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Contemporary Prints and Multiples

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
Francesco Clemente, Geography East
Located in New York, NY
GEOGRAPHY, EAST Year: 1992 Medium: 2-color, soft ground etching Paper Size: 28 x 25 inches (71 x 64 cm) Plate Size: 19 x 18 inches (48 x 46 cm) Edition: 60 Price: $6,000 Suite of f...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Lisa Yuskavage, Night Flowers - Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Lisa Yuskavage (American, b. 1962) Night Flowers (from Exit 99: Exit Art Portfolio), 1999 Medium: Etching and aquatint on grey wove paper Dimensions: 56 × 68 cm (22 × 26⅞ in) Edition...
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20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Wildflowers - Screen Print by L. Rossi Garzione - Late 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 150 prints. Excellent condition.
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Bezdomny - Vintage Poster - Original Offset Print - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Bezdomny - Poster an original poster print. Dimention: 83 x 58.5 The artwork represents the poster of the Bezdomny Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Column & Socle
Located in New York, NY
Column & Socle 2001 Signed, dated, and inscribed “AP” in pencil, recto Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper 22 x 15 inches, sheet 7.5 x 9.5 inches, image This work is offered by ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Polaroid

Eliza Southwood, Lines, Limited Edition Screen Print, Bicycle Art, Art Online
Located in Deddington, GB
Eliza Southwood Lines Limited Edition Screen Print Edition of 80 Image Size: H 70cm x W 50cm Signed Sold Unframed Silkscreen Print – A printing technique whereby the artist paints g...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Abstract Portrait - Lithograph by Virgilio Guidi - Second half 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
 Abstract Portrait   is an artwork realized by the Italian Artist Virgilio Guidi. Lithograph on paper. Hand-signed on the lower right. The artwork is depicted skillfully through co...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Donald Sułtan, Mimosa, September 29, 2021
Located in New York, NY
MIMOSA, SEPT 29, 2021 2021 Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on Rising 4-ply museum board 42 x 42 inches (107 x 107 cm) Edition of 40 Signed and numbered DONALD SULTAN (b. 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Jefferson Memorial" by Carrie Mae Weems (Black and White, Photograph)
Located in New York, NY
This archival pigment print on Canson paper comes directly from the publisher, Lincoln Center Editions. It is signed and numbered en verso by the artist. It is in excellent condition...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Coffee Espresso #20, Coffee on paper, cycling, people, sport
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Espresso #20 by Eliza Southwood [2023] k Coffee Espresso #20 by Eliza Southwood [2023] original Coffee on Paper Image size: H:42.5 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Faraglioni, Capri, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
Giacomo da Prato Faraglioni, Capri, Italy, 2022 40 x 40 inches edition of 10 Archival Pigment Print Mounted and Framed Certificate of Authenticity
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Nude - Etching by Carlo Marcantonio - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Marcantonio. Hand-signed in the lower right in pencil. Good conditions. Edition of 50.
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original Lithograph Native American Figure Portrait Male Tribe Bold Stoic Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Kill Spotted Horse" is an original lithograph created by Leonard Baskin. It was published by Fox Graphics. This is a proof purchased directly from the artist. Baskin signed the work in the lower right margin and labelled the work as a proof in the lower left margin, written with graphite. It depicts Kill Spotted Horse, an Assinniboine Native American, in a feather headdress against a light blue background.  Artwork Size: 15" x 13 1/2" Frame Size: 27 1/2" x 26 3/8" Artist Bio: Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) was an american artist born in New Jersey and taught art classes in Massachusetts. He has received many public commissions (including a bas relief for the FDR Memorial), honors, and his work is owned by many major museums around the world. Additionally, Baskin was a teacher at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. As a champion for human rights, Baskin created many pieces celebrating those who were seldom recognized.  Baskin’s interest in nineteenth century Native Americans was roused into acute attendance from ignorant indifference, when the National Park Service asked him to provide illustrations for the handbook that described the then called “Custer National Park”, now called “Little Big...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Ink

Flowering Angel
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Peter Max Title: Flowering Angel Medium: Screen print in colors Date: 1976 Edition: 27/100 Sheet Size: 30" x 23" Frame Size: 37" x 30" Signature: Hand signed in pencil Price ...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Gerhard Taubert - "Landscape" - color offset lithograph
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Color offset lithograph. Signed, numbered or inscribed by hand. Edition: 180. In good condition, minimal traces of storage. A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and ...
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20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Ramadi, portraits of Iran, by James Groleau
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Title: Ramadi Medium: Mezzotint Image Size: 12" x 10" Edition Size: 20 ABSENCE OF PASSION / PORTRAITS OF IRAQ Ramadi is from The Absence of Passion suite of fifteen mezzotint portra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Tim Southall, Snow on the Hill, Landscape Art, Affordable Art, Winter Scene Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Tim Southall Snow on the Hill Limited Edition Screen print Edition of 50 Size: H 40cm x W 60cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

