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Abstract Figurative Prints

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
"Kimono 4" (Tan Kimono with Red Paper Strips)
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper applique kimono with red paper strips by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Numbered, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ("AP Kimono 4 Patricia A. Pearce"). No fra...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph, Tissue Paper

The Quarrel, Lithograph with poem, signed/N (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 ...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Harry Bowden, (Seated Figure)
By Harry Bowden
Located in New York, NY
This print was made for the American Abstract Artists Portfolio, 1937. All the images were lithographs made on zinc plates. Usually they were signed or initialed in the image -- on t...
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1930s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Garden
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Garden" 1997, is an original etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Charles Eckart, b.1935. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 3/8 in pencil b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Smooth Sailing
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Unique monotype, signed and numbered. Artist Robert Roach worked in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His one-of-a-kind, abstract monoprints are inspired by the landscape, climate and light of ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Monotype

Smooth Sailing
Smooth Sailing
$500 Sale Price
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Japanese woman artist, one-of-a-kind framed original abstract monoprint in blue
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a one-of-a-kind original monoprint, made on a press by contemporary Japanese woman artist Kyoko Takagaki. Takagaki studied art at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, USA. ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Monoprint

Japanese Fishing Boats, Abstract Diptych Screen Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Screen print (Serigraph) composition of Japanese fishing boats in two parts by an unknown artist (20th Century). Signed (possibly "Myketo") a...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Screen

"Portrait of Phyllis #22" from the suite "41 Etchings and Drypoints"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Richard Diebenkorn (American, April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This piece title...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Noir #11", Contemporary Miniature Figurative Abstract Lithograph in Black
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature contemporary black and white abstract expressionist lithograph of a highly abstracted face in white by Bay Area artist Peter Foley (American, 20th/21stCentury). Signed "P.F...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Parchment Paper, Lithograph

Leaves of Love-Orange Lady lithograph by Alessandro Nastasio
Located in Paonia, CO
Leaves of Love-Orange Lady is an original signed limited edition (XXII/ XXX) lithograph by Alessandro Nastasio showing a full figured orange colored nude holding flowers in each hand standing with her bare feet on the ground. She appears to have wing like orange and green leaves surrounding her. Paper size 18.25 x 11.75 image 13 x 7.75 in very good condition. Alessandro Nastasio was born in Milan in 1934. In 1952 he followed the “free school of the nude” led by Aldo Salvatori. In 1960 he attended the Atelier of Giorgio Upilio where Giacometti, Lam, Fontana, De Chirico worked and where he had the opportunity to study the themes of the inspiring myths. He worked at the MAF foundry with the master Tullio Figini who shared the secrets of the lost wax Renaissance fusion and where he met the masters Crocetti, Manfrini, Manzu , Minguzzi, Fabbri,. He then moved on to Quinto de Stampi at the De Andreis foundry where Marino Marini, Pomodoro, Rudy Wach, Strebelle, Negri and Rosental operated. A regular reader of the great sapienzal texts of antiquity, he trained in particular on the Bible which he illustrated with woodcuts, aquatints, etchings and linocuts, especially the Song of Songs, the book of Ecclesiastes and several pages of the Gospels He also drew his inspiration from the philosophical-religious tradition of the Eastern world through the reading of Rig-Veda, Upanisad and the Matnavi of Rumi. In 1966-67 he obtained the chair at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera and for thirty years he devoted himself to the teaching of Art Education in various schools. Nastasio created works both pictorial and plastic in collaboration with famous architects such as: Figini and Pollini, De Carli, Gardella, Faranda, Selleri, Ponti. His great talent soon came to the attention of various art dealers: first Max G...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Red for Love 2" Photography 18" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Tetiana Kalivoshko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Red for Love 2" Photography 18" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Tetiana Kalivoshko "The Red One - That Is Love" "The Red One - That Is Love" is a thought-provoking art series by Tetian...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

