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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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Abstract Composition - Original Screen Print by A. Fanfani - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed-colored screen print realized by Amintore Fanfani in 1972. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition o...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

5/7/2020
Located in New York, NY
Ajay Malghan is an American artist and son of immigrant parents from India. His mother was usually found combining cultures at home, and his father, a Materials Scientist and Engineer often brought him to the lab. The daily experimentations happening around him, both personal and scientific, would later inform his work. While his parents wanted him to follow more straightforward career paths, he was the first in his family to eschew their expectations and pursue art and music instead. Malghan went on to receive an MFA in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design - Hong Kong. Here he experimented in a darkroom, bleaching film, adding watercolor to glass plates, thinly cross-sectioning fruits and vegetables until they formed abstractions, beginning his exploration into the repurposing of materials. In his twenties, Malghan was diagnosed with Leukemia, the treatment of which resulted in avascular necrosis, a bone disease that eventually required numerous surgeries and three hip replacements. His experience through illness and recovery not only led him to photography, but also informs his manipulation of raw, often overlooked materials in order to reorient our understanding of beauty, pleasure, and purpose. Malghan has been exhibited across the country and has lectured in Hong Kong, India, the University of Texas, the University of Notre Dame - Maryland, and UMLAUF Sculpture & Design Museum. He most recently has been commissioned by The Walters Art Museum, and his work is in the private collections of Johns Hopkins University, the University of Texas, and Georgetown University...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1994 monotype painting by American artist, David Chamberlain (b.1950). Summer Blues. Oil on Arches paper, image measures 9.75 x 11.75 inches; sheet measures 22 x 30 inches. The subtle variations of the oil application are quite lovely. Titled and signed by the artist in pencil, lower margin and on reverse. Excellent, clean condition with no damage or restoration. Unframed: sheet is loose with no backing. SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE David Chamberlain (American, b Canton, Ohio 1949) has been a full-time artist since 1977, and has created more than 2000 original works in both two and three dimensions. Over 100 of his works appear in the collections of recognized arts institutions and museums, worldwide. A serious and passionate musician (a cappella jazz singer with three recording albums and over 700 concerts in this avocation), Chamberlain's artistic approach and imagery is inspired by studies of musical patterns and relationships. Other influences include topology, poetry, design and flying. His sculptures are noted for their playful explorations of lyrical, melodic edges and harmonious spaces. The surfaces are all one continuous form; the insides become the outsides and vice-versa; the edges are all one line. Mediums include mahogany, bronze, titanium, gold, and ceramic/porcelain. His paintings reflect an enthusiasm for composition and improvisation. Chamberlain has developed a way to create original oil paintings using methods adapted from monotype processes incorporating a light table and mirrors, an etching press, and a variety of hands-on tools (including fingers, rollers, static electricity and blowing)... but no brushes. This method, sometimes called the Chamberlain Method, makes possible the intense collaborations he is known for, where he and another artist work on the same painting at the same time. Called Duett Painting, this mutual and simultaneous way for two artists to paint together attempts to involve the backgrounds of each, directly and profoundly. There are no rules, and there is no place to hide whoever the artists are appears in the composition. As each artist's marks influence the other's, the painting takes on a momentum of its own, compelling the artists toward a new direction neither would have pursued on their own. Chamberlain has worked with over 100 artists, musicians, dancers, poets and creative people from the USA, Asia, Europe, South America and Africa. About half of his paintings are collaborative duetts; half are conventional solo works using these techniques. His studio is based near Boulder, Colorado. He is married, with two children, a dog and three cats. EDUCATION MLA University of Colorado 2002 Landscape Architecture MFA University of Pennsylvania 1977 Sculpture & Printmaking BA Princeton University 1971 Architecture & Design SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Consulate of Japan, San Francisco, CA 1999, 1998 Major Shows Muse a Muse' Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1997, 1999 Retrospective: "Solos, Duets & Concertos" Muskegon