Abstract Abstract Prints
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Period: 1970s
Chambrure
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1973
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annoted "EA"
Edition : 60 ex.
Printer : Mourlot, Paris
Catalog : [Prudhomme 70 p.98]
57.00 cm. x 74.00 cm. 22.44 in. x 29.13...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
I-S LXXI b
By Josef Albers
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Josef Albers
I-S LXXI b
1971
Screenprint
23 x 23 in.
Edition of 125
Initialed in pencil, dated, numbered, and titled
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Spartan Sun Box
Located in New York, NY
Spartan Sun Box, 1971
Screenprint
25 22/25 × 23 22/25 in
65.7 × 60.7 cm
Edition of 75
The Greek American artist, Theodoros Stamos, was born in 1922 in New Yor...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled (red)
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (red), 1977
Screenprint
30 3/8 × 22 3/8 in
77.2 × 56.8 cm
Edition of 95
The Greek American artist, Theodoros Stamos, was born in 1922 in New York City into a family of Gree...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Infinity Field - Lefkada II
Located in New York, NY
The Greek American artist, Theodoros Stamos, was born in 1922 in New York City into a family of Greek immigrants. He was a member of The Irascibles group which consisted of the first...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Infinity Field - Olympia II
Located in New York, NY
The Greek American artist, Theodoros Stamos, was born in 1922 in New York City into a family of Greek immigrants. He was a member of The Irascibles group which consisted of the first...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Infinity Field - Olympia I
Located in New York, NY
The Greek American artist, Theodoros Stamos, was born in 1922 in New York City into a family of Greek immigrants. He was a member of The Irascibles group which consisted of the first...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Infinity Field - Lefkada I
Located in New York, NY
The Greek American artist, Theodoros Stamos, was born in 1922 in New York City into a family of Greek immigrants. He was a member of The Irascibles gr...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Infinity Field - Delphi I
Located in New York, NY
The Greek American artist, Theodoros Stamos, was born in 1922 in New York City into a family of Greek immigrants. He was a member of The Irascibles group which consisted of the first...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Green Sun Box
Located in New York, NY
The Greek American artist, Theodoros Stamos, was born in 1922 in New York City into a family of Greek immigrants. He was a member of The Irascibles gr...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Joy of Storm
Located in Paris, FR
Aquatint and carborundum
Edition : 90/90
56.00 cm. x 44.00 cm. 22.05 in. x 17.32 in. (paper)
44.00 cm. x 37.00 cm. 17.32 in. x 14.57 in. (image)
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
096009
By Otto Neumann
Located in New Orleans, LA
Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was an expressionist painter and printmaker born in Heidelberg, Germany. He was one of the most versatile and original artists of the twentieth century. Neum...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
0-9
By Jasper Johns
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Jasper Johns
0-9
1975
Etching Aquatint
17 x 13 1/2 in.
Edition of 100
Pencil signed, dated, and numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art.
C...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Marteau Sans Maitre XIII - Original etching, 1976
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO
Le Marteau sans Maitre XIII, 1976
Original etching and aquatint
From a limited edition of 175 copies (+ 25 Hors Commerce)
On Arches v...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Couple aux étoiles
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered IV/X
64.00 cm. x 69.00 cm. 25.2 in. x 27.17 in. (paper)
54.00 cm. x 44.00 cm. 21.26 in. x 17.32 in. (image)
Japan paper
L...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bronze Smoke
Located in New York, NY
1978
Lithograph in colors, on brown wove paper
Sheet: 31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Edition of 38
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Suite des architectures non répertoriées C
Located in Paris, FR
Aquatint, 1979
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annoted EA 4/4
Publisher : HMK (New York)
Catalog : Cat 385
76.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 22.05 in. (paper)
50.00 cm. x 55....
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Target, from Meyer Shapiro
By Jasper Johns
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Jasper Johns
Target, from the Meyer Schapiro Portfolio
1973
Screenprint on Ohiro Mimitsuki paper
23 7/8 x 16 3/8 in.
A.P. of 13
Pencil signed and numbered
Acc...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled (Calvesi 46)
Located in New York, NY
1973-1976
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (42.5 x 34.6 cm)
Edition of 90
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Bronze Smoke
Located in New York, NY
1978
Screenprint in colors
Sheet: 31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Edition of 38
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Mocador Lligat - Antoni Tàpies, Surrealism, Abstract art, Prints, Etching
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75.
(Galfetti 289).
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Les Perseides: Plate III - Joan Miró, Lithograph, Abstract prints
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75.
Printed by Mourlot on wove paper.
Published by Louis Broder, Paris.
(Mourlot 658).
