1970s Abstract Prints

Robert Savoie, Canadian (1939 - ) - Montezuma, Year: 1975, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, signed, numbered, titled and dated in pencil, Edition: 43/60, Image Size: 17.5 x 17.75 inch...

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Numéro 46 (Number 46), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXXVIIIe Annee, No. 46, originates from the 1976 edition ...

(NOTE: I apologize for the reflections in these photos; the piece has a custom lucite frame, very solid and sealed in back, and I didn't want to take the frame apart to shoot the pie...

Eugenio Carmi, Italian (1920 - 2016) - Realite Imaginaire, Year: 1972, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: 85/100, Image Size: 28.5 x 20...

This exquisite lithograph after Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Tapis De Tarragona (Tarragona Tapestry), illustrations, Joan Miro, 1972, originate...

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Lithograph II, from the album Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume I, originates from the 1972 edition published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1972. Lithograph II reflects Miros poetic mastery of line, movement, and color, capturing his lifelong pursuit of visual rhythm and lyrical abstraction. Combining spontaneity and control, this composition embodies Miros signature balance of playful geometry and poetic energy—translating instinct and imagination into a harmonious field of motion and light. Executed as a lithograph on velin paper, this work measures 12.5 x 9.625 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship and technical mastery of Mourlot Freres, Paris, one of the foremost printmaking ateliers of the 20th century. Artwork Details: Artist: Joan Miro (1893–1983) Title: Lithograph II, from the album Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume I, 1972 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 12.5 x 9.625 inches (31.8 x 24.4 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1972 Publisher: Tudor Publishing Company, New York Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Catalogue raisonne references: Cramer, Patrick, and Joan Miro. Joan Miro, Catalogue Raisonne Des Livres Illustres. P. Cramer, 1989, illustration 160. Calas, Nicolas, and Elena Calas. Joan Miro: Lithographs Volume IV 1969-1972. Maeght, 1981, illustration 858. Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the album Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume I, published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York; printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1972 Notes: Excerpted from the album, The original Joan Miro lithographs were printed by Mourlot, the illustrations by Arte Adrien Maeght, and the text by Imprimerie Union, Paris, France. V̅ examples of this English-language edition, numbered I-V̅, have been printed. A deluxe French edition of CL examples, numbered I-CL, with II additional original lithographs signed by Joan Miro, and LXXX suites, numbered I-LXXX, containing the XIII original lithographs on velin with wide margins and with each lithograph signed by the artist, have also been printed. About the Publication: Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume I, published in 1972 by Tudor Publishing Company, New York, in collaboration with Mourlot Freres, Paris, inaugurated the definitive four-volume catalogue series devoted to Miros original lithographs. This landmark publication was conceived as both a scholarly reference and a visual celebration of the artist’s printmaking achievements, uniting essays, documentation, and full-color lithographic plates printed from the original stones. The English-language edition, produced for international distribution, was printed to the same technical standards as the French deluxe edition issued by Maeght Editeur, ensuring identical quality and fidelity. The lithographs, executed at the Atelier Mourlot—Europe’s most renowned lithographic studio—reflect the seamless collaboration between Miro and printer Fernand Mourlot, whose partnership had defined the highest standards of fine art lithography since the 1930s. The album embodies Miros philosophy of printmaking as a form of spontaneous creation, translating the energy of his hand directly into color and form. Combining artistic rigor with playful invention, the series captures the essence of Miros late style: joyous, musical, and deeply poetic. About the Artist: Joan Miro (1893–1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist whose visionary imagination and lyrical abstraction made him one of the most influential and beloved artists of the 20th century. Born in Barcelona, Miro drew inspiration from Catalan folk art, Romanesque frescoes, and the luminous landscapes of Mont-roig del Camp, developing a deep connection to nature that infused his work with vitality and symbolism. After formal training at the Escola d'Art in Barcelona, he absorbed the lessons of Post-Impressionism and Cubism before moving to Paris in the early 1920s, where he became a leading figure in the Surrealist movement. There, Miro forged a personal visual language of biomorphic shapes, floating symbols, and radiant color harmonies that reflected both spontaneity and spiritual depth. In creative dialogue with peers such as Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, he helped revolutionize modern art by dissolving the boundaries between abstraction and dream imagery. Miros inventive approach extended far beyond painting, embracing sculpture, ceramics, and monumental public commissions that redefined how art could interact with space and emotion. His expressive freedom and gestural abstraction profoundly influenced later artists including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Antoni Tapies, and Joan Mitchell, inspiring generations who sought to merge instinct, color, and imagination. Today, Miros work remains a cornerstone of modernism, prized by collectors and celebrated in major museums worldwide. His highest auction record was achieved by Peinture (Etoile Bleue) (1927), which sold for 23,561,250 GBP (approximately 37 million USD) at Sotheby's, London, on June 19, 2012. Joan Miro Lithograph II...

