Conceptual Abstract Prints
CONCEPTUAL STYLE
In 1967, artist Sol LeWitt wrote that in “Conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.” He was giving a name to an art movement that had emerged in the 1960s in which artists were less focused on their medium being something traditionally “artistic” and instead engaged in using any object, movement, form, action or place to express an idea.
LeWitt’s work was featured alongside an assemblage of notes, drawings and outlines by other artists in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” a groundbreaking show at New York City’s School of Visual Arts curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism. Building on radical 20th-century statements, like Fountain (1917) by French artist Marcel Duchamp, Conceptual artists around Europe and North and South America were not interested in the commercial art scene and rather directly challenged its systems and values.
Stretching into the 1970s, this movement has also been called Post-Object art and Dematerialized art. Conceptual art reflected a larger era of social and political upheaval. Pieces associated with the style range from Roelof Louw’s Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) — a work of installation art that sees fresh oranges stacked into a pyramid from which visitors are allowed to take one orange away — to On Kawara’s “Today” series, which saw the Japanese artist carefully painting a date in white acrylic on canvases consisting of a single color from 1966 to his death in 2014. Artists such as Ed Ruscha, who created the Twentysix Gasoline Stations book — a collection of photos of gas stations that is widely said to be the first modern artists’ book — made photography a major platform for Conceptual art, as did Bruce Nauman, who burned one of Ruscha's books and then photographed it for his own.
Conceptual art’s legacy of questioning artistic authorship, ownership and how to work with complex ideas of space and time had a significant influence on the decades of culture that followed, and it continues to inform art today.
The collection of Conceptual photography, paintings and sculptures on 1stDibs includes artworks by John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and others.
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Style: Conceptual
Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 2 - Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013)
Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 2
Year: circa 1978
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Size: 40 in. x 30.5 in....
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Leo from the Constellations Series, Silkscreen by Charles Ross
By Charles Ross
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Ross, American (1937 - )
Title: Leo from the Constellations Series
Year: 1979
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150, AP XX
Image Size: 45 x 2...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Narrative Frame (Illuminated Manuscripts 3), Print by Jason Salavon, 2019
Located in Orange, CA
Narrative Frame (Illuminated Manuscripts 3), 2019
Additional information:
Medium: Archival pigment print
Dimensions: 17 1/2 × 13 1/2 in (44.5 × 34.3 cm)
Editions 1-5 of 5 + 2AP
sig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 11, Pop Art Screenprint by Chryssa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013)
Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 11
Year: circa 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Size: 40 in. x 30.5 in. ...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Book and Pen, Abstract Lithograph by Marshall Borris
By Marshall Borris
Located in Long Island City, NY
Book and Pen
Marshall Borris, American
Date: circa 1979
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 275
Size: 24 x 34 in. (60.96 x 86.36 cm)
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tim Southall, Destination Unknown, Contemporary Art Print, Affordable Art
By Tim Southall
Located in Deddington, GB
Tim Southall
Destination Unknown
Limited Edition Print
Edition of 45
Image Size: H 15cm x W 20cm
Sheet Size: H 26cm x W 32cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Pleas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Monoprint
Laure Prouvost: Ideally this print would want to share all it knows with you
Located in Hamburg, DE
Laure Prouvost (French, b. 1978)
Ideally this print would want to share all it knows with you, 2020
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: 49.5 x 76 cm
Edition of 40: Hand-signed an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jupiter 6, Minimalist Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Rafael Bogarin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rafael Bogarin
Title: Jupiter 6
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint, signed and titled in pencil
Edition: 295
Paper Size: 28.5 x 22.5 inches
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Second Style Painting
By Peter Saari
Located in Long Island City, NY
Second Style Painting
Peter Saari, American (1951)
Date: circa 1980
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of AP 30
Image Size: 11 x 17 inches
Size: 20.5 in. x 25.5 in. (5...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The New Year graphisms & 12. 1979, paper, silk screen, 15x21.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The New Year graphisms & 12. 1979, paper, silk screen, 15x21.5 cm
Maris Argalis (1954-2008)
Born in Riga.
1971. - graduated the Janis Rosenthal Riga Art...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
$364 Sale Price
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Die Ha from Bullet Space, Your House is Mine, Screenprint by Tom McGlynn
By Tom McGlynn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tom McGlynn, American
Title: Die Ha from Bullet Space, Your House is Mine
Year: 1990
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Image Size: 22 x 18 inches
Size: 23 in. x 20 i...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Tree in Tree (Red and Orange), Conceptual Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015)
Title: Tree in Tree (Red and Orange)
Year: 1979
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125
Size: 41 x 30...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Church, NJ - Abstract Aquatint Etching by Komar & Melamid
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Vitaly Komar, Russian (1943 - ) and Alexander Melamid, Russian (1945 - )
Title: Church, NJ
Year: 1991
Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, dated, and tilted in pencil
Paper Si...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
American Newsprint, Monoprint by Chryssa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013)
Title: American Newsprint
Year: 1977
Medium: Silkscreen and Acrylic Monoprint on Paper, signed, dated and titled in pencil
Image Size: 13 x 21.5 ...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 4, Conceptual Screenprint by Chryssa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013)
Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 4
Year: circa 1978
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Size: 40 in. x 30.5 in....
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
White Horse from Wessex, Conceptual Etching by Joe Tilson
By Joe Tilson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joe Tilson, British (1928 - )
Title: White Horse from Wessex Portfolio
Year: 1977
Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: I/XXV
Size: 19.5 x 13.75 in. (49.53 ...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
City 358, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - )
Title: City 358
Year: 1971
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300
Size: 23 x 28 in. (58.42 x 71.12 cm)
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Glastonbury from Wessex, Conceptual Etching by Joe Tilson
By Joe Tilson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joe Tilson, British (1928 - )
Title: Glastonbury from Wessex Portfolio
Year: 1977
Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: XXV
Size: 19.5 x 13.75 in. (49.53 x ...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 7 - Conceptual Screenprint by Chryssa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013)
Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 7
Year: circa 1978
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Size: 40 in. x 30.5 in. ...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Tree Abstract, Serigraph by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015)
Title: Tree in Tree
Year: 1979
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125
Size: 41 x 30 in. (104.14 x 76....
