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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
"Les Mexicaines" / "Mexicans"
Located in Berlin, MD
Bernard Cathelin (French 1919-2004) "Les Mexicaines" Colored Lithograph on Rice Paper. A peaceful impressionistic scene of three Mexican women in the street. Red. Orange. Black. W...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Rice Paper, Lithograph

Que, Aquatint Etching by Sergio Gonzales-Tornero
Located in Long Island City, NY
Que Sergio Gonzales-Tornero, Chilean (1927) Portfolio: Grafica Latinoamericana Date: 1970 Aquatint Etching, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in red pen Edition of 100 Image Size: ...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Still Life - Screen Print by Patrick Caulfield - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a lithograph attributed to Patrick Caufield, and realized in 1970s. Hand-signed on the right corner. The artwork is depicted through harmonious colors in a well-balanc...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Original Mondorf-les-Baines vintage spa poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Mondorf-les-Baines lithograph created by the artist Lex Weyer in 1959. Archival linen back in very fine to excellent condition; ready to frame. Grand-Duche de Luxembour...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

La Ligne - Lithograph by Pierre Alechinsky - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
La Ligne is a lithograph realized by Pierre Alechinsky in the 1970s. Good conditions, not signed. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composition.
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Bourbon Street, New Orleans
By Doris Barsky Kreindler
Located in New Orleans, LA
This rare lithograph is impression #36 out of a total of 50 Kreindler’s first solo exhibition was held at the Brooklyn Museum in 1935. Her travels became the basis for her later exhi...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

aa-Contemporary, Abstract prints, stil-life, figurative, nude, landscape
Located in London, London
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His work has been shown in Reina Sofía M...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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C Print, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

American Flag III (Geometric Abstraction Hard Edge Minimalist Abstraction) S/N
Located in New York, NY
PAUL VON RINGELHEIM American Flag III, 1979 Silkscreen in Colors on wove paper Signed and numbered in graphite pencil on the lower margin front 31 × 23 inches Unframed Hand signed an...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Woman in a Chariot
Located in Santa Fe, NM
WOMAN IN A CHARIOT This hand crafted Giclee print on canvas of 'Woman in a Chariot', by Boris Chetkov, provides the opportunity to own and enjoy a Chetkov masterpiece at a very affo...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Gesso, Giclée, Glaze

Mating Call
Located in Santa Fe, NM
MATING CALL This hand crafted Giclee print on canvas of 'Mating Call', by Boris Chetkov, provides the opportunity to own and enjoy a Chetkov masterpiece at a very affordable price. ...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Glaze, Gesso, Giclée

Gold Leafed Bronze Wings
Located in New York, NY
Lynda Benglis Gold Leafed Bronze Wings, 1979 Lithograph on wove paper Hand signed, dated 1979 and numbered by Lynda Benglis on the front in bright green crayon. Bears publishers blind stamp Unframed and affixed to dark grey/black matting Hand signed, dated 1979 and numbered by Lynda Benglis on the front in bright green crayon. Bears publishers blind stamp. Published by Landfall Press; a rare limited edition print from the 1970s, depicting a sculptural installation by one of the most dynamic influential and important art world superstars of our time. The writing on the print: Gold Leafed Bronze Wings Black Concrete Obelisk...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Frankenthaler, Solar Imp
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011) Considered one of the most widely known female artist in the world, Frankenthaler emerged in the 1950s under the influence of Jackson Pollock and Will...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Offset

Bacon, Untitled
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992) Francis Bacon has a distinctive style as a figure painter. In his mature style, developed in the 1950s, the paintings include images of either friends or lo...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Offset

La Main (The Hand) - Limited Edition Red Abstract Etching
Located in East Quogue, NY
Bright red, blue, and white abstract etching on paper by Moroccan artist Malika Agueznay. Limited edition. Edition 12/20. Signed. Offered framed. Malika Agueznay (1938) is a pioneer...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

Aliento de Poseidon
Located in Madrid, ES
“El aliento de Poseidón representa la fuerza y el poder del océano en nuestras vidas.” Technique: UV printing on aluminium
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Metal

BC007-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Expressionist, Surrealist
Located in London, London
"flowers III", 2019 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, Unframed His work has been shown i...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Messakti
Located in Madrid, ES
Technique: UV printing on aluminium
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Metal

