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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
Original Arabic Art - Spain vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Arabic Art – Spain vintage travel poster. Artist: Jose Ortega. Size: 24.5" x 39.5". C. 1950. Original vintage European travel poster...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Meduse
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Meduse Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1958 Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil (see photos) Edition: 50 (25/50) Etching and aquatint printed in colors ...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Futurist Geometric Shapes, Triangles and Circles, White and Blue Transparencies
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes. It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...

Abstract Geometric Screen Print -- "Construction Over Yellow Sky"
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful geometric abstract screen print abstract in black, blue and yellow by Margo Hoff (American, 1912-2008), circa 1980. Titled "Construction Over Yellow Sky" lower left and signed lower right. Unframed. Presented on mat. Image size: 22"H x 30"W. Margo Hoff was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1912—the second oldest of eight children. Stricken with typhoid fever in 1923, she was bedridden for a summer and amused herself by drawing and making paper cutouts. Her formal studies began in high school and continued during two years at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa. In 1933 she moved to Chicago where she took classes at Hull House, the National Academy of Art and, later, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She remained in Chicago until 1960 and the city’s vibrant mid-century art scene profoundly shaped the first half of her artistic career. Hoff’s Chicago paintings were almost entirely figurative and evidence a classic mid-century modern urbanism informed by Matisse, the Mexican muralists, and other artists of the local milieu. Hoff traveled extensively throughout her life, in the United States, Central and South America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. When asked about the influences on her work Hoff stated “Almost anything except the work of other artists.” She cited the sources of her inspiration in “rocks, weeds, views from airplanes, rivers, subways, forests, machines, kinds of lights, red...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Laid Paper

Martian Fans
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Martian Fans" 1982, is an original colors lithograph by noted Japanese/American artist Hiroshi Murata, b.1941. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 38/8...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"de Kus" (The Kiss) Abstract Monotype in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"de Kus" (The Kiss) Abstract Monotype in Ink on Paper Bright and bold abstract monotype by Dutch-American artist Anouk Johanna (b. 1946). Two abstracted human-like dark grey shapes are mirror images of each other, surrounded in a multicolored background. The background has a textured look, with blended variations in shades of yellow, green, teal, and magenta. Signed and dated "Anouk Johanna '93" in the lower right corner. Numbered "1/1" in the lower left corner. Titled "de Kus" in the lower middle. Presented in a wood frame and an off-white mat. Frame size: 17.5"H x 15.75"W Image size: 9.25"H x 7.75"W Anouk Johanna (Dutch, b. 1946) grew up in Amsterdam Holland and already knew as a young child she was going to be an artist. In Amsterdam she was exposed to world class art and early on she showed signs of a multitude of talents in visual as well as performing arts. Her parents fully supported and encouraged her. She studied drama as well as costume and textile design and was part of a traveling theater group before she started studying sculpture at the prestigious Rietveld Akademie. In 1969 she was offered an opportunity to travel to the USA to study sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in Brooklyn, New York. There she met and married an American sculptor. They traveled and lived all over the US and in Holland and had two daughters. In Amsterdam they bought an old sailboat where they lived a romantic life as true bohemian artists and made art even when the children were very small. In 1971 they moved back to New York City and Johanna created large fiber art wall hangings for several years. In 1975 her husband and she, now living in L.A., learned to be silversmiths and started selling their jewelry at Arts and Crafts Fairs. This was a more lucrative way to raise a family than as sculptors. It was at the Californian Art Fairs that they were first introduced to the art of "scrimshaw" (engraving and inking of images on ivory or bone) and began to create their own scrimshaw pieces happy to be able to combine sculpture and drawing skills. In 1980, after a divorce, Johanna settled with her daughters in Santa Cruz, CA where she started taking classes at Cabrillo College and studied painting, drawing, jewelry, printmaking and art history while continuing to sell her scrimshaw jewelry...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink

"Illuminations" (after) Zao Wou-ki
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1966 on Johannot wove paper for the "Illuminations" poftfolio, and published in Paris by Club Francais du Livre. Image si...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Offset