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Aries from the Constellations Series, Silkscreen by Charles Ross
By Charles Ross
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Ross, American (1937 - )
Title: Aries from the Constellations Series
Year: 1979
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150, AP XX
Image Size: 45 x...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash, Abstract Screenprint by Robert Morris
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Morris
Title: A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 180
Paper Size: 32 x 26 inches
Text Reads: A ...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure, Screenprint by Robert Morris
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Morris
Title: Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 180
Paper Size: 26 in. x 32 in. (66.04 ...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
II from Plazas in Transition: Foundations of Fragmented Perspectives
By Barry Le Va
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Barry Le Va, American (b. 1941)
Title: II from Plazas in Transition: Foundations of Fragmented Perspectives
Year: 1981
Medium: Etching with Aquatint on grey BFK Rives, sig...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Abysmal, 2021 Contemporary digital print
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Style: Contemporary, Modern, Conceptual
Small study for the series “Rare Earth"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Metal
$960 Sale Price
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Lawrence Weiner, Wir sind keine Enten auf dem Teich - 1990, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021)
Wir sind keine Enten auf dem Teich, wir sind Schiffe auf dem Meer, 1990
Medium: Screenprint on Bistrol card
Dimensions: 35.5 x 70.5 cm (14 x 27.8 in)
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Category
20th Century Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$956 Sale Price
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LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$956 Sale Price
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LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$956 Sale Price
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LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$956 Sale Price
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LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$956 Sale Price
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LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
City 182, Silkscreen by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - )
Title: City 182
Year: 1971
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: AP
Image: 19.5 x 25.75 inches
Size: 22.5 x 28.75 in. (57.15 x 73....
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
City 0, Geometric Serigraph by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - )
Title: City 0
Year: 1968
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: AP
Size: 12.5 x 19 in. (31.75 x 48.26 cm)
Category
1960s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Hellenistic Figure, Lithograph by Peter Saari
By Peter Saari
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hellenistic Figure
Peter Saari, American (1951)
Date: circa 1979
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of AP 30
Image Size: 17 x 13 inches
Size: 27 in. x 21 in. (68.58 cm...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
City 86, Abstract Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - )
Title: City 86
Year: 1969
Medium: Serigraph, signed and titled in pencil
Edition: 300
Image Size: 25 x 20 inches
Size: 30 x 22 in....
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
City 179, Geometric Serigraph by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - )
Title: City 179
Year: 1971
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: AP
Size: 28.5 x 22.5 in. (72.39 x 57.15 cm)
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
City 191, Geometric Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - )
Title: City 191
Year: 1971
Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil
Edition: AP
Size: 29 x 22.5 in. (73.66 x 57.15 cm)
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$600 Sale Price
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"No. 776", 1977, Silkscreen by Shigeru Taniguchi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Shigeru Taniguchi, Japanese (1948 - )
Title: No. 776
Year: 1977
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 5/24
Image Size: 19 x 23 inches
Size: 21 in. x 25 i...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"News March 7", 1975, Silkscreen by Shigeru Taniguchi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Shigeru Taniguchi, Japanese (1948 - )
Title: News March 7th
Year: 1975
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 10/15
Image Size: 19.5 x 23.5 inches
Size: 2...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Painting's", 1975, Silkscreen by Shigeru Taniguchi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Shigeru Taniguchi, Japanese (1948 - )
Title: Painting's
Year: 1975
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 12/20
Size: 23 in. x 19 in. (58.42 cm x 48.26 cm)
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Tree in Tree (Green and Purple), Conceptual Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015)
Title: Tree in Tree (Green and Purple)
Year: 1979
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125
Size: 41 x ...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Tree in Tree (Burgundy and Gold), Conceptual Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015)
Title: Tree in Tree (Burgundy and Gold)
Year: 1979
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125
Size: 41 x...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Peking, Silkscreen by Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - )
Title: Peking
Year: 1973
Medium: Silkscreen on BFK Rives, Signed, titled and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250, AP 20
Size: 30 in. x 22 in. ...
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Wustteller (plate)
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 245
published by Buchholz + Schipper Koln
Category
1990s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Porcelain
$1,250
Paco and J.J., Abstract Lithograph by Glenn Goldberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Glenn Goldberg, American (1953 - )
Title: Paco and J.J.
Year: 1987
Medium: Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP 5/6
Paper Size: 35.5 x 29.5 inches
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Blackpath Air, Contemporary Screenprint on Rice Paper by Joe Tilson
By Joe Tilson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joe Tilson
Title: Blackpath Air
Year: 1971
Medium: Silkscreen and Collage on Japon Paper, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 9/70
Size: 38 in. x 26 in. (96.52 cm x 66.04 cm)
Category
1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Screen
Loops & Curves Blue/Red
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1999, this etching and aquatint on white Somerset Textured paper is hand-signed by Sol LeWitt (Hartford, 1928 - New York, 2007) in pencil in the lower right margin and is ...
Category
1990s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request
Sonica Whispers
Located in New York, NY
Sonica Whispers
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Conceptual abstract prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Conceptual abstract prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali, Risaburo Kimura, Les Levine, and Ed Ruscha. Frequently made by artists working with Screen Print, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Conceptual abstract prints, so small editions measuring 2.56 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $128 and tops out at $85,000, while the average work sells for $1,000.