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Period: 1980s
Eleven Units on Ochre, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Kyohei Inukai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai
Title: Eleven Units on Ochre
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Serigraph, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Paper Size: 22 x 30 inches
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Hungarian Surrealism Pop Art Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract Hebrew Prints on heavy mould made paper from small edition of 15. there is a facing page of text in Hungarian folded over. Hard edged geometric abstract prints in color base...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Wind Cries Mary Special 12, Abstract Screenprint w/ Acrylic by Darryl Hughto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Darryl Hughto, American (1943 - )
Title: Wind Cries Mary Special 12
Date: 1980
Screenprint with Acrylic Painting, signed, dated and titled in pencil
Image Size: 25.5 x 39.5...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Acrylic, Screen
Winter Bells, Signed Abstract Lithograph by Ronald Julius Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Winter Bells by Ronald Julius Christensen, American (1923–1999)
Date: 1980
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 250, AP
Size: 38.5 in. x 26 in. (97.79 cm x 66.04 cm)
...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Copper and Gold Leaf Variations - Abstract Mixed Media Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Artist's proof of hand copper application and aging techniques by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). Unsigned, but was acquired with other Patricia Pearce pieces. Presented in a ne...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf
A Plier /// Kazuhide Yamazaki Monotype Contemporary Pop Art Tools Yellow Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023)
Title: "A Plier"
*Signed and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right
Year: 1981
Medium: Original Monotype on Arches paper
Lim...
Category
Pop Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype, Paint, Acrylic
Dancing Ducks in Red, Yellow, Green, Blue,
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: George Chemeche – Iraqi/American (1934-2022)
Title: Dancing Ducks in Red, Yellow, Green, Blue
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Screen Print
Image size: 19 x 27 inches.
Sheet size: 22 x 29 inches.
Signature: Signed lower right
Edition: 260 This one: 87/260
Condition: Very good
Unframed
This exceptional geometric abstract serigraph is by the noted Iraqi/American artist George Chemeche (1934-2022 ). He is a master of serigraph printing, but this print has more than technical excellence. It is a wonderful, rhythmic abstract composition. I believe Chemeche might have been a proponent of and/or influenced by the Pattern and Decoration Movement which was happening in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. The print has never been framed and is in very good condition. I will ship the print rolled in a heavyweight tube.
George Chemeche was born in 1934 and studied at the Avni Art School in Tel Aviv and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. The style with which he is intimately associated, pattern painting, The most serviceable definition is that pattern is the systematic repetition of a motif or motifs used to cover a surface uniformly. The spaces between motifs are either other motifs or are an integral part of the repeat. Usually, patterning intentionally acknowledges the decorative function of art, reconciling both the decorative and the meaningful.
George Chemeche’s work hangs in the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea where many have admired it for years. Please search online for more biographical information by this fine artist.
Selected Biography
1934 Born in Basra, Iraq
1947 Fled Iraq with his family
1947-49 Lives and attends school in Tehran
1949 Immigrates to Israel
1956-59 Studies art in Avni Art School, Tel-Aviv
1959 Gets American-Israeli Culture Foundation grant to study art in Paris
1959-1962 Studies at Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris
1961- Gets two years grant from Lady Francis Fergusson, Scotland
1962 Gets one year grant from Alex de Rothschild, Paris First man show at Gallery Transposition, Paris
1965-72 Exhibits his work in numerous art galleries in Israel including one man show at Haifa Museum
1972 Travels to New York, checks in the Hotel Chelsea
1977-- First one-man show in USA at Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, followed by other shows around the country and Europe.
