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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
Invierno Primaveral (Sexual Spring-like Winter)
Located in New York, NY
Julian Schnabel Invierno Primaveral, 1995 Hand-painted, 17-color screenprint with poured resin 40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm) Edition of 80 signed in pencil and stamped on verso ...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Salvador Dalì (1904-1989) - Leda and the Swan -heliogravure and drypoint etching
Located in Varese, IT
mixed media incorporating heliogravure and drypoint etching hand-colored on Arches paper , Edited in 1964 limited edition, numbered in lower left corner 84/150 signed in pencil by a...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

ICARUS 2, Signed Lithograph, Black + White Abstract Male Figure Greek Mythology
Located in Union City, NJ
ICARUS 2 is an original hand drawn lithograph created in 1986 by the French American artist Marius Sznajderman, printed using traditional lithography techniques on archival Arches pa...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Niagara Series IV Yellow Signed Linocut Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Larry Zox Title:Niagara Series IV Yellow Signed Linocut Lithograph Year : 1979 Medium Type: Print - Linocut Lithograph Size-Width Size-Height : 42.25'' 29.75'' Signed ...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Mark Rothko 'Untitled, 1952' 2020 High Quality Poster
By Mark Rothko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction poster features a painting by Mark Rothko, originally created in 1952. Horizontally oriented, the artwork contrasts a dark red band over a largely green area at the...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Offset

French Avant Garde Bold Abstract Geometric Aquatint Etching Op Art Kinetic
Located in Surfside, FL
Original etching, aquaforte, aquatint engraving. poetry text by Robert Pinget on facing fold of sheet. The individual sheet is unsigned. The justification page is hand signed by t...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Richard Serra 'Videy Afangar #6' Limited Edition, Signed Etching Print
Located in San Rafael, CA
Richard Serra (born 1939) Videy Afangar #6, from Videy Afangar Series, 1991 Etching on Hahnemühle paper Signed and dated in pencil lower right Edition 73/75 (there were also 20 artis...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

I-S #1 /// Abstract Geometric Sewell Sillman Screenprint Purple Pink Modern Art
By Sewell Sillman
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Sewell Sillman (American, 1924-1992) Title: "I-S #1" *Signed and dated by Sillman in pencil lower right Year: 1968 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded heavy white wove ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

di Auguri, rare etching by famed Italian sculptor SignedN, museum de-accession
Located in New York, NY
Arnaldo Pomodoro di Auguri, 1992-1993 Etching on art paper Hand signed, numbered 69 from an edition of 100 and dated by the artist on the front Frame Included This uncommon limited e...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Joan Mirò(1893-1983) - Miró Milano - Color Lithograph on Arches paper - 1981
Located in Varese, IT
Color Lithograph on Arches paper Limited edition of 75 exemplars signed in pencil by artist Current exemplar numbered in pencil: 46/75 in lower left Paper size: 99 x 69 cm Excellent...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Two People Looking at a Piece of Paper, Abstract Screenprint by Peter Young
By Peter Young
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Young Title: Two People Looking at a Piece of Paper from New York 10 Year: 1969 Medium: Screenprint and pochoir, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Edition: 67/100 ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Three Figures
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection. It is limited in edition ,artist signed lower right and is in very good condition. Walter Becker was a German artist. Another impres...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Les Banderilles (IV), from A Los Toros Avec Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Les Banderilles (IV) Portfolio: A Los Toros Avec Picasso Medium: Transfer lithograph Date: 1961 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 18 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Butterfly Heart (Small) H7-4 print on aluminum panel new in publishers packaging
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst Butterfly Heart (Small) H7-4, 2020 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel in original publisher's packaging Signed by Damien Hirst & numbered 1483/3510 on t...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Metal

Mecklenburg Autumn
Located in Washington, DC
Title: Mecklenburg Autumn Medium: Lithograph in colors Year: 1979 Edition: AP (artist's proof, aside from the edition of 175) Signature: Stamped signature Image Size: 22 1/4" x 17 1/...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Harriet Hoult, At-Ha, Signed Limited Edition Print Abstract Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Harriet Hoult At-ha Limited Edition Giclee Print Edition of 50 Sheet Size: H 91cm x W 63cm x D 0.1cm Signed by the Artist This is a signed, Limited Edition Giclée print of the origi...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Liberation, Abstract Expressionist Color Etching by Mark Tobey
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mark Tobey, American (1890 - 1976) - Liberation, Year: 1973, Medium: Color Etching on Richard de Bas, Image Size: 10.75 x 9.25 inches, Size: 26.25 x 20 in. (66.68 x 50.8 cm)
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Eduardo Vera Cortes poster Antonio Maldonado exhibition (Puerto Rican artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Rare exhibition poster by Puerto Rican artist Carlos Osario. Una Gota de Sangre, 1963. Screen print on paper, 17.5 x 25 inches. Some wear and crea...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