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

1960's California Pop Art Abstract Expressionist LA Lithograph "About Women"
Located in Surfside, FL
John Altoon (American, 1925-1969) From the 'About Women' Series. Color lithograph 1965/66, Hand signed and editioned in pencil with the chop mark of Gemini G.E.L. publishers John Altoon (1925 - 1969), an American artist, was born in Los Angeles to immigrant Armenian parents. From 1947–1949 he attended the Otis Art Institute, from 1947 to 1950 he also attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, and in 1950 the Chouinard Art Institute. Altoon was a prominent figure in the LA art scene in the 1950s and 1960s. Exhibitions of his work have been held at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Baxter Museum, Pasadena, and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Altoon's work was influenced by the Abstract Expressionism Movement although he is best known for his figurative drawings of the 1960s, with as Leah Ollman describes "a vocabulary of vaguely figurative, botanical and biological forms that he pursued until his death." He was part of the "Ferus group" of artists so called for their association to the Ferus Gallery that operated in Los Angeles in 1957–1966. Some of the other artists included in this group are Edward Kienholz, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston. He was featured in the Cool School documentary, a film about Altoon and other Ferus Gallery artists such as Walter Hopps and Ed Kienholz...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Children
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997) Title: Children Year: Circa 1960 Medium: Color woodcut Edition: Unknown Paper: Japan Image (block mark) size: 9.5 x 4.25 inches...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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 and numbered from the limited edition of 300. Born in Vienna Austria, but working in the US for many decades, Von Ringelheim, also known as a sculptor, brought his unique hard-edge minimalistic geometric abstraction outsider's take on the American Flag to this vintage 1970s limited edition, signed silkscreen. Unframed and in fine condition. Ringelheim was represented in the 1960s by the legendary Rose Fried Gallery...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Bond
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Tosin Oyeniyi is Inspired by his unquenchable passion to preserve and project the African culture to the global arena. Through my craft, I am unrepentantly determined to give beauty to the sight; heal emotional wounds and injuries; emphasis on love; preach peaceful co-existence; highlight societal ills and injustices; advocate for the teeming poor; unite families and bind lesions that are occasioned by inevitable disagreements; educate the black youths...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Linen, Ink

Bond
Bond
$960 Sale Price
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The Dance II (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL APRIL 15th ONLY** *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage Of It* Celebrating Spain in this original unique series by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Beau Monde, Abstract Art Archival Pigment Print by Michael Knigin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) - Beau Monde, Year: 2004, Medium: Archival Pigment Print, signed in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 25.5 x 17.5 inches, Size: 30 x 22 in....
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Pigment

"Orange Row", Abstract Geometric Minimalist Composition w Ovals, Limited Edition
By Geoffrey Bowman
Located in Soquel, CA
"Orange Row", Abstract Geometric Minimalist Composition w Ovals, Limited Edition Delicate and perfect ovals in orange, yellow, red, and blue are purposefully arranged on lined paper...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph, Etching

Colors of Africa Abstracted Zebras
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted limited edition photograph of zebras with vivid colors by Ken Dorr (American, 20th Century), c. 2000. #10/250. Signed and numbered lower edge of mat. Presented in black me...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Ink, Photographic Paper

New York State Dare, Dream Discover, Offset lithograph Hand Signed Ed. of 100
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 in ink on the lower right front in black ink (Edition of 100) Limited Edition of 100 (unnumbered) 39 1/2 × 23 1/2 inches Unframed Accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee This vibrant, hand signed offset lithograph poster designed by Frank Stella commemorates The New York State Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission. The poster alone is uncommon, but it is extremely rare to find a hand signed edition as this one. Highly collectible and desirable! An uncommon Stella print...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Ink, Lithograph, Offset

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. 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...
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1920s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Pleasant Scandinavia SAS original vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage travel poster, Pleasant Scandinavia, inen backed travel to Scandinavia on SAS Airlines. Excellent condition antique poster ready to fra...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Offset

Head on Ochre Wall, Graham Fransella, Limited Edition Etching, Two Panel Etching
Located in Deddington, GB
Head on Ochre Wall, Graham Fransella, Limited edition 2 panel etching no. 5/35 88 x 136cm
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Portrait of a Woman -Lithograph by Roland Oudot - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is a litograph realized by Roland Oudot. Hand signed on the left corner and numbered 30/90 on the right corner. Passpartout included ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Children II
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997) Title: Children II Year: Circa 1960 Medium: Color woodcut Edition: Unknown Paper: Japan Image (block mark) size: 9.85 x 5.35 inc...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Temporary Like Achilles
Located in Kansas City, MO
Benito Huerta Temporary Like Achilles Year: 1999 8 Color Lithograph Edition: 32 Paper: Rives BFK, White Paper Size: 30.25 x 30 inches Image Size: Same Si...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Young lady - XXI Century, Figurative etching print, Nude
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015) He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts)...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Globe of Thunder bright colors black background circus daredevil motorcycle fun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This archival pigment print is a ltd. edition of 25 Archival ink printed on MOAB Entrada white paper Paper size 21.5 X 26.5 in. Image size 18.25 X 23.5 in The Globe of Thunder is an actual attraction performed by daredevils in traveling circus shows. The Globe of Thunder attraction might have 2 to 6 motorcycles cycling round inside the mesh globe...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"The Devil at the Keyboard" 1976 hand-signed lithograph by Willem de Kooning
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"The Devil at the Keyboard" 1976 color lithograph artist proof. Abstract portrait of Thelonious Monk by Willem de Kooning. Hand signed de Kooning and numbered A/P in front lower righ...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