MAN RAY (Emmanuel Radnitsky, known as) (1890-1976) Menton Biennale, 1970 Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Signed on the plate On paper, 67 x 47 cm (c. 27 x 18 in) INFORMATION...

Artist: Clayton Pond, American (1941 - ) Title: Column Study from Capital Ideas Portfolio Year: 1974 Medium: Serigraph on Museum Board, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Ima...

Etching and aquatint, 1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 73/125 66.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.98 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 49.00 cm. x 40.00 cm. 19.29 in. x 15.75 in. (i...

This exquisite lithograph after Serge Poliakoff (1900–1969), titled Composition rouge et bleue (Red and Blue Composition), from the album San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage au fondateu...

Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - Miro a l'Encre I (Cramer 161), Year: 1972, Medium: Lithograph on Wove Paper, signed in the plate, Size: 13.5 x 10 in. (34.29 x 25.4 cm), Frame S...

Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Portals Year: 1976 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil Edition: 80 Image Size: 24 x 18 inches Size:...

Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback VIII Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 120/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signe...

This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Calder” at the lower right image. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition 39 of 100, at the l...

Untitled XV Piero Dorazio, Italian (1927–2005) Date: 1973 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 71/100 Size: 31 x 22 in. (78.74 x 55.88 cm)

Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in 1978. Good conditions. Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 –...

Sonia DELAUNAY Flamenco : Spanish Dancer, 1972 Original lithograph (Printed in Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On heavy paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Edited by San Lazzaro in 1972 ...

"This work was created with two separate entities that play against each other, in real and illusionary space, thus combining two separate realms that come together and play with one...

Artist: Cris Cristofaro, American Title: Navy and Blue Rectangles Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 5...

"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 24, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...

This exquisite lithograph by Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), titled La Femme Cheval (The Horse Woman), from the album XXe siecle, Numero special, Wifredo Lam, Nouvelle serie, XLIe Annee, No...

A very good impression of this color aquatint and etching. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 75. Signed and inscribed "PA" in pencil. Printed by Labryrinth, Florence. Publish...

A minimal geometric silkscreen of a traditional Japanese living room with cushions and a portable hand warmer by Yuiichiro Kato (Japanese, b- 1926). Displayed in a metal frame. Image...

Artist: Kyohei Inukai, American (1913 - 1985) Title: Flamboyant Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Size: 22.5 x 30 inches

This original lithographic poster was created to accompany an exhibition of works by Achille Perilli at the prestigious Marlborough Gallery in Rome. A striking example of mid-20th-ce...

Artist: after Ed Ruscha Title: America: Her Best Product (Made in USA) from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio Year: 1975 Medium: Offset Lithograph (unsigned as issued) Image: 13 x 9 in...

Reproduction of Alexander Calder's lithograph "La Grenouille et la Scie" ("The Frog and the Saw"), showcases his signature abstract style, employing bold colors and geometric shapes...