The Quarrel (Belknap 294; Engberg & Banach 318)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Motherwell The Quarrel (Belknap 294; Engberg & Banach 318), 1983 Lithograph in colors on Arches cover mould paper Hand signed and numbered 1/100 in graphite on the front with publisher's distinctive blind stamp. Accompanied by original Tyler Graphics label 40 × 25 1/2 inches Unframed Hand signed and numbered in graphite on the front with publisher's distinctive blind stamp. The work has been removed from its original frame, but the back board has been kept bearing the original label from the publisher, Tyler Graphics, New York. There is no better art work for kissing and making up than "The Quarrel"! This rare Robert Motherwell lithograph...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Cremesi
Located in Madrid, ES
Technique: UV printing on aluminium
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Metal

N.Y.C., Bianca's 1st Birthday
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen N.Y.C., Bianca's 1st Birthday, 1989 Mixed media silkscreen and lithograph on paper Hand signed, inscribed, dated and numbered R.P/T.P II/...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Mixed Media, Lithograph, Screen

L0320-Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Pop art, Surrealist, expressionist, birds
Located in London, London
Building a home Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His work has been shown i...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

M00ba8-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Expressionist, Surrealist
Located in London, London
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His work has been shown in Reina Sofía M...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

My treasure, my sanctuary / - A Tortured Treasure -
Located in Berlin, DE
Johannes Heisig (*1953 Leipzig), "My treasure, my sanctuary" - To the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. Lithograph on strong yellowish laid paper with watermark, 53 x 39.5...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

M00ba9-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Expressionist, Surrealist
Located in London, London
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His work has been shown in Reina Sofía M...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Cash cow Original silkscreen print by Katie Edwards, coloured, animal print
Located in Deddington, GB
limited_edition Screen print Edition number 20 Image size: H:28 cm x W:19.5 cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look A q...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Rare 1923 Cubist Reuven Rubin Woodcut Woodblock Kabbalah Print Israeli Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the original first edition 1923 printing. there was a much later edition done after these originals. These are individually hand signed in pencil by artist as issued. ...
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1920s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Untitled (Byzantium), from the Long Point Gallery Portfolio
Located in New York, NY
Carmen Cicero Untitled (Byzantium), from the Long Point Gallery Portfolio, 1988 Woodcut on paper Hand signed and numbered 22/30 on the lower front; with printer's blind stamp. 15 × 2...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Threatening to defeat me once and for all / - A Christmas Pietà -
Located in Berlin, DE
Johannes Heisig (*1953 Leipzig), "Threatening to defeat me once and for all" - To the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. Lithograph on strong yellowish laid paper with wate...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Finely Detailed Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Finely Detailed Collotype on paper Finely detailed etching or collotype of a complicated fine line drawing o...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Plate 5, from Derriere le Miroir #156
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Plate 5 (Derriere le Miroir #156) Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #156 Medium: Lithograph Year: 1966 Edition: Unnumbered Framed Size: 22" x 29 1/4" Imag...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract portrait of a Woman Finely Detailed Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract portrait of a Woman Finely Detailed Collotype on paper Finely detailed abstract collotype of a woman by Heather Speck a San Francisco. Californi...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Oil, Ink, Gouache, Etching

Untitled, from the Sonnabend-Castelli Collection
Located in New York, NY
Keith Sonnier Untitled, from the Collection of Ileana Sonnabend and the Estate of Nina Castelli, 1973 Lithograph and Screenprint with varnish additions. Signed. Numbered. Signed and ...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Varnish, Lithograph, Screen

Exhibition invite, Ugo Ferranti Gallery, Rome, Italy (hand signed by Sol Lewitt)
Located in New York, NY
Sol LeWitt Untitled geometric abstraction for Ugo Ferranti Gallery Exhibition Invitation, Rome, Italy, 1980 Rare vintage silkscreen poster for Ugo Ferranti in Rome. Signed by Sol LeWitt on the front. Edition of 300 Provenance: Acquired from Wallector Gallery...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Untitled Figure
Located in New York, NY
George McNeil Untitled Figure, 1986 Lithograph on paper. Publisher's and Printer's Blind Stamps Hand-signed, numbered 78/84 and dated by the artist on the front with publisher's and...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen, Lithograph

