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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
Period: 1950s
Midnight Madness - Witches on Night Flight
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering female illustrator Gwenda Morgan creates an exuberantly complex image of a squad of broom-riding - pointed-hatted witches with black cats in tow. They fly through an inky black moonlit sky and are witnessed by only a rooftop owl. With the simple means of black and white, Morgan has rendered a highly charged composition that pluses with electricity. The whole image is on the cusp of being abstract while being representational. It is brilliantly designed with great attention to detail and is evocative of a sorcerer's malignant powers. Unframed. not signed Printed from the original block as part of the suite of 8 prints that accompanied the limited edition book Diary of a Land Girl, Whittington Press, 2000. The suite of prints was included with the first 50 copies of the book, and a further 8 suites were printed, from which this print comes. Gwenda Morgan (1 February 1908 – 1991) was a British wood engraver. She lived in the town of Petworth in West Sussex. Early life Morgan was born in Petworth, her father having moved there to work at the ironmongers, Austen & Co, of which he later became proprietor. He was the son of a Welsh-born military farrier. Education Following school in Petworth and at Brighton and Hove High School, Morgan, studied at Goldsmiths' College of Art in London from 1926. From 1930 she attended the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in Pimlico where she was taught and strongly influenced by the principal, Iain Macnab. The Grosvenor School was a progressive art school and the championing of wood engraving and linocuts fitted with its democratic approach to the arts. Works Morgan was commissioned to illustrate a number of books published by private presses. For the Samson Press she produced the frontispiece for Duke Hamilton...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Piège - Lithograph by Guillaume Corneille - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Piège is an original contemporary artwork realized by Guillaume Corneille in 1956. Original Lithograph on vélin paper Hand signed and dated in pencil on the lower margin. Guillau...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Red Composition - Lithograph by Marino Marini­ - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Red Composition is an original artwork realized by Marino Marini in 1953. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated on plate. Marino Marini (1901-1980),was an Italian sculptor. ...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition - Original Lithograph by North European Master - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a wonderful color lithograph made in 1959 by an Informal artist. From an edition of 300 copies, this high-quality print represents a geometrical and colorful...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sol Animè - Original Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Sol Animè is an original lithograph on watermarked paper "Arc". Abstract composition by the French artist Jean Dubuffet, in 1958. In excellent conditions. Image Dimensions: 31 x 40....
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Fletrissure Allegre - Original Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Fletrissure Allegre is an original lithograph on watermarked paper "Arc". Abstract composition by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. From the album of "Cites et Chaussees" (1953-1959...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Les Nids de Pierres - Original Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Les nids de pierres is an original B/W lithograph on watermarked paper "Arc". Abstract composition by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. From the Stuite of "Thea...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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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...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Screen Print and Lithograph by E. Brunori - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a beautiful color serigraph and lithograph on paper, realized by the Italian artist Enzo Brunori (Perugia, 1924 - Rome, 1993). Hand-signed and numbered in pe...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Fossil
By Gio Pomodoro
Located in Roma, IT
The artist hand signed, numbered and dated this etching on its lower right margin. This is an edition of 100 prints. Good conditions. Giò Pomodoro (1930-2002) was an Italian sculpt...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching

Phosphorus and Flower - Etching and Aquatint by Mitsuo Kano - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 42 x 32 cm. Phosphorus and Flower is an artwork realized by Kanō Mitsuo in 1959. Original etching and aquatint. Artist proof, "Ep. d'...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Black Birds - Lithograph After Georges Braque - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
The Black Birds is a lithograph published by Maeght after an original composition by Georges Braque in 1958. Braque authorized and selected certain works to be reproduced by his tru...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

A Marcello Avenali
Located in Roma, IT
A Marcello Avenali is an original artwork realized by Franco Gentilini between 1940 and 1950, it is dedicated to Marcello Avenali, an Italian artist who was a friend of Franco Gentil...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Mixed Media

Abstract Composition
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an original artwork realized by Henry Goetz in the middle of the XX century. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin; "H.C." copy; first edition of 3 ...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching

