Abstract Prints and Multiples
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
Period: 20th Century
Untitled, from The Geldzahler Portfolio
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1997, on Rives BFK paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (there were also 15 artist’s proofs), printed by Gemini G.E.L. LLC, published by Th...
Category
1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Autres mouches no 2
Located in Westmount, QC
Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1923-2002, Canadian
Autres mouches no 2, 1985
Lithograph on Japan paper
20 1/2 x 26 3/4 in
Signed and numbered in pencil, edition of 75
Catalogue raisonné refer...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Autres mouches no 3
Located in Westmount, QC
Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1923-2002, Canadian
Autres mouches no 3, 1985
Lithograph on Japan paper
20 1/2 x 26 3/4 in
Signed and numbered in pencil, edition of 75
Catalogue raisonné refer...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Imi Knoebel, Gelbe Fahne - 1999, Abstract Art, Minimalism, Signed Print
By Imi Knoebel
Located in Hamburg, DE
Imi Knoebel (German, born 1940)
Gelbe Fahne, 1999
Medium: Screenprint on rag paper
Dimensions: 100 x 73 cm (39.25 x 28.75 in)
Edition of 99: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Mint
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
K - P1, F4, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Albers, German (1888 - 1976)
Title: K - P1, F4, I1
Year: 1972
Edition size: 1000
Medium: Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper
Image Size: 12 x 14 inches
Size: ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Generations 21
By Robyn Denny
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper
53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins)
Edition of 35, Set of 24
Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35
Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London
Prin...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Proscenium II (loose lines around square centre)
Located in London, GB
Edition of 40
77.5 x 58.5 cms (30.5 x 23 ins)
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Paperclip Suite IIc (yellow/blue)
Located in London, GB
Etching, Edition of 25
45 x 45 cms (17.5 x 17.5 ins)
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Still Life
Located in London, GB
Screenprint from 18 screens. On Velin Arches mould-made paper
Based on 'Still Life', textile dyes on hand-made Indian paper, 1978
Signed with initials and dated 1980 in pencil, lower...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Late Afternoon in the Museum of Modern Art, from ‘In the Museum of Modern Art’
Located in London, GB
Soft-ground etching from one copper plate printed in black. On buff BFK Rives mould-made paper
Signed, numbered and dated '79 in red crayon, lower centre
Published by Petersburg Press
Exhibition History: 'Howard Hodgkin Recollections’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 21 April - 14 May 2022
Literature: Jacqueline Brody, 'Howard Hodgkin, Alone in the Museum of Modern Art and Not Quite Alone in the Museum of Modern Art (1979)', The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 10, no. 3, July-August 1979, p. 93; Pat Gilmour, 'Howard Hodgkin', The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 12, no. 1, March-April 1981, p. 4 (ill.); 'Prints by Six British Painters: Stephen Buckley, Robyn Denny, Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland, Richard Smith, John Walker', Tate Gallery, London, 1981-82 (n.p.); 'The Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1980-82', London, 1984, p. 261; Mary Rose...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Generations 16
By Robyn Denny
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper
53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins)
Edition of 35, Set of 24
Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35
Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London
Prin...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Untitled (SF-311), 1979
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled (SF-311), 1979
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Nobles at the Trapdoor II, from: Series for King Ubu
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: The Nobles at the Trapdoor II, from: Series for King Ubu Les Nobles à la Trappe II, from: Suites pour Ubu Roi, 1966...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Femme Au Collant Rose", Rufino Tamayo, Figurative Abstraction, Etching, 30x22
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Au Collant Rose" by Rufino Tamayo is a Figurative Abstraction lithograph limited edition measuring 30x22 in. The piece is framed beautifully with a white mat in a gold and bla...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Royal Curtain /// Gene Davis Contemporary Abstract Geometric Expressionist Art
By Gene Davis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Gene Davis (American, 1920-1985)
Title: "Royal Curtain"
*Signed by Davis in pencil lower right
Year: 1980
Medium: Original Screenprint on Arches paper
Limited edition: 250, (the number may differ from what is shown in the photos)
Printer: Alpha Omega...