Pocket Graffiti Wall: Peace with Spray Paint, Painting by Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Graffiti Wall: PEACE by Dani Humberstone [2022] Pocket Graffiti Wall: PEACE is an original mixed-media piece by Dani Humberstone as part of her pocket graffiti collection. Additional information: Original Spray paint, acrylic and biro on canvas Image Size: H:10 cm x W:10 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:10 cm x W:10 cm x D:2cm Frame Size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm x D:3.5cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Discover new paintings by artist Dani Humberstone. Dani Humberstone uses the symbolism of ripe fruit to illustrate the narrative. Painting directly from life allows her to translate three dimensions into two and capture the essence or life force of the subject. Individual fruits damage easily; so as they slowly age she tracks their gradual decay in the painting as she works. Fruit has been used metaphorically in art and language for centuries. It has helped Illustrate Fairy Tales, Mythology, The Bible and Shakespeare. etc An apple in Renaissance painting was symbolic of ‘a fallen woman’ and we still use fruit analogies to describe ourselves and our lives today. In her own work the artist also uses elements...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Canvas

Finely Detailed Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely Detailed Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Collotype on paper Finely detailed etching or collotype of a complicated fine line drawing o...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games (Hand Signed with Olympic Committee COA)
Located in New York, NY
Raymond Saunders Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games (Hand Signed with Olympic Committee COA), 1982 Lithograph Signed in graphite pencil on the front. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher on Olympic Committee letterhead. 36 × 24 inches Unframed Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher on Olympic Committee letterhead. This is one of 750 hand signed lithographic posters, published in 1982 to celebrate the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics . (though only approx. 200-250 are said to have remained). The Olympic Committee commissioned 15 nationally known artists, including Raymond Saunders to create unique designs to promote the event. In 2017, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne Switzerland...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Duality Triumphant I (Mid Century Modern Geometric Abstraction)
Located in New York, NY
Alfred Jensen Duality Triumphant I (Mid Century Modern Geometric Abstraction), 1963 Color Silkscreen on wove paper Pencil signed, dated, named and number 19/52 by Alfred Jensen on th...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Sprong in de Lente (Deux Personnages)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sprong in de Lente (Deux Personnages) Color lithograph, 1963 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil (see photos) Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil Printed on Arches paper Probably exhibited at David Anderson Gallery/Martha Jackson Gallery. Provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery David Anderson Gallery David K. Anderson Grandchildren Trust Condition: Colors fresh and unfaded Slight oil stains verso from the ink, not visible on front Image size: 18 1/2 x 26 inches Sheet: 22 x 29 5/8 inches Karel Appel B. 1921, AMSTERDAM; D. 2006, ZURICH Karel Appel was born on April 25, 1921, in Amsterdam. From 1940 to 1943 he studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. In 1946 his first solo show was held at Het Beerenhuis, Groningen, Netherlands, and he participated in Jonge Schilders (Young painters) at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. About this time, Appel was influenced first by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, then by Jean Dubuffet. He was a member of the Nederlandse Experimentele Groep (Dutch Experimental Group, 1948) and established the Cobra group (1948–51) with Constant (Constant Nieuwenhuys), Corneille (Guillaume Cornelis Beverloo), and other painters from Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam. The style distinguished itself through bold, expressive compositions inspired by folk and children's art, as well as by the work of Paul Klee and Joan Miró. In 1949 Appel completed a fresco for the cafeteria of the city hall in Amsterdam, which created such controversy that it was covered for ten years. In 1950 the artist moved to Paris; there the writer Hugo Claus...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

