1980 is an original offset lithograph on wove paper by Canadian artist Terry Leftrook, born 1948. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The artwork...

This square woodcut print on paper is composed of an abstract pattern of clustered dark navy blue shapes over a silver background with a subtle metallic sheen. The monotype brings to...

Knots ok Fire: Monotype on archival paper Size: 20 x 20 by South American/Venezuelan artist Luisa Duarte is an example of geometric abstract art . Luisa Duarte works out of her stu...

This contemporary limited edition print by Teodora Guererra features a cool wash of blue and white with an abstracted coastal aesthetic. This print pairs beautifully with Indigo Sea ...

From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...

Signed, inscribed and dated number 27/30 1998 Originally distrbuted by Alan Cristea Gallery London Each Frame 11.5" x 9.75" Gordon House produced many of his own prints first at K...

Robert Indiana The Golden Future of America (Sheehan, 92), 1976 Silkscreen on Arches paper Signed and dated in pencil, lower right; number...

Judy Chicago Driving the World to Destruction, 1988 Silkscreen on wove paper Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered 35/50 on the front Included with this work is an elegant hand ...

This engaging artwork is a print on paper create by the Italian artist Gualtiero Nativi. It is a multiple of 250 specimens and it is numbered n. 2. Gualtiero Nativi is a well known ...

Signed and numbered from an edition of 300 Comes framed and ready to hang

This Limited Edition abstract print, "Neighbors" by Sofie Swann measures 60" x 48" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired...

This abstract portrait limited edition print by Ned Martin features a warm neutral palette. It depicts a woman in profile, with a soft, realistically depicted face and ornate neckpie...

This square woodcut print on paper is composed of a central, circular, metallic silver shape spreading outward into an abstract pattern over a bright turquoise blue background that c...

This abstracted print of a dog by artist Russell Miyaki features a warm, colorful palette and captures a brown Labrador from the shoulders up, composed of sweeping colors in front of...

This limited edition print is an abstract landscape by Elwood Howell. It features a high, blurred horizon line - beige with muted green pink, and blue, while above it, muted pink fad...

This abstract landscape limited edition print by Elwood Howell features a vibrant green palette. Colorful orange, blue, and violet accent the green area of the composition, which ext...

Francisco Toledo Venados (Deer), circa 1975-1985 Color etching and aquatint Plate: 8 13/16 x 11 11/16 inches Sheet: 15 x 20 7/16 inches Edition A/P (Artist Proof) This limited editi...

Karel Appel Miss World First Class Pretty (Deluxe hand signed edition of the 1 Cent Life Portfolio, from the estate of artist Robert Indiana), 1964 Lithograph splayed across two sheets on wove paper (Hand signed by Karel Appel) Pencil signed on the lower right front; numbered 85/100 on the portfolio colophon Frame included Floated and framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass., bearing the colophon with the edition number page on the back Measurements: Frame: 20.25 x 27 x 1.25 inches Print: 16 x 23 inches This lithograph was part of the complete portfolio acquired from the estate of Pop Artist Robert Indiana, who also contributed a work to the portfolio. Documented prints from the hand signed edition of 100 rarely appear on the market. This is one of them. The work is pencil signed by Karel Appel on the front and all of the prints are unnumbered, as the complete portfolio is numbered on the colophon page - a copy of which is included for provenance. (There was also an unsigned edition of 2000) Chinese American artist and writer Walasse Ting, in collaboration with Sam Francis, assembled a group of the most significant Pop and Abstract Expressionist artists in America, including Andy Warhol, along with the European COBRA artists to create the definitive artistic portfolio of lithographs with accompanying text by Walasse Ting. The Deluxe edition, which features hand signed prints, was published in a limited edition of only 100. This is one of them. Of the 100, editions numbered 60-100, or 40 portfolios, were reserved exclusively for Artists & Collaborators. This hand signed Karel Appel lithograph...

ANTONI TAPIES was the maximum representative of Spanish abstract art of the 20th century. His works are represented in museums and foundations around the world. TAPIES Antoni Tapies...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "I. Traces grotesques" is an Artist’s Proof Lithograph. “Proofs” are either pulled or printed, and the artist has the option to work out the color and quality issues as they come out of the process. The only real difference between the two is the restricted quantity of prints bearing the AP designation and not the quality of the print. This lithograph is signed and titled by the artist, Jean Dubuffet, which indicates his complete satisfaction with the print. It is from 1958 and a perfect example of his style, “Art Brut.” His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced what is called “low art”, art by non-academically trained artists. It is sometimes referred to as “outsider art.” He did study briefly at the Academie Julian, Paris, but eventually followed his own aesthetics which eschewed traditional standard of beauty in favor of what he believed to be a more authentic and humanistic approach to image-making. This lithograph expresses the beauty he found in the meandering spontaneous black line. Jean Dubuffet began painting at the age of seventeen and studied briefly at the Academie Julian, Paris. He painted off and on for the next 20 years. It was not until 1942 in the midst of WWII in France that he began the work which has distinguished him as an outstanding innovator in postwar Europe. It is said of his work that “he looked to the margins of the everyday – the art of prisoners, psychics, the uneducated, and the institutionalized – to liberate his own creativity and coining the term ‘Art Brut’.” Art Brut is a French term that translates as ‘raw art’, to describe art such as graffiti or naïve art which is made outside the academic tradition of fine art. His paintings from the early forties in brightly colored oils were soon followed by works in which he employed such unorthodox materials as cement, plaster, tar and asphalt-scraped, craved and cut and drawn upon with a rudimentary, spontaneous line. Dubuffet worked in France and exhibited from the early forties on. He was included in the 1946 Pierre Matisse...

This artwork titled "La Melodie Acide II" 1980 (printed and published in 1983) is a color lithograph on Guarro paper after Joan Miro 1893-1983. It is si...

Lynda Benglis Untitled, 1995 Letterpress on Somerset Paper Edition 91/100 Pencil signed and numbered from the edition of 100, top recto. Framed Measurements: Sheet: 6 inches by 6 inc...

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in Ameri...

After Paul Klee "Wunderbare Landung" Pochoir c.1964 A fine pochoir on rice paper, signed in the plate, from an edition of 500. 1964 after the 1920 original. 13.5" wide x 10" high....

Lovely etching, framed, with fine art glass. Signed, E/A.

Rachel Whiteread is one of Britain's leading contemporary sculptors. Born in London in 1963, she studied painting at Brighton Polytechnic from 1982-85 and sculpture at the Slade Scho...

This Limited Edition giclee print by Roger Mudre features features a cool-toned palette with an iridescent quality. Circles with light outlines overlap one another in varying blue, g...

From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...

A print by Josef Albers. "Formulation: Articulation" is a geometric abstract screen print in a gray and white palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is numbered 1981.52...

Artist: Joan Miro Title: Plate III Portfolio: Lithographe III Medium: Lithograph Date: 1977 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 19 5/8" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 13" x 10" Signature: Unsigne...

Graham Sutherland
 Apollinaire, Le Bestiaire, 1979 Etching and aquatint Numbered 56/75
 Signature in pencil lower right 
 Image Size: 11 x 8 cm Sheet Size: 30 x 21 cm
 Edition of 75...

A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "La Couple". The original painting was completed in 193o. In the 1970's after Picasso's death,...