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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.

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Style: Contemporary
Agnes Martin, Set of 3 Lithographs from Untitled (from Paintings and Drawings)
Located in Bristol, GB
3 lithographs on vellum (from the portfolio of ten) Edition of 2500 (reported) Not signed or numbered Artwork in mint condition. Minor imperfections on original packaging. Sold in or...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Vellum

Rose Window 53 - Contemporary Botanical Mandala Relief Print on Red Paper, 2006
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary relief print on archival handmade paper, a circular, botanical mandala shape with petal-like edges in dark grey is dramatic and eye-catching against the brillian...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Archival Ink, Handmade Paper, Monoprint

The Currency Unique Prints H11-907
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, The Currency Unique Prints H11-907, 2022 Archival Quality Giclée Reproduction on Heavy Weight Enhanced Matte Professional Stock 100 x 150 cm (39.37 x 59.05 in) Hand...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Giclée

A Woodland Song
Located in Deddington, GB
A Woodland Song [2019] limited_edition linocut Edition number 1-10 Image size: H:20cm cm x W:20cm cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30cm cm x W:30cm cm x D:3mmcm Sold Unframed Pl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Linocut

Dual Nature (Brown), Gold Leaf and Lithograph by Lynda Benglis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lynda Benglis, American (b. 1941) Title: Dual Nature (Brown) Year: 1991 Medium: Lithograph with Gold Leaf on Hand Tinted Paper, signed and numbered verso Edition: 20, A.P. Si...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Gold Leaf

Francis Bacon Derrière le Miroir 1966 (cover)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1960s Francis Bacon lithographic cover from Derrière le miroir: A highly decorative vintage 1960s Bacon frame-piece constructed under the supervision of the artist. Medium: Litho...
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1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Graffias, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract geometric limited edition print by Roger Mudre features a large circle shape at the center of the composition, composed of swirling green, orange, and silvery white lin...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Digital, Giclée

Baby, Baby Etching by Louisa Chase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Louisa Chase, American (1951 - ) Title: Baby, Baby Year: 1991 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 11/35 Size: 21.5 x 25.75 in. (54.61 x...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

"Alecost, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract geometric limited edition print by Roger Mudre features lightly translucent concentric circles that overlap throughout the com...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Digital, Giclée

Untitled
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, making artist books, installing ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Monoprint

Factory XIII: modernist urban architectural collage on monoprint, red, unframed
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is one-of-a-kind, unframed colored pencil & collage on archival pigment print. See image gallery for example of framing possibilities. These pieces work particularly well as a s...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Ink, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Monoprint, Monotype

Lisa Takahashi, Memories of Padstow, Art of Cornwall, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Memories of Padstow by Lisa Takahashi [2018] Limited Edition Linocut Edition of 70 Image size: H:32 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Linocut

Rough Fiber Scarf
Located in Dallas, TX
The first edition to wear. The striking orange roughfiber work is brought to life by printing on high-quality satin silk and can be admired or worn....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Silk, Screen

Chris Keegan, Vantage Point, Limited Edition Print, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Vantage point by Chris Keegan. This Five colour handmade screen print depicts a multi-layered dynamic set of landscapes all floating above and below each ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

fractal-ssi-6a, by Seiko Tachibana
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Carborundum and intaglio. Signed and numbered from the edition of 25. Tachibana’s prints take their inspiration from nature, a meditation on the forms and shapes of water, ferns an...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Intaglio

Jenny Holzer, Inflammatory Essays: Shriek When the Pain Hits...
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) Inflammatory Essays: Shriek When the Pain Hits During Interrogation, 1996 Multiple: Pewter multiple with engraved text Dimensions: 6.6 × 5 × 1.1 cm (...
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20th Century Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Metal

Bicentennial Print
Located in Miami, FL
Numbered and signed rf Lichtenstein and dated '75 in pencil lower right by the artist. Blindstamp Styria Studio chop lower right. From the America: The Third Century Portfolio. Publi...
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1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Atom mit Lampen III - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Atom mit Lampen III is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1985. Mixed colored aquatint and etching.  Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower ri...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching