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Green Chateau II
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from one zinc plate printed in green with hand colouring in yellow gouache. On Velin Arches mould-made paper (300 gsm)
Signed with initials and dated 78 in pencil, lower c...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Plate size: 36.8 x 27. 3 cms (14 1/2 x 10 3/4 ins)
Image size: 15.2 x 9.5 cms (6 x 3 3/4 ins)
Edition of 20
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
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 ...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Grey Folded Clouds - II Blue and white
By Joe Goode
Located in London, GB
Joe Goode
Grey Folded Clouds - II Blue and white (blue paper sky)
1971
Lithograph, Edition of 50
41 x 61 cms (16 x 24 ins)
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Composition V, from: Trous, 1996
Located in London, GB
ENRICO CASTELLANI 1927-2005
Castelmassa 1930 - 2017 Viterbo (Italian)
Title: Composition V, from: Trous, 1996
Technique: Original Hand Signed and ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Solidly grounded in Abstract Expressionist tradition, process-oriented painter Thomas Nozkowski’s method is predicated on relinquishing the idea of an end result. To highlight this, ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Generations 10
By Robyn Denny
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper
53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins)
Edition of 35, Set of 24
Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35
Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London
Prin...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Russian II (red)
Located in London, GB
Edition of 50
51 x 51 cms (20 x 20 ins)
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled
1995
Etching in colours, Edition of 35
53.3 x 45.7 cms (21 x 18 ins)
SF17887
Category
1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Generations 19
By Robyn Denny
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper
53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins)
Edition of 35, Set of 24
Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35
Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London
Prin...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Generations 2
By Robyn Denny
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper
53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins)
Edition of 35, Set of 24
Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35
Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London
Prin...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Mourning
Located in London, GB
111.8 x 140.3 cms (44 x 55.25 ins)
Edition of 50
Impressed with Solo Press stamp and the printer’s stamp. Lithograph (from three plates) with hand colouring in gouache (two greys...
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Birthday Party
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from a stone printed in sepia and green, with hand colouring in two shades of blue gouache. On Velin Arches mould-made paper (300 gsm)
Signed and dated 77 in pencil, lower...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Color
Two of a Kind IIIa (bright red x on green)
Located in London, GB
100.7 x 46.3 cms (40 x 18 1/4 ins)
Edition of 90
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Da Vinci diu
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Pink Lady"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right
Titled and Numbered Lower Left
Josef Zenk (1904-2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school he studied for three years...
Category
20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Color
Helen Frankenthaler: Reflections (Catalog of 12 Prints) /// Abstract Female Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)
Title: "Helen Frankenthaler: Reflections (Catalog of 12 Prints)"
Series: (after) Reflections
*Issued unsigned
Year: 1995
Med...
Category
1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
King Corpse, 1986
By Sam Francis
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1986, Sam Francis King Corpse, 1986 is a unique color trial proof screenprint on Arches cover paper hand signed by Sam Francis (San Mateo, 1923- Santa Monica, 1994) in the...
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Parterre
Located in London, GB
52 x 52 cms (20 1/2 x 20 1/2 ins)
Edition of 75
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Screen
Drawing Boards I (grey / purple)
Located in London, GB
Edition of 60, Set of 5
74.9 x 56.5 cms (29.5 x 22.25 ins)
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Drawing Boards II (No.3)
Located in London, GB
Edition of 30, Set of 5
74.9 x 59.1 cms (29 1/2 x 23 1/4 ins)
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Tropic Fruit
Located in London, GB
80 x 94 cms (31.5 x 37 ins)
Edition of 100
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Screen
Damp
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
66 x 94 cms (26 x 37 ins)
Edition of 20
Rives BFK paper
Proofs: I BAT, 4 AP, 7 CTP, 9 XP
Signed lower left; numbered lower left; publisher's chop lower left.
Published by Tama...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
"Rosemary Lying On One Elbow" Laser Cut Steel Drawing
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
Artist: Tom Wesselmann
Title: Rosemary Lying on One Elbow
Medium: Laser Cut Steel
Edition: 45
Date: 1989
Dimensions: 8" x 15" X 1/8"
Description: Signed Unframed
Condition: ...