1995 Travels to Iceland to publish the Aya Series book. Text by Donald Kuspit; Art Resourses & Technologies, New York, NY
2002 Publishes, Ibejis: “The Cult of Yoruba Twins” 5 Continents Edition, Milan, Italy
2003 Curates a show at Museum of African Art, NYC Ibejis: The Doubly Blessed Twins
2005 Reads his poems at the Bowery Poetry Club, New York
2010 Lectures about Ibeji art and cult at Iowa University
2011 Lectures about Ibeji Art and cult at Neuberger Museum
2011 Publishes, The Horse Rider in African Art” ACC, UK
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1978 Goldman Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel
1977 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
1977 Alexandra Monett Gallery, Brussels
1977 Givon Art GaJIery, Tel Aviv
1974 South Houston Gallery, New York
1974 Ray Landis Gallery, East Brunswick, New Jersey
1973 Gala Gallery, Key Biscayne, Florida
1973 Art Asia Gallery...
Category
Other Art Style 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Perspective - Etching by Bruno Conte - 1980
By Bruno Conte
Located in Roma, IT
Perspective is an etching print on paper realized by Bruno Conte (1939-2021) in 1980.
Good condition.
Hand-signed and numbered in Roman number IX/XXV.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Picasso, Joueur de Flute et Gazelle (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Title: Joueur de Flute et Gazelle
Year: 1981
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Size: 22.5 x 28.75 inches
Edition: 150/1000; 1000, plus proofs
Condi...
Category
Cubist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hungarian Surrealism Pop Art Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract Hebrew Prints on heavy mould made paper from small edition of 15. there is a facing page of text in Hungarian folded over. Hard edged geometric abstract prints in color base...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Rare original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (Keith Haring Crack Is Wack)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Keith Haring “Life is Fresh! Crack Is Wack!” 1987 sealed/unopened in its original shrink wrapping:
A highly sought-after 1980s record album featurin...
Category
Pop Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier Kitakata à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main paper, as issued. Paper Size: 23.5 x 19 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Graphisms & 2. 1980, paper, silk screen, 15x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Graphisms & 2. 1980, paper, silk screen, 15x21 cm
Maris Argalis (1954-2008)
Born in Riga.
1971. - graduated the Janis Rosenthal Riga Art School.
Ongoing...
Category
Surrealist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Birnham Wood 2, Geometric Abstract Etching with Aquatint by David Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
A detailed abstract geometric print by David Shapiro featuring a blend of aquatint and etching methods on Sekishu, a type of handmade Japanese paper. One half of the composition feat...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Large Abstract Silkscreen by Raymond Parker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raymond Parker, American (1922 - 1990)
Title: Untitled 14
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 70
Image Size: 31 x 36 inches
Size: 32 x 37.5 ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Abstract Geometric Screen Print -- "Construction Over Yellow Sky"
By Margo Hoff
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful geometric abstract screen print abstract in black, blue and yellow by Margo Hoff (American, 1912-2008), circa 1980. Titled "Construction Over Yellow Sky" lower left and signed lower right. Unframed. Presented on mat. Image size: 22"H x 30"W.
Margo Hoff was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1912—the second oldest of eight children. Stricken with typhoid fever in 1923, she was bedridden for a summer and amused herself by drawing and making paper cutouts. Her formal studies began in high school and continued during two years at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa. In 1933 she moved to Chicago where she took classes at Hull House, the National Academy of Art and, later, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She remained in Chicago until 1960 and the city’s vibrant mid-century art scene profoundly shaped the first half of her artistic career.
Hoff’s Chicago paintings were almost entirely figurative and evidence a classic mid-century modern urbanism informed by Matisse, the Mexican muralists, and other artists of the local milieu. Hoff traveled extensively throughout her life, in the United States, Central and South America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. When asked about the influences on her work Hoff stated “Almost anything except the work of other artists.” She cited the sources of her inspiration in “rocks, weeds, views from airplanes, rivers, subways, forests, machines, kinds of lights, red...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
Green Card Sound II, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Larry Zox
By Larry Zox
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Larry Zox
Title: Green Card Sound II
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed in Pencil l.r.