The Boundary - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Boundary is an original etching print realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historic...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Abstract Composition - Original Etching by Antonio Corpora - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 33 x 49 cm Hand-signed and numbered. Edition of 40 prints. In very good condition, except two light stains on lower left margin. Antonio Corpora (Tunis, 1909 - R...
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

SHOFAR AT LIONS GATE Signed Lithograph, Jerusalem, Judaica, Red, Gold, Black
Located in Union City, NJ
SHOFAR AT LIONS GATE by the Israeli artist Moshe Castel (1909-1991) is a limited edition lithograph printed in 13 colors using traditional lithographic tech...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Jonas Wood, Bonsai - Signed Print, Contemporary Art, Still Life
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jonas Wood (American, b. 1977) Bonsai, 2021 Medium: 13-color screen print on rising museum board Dimensions: 71.1 × 58.4 cm (28 × 23 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Anna Harley, St Pauls, Limited Edition Silkscreen Print, London Art, Art Online
Located in Deddington, GB
Anna Harley St Pauls Limited Edition Silkscreen Print Edition of 12 Size: H 56cm x W 38cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a pie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Seasons Quartet III Lithograph AP 6
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Seasons Quartet III Lithograph AP 6 Yellow. The fine French paper BFK Rives is 30 X 22 inches and the image is 17 X 17. The signed Artist Proof 6 lithograph depicts Sebastian Spreng...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Bracero Brothers
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Juan Fuentes’ Bracero Brothers honors the labor, dignity, and hardship of Mexican and Mexican-American farmworkers. Rendered in bold linocut carving, the scene depicts a line of brac...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Peter Doig, Fisherman (from Black Palms) - 2004, Etching, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Peter Doig (born 1959 in Edinburgh) Fisherman, 2004 Series: From the “Black Palms” portfolio Medium: Etching in colors, on 250g/qm Zerkall paper Medium: 53.5 × 38 cm (21 1/10 × 15 in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Nude from the Back - Silhouette VI - Original Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 97 x 69.5 cm. Silhouette VI is an original color etching realized by the Italian artist Giacomo Porzano (Lerici, 1925 - Rome, 2006) in 1972. Hand-signed and dated...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

American Artist Handmade Multi Colored Paper With Collage Steven Sorman
Located in Surfside, FL
Steven Sorman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1948. Internationally known as a painter and printmaker, Sorman earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from University of Minneso...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Monoprint

Golden State I ( 48 x 72" / 122 x 182cm )
Located in San Francisco, CA
Golden State I by Frank Schott a photography study of a rare desert botanical phenomenon, California's "superbloom", a rare desert botanical phenomenon in which an unusually high proportion of wildflowers whose seeds have lain dormant in desert soil germinate and blossom at roughly the same time, exploding into endless fields of golden yellow poppy flowers 48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183m edition of 7 signed 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm edition of 25 signed archival quality fine art pigment print limited art edition published by Edition EKTAlux artist signed + numbered certificate of authenticity ________________________ Frank Schott grew up in Germany and attended the prestigious Academy of Arts in Cologne, studying under Professor Arno Jansen, who was an early influence. Moving to California in 1998, Schott's work has evolved to include the epic landscapes and deserts of the American West as well as architectural, conceptual and more formal environments from both home and his travels. Influenced by a number of photographic peers and precursors such as Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall, Michael Wolf, Gregory Crewdson, William Eggleston and Joel Sternfeld, Schott's images successfully blend technical, conceptual and formal rigor with a decisive sense of composition and color. Schott's images have an iconic sensibility and give us a bird's eye view onto humanity and its constructs. The specific is edged towards the abstract, often revealing the compelling and disjunctive moment where nature meets man. Frank Schott was born in Cologne, Germany in 1962. He currently lives and works in San Francisco...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée

Female Figure - Original Etching by Emilio Greco - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Hand-signed and numbered by artist in pencil. Editions of 90 copies (11/90). Includes some artist's proofs. Image dimensions: 50x35 cm. Very good conditions. Published in general cat...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Woman from Shoulder - Original Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman from Shoulders is an etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Giacomo Porzano (1925-2006). Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered edition, I/X. In good condition ...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