Mus. of Art, MI 1996 "Duets" Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE 1995 MacLaren/Markowitz Gallery, Boulder, CO 1991 Retrospective: McKissick Museum of Art, Columbia, SC 1990 Retrospective: The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA 1988 Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA 1981, 1984, 1988 Gibson Gallery, SUNY at Potsdam, NY 1987 Arlene McDaniel Galleries, Simsbury, CT 1986 Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT 1985, 1986 Gallerie Obussier, Nantucket, MA 1985 New Acquisitions Gallery, Syracuse, NY 1983 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY 1983 COMMISSIONS: Operhall Suite; [Series of 6 original works] Muskegon Museum of Art 1994 Symphony Suite; Gibbes Museum & Charleston Symphony Orchestra 1994 Gospel Suite in F; New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA 1994 Eroica; Morgridge Auditorium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1992 Balletté; Southworth Library, Canton College, Canton, NY 1991 A Une Passante; M. C. Wallace Library, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 1991 Festivale; K. B. K. Foundation, Boston, MA 1990 A Une Passante; SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 1989 Balletté; Ensign-Bickford Corp., Simsbury, CT 1987 Torus; Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA 1986 Rondella; BNWC, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 1985 Viole, Ayre; Asset Management, Inc., Essex, CT 1983 Cantata; Horne Library, Babson College, Wellesley, MA 1981 COLLECTIONS Museums Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, England Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA British Museum, London, England Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Currier Gallery & Museum, Manchester, NH Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA Davis Museum of Art, Wellesley, MA DeCordova Museum, Linclon, MA Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, ME Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville,TN Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University, England Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC Gibson Gallery & Museum, SUNY Potsdam, NY Greenville County Art Msueum, Greenville, SC Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY McKissick Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of Art, Utica, NY Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC Nelson Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA San Diego Museum, San Diego, CA Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA Taylor Museum/CSFAC, Colorado Springs, CO University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT Institutions American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan [selected] Arjo Wiggins/Arches S.A., Annonay, France Bank of America, Boston, MA Boso Yusi Company, Tokyo, Japan Boston Ballet, Boston, MA Canadian Foreign Ministry, Ottawa, Canada Chase Manhattan Bank, Vietnam Embassy of Japan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates FIA Institute, Tokyo, Japan Fidelity Ventures & Associates, Boston, MA Frederik Meijer Sculpture Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI Gauteng Legislature, Gauteng, South Africa German Embassy to Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam Helix Technology Corporation, Longmont, CO Ito-En Company, Tokyo, Japan JAFCO America Ventures, Boston, Palo Alto, Tokyo Japanese Consulates: Boston, MA; Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA Japanese Foreign Ministry, Tokyo, Japan Japan External Trade Organization, New York, Tokyo Kepner-Tregoe Company, Princeton, NJ Kobe Steel, Ltd Tokyo, Kobe Mochida Medicines, Inc., Tokyo Monsanto, European Division, Brussels, Belgium New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA Nueva Set-Kei, Inc. Tokyo, Japan Opinion Research Company, Princeton, NJ PAR Associates, Inc., Boston, MA Price, Waterhouse & Company, Greenwich, CT Princeton Club of Japan, Tokyo, Japan Saint Joseph's Heart Hospital, Lexington, KY Spencer, Fane & Browne; Shugert & Thomson, Kansas City, MO Temple Society of Concord, Syracuse, NY T. Rowe Price, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO University of Wisconsin School of Business, Madison, WI Vietnam Embassy to Canada, Ottawa, Canada Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Stamford, CT COLLABORATIONS Johannesburg, South Africa (& Artist Proof Studio) 1997 Duetts with: Kagiso Pat Mautloa, Durant Sihlali, Mmakgabo Sebidi, Dumisane Mabaso, Nhlanhla Xaba, Pepe Abela, Vincent Baloyi, Ntepe Osiah Masekwameng, Gordon Gabashane, Sokhaya Nkosi Vietnam (& Indochina Arts Project) 1995 Fine Arts Associations, Saigon, Hue and Hanoi; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Hanoi Duetts with: Do Minh Tam, Hoc Hai, Huy Oanh, Le Anh Van, Le Thong, Le Van Suu, Manh Tuan, Mai Khanh, Nghia Duyen, Thuc Ban, Tran Khan Chuong, Tran Luong Studio Duetts 1995-2001 With: Yuji Kishimoto (Architect -- Japan/USA), Emi Tajima (Japanese master caligrapher), Nguyen Quynh Nhu (Vietnam), Eduardo Chavez & Arturo Miranda (Mexico), Kyi May Kaung (Burmese Poet), Patrick Moraz (Swiss/American composer/performer), Jingalu (Aboriginal Australian artist), Rungsak