Contemporary Abstract Prints
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Yellow
"Requiem/Let Them Be, " Etching and Aquatint signed by Joan Snyder
By Joan Snyder
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Requiem" is an original etching and aquatint by Joan Snyder. The artist signed the piece, and the edition is of 120. This piece features abstract, expressionist text and an striking portrait of a woman with red lipstick on a pink background.
25 5/8" x 20" art
32" x 26" frame
Joan Snyder was born on April 16, 1940, in Highland Park, New Jersey. She received her AB from Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey (1962), and an MFA from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey (1966). She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1974) and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1983). Snyder lives in Brooklyn and Woodstock, New York.
Although Snyder’s paintings are often placed under various art-movement umbrellas—Abstract...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Pyzinerol
By Rex Ray
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 30
In 2010, Ray made his first lithographs at Shark’s Ink., Pyzinerol and Pyzinerol II. Ambitious prints with 18 colors from 15...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Talking to Rocks 10, Orange, Golden Yellow Ochre Abstract Encaustic Monotype
Located in Kent, CT
Laura Moriarty's Talking to Rocks 10 is a multicolored encaustic monotype on kozo paper. Layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight paper create an undulating composition suggesting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype
Talking to Rocks Three, Yellow Ochre, Green, Violet, Orange, Encaustic Monotype
Located in Kent, CT
Laura Moriarty's Talking to Rocks 3 is a multicolored encaustic monotype on kozo paper. Layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight paper create an undulating composition suggesting l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype
Michele Maria: bright yellow red Maria Callas opera artist portrait with poetry
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Touched by the influence of Andy Warhol, champion of a young Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard served as enfant terrible of the 1980s New York art scene. In this bright yellow, red, ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut
Print Edition after Centmayer - "014_1 Flood of Images"
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Print Edition after Centmayer - "014_1 Flood of Images".
Print edition from the Ukraine series Flood of Images 2022 on 315 g paper in museum quality.
Signed, limited edition of 30 p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Inkjet
Yellow Poppies Sept 12, 2013
Located in Fairfield, CT
Yellow Poppies is a natural companion for Red Poppies, March 21, 2012 and is equally strong installed solo. The multi-layered cropped poppies bleed to the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Yellow Circle (Cercle jaune) (Minimalism, Geometric Abstraction, Albers)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Geneviève Claisse
Yellow Circle (Cercle jaune)
Medium: Giclee on hand made cotton paper
Year: 2015
Signed and numbered by hand
Edition: 40
Size: 20.1 × 20.1 on 31.2 × 23.8 inches
COA...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Giclée
Text - Whistle 9/36 - colorful, calligraphic gestures, serigraph on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In a symphony of colour and form, Alice Teichert created more than 40 black ink and acrylic drawings on mylar which she transferred to silk screens. ‘The Text is Still Unwritten’ is ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Study of Hands
Located in Miami, FL
Hand signed rf Lichtenstein and dated '81 in pencil lower right margin. Blindstamp lower left Washington University Printmaking Workshop chop. N...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Miguel Castro Leñero, ¨Fuera del Radar II¨, 2020, Engraving, 63.6x39 in
Located in Miami, FL
Miguel Castro Leñero (Mexico, 1956)
'Fuera del Radar II', 2020
engraving on paper Intaglio 300 g.
63.6 x 39 in. (161.5 x 99 cm.)
Edition of 30
Unframed
ID: CAM-105
Hand-signed by author
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
Desert Rose
Located in Nashville, TN
Nicole Dikon lives and works between Oahu and Mississippi. Her work spans various media and practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, maki...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Monoprint
At Sight of Sun (lark bunting)
By Kara Maria
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 20.
The artist describes this project:
“Human activity is causing the mass extinction of plant and animal species at an alarming rate. I paint carefully r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Zakopane Folklore Festival - Offset Print by M. Urbaniec - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Zakopane Folklore Festival is a vintage offset poster realized in 1974.
The artwork was realized on the occasion of the Folklore Festival in Zakopane.
Good conditions except for so...
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Offset
Dangerous Liaisons: Yellow, red, Tiffany blue abstract print with poetry
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Touched by the influence of Andy Warhol, champion of a young Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard served as enfant terrible of the 1980s New York art scene. In this abstract painted composition, Ricard combines expressive poetry with vibrant color. A bright yellow forms the background for two rounded rectangles printed...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition - Vintage Offset after Odo Tinteri - Mid-20 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a vintage offset print realized by Odo Tinteri in the Mid-20 Century.