'Human Geography' original signed mixed media artwork
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Originally drawn in 1964 while Barnett was still in high school, ‘Human Geography’ depicts an anthropomorphic figure assembled from the continents. Featuring the simultaneous points ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Giclée, Mixed Media

November 2021 lithograph geometric abstraction artist signed numbered COA 13/100
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Morris November 2021, 2021 Lithograph on wove paper Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity - hand signed by Sarah Morris (the artist) as well as the head of ICA Editions...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

"Pink Skull Large" Print 38 x 40 inch Edition of 300 by Steven Tyler
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pink Skull Large" Print 38 x 40 inch Edition of 300 by Steven Tyler Limited edition of 300 Plate signed by Steven Tyler ABOUT: As the lead singer of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler is con...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Digital Pigment

Clare Halifax, V is for Viper, Limited Edition Animal Art, Bright Monogram Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Clare Halifax V is for Viper Limited Edition 4 colour screen print Edition of 100 Sheet Size: H 38cm x W 37cm x 0.1cm Sold Unframed Hand printed by the artist onto somerset satin pap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

David Shrigley - I’ve Heard About Freedom - Contemporary Art
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley I’ve Heard About Freedom, 2021 Digital print 70 x 50 cm Framed 78 x 68 cm Unsigned Edition of 250 Published by Shrig Shop. David Shrigley is a British artist known ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Digital