In the Bleak Midwinter with Giclée Print by Shirley Kirkcaldy
Located in Deddington, GB
In the Bleak Midwinter by Shirley Kirkcaldy This is an evocative limited edition Giclee print of Dartmoor in the midst of winter. Edition of 125 prints. Each print is numbered, titl...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Rare 1923 Cubist Reuven Rubin Woodcut Woodblock Print Israeli Hasidic Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the original first edition 1923 printing. there was a much later edition done after these originals. These are individually hand signed in pencil by artist as issued. This listing is for the one print. the other documentation is included here for provenance and is not included in this listing. The various images inspired by the Jewish Mysticism and rabbis and mystics of jerusalem and Kabbalah is holy, dramatic and optimistic Rubin succeeded to evoke the spirit of life in Israel in those early days. They are done in a modern art style influenced by German Expressionism, particularly, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Franz Marc, as introduced to Israel by Jakob Steinhardt, Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko. Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974 was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. Rubin Zelicovich (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Galati to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was of the well known Jewish artists in Paris along with Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years. In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery. Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine. Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judaea competition. He died in 1974. Part of the early generation of artists in Israel, Joseph Zaritsky, Arieh Lubin, Reuven Rubin, Sionah Tagger, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Mordecai Ardon, Yitzhak Katz, and Baruch Agadati; These painters depicted the country’s landscapes in the 1920s rebelled against the Bezalel school of Boris Schatz. They sought current styles in Europe that would help portray their own country’s landscape, in keeping with the spirit of the time. Rubin’s Cezannesque landscapes from the 1920s were defined by both a modern and a naive style, portraying the landscape and inhabitants of Israel in a sensitive fashion. His landscape paintings in particular paid special detail to a spiritual, translucent light. His early work bore the influences of Futurism, Vorticism, Cubism and Surrealism. In Palestine, he became one of the founders of the new Eretz-Yisrael style. Recurring themes in his work were the bible, the prophet, the biblical landscape, folklore and folk art, people, including Yemenite, Hasidic Jews and Arabs. Many of his paintings are sun-bathed depictions of Jerusalem and the Galilee. Rubin might have been influenced by the work of Henri Rousseau whose naice style combined with Eastern nuances, as well as with the neo-Byzantine art to which Rubin had been exposed in his native Romania. In accordance with his integrative style, he signed his works with his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters. In 1924, he was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Tower of David, in Jerusalem (later exhibited in Tel Aviv at Gymnasia Herzliya). That year he was elected chairman of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. From the 1930s onwards, Rubin designed backdrops for Habima Theater, the Ohel Theater and other theaters. His biography, published in 1969, is titled My Life - My Art. He died in Tel Aviv in October 1974, after having bequeathed his home on 14 Bialik Street and a core collection of his paintings to the city of Tel Aviv. The Rubin Museum opened in 1983. The director and curator of the museum is his daughter-in-law, Carmela Rubin. Rubin's paintings are now increasingly sought after. At a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2007, his work accounted for six of the ten top lots. Along with Yaacov Agam and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Education 1912 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem 1913-14 École des Beaux Arts, Paris and Académie Colarossi, Paris Select Group Exhibitions Eged - Palestine Painters Group Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv 1929 Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Rubin, Reuven Nahum Gutman, Sionah Tagger,Arieh Allweil, Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929 Artists: Ludwig Blum,Eliyahu Sigad, Shmuel Ovadyahu, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel,Ozer Shabat, Menahem Shemi, First Exhibition of ''Hever Omanim'' First Exhibition of ''Hever Omanim'' Steimatzky Gallery, Jerusalem 1936 Artists: Gutman, Nachum Holzman, Shimshon Mokady, Moshe Sima, Miron Rubin, Reuven Steinhardt, Jakob Ben Zvi, Zeev Ziffer, Moshe Allweil, Arieh Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Katz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 1939 Artists: Avni, Aharon Holzman, Shimshon Gliksberg, Haim Gutman, Nachum Ovadyahu, Shmuel Shorr, Zvi Schwartz, Chaya Streichman, Yehezkel Tagger, Sionah Rubin, Reuven A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1940 Artists: Shemi, Menahem Rubin, Reuven Avni, Aharon Mokady, Moshe Jonas, Ludwig Steinhardt, Jakob Ticho, Anna Krakauer, Leopold Gutman, Nachum Budko, Joseph Ardon, Mordecai Sima, Miron Castel, Moshe Pann, Abel Struck, Hermann Gur Arie, Meir Ben Zvi, Zeev Litvinovsky, Pinchas Artists in Israel for the Defense, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv 1967 Artists: Avraham Binder, Motke Blum, (Mordechai) Samuel Bak, Yosl Bergner, Nahum Gilboa, Jean David, Marcel Janco, Lea Nikel, Jacob Pins, Esther Peretz...
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1920s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Frankenthaler, Mary, Mary
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011) Considered one of the most widely known female artist in the world, Frankenthaler emerged in the 1950s under the influence of Jackson Pollock and Will...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Offset