Edition: 185
Size: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Putu, Large Colorful Geometric Abstract Etching by Al Held
By Al Held
Located in Long Island City, NY
Putu by Al Held, American (1928–2005)
Date: 1988
Aquatint Etching, signed, numbered and dated in pencil verso
Edition of 16/25
Image Size: 35.5 x 44.5 inches
Size: 41 in. x 53.5 in. ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
L.A. Pink
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean-Marie Haessle - French/American (1939-)
Title: L.A. Pink
Year: 1980
Medium: Screen Print
Sight size: 19.5 x 26 inches.
Sheet size: 23 x 29 inches.
Signature: Signed lower right
Edition: 295 This one: 230/295
Condition: Very good
Unframed
This bold abstract geometric print is by the well-known French/American artist, Jean-Marie Haessle (1939- ). It is in very good, never-framed condition with no flaws to note.
Jean Marie Haessle was born in Buhl, Haut-Rhin, France. After living for a few years in Paris, he moved to New York City in 1967 where he still works and lives in his studio on Spring Street in Soho. Over the years, he had numerous shows in the US, New York, Miami, Texas and California, France and Italy (see the resume). In the mid-80’s he worked for a period in France (Paris, Lyon, and Cannes). In the late 90’s he worked in Mexico (San Miguel de Allende) where he had a one person show in 1997 in the Museo de Art in Queretaro. He had a survey exhibition of the last 30 years of his work at the Korean University Museum, Seoul, Korea in spring 2014 and a major one person show in the Namu Modern &Contemporary gallery in Seoul in September of the same year. In September 2016 he had a sold out show at the Wada Garou gallery in Tokyo, Japan. In recent years, he had numerous shows in Korea, Seoul and Busan as well as in Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka.
One-Person Exhibitions
2021 Mizuma, Kips Gallery New York, USA
2020 Shijimi Gallery and Wada Garou, Tokyo, Japan
Mizuma, Kips Gallery New York, USA
Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 Mizuma, Kips & Wada Art, New York, USA
2018 Wada Garou, Tokyo, Japan
Superior Gallery, Gangnam Seoul Korea
2017 Foley Gallery, New York, USA
KOUDOURAN, Kyoto, Japan
2016 Wada Garou Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Soohoh Gallery, Korea
Kips Gallery New York, USA
2014 Paintings 1983 – 2013, Korea University Museum, Seoul, Korea
NaMu Modern & Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2013 Wada Garou Gallery Tokyo, Japan
Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Hillwood Art Museum, LIU Post, NU USA
Gallery Wooduk. Seoul Korea
SOOHOH Gallery, Seoul, Korea
bcs Gallery, Long Island City, NY, USA
2011 Chantal Bamberger Galerie, Strasbourg, France
Whitelabs Gallery, Milan, Italy
Kips Gallery New York, NY USA
2010 David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe NM, USA
Gallery AKA Space, Seoul Korea
Gallery One Tokyo, Japan
2009 Kips Gallery New York, NY USA
La Minoterie Penze, France
2008 Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Kips Gallery, New York, NY USA
2007 Kips Gallery, New York, NY USA
2000 Gallery Yvonamor Palix, Mexico DF Mexico
1997 Galerie Gastaud & Caillard, Paris France
Galerie Prebet, Roanne France
Galerie de la Tour, Altkirch France
Ecole des Beaux Arts de Metz, Metz France
Kunsthous Santa Fe, San Miguel de Allende Mexico
Museo de Art, Queretaro Mexico
Museo Regional de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala Mexico
1996 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA
Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France
1995 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA
Galerie Gastaud & Caillard, Paris France
Center Europeen d'action Artistiques Contemporaines, Strasbourg France
Galerie Athisma, Lyon France
1994 Chateau du Grand Jardin, Joinville France
1993 Galerie Catherine Fletcher, Paris France
1991 Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France
Galerie Athisma, Lyon France
1989 FCI Institut, New York NY USA
Galerie Jade, Colmar France
Galerie Laurentienne, Bordeaux France
1988 Galerie Lucien Durand...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Color, Screen
Seduction - Original woodcut (Cramer #255)
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, IDF
Joan MIRO
Seduction
Original woodcut print
Unsigned
On heavy Arches vellum 38 x 56 cm (c. 15 x 22 inch)
REFERENCE : Catalog raisonne Miro engraver, Dupin / Cramer #255
Woodcut crea...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The visible of the invisible-Blu composition - Screenprint by Italo Bressan-1989
Located in Roma, IT
The visible of the invisible - Blu composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Italo Bressan in 1989.