The Artist As Phoenix
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall (after) Medium: Original lithograph Title: The Artist As A Phoenix Year: 1972 Edition: 5,000 Sheet Size: 31" x 20" Reference: Chagall's Posters, pg. 58 Signed: U...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Sport Party - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, IDF
Alan DAVIE Sport Party Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On edition paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972 Excellent condition
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Dance I (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL JUNE 15TH ONLY** *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year-Take Advantage Of It* Celebrating Spain in this original unique series. The co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Circus Series C
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Circus Series C" c.1990, is an original monoprint on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 1/1 in penc...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Monoprint

'Chamonix' Mid-Century Hand Signed Original Lithograph.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-Century original lithograph entitled " Chamonix " hand signed by Joan Gardy Artigas and numbered 12/75 on arches vellum rag paper from the 1966-70 edition. Presented in period 19...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Printer's Ink, Rag Paper, Lithograph

"Altered States of an Autorittrati" 3rd State, Modernist Blue Self-Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold modernist self portrait in blue, a lithograph by California artist I. Colon (20th Century). Numbered, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ("2/6 "Altered States of an Aut...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Caroschka Stockholm 1982 Poster
Located in Paonia, CO
Caroschka 18.2-16.3 1982 Futura, Karlaplan 14, Stockholm is a poster with a woman in an apron riding a dog through the air and jumping over a Guitar Oil Pastel and a high he...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Color

Musée d'art moderne et contemporain Saint-Étienne Métropole, Hand Signed poster
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain - Saint-Étienne Métropole, France (Hand signed), 2014 Offset lithograph (Hand Signed by Peter Halley) 23 1/2 × 16 inches Boldly sign...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

Nude Study (14)
Located in Columbia, MO
Norman Carton Norman Carton (Russian American, 1908–1980), a vibrant force in Abstract Expressionism, was known for his dynamic use of color and expressive, gestural brushwork. Born...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

Rainbow Signed/N 1970s silkscreen & lithograph, pioneering female Fluxus artist
Located in New York, NY
Mary Bauermeister Rainbow, 1973 Lithograph and silkscreen on creamy white paper Hand signed, dated and numbered 56/250 by the artist on the front 19 x 25.5 inches Unframed This work is on the permanent collection of various institutions like: Rice University, Samuel Dorksy Museum of Art, Rutgers Zimmerli Museum and Wheaton College Massachusetts. While studying the fringe sciences the 1970s, Bauermeister created Rainbow (1973), a lithograph and silkscreen. She uses a creamy white background as the base. Two intersecting diagonal bands of color transcend across the page, and black cursive lettering dances over the surface serving as a mind map of interweaving ideas. Through the central band, Bauermeister shifts through the color spectrum; she begins with red and finishes with violet. Inspired by music, she uses strokes of color that are rhythmically smeared across the lithograph. The surface lettering, a kind of visual poetry, explores her interest in human emotion and science. The viewer can see Bauermeister’s thoughts as they flow into one another through the use of words such as bliss, love, and healing. Bauermeister also includes a repetition of words such as cancer, sickness, and cure. The word cancer emerges from a cell-like shape. A careful study of the words shows that they may seem dark in nature; however, she juxtaposes these words against the cheerful title and colors. Perhaps the rainbow symbolizes a new hope, an inspiration for an optimistic future. -Courtesy to the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art About Mary Bauermeister: A multidisciplinary artist known for her intricate and enigmatic assemblages, Mary Bauermeister (1934-2023) continues to defy categorization with layered works in a range of media. A precursory figure of the Fluxus movement—her studio was the meeting point for a number of defining artists of the avant-garde—her work plays an integral role in the discussion of art, both European and American, that emerged from the 1960s. Her reliefs and sculptures, which have incorporated drawing, text, found objects, natural materials and fabric, reference a plethora of concepts: from natural phenomena and astronomy to mathematics and language, as well as her own “spiritual-metaphysical experiences.” Maturing amidst the currents of Minimalism and Pop Art, Bauermeister’s art has resisted labels due to the singular expression of her interests and concerns, among them the simultaneous transience and permanence of the natural world with experimentations in transparency and magnification, multiplication and variation, structure and order, chance and ephemerality, introversion and extroversion. Her three-dimensional receptacles of thoughts, ideas, and notes contain visual, conceptual, and philosophical paradoxes that challenge perceptions and that offer literal and metaphorical windows into which one can glimpse the inner workings of the artist’s mind. - Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Screen, Mixed Media