Abstract Composition is original lithograph realized by the artist Antoni Clavè. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left margin. This original print is from an edition of 50. Good conditions. Antoni Clavé (Barcelona, 1913 – St. Tropez, 2005) Antoni Clavé was a Catalan master painter, printmaker, sculptor, stage designer and costume designer. Nominated for two Academy Awards as Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design for his work for a Andersen's movie in 1952. One of Spain's best known and most celebrated artists, he changed his style, evolving from baroque, ornamental style to a minimal aesthetic. He is best known for his lyrical abstractions, artworks combing paint...

Two Warped Corners Herbert Bayer, Austrian (1900–1985) Date: 1973 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 5/50 Image Size: 29.75 x 29.75 inches Size: 32 in. x 32 in. (8...

Pierre SOULAGES (1919-2022) Serigraph n°10, 1979 Original serigraph Signed in pencil Numbered 27/75 copies On Arches vellum 52 x 37 cm (c. 21 x 15 in) REFERENCE: Catalogue raisonné of the original prints of Pierre Soulages, BNF #102 INFORMATION: This serigraph is part of the series "On the wall opposite", published by Bernard Frize...

Anne Youkeles Persian Garden, ca. 1970 3D Color Silkscreen w/ Arches paper backing Hand-signed by artist in pencil, titled and numbered 37/100 on backing sheet of Arches paper. 23 x ...

This piece is an original etching with color on wove paper done by Marino Marini in 1973. It is hand signed and numbered 53/90 from the edition of 90. This piece is from a portfolio...

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...

Artist: Jasper Johns (American, 1930-) Title: "Untitled (Cross Hatch)" Series: Jasper Johns Screenprints *Unsigned edition Year: 1977 Medium: Original Scre...

This original artwork by Antoni Tàpies is one of the 10 coloured lithographs of the “Berlin Suite”. Tàpies realized this portfolio in 1974, each lithograph is on Arches wove paper. ...

"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...

"Original Lithograph V" is an original color lithograph by Joan Miro, published in "Miro Lithographs III, Maeght Publisher" in 1977. It depicts Mir...

Abstract composition is a colored etching realized by Hsiao Chin in 1977. The artwork is hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left.  Edition of...

James Rosenquist An Intrinsic Existence, 1975 Original lithograph (Printed in Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On vellum 31 x 24 cm Edited by San Lazarro, 1975 Excellent condition

Piero Dorazio, Italian (1927 - 2005) - Untitled 3, Year: 1979, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 90, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm)

Artist: Tom Wesselmann (1931 - 2004) Title: Olympische Spiele Muenchen (Foot) Year: 1972 Medium: Screenprint Poster mounted on linen Edition: 3000 Size: 40 in. x 25 in. (101.6 cm x 6...

Lithograph on vélin papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljaloux paper. Paper Size: 11.02 x 8.46 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Sui...

Untitled is an artwork realized by Franco Giuli, in 1970s.  Screen print, 70 x 50 cm. Edition, 36/99. Hand signed lower right margin. Good conditions

Hugo Demarco Relation Couleur, 1973 Silkscreen on velincarton Hand signed and numbered 62/200 on lower front. Bears the publisher's blind stamp on the fro...

An inverted car, gleaming in chrome, speeds through sumptuous layers of pink, translucent yellow, and a veil of lacy, flower-like shapes. Across the top, the artist’s name is splashe...

Georg Karl Pfahler, German (1926 - 2002) - Ost-West Transit IV, Portfolio: Ost-West Transit, Year: 1971, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil on verso, Edition: 52/...

Eduardo Chillida (Spain, 1924-2002) '5 Livres Gravés', 1974 Original poster from show lithograph on paper 25.2 x 17 in. (64 x 43 cm.) Unframed Ref: CHI100-202 Eduardo Chillida He be...

Abstract composition is a colored lithograph and screen print realized by the contemporary artist Giulio Turcato (Mantova, 1912 - Roma, 1995) in 1973. Hand-signed on the lower. Ed...