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laser
Bedroom
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from five zinc plates, using tusche and crayon with splatter, printed in red, orange, green, black, and pink. On J Green paper (250 gsm)
Signed, numbered and dated '68 in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Approuve' par l'artiste
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection. It is limited in edition artist pencil signed lower right and is in very good condition. Roger Bezombes a print maker born in Paris ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Fresh Air School) /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Walasse Ting
By Walasse Ting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Walasse Ting (Chinese-American, 1929-2010)
Title: "Untitled (Fresh Air School)"
Portfolio: Fresh Air School
*Unsigned edition
Year: 1972
Mediu...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
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
Materials
Lithograph
Asbury Park II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Asbury Park II" 1992 is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American abstract expressionist artist, Michael Rubin, bor...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Karl Fred Dahmen 'Untitled' 1971- Etching- Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 41.75 x 25 inches ( 106.045 x 63.5 cm )
Image Size: 34.25 x 19.5 inches ( 86.995 x 49.53 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age
...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Layers of Each Other
Located in San Francisco, CA
This abstract monotype is by Sarah Smelser (1971-). It measures 6 x 6 inches the plate and 16.5 x 12.75 inches framed. It is titled in the lower left, “Layers of Each Other” and sign...
Category
1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monotype
Les saisons de Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies - La Tilleuse
Located in Westmount, QC
Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1923-2002, Canadian
Les saisons de Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies - La Tilleuse
Original lithograph in colours on Arches paper
20 ½ x 27 ¾ in
Signed in pencil “Riopelle” lo...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Whale Watch
By Frank Stella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City.
This hand signed silk textile scarf work is acquired directly from the publisher. Extremely uncommon to find this piece in new condition and comes in the original red silk box.
This art piece can be framed and hung on the wall or be a worn as a wearable art piece. This dazzling, large, hand signed, silkscreen on 100% Italian silk shawl was created by Frank Stella in collaboration with his longtime publisher Kenneth Tyler of the famed Tyler Graphics Studio.
"The Whale Watch...
Category
1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Textile, Silk, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment
JHM - II /// Bauhaus Abstract Geometric Josef Albers Screenprint Minimalism
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976)
Title: "JHM - II"
Portfolio: Josef Albers Honors the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
*Monogram signed and dated by Albers in p...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen, Plexiglass
Art 1981 Chicago Poster /// Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Modern Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1992)
Title: "Art 1981 Chicago"
*Issued unsigned, though signed and dated by Motherwell in the plate (printed signature) upper right
Year: 1981
Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on Dove paper
Limited edition: 2,000. (There was also a signed and numbered edition of 150 on Arches Cover paper without margins or text)
Printer: Roger Campbell and Lee Funderburg of Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY
Publisher: Lakeside Group, Chicago, IL
Reference: "The Prints of Robert Motherwell - A Catalogue Raisonné 1943-1984" - Belknap No. 249, page 247; "Robert Motherwell - The Complete Prints 1940-1991" - Engberg No. 282; "Tyler Graphics - Catalogue Raisonné, 1974-1985" - Tyler No. 410:RM29, page 246
Sheet size: 39.5" x 27.5".
Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Some minor edge wear. In excellent condition
Notes:
Printed in four colors: light tan, orange, deep red, and black. Poster produced for a special exhibition of various artists' work at the Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL from May 14-19, 1981. The image featured on this poster is Motherwell's 1977 collage "Untitled". This poster was the official poster for the 1981 Chicago International Art Exposition. Printer's imprint and artist's copyright lower center.