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
Shadow
$256 Sale Price
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"Montagne Ocre" Very large etching with aquatint
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Montagne Ocre" 1973 in an original color etching with aquatint on Arches paper by noted Polish artist Johnny Friedlaender, 1912-1992. It is hand signed and inscribed E.A. (Epreuve d'Artiste) in pencil by the artist. The image and paper size is is 28 x 38.5 inches, framed size is 48 x 38 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold with dark brown patina frame, with off white matting. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is in very good condition, it has very minor restorations, practically invisible. This artwork is one of the largest work on paper ever created by the artist. About the artist: Johnny Friedlaender (26 December 1912 – 18 June 1992) was a leading 20th century artist, whose works have been exhibited in Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Japan and the United States. He has been influential upon other notable artists, who were students in his Paris gallery. His preferred medium of aquatint etching is a technically difficult artistic process, of which Friedlaender has been a pioneer. Johnny Gotthard...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled Abstract Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Fred Alfred Theophil Fathwinter Untitled Abstract Composition Monotype (mounted) Year: 1968 Signed, dated and titled by hand Size: 10.8×3.7in on 16.9×12.0in COA provided Ref.: 924802-1186 Fathwinter, artist name for Franz Alfred Theophil Winter (May 23, 1906 in Mainz, † June 27, 1974 in Düsseldorf), was an artist of the Informel. From 1924 to 1927 he studied at the State School for Arts and Crafts in Mainz and in 1929/30 in evening classes at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. During the National Socialist period he was banned from exhibiting. His evacuation to Murnau in 1942 led to a closer acquaintance with Gabriele Münter...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Monotype

Untitled - Lithograph by Alberto Magnelli - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Magnelli in 1945. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 91/100 Color litho...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Greenwich Arts Council Poster /// Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell NY
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1992) Title: "Greenwich Arts Council" *Issued unsigned, though signed by Motherwell in the plate (printed signature) center right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on Strathmore paper Limited edition: 700. (There was also a signed and numbered edition of 42) Printer: Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY Publisher: Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT Reference: "The Prints of Robert Motherwell - A Catalogue Raisonné 1943-1984" - Belknap Appendix: No. 28, page 282; "Robert Motherwell - The Complete Prints 1940-1991" - Engberg No. 202 Sheet size: 37.25" x 23" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Some minor edge wear. In excellent condition Rare Notes: Printed in three colors: black, green, and cream. Poster produced for a special exhibition "Sculpture 76" at The Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT from June - October, 1976. The image featured on this poster is Motherwell's 1972 acrylic painting on paper "Greenwich Sculpture". Artist's copyright lower left and printer's imprint lower right. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Biography: Robert Motherwell was born January 24, 1915, in Aberdeen, Washington. He was awarded a fellowship to the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles at age 11, and in 1932 studied painting briefly at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Motherwell received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1937 and enrolled for graduate work later that year in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He traveled to Europe in 1938 for a year of study abroad. His first solo show was presented at the Raymond Duncan...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Arctic Bloom /// Josef Albers Blue Orange Screenprint Homage to the Square Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Arctic Bloom" Portfolio: Soft Edge - Hard Edge *Unsigned edition, (there was also a signed edition of 50 on Rives BFK paper)...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Mimesis Noir III
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by world renown artist Robert Kelly exists in an edition of 30. Paper size is 35"h x 47"w with an image size of 26"h x 37"w. Rob...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Pigment

Treasure Rute I, Relief, stamping, linocut, collage on handmade paper, Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields Treasure Rute I, 1979 Relief, stamping, linocut, collage on handmade paper Titled, numbered, signed, and dated Treasure Rute I 1/11 Alan Shields 1979 on the bottom front...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Linocut

In the Water - P1, F2, I1, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Albers, German (1888 - 1976) Title: In the Water - P1, F2, I1 Year: 1972 Edition size: 1000 Medium: Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper Image Size: 13 x 15 in...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