'Studland Bay' Giclée Print
Located in New York, NY
Studland Bay Cove which is part of the ’Coast Paintings’ series. Created in 2019, ’Coast Paintings’ are colourful action paintings which convey the energy, excitement and change expe...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

"O"
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The single letter "O", illustrated by an Owl, from Kelvin Mann's bestiary animal alphabet. The full set of 26 etchings in folio box is available for $3500. Animals, real and imagined...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Letter A - by Erté - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Letter A - from the suite Letters of the Alphabet is a modern artwork realized by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff. Lithograph and Screen Print. The artwork is from t...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Screen

Woman from the Back - Original Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Woman from the Back is an etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Giacomo Porzano (1925-2006). Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 50. ...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Letter X - Original Lithograph by Raphael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Letter X by Rafael Alberti, from Alphabet series, is an original lithograph, realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972. Hand-signed and numbered, edition of 99 pri...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Lithograph

Henryk VI na Lowach Vintage Poster - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Henryk VI na Lowach vintage poster is an offset print on paper realized by Polish Artist in 1974. Original colored offset. Good condition and aged. Print: Polish Artist The artw...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Offset

Tim Southall, Ravens at the Tower, Etching, Affordable Art, Art Online
Located in Deddington, GB
Tim Southall Ravens at the Tower Limited Edition Etching and Aquatint Edition of 75 Image Size: H 10cm x W 15cm Sheet Size: H 20cm x W 24cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Storm Wave III
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturing a mood, and suggesting a story for the viewer to complete. His seascapes and ocean prints are from the California coastline. Sign...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Storm Wave III
Storm Wave III
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Bio Multiverse
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hiratsuka’s focus on the coexistence of Eastern and Western influences, as well as his use of satire, irony, and ambiguity, invites viewers to reflect on the complexity of modern ide...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

AFFIRMATION Signed Lithograph, Abstract Landscape, Expressionist Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
AFFIRMATION is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph from the Sacred Garden Series of works by the British artist David Leverett(1938-2020), printed using hand lithography techniqu...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Methionine, from 12 Woodcut Spots Damien Hirst Spot Print, YBA Abstract print
Located in Bristol, GB
Woodcut in colours on Somerset White paper Edition of 48 Signed on the front Artwork in mint condition. Artwork not inspected outside of frame. Minor scratches throughout frame Float...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Western Accumulation, Abstract Pop Art Screenprint by Arman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arman, French (1929 - 2005) Title: Western Accumulation Year: 1979 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150, AP 30 Size: 30 in. x ...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Apocalypse - Lithograph by Charles Lapicque - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Apocalypse is an original artwork realized by Charles Lapicque in 1974. Original colored lithograph. Good conditions. Printed by Mourlot , France. This lithograph was realized ...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Lord on the Sand Castle - XX century Black & White Woodcut Print
Located in Warsaw, PL
Illustration for Jules de la Medelen's "Lord on the Sand Castle" ("Le Marquis Des Saffras") FRANCISZEK BUNSCH (born in 1926) Franciszek Bunsch was born in Bielsko in 1926. He studie...
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1950s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

