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Modern Abstract Prints

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Color:  Pink
Square Variables XII
Located in Surfside, FL
Early graphic work by the photographer Todd Smith during his period at Pratt Institute in the early 1970s. Edition of 250, unsigned and unnumbered, as issued.
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Sacrifice Economy" Silkscreen 39" x 27.5" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sacrifice Economy" Silkscreen 39" x 27.5" inch by Patricio Gonzalez Silkscreen Not framed From "Looking for Happiness" series LOOKING FOR HAPPI...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Prints

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Screen

«Grid-Lock» Print by Tine Semb
Located in Oslo, NO
Digital print from drawing [2010] on 120 g paper, mounted on KAPAfix. Glass and solid ash frames. Approx. 60 x 90 cm / 23,62 x 35,43". Unique, 2012. Exhibited at Beers.Lambert Co...
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2010s Modern Abstract Prints

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Glass, Paper

(Partial) Portfolio containing 3 (three) lithographs and etchings
Located in Kansas City, MO
Grafica '68 (Partial) Portfolio containing 3 (three) lithographs and etchings Originally issued with 10 Lithographs, Silk Screens and Etchings, of which 7 (seven) are missing Year: 1968 Edition: 100 Size: 17.6 x 23.6 in. or 23.6 x 17.6 in. Publisher: Il Torcoliere, Rome - Italy Signatures: Sheets signed and numbered by hand Comes with folio box and individual artists' presentation sheets. --------------------------------- Artists works included: RENZO VESPIGNANI "Report on the artist" Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph in two colors Edition: 100 Size: 17.6 x 23.6 in. Publisher: Il Torcoliere, Rome - Italy Signed and numbered Ref: RVE_1909_01 LUCIANO DE VITA "Le cavalier inconnu" Year: 1968 Medium: Etching Edition: 100 Size: 23.6 x 17.6 in. Publisher: Il Torcoliere, Rome - Italy Signed and numbered Ref: LDV_1909_01 PIERO GUCCIONE "Images" Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph in four colors Edition: 100 Size: 23.6 x 17.6 in. Publisher: Il Torcoliere, Rome - Italy Signed and numbered Ref: PGU_1909_01 ======================= Renzo Vespignani was an Italian painter, printmaker and illustrator. Vespignani illustrated the works of Boccaccio, Kafka and T. S. Eliot, among others. In 1956, he co-founded the magazine Citta Aperta and in 1963, co-founded the group II Pro e II Contro for neorealism in figure art. ---------------- Luciano De Vita ( Ancona , 1929 - 1992 ) was an Italian painter , engraver , set designer and lecturer . Born in Ancona, De vita arrived in Bologna in the first post-war period, after having actively participated in the Second World War and having suffered the dramatic consequences. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts and was a pupil of Giorgio Morandi. From 1962 he taught in Milan at the Brera Academy , while in 1975 he returned to Bologna where he obtained the same chair of engraving that had been Morandi's from 1930 to 1956 . De Vita also actively dedicated himself to the theater , overseeing sets and costumes for shows that were also staged at La Scala in Milan. An example is the Turandot curated by Raoul Grassilli. ---------------- Emilio Vedova (9 August 1919 – 25 October 2006) was a modern Italian painter...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching, Lithograph, Screen

Profil Rose
Located in Missouri, MO
Signed Lower Right Numbered 61/200 Sight Size: 27.5 x 21.5 Framed Size: 31.5 x 24.5 Andre Masson was born in Balagne, France on January 4,1896. He was an engraver, sculptor, stage d...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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