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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
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Singularity 01, From the series "We are one". Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Singularity 01, by Angelica Tcherassi From the series "We are one" Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches. Image size 33 H x 22.8 W inches. Edition of 22 Unfr...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment, Color

Juicy Little Passion (Pink)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

THE COSMIC MOUNTAIN
Located in Portland, ME
Johnston, Ynez. THE COSMIC MOUNTAIN. Etching in colors printed from two plates, 1981. Edition of 100, numbered 64/100, titled, signed, and dated, all in pencil. 18 x 11 3/4 inches (o...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

It All Moves 02, From the series Universe Within. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
It All Moves 02, by Angelica Tcherassi From the series "Universe Within" Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches. Image size 33 H x 22.8 W inches. Edition of 2...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color, Archival Pigment

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Engraving, drypoint & carborundum, c. 1960's Signed and numbered in pencil lower margin (see photos) Edition: 25 (9/25) Printed by the artist Condition: Adhesive residue on the verso top margin from previous matting. Image/Plate size: 4 1/2 x 4 inches Note: Goetz was born in the United States, moved to Paris and became a noted Surrealist artist and journalist of the surrealist movement. As a printmaker, Goetz invented carborundum printmaking in the 1960’s. In 1968, La gravure au carborundum, a treatise on carborundum printing, was published by the Maeght Gallery. It was prefaced by Joan Miró. Goetz created many abstract prints using this method. Other artists such as Antoni Clavé, Antoni Tàpies, and in particular Joan Miró, employed carborundum printing in their work. Henri Bernard Goetz (1909-1989) Henri Bernard Goetz was born 29 September 1909 in New York, in a family of French and American origin. He studied at Harvard University and the Grand Central Art School before moving to Paris in 1930 where he continued his studies at the Academies Julian and Academies Ozenfant in Montparnasse. After a brief return to the US in the early 1930’s he settled permanently in France, taking a Parisian studio next to Victor Brauner. With Brauner Goetz became involved with the Surrealist group and was soon a highly accomplished exponent. 1935 would be a year of major importance for Goetz: he exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Surindependants, he married the Dutch painter Christine Boumeester and he met Hans Hartung, who would become a close lifelong friend. In 1937 Goetz held his first solo show at Galerie Van Leer, Paris. During the war, having neglected to become naturalized French citizens, Goetz and Boumeester became illegal aliens and both worked in the resistance movement. They printed leaflets on a simple printing press and created posters to paste...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Tomasini Creek Wilderness #1
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Tomasini Creek Wilderness continues a series of abstract prints based on landscapes from Eckart's native California. Signed and numbered from the edition of 7. Abstract print with s...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Connected By 5, From the series "We are one".. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Connected By 5, by Angelica Tcherassi From the series "We are one" Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs Sheet size 27.5 H x 19.6 W inches. Image size: 23.6 H x 16.5 W inches. Edition of 33 ...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color, Archival Pigment

I Got Your Back 03, From the series Making Sense. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
I Got Your Back 03, by Angelica Tcherassi From the series "Making Sense" Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches. Image size 33 H x 22.8 W inches. Edition of 2...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color, Archival Pigment

Gateway 01, From the series "Portal". Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gateway 01, by Angelica Tcherassi From the series "Portal" Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches. Image size 33 H x 22.8 W inches. Edition of 22 Unframed ...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color, Archival Pigment

Scylla
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size: 50. Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VIII
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine appliqué 64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins) Edition of 50 Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph

She Said 03, From the series "Power". Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
She Said 03, by Angelica Tcherassi From the series "Power" Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches. Image size 33 H x 22.8 W inches. Edition of 22 Unframed A...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Green Darkness
Located in New York, NY
etching, edition 76 of 90 25 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. framed: 27 1/4 x 38 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. Beginning in the 1947, the figurative painter Victor Pasmore (1908-1998) veered towards pure abstra...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Study for Sculpture No. 1
Located in New York, NY
lithograph, edition of 100 lithograph 26 1/2 x 19 3/8 inches
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La balsa de Ulises
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size 50. Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Aquatint

That Same Old Love 02, From the series "Universe Within". Abstract color photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
That Same Old Love 02, by Angelica Tcherassi From the series "Universe Within" Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches. Image size 33 H...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color, Archival Pigment

Blender 02, From the series "Making Sense". Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Blender 02, by Angelica Tcherassi From the series "Making Sense" Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches. Image size 33 H x 22.8 W inches. Edition of 22 Unfram...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color, Archival Pigment

When the Curtain Falls
Located in New York, NY
Etching, edition of 60
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Composition #1845
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed artist proof from the edition of 6. The horizontal and vertical directional lines and the use of black and white give Allirand’s prints their dynamic presence. Two main themes...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Rougeur complice
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size: 50. Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Il Risveglio della Psiche
Located in New York, NY
Etching and Aquatint, edition of 90
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

For John Constable
Located in London, GB
John Hoyland For John Constable 1976 Lithograph with acrylic 70 x 96.5 cms (27 1/2 x 38 ins) JHE017 The ‘For John Constable’ series was commissioned and published by Bernard Jacobson in 1976 to celebrate the bicentenary of John Constable’s birth. It comprised individual works by nineteen artists including Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, Howard Hodgkin, Richard Smith, Duncan Grant, David Hockney, Michael Sandle, Ivor Abrahams, Bill Brandt, Robyn Denny, Barry Flannagan, Anthony Gross...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Acrylic, Lithograph

By What Means?
Located in New York, NY
Etching, edition of 60
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Standing Curve
Located in New York, NY
Herbert Bayer Standing Curve, 1975 screenprint, edition of 50 32 x 32 in./81.3 x 81.3 cm
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Levant
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 50. Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Composition #1820, etching and drypoint by Renaud Allirand
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 10. Complementary to similar etching series the artist has completed in blue, and black and white. R...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Monoprint

