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
Recognized Seller Listings
Chocolate Box II
Located in London, GB
Richard Smith
Chocolate Box II (blue / pink)
1977
Lithograph, Edition of 70
70 x 70 cms (27 1/2 x 27 1/2 ins)
RSE067
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Suite Catalana, plate 1
Located in London, GB
Aquatint in colours, 1972, on Guarro paper, signed and inscribed in pencil aside from the edition of 75, published by Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 75.7 x 100.5 cm. (29.8 x 39.6...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Evil
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Screenprint on wood-grain veneer paper, cut edges, bleed image
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Composition #1845
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed artist proof from the edition of 6. The horizontal and vertical directional lines and the use of black and white give Allirand’s prints their dynamic presence. Two main themes...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Dido
By John Hoyland
Located in London, GB
John Hoyland
Dido
1979
Etching, edition of 50
91.5 x 68.5 cms (36 x 27 ins)
JHE001
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Composition #5
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Monotype completed during his period as Resident Artist at the French Institute of Tangier. Signed on the reverse.
RENAUD ALLIRAND was born in 1970, and currently lives and works in...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Monoprint
Nuit d'été III (Summer Night III)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The deeply etched lines and vibrant color of this print are common to Alliand's new "haubans" prints. Haubans is french for a guy line - a tensioned cable designed to add stability t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
That Same Old Love 02, From the series "Universe Within". Abstract color photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
That Same Old Love 02, by Angelica Tcherassi
From the series "Universe Within"
Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs
Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches.
Image size 33 H...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Green Darkness
Located in New York, NY
etching, edition 76 of 90
25 1/2 x 36 1/2 in.
framed: 27 1/4 x 38 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Beginning in the 1947, the figurative painter Victor Pasmore (1908-1998) veered towards pure abstra...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled
Located in London, GB
29.88 x 22.36 ins (75.9 x 56.8 cms)
Edition of 96
Signature:Signed "R. Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right
...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Juicy Little Passion (Blue)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled
By Henri Goetz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Engraving, drypoint & carborundum, c. 1960's
Signed and numbered in pencil lower margin (see photos)
Edition: 25 (9/25)
Printed by the artist
Condition: Adhesive residue on the verso top margin from previous matting.
Image/Plate size: 4 1/2 x 4 inches
Note: Goetz was born in the United States, moved to Paris and became a noted Surrealist artist and journalist of the surrealist movement. As a printmaker, Goetz invented carborundum printmaking in the 1960’s. In 1968, La gravure au carborundum, a treatise on carborundum printing, was published by the Maeght Gallery. It was prefaced by Joan Miró. Goetz created many abstract prints using this method. Other artists such as Antoni Clavé, Antoni Tàpies, and in particular Joan Miró, employed carborundum printing in their work.
Henri Bernard Goetz (1909-1989)
Henri Bernard Goetz was born 29 September 1909 in New York, in a family of French and American origin. He studied at Harvard University and the Grand Central Art School before moving to Paris in 1930 where he continued his studies at the Academies Julian and Academies Ozenfant in Montparnasse.
After a brief return to the US in the early 1930’s he settled permanently in France, taking a Parisian studio next to Victor Brauner. With Brauner Goetz became involved with the Surrealist group and was soon a highly accomplished exponent. 1935 would be a year of major importance for Goetz: he exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Surindependants, he married the Dutch painter Christine Boumeester and he met Hans Hartung, who would become a close lifelong friend. In 1937 Goetz held his first solo show at Galerie Van Leer, Paris.
During the war, having neglected to become naturalized French citizens, Goetz and Boumeester became illegal aliens and both worked in the resistance movement. They printed leaflets on a simple printing press and created posters to paste...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving
UNTITLED
By Louisa Chase
Located in New York, NY
multi color silscreen on paper, edition of 144
abstracted landscape with trees
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Arenales
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size: 50.
Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Plum
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract print from a series inspired by ground cover and vegetation. Signed, titled, and numbered #1/10 done with soft ground etching.
Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, Californ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
La Tinaja
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled, and number MS (Mono screenprint ). This is one of a small group of prints done during a session working with Gronk at Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles. Lorenzo de la Mota was the master printer helping Gronk to create a series of abstract prints. His work is similar to Gronk, who found inspiration in graffiti and mural art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Tempus Fidgets
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Tempus Fidgets
Etching, 1952
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
Titled in pencil lower left (see photo)
During his military service, Gilkey was part of the "Monuments Men" art recovery team
The title is a play on Tempus fugit is a Latin phrase, usually translated into English as "time flies". The expression comes from line 284 of book 3 of Vergil's Georgics, where is appears as FVGIT INREPARABILE TEMPVS: "it escapes, irretrievable time".
Condition: Excellent
Image/Plate size: 11 3/4 x 14 5/8 inches
Sheet size: 15 3/4 x 20 9/16
Reference: Portland Art Museum, 82.80.642
Gordon Waverly Gilkey was a printmaker, teacher, collector, and curator. He graduated from Albany College, which is now Lewis & Clark College, in 1933 and obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Oregon in 1936. He served in World War II in a special division dedicated to locating and returning art confiscated by the Nazis and to confiscating Nazi propaganda.
Gilkey spent the majority of his career teaching printmaking at Oregon State University. He amassed a large collection of prints, primarily by trading work with his colleagues. When he retired in 1978, Gilkey became curator of prints and drawings at the Portland Art Museum and professor and printmaker in residence at the Museum Art School, which is now known as the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Over the course of many years, he donated more than 10,000 prints and drawings from his personal collection to the Museum. Gilkey was crucial in building awareness for and appreciation of works on paper, and was instrumental in creating proper storage and viewing spaces for the graphic arts. In 1993, the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Perpetual Summer
Located in London, GB
60 x 42.9 cms ( 23.62 x 16.89 ins)
Edition of 26
Signature:Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right
Publ...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Turning and Turning
Located in New York, NY
Etching
Edition of 60
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Juicy Little Passion (Lavender)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Black Cathedral
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Black Cathedral
1991
Lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper, Edition of 40
170.2 x 119.4 cms (67 x 64 ins)
RM17876
Siri Engberg and Joan Bana...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Winter Garden
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leonard Edmondson, 'Winter Garden', color etching, edition 50, 1957. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '50/50' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impre...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Landscape composition #145
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Unique India Ink drawing, signed on reverse.
RENAUD ALLIRAND was born in 1970, and currently lives and works in Paris. He has exhibited regularly since 1995 and has won numerous pri...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
India Ink
Paisaje Ideal
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50.
Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
On Track
By Robert Roach
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Unique monotype, signed and numbered.
Artist Robert Roach lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His one-of-a-kind, abstract monoprints are inspired b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Terral, by Christian Bozon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50.
Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Wildwood
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract print from a series inspired by ground cover and vegetation. Signed, titled, and numbered #1/10 done with hard and soft ground etching.
Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
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By John Hoyland
Located in London, GB
John Hoyland
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1979
Etching and Aquatint, Edition of 50
91.5 x 68.5 cms (36 x 27 ins)
JH9079
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Liens II
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: etching and drypoint
Image Size: 11.25 x 14 inches
Edition Size: 20
Year: 2007
Signed by the artist
The horizontal and vertical directional lines and the use of black and wh...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Two Jumping Fish
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Etching on R.K.Burt paper: cut, torn, and deckle edges
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Etching
Chinese Wall
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Chinese Wall
1969
Lithograph, Edition of 20
76.5 x 57.2 cms (30 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins)
SF15156
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled
1988
Lithograph, Edition of 48
113.3 x 74.3 cms (44.6 x 29.3 ins)
SF17882
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Referendum '70
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
Screenprint, 1970, signed, dated and numbered an AP aside the edition of 200 (there were 15 AP in total), published by Gemini G. E. L., Los Angeles., sheet: 99.5 x 98 cm (39¼ x 38½ i...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Tentaciones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size: 50.
Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Icare- Icarus
By André Verdet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Icare- Icarus
Linocut in colors, 1972
Unsigned
Stamped in ink on verso: "Imprimerie Arnéra" Archives/ Non Signé
Provenance: Arnéra Archive
Frederick Mulder, Lt...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Linocut
Nocturno
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 50. Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. He has decided against...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Drypoint
Werkubersicht/Work-Overview C
Located in New York, NY
Leon Polk Smith (1906 -1996) holds a unique place in a long tradition of American geometric abstract painting. Born near Chikasha, a Native American territory later annexed by the U....
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Ribera, by Christian Bozon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50.
Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Noche en Vela
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edtion of 50.
Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Room
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully (Irish, b. 1945)
Room, 1988
etching
42 x 51 inches (106.7 x 129.5 cm)
Edition of 40
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Byzantine
By Arman
Located in New York, NY
Large abstract print by renouned artist Arman.
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Ilusiones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edtion of 50.
Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Fruit d'autumne
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50.
Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Línea Bloques, Línea Cubos, Línea Aparejo and Línea Estructura. Abstract drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Línea Bloques, Línea Cubos, Línea Aparejo and Línea Estructura, 2020 by Rodrigo Spinel
From The No. 4 Series
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Overall size: 38 cm H x 38 cm W
O...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Les Penitentes #3
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ralston Crawford, 'Los Penitentes #3', etching, 1976, edition 20. Signed and numbered '6/20' in pencil; titled and annotated 'specially selected for Marcelle and Dan' in the bottom s...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Dancers
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Black and white abstract print with from a series inspired by ground cover and vegetation.
Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Yosemite Valley. He is a pai...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled
1991
Etching in colours, Edition of 19, Colour Trial Proof
119.4 x 71.1 cms (47 x 28 ins)
SF17883
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Madrid Por la Nocha
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled, and number MS 1 (Mono screenprint 1/1). This is one of a small group of prints done during a session working with Gronk at Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles. Lorenzo de la Mota was the master printer helping Gronk to create a series of abstract prints. His work is similar to Gronk, who found inspiration in graffiti and mural art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Untitled 2
By Adam Fowler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled 2
Aquatint and drypoint, 2008
Initialed, dated, and editioned in pencil by the artist
Edition of 14
Plate size: 11 1/2 x 11 inches
Sheet size: 20 1/2 x 19 inches
Adam Fowl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled
1978
Lithograph, Edition of 15, 11 unique colour variants
This is one of the unique colour variants
129.7 x 129.9 cms (51.1 x 51.1 ins)
SF17881
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tomasini Creek Wilderness #3, by Charles Eckart
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 7. Black and white abstract etching, from a series inspired by ground cover and vegetation in the Point Reyes, California area.
Char...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Constellations
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Constellations, 2019
Diptych lithograph
22 x 44 inches overall (22 x 22 each sheet)
Edition of 30
Unframed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fish In a Pond
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled, and number MS 1 (Mono screenprint 1/1). This is one of a small group of prints done during a session working with Gronk at Self Help G...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Thru the Woods
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract print in earth tones from a series inspired by ground cover and vegetation. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, this is #2 of 4.
Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, Cal...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Curve from Two Progressions
Located in New York, NY
Herbert Bayer
Curve from Two Progressions, 1974
screenprint, edition of 50
32 x 32 in. / 81.3 x 81.3 cm
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled (Small orange photo on peach and blue background)
By Joe Goode
Located in London, GB
46 x 74 cms (18.11 x 29.13 ins)
Edition of 50
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Screen
Forms in a Flurry
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, 1969-70, signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 60 (total edition includes ten artist's proofs) published by Marlborough AG Schellenberg, FL, 77.7 ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Mirrors (brown)
By Robyn Denny
Located in London, GB
63 x 46 cms (25 x 18 ins)
Edition of 40
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Screen
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