"Illuminations" (after) Zao Wou-ki
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1966 on Johannot wove paper for the "Illuminations" poftfolio, and published in Paris by Club Francais du Livre. Image si...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Seasons Series 3, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden, American Title: Seasons 3 Year: 1974 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75 Size: 25 in. x 24 in. (63.5 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Sky, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Peter Kalen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Kalen - Sky, Year: 1969, Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, titled and dated in pencil on verso, Edition: AP, Size: 15 x 10.75 in. (38.1 x 27.31 cm)
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Tondo (Mourlot, Paris, Print, Design, Modern, ~30% OFF LIST PRICE, LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Fritz Glarner Tondo 1964 Original Color Reproduction on Velin d'Arches after painting Size: 10x7.375in Signed in the stone Edition: 2,000 Annotated verso Publisher: Mourlot, Paris Pr...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Vellum, Lithograph

Marques au Mur - Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized by Dubuffet in 1958. Artist proof, hand signed and dated in pencil lower right. Very good condition.
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Appearances Italy 1980 Multiple Silver Plated Bronze on Painted Wood
Located in Brescia, IT
Novello Finotti was born in 1939, in Verona, Italy where he lives and works. He is exhibiting since 1958 taking part to several art events, among which: Triennial Europeen de la Scu...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Bronze

Los Juegos - Lithograph by Rafael Canogar - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Los Juegos, Olympic Games Beijing 2008 is a mixed-colored lithograph realized by Rafael Canogar.  Edition of 260. Hand signed and numbered. This work belonging to the Suite "Olymp...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

After VHS - Giclée Print by Dadodu - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 60 x 60 cm. After VHS is a lovely giclée print realized by the contemporary artist Dadodu in 2008. This original artwork shows a VHS in a contemporary and Pop key...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print intagio monotype n64
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Feito (Spain, 1929-2021) 'Guadarrama VI', 2004 intaglio monotype on paper 55.2 x 39.4 in. (140 x 100 cm.) Edition of 76 Unframed ID: FEI1051-064 Hand-signed by author
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Intaglio, Monotype

"Long View, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 27" x 45"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Elwood Howell features the artist's signature high horizon line. Lush, green abstracted land extends the width of the composition, wi...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Digital, Giclée

Continuity #1
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ibram Lassaw Continuity #1 1971 Screenprint Visible: 19.5 x 25.5 inches Framed: 27 x 32.5 x 1 inches Edition: 100 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil along lower edge COA pr...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Blue Heron in Flight, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 45" x 60"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract limited edition print features a blue heron bird in flight (facing left). The background is an abstract rectangular pattern with blue and gold rectangles, which blend i...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Digital, Giclée

Damiers verts
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1968 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated EA Artist proof 65.50 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.79 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 42.99 cm. x 34.50 cm. 16.93 in. x 13.58 in. ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Prism, Large Colorful Abstract Lithograph by Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Untitled Year: 1983 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm)
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Abstract I., Photography, Fine Art Print, Limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography, printed as fine art print, limited edition of 15, signed by the author.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color

Multilayer 301 - layered abstract collage of unique torn original photographs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Multilayer 301 unique abstract photo paper collage (1 of 1), signed 39" x 31.5" / 100cm x 80cm About the artist Felix Schramm was born in Hamburg, Germa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Paper, Archival Paper, In...

Stone Horses , Etching by Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - Stone Horses. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered on pencil, Edition: E.A., Image Size: 16.5 x 22.5 inches, Size: 1...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Berthoud Pass, Rocky Mountain Skiing
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Berthoud Pass, located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, has a rich history associated with winter sports, skiing, exploration, and snowmobiling since the 1930s. An avid outdoors p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper

1960s Figurative in Red and Yellow Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Figurative in Red and Yellow c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 1.5"x2.5" unframed Estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus)...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Intaglio

Taxis, Rene Ricard lithograph of New York City life in grey blue with poetry
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph on butcher paper. Signed lower middle of plate in blue pen. One of 21 signed, unnumbered lithographs, this impression is in gray/blue ink. In ...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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 Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Screen

Cajas-I
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by world renown artist Ricardo Mazal exists in an edition of 50. The paper size is 37 inches h x 35 inches w and an image size of...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Green, orange and wine-red composition L58
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1963 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated EdA Artist proof Edition : /75 + 6 EA Publisher : Galerie im Erker, St. Gallen Printer : Erker-Presse, St. Gallen ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