"Pura Vida" original color woodcut print signed by Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pura Vida" is an original color woodcut signed by Carol Summers. A multi-colored piece shows a waterfall with red flames behind it in the middle of the piece. On the left stands a tree with yellow leaves on a hill. To the right is a rainbow. This is an excellent example of Summer's printmaking, not just because of the technique and imagery, but because it numbered 1 of the edition of 125. In addition, it contains a personal inscription to the Milwaukee gallerist David Barnett, who has championed the work of Summers and produced catalogs of his work. Indeed, this print appears as no. 189 in the David Barnett Gallery's 1988 catalogue raisonné of Summer's woodcuts. Feel free to inquire if you would like to purchase a copy of the catalogue raisonné along with your Carol Summers print. Art: 24.25 x 24.75 in Frame: 36 x 35 in signed lower right titled and inscribed to David [Barnett] lower right edition (1/125) lower right Carol Summers (1925-2016) has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision which would have significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind and Arch of Triumph, a new look prevailed. These woodcuts were larger in size and in color. Some incorporated metal leaf in the creation of a collage and Summers even experimented with silkscreening. Editions were now between 20 and 50 prints in number. Most importantly, Summers employed his rubbing technique for the first time in the creation of Fantastic Garden in late 1957. Dark Vision of Xerxes, a benchmark for Summers, was the first woodcut where Summers experimented using mineral spirits as part of his printmaking process. A Fulbright Grant as well as Fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation followed soon thereafter, as did faculty positions at colleges and universities primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. During this period he married a dancer named Elaine Smithers with whom he had one son, Kyle. Around this same time, along with fellow artist Leonard Baskin, Summers pioneered what is now referred to as the “monumental” woodcut. This term was coined in the early 1960s to denote woodcuts that were dramatically bigger than those previously created in earlier years, ones that were limited in size mostly by the size of small hand-presses. While Baskin chose figurative subject matter, serious in nature and rendered with thick, striated lines, Summers rendered much less somber images preferring to emphasize shape and color; his subject matter approached abstraction but was always firmly rooted in the landscape. In addition to working in this new, larger scale, Summers simultaneously refined a printmaking process which would eventually be called the “Carol Summers Method” or the “ Carol Summers Technique”. Summers produces his woodcuts by hand, usually from one or more blocks of quarter-inch pine, using oil-based printing inks and porous mulberry papers. His woodcuts reveal a sensitivity to wood especially its absorptive qualities and the subtleties of the grain. In several of his woodcuts throughout his career he has used the undulating, grainy patterns of a large wood plank to portray a flowing river or tumbling waterfall. The best examples of this are Dream, done in 1965 and the later Flash Flood Escalante, in 2003. In the majority of his woodcuts, Summers makes the blocks slightly larger than the paper so the image and color will bleed off the edge. Before printing, he centers a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips. Then he rolls the ink directly on the front of the sheet of paper and pressing down onto the dry wood block or reassembled group of blocks. Summers is technically very proficient; the inks are thoroughly saturated onto the surface of the paper but they do not run into each other. The precision of the color inking in Constantine’s Dream in 1969 and Rainbow Glacier in 1970 has been referred to in various studio handbooks. Summers refers to his own printing technique as “rubbing”. In traditional woodcut printing, including the Japanese method, the ink is applied directly onto the block. However, by following his own method, Summers has avoided the mirror-reversed image of a conventional print and it has given him the control over the precise amount of ink that he wants on the paper. After the ink is applied to the front of the paper, Summers sprays it with mineral spirits, which act as a thinning agent. The absorptive fibers of the paper draw the thinned ink away from the surface softening the shapes and diffusing and muting the colors. This produces a unique glow that is a hallmark of the Summers printmaking technique. Unlike the works of other color field artists or modernists of the time, this new technique made Summers’ extreme simplification and flat color areas anything but hard-edged or coldly impersonal. By the 1960s, Summers had developed a personal way of coloring and printing and was not afraid of hard work, doing the cutting, inking and pulling himself. In 1964, at the age of 38, Summers’ work was exhibited for a second time at the Museum of Modern Art. This time his work was featured in a one-man show and then as one of MOMA’s two-year traveling exhibitions which toured throughout the United States. In subsequent years, Summers’ works would be exhibited and acquired for the permanent collections of multiple museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Summers’ familiarity with landscapes throughout the world is firsthand. As a navigator-bombardier in the Marines in World War II, he toured the South Pacific and Asia. Following college, travel in Europe and subsequent teaching positions, in 1972, after 47 years on the East Coast, Carol Summers moved permanently to Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California. There met his second wife, Joan Ward Toth, a textile artist who died in 1998; and it was here his second son, Ethan was born. During the years that followed this relocation, Summers’ choice of subject matter became more diverse although it retained the positive, mostly life-affirming quality that had existed from the beginning. Images now included moons, comets, both sunny and starry skies, hearts and flowers, all of which, in one way or another, remained tied to the landscape. In the 1980s, from his home and studio in the Santa Cruz mountains, Summers continued to work as an artist supplementing his income by conducting classes and workshops at universities in California and Oregon as well as throughout the Mid and Southwest. He also traveled extensively during this period hiking and camping, often for weeks at a time, throughout the western United States and Canada. Throughout the decade it was not unusual for Summers to backpack alone or with a fellow artist into mountains or back country for six weeks or more at a time. Not surprisingly, the artwork created during this period rarely departed from images of the land, sea and sky. Summers rendered these landscapes in a more representational style than before, however he always kept them somewhat abstract by mixing geometric shapes with organic shapes, irregular in outline. Some of his most critically acknowledged work was created during this period including First Rain, 1985 and The Rolling Sea, 1989. Summers received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Bard College in 1979 and was selected by the United States Information Agency to spend a year conducting painting and printmaking workshops at universities throughout India. Since that original sabbatical, he has returned every year, spending four to eight weeks traveling throughout that country. In the 1990s, interspersed with these journeys to India have been additional treks to the back roads and high country areas of Mexico, Central America, Nepal, China and Japan. Travel to these exotic and faraway places had a profound influence on Summers’ art. Subject matter became more worldly and nonwestern as with From Humla to Dolpo, 1991 or A Former Life of Budha, 1996, for example. Architectural images, such as The Pillars of Hercules, 1990 or The Raja’s Aviary, 1992 became more common. Still life images made a reappearance with Jungle Bouquet in 1997. This was also a period when Summers began using odd-sized paper to further the impact of an image. The 1996 Night, a view of the earth and horizon as it might be seen by an astronaut, is over six feet long and only slightly more than a foot-and-a-half high. From 1999, Revuelta A Vida (Spanish for “Return to Life”) is pie-shaped and covers nearly 18 cubic feet. It was also at this juncture that Summers began to experiment with a somewhat different palette although he retained his love of saturated colors. The 2003 Far Side of Time is a superb example of the new direction taken by this colorist. At the turn of the millennium in 1999, “Carol Summers Woodcuts...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Mesh/Moire Set I-VI
Located in Berkeley, CA
Tauba Auerbach creates art about language and logic through painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and instrument building. Auerbach’s one-person exhibition, “Tetrachromat” was presented at the Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; traveled to Malmo Konsthall, Sweden; and Wiels Contemporary Art Center, Brussels. In 2011 Auerbach was awarded the Smithsonian’s Artist Research Fellowship. Her work was included in the 2010 “Whitney Biennial,” New York; MoMA P.S. 1’s 2010, Greater New York; and the New Museum’s 2009 “Younger Than Jesus,” New York. Her work is included in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York among others. She is represented by Paula Cooper Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching

"Spirits Through Time VII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 45" x 30"
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...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Digital, Giclée

"Spirits Through Time VII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 54" x 36"
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...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Digital, Giclée

1960s Antoni Tàpies lithograph (derriere le miroir)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Antoni Tàpies Lithograph c. 1967 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 22 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; contains center fold-line as originally issued...
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1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Nudes em 08
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this Iris print. Signed and numbered 23/50 on verso by Ruff.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Color

Chris Keegan, Sphere, Space Art, Geomtric Art, Bright Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Chris Keegan Sphere Limited Edition Silkscreen Print Edition of 50 Size: H 40cm x W 40cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a pi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

Anne Storno, Space Hiking, Limited Edition Print, Space Print, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Anne Storno A limited edition, hand printed screen print, made in England. As we heard a lot in medias about Mars or trip that could be organised soon in space, I was thinking “what ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

Condo, Compression VI, Drawing Paintings (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Four color process print on vélin paper. Paper size: 10.75 x 18.5 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, George C...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

Inuit-Inspired Silkscreen Print, "Canada Suite Series", Ed. 6/20
Located in Surfside, FL
Original serigraph silkscreen print by German/Canadian expressionist Yargo de Lucca (1925-2008) from the “Canada Suite” series, a hand-signed and numbered Inuit-inspired silkscreen p...
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1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Draw Attention
Located in Chicago, IL
Archival Ink on Museum Quality Rag Paper Available in the following sizes: 16 x 20 inches 24 x 30 inches 30 x 40 inches Edition size: 25 Please inquire regarding framing Rick Garcia's RAG13 Collection is inspired by the observation that there has been a significant and permanent change in our public and private lives. These artworks use symbolism to illustrate how the ubiquitous presence of suspicion and the act of being a suspect have both become a way of life. Adults and children are shown as generic solid shapes with parts missing to indicate loss of identity and the relinquishing of certain rights. The watchful eye of authority is always present as a figure dressed in black with three white stripes. All of the figures have a red dot to symbolize the human heart; how we are all connected. This red dot also represents being a target or a person of interest. Overall, this latest series creates a surreal flow of images, colors, and shapes blending into a beautiful and poignant work of art. About the Artist: "Photography has been part of my creativity throughout my life and more recently has become influential in my abstract work on canvas. The magical shapes of water gracefully floating or scattering in mid-air reveals the true god-like essence of nature. I am fascinated studying these images of bright tiny mercury-like globes, silky trails, dancing droplets and crystal clear languid sheets. " Rick Garcia was born in Havana, Cuba, and very soon after, his parents relocated to Miami, Florida. He was always encouraged to follow his dream of pursuing and developing his talent in art. In later years he found a deep-rooted connection to surrealism, especially the work of Salvador Dali. Garcia had become obsessed with the unique images and amazing technique of the Spanish painter and he eventually traveled to Port Lligat, Spain to visit the home and surroundings of his mentor. After years of attending the Art Institute of Miami, where he refined his artistic vision in drawing and painting, he was soon earning an income from published illustrations. Garcia has enjoyed a rich and diverse career starting with the hit TV show "Miami Vice" commissioning him to create a mural on the side of a three story building, and used his paintings for interior shots. Apart from a growing number of private commissions, his distinctive images were commissioned by The United Nations Postal Administration in 1998 and 2003. His stamps brought awareness to the growing extinction of the rainforest and its inhabitants, and followed with the 50th Anniversary of the World Health Organization, bringing awareness to the vanishing supply of freshwater, where it earned him the prestige of the most beautiful stamp series of 2003. Garcia was chosen as an "Absolut Artist of the 90s" in the popular vodka ad campaign and with his second piece Absolut Electric, this further drew worldwide attention. 1998, 1999, and 2001 garnered him the distinction of official artist to The Grammy Awards where his creations influenced the look of the live broadcast and graced the covers of the official program book, CDs, posters, apparel, and other various items. His work included portraits of stars such as Destiny's Child, Ricky Martin, Coldplay, Santana, Celia Cruz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Digital

