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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
Artist: Pablo Picasso
The Ballet Dancer - Pablo Picasso - lithograph, Framed
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso The Ballet Dancer, 1954 Lithograph on paper 32 x 24 cm - sheet 49.5 x 37 cm - Framed unknown edition size Printed signature Reference: Bloch 767 Frontispiece for the b...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Bacchanale, back cover from Picasso Lithographe III
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Bacchanale (back cover) Portfolio: Picasso Lithographe III Medium: Transfer lithograph Date: 1956 Edition: 3000 Frame Size: 20 3/4" x 17 3/4" Sheet Size:...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Visage au nez noir, Pablo Picasso, Pitcher, Design, Multiple, Atelier Madoura
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage au nez noir January 9th, 1969 Ed. 176/200 pcs White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes engraved by knife under partial brushed glaze, grey patina Stamped and inscribed un...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware

Bacchanale, front cover from Picasso Lithographe III
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Bacchanale (front cover) Portfolio: Picasso Lithographe III Medium: Transfer lithograph Date: 1956 Edition: 3000 Frame Size: 20 3/4" x 17 3/4" Sheet Size...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

La Danse, frontispiece from Picasso Lithographe III
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: La Danse (frontispiece) Portfolio: Picasso Lithographe III Medium: Transfer lithograph printed in colors Date: 1956 Edition: 3000 Frame Size: 19 1/2" x 1...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso 'Profil de taureau' (A. R. 317) Profile of a Bull Madoura Plaque
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Profil de taureau (A. R. 317) Terre de faïence plaque, painted and partially glazed, 1956, from the edition of 450, with the Empreinte Originale de Picass...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Pablo Picasso 'Visage larvé' (A. R. 347) Madoura Face Plate 1948
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Visage larvé (A. R. 347) Terre de faïence plate, 1948, numbered 20/100, inscribed 'D', partially glazed and painted, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Pablo Picasso 'Personnages et cavalier' (A. R. 540) Madoura Tile
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Personnages et cavalier' (A. R. 540) Terre de faïence plaque, 1968, numbered 178/500, with the workshop numbering, partially painted, with the Empreinte ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Terracotta

Pablo Picasso - Painter and His Model - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pablo Picasso - Painter and His Model - Original Lithograph 1964 Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm Edition of 200 (one of the 200 on Vélin de Rives) Mourlot Press, 1964 Cramer, 128 Unsigned an...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso Madoura 'Hibou brillant' (A. R. 285) Owl Ceramic Plate 1955
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Hibou brillant (A. R. 285) Terre de faïence dish, 1955, from the edition of 450, glazed and painted, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps.
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Pablo Picasso 'Centaure' (A. R. 338) Madoura Ceramic Plate 1956
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Centaure (A. R. 338) Terre de faïence plate, 1956, numbered 18/100 and incised 'C112', with the Empreinte Originale de Picasso...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Ceramic

Dans l' Atelier - 1960s - Pablo Picasso - Aquatint - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 50 copies plus 15 artist's proofs. Aquatint and drypoint. Image dimensions: 32 x 46 cm Reference: Bloch 1219; Baer 1201.
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Tetes: Le Vieux Buffon (Bloch 1104), Signed Picasso Linocut
Located in New York, NY
Linoleum cut printed in colours, 1963, on Arches woven paper, signed in pencil and numbered 30/50. Printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Linocut

La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de Jacqueline à la fraise)
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this color linoleum cut. Signed and numbered 29/50 in pencil by Picasso. Printed by Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Catalogue r...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Color, Linocut

Diurnes (Femme Assise En Pyjama De Plage II)
Located in Missouri, MO
Pablo Picasso "Diurnes" (Femme Assise En Pyjama De Plage II) 1962 Linocut printed in ochre and brown, 1962, on Arches paper Inscribed "Epreuve D'Artist" (Artist Proof) lower left, as...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Linocut

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Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Jenkins - Composition - Original Lithograph 1964 Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm Edition of 200 (one of the 200 on Vélin de Rives) Mourlot Press, 1964 Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Paul Jenkins, an artist originally associated with abstract expressionism, exhibits in his mature works a redefining of color, light and space on the canvas surface. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923, Jenkins worked as a teenager in a ceramics factory, where he was first exposed to color intensity and the creation of form. From age 14 to 18, he studied drawing and painting at the city's Art Institute. Initially interested in drama, Jenkins received a fellowship to the Cleveland Playhouse, then continued his dramatic studies in Pittsburgh at the Drama School of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Deciding to become an artist, Jenkins moved to New York City in 1948 and studied at the Art Students League. During Jenkins's three years at the League, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Morris Kantor were his influential instructors. While Jenkins continued to live and paint in New York City, his personal explorations took a metaphysical turn, which would ultimately become dominant in his work. P.D. Ouspensky's The Search of the Miracu/ous changed the artist's thoughts on human growth and limitations, while the Chinese I Ching, through its thematic emphasis on constant change, heightened his interest in flowing paint on canvas. Painting for Jenkins became an intuitive, almost mystical process. He commented, "I paint what God is to me." In 1953, Jenkins traveled to Paris, where, a year later, he had his first one-man show. While working at the American Artists Center, he continued to experiment with flowing paints, pouring pigment in streams of various thicknesses, with white thin spills as linear overlays. Jenkins's intent was to deny stasis and create a literal and metaphysical sense of dynamism, while maintaining a sense of unity. Beginning in 1958, Jenkins titled each canvas Phenomena, with additional identifying words. He believed the work to be descriptive of the discovery process inherent in each painting. Paralleling his beliefs, the artist's paintings have undergone subtle but definite changes. Beginning in the early 1 960s, a shift of color saturation and exposure of the white areas gave Jenkins's canvases an enhanced feeling of illumination. If Jenkins's technique is unorthodox, he is in many other ways a traditional artist. He works in an acrylic medium on traditional linen canvas or fine rag paper. Often he uses an ivory knife...
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The Ballet Dancer
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso The Ballet Dancer, 1954 Lithograph on paper 32 x 24 cm - sheet Edition of 1000 Printed signature Reference: Bloch 767 Frontispiece for the book "Le Ballet" (Paris: Edi...
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Pablo Picasso 'Visage No. 72' (A. R. 474) Madoura Face Plate 1963
Located in Miami, FL
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Vallauris Exposition 1956
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color linoleum cut. Signed in red crayon by Picasso. Edition of 200, unnumbered. Printed and published by Hidalgo Arnéra Catalogue reference: Bloch ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Le Peintre et son Modèle
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce, early lithograph from an edition of 50. Signed in pencil by Picasso. Catalogue reference: Bloch 98; Mourlot XXVII; Reuße 31
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1930s Modern Abstract Prints

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Bacchanale, back cover from Picasso Lithographe III
Located in Washington, DC
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Lithograph

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Located in Miami, FL
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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
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Pablo Picasso, "The Little Artist", 1956, lithograph in 5 colors, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Pablo Picasso - Painter and His Model - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pablo Picasso - Painter and His Model - Original Lithograph 1964 Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm Edition of 200 (one of the 200 on Vélin de Rives) Mourlot Press, 1964 Unsigned and unumbered ...
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Pablo Picasso Madoura Ceramic Plate 'Horloge à la langue' Ramié 327
Located in Miami, FL
This Picasso ceramic pitcher "Horloge à la langue, Ramié 327" is one in a small edition of 100 and is made of white earthenware clay. stamped and numbered Empreinte Originale de Pica...
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