Black Open
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Black Open 1985 Aquatint and line etching on Whatman paper 40.6 x 43.2 cms (16 x 17 ins) RM14234
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Juicy Little Passion (Yellow)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Juicy Little Passion (Blue)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Cerca del Mar
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50. Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Black Cathedral
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Black Cathedral 1991 Lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper, Edition of 40 170.2 x 119.4 cms (67 x 64 ins) RM17876 Siri Engberg and Joan Bana...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Evil
Located in London, GB
Screenprint on wood-grain veneer paper, cut edges, bleed image
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VII
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine appliqué 64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins) Edition of 50 Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar ...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph

Africa Suite: Africa 9
Located in London, GB
The original studies from the 'Africa Suite' were a group of ten works selected from a series of ink-on-paper drawings from the same year. The large autom...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

October, by Charles Eckart
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract print with fall colors, from a series inspired by ground cover and vegetation. Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 10. Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, Calif...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Sail I
Located in London, GB
101.6 x 71.1 cms (40 x 28 ins) Edition of 40 Signed lower left; numbered lower centre, printer's chop lower right. Publisher: Hollander's Workshop, New ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color, Lithograph

Soft Ground Doodle
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract print in earth tones from a series inspired by ground cover and vegetation. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition of 3. Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, Califo...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Juicy Little Passion (Orange)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Juicy Little Passion (Lavender)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Juicy Little Passion (Green)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Summer Sun 42/50 - bright, geometric pattern, silkscreen and acrylic print
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Precise rectangular and square lines and shapes in tints of yellow, green, turquoise and mauve, are an interpretation of the brilliant summer sun in this silkscreen print on paper by...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Acrylic

Liens II
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: etching and drypoint Image Size: 11.25 x 14 inches Edition Size: 20 Year: 2007 Signed by the artist The horizontal and vertical directional lines and the use of black and wh...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Azul
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size: 50. Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Tempus Fidgets
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Tempus Fidgets Etching, 1952 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Titled in pencil lower left (see photo) During his military service, Gilkey was part of the "Monuments Men" art recovery team The title is a play on Tempus fugit is a Latin phrase, usually translated into English as "time flies". The expression comes from line 284 of book 3 of Vergil's Georgics, where is appears as FVGIT INREPARABILE TEMPVS: "it escapes, irretrievable time". Condition: Excellent Image/Plate size: 11 3/4 x 14 5/8 inches Sheet size: 15 3/4 x 20 9/16 Reference: Portland Art Museum, 82.80.642 Gordon Waverly Gilkey was a printmaker, teacher, collector, and curator. He graduated from Albany College, which is now Lewis & Clark College, in 1933 and obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Oregon in 1936. He served in World War II in a special division dedicated to locating and returning art confiscated by the Nazis and to confiscating Nazi propaganda. Gilkey spent the majority of his career teaching printmaking at Oregon State University. He amassed a large collection of prints, primarily by trading work with his colleagues. When he retired in 1978, Gilkey became curator of prints and drawings at the Portland Art Museum and professor and printmaker in residence at the Museum Art School, which is now known as the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Over the course of many years, he donated more than 10,000 prints and drawings from his personal collection to the Museum. Gilkey was crucial in building awareness for and appreciation of works on paper, and was instrumental in creating proper storage and viewing spaces for the graphic arts. In 1993, the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Suite Catalana, plate 1
Located in London, GB
Aquatint in colours, 1972, on Guarro paper, signed and inscribed in pencil aside from the edition of 75, published by Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 75.7 x 100.5 cm. (29.8 x 39.6...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Obliques, by Renaud Allirand
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 6. The horizontal and vertical directional lines, and the use of black and white give Allirand’s prints their dynamic presence. Two ma...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Turning and Turning
Located in New York, NY
Etching Edition of 60
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Lino Litho BR, Planche IX
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Lino Litho BR, Planche IX Linocut and lithograph, 1970 Signed lower right of central image (see photo) Edition: 99 (56/99) (see photo) Published by London Arts Group, Detroit Conditi...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Tentaciones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size: 50. Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Flame, by Rosalyn Richards
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition of 15. Rosalyn Richards has been a member of the Bucknell University art faculty since 1982. Images from particle physic...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1988 Lithograph, Edition of 48 113.3 x 74.3 cms (44.6 x 29.3 ins) SF17882
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

EARLY GUNNER
Located in Santa Monica, CA
LEVON WEST (1900 – 1968) EARLY GUNNER, c. 1930 Etching and drypoint signed and numbered in pencil,17. Image, 9 ½ x 15 inches. Full sheet 11 3/8 x 18 1/4 inches. With deckle ed...
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1930s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Fruit d'autumne
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50. Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Paisaje Ideal
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50. Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Línea Bloques, Línea Cubos, Línea Aparejo and Línea Estructura. Abstract drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Línea Bloques, Línea Cubos, Línea Aparejo and Línea Estructura, 2020 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 4 Series Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Overall size: 38 cm H x 38 cm W O...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, India Ink

Untitled Head
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract print from a series inspired by ground cover and vegetation. Signed, titled, from the drypoint edition of 11. Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, California and grew up in...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Landscape composition #145
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Unique India Ink drawing, signed on reverse. RENAUD ALLIRAND was born in 1970, and currently lives and works in Paris. He has exhibited regularly since 1995 and has won numerous pri...
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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India Ink

Untitled 2
By Adam Fowler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled 2 Aquatint and drypoint, 2008 Initialed, dated, and editioned in pencil by the artist Edition of 14 Plate size: 11 1/2 x 11 inches Sheet size: 20 1/2 x 19 inches Adam Fowl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

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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