Silver Flowers, March 3, 2011
Located in New York, NY
Silver Flowers, March 3, 2011 Silkscreen with hand applied black Silica on Sauders Waterford paper, 410gm hot press 38 x 38 inches edition of 75 Prin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Screen

Thomas Demand, Grotto (from Catalogue Serpentine Gallery): 2 Photographs, Signed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Demand (German, born 1964) Grotto (from Catalogue Serpentine Gallery, Collector’s Edition), 2006/2009 Medium: Set of 2 cibachrome prints, exhibition catalogue Dimensions: each...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Photographic Paper

'Celebration (Homage to Sharon)' signed artist's proof I/XXV giclée print
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Celebration (Homage to Sharon)’ is an artist’s proof giclée print, signed and dated by the artist in the lower right. This piece is a part of Barnett’s ‘Morph Dog Series,’ so named for his use of a “morph dog”—a dog-shaped foam sculpture that transforms into a cube when turned inside out—to paint. Against a muted horizon, multicolored rings...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Giclée

I Like Prints and So I Make Them
Located in Bristol, GB
4 colour screen print on 300gsm archival paper 27 3/5 × 19 7/10 in 70 × 50 cm Artist proof of 6, aside from main edition of 75 Mint The seller can only provide the specific edition...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Screen

I Get Around
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: I Get Around Series: Spin Date: 2002 Medium: Etching on 350gsm Hahnmuhle paper Unframed Dimensions: 35.875" x 28" Framed Dimensions: 43.5" x 35.5...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching

You're Going To Need A Bigger Boat
Located in Manchester, GB
Nick Smith, You're Going To Need A Bigger Boat, 2018 Pigment print with screen print varnished over colour blocks on Somerset Satin 300gsm paper 72 × 60 cm (28 3/10 × 23 3/5 in ) ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Giclée

Offset print, cold stamp and spot varnishing - Korin, Pure White 2015
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful offset print by Murakami. This is a classic Murakami in which the artist showcases his prowess for reimagining traditional Japanese motifs within a new, contempor...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Offset

Lines of Force (Fire Red) State II
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with hand coloring, Edition 20 Her most recent prints are "Lines of Force (Fire Red) State II" and "Lines of Force (TBR) State II." Vibrant hand-colored lithograp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Vintage 1970s Alexander Calder poster (Calder prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder 'La Grenouille et Cie' Vintage original 1971 poster for the exhibition Pace Columbus (Ohio) featuring a printed Calder signature. Medium: Offset lithograph Dimensions: 25 x 32 inches An original 1st printing in very good vintage condition. Plate signed on the lower right from an edition of unknown. This is an original 1970s poster and not a recent reproduction of any kind. Related Categories Calder prints. Calder Mid Century Modern. 60s. Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art. Calder figurative. Vintage Calder.
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1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Branches of the Heart
Located in Soquel, CA
A biologically accurate heard inscribed with patterns by Esther Ramsay (20th Century). The central pattern is a triskele, a three-armed spiral. Emanating from the arteries are tree b...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Ink, Tissue Paper