Dokbua (Thailand), and Americans Don Grusin (Composer/performer), Dave Grusin (Composer/performer), Harry Skoler (Composer/performer), Sarah Schneider (Dancer/choreographer), Sally Ranney (artist/humanist), Cleo Parker Robinson (Dancer/choreographer) China (PRC) 2001-2004 Proposal for an Artistic Collaboration with China, 2001-2004 (38 pages). Involving ten Chinese Artists, streaming on the internet, development of 160 museum-quality Duett paintings for world-wide exhibition; budget 1.6 million USD. HIGHER EDUCATION Visiting Artist [Associate Professor One-year appointment] 1990/1991 Art Department, University of South Carolina Adjunct Professor 1991-1994 Art Department, Rivier College, Nashua, NH Fellow/Panelist The Aspen Institute Aspen, CO 2000 Conference on World Affairs [Univ of Colo, Boulder] 1990-1998 Visiting Artist Haverford School, Bryn Mawr, PA 1999 Clemson University, Clemson, SC 1997, 1998 African Institute of Art, FUNDA Soweto, South Africa 1997 Princeton University 1996 Williams College 1995 Bradford College 1994, 1998 College of Charleston 1994 University of Pennsylvania 1993 University of South Carolina 1990, 1994 SUNY Albany 1992, 1993 Pine Manor College 1987, 1989 Bentley College 1988 Simon's Rock/Bard College 1988 Brandeis University 1986 Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 1985, 1986 Emerson College 1985 Harvard University 1984, 1985 Mount Holyoke College 1984 Syracuse University 1983 Colorado College 1977 Director; Artist in Residence 1974-1977 Arts College House, University of Pennsylvania Taught Drawing (figure & still-life) and Photography Initiated Interdisciplinary Program: Dance, Music, Poetry, Theatre, Film, Architecture, Art SCHOOLS & PROGRAMS Instructor, Photography & Visual Arts 1974-1976 Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Chair, Performing Arts Department 1971-1974 Purnell School Instructor, Visual Arts Department 1970-1974 Purnell School [Taught (& developed syllabi for) 21 Studio arts courses] Juror, College Entrance Examination Board Area: Fine Arts 1972 AWARDS Selection Who's Who: in American Art; in the East; in the World Grants Krasner-Pollack Foundation Emergency Grant, 1999 Indochina Arts Project (Ford Foundation) 1994 Individual Artist Grant, South Carolina Arts Commission 1991 K. B. K. Foundation, 1991, 1994 High Meadow Foundation, 1990 Ford Venture Fund Grant [Univ. of Pennsylvania] 1975-1977 Haas Memorial Fund Fellowship, 1976 GRANTS IN KIND Kodak, Rochester, NY Papeteries Canson & Montgolfier, Annonay, France; Royal Talens BV Oil Paints, Apeldoorn, Holland Takach Etching Press Corp., Albuquerque, NM South African Airlines; American Airlines Korean Airline; Trans World Airlines PUBLICATIONS Film segmant Video Jukebox DeCordova Museum of Art, Linclon, MA 1999 Film David Chamberlain: Artistry in Motion {30 minutes} SC-ETV/PBS 1992 Book Melodic Forms: The Sculpture of David Chamberlain {75 pages, color} 1990 David Godine, Publisher Boston, MA Videotape Search for Perfection; {16 minutes} FIS/Pucker Safrai 1982 Award: Red Ribbon Category: The Arts American Film Festival, New York INTERVIEWS All Things Considered, National Public Radio Weekend Edition, Monitor Radio & Public Radio International CNN Headline News, Atlanta, GA International News Scene, Reuters Press International, New York/Hong Kong Terra Infirma, Corp. for Public Broadcasting BBC World, London Art Scene, S. Carolina Public Radio Jazz Times, Blue Lakes Public Radio, Grand Rapids, MI Conversations with Jean Feraca, Wisc. Public Radio, Madison, WI WBZ-TV Boston, MA WCNY-TV Syracuse, NY WNPE-TV Watertown, NY WSBK-TV Boston, MA WERS-Radio Boston, MA RELATED EXPERIENCE Designs Arts College House (Program) ; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1975 Performing Arts Center (Architectural); Purnell School, Pottersville, NJ 1973 Fine Arts Center (Architectural); Purnell School, Pottersville, NJ 1971 Diplome Centre Audio Visuel Langues Modernes, Vichy, France 1973 School for International Training, Experiment in International Living, Putney, VT 1973 Graduate Credits Teaching Studio Art Institute, Colorado College, 1972 Consultant Sculpture Walk Project Univ. of South Carolina, Architectural Facilities Planning 1990/91 "How to create, fund and impliment a self-sufficient world-class sculpture collection" Speaker "[Man] In The Arena" , Haverford School, Haverford, PA 2000 "Architecture & Painting" Clemson University Dept of Art & Architecture, AIA Lecture 1997 Reflections on Creativity" Am. Inst. of Architects Convention, Highlands, NC 1994 "Neurons, Notes & Sketches", Conference on Art & Mathematics Albany, NY 1993 "Music into Sculpture", Conference on Art & Mathematics Albany, NY 1992 "On the Creative Process", Empire State Plaza Art Collection Albany, NY 1993 "Creativity and Fullfillment", Conference on Health & Spirituality Boston, MA 1991 Vocalist & Cahoots (jazz a cappella quartet) 1974-present Album Recordings: "Released" (1993) ; Arranger "Haven't We Met" (1991); All Good Children (octet) 1972-74 Album: "All Good Children" (1980); Canto Ergo Sum (sextet) 1971-72; The Footnotes (double sextet) 1967-1971 Album: "Another Summer...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Monotype