As time goes by - Mixed media print, Figurative etching, Black & White
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (born in 1948) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Mixed Media

"Untitled" (one plate from "Maitres-Graveurs Contemporains" - Berggruen & Cie)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró "Untitled" (one plate from "Maitres-Graveurs Contemporains" - Berggruen & Cie, 1970) Color lithograph Year: 1970 Size: 9.0 × 9.8 on 9.4 × 11.1 inches Catalogue raisonné: C...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Femme Au Collant Rose", Rufino Tamayo, Figurative Abstraction, Etching, 30x22
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Au Collant Rose" by Rufino Tamayo is a Figurative Abstraction lithograph limited edition measuring 30x22 in. The piece is framed beautifully with a white mat in a gold and bla...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Art Investment Report
Located in New York, NY
Mary Bauermeister Art Investment Report, 1983 Lithograph on Arches paper Hand-signed by artist, hand signed and dated, with annotated blind stamp 26 1/2 × 20 inches Edition AP/250 Un...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Geometric Abstract Composition - Original Lithograph by Sante Monachesi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Geometric Abstract Composition is an original black and white etching realized by Sante Monachesi in the 1970s. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right. Numbered, edi...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Circus Series C
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Circus Series C" c.1990, is an original woodcut monoprint on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 1/1...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Monoprint

Composition - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original etching realized by Leo Guida in 1970s. Good condition. Mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (50x35). Not signed and not dated. Leo Guida (1992 -...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Thomas Ruff, Untitled (Stars 17h 38m/-30°, 1990), Signed Photograph
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958) Untitled (Stars 17h 38m/-30°, 1990), 1990/2004 Medium: C-print, bookplate and artist’s book Dimensions: 40 × 30 cm (15 7/10 × 11 4/5 in) Edition of 30: ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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C Print

The Sun Flower
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Sun Flower" c.1990, is an original colors woodcut on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 9/20 in...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Original Basel (Switzerland) vintage travel poster fastnacht
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: BASEL (Switzerland). In ancient Basel, they beat the drums at night to drive the evil demons from the city. Fastnacht. Museum linen backed. Basel; the city on the Rhein and much more! Printer and illustator: Schaffner. This image features the drum that you beat all night long to drive the bad spirits from the city. A drama mask...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1960s "Antique" Woodcut Portrait NY Artist Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Antique" portrait c.1960s Woodcut on tissue affixed to orange paper 3.5"x5.5" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Floating Silver Passion
Located in Long Island City, NY
A mixed media silkscreen by Karel Appel from 1975. An expressionist style image of a brightly colored figure over a silver, reflective underlay. Artist: Karel Appel, Dutch (1921 - ...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract Landscape India Edition 3/5 Linocut Print Nature Green Yellow Leaves
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, Untitled, Lino-cut chin- coll’e on German Ivory paper Edition: 3 of 5, 1999 Image size: 50 x 33 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed 'This work reminds me of my childhood and early youth, growing up in a village that was full of nature, surrounded by lush green. The towering Aravalli hills left a strong impression on me.' 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

"Here She Is" Black and White Abstract Lithograph Edition 1 of 4
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract black and white lithograph titled by the artist "Here She Is." It is edition 1 of 4 and it is signed by the artist and titled. Work is framed in a metal frame with a white m...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Cyclops Garden
Located in Paris, IDF
Archival pigment ink print on canvas Edition of 12 Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in Int...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Canvas

"Altered States of an Autorittrati", Skeleton Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking figurative abstract lithograph with skeleton by California artist I. Colon (20th Century). Numbered, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ("E.V. IV/X "Altered States ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

1970s Silkscreen "Woman on Checkered Background Red & Green"
Located in Arp, TX
"Checkered Woman Red/ Green" Artist unknown Silkscreen on paper c. 1970s 19"x24" unframed unsigned
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

Knots of Fire (Fuego) Monotype on Paper Contemporary Art Latin American Artist
Located in Houston, TX
Knots ok Fire: Monotype on archival paper Size: 20 x 20 by South American/Venezuelan artist Luisa Duarte is an example of geometric abstract art . Luisa Duarte works out of her stu...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Face with a Mustache - Abstracted Lithograph by Cathleen Panttaja
Located in Soquel, CA
Face with a Mustache - Abstracted Lithograph by Cathleen Panttaja Hip Woodcut Print done at the height of the Flower Power 60s, of a man with a large Moustache. Cathleen Panttaja (Am...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Woodcut

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