"Ravanna's Palace Burning, " Woodcut Landscape signed by Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Ravanna's Palace Burning" is a woodcut signed by Carol Summers. The image combines landscape and architecture, which is typical of the works Summers produced during the 1980s and '90s. In the image, a dark building stands burning, bright red flames licking from the windows and rooftop. It stands beside an orange field framed in pink, probably representing a plaza. Beyond the plaza are multicolored trees, their branches reaching upward like the flames on the building. The playfulness of the image is enhanced by Summers' signature printmaking technique, which allows the ink from the woodblock to seep through the paper, blurring the edges of each form. Art: 24.5 x 37.25 in Frame: 30 x 42.75 in Numbered 53 of the edition of 125 Carol Summers (1925-2016) has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision which would have significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind and Arch of Triumph, a new look prevailed. These woodcuts were larger in size and in color. Some incorporated metal leaf in the creation of a collage and Summers even experimented with silkscreening. Editions were now between 20 and 50 prints in number. Most importantly, Summers employed his rubbing technique for the first time in the creation of Fantastic Garden in late 1957. Dark Vision of Xerxes, a benchmark for Summers, was the first woodcut where Summers experimented using mineral spirits as part of his printmaking process. A Fulbright Grant as well as Fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation followed soon thereafter, as did faculty positions at colleges and universities primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. During this period he married a dancer named Elaine Smithers with whom he had one son, Kyle. Around this same time, along with fellow artist Leonard Baskin, Summers pioneered what is now referred to as the “monumental” woodcut. This term was coined in the early 1960s to denote woodcuts that were dramatically bigger than those previously created in earlier years, ones that were limited in size mostly by the size of small hand-presses. While Baskin chose figurative subject matter, serious in nature and rendered with thick, striated lines, Summers rendered much less somber images preferring to emphasize shape and color; his subject matter approached abstraction but was always firmly rooted in the landscape. In addition to working in this new, larger scale, Summers simultaneously refined a printmaking process which would eventually be called the “Carol Summers Method” or the “ Carol Summers Technique”. Summers produces his woodcuts by hand, usually from one or more blocks of quarter-inch pine, using oil-based printing inks and porous mulberry papers. His woodcuts reveal a sensitivity to wood especially its absorptive qualities and the subtleties of the grain. In several of his woodcuts throughout his career he has used the undulating, grainy patterns of a large wood plank to portray a flowing river or tumbling waterfall. The best examples of this are Dream, done in 1965 and the later Flash Flood Escalante, in 2003. In the majority of his woodcuts, Summers makes the blocks slightly larger than the paper so the image and color will bleed off the edge. Before printing, he centers a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips. Then he rolls the ink directly on the front of the sheet of paper and pressing down onto the dry wood block or reassembled group of blocks. Summers is technically very proficient; the inks are thoroughly saturated onto the surface of the paper but they do not run into each other. The precision of the color inking in Constantine’s Dream in 1969 and Rainbow Glacier in 1970 has been referred to in various studio handbooks. Summers refers to his own printing technique as “rubbing”. In traditional woodcut printing, including the Japanese method, the ink is applied directly onto the block. However, by following his own method, Summers has avoided the mirror-reversed image of a conventional print and it has given him the control over the precise amount of ink that he wants on the paper. After the ink is applied to the front of the paper, Summers sprays it with mineral spirits, which act as a thinning agent. The absorptive fibers of the paper draw the thinned ink away from the surface softening the shapes and diffusing and muting the colors. This produces a unique glow that is a hallmark of the Summers printmaking technique. Unlike the works of other color field artists or modernists of the time, this new technique made Summers’ extreme simplification and flat color areas anything but hard-edged or coldly impersonal. By the 1960s, Summers had developed a personal way of coloring and printing and was not afraid of hard work, doing the cutting, inking and pulling himself. In 1964, at the age of 38, Summers’ work was exhibited for a second time at the Museum of Modern Art. This time his work was featured in a one-man show and then as one of MOMA’s two-year traveling exhibitions which toured throughout the United States. In subsequent years, Summers’ works would be exhibited and acquired for the permanent collections of multiple museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Summers’ familiarity with landscapes throughout the world is firsthand. As a navigator-bombardier in the Marines in World War II, he toured the South Pacific and Asia. Following college, travel in Europe and subsequent teaching positions, in 1972, after 47 years on the East Coast, Carol Summers moved permanently to Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California. There met his second wife, Joan Ward Toth, a textile artist who died in 1998; and it was here his second son, Ethan was born. During the years that followed this relocation, Summers’ choice of subject matter became more diverse although it retained the positive, mostly life-affirming quality that had existed from the beginning. Images now included moons, comets, both sunny and starry skies, hearts and flowers, all of which, in one way or another, remained tied to the landscape. In the 1980s, from his home and studio in the Santa Cruz mountains, Summers continued to work as an artist supplementing his income by conducting classes and workshops at universities in California and Oregon as well as throughout the Mid and Southwest. He also traveled extensively during this period hiking and camping, often for weeks at a time, throughout the western United States and Canada. Throughout the decade it was not unusual for Summers to backpack alone or with a fellow artist into mountains or back country for six weeks or more at a time. Not surprisingly, the artwork created during this period rarely departed from images of the land, sea and sky. Summers rendered these landscapes in a more representational style than before, however he always kept them somewhat abstract by mixing geometric shapes with organic shapes, irregular in outline. Some of his most critically acknowledged work was created during this period including First Rain, 1985 and The Rolling Sea, 1989. Summers received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Bard College in 1979 and was selected by the United States Information Agency to spend a year conducting painting and printmaking workshops at universities throughout India. Since that original sabbatical, he has returned every year, spending four to eight weeks traveling throughout that country. In the 1990s, interspersed with these journeys to India have been additional treks to the back roads and high country areas of Mexico, Central America, Nepal, China and Japan. Travel to these exotic and faraway places had a profound influence on Summers’ art. Subject matter became more worldly and nonwestern as with From Humla to Dolpo, 1991 or A Former Life of Budha, 1996, for example. Architectural images, such as The Pillars of Hercules, 1990 or The Raja’s Aviary, 1992 became more common. Still life images made a reappearance with Jungle Bouquet in 1997. This was also a period when Summers began using odd-sized paper to further the impact of an image. The 1996 Night, a view of the earth and horizon as it might be seen by an astronaut, is over six feet long and only slightly more than a foot-and-a-half high. From 1999, Revuelta A Vida (Spanish for “Return to Life”) is pie-shaped and covers nearly 18 cubic feet. It was also at this juncture that Summers began to experiment with a somewhat different palette although he retained his love of saturated colors. The 2003 Far Side of Time is a superb example of the new direction taken by this colorist. At the turn of the millennium in 1999, “Carol Summers Woodcuts...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"A", from bestiary alphabet by Kelvin Mann
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The single letter "A", from the alphabet, illustrated by an alligator. All letters are available, and the full set of 27 etchings in folio box is available for $3200. Animals, real a...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