The little artwork is in good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted in a wel...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Yellow Grid
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Yellow Grid" is a four-color linoleum cut printed in fluorescent inks on Somerset radiant white paper. It is printed in an edition of 20. Lieberman's s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Linocut
Obscured by Clouds
By Evan Colbert
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph. Edition 20.
The artist describes this project: "Obscured by Clouds" and "Astronomy Dominé" are a distillation of some of the my favorite parts of the earlier pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fuck You 2020
Located in New York, NY
Color digital print on 170gsm gloss paper. Signed in pencil, verso. Published by House of Voltaire, London, to benefit Young People Matter, Crisis this Christmas and Studio Voltaire.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Digital
"Spirits Through Time VII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 72" x 48"
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition print by Ned Martin is a contemporary abstract portrait. Part of his Spirits Through Time series, it features a woman in profile - her face and hair are rendered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Dual Nature - Yellow, Abstract Lithograph with Gold Leaf by Lynda Benglis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lynda Benglis, American (1941 - )
Title: IV - Yellow from Dual Nature (Quad)
Year: 1991
Medium: Lithograph with Gold Leaf on Hand Tinted Paper, signed and numbered verso
Edit...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Spirits Through Time VII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 60" x 40"
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition print by Ned Martin is a contemporary abstract portrait. Part of his Spirits Through Time series, it features a woman in profile - her face and hair are rendered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Bouquet (peony, yellow, jade)
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Bouquet (peony, yellow, jade)" is a unique collagraph print from a series published by Manneken Press in 2019. In collagraph printmaking the artist adds to the plate to create the image rather than carving into it, as in relief printing, or etching into it, as in intaglio printing. Howe painted the image of a bouquet of flowers in a vase with sweeping, fluid brushstrokes strokes, directly onto the plate, using a thick gel medium. Carborundum grit was added to create the texture necessary to hold the ink. Different colors were used for each impression printed from the plate, creating a series of unique but related prints.
Like all of Howe's works, her monotypes have a strong, vibrant, spontaneous energy and a sensuous sensibility. Referencing her personal garden located in the Hudson Valley, flowers dissolve into abstract flurries of brush marks and fields of commingled colors. The artist balances abstraction with representation in gestural prints which are process-based while retaining an affinity with the observed subject matter. Catherine Howe is widely admired for her painterly works that reference both the baroque and nature. Drawing from nature, Howe’s paintings is influenced by New York School abstraction, as well as rococo and 17th century Dutch still life paintings.
Catherine Howe received an MFA from SUNY Buffalo in 1983. Her paintings have been exhibited extensively in New York, and the United States, including solo exhibitions at New York Academy of Art, Winston Wächter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
"Spirits Through Time VII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 45" x 30"
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition print by Ned Martin is a contemporary abstract portrait. Part of his Spirits Through Time series, it features a woman in profile - her face and hair are rendered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital, Giclée
STONE AND SCRIPT Signed Lithograph, Golden Yellow Tablet Ancient Hebrew, Judaica
By Moshe Castel
Located in Union City, NJ
STONE AND SCRIPT by the Israeli artist Moshe Castel (1909-1991) is a limited edition lithograph printed in 12 colors using traditional lithographic techniques on archival Somerset paper 100% acid free. In Stone and Script, a three dimensional relief effect is visible in the black writings and stone tablet achieved by using shades of gray and black with predominate colors of warm golden yellow and turquoise blue. Castel creates a very aesthetically appealing and captivating contemporary arrangement of ancient...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Signal #6
By Kate Petley
Located in Bloomington, IL
Kate Petley's unique photogravure monoprints, made at Manneken Press in 2022, are a conversation between printmaking, sculpture and photography. Petley began by making a 3-D assembl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Photogravure, Monoprint
"Spirits Through Time VII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 24"
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition print by Ned Martin is a contemporary abstract portrait. Part of his Spirits Through Time series, it features a woman in profile - her face and hair are rendered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital, Giclée
"Spirits Through Time VII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 54" x 36"
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition print by Ned Martin is a contemporary abstract portrait. Part of his Spirits Through Time series, it features a woman in profile - her face and hair are rendered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Signals - Original Lithograph by Leo Guida - 1984
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Signals is an original artwork realized in 1984 by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original lithograph on cardboard
Hand-signed on the lower right in pen...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Yellow - Original Lithograph by Lorenzo Indrimi - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Yellow is an original artwork realized by Lorenzo Indrimi in the 1970's. Interesting coloured lithograph, hand signed in pencil on lower right margin; on the left lower margin "P.A."...