Artist: Gene Davis (American, 1920-1985) Title: "Homage to Barnett Newman" *Signed and dated by Davis in pencil lower right Year: 1979 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded soft-...

This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Serpent et Soleil (Serpent and Sun), originates from the historic 1973 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 201. Published ...

Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Dalínean Prophecy, Imaginations and Objects ...

Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Transformable Dialogue #1 Medium: Lithograph with magnetic paint palette Signed: Hand Signed by Yaacov Agam Edition Number: 6/90 Measurements: Lithogra...

Pierre Clerk Black and White - 1973 Print - Silkscreen on Somerset paper 32'' x 36'' Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 27/100 image size: 28" x 32" i...

Artist: Jimmy Ernst Title: Untitled Year: 1970 Medium: Screenprint, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 52/125 Paper Size: 27.5 x 37 inches (69.85 x 93.98 cm)

"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...

Zao Wou-ki - Lithograph 1971 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Edition: G. di San Lazzaro. From the art review XXe siècle Unsigned and unnumbered as issued

Antoni Tapies (Spain, 1923-2012) 'Varations V: Chaussure sur chaise', ca. 1970-1975 lithograph on paper 29.6 x 41.4 in. (75 x 105 cm.) Edition of 90 Unframed ID: TAP1162-022 Hand-sig...

Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1973 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 22 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; contains center fold-line as originally issue...

Shusaku Arakawa (Japan, 1936-2010) 'Galerie Maeght', 1977 Original poster from exhibition of 1977 lithograph on paper 23.7 x 17.8 in. (60 x 45 cm.) Unframed Ref: ARA100-201 Shusaku ...