The Artist in Green - Lithograph by Giorgio Ramella - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Artist in Green is an etching on paper realized by Giorgio Ramella in the 1970s. Hand-signed, illegible, and numbered, edition of 99 prints. Good conditions except for small cu...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Bears in the Woods, Art Print, Dogs, Animals, Folk, Blue Affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
‘Bears in the Woods’ is a playful silkscreen print depicting a number bears going about their business in autumnal woods. This 6 colour silkscreen is printed on Somerset Velvet, a he...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Hydrangea
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The formality, ornamental qualities and boldness of botanical art strongly influence Bardon's art. It is easy to see her inspiration in the patterns, line and simplicity of form found in Asian art. Some prints also include gold leaf, recalling the extensive use of gold on Japanese folding screens, and in early Renaissance painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Unexpected Guests - Lithograph by A. Ruellan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 29.9 x 24.7 cm. Unexpected Guests is an original colored lithograph realized during the 1970s by the French artist Andrée Ruelland. The artwork represents a coupl...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Apollon - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Apollon is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
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18th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Personnages I - Lithograph by S. Matta - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Personnages I is a very beautiful artwork realized by Roberto Sebastián Matta in the 1970s. The lithograph is hand-signed by the artist in pencil on the lower right margin, and numbe...
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Coral 27 Aqua, Yellow, Signed Lithograph, Nature Abstract, Coral Reef, Ocean
Located in Union City, NJ
Coral 27 is an original hand drawn lithograph by the NY woman artist, Joan Melnick. Inspired by the fragile beauty of reefs with their exotic forms and vibrant colors, Coral 27 is an...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Seven Days of Bardo Thodol 4 - Original Lithograph by M. Canzoneri - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The Seven Days of Bardo Thodol 4 is an original litograph and screen print realized by Michele Canzoneri (1977). The artwork is part of a collection...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph, Screen

Greville Smyth Pine, Limited edition print, Landscape, Tree, Nature art
Located in Deddington, GB
A very detailed drypoint etching of a Pine tree printed onto gampi Japanese tissue and backed onto Hahnemule printmaking paper. This print considers how we view the contemporary sublime landscape and how easy it can be to experience when we take the time to look. We often don’t have to travel far: parks in cities, the coastline and stars in the night sky. The mature Scots Pine tree pictured...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Nude Woman Portfolio
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Raphael Soyer Title: Nude Woman Portfolio Medium: 2 Lithographs, 1 printed in color & 1 black/white Original paper portfolio cover Signed: Hand Signed Edition: From the editi...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le 2 - Lithograph by Erté - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Le 2 is a contemporary artwork realized in 1970s by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff). Mixed colored lithograph on paper. The artwork is from the Series "Les Chiffres" Hand signed on the l...
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Crow - Etching by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Crow is an artwork realized by the Contemporary Italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017) in 1972. Black and white etching on paper. Hand Signed on the lower right margin, dated and ...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Julian with T-Shirt, from 26 Portraits
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Julian Opie Title: Julian with T-Shirt Portfolio: 26 Portraits Medium: Lithograph Date: 2006 Edition: 250 Frame Size: 20" x 17" Sheet Size: 13" x 10" Signature: Unsigned
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled 5 from Album, Abstract Minimalist Etching by Terry Winters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Terry Winters, American (1949 - ) Title: untitled 5 from Album Year: 1988 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: HC 2/2 Image: 20 x 16 inches S...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Contemporary prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Andrea Bonfils, Richard Heeps, Randal Ford, and Leo Guida. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Pigment 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 Contemporary prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.

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