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (The Seventh Commandment)
By Vito Acconci
Located in New York, NY
Vito Acconci Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (The Seventh Commandment), 1987 3 Color Lithograph with Collage with Rives paper Signed and numbered 6/84 by the artist on the front 24 × ...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

This is Only a Reality of Special Consensus
Located in New York, NY
Wayne E. Campbell This is Only a Reality of Special Consensus, ca. 1969 Silkscreen on Arches paper with One Deckled Edge Pencil signed and numbered 86 from the limited edition of 98 ...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Clarté I Mark Tobey abstract green turquoise and black lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Clarté by Mark Tobey is a characteristically delicate, abstract composition of swirling green and black curls. The gentle movement of his mark-making suggests a natural form such as ...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Rare 1923 Cubist Reuven Rubin Woodcut Woodblock Fisherman Print Israeli Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the original first edition 1923 printing. there was a much later edition done after these originals. These are individually hand signed in pencil by artist as issued. This listing is for the one print. the other documentation is included here for provenance and is not included in this listing. The various images inspired by the Jewish Mysticism and rabbis and mystics of jerusalem and Kabbalah is holy, dramatic and optimistic Rubin succeeded to evoke the spirit of life in Israel in those early days. They are done in a modern art style influenced by German Expressionism, particularly, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Franz Marc, as introduced to Israel by Jakob Steinhardt, Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko. Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974 was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. Rubin Zelicovich (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Galati to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was of the well known Jewish artists in Paris along with Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years. In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery. Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine. Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judaea competition. He died in 1974. Part of the early generation of artists in Israel, Joseph Zaritsky, Arieh Lubin, Reuven Rubin, Sionah Tagger, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Mordecai Ardon, Yitzhak Katz, and Baruch Agadati; These painters depicted the country’s landscapes in the 1920s rebelled against the Bezalel school of Boris Schatz. They sought current styles in Europe that would help portray their own country’s landscape, in keeping with the spirit of the time. Rubin’s Cezannesque landscapes from the 1920s were defined by both a modern and a naive style, portraying the landscape and inhabitants of Israel in a sensitive fashion. His landscape paintings in particular paid special detail to a spiritual, translucent light. His early work bore the influences of Futurism, Vorticism, Cubism and Surrealism. In Palestine, he became one of the founders of the new Eretz-Yisrael style. Recurring themes in his work were the bible, the prophet, the biblical landscape, folklore and folk art, people, including Yemenite, Hasidic Jews and Arabs. Many of his paintings are sun-bathed depictions of Jerusalem and the Galilee. Rubin might have been influenced by the work of Henri Rousseau whose naice style combined with Eastern nuances, as well as with the neo-Byzantine art to which Rubin had been exposed in his native Romania. In accordance with his integrative style, he signed his works with his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters. In 1924, he was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Tower of David, in Jerusalem (later exhibited in Tel Aviv at Gymnasia Herzliya). That year he was elected chairman of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. From the 1930s onwards, Rubin designed backdrops for Habima Theater, the Ohel Theater and other theaters. His biography, published in 1969, is titled My Life - My Art. He died in Tel Aviv in October 1974, after having bequeathed his home on 14 Bialik Street and a core collection of his paintings to the city of Tel Aviv. The Rubin Museum opened in 1983. The director and curator of the museum is his daughter-in-law, Carmela Rubin. Rubin's paintings are now increasingly sought after. At a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2007, his work accounted for six of the ten top lots. Along with Yaacov Agam and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Education 1912 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem 1913-14 École des Beaux Arts, Paris and Académie Colarossi, Paris Select Group Exhibitions Eged - Palestine Painters Group Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv 1929 Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Rubin, Reuven Nahum Gutman, Sionah Tagger,Arieh Allweil, Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929 Artists: Ludwig Blum,Eliyahu Sigad, Shmuel Ovadyahu, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel,Ozer Shabat, Menahem Shemi, First Exhibition of ''Hever Omanim'' First Exhibition of ''Hever Omanim'' Steimatzky Gallery, Jerusalem 1936 Artists: Gutman, Nachum Holzman, Shimshon Mokady, Moshe Sima, Miron Rubin, Reuven Steinhardt, Jakob Ben Zvi, Zeev Ziffer, Moshe Allweil, Arieh Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Katz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 1939 Artists: Avni, Aharon Holzman, Shimshon Gliksberg, Haim Gutman, Nachum Ovadyahu, Shmuel Shorr, Zvi Schwartz, Chaya Streichman, Yehezkel Tagger, Sionah Rubin, Reuven A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1940 Artists: Shemi, Menahem Rubin, Reuven Avni, Aharon Mokady, Moshe Jonas, Ludwig Steinhardt, Jakob Ticho, Anna Krakauer, Leopold Gutman, Nachum Budko, Joseph Ardon, Mordecai Sima, Miron Castel, Moshe Pann, Abel Struck, Hermann Gur Arie, Meir Ben Zvi, Zeev Litvinovsky, Pinchas Artists in Israel for the Defense, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv 1967 Artists: Avraham Binder, Motke Blum, (Mordechai) Samuel Bak, Yosl Bergner, Nahum Gilboa, Jean David, Marcel Janco, Lea Nikel, Jacob Pins, Esther Peretz...
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1920s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Lovers 8 -Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Expressionist, Surrealist
Located in London, London
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His work has been shown in Reina Sofía M...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Celebrate New York (hand signed limited edition poster)
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Celebrate New York (hand signed limited edition poster), 1974 Silkscreen on wove paper Hand-signed by artist, signed, dated and inscribed "to Lowell" on the fron...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