Mixed colored screen print.
Hand ...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Jambs - Vintage Offset Print after Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Jambs is a vintage offset print after Antoni Tàpies, printed on hand made paper.
The artwork is one of the deluxe edition of 1982 limited to 2.000 dedicated to Tapies' works. Signe...
Category
Modern 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Motif. Abstract, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Motif (Abstract) in orange abstract.
From the small edition of 10. from 1982. I am not sure if this is a woodcut or woodblock print or a silkscreen screenprint or some combination.
Viola Burley Leak, American (1944 - )
Viola Leak was born in Nashville, Tennessee, she received a B.A. in Art from Fisk University, a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, an M.A. from Hunter College, NY and an M.F.A. in Media from Howard University, Washington, DC. Leak was an art consultant for both the New York State Board of Education and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Print Department, in addition to working for the Experimental Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institute. Her mixed media work often references religious motifs and those of her African-American experience and heritage.
She is a multimedia artist, her works include printmaking, textile designing, soft sculpture, appliqué tapestries, doll making, and multi-media.
Viola has studied with many renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, Romare Bearden, Robert Blackburn, and Charles White. Her works can be found in the collections of World Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta Life Insurance Company and many more organizations.
Viola's exhibition experience is extensive - more than 100 showings over a decade, national and international. Her quilts exude a miraculous and magical presence. They have traveled in two international shows and three national quilt projects in the past three years.
A proud moment for her was being featured in the December 20, 2000 of the Smithsonian magazine; the article praised her mural "Afro Dance Scan" as one of the outstanding artworks in the "When the Spirit Moves: African American Dance...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Budding, Marisol Escobar
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Marisol Escobar (1930)
Title: Budding
Year: 1980
Edition: 84/150, plus proofs.
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Size: 30.25 x 22.5 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Signe...
Category
Pop Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nocturnal Abstracted Full Moon Lava Landscape Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic and compelling abstract lithograph of an abstracted lava-like form or glowing skyline under a full moon on a pitch black background by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948)...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Collage with Cross and Arrow - Vintage Offset Print After Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Collage with Cross and Arrow 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...
Category
Modern 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Fountain
By James Nares
Located in New York, NY
James Nares
Fountain, 1987
Monotype on paper
Hand signed and dated lower front
Unique
Frame included
Measurements:
Framed 41.5 by 34 inches
Work 30.25 by 22.25 inches
Dazzling Jame...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Continuity - Original Screen Print by Bruno Munari - 1980s
By Bruno Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Continuity is an original Screen Print on paper realized by Bruno Munari in 1980s.
Very good condition on a white cardboard.
No signature nor edition number.
Bruno Munari (October...
Category
Op Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Sleepless Night, gorgeous Color mezzotint Rives BFK Signed 18/50 Japanese artist
Located in New York, NY
Kazuhisa Honda
Sleepless Night, 1981
Color mezzotint on Rives BFK watermarked paper
Signed, dated, titled and numbered 18/50 on the front
14 × 19 inches
Unframed
Accompanied by COA i...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Kumadori by Makoto Ouchi, Japanese etching 18 of 60 Kabuki contemporary orange
By Makoto Ouchi
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Kumadori by Makoto Ouchi, Japanese etching 18 of 60 Kabuki contemporary orange
wear shows on the paper
Ouchi Makoto (大内マコト) was born in Kawasaki, Kanag...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Outside Blank
Located in Henderson, NV
Arakawa made an impact on the New York art world during the 1980s.
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
January 1982
By Samia Halaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
January 1982
Color Xerox Print, 1982
Signed and dated in pencil (see photo)
Titled and dated lower left (see photo)
Condition; Excellent
Image size: 17 x 15 1/2 inches
Frame size: 2...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Inkjet
Abstract Composition - West End - Lithograph by Piero Dorazio - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 17.7 x 17.7 cm.