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Blacks and Whites I ( Acetates) - Plate F - Lithograph Embossing with 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition 34/90 prints plus 15 out of commerce Artist's Proofs in Roman Numerals.
Publisher : 2RC Gallery
The work is part of the "Black and white" folder that Alberto Bu...
Category
1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
"TRANSITIONS 07292018 126am", Abstract, Digital, Archival Paper, Yellow, Black
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "TRANSITIONS 07292018 126am" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and output at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on July 29, 2018 at 1:26 am.
While Justin Neely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Untitled (4)
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color softground etching with aquatint and drypoint.
Edition of 35
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Intaglio
Composition - Lithograph by Pavel Mansouroff - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Composition" is an original lithograph realized by Pavel Mansouroff( 1896-1983).
Hand-signed, numbered edition 33/75 prints on the lower.
The state...
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract Composition - Original lithograph nu M. Celiberti - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a original lithograph realized by La Caban in 1951, Hand-signed on the lower left and numbered 140/150.
In very good conditions.
Sheet dimension:49x70cm.
T...
Category
1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Yellow and Black, Feb 10, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in colors with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board. Edition 35/50. Sold as Lantern Flowers, Feb 10, 2017 suite of four prints for $11,500.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Enamel
Insect - Lithograph by Graham Sutherland - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Dated on plate. Artist's proof.
Category
1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ochre Composition - creen Print by Luigi Montanarini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ochre Composition is an original artwork realized by Luigi Montanarini in the 1970s.
Original colored serigraph on paper. Hand signed by the artist on the lower left. Numbered on lo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Yellow and White, Feb 10, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in colors with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Enamel
Loosened Up
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with chine collé and collage, Edition 25
Kathy Butterly makes small ceramic sculptures that topple, bend and stack.
Butterly made her first print, “Loosened Up” in 2005 at Shark...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
YO
By Deborah Kass
Located in New York, NY
YO
Year: 2020
Medium: Color silkscreen and flocking on Rising 2-ply Museum Board
Size: 32 x 30 inches (81 x 76 cm)
Edition: 40
Price: Single: $3,600
Suite: $7,000
Deborah Kass emp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Church Supper", abstract, architecture, landscape, yellow, pink, digital print
Located in Natick, MA
Patty deGrandpre’s “Church Supper” is one of a series of dynamic abstract unique digital inkjet prints composed of multiple layers of digitally manipulated photographs of architectur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital, Color
Sitting Out There, Melanie Yazzie Navajo printmaker monotype yellow dragonfly
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Sitting Out There, Melanie Yazzie Navajo printmaker monotype yellow dragonfly
bright yellow monotype, framed in light maple with a white mat.
paper size 22" x 30"
frame size 32" x 40...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Cercarsi E Mai Trovarsi - Screen Print by Plinio Mesciulam - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Cercarsi E Mai Trovarsi is a beautiful colored lithograph on paper, realized by the Italian artist Plinio Mesciulam in the 1980s.
The artwork is hand-signed in pencil on the lower r...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Sieve 1
By Dianna Frid
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with chine collé and debossing, Edition 20.
Dianna Frid describes the making of the Sieve suite below:
High contrast photographs of sieve-like objects are the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sieve 2
By Dianna Frid
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph/chine collé/collage/perarlescent powder, Edition 20.
Frid describes the making of the Sieve suite below:
High contrast photographs of sieve-like objects are t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Head First
By John Newman
Located in Lyons, CO
Color Lithograph, Edition 15.
Newman’s drawings and prints compress the role of drawing and sculpture. He depicts illusionistic spaces and forms that defy physical laws, like Pirane...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Noland Yellow and Black, 54x54 Flat illusion on canvas
Located in Southampton, NY
This work is a collaboration between two artists, Joe Doyle and Diane Rosenblum. The surface of the canvas is completely flat but a remarkable three dimensional illusion is created....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
Two Paintings: Dagwood
Located in Miami, FL
From the "Paintings" Series. Lithograph and woodcut in colors. Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles. Hand signed, dated '84 and numbered in pencil lower right. 14 colors in 11 run...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Woodcut
FEEL
By Jay One Ramier
Located in Tuscany, Pisa
Jay One Ramier was born in Guadeloupe, West Indies in 1967. He became involved in the graffiti scene in the 1980s before moving into fine art. His work incorporates his Carribean her...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Contemporary abstract prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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 blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Roger Mudre, Rafael Alberti, Johanna Goodman, and Leo Guida. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, 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 Contemporary abstract prints, so small editions measuring 0.02 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 $50 and tops out at $195,622, while the average work sells for $1,000.
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