No title
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1953 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 27/100 Printer : Jean Pons (Paris) LCD5358
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Suoni e Segni per Clivi di Maggio - Etching by Gianni Baretta - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 36 prints. Image Dimensions: 12,5x15 cm. Good conditions.
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print numbered lithograph n32
Located in Miami, FL
Antoni Tapies (Spain, 1923-2012) 'Scotch', 1974 lithograph on paper 35.5 x 24.9 in. (90 x 63 cm.) Edition of 120 Unframed ID: TAP1162-032 Hand-signed by author Cat. Galfetti, nº 393 ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Lettres
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving, 1989 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered II/XXVI Printer : Atelier pasnic (Paris) 75.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 29.53 in. x 22.05 in. (paper) Moulin Laroque paper Ce...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

NESTING BIRD Signed Lithograph, Abstract Bird, Black Turquoise Purple Yellow
Located in Union City, NJ
NESTING BIRD is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using hand lithography techniques on Arches paper, 100% acid free. NESTING BIRD is a li...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

City 365
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Risaburo Kimura– Japanese/American (1924-2014 ) Title: City 365 Year: circa 1972 Medium: Serigraph Sight size: 25 x 19.75 inches. Sheet size: 28.75 x 22.75 inches. Signatur...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

COMPOSITION (UNIQUE 1/1)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique monotype in colors. Hand signed, dated and numbered '1/1' lower left by Paul Jenkins. Frame size approx 27 x 34.5 inches. Additional images are available upon request. Cer...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Monotype

"Land of Dreams" Monoprint
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant abstract monoprint by Karen Pugay (American, b. 1960). Highly saturated, almost day-glow colors are layered to create deep, richly colored shapes. The abstract shapes hint at...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Monoprint

Intermesh, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Arnold Hoffman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arnold Hoffman, Jr., American (1915 - 1991) Title: Intermesh Year: circa 1970 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 90 Ima...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Variant - P1, F11, I1, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Sea Poppies and Linnets at Salthouse with Linocut, Print by Joanna Padfield
Located in Deddington, GB
Sea Poppies and Linnets at Salthouse by Joanna Padfield [2022] Sea Poppies and Linnets at Salthouse is an original limited edition linocut print, printed in blue. All of my prints ...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Homage to E.W. (Emerson Woelffer), Original Mid Century Modern Lithograph
Located in Denver, CO
Discover a stunning vintage original lithograph by renowned Colorado Springs artist Mary Chenoweth. This striking abstract composition features bold geometric shapes set against a vi...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled II
Located in New York, NY
linocut printed in 25 colors on Hahnemuhle paper For over thirty years, Nozkowski has practiced his own form of idiosyncratic abstraction, foregoing a signature style or subject mat...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

'Feu sous L'eau' (Fire Under Water) —Mid-century Modernism, Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Stanley William Hayter, 'Feu sous L'eau (Fire Under Water)', color engraving, soft-ground etching and scorper with yellow silkscreen, 1955, edition 50 plus 10 artist proofs, Black & Moorhead 221. Signed, titled 'Fire Under Water', dated and annotated 'Essai' in pencil. Dedicated in the artist’s hand 'for Adja & Dove WH Bill 17–5–55' in the top margin. A superb, richly inked impression with fresh colors, on heavy, cream wove paper; wide margins (2 1/2 to 3 7/8 inches), in excellent condition. One of 10 artist’s proofs. Image size 10 3/16 x 7 inches; sheet size 18 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THIS WORK In 1950 Hayter returned to Paris and reopened Atelier 17. Works such as 'Fire Under Water' reveal newfound influences, such as that of the Ardèche area of southern France, where he acquired a house in 1951 and frequently visited. Hayter took great interest in the flowing Escoutay River, an experience that parallels the artist and co-director of Atelier 17 Krishna Reddy’s interest in depicting water. While some forms in this print evoke the natural world, the palette of contrasting tones of purple, yellow, black, and white reflects Hayter’s belief in using color intuitively to express emotions and evoke feelings. The sharp white relief lines from the paper and the textural effects realized through soft-ground etching operate in tandem with the sweeping curves and bold colors to give the composition a sense of vitality and dynamism. —edited from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Published by 'La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine', Paris. Impressions of this work are in the following collections: British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris, now known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists he is credited with influencing are Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, and Marc Chagall. The hallmark of the workshop was its egalitarian structure, breaking sharply with the traditional French engraving studios by insisting on a cooperative approach to labor and technical discoveries. In 1929 Hayter was introduced to Surrealism by Yves Tanguy and André Masson, who, with other Surrealists, worked with Hayter at Atelier 17. The often violent imagery of Hayter’s Surrealist period was stimulated in part by his passionate response to the Spanish Civil War and the rise of Fascism. He organized portfolios of graphic works to raise funds for the Spanish cause, including Solidarité (Paris, 1938), a portfolio of seven prints, one of them by Picasso. Hayter frequently exhibited with the Surrealists during the 1930s but left the movement when Paul Eluard was expelled. Eluard’s poem Facile Proie (1939) was written in response to a set of Hayter’s engravings. Other writers with whom Hayter collaborated included Samuel Beckett and Georges Hugnet. Hayter joined the exile of the Parisian avant-garde in 1939, moving with his second wife, the American sculptor Helen Phillips...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