Abstract Composition in Tondo - West End is a joyful color etching on paper, realized in 1983 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 19...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Carte de Voeux - Galerie Michel (Paris)
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving, 1988
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
24.00 cm. x 18.00 cm. 9.45 in. x 7.09 in. (paper)
20.00 cm. x 15.00 cm. 7.87 in. x 5.91 in. (image)
This greetings card gracef...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving
Echo in Grey
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Echo in Grey
Mixed media intaglio with embossing, c. 1980's
Signed and numbered in pencil (see photo)
Edition: 25 (24/25)
Condition: Soft handling issues in top and bottom margin.
Do...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
Geometric Abstract Silkscreen by Louise Nevelson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Louise Nevelson, Russian/American (1899 - 1988)
Title: untitled
Year: 1984
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP X
Image Size: 34 x 24 inches
Size: 3...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
1980 Large Pop Art Silkscreen Abstract Op Art Jagged Edge Bright Color Serigraph
Located in Surfside, FL
Green, Red, Silver and Black and White. Large Pop Art Silkscreen.
Nicholas Krushenick (May 31, 1929 – February 5, 1999) was an American abstract painter whose artistic style straddle...
Category
Pop Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
D.G. Smith at Long Beach Museum of Art/Gallery
Located in New York, NY
D.G. Smith at Long Beach Museum of Art/Gallery, 1982
Offset lithograph poster
Plate signed on the front
23 1/2 × 33 1/2 inches
Unframed
This plate signed vintage poster was published...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Joyce T. Nagel Monoprint Abstract "Dropout" Signed Dated
Located in Detroit, MI
"Dropout" is one of the monoprints that Joyce Nagel so enjoyed creating. This monoprint is a one-off abstract print. The arrangement of shapes and colors p...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Abstract Modernist Colorful Mixed Media Art Screen-print on Handmade Paper 6/20
By Sandy Kinnee
Located in Surfside, FL
Title: Steal
32 color screenprint on 100% rag handmade, shaped deckle edged paper.
hand signed in pencil, stamped and numbered from edition of 20.
The piece below is one of a series...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paint, Ink, Handmade Paper
Key /// Contemporary Abstract Pop Art The Rolling Stones Monotype Print New York
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023)
Title: "Key"
*Signed and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right
Year: 1983
Medium: Original Monotype on unbranded wove paper...
Category
Pop Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Monotype
"Extrusive" Abstract Op-Art Serigraph
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful multi color serigraph by Roy Ahlgren (American, 1927-2011). This piece transitions from a dark magenta to a silvery blue, passing through warm grey shades in between. The s...
Category
Op Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Screen
Historic Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples poster - rarely found collectors item
Located in New York, NY
Robert Rauschenberg
Lucio Amelio Napoli poster, 1987
Offset lithograph poster
Plate signed
39 × 21 inches
Unframed
This poster was published for the exh...
Category
Pop Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
The Variable - Etching by Toti Scialoja - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
The Variable is a Contemporary artwork realized in 1983 by Toti Scialoja.
Original etching.
Hand-signed, titled and dated
Numbered. Edition,68/100
Category
Modern 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Almost Born (early signed/n lithograph by world renowned feminist artist)
By Judy Chicago
Located in New York, NY
Judy Chicago
Almost Born, 1983
Lithograph on Rives tan BFK paper (accompanied by original documentation sheet - also hand signed by Judy Chicago)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 6...