IN TANGIER Hand Pulled Silkscreen, Abstract Landscape Green Palm Tree Morocco
Located in Union City, NJ
Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017), one of Britain’s greatest contemporary artists became best known for his vibrantly colored paintings that chronicle his personal experiences. IN TANGIER...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Rainbow Rain I (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Limited edition of 30 museum quality Giclee prints on CANVAS, signed and numbered by the artist. Print A "Certificate of Authenticity" issued by the artist is included. We are the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Vote McGovern for President, color lithograph, signed/N Alexander Calder, 1972
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder McGovern for President, 1972 Lithograph on wove paper with deckled edges Signed and numbered 93/200 in graphite pencil on the front; also bears blind stamp from Styr...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Bacon, Le Boeuf, 1986
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Title: Le Boeuf, exhibition poster Year: 1986 Medium: Offset Lithograph on premium paper Size: 30.75 x 18 inches Condition: Excellent Notes: Published by Foundation Maeght FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992) Francis Bacon has a distinctive style as a figure painter. In his mature style, developed in the 1950s, the paintings include images of either friends or lovers, or images of people found in movie stills...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Bacon, Le Boeuf, 1986
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre Soulages, Original Stone Lithograph n¨28 by Mourlot, Paris 1970, Signed
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pierre Soulages Lithographie sur papier Papier: 12.25 x 9.5in Cat Bnf n° 76 Signée au dos a droite, datée 70. Provenance : Collection privée Épreuve parue dans le n. 34 de la revue XXe Siècle. Mourlot, Paris, imprimeur ; XXe Siècle, Paris, éditeur. About Pierre Soulages : Pierre Soulages est né le 24 décembre 1919 à Rodez et décédé le mardi 25 octobre 2022 à l’âge de 102 ans. Il a été inhumé le vendredi 4 novembre au cimetière Montparnasse. Très jeune il est attiré par l’art roman et la préhistoire. Il commence à peindre dans cette province isolée que n’ont pas pénétré les courants artistiques contemporains. À 18 ans, il se rend à Paris pour préparer le professorat de dessin et le concours d’entrée à l’École Nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. Il y est admis mais convaincu de la médiocrité de l’enseignement qu’on y reçoit refuse d’y entrer et repart aussitôt pour Rodez. Pendant ce bref séjour à Paris il fréquente le musée du Louvre, il voit des expositions de Cézanne et Picasso qui sont pour lui des révélations. Mobilisé en 1940,il sera démobilisé en 1941. Paris occupé, il se rend à Montpellier et fréquente assidûment le musée Fabre. Montpellier à son tour occupé, commence pour lui une période de clandestinité pour échapper au STO pendant laquelle il ne peint plus. Ce n’est qu’en 1946 qu’il peut consacrer tout son temps à la peinture. Il s’installe alors dans la banlieue parisienne. Ses toiles où le noir domine sont abstraites et sombres. Elles sont aussitôt remarquées tant elles diffèrent de la peinture demi-figurative et très colorée de l’après-guerre. Il trouve un atelier à Paris, rue Schoelcher, près de Montparnasse. En 1948, il participe à des expositions à Paris et en Europe, notamment à « Französische abstrakte malerei » dans plusieurs musées allemands. Il est de beaucoup le plus jeune de ce petit groupe de peintres où se trouvent les premiers maîtres de l’art abstrait, Kupka, Domela, Herbin, etc. L’affiche est faite avec une de ses peintures en noir et blanc. 1949, exposition personnelle à Paris, galerie Lydia...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Yellow and Blue Abstract Print by Jasha Green
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jasha Green, American (1923 - 2006) Title: Untitled 6 Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled, 2025
Located in New York, NY
Marlon Mullen (b. 1963, Richmond, CA) has been painting at NIAD Art Center, a progressive studio for artists with developmental disabilities since 1986. Mullen draws his inspiration ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XVII Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Observations:...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Laser II, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Murray Zucker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Murray Zucker, American (1920 - ) Title: Laser II Year: circa 1970 Medium: Screenprint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: 30/175 Image: 24 x 23.5 inches Paper S...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Salvador Dalì (1904-1989) - Femme a coussin - Drypoint, etchings - 1969
Located in Varese, IT
Hand coloured drypoint, etchings on Arches paper Edited in 1969/1970. Limited edition of 145 copies, numbered 55/145 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lowe...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Composition (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Untitled #260 " watercolor print on fine art paper
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Over the past 20 years, Michelle Oppenheimer has become well known for composing paintings that capture the imaginative and organic possibilities of abstract watercolor and acrylic. ...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Inkjet