Vintage Exhibition Poster - Offset Print after Jean Fautrier - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Exhibition Poster is a vintage Offset print realized for the exhibition of Jean Fautrier in 2006. Good condition, no signature. The exhibition is in Galerie Di Meo in Paris...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Sun-Moon-Universe Rare vintage mid century 1950s French poster published Mourlot
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder Sun-Moon-Universe: Rare vintage mid century French poster, 1956 Offset lithograph Plate signed (printed signature) 20 × 17 1/2 inches Unframed Rare Mid Century mode...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Shadow
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
abstract photography, signed by the author, limited 3.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color

Shadow
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Sonata, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Mark Tobey
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mark Tobey, American (1890 - 1976) - Sonata, Year: 1975, Medium: Screenprint on Richard Des Bas, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 16 x 19.5 inches, Size: 21...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print silkscreen
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Chillida (Spain, 1924-2002) 'Bilbao – Mundial 1982', 1982 silkscreen on japanese paper 37.5 x 23.7 in. (95 x 60 cm.) Edition of 150. P/A: 25, H.C.: 50 Publisher: Maeght Unframed ID: CHI1038-010 Hand-signed by author ____________________________________________________ He began his career in 1943 studying architecture at the University of Madrid, but in 1947 he dedicated himself to drawing and sculpture, and in 1948 he moved to Paris, then the world capital of the arts. Although he abandoned his studies, his work betrays his architectural training, showing an underlying sense of structural organization, as well as discipline in materials, planning of spatial relationships, and scale of elements. Over the years, the artist turned to materials that showed his investigations into conceptual questions and metaphysical concerns. Chillida's first stone and plaster creations oscillated between the human world and the natural world using figures and images of landscapes. Consistently guided by the quality of space, density and rhythm, his works consider ways in which mass and volume contain space. His public works, which exist on a more massive scale, not only inhabit the space but also determine a qualifying space of their own. His monumental sculptures, designed for both urban and more secluded spaces, are permanently installed internationally and constitute an important facet of his artistic production. The main retrospectives of Chillida's graphic and sculptural work have been mounted by the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (1966); Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh (1979); National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1979); Guggenheim Museum (1980); Miramar Palace, San Sebastián (1992); and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (1999). Chillida received numerous awards, including the Grand International Prize for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale (1958), the Kandinsky Prize (1960), the Carnegie Prize for Sculpture (1964), the Andrew Mellon...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Porte Saint Denis
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1975 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Signed on the plate Edition : 220 ex. Publisher : Philips Data Systems 39.00 cm. x 48.00 cm. 15.35 in. x 18.9 in. (paper) 32.50 ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Large Mandragora Abstract Expressionist Screenprint Lithograph Darby Bannard
Located in Surfside, FL
Walter Darby Bannard (born 1934 in New Haven, CT) Mandragora Silkscreen Litho print on BFK Rives art Paper. Hand signed in pencil, numbered and titled. Walter Darby Barnard is a Pr...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media

Josef Albers, Study to Homage to the Square, 1977
By (after) Josef Albers
Located in Torino, IT
JOSEF ALBERS, Bottrop 1888 - New Haven 1976 Homage to the Square, Renewed Hope, 1977 (no. 5) Color d'après silkscreen, mm. 207x207. (from 1962 oil on masonite). Perfect copy, publis...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Julio Le Parc (1928) - screenprint on paper - 1973
Located in Varese, IT
Screenprint on paper, Edited in 1973 Limited Edition, numbered 44/100 in lower left corner signed in pencil by artist Publisher La Nuova Foglio, Pollenza di Macerata Paper size : 34...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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C Print

