1970s Abstract Prints

Charles Hinman is best known for his custom-shaped geometric canvas paintings. This is an original silkscreen from the Licht Calendar portfolio, unsigned from the edition of 3000. Fr...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Titre : Leonor Fini, Princess, circa 1970 Texte : Rare print handsigned and numbered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art...

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

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...

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

This lithograph was created by Catalan artist Antoni Tapies. Tàpies started as a surrealist painter, and his early works were influenced by Paul Klee and Joan Miró. However, he soon ...

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...

The front cover of Derriere le Miroir (DLM) No. 183 features the work of the renowned Spanish Basque sculptor and artist Eduardo Chillida. This issue, published by the esteemed Frenc...

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...

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...

Michael Challenger C2 - 1979 Screen Print Paper Size 18'' x 25'' Edition: Signed in pencil, titled, dated and marked 299/300 Michael Challenger's work is a powerful interplay of o...

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...

A lithograph print by Karel Appel from 1974. An expressionist portrait of two figures in bright contrasting colors. Artist: Karel Appel, Dutch (1921 - 2006) Title: Deux Personnage ...

Artist: Joan MIro Title: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Medium: Lithograph in colors Date: 1980 Edition: 683/1500 Framed Size: 18 3/4" x 16 1/4" Sheet Size: 11" x 8 1/2" Ima...

Artist: Stanley Hayter, British (1901 - 1988) Title: II from the Aquarius Suite Year: 1970 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150; AP XXX Paper Size: 27 x ...

"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...

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

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)

Guillaume Corneille 1970 Un Été Souverain Print, Lithograph on wove paper Image size 24 x 19 inches Framed Size 37.5″ x 32.5″ As a co-founder of the famed experimental artist group...

Joan Miró Miro, L'oeuvre Graphique, 1974 Offset lithograph poster Unsigned Unnumbered 28 1/5 × 21 1/2 inches Unframed Published by the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Poster designed Martin Szufter with the approval of Andy Warhol, using an image of a Warhol work from the exhibition The New Gallery, 1971 Silkscreen on paper 24 × 17 1/2 inches Unfr...

Artist: Joan Miro Title: Plate I from Espriu-Miro Series: From the series Espriu-Miró, which contains 8 engravings printed on Gvarro paper with the publisher's stamp. Date: 1971 Med...

b. 1938, Lithuania Kes Zapkus has always been intrigued with analyzing and tracing thought processes. By juxtaposing images of architectural building plans conceived of by several u...

"Galerie Maeght Miro" is an original color lithograph poster with art by Joan Miro. It was printed by Maeght Editeur Imprimeur in 1970. The poster showcase...

Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback III Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 119/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed...

This exquisite lithograph by Hans Hartung (1904–1989), titled L differe-2 (The Deferred-2), from the album San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage au fondateur de la revue XXe siecle (San L...

Robert Indiana LOVE in Central Park, New York, 1971 Color lithograph on wove paper. Pencil signed, dated and numbered with LOVE drawing/flourish Hand-signed by artist, Pencil signed, dated and numbered 66/ 89. Also bears a drawing of the stacked letters LOVE in pencil. Bears Robert Indiana's copyright Published by Robert Indiana and printed by the American Poster Company to raise money for Central Park 39 × 30 inches Unframed This impressively large 1971 lithograph - pencil signed and numbered from the limited edition of only 89, with a stacked LOVE drawing on the front - depicts Robert Indiana's iconic LOVE sculpture (from the permanent collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art) when it was exhibited at Central Park in New York City. This was the turn of the decade of the 1970s - during the height of the anti-Vietnam War protests of the Nixon Administration, when the presence of Indiana's monumental cor-ten steel LOVE in Central Park took on a much deeper significance in New York and indeed the country. This important print is pencil signed, dated and numbered by Robert Indiana from the very small edition of only 89. It also bears a drawing - a flourish - of the word LOVE written by the artist in pencil. Very few of the signed editions of this print remain -- so it is rarely seen on the market. Indeed, eighty nine (89) is a very small edition; however, this oversized print was used for promotional purposes in public places, so very few of the 89 signed and numbered works remain - let alone with the original stacked love drawing. . If you LOVE Robert Indiana...

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...

Purple is a contemporary artwork realized by Lorenzo Indrimi in the 1970s. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed on the lower margin. Edition of XIII/XXX.

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-...

Lithograph realized by Costantino Persiani in 1971. Limited Edition of 120. Excellent condition.

Joan Miro Ma de Proverbs (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic) 1970 Color lithograph on Arches paper Visible: 14.25 x 20.5 inches Framed: 22.125 x 28.75 x 1 inches Signed...