Joie Innocente - Original rare Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
B/W lithograph on watermarked paper "Arc". Abstract composition signed, titled and dated on the lower margin in pencil by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. From the cycle of "Texturologie" (1953-1959). In excellent conditions. Jean Dubuffet (Le Havre 1901 - Paris 1985) Best known as the founder of the contemporary art movement called Art...
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1950s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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By (after) James Rosenquist
Located in NEW YORK, NY
James Rosenquist F-111 announcement: Vintage original folding exhibition pamphlet published on the occasion of a 1960’s exhibition in Stockholm at the Museet Moderna: September 29th-October 18th 1965. Features a reproduction of Rosenquist’s famed “F-111”. Folding out to four portions, the reverse chronicles an extensive interview (in Swedish) between Rosenquist & the museum. Rare and highly collectible. Medium: Offset printed fold-out museum pamphlet. Condition: Quattro fold-lines as issued; good overall vintage condition. Dimensions: 5.5 x 11 inches (opening to 5.5 x 44 inches). Unsigned from an edition of unknown; rare. Rosenquist began the painting F-111 in 1964, in the middle of the Vietnam War. He positioned his main subject, the F-111 military plane, which was in development at the time, flying through fragmented images of consumer products and references to war. Through its expansive network of colliding visual motifs, F-111 addresses the connections between the Vietnam War, income taxes, consumerism, and advertising. James Rosenquist was an American Pop artist known for his monumental paintings and prints. Often appropriating commercial imagery, his montage-like works combined popular culture, surrealism, and historical painting methods. “Much of the aesthetic of my work comes from doing commercial art,” the artist once said. “I painted pieces of bread, Arrow shirts...
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1970s Joan Miró lithograph (Miró prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1970s Joan Miró Lithograph: Lithographic insert from the 1979 exhibition catalog published on the occasion of Miro's exhibition at Maeght gallery, Paris. 12.5 x 17.75 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; minor signs of aging; contains a center fold-line as originally issued. Printed on fine, heavy stock paper. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Catalan artist Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983) spent a few years in technical school as a teenager before he began his artistic career. He trained at Francesc Galí’s Escola d’Art in Barcelona from 1912 to 1915, after which he had his first solo show in Barcelona at the gallery of José Dalmau in 1918. Starting in 1920, Miró divided his time between Montroig, Spain, and Paris, where he commingled with poets such as Max Jacob, and took part in Dada activities. Dalmau organized a solo show for Miró in Paris at the Galerie la Licorne in 1921, and in 1924, Miró joined the Surrealist movement. The consistently Abstract nature of his works, such as The Birth of the World (1925) blended well with the dream-like ambiance of Surrealism. After a trip to the Netherlands in 1928, Miró created the series Dutch Interiors, in which amorphous forms entered into his work. On October 12, 1929, he married Pilar Juncosa in Palma de Mallorca, and then moved to Paris. During this period, he rebelled against painting, and produced wood reliefs, assemblages, and collages. Although he was living in France, the influence of the Spanish Civil War can be observed in the intense color and strong imagery of Still-life with an Old Shoe (1937). Experimentation continued in Miró’s work until his death in 1983. His wide body of work included ceramics, various prints, drawing, and sculpture. Major projects include the 1958 ceramic murals The Sun and The Moon for the UNESCO building in Paris. He collaborated with Josep Llorens Artigas, and was awarded the Guggenheim Foundation’s Grand Prize. This collaboration can been seen in the artwork called Miró Artigas. Numerous retrospectives of his works have taken place during his lifetime and after. Related Categories Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Eduardo Chillida, Alberto Giacometti, Vassily Kandinsky, Ellsworth Kelly, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró prints...
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Located in NEW YORK, NY
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Located in NEW YORK, NY
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Bullfight - Original Lithograph by O. Dominguez - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
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Composition - Original Lithograph - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original lithography artwork realized by Ivan Mosca in 1957. Hand-signed and titled by the artist on the lower right, numbered, edition 4/10 prints, in pencil on the lower left. Hand written dedication to "Silvio Perina". Very good conditions. The artwork representing an abstract composition, through intese black in harmony with viola and yellow and other colors, through confident and strong strokes. Ivan Mosca (Parma, 1915 - Rome, 2005) was an Italian artist and painter. He moved to Milan where he attended the School of Book and the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche in Monza. He was interested in abstract art and met the artists of the Gallery "Il Milione", such as Osvaldo Licini, Manlio Rho...
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Composition - Original Screen Print by Alberto Magnelli - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
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Concetti Spaziali - Suite of 7 Original Lithographs by L. Fontana - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
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Located in Roma, IT
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Untitled
Located in Roma, IT
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Untitled
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