Category
Feminist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Pencil
Message of Peace, Op Art Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam
Title: Message of Peace
Year: 1988
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300
Paper Size: 40 x 31 inches
Category
Op Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Carden, OP Art Screenprint by Vasarely
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian (1908 - 1997)
Title: Carden
Year: 1980
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP
Size: 36.5 x 28 in. (92.71 x 71.12 cm)
Category
Op Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Cosmic Energy 2, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Nierman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Energía Cosmica 2 (Cosmic Energy 2)
Leonardo Nierman
Mexican (1932)
Portfolio: Cosmic Energy Suite
Date: 1980
Lithograph with embossing, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 31/2...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rare original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (Keith Haring Crack Is Wack)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Keith Haring “Life is Fresh! Crack Is Wack!” 1987 sealed/unopened in its original shrink wrapping:
A highly sought-after 1980s record album featurin...
Category
Pop Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern, Modernist
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Print, Aquatint with metal foil
Hand signed dated 1988, limited edition
Surface: Paper
Country: Italy
Dimensions: 26" x 20" approxi...
Category
Post-Modern 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Peter Halley at Sonnabend Gallery, New York (Hand Signed by Peter Halley)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley
Peter Halley, Sonnabend Gallery, New York (Hand Signed by Peter Halley), 1989
Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Peter Halley)
28 × 26 inches
Unframed
Alpha 137 Gallery is honored to offer this historic offset lithograph of American artist Peter Halley's 1989 exhibition at the legendary Sonnabend Gallery in New York which the artist hand signed in black marker.
Scroll down for a photograph of our director Nadine Witkin with the artist.
Below is Peter Halley's official biography. What it doesn't mention is that Andy Warhol famously painted his portrait in 1986! Peter Halley is that legendary. According to Halley, he didn't realize until after Warhol's death that the polaroids Warhol took of him with his famous "big shot" camera were made into an original painting. Warhol's painting of Peter Halley was included in the recent Andy Warhol retrospective "Andy Warhol - from A to B and Back Again" at the Whitney.
PETER HALLEY BIOGRAPHY
Peter Halley, born 1953, New York City, is an American artist who came to prominence as a central figure of the Neo-Conceptualist movement of the 1980s. His paintings redeploy the language of geometric abstraction to explore the organization of social space in the digital era.
Since the 1980s, Halley’s lexicon has included three elements: “prisons” and “cells,” connected by “conduits,” which are used in his paintings to explore the technologically determined space and pathways that regulate daily life. Using fluorescent color and Roll-a-Tex, a commercial paint additive that provides readymade texture, Halley embraces materials that are anti-naturalistic and commercially manufactured.
In the mid 1990s Halley pioneered the use of wall-sized digital prints in his site-specific installations. He has executed installations at Museo Nivola, Orani, Sardinia (2021); Greene Naftali...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
The Wheel (Maeght) - Vintage Lithograph Poster, 1982
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre ALECHINSKY
The Wheel (Maeght), 1982
Lithograph and offset
Printed signature in the plate
On paper 88 x 60 cm (c. 35 x 24 inch)
Created for Maeght / Derriere le Miroir in 1982...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Poems by Frank O'Hara
Located in New York, NY
Impressive portfolio with 17 lithographs on Japanese Kitakata appliqué with de Kooning's authorized facsimile signature and numbered "23" in pencil on the justification page. Publish...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Robert Rauschenberg Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues (new/sealed)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare unopened Robert Rauschenberg designed Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues:
In 1983, legendary pop artist Robert Rauschenberg designed the album cover for Talking Heads’ acclaimed...
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Pop Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Espresso Maker /// Contemporary Abstract Art Coffee Breakfast The Rolling Stones
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023)
Title: "Espresso Maker"
*Signed and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right
Year: 1981
Medium: Original Monotype on Arches pa...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Monotype
Bermuda Triangle
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean-Marie Haessle - French/American (1939-)
Title: Bermuda Triangle
Year: 1980
Medium: Screen Print
Sight size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches.
Sheet s...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Color, Screen
HEART II Signed Lithograph with Pastel Accents, Pop Art Heart Drawing, Red, Blue
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
HEART II - is a unique, hand colored lithograph with pastel drawing by the pop culture icon - Peter Max. The image Heart II was printed in 1981 as a limited edition lithograph of 16...