Richard Pettibone The Appropriation Print Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, 1970 Silkscreen in colors on masonite board (unique variant on sculpted board) Hand-signed by artist, Signed and dated on the front (see close up image) Bespoke frame Included This example of Pettibone's iconic Appropriation Print is silkscreened on masonite board rather than paper, giving it a different background hue, and enabling it work to be framed so uniquely. The Appropriation print is one of the most coveted prints Pettibone ever created ; the regular edition is on a full sheet with white background; the present example was silkscreened on board, allowing it to be framed in 3-D. While we do not know how many examples of this graphic work Pettibone created, so far the present work is the only one example we have ever seen on the public market since 1970. (Other editions of The Appropriation Print have been printed on vellum, wove paper and pink and yellow paper.) This 1970 homage to Andy Warhol, Frank Stella and Roy Lichtenstein exemplifies the type of artistic appropriation he was engaging in early on during the height of the Pop Art movement - long before more contemporary artists like Deborah Kass, Louise Lawler, etc. followed suit. This silkscreen was in its original 1970 vintage period frame; a bespoke custom hand cut black wood outer frame was subsequently created especially to house the work, giving it a distinctive sculptural aesthetic. Measurements: Framed 14.5 inches vertical by 18 inches horizontal by 2 inches Work 13 inches vertical by 16.5 inches horizontal Richard Pettibone biography: Richard Pettibone (American, b.1938) is one of the pioneering artists to use appropriation techniques. Pettibone was born in Los Angeles, and first worked with shadow boxes and assemblages, illustrating his interest in craft, construction, and working in miniature scales. In 1964, he created the first of his appropriated pieces, two tiny painted “replicas” of the iconic Campbell’s soup cans by Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). By 1965, he had created several “replicas” of paintings by American artists, such as Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), Ed Ruscha (b.1937), and others, among them some of the biggest names in Pop Art. Pettibone chose to recreate the work of leading avant-garde artists whose careers were often centered on themes of replication themselves, further lending irony to his work. Pettibone also created both miniature and life-sized sculptural works, including an exact copy of Bicycle Wheel by Marcel Duchamp (French, 1887–1968), and in the 1980s, an entire series of sculptures of varying sizes replicating the most famous works of Constantin Brancusi (Romanian, 1876–1957). In more recent years, Pettibone has created paintings based on the covers of poetry books by Ezra Pound, as well as sculptures drawn from the grid compositions of Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872–1944). Pettibone straddles the lines of appropriation, Pop, and Conceptual Art, and has received critical attention for decades for the important questions his work raises about authorship, craftsmanship, and the original in art. His work has been exhibited at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, and the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, CA. Pettibone is currently based in New York. "I wished I had stuck with the idea of just painting the same painting like the soup can and never painting another painting. When someone wanted one, you would just do another one. Does anybody do that now?" Andy Warhol, 1981 Since the mid-1960s, Richard Pettibone has been making hand-painted, small-scale copies of works by other artists — a practice due to which he is best known as a precursor of appropriation art — and for a decade now, he has been revisiting subjects from across his career. In his latest exhibitions at Castelli Gallery, Pettibone has been showing more of the “same” paintings that had already been part of his 2005–6 museum retrospective,1 and also including “new” subject matter drawn from his usual roster of European modernists and American postwar artists. Art critic Kim Levin laid out some phases of the intricate spectrum from copies to repetitions in her review of the Warhol-de Chirico showdown, a joint exhibition at the heyday of appropriation art in the mid-1980s when Warhol’s appropriations of de Chirico’s work effectively revaluated “the grand old auto-appropriator”. Upon having counted well over a dozen Disquieting Muses by de Chirico, Levin speculated: “Maybe he kept doing them because no one got the point. Maybe he needed the money. Maybe he meant it when he said his technique had improved, and traditional skills were what mattered.” On the other side, Warhol, in her eyes, was the “latter-day exemplar of museless creativity”. To Pettibone, traditional skills certainly still matter, as he practices his contemporary version of museless creativity. He paints the same painting again and again, no matter whether anybody shows an interest in it or not. His work, of course, takes place well outside the historical framework of what Levin aptly referred to as the “modern/postmodern wrestling match”, but neither was this exactly his match to begin with. Pettibone is one of appropriation art’s trailblazers, but his diverse selection of sources removes from his work the critique of the modernist myth of originality most commonly associated with appropriation art in a narrow sense, as we see, for example, in Sherrie Levine’s practice of re-photographing the work of Walker Evans and Edward Weston. In particular, during his photorealist phase of the 1970s, Pettibone’s sources ranged widely across several art-historical periods. His appropriations of the 1980s and 1990s spanned from Picasso etchings and Brancusi sculptures to Shaker furniture and even included Ezra Pound’s poetry. Pettibone has professed outright admiration for his source artists, whose work he shrinks and tweaks to comic effect but, nevertheless, always treats with reverence and care. His response to these artists is primarily on an aesthetic level, owing much to the fact that his process relies on photographs. By the same token, the aesthetic that attracts him is a graphic one that lends itself to reproduction. Painstakingly copying other artists’ work by hand has been a way of making it his own, yet each source is acknowledged in his titles and, occasionally, in captions on white margins that he leaves around the image as an indication that the actual source is a photographic image. The enjoyment he receives in copying is part of the motivation behind doing it, as is the pleasure he receives from actually being with the finished painting — a considerable private dimension of his work. His copies are “handmade readymades” that he meticulously paints in great quantities in his studio upstate in New York; the commitment to manual labor and the time spent at material production has become an increasingly important dimension of his recent work. Pettibone operates at some remove from the contemporary art scene, not only by staying put geographically, but also by refusing to recoup the simulated lack of originality through the creation of a public persona. In so doing, Pettibone takes a real risk. He places himself in opposition to conceptualism, and he is apprehensive of an understanding of art as the mere illustration of an idea. His reading of Marcel Duchamp’s works as beautiful is revealing about Pettibone’s priorities in this respect. When Pettibone, for aesthetic pleasure, paints Duchamp’s Poster for the Third French Chess...