Me - Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Edition of 25 Unframed 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 Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Richard Whadcock, Ghost Path, Limited Edition Print, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Richard Whadcock “Ghost Path” Limited Edition Giclee Print unframed. H:58cm x W:64cm. Edition of 100. (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may loo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Giclée

Elegie des Alizés / GM 1978-19
Located in Paris, FR
Etching, 1978 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Publisher : Editions Regard (Paris) Printer : Lacourière et Frélaut (Paris) Catalog : RMM 592 43.00 cm. x 32.50 cm. 16.93 in. x 12....
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Zebra 2
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1984 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 124/125 Publisher : Graphos Verlag A.G. Printer : Silium (Paris) Catalog : Benavides 985 61.00 cm. x 47.00 cm. 24.02 in. x 18.5 in. (paper) 45.00 cm. x 35.00 cm. 17.72 in. x 13.78 in. (image) The French-Hungarian master of op art uses...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Out on the Coast
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Morris Out on the Coast Digital Painting on Archival Paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x24in Edition: 15 Signed, numbered and dated by hand on label to be attached verso COA provided Re...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sheaves
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This work is included in the collection of MoMA NY, which was donated by the artist. From a limited edition of 2000 Artist’s Remarks: When discussing the untitled 1950 related drawi...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Derriere le Miroir #221
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Alexander Calder Derriere le Miroir #221 Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #221 Medium: Original lithograph Date: 1976 E...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Abstract Silkscreen by Stanely Boxer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stanley Boxer, (1926–2000) Date: 1990 Screenprint, signed and dated verso in pencil Edition of 7/20 Size: 38.5 x 26 in. (97.79 x 66.04 cm)
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