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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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pink Abstract Lithograph by Sybil Kleinrock
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sybil Kleinrock’s work straddles the borders between expressionism and surrealism. Colorful and soft pastels play together to suggest a composition that can be interpreted as both a ...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Tapies. "MESTRES DE CATALUNYA " lot 7 lithography abstract painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
ANTONI TAPIES was the maximum representative of Spanish abstract art of the 20th century. His works are represented in museums and foundations aroun...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Sun Corner /// Abstract Expressionism Helen Frankenthaler Female Post-War Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)
Title: "Sun Corner"
Portfolio: The Metropolitan Scene
*Signed, dated, and numbered by Frankenthaler (inscribed into the metal) lower right
Year: 1968
Medium: Original Screenprint on core-filled, baked aluminum panel
Limited edition: 17/50
Printer: Sheila Marbain of Maurel Studios, New York, NY
Publisher: Tanglewood Press, New York, NY
Reference: "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison No. 12, page 90-91; Berggruen No. 13; Clark No. 13
Framing: Recently framed in a white maple moulding and conservation clear glass with frame-space. All archival
Framed size: 37.38" x 37.38"
Sheet size: 36.13" x 36.13"
Image size: approx. 32" x 32"
Condition: Faint crease upper right. Mild creasing lower right. Some light scuffmarks and scratches across sheet. In otherwise very good condition with strong colors
Very rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Upton, MA. Comes from the 1968 "The Metropolitan Scene" portfolio of 5 screenprints by various artists. Printed in four colors from four screens: blue, orange-red, green, and yellow. This is the third screenprint edition Frankenthaler ever made.
"The Metropolitan Scene", a portfolio of prints by Richard Anuszkiewicz, Helen Frankenthaler, Adolph Gottlieb, Nicholas Krushenick, Roy Lichtenstein, and George Segal, was commissioned for a traveling exhibition organized by the Education Department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. The museum received ten Roman-numbered copies for this purpose. Tanglewood Press then released all but Gottlieb's print in numbered editions of fifty. (Gottlieb's contract with Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, did not permit commercial release of his print by the publisher).
"Air Frame" (cat. no. 6) was Frankenthaler's first silkscreen - a medium that Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY did not use, although it became increasingly popular for artists' prints, both in Europe and the United States, during the sixties. Several other silkscreens followed in the next few years: "Untitled" (cat no. 11), in 1967, and "Sun Corner" (cat. no. 12) by Tanglewood Press, New York, in 1968. - "What Red Lines Can Do" (cat. nos. 22-26) is a suite of silkscreens published by Multiples, Inc., at that time directed by Rosa Esman, in 1970. - (Harrison - page 19).
Biography:
Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Metal
Altitudes /// Abstract Expressionism Helen Frankenthaler Female Post-War Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)
Title: "Altitudes"
*Signed, dated, and numbered by Frankenthaler in pencil lower right
Year: 1978
Medium: Original Lithograph on light yellow-pink J.B. Green Hayle Mill Bodleian handmade paper
Limited edition: 29/42
Printer: Bill Goldston and John A. Lund of Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY
Publisher: Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY
Reference: "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison No. 72, page 264, 268-270; "ULAE" - Sparks No. 33, page 88, 323; Clark No. 67; Williams No. 67
Sheet size (irregular margins): 22.25" x 30.88"
Condition: Remnants of previous mounting tape on verso. In excellent condition with strong colors
Very rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - New York, NY; private collection - notable fashion illustrator Jay Hyde, Crawford, New York, NY; acquired from an art gallery in New York, NY; likely acquired directly from the publisher Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY. Lithograph drawn with tusche wash. Printed in two colors from two stones: red and green. Universal Limited Art Editions chop mark/blind stamp lower right.
"Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison - "Frankenthaler carefully chose a European handmade paper that would add another color and texture to the print" ... "By contrast, in "Altitudes", the artist created a bleed image so that the sheet of paper is smaller than the stone's image and the large red tusche wash sweeps across the surface of the yellow-pink J.B. Green Hayle Mill Bodleian paper, becoming warmed and enhanced by its color and texture."
"Universal Limited Art Editions - A History and Catalogue: The First Twenty-Five Years" - Sparks - "In "Bronze Smoke" (cat. no. 32), "Altitudes" (cat. no. 33), and "Door" (cat. no. 34), minimal compositions were replaced by fields of drifting, multilayered color, as rich and satisfying as her work on a much grander scale."
Biography:
Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting...
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Ancient Landscape II (Ancient City)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist;
Annotated: "E130 A/1" in pencil lower right
Estate stamp verso
Edition: 20
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist (Foundation sta...
Category
1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples
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