Fred Alfred Theophil Fathwinter Untitled Gestural Composition Monotype Year: 1971 Signed, numbered and dated by hand Edition: 3 Size:8.1×11.5in on 12x17in COA provided Ref.: 924802-1197 Fathwinter, artist name for Franz Alfred Theophil Winter (May 23, 1906 in Mainz, † June 27, 1974 in Düsseldorf), was an artist of the Informel. From 1924 to 1927 he studied at the State School for Arts and Crafts in Mainz and in 1929/30 in evening classes at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. During the National Socialist period he was banned from exhibiting. His evacuation to Murnau in 1942 led to a closer acquaintance with Gabriele Münter...

This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled L'Homme aux Bras Leves (Man with Raised Arms), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 221, originates from the 1976 ...

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...

SALVADOR DALÍ I DOMÉNECH (Figueras, Gerona, 1904 – 1989). "La electronica". Litografía papel. Ejemplar E.A. 26/60 Firmada y numerada a lápiz Medidas de la litografía: 36 x 50 cm. ...

Champ de Tournesols is an original hand drawn lithograph by the French artist Georges Lambert printed in Paris France during the 1970's using traditional hand lithography techniques ...

Centered Rings Screen print, 1971 Signed and numbered in pencil From: Twelve Progressions Commissioned by Martha Jackson Graphics Printer: Domberger, Stuttgart, Germany Their drystam...

Eduardo Paolozzi, British (1924 - 2005) - Part One, Frozen Terror...Part Two, Fangs of Death, Portfolio: General Dynamic F.U.N. Portfolio, Year: 1970, Medium: Photolithograph, stamp ...

Abstract Composition is an artwork realized by Salvatore Provino. Screen print on paper. Hand-signed on the lower right corner. Numbered on the lower left, edition of 75. Very go...

Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) is arguably the most successful post-war abstract painter from Canada. While Americans have traditionally favored Jackson Pollock as the most influen...

Title: Mecklenburg Autumn Medium: Lithograph in colors Year: 1979 Edition: AP (artist's proof, aside from the edition of 175) Signature: Stamped signature Image Size: 22 1/4" x 17 1/...

engraved Aguatinta. Arches paper 63x90, Arches filigree. Ed. Galerie Lelong. Paris. 50 ejs numbered 1/50 and 15 HC ejs numbered 1/15 catalogue raisonné image 801, 1981 ANTONI TAPI...

Farandole is a contemporary artwork realized by Hans Hartung in 1970 Lithograph  Hand signed and numbered in pencil, 1970. Edition 39/75, From Suite ", table III, Ediciones Polig...

"Miró Lithographe I - Plate VIII"  is a lithograph realized by  Joan Miró in 1972. Good conditions. It comes from the set of 11 lithographs realized for the catalogue "Miró Lithogr...

Alexander Calder Balloons and Color Mosaic, 1971 Original Lithograph (4 color stones) Printed in Mourlot workshop On vellum 31 x 24 cm (c. 12,2 x 9,5 in) Edited by San Lazzaro in 1...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 195, 1971. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...

Joan Miró Litografia Original II Color Lithograph Year: 1975 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.35 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Pari...

This listing is for the limited edition lithograph, not the mass produced poster. Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008) Earth Day, 1970 Lithograph with chine collé Signed, dated, numbered by the artist Edition 11/50, Full sheet: 52 1/2 x 37 1/2 in. With mat: approx 55 x 40 in Published by the American Environment Foundation Printed by Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, with blindstamp to lower center Catalog Raisonné: RRF 70.E016 Provenance: Butterfield & Butterfield (now Bonhams) Lot 3115, sale 5367L February, 24, 1993 This Robert Rauschenberg lithograph...

Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback II Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 88/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed a...

Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró X Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Condition: In ve...

Lithograph Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated HC 17 65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 43.50 cm. x 36.00 cm. 17.13 in. x 14.17 in. (image) Arches pap...

Joan Miró "Le Permissionnaire", 1974 Original etching and aquatint From the edition of 50 on arches paper, hand signed and numbered 3/50. Image measures: 45 x 29 inches Sheet measure...

Joseph Grippi, American (1924 - 2001) - Orange Sunset, Year: circa 1975, Medium: Screenprint Monoprint, signed in pencil, Image Size: 29.25 x 40 inches, Size: 31.5 x 42 in. (80.01 x ...

Robert Indiana Star of Hope, 1972 Enamel on Metal with Artists Stamped Name. Date and Copyright Artist stamped name and copyright on lower right front Frame Included: held in a white...

R.B. Kitaj (British American 1932-2007) Hand signed and numbered Screenprint Measures approximately 24.5 X 16.65 inches This is from the Robert Creeley daybook. They were done in ...

Joan MIRO Garden Under the Moonlight, 1973 Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Printed signature in the plate On wove paper 33 x 24 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) REFERENCE : Catalog raison...