G 1970-1 / LAS ESTAMPAS DE LA COMETA, planche II
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 33/75 Publisher : Las estampas de la cometa (Gustavo Gili), Barcelone Printer : Ed...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Composition - Lithograph Print After Alexander Calder - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a lithograph print realized after Alexander Calder in 1968. The artwork shows abstract shapes in vivid colors is typical of the artist's style. Good conditions with slight foxing and a very small cut on the lower. On the back of the artwork there is a description. Alexander Calder ( July 22, 1898 – November 11...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1964 Original exhibition poster of Max Ernst at the gallery The point Cardinal
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster of exhibition of the writings and engraved work of Max Ernst to the gallery of the point Cardinal. Max Ernst ( 1891 - 1976 ) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was one of the main pioneers of the Dada movement...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Antonio Sanfilippo - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a lithograph realized by Antonio Sanfilippo in 1973.. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered, edition of 100 prints. Good conditions....
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Dominoes
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 73/150 Publisher : Galerie Maeght (Paris) Catalog : Saphire E15 / Maeght 1402 64.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.2 in. x 1...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Lithographie Originale X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Lithographie Originale X Color Lithograph Year: 1977 Size: 25 × 9.6 inches With centerfold as issued Catalogue Raisonné: Teixidor, Miro Lithographe III, 1964-1969, p.32 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris, France Verso: Typographically annotated: 'Joan Miro - Lithographie originale X' Unsigned, Unknown Edition Size COA provided --------------------------------------- Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981 Surrealism, Fauvism, Cubism, Abstract expressionism, Naive art, Expressionism, Suprematism Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Hans Arp, André Masson, Hieronymus Bosch, Tristan Tzara, Modest Urgell
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Rites of Passage II
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined abstraction and established New York City as the center of the art world for the second half of the 20th century. Motherwell was also the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, teaching and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction. His work appears in museum collections around the world and is instantly recognizable for its boldness and black forms. Yet in addition to his impressive paintings, Motherwell is also revered as a printmaker. He is one of the most innovative and prolific printmakers of the 20th century. He was always searching for new techniques, whether at his own printmaking atelier, or collaborating with others, to expand his ideas and express his aesthetic. This print, along with "El General", was created at Tyler Graphics in 1979. "Rites of Passage II...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Exhibition Poster - Offset by Jean Fautrier -2010
Located in Roma, IT
Jean Fautrier - Exhibition Poster is an Offset print realized for the exhibition of Jean Fautrier at Galerie Di Meo, Paris. The artwork is represented in a well-balanced composition...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Derriere Le Miroir-Page 6-7
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Derriere Le Miroir-Page 6-7 Color lithograph, 1973 Unsigned (as issued) From: Derriere Le Miroir, No. 201, January 1973 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris Printer: L’Imprimerie Arte, Adrien Maeght Edition: Large (unspecified) There is also a deluxe edition of this issue of DLM, signed and numbered on the justification page, edition 150 Condition: Fresh colors a few spots of foxing near the centerfold, appropriate to it's age Sheet/Image size: 15 x 22 inches Derriere le Miroir (Behind the Mirror) The art...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Screen Print by Giulio Turcato - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a colored screen print realized by the contemporary artist Giulio Turcato 1973. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numb...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

At First Light, Signed Contemporary Abstract Digital Painting Print on Canvas
Located in Boston, MA
At First Light, Signed Contemporary Blue Abstract Digital Painting 24" x 24" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Archival Print on Canvas Hand-signed by the artist in verso. This square format digital p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Digital, Archival Pigment

Fortune Giver - Archival Pigment Print - Contemporary - Abstract Geometric
Located in New York, NY
Archival Pigment Print., Signed by Facsimile. Available in White, Black & Natural frame. Edition of 20: 26 in x 36 in About the Artwork: Lela Brunet is an...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

The Accordian Player
Located in New York, NY
deluxe limited edition of 25 medium: etching, aquatint, with carborundum, collage on paper year: 1980 paper size: 58" x 38" image size: 58" x 38" (145 x 98 cm.) frame size: 65.5" x...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Large Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen by Michael Steiner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Abstract expressionist print by American artist Michael Steiner, who is most commonly known for his large scale sculptures. Oxos II Michael Steiner, American (1945) Date: 1979 Scre...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