Number 32 (1950)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exhibition poster produced in 2004. Referencing Pollock's 1950 original. Exemplifies his "drip technique" which was accomplished by hovering over a piece of canvas stretched out on ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Number 32 (1950)
$72 Sale Price
20% Off
Joe Goode, Floating Cards - Part IV, Lithograph on Arches paper, Hand signed AP
Located in New York, NY
Joe Goode Floating Cards - Part IV, 1969 Lithograph on Arches paper with two deckled edges. Hand signed, dated and annotated Artists Proof on the lower front 22 1/4 × 29 4/5 inches Unframed Part of Joe Goode's five part 1960s series "Floating Cards". Rarely to market. The provenance of this print is from the Reese-Palley Gallery. The famous dealer and adventurer Reese Palley of Atlantic City New Jersey - was the second gallerist in the 1960s - after Paula Cooper - to set up shop in SOHO. Hand signed, dated, and annotated Artist's Proof aside from the regular edition. Pop art pioneer Joe Goode (born 1937) was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1937. In 1959 he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he attended the Chouinard Art Institute until 1961. First recognized for his Pop Art milk bottle paintings and cloud imagery, Goode's work was included along with Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Phillip Hefferton, Robert Dowd, Edward Ruscha, and Wayne Thiebaud, in the 1962 ground-breaking exhibit New Painting of Common Objects, curated by Walter Hopps...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

James Brooks at Martha Jackson gallery (rare Abstract Expressionist poster)
Located in New York, NY
James Brooks James Brooks at Martha Jackson gallery (rare Abstract Expressionist poster), 1972 Offset Lithograph poster Unsigned, unnumbe...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Red Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Rare 1970s offset lithograph exhibition poster (pencil signed by Philip Guston)
Located in New York, NY
Philip Guston at David McKee Gallery (pencil signed by Philip Guston), 1974 Lithograph and offset lithograph poster Signed in graphite pencil under the image 24 1/2 × 20 inches Unframed, unnumbered Rare vintage lithographic poster of 1974 Guston exhibition at David McKee Gallery Signed under the image in graphite pencil by Philip Guston Another hand signed edition is in the permanent collection of Vassar College; otherwise we haven't seen another besides the present work; a true collectors item when hand signed by the artist. Philip Guston Biography Philip Guston (1913 – 1980) is one of the great luminaries of twentieth-century art. His commitment to producing work from genuine emotion and lived experience ensures its enduring impact. Guston’s legendary career spanned a half century, from 1930 to 1980. His paintings—particularly the liberated and instinctual forms of his late work—continue to exert a powerful influence on younger generations of contemporary painters. Born in Montreal, Canada, in 1913 to poor Russian Jewish émigrés, Guston moved with his family to California in 1919. Briefly attending the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1930, he was otherwise completely self-taught. Guston’s first precocious work, Mother and Child, was completed when he was only seventeen years of age. Influenced by the social and political landscape of the 1930s, his earliest works evoked the stylized forms of Giorgio de Chirico and Pablo Picasso, social realist motifs of the Mexican muralists, and classical properties of Italian Renaissance frescoes of Piero della Francesca and Masaccio that he had seen only in reproduction. Painted in Mexico with another young artist, the huge fresco The Struggle Against War and Fascism drew national attention in the US. Guston’s success continued in the WPA, a Depression-era government program that commissioned American artists to create murals in public buildings. While not widely known today, the young artist’s early experiences as a mural painter allowed a development of narrative and scale that he would draw upon in his late figurative work. In the early 1940s, as the WPA program was ending, Guston found work teaching at universities in the Midwestern United States. In his studio, he was working in oils on easel paintings that were more personal and smaller in scale, focusing on portraits and allegories, like Martial Memory and If This Be Not I. His first solo exhibition in Iowa was well received and, within a few years, he was offered his first solo show in New York City. Guston was awarded a Prix de Rome, allowing him to leave teaching and spend a year in Italy, studying firsthand the Italian masters he loved. By the time he had finished The Tormentors, Guston’s move to abstraction was all but complete. On his return from Italy, he continued dividing his time between the artists’ colony of Woodstock in Upstate New York and New York City, which was then emerging as the center of the postwar art world. He rented a studio on 10th Street, where abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko also worked. For Guston, success was never what mattered most. He was already impatient with the language of pure abstraction and experimenting with larger forms, using a limited palette of grays, pinks and blacks. As his forms became still more reduced, he stopped painting altogether and embarked on a series of simplified abstract “pure drawings” in brush or charcoal. At this juncture, Guston removed himself from the art scene in New York, living and working in Woodstock for the remainder of his life. Guston’s move ­was hardly a withdrawal. Freed from the distractions and formal constraints of the art world and the opinions of critics, he was able to experiment with new forms and to engage more deeply with the issues that mattered to him. The 1960s was a period of great social upheaval in the United States, characterized by assassinations and violence, civil rights and anti-war protests. “When the 1960s came along I was feeling split, schizophrenic,” Guston later said. “The war, what was happening to America, the brutality of the world. What kind of man am I, sitting at home, reading magazines...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