Category
Pop Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph
Vertigo, Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)
Title: Vertigo
Year: 1982
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 88/325, plus proofs
Size: 26.75 x 22.75 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: ...
Category
Op Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Picasso, Tete de Mort et Livre (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Title: Tete de Mort et Livre
Year: 1982
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Size: 21.75 x 29.75 inches
Edition: 1000, plus proofs
Condition: Good
Ins...
Category
Cubist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Motif, Orange Blue, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Motif (Abstract) in orange and blue abstract.
From the small edition of 10. from 1982. I am not sure if this is a woodcut or woodblock print or a silkscreen screenprint or some combination.
Viola Burley Leak, American (1944 - )
Viola Leak was born in Nashville, Tennessee, she received a B.A. in Art from Fisk University, a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, an M.A. from Hunter College, NY and an M.F.A. in Media from Howard University, Washington, DC. Leak was an art consultant for both the New York State Board of Education and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Print Department, in addition to working for the Experimental Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institute. Her mixed media work often references religious motifs and those of her African-American experience and heritage.
She is a multimedia artist, her works include printmaking, textile designing, soft sculpture, appliqué tapestries, doll making, and multi-media.
Viola has studied with many renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, Romare Bearden, Robert Blackburn, and Charles White. Her works can be found in the collections of World Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta Life Insurance Company and many more organizations.
Viola's exhibition experience is extensive - more than 100 showings over a decade, national and international. Her quilts exude a miraculous and magical presence. They have traveled in two international shows and three national quilt projects in the past three years.
A proud moment for her was being featured in the December 20, 2000 of the Smithsonian magazine; the article praised her mural "Afro Dance Scan" as one of the outstanding artworks in the "When the Spirit Moves: African American Dance...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Beyound (sic) - IX
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Beyond (sic) - IX
Mezzotint, n.d.
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos)
Edition: Unique impression (i/I)
Ninion and Sheldon Landy were major collectors of Hamanishi's works. They donated a large group of his mezzotints to Art Institute of Chicago, which formed the core of the exhibitions of his works at AIC in 2014 and again in 2019.
Condition: excellent
Plate/Image size: 9.75 x 7.75 inches
Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches
Provenance: Ninion and Sheldon Landy, Hamanishi's patrons
EXTREMELY RARE-UNIQUE
Katsunori Hamanishi
Born: 1949, Hokkaido
Medium: Mezzotint, with relief printing and metallic foil. Also a few woodblocks
Hamanishi studied painting and graduated from Tokai University with a degree in Art, in 1973. Since then, he has been living in the Tokyo area, where his primary focus is printmaking. Mezzotint is a variation of intaglio printing--an exacting and laborious process whereby ink is transferred from below the surface of the plate by use of a press. First, the entire copper plate is indented with a toothed steel rocker tool. Worked in all directions, this creates an even finely-grained texture over the surface of the plate. Each pit will hold ink and were the plate inked at this stage, it would print almost solid black.
To create the design the artist smoothes out some of the pits with a burnisher so they will hold less ink. Where highlights are required the plate is burnished and polished quite smooth. A wide range of tones are possible in mezzotint and the process can usually be recognized by a light design on a velvety black background. Hamanishi is internationally known for his mastery of this medium. He creates images with both subtle detail and dynamic composition that explore spatial relationships.
His genius is in balancing calm and meditative qualities with the energetic tensions of inanimate and natural objects. Early work had such things as pipes and branches wrapped with cloth, later rope, then straw. When he moved to a more rural area, rice fields became a common element. He has also been exploring the use of color and metallic leaf in his artwork. In 2005 Mr. Hamanishis began the Haze series exploring more abstract themes using the subtle differences between matte and black inks done in mezzotint and relief printing.
There is always a sense of mystery and intrigue in the complex mezzotint prints that come from Hamanishi’s deft hands. They compel the viewer to do a slow, thoughtful examination in order to fully absorb the vision the artist intends.