FHC - embossed paper work, minimalist curvilinear white artwork Jacinto Moros
Located in Hamburg, DE
"FHC" is an embossed original paper work by Spanish artist Jaquinto Moros. It is a contemporary curvilinear paper work with a sandy white appearance and relief effect. Edition 35, originally singed. Certificate. Comes framed in minimalist white wooden frame, 75 x 110 cm. Spanish artist Jaquinto Moros (born 1959) in Cetina, Zaragoza. He began to develop his career in New York where he lived for five years, before he moved to Madrid. He is known for his "post minimalism...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Two Variants - PI-F11
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens. A copy of the colophon which bears Albers’ hand signature and the edition number will be...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Perspective - Lithograph by Renato Livi - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Perspective is a lithograph realized by Renato Livi in 1971. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left margin. Edition of 150 prints. Abstract co...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Etching by Hsiao Chin - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a colored etching realized by Hsiao Chin in 1977. The artwork is hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Abstract Composition - Etching by Hsiao Chin - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a colored etching realized by Hsiao Chin in 1977. The artwork is hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition o...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Antonio Sanfilippo - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a lithograph realized by Antonio Sanfilippo in 1971. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered, edition of 100 prints. Good conditions. ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

BUSTE DE FEMME CHAPEAU BLEU Lithograph, Seated Woman Blue Hat Green Lips
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: BUSTE DE FEMME CHAPEAU BLEU #9-D Year of Original Artwork: 1939 Medium: Lithograph on Coventry ...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Perspective - Lithograph by Renato Livi - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Perspective is a lithograph realized by Renato Livi in 1971. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left margin. Edition 123/150, titled on the rear...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Homage to the Square PI-F20
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Composition from the series "Von Kopf bis Fuss" (1967) litograph in color 10/75
Located in Milano, MI
ASGER JORN (Jutland 1914-1973 Aarhus) From head to toe. 1966/67. lithograph numbered 10/75, signed lower right: Jorn. Paper size 90 x 63 cm Published and printed by Erker-Presse, ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Blue & mountain - Contemporary, Abstract, Expressionism, Modern, Pop art,
Located in London, London
Blue & mountain, 2019 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. Edition of 25 (Unframed) His wo...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Trace #3
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lauren Steinert Trace #3 Drypoint etching, mulberry chine colle on Rives BFK paper Year: 2022 Size: 7 x 7 inches Unique Signed by hand, titled and numbered by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1033 Tags: abstract, mark, archive, printmaking, drypoint, etching, intaglio, cartography, community, memory, observation Lauren C. Steinert received a Master of Fine Art in Printmaking from the University of Arizona. She received her Bachelor of Science and Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Printmaking and Glass-working along with Bachelor degrees in Environmental Science and German. She worked as the Printmaking Technician as well as the Relief Printmaking Instructor for the University of Arizona throughout her time as a graduate student. Steinert is currently the Printmaking Instructor for Pima Community College, a Glassblowing Instructor/Assistant at the Sonoran Glass School, and she works as an Artist Assistant. I believe objects hold memory more distinctly than people do. Spending immersive time with different objects around my home, studio, and the communal spaces I occupy, I attempt to visually translate the stories people...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Brink Of Awakening
Located in Paris, FR
Silksreen, 2014 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 4/50 Publisher : Galerie-F Edition 61.50 cm. x 71.50 cm. 24.21 in. x 28.15 in. (paper) 46.00 cm. x 60.50 cm. 18.11 i...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Silk

Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Antonio Sanfilippo - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a lithograph artwork realized by Antonio Sanfilippo in 1971. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower right. Edition 100 pr...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Me-Ta
Located in Paris, FR
Silksreen, 1973 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 66/200 Catalog : Benavides 206 76.00 cm. x 62.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 24.41 in. (paper) 53.00 cm. x 49.00 cm. 20.87 in. x...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Silk