Antoni Tàpies lithograph (1960s Tàpies prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Antoni Tàpies Lithograph 1969 Published by: Sala Gaspar as part of the 1969 Tàpies catalog. Lithograph in colors. 9x7 inches. Very good overall vintage condition. Printed signature from an edition of unknown. Antoni Tàpies: In his wide-ranging practice, Antoni Tàpies combined rich conceptual concerns with material experimentation and monumental scales. His work was variously informed by early modernists including Paul Klee and Joan Miró and by Art Informel artists, such as Jean Dubuffet, who were his contemporaries. Throughout his paintings, prints, sculptures, and works on paper, Tàpies built a visual language full of thick, impastoed gestural marks and a cosmology of symbols and scripts. His materials ranged from trash and earth to dust and stone, which created a sense of solidity and physicality throughout his oeuvre. Tàpies participated in the Venice Biennale four times and exhibited in cities including Paris, London, Barcelona, Brussels, Berlin, Tokyo, Zürich, and New York. His work has sold for seven figures at auction and belongs in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Moderna Museet, the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Fondation Beyeler, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Tate. Related Categories Spanish painters. Mid Century Modern. 1960s. Contemporary Art. Abstract art. Tàpies prints.
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1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Fern 25
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Carborundum, intaglio Year: 2007 Signed and numbered from the edition of 25 Image Size: 12 x 12 inches Paper size: 23 x 19.25 inches Signed and numbered by the artist...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Intaglio

WATER DROPS
Located in Aventura, FL
Water Drops, from The Official Arts Portfolio of the XXIVth Olympiad, Seoul, Korea, 1988. Silkscreen in colors on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Image size 3...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

In the Fifth Season
Located in New York, NY
Gregory Amenoff is a painter who lives in New York City and Ulster County, New York. He is the recipient of numerous awards from organizations including the American Academy of Arts ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Drawings 1970-80 (Cicada)" Exhibition Poster
Located in New York, NY
"Drawings 1970-80 (Cicada)" Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 1981 Exhibition Poster 30.5 x 22.5 inches Unsigned
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Offset

"El Sueno" Figurative Architectural Lithograph Edition 36 of 99
By Fernando Pereznieto
Located in Houston, TX
Figurative lithograph of a man in red riding through the air on a horn. The viewer looked out through a window with the view of the Dome of Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Children
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg Title: Children Year: 1994 Medium: Lithograph with vegetable dye water transfer on Arches Infinity paper Edition: 50; signed, dated and numbered in pencil...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Saul Steinberg lithograph 1970s (Saul Steinberg prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Saul Steinberg Lithograph c. 1970 from Derrière le miroir: Medium & Dimensions: Lithograph in colors. 15 x 22 inches. Condition: Fold-line as issued; very good overall vinta...
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1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Edition Bergen Kunsthall
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on heavy black wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered 6/120 in pencil. Published by Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway.
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Color, Screen

Peruvian Streams, abstract wavy artwork in blues, greys, engraved on aluminum
Located in Dallas, TX
Peruvian Stream is a contemporary blue toned artwork computationally engraved on aluminium. It is part of a pair, and each can be sold separately. Artist Matteo Mauro...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Metal

Four Color Quartets (Fourth Quartet)
Located in New York, NY
Suite $20,000. Individual Quartets $6,000. First Quartet 35 in. x 35 in. Second Quartet 35 in. x 45 in. Third Quartet 45 in. x 35 in. Fourth Quartet 45 in. x 45 in. Signed and ...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

H18-4 Splendour (from the Kaleidoscopes)
Located in Bristol, GB
Diasec-mounted Giclée print on aluminium composite panel Edition of 69/180 85 x 140 cm (33.5 x 55.1 in) Hand-signed by the artist and numbered Mint. Minor imperfections may appear du...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital Pigment

Project - Lithograph by Lia Rondelli - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated. Edition of 99 prints. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Studland Bay
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst H13-4 Studland Bay, 2023 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel. Hand-signed on the label and numbered. This artwork can be hung any way up. 120 × 90 cm Edi...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Giclée, Panel

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