Mon Plaisir
Located in Long Island City, NY
Anne Youkeles' work blurs the line between painting and sculpture. Her works on paper, like "Mon Plaisir" (My Pleasure), are made with several folded pieces of paper, cut, colored, a...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Derriere Le Miroir 143 Front Cover' 1964- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is the original cover for Derrière le Miroir No. 143, a highly collectible piece from the iconic French art publication known for collaborating with modern masters such as Miró,...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionist Poster by Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - The Museum of Contemporary Art, Year: circa 1985, Medium: Poster, Size: 26.5 x 35 in. (67.31 x 88.9 cm), Printer: The Litho Shop, Inc., Sa...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Big Traces Italy 1985 Multiple Polished Pewter
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in Pergola, Italy in 1928. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He takes part to Exhibitions in Italy, Europe and Usa. In 1982 he gains the 1st Prize at the Bienneal of Ibiza. This was one of the Prize he won all over the world. This is a multiple of 300. Numbered and signed. Polished pewter...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Metal

Reflections of Lake Como
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Howard Behrens is Chicago born artist famous for his heavy palette style. This giclee of Lake Como is a signed limited edition, embellished and an artist print. It is numbered 22...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

John Chamberlain at Leo Castelli Gallery, vintage 1970s offset lithograph poster
Located in New York, NY
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Leo Castelli Invitation, 1976 Offset Lithograph invitation 21 1/2 × 16 inches Unframed This rare vintage offset lithograph invitat...
Category

1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

"Color and Black" Large colors etching with aquatint, framed
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Color and Black #3" 1991 is a colors etching with spit bit aquatint on Somerset textured white paper by renown artist Sol (Solomon) Le Witt, 1928-2007. It is and signed and numbered 11/15 in pencil by the artist. Whit the blind stamp of the publisher/printer at the lower right corner. The image size is 22.75 x 22.75 inches, paper sheet is 40.75 x 39.75 inches, Framed size is 43.25 x 42,5 inches. Published by Crown Point Press, San Francisco. Printed by Lawrence Hamin, Lothar Osterburg, Paul Mullowney and Pamela Paulson at Crown Point Press, San Francisco. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne #1991.07, plate #03. Custom Framed in a wooden black frame, floated on a white backing, with white spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Known for his modular white cube sculpture, geometric drawings and abstract design paintings including many wall paintings that took teams of people to execute, Sol LeWitt was a major promoter of dominant post World War II Conceptualism and Minimalism. He used geometric shapes and lines to challenge his viewers, and sometimes they seemed logical and other times they seemed to have no basis in either reason or reality. Although he was highly active in New York City, he shied away from any semblance of art celebrity life style and spent much of his later life working from his home and studio in Chester, Connecticut. At the beginning of his career when he was gaining notoriety, conservative critics panned him fiercely. Seeking to get away from the frenetic activity of the New York art scene, he went to Spoleto, Italy in the 1980s and remained there for many years. The influence of Italian culture seemed to lend a new opulent quality to his work, and also the launching of his wall paintings, which he called drawings even though they were done with acrylic paint. "He began making colored flagstone patterns, spiky sculptural blobs and ribbons of color, like streamers on New Year's Eve, often as enormous decorations for buildings around the world. It was if he had devised a latter-day kind of Abstract Expressionism . . ." (Kimmelman) Of his personal modesty it was written: "He tried to suppress all interest in him as opposed to his work; he turned down awards and was camera-shy and reluctant to grant interviews. He particularly disliked the prospect of having his photograph in the newspaper." (Kimmelman) Sol LeWitt was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Russian immigrant parents. His father, a doctor, died when Sol was age six, and he and his mother then went to live with an aunt in New Britain, Connecticut. His mother encouraged his art talent, and enrolled him in classes at the Wadsworth Atheneum. LeWitt's subsequent residence in Chester, after he was a well-known artist, was near the Atheneum, and he became a strong supporter of that institution including the securing of a long time loan to it of a highly prestigious private collection of modern art. LeWitt earned a B.F.A. degree from Syracuse University in 1949, and then was drafted in the Korean War. His special assignment was making posters for the Special Services. From 1955 to 1956, he worked as a graphic designer for architect I.M. Pei, who was beginning his career. He also did pasteups for Seventeen magazine...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Abstract prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

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