Exhibitions:
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts --2 person show with Hamaguchi
Ibiza Biennial, Spain--Grand Prize
Original Colored Graphic Print Triennial, Switzerland--Grand Prize
Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Brazil--Grand Prize
CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo--Art Grant winner
Republic of China Print Exhibit--Gold Medal
Graphic Arts Council, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco--commissioned print
Art Institute of Cleveland
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada--visiting artist
Shun-yo-Kai, Tokyo--prize winner
Bhara Bhavan International Print Biennale, India
Ren Brown...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Butterfly Maiden, by Dan Namingha limited edition lithograph Hopi kachina pink
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Butterfly Maiden, by Dan Namingha limited edition lithograph Hopi kachina pink
limited edition color lithograph
unframed
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Message of Peace, Op Art Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam
Title: Message of Peace
Year: 1988
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300
Paper Size: 40 x 31 inches
Category
Op Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Rainbow Waves, Op Art Screenprint by Jurgen Peters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - )
Title: Rainbow Waves
Year: 1981
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250, AP 30
Image Size: 18.5 x 34 inches
...
Category
Op Art 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Parts of a Kimono" Multi-Layer Collagraph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Parts of a Kimono" Multi-Layer Collagraph in Ink on Paper
Gorgeous purple mesh and rods collagraph by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Strips of fabric are draped over horiz...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Angle - Vintage Offset Print After Antoni Tàpies - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Angle 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, reproducing...
Category
Modern 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Abstract Composition (diptych), Modern Lithograph by Joanna Pousette-Dart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joanna Pousette-Dart, American (1947 - ) - Abstract Composition (diptych), Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and dated in pencil, Image Size: 18 x 21 inches, Size: 3...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
South Ridge Series #66, Abstract Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful abstracted landscape, mixed media print and painting, in soft pastel hues by California artist Katherine Chang Liu (American, 20th-century). Signed and dated "Katherine C...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Ink, Oil, Archival Paper, Etching
Inner Life
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This work is included in the collection of MoMA NY which was donated by the artist. From a limited edition of 2000
Artist’s Remarks:"This is like a snake plant...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Motif, Gold Abstract African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Motif (Abstract) in orange, blue and gold abstract.
From the small edition of 10. from 1982. I am not sure if this is a woodcut or woodblock print or a silkscreen screenprint or some combination.
Viola Burley Leak, American (1944 - )
Viola Leak was born in Nashville, Tennessee, she received a B.A. in Art from Fisk University, a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, an M.A. from Hunter College, NY and an M.F.A. in Media from Howard University, Washington, DC. Leak was an art consultant for both the New York State Board of Education and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Print Department, in addition to working for the Experimental Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institute. Her mixed media work often references religious motifs and those of her African-American experience and heritage.
She is a multimedia artist, her works include printmaking, textile designing, soft sculpture, appliqué tapestries, doll making, and multi-media.
Viola has studied with many renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, Romare Bearden, Robert Blackburn, and Charles White. Her works can be found in the collections of World Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta Life Insurance Company and many more organizations.
Viola's exhibition experience is extensive - more than 100 showings over a decade, national and international. Her quilts exude a miraculous and magical presence. They have traveled in two international shows and three national quilt projects in the past three years.
A proud moment for her was being featured in the December 20, 2000 of the Smithsonian magazine; the article praised her mural "Afro Dance Scan" as one of the outstanding artworks in the "When the Spirit Moves: African American Dance...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Italian Kinetic Op Art Attilio Taverna Silkscreen Lithograph Print Light Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
*picture with description not included with lithograph.
Attilio Taverna, born 1945. Italian geometric abstract artist known for his painting and lithograph and silkscreen prints.
...
Category
1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Roberto Matta
Untitled, 1982
Lithograph
20 x 15 in
Ed. 65 / 100
Perfect Condition
Category
Modern 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract : Informal Composition - Original Vintage Lithographic Poster
Located in Paris, IDF
Arnulf RAINER (1929)
Abstract : Informal Composition, 1986
Original vintage lithographic poster (Edited by Maeght-Long)
Printed signature...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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