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Missouri, MO
Robert Rauschenberg
"Untitled" 1973
Medium: Screenprint and collage in colors
Printed and Published by Styria Studios, New York and with their blindstamp
Signed and Numbered 71/100
Images Size: approx. 28 x 20 inches
Framed Size: approx. 34 x 26 inches
Born with the name Milton Rauschenberg in Port Arthur, Texas, Robert Rauschenberg became one of the major artists of his generation and is credited along with Jasper Johns of breaking the stronghold of Abstract Expressionism*.
Rauschenberg was known for assemblage*, conceptualist methods, printmaking, and willingness to experiment with non-artistic materials--all innovations that anticipated later movements such as Pop Art*, Conceptualism*, and Minimalism*.
In May, 1999, ARTNews magazine featured him as one of the top twenty-five influential western artists, stating: "His irreverent notions of what an artwork could be gained him the status of an enfant terrible. . .Rauschenberg pushed the viewer to accept the unexpected."
He has said that he believes painting should relate to both life and art and that he wants is artwork to be the intermediary between the two.
He received much formal art education beginning with the Kansas City Art Institute in 1947 and 1948. He studied briefly in Paris at the Academie Julian*, and from 1948 to 1949 was at Black Mountain College* in North Carolina with Josef and Anni Albers. This period was followed by several years attendance at the Art Students League* in New York City with Morris Kantor and Vaclav Vytlacil. In 1951, he exhibited all white and black paintings incorporating viewer participation through the shadows they cast on the works.
At Black Mountain College, he had met composer, John Cage, and dancer- choreographer, Merce Cunningham, for whom he worked in his company as a designer, manager, and performer. Frequently he scoured the area in which they were performing for 'unusual' objects such as tires, old radios...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Red Sea
Located in New York, NY
1978
Lithograph in colors, on pink handmade paper
Sheet: 23 1/4 x 27 22/25 inches
Edition of 58
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Framed, mint condition
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pensees Germinales
By Mark Tobey
Located in Missouri, MO
Mark Tobey
"Pensees Germinales" 1973
Drypoint Engraving Printed in Brown and Blue by Willie Steinert, Karlsruhe, Germany, on Auvernge Paper Handmade by Richard de Bas
Signed Lower R...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving, Drypoint
No title
Located in Paris, FR
Serigraph, 1970
Edition : 214/275
85.00 cm. x 55.00 cm. 33.46 in. x 21.65 in. (paper)
76.00 cm. x 43.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 16.93 in. (image)
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Ref : L...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
No title
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving, 1970
78.00 cm. x 59.00 cm. 30.71 in. x 23.23 in. (paper)
78.00 cm. x 59.00 cm. 30.71 in. x 23.23 in. (image)
Ref : LCD1897
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Surrealist Portrait (Espriu) - Tall original etching, Handsigned (Dupin #871)
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO
Surrealist Portrait (Espriu)
Original aquatint, engraving and etching printed in colors with carborundum
Signed in pencil
Justified HC (aside the edition of 50 numbered pr...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Hors Concours
Located in New York, NY
Hors Concours, 1974
screenprint
98 3/4 x 30 inches
edition of 70
Eduardo Paolozzi was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1924. Because his parents were Italian immigrants, Paolozzi was ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Horss Concours
Located in New York, NY
Hors Concours, 1974
Screenprint
39 3/4 x 30 inches
edition of 70
Eduardo Paolozzi was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1924. Because his parents were Italian immigrants, Paolozzi was ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Beach Scene /// Abstract Expressionist Minimalism Willem de Kooning Black White
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Willem de Kooning (Dutch-American, 1904-1997)
Title: "Beach Scene"
*Signed and dated by de Kooning in pencil lower right
Year: 1971
Medium: Origin...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Plexiglass
Untitled (Calvesi 50)
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (42.6 x 34.5 cm)
Edition of 90
Signed and numbered in pencil on lower margin
Published by 2RC, Rome
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled (Calvesi 49)
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (42.6 x 34.5 cm)
Frame: 17 7/8 x 14 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (45.4 x 37.5 x 3.8 cm)
Edition of 90
Signed and numbered '44/90' i...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled (Calvesi 48)
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (42.6 x 34.5 cm)
Edition of 90
Signed and numbered in pencil on lower margin
Published by 2RC, Rome
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled (Calvesi 47)
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (42.6 x 34.5 cm)
Frame: 17 7/8 x 14 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (45.4 x 37.5 x 3.8 cm)
Edition of 90
Signed and numbered '44/90' i...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled (Calvesi 46)
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (42.6 x 34.5 cm)
Edition of 90
Signed and numbered in pencil on lower margin
Published by 2RC, Rome
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled (Calvesi 45)