Homage to the Square: PII-F17
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Perspective - Lithograph by Renato Livi - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Perspective is a lithograph realized by Renato Livi in 1971. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left margin. Edition 146/150 Abstract compositi...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

MIT International Theater - Original lithograph - Mourlot
Located in Paris, FR
Paul JENKINS MIT International Theater Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate Printed in Mourlot workshop c. 1980 Rare proof on Arches vellum 76 x 54 cm (c. 30 x 21 in)...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Burst of Sound
By Misako Shimizu
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Burst of Sound Lithograph printed in colors Signed and titled in pencil in Japanese (see photos) Edition: 30 (5/30) Provenance: Ralph Drake, Cleveland, OH, noted collector of decorat...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Perspective - Lithograph by Renato Livi - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Perspective is a lithograph realized by Renato Livi in 1971. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left margin. Edition 41/150 Abstract compositio...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Anna Harley, Nämforsen, Landscape river art, contemporary handmade print
Located in Deddington, GB
Nämforsen by Anna Harley [2022] limited_edition screenprint Edition number 30 Image size: H:38 cm x W:51 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:38 cm x W:51...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Untitled Geometric Abstraction
Located in Kansas City, MO
Wolfram Erber Untitled Geometric Abstraction Color silkscreen Year: 1977 Signed and dated by hand Size: 8.3×6.3in on 16.5×11.6in COA provided Ref.: 924802-1174 Wolfram Erber (1939-...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Abstract Composition in Pink - Screen Print by Mario Padovan - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition in Pink is a beautiful colored screen print realized by Mario Padovan in 1971. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left, Edition of ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

F121 - Contemporary, Abstract, Expressionist, Modern, Pop art, Surrealist,
Located in London, London
Inside the forest, 2019 Edition of 25 Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed) His ...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Die Noten - Screen Print by Paolo Minoli - 1992
Located in Roma, IT
Die Noten is a screen print realized by Paolo Minoli in 1992. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered "Artist's proof" on the lower left, Edition 7/20 prints. ...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Untitled, Ed. 87/200
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
woodcut on Chine Colle paper
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

Song of the Afternoon - Screen Print by Mario Radice - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.8 x 19.7 cm. Canzone di Pomeriggio is a beautiful original colored serigraph on paper, realized by the Italian artist, one of the pioneer of the Abstract art, M...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Tribu
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1992 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered XXXVIII/L 75.50 cm. x 86.50 cm. 29.72 in. x 34.06 in. (paper) 50.00 cm. x 61.00 cm. 19.69 in. x 24.02 in. (image) ...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Homage to the Square
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of th...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Spin, Spin Sugar (from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume II)
Located in Zug, CH
Spin, Spin Sugar (from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume II) 2002 Color etching on 350 gsm Hahnemühle paper 112 × 91.5 cm (44.1 × 36 in) Signed, dated, titled on the front Edition of 68 In mind condition The piece is offered unframed. Edition numbers might vary from what is shown in the images. It all started in Hoxton, East London in 1993 when curator Joshua Compston staged a mock parish fair called “A Fête Worse than Death”. All Young British Artists were invited to perform, Gary Hume was disguised as a Mexican bandit selling tequilas, Tracey Emin did palm reading...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Hommage to Shimizu
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1981 Signed in the plate at the bottom right 45.00 cm. x 55.00 cm. 17.72 in. x 21.65 in. (paper) 25.00 cm. x 30.00 cm. 9.84 in. x 11.81 in. (image) LCD5078
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Totem, Lithograph, 1979,
Located in Toronto, Ontario
With a world auction record of $2.3 million, achieved at Christie's in Paris in 2012, Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) is arguably the most successful post-war abstract painter from Ca...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Lollipops #2" Limited Edition Giclee Print, 16" x 20"
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Lollipops #2," by Sofie Swann measures 16" x 20" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame w...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Digital, Giclée

Abstract prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, red, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Joan Miró, Francisco Nicolás, Dadodu , and Josef Albers. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Screen Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.

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