7 from the 10 Horses portfolio, Lithograph by Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - 7 from the 10 Horses portfolio. Year: 1974, Medium: Lithograph with Embossing, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 30 x 21 in. (76 x ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Otono Floral (Sexual Spring-like Winter)
Located in New York, NY
Otono Floral, 1995 Hand-painted, 15-color screenprint with poured resin 40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm) Edition of 80 signed in pencil and stamped on verso "Sexual Spring-like Win...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1965 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 151-152) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 11 inches (378 x 277 mm). There ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sans titre (Axsom Ib), Derrière le miroir
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Axsom, Richard H., ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Paintings and Sculptures at Galerie Lelong 1990
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original limited-edition exhibition poster was created for the 1990 show at the prestigious Galerie Lelong in Paris, France. Known for showcasing the works of some of the most ...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"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 Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
This original print is hand signed , dated and numbered by the artist with a pencil. This is an edition of 25 prints in Roman numerals. Piero Dorazio (1927-2005) was an Italian pain...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Howard Hodgkin hand-colored Early Evening in the Museum of Modern Art
Located in New York, NY
Large scale black and white abstract interior scene with dots, lines, brushstrokes, and hand painting in grey, to hang in contemporary, modern and minimalist spaces. While British pop artists such as David Hockney and Patrick Caulfield numbered amongst Howard Hodgkin's circle of friends, Hodgkin's work is painterly, emotional, expressionist, and abstract. Early Evening in the Museum of Modern Art, by Howard Hodgkin. Signed by the artist, numbered, and dated 79 lower center in red crayon. Soft-ground etching printed from the same plate as 'Late Afternoon in the Museum of Modern Art', with hand coloring in black gouache on Grey BFK Rives mould-made paper. This print depicts an abstracted scene, perhaps a sculpture in front of a window in the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, in Hodgkin's signature painterly style. The expressive mark-making in this print is an example of the artist’s movement in the late 70s towards pronounced gestures. Wide areas of deep black pigment contrast urgent swipes of ink. Always seeking greater richness in his prints, Hodgkin layered ink and hand coloring in this print, rendering each impression in the edition unique. Part of a series of four prints reflecting on a visit to...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Gouache, Etching

Live Composition II by African American Artist Bai, Work on Paper
Located in New york, NY
In contrasting colors that pop Live Composition II, 2024 by African American artist Bai is a 30” x 22” abstract acrylic, oil pastel, and ballpoint pen work on paper, presented in an ...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen

"Untitled #287 " watercolor print on fine art paper
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Over the past 20 years, Michelle Oppenheimer has become well known for composing paintings that capture the imaginative and organic possibilities of abstract watercolor and acrylic. ...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Inkjet

Untitled 20, Large Abstract Screenprint by Raymond Parker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raymond Parker, American (1922 - 1990) Title: Untitled Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 70 Size: 23 x 30 inches
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

'EVEN THE HEART SKIPS A BEAT' Abstract Silkscreen Print with Diamond Dust, 2024
Located in New York, NY
'EVEN THE HEART SKIPS A BEAT' is a signature stylistic print by RETNA. The large-scale glittering artwork is a silkscreen print with layers of genuine diamond dust. This exquisite p...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Black and White, Screen

La Partie de Campagne
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1952 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 6/75 Publisher : Maeght (Paris) Printer : Mourlot (Paris) Catalog : Saphire E 14 37.00 cm. x 55.50 cm. 14.57 in. x 2...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

5/3/2020
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...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Albert Marquet 'Fenetre a la Goulette' 1990- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Albert Marquet's "Fenêtre à la Goulette," painted in 1926, captures a serene scene viewed through an open window. In the foreground, a vase brimming with vibrant flowers rests on the...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Geometric Black and White Lithograph by Eva Kolosvary-Stupler
Located in Pasadena, CA
Signed by Eva Kolosvary in 1972, this lithograph print titled "a" ' s and numbered "1/10" features a repeat pattern of the letter "a" in blank ink on paper. With nothing other than b...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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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