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (42.6 x 34.5 cm)
Frame: 17 7/8 x 14 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (45.4 x 37.5 x 3.8 cm)
Edition of 90
Signed and numbered '44/90' i...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Abstract Cinetic Composition - Screenprint (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, FR
Allan D'Arcangelo
Abstract Cinetic Composition
Screen print
Signature printed in the plate
On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch)
Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972
E...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Sphere and Cube
Located in Missouri, MO
Victor Vasarely
"Sphere and Cube" c. 1970
Serigraph
Signed and Numbered Ed. 250
Framed Size: 42 x 31 inches
Image Size: 28 x 21 inches
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red and Green Bubbles
Located in Missouri, MO
Victor Vasarely
"Red and Green Bubbles" c. 1970
Color Serigraph
Signed and Numbered Ed. 125
Framed Size: 34 x 29.5 inches
Image: approx 18 x 18 inches
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ferde
Located in Missouri, MO
Victor Vasarely
"Ferde" c. 1970
Serigraph
Signed and Numbered Ed. 250
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract in Purple and Green
Located in Missouri, MO
Victor Vasarely
"Abstract" c. 1970
Serigraph
Ed. 275
Signed and Numbered
Image Size: 23.5 x 23.5
Framed: approx 34 x 34.5 inches
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (Poster) -- signed limited edition
Located in Missouri, MO
Original color lithograph designed by Robert Motherwell for the 94th Season, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
From the limited edition of 120 + A.P.s on Arches Cove...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Concert Hall Set III
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in 6 colors (yellow, yellow-green, light blue, magenta, turquoise, dark blue) from 6 aluminum plates on BFK Rive wove paper
Hand-signed in pencil lower r...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
CYCLOPHORIA IV
By Ivan Picelj
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title: CYCLOPHORIA IV, ca. 1971
Medium: Serigraph
Edition: xxx/200
Signed and numbered in graphite by the artist
Size: Image: 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. Overall: 31 3/4 x 31 3/4 in.
COA provided
Ivan Picelj was a contemporary Croatian painter, sculptor and graphic designer. Picelj developed a specific variation of geometric abstraction in Croatian painting...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Cyclophoria
By Ivan Picelj
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title: CYCLOPHORIA IV, ca. 1971
Medium: Serigraph
Edition: xxx/200
Signed and numbered in graphite by the artist
Size: Image: 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. Overall: 31 3/4 x 31 3/4 in.
COA provided
Ivan Picelj was a contemporary Croatian painter, sculptor and graphic designer. Picelj developed a specific variation of geometric abstraction in Croatian painting...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Woman with Corset and Long Hair
Located in New York, NY
Printer: Hollanders Workshop, New York
Publisher: Knoedler, New York
Edition size: 61, plus proofs
Catalogue Raisonné: Graham 17
Signed, dated, and numbered inpencil, lower margin
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red to Blue Portal
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ
Red to Blue Portal, 1977
Screenprint on masonite
83 1/2 x 47 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Masonite, Screen
Composition Bleue, Verte et Rouge - Etching - 150 copies
Located in Paris, FR
(After) Serge POLIAKOFF
Composition bleue, verte et rouge
Etching, 1974
Unsigned as issued
Edition of 150 copies
On Arches, 65 x 50 cm (c. 25,6 x 19,7 in)
Very good condition with ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Hollis Frampton
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
40.6 x 55.8 cms (16 x 22 ins)
Edition of 100
Proofs: 9 AP, RTP, PPII, 3A, C
Published by Gemini G.E.L (FS72-442)
Printed by Serge Lozingot, assisted by Richard Ewen
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Charlotte Tokayer
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
40.6 x 55.8 cms (16 x 22 ins)
Edition of 100
Proofs: 9 AP, RTP, PPII, 3A, C
Published by Gemini G.E.L (FS72-442)
Printed by Richard Ewen, assisted b...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sidney Guberman
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
40.6 x 55.8 cms (16 x 22 ins)
Edition of 100
Proofs: 9 AP, RTP, PPII, 3A, C
Published by Gemini G.E.L (FS72-442)
Printed by Ron Adams, assisted by Cher...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
D.
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
40.6 x 55.8 cms (16 x 22 ins)
Edition of 100
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Henry Garden
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
40.6 x 55.8 cms (16 x 22 ins)
Edition of 100
Signed "F.Stella 72" lower right
Proofs: 9 AP, RTP, PPII, 3A, C
Published by Gemini G.E.L (FS72-442)
Printed by Ronald Otis, assisted by Richard...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ileana Sonnabend
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
40.6 x 55.8 cms (16 x 22 ins)
Edition of 100
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Valentine
Located in New York, NY
Printer: Fred Genis, Hollanders Workshop, New York
Publisher: Knoedler, New York
Edition size: 47, plus proofs
Catalogue raisonné: Graham 16
Signed, dated, and numbered, lower m...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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