The New York State Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella The New York State Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission, 1991 Offset Lithograph Printed in Colors Signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front in bl...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

Theatre
Located in Santa Fe, NM
THEATRE This hand crafted Giclee print on canvas, 'Theatre', by Boris Chetkov, provides the opportunity to own and enjoy a Chetkov masterpiece at a very affordable price. Produce...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Glaze, Giclée, Gesso

L0310-Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Pop art, Surrealist, expressionist, birds
Located in London, London
New casa descompuesta Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His work has been s...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

flower29-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Expressionist, Surrealist
Located in London, London
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His work has been shown in Reina Sofía M...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Ritual Mark Tobey abstract black tan and white lithograph
Located in New York, NY
This delicate composition in black and tan features layers of sheer brushwork, inky daubs, and thin lines. Mark Tobey, one of the founders of the American Mystical school of painting...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Flowers6-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Expressionist, Surrealist
Located in London, London
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His work has been shown in Reina Sofía M...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Black and White Etching of Angels
Located in Houston, TX
Monochromatic abstract figurative lithograph of the Seven Archangels. Framed and matted in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Unsigned. Dimensions With Frame: H 6.13 in. x W 8 in.
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Early 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract India Edition 3/5 Linocut Print Nature Love Purple Blue Turquoise
Located in Norfolk, GB
There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that both depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rural India. In these Limite...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut, Archival Pigment

Abstract India Edition 5/8 Linocut Print Nature Orange Black Red Love
Located in Norfolk, GB
There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that both depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rural India. In these Limited Edition fine-art prints, made over a period of twenty years, we are offered the colours of India’s ancient land, the textures, light and the patterns that are everywhere. In the patterns of the arable fields to the jali's (carved screens) in the architecture. This work is however not romantic nor nostalgic but shows a deeper rooted need to offer a visual heritage of place, of where the artist is from and the journey that he is taking. The results are both compelling and honest. Mukesh Sharma, Voted Dyas II, Lino-cut/ chine colle, on German Ivory paper Edition: 5 of 8, 1999 Image size: 47 x 39 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed 'We belong where love finds us' Mukesh Sharma's work: It is often in childhood that paths are set for what we will become. Mukesh Sharma hails from a rural, agricultural village in Rajasthan, India. His Father is a craftsman who fixed and mended farm machinery and understood the working parts in the processes. Sharma followed in his Father’s footsteps, as is often the case in Indian families, but his was not the machines of the fields but the presses of the printing studio. Like his Father, Mukesh Sharma is fascinated with understanding how things work and how he can manipulate the metal in his hands. It is not surprising then that his medium of choice is printing. One of the most physically challenging of all the practices, it can often be physically challenging as well as technical and detailed. In his youth, Sharma would draw with stones on walls and floors. He was lucky his family encouraged this and he is grateful for his early art-training at the Jaipur School of Art but it was at the Baroda Art Department that he was introduced to the great printing traditions of Jyoti Bhatt...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut, Archival Pigment

Original "Greece" vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Greece” vintage travel poster. Archivally linen backed and ready to frame. This is an original 1967 Greece vintage travel poste...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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