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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.

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Style: Contemporary
Period: 1980s
Alex Katz 'A Tremor in the Morning' Signed Woodcut 1986
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This Alex Katz untitled work from the 'A Tremor in the Morning' is a woodcut relief print in color on wove paper. This print is edition 32/45 and signed in ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

HEADS UP D.H.
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching and aquatint, 1980, on BFK Rives, signed and titled in pencil, numbered 18/26. Published by Brooke Alexander, with full margins. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificat...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Paper

Roy Lichtenstein 'Two Paintings' (Corlett 205) 1984
Located in Miami, FL
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) Roy Lichtenstein's 'Two Paintings (Corlett 205)' is a 1984 multimedia relief print in colors using woodcut, lithograph and s...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Man with Glasses /// Contemporary Pop Art Screenprint Head Face Portrait Black
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Man with Glasses" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1988 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper Lim...
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Screen

Project - Lithograph by Lia Rondelli - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated. Edition of 99 prints. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'Untitled (field, hills trees)' original landscape aquatint by Nicolette Jelen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present artwork is an original color aquatint by the Sag Harbor-based artist Nicolette Jelen, and is a particularly rare Hors Commerce proof. It presents a view of what is probab...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint, Paper

Reclining Nude (Blue) II /// Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Minimal Screenprint
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Reclining Nude (Blue) II" Portfolio: Reclining Nudes *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1983 Medium: Original Screenprin...
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Screen

Still Life - Original Screen Print by Gianni Testa - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original print realized by the Italian artist Gianni Testa (1936) in 1986. Original mixed colored serigraph. Hand-signed by the artist on lower right. Numbered on...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Camel - Original Lithograph on Cardboard by Sergio Barletta - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Camel rider is an original lithograph on cardboard, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1980s. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in Roman numerals in pencil on the lowe...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

The House of the Architect - Vintage Poster After G. Marotta - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset poster realized by Galleria Rondanini, Roma, in 1982 in occasion of the Exhibition of Gino Marotta's works.
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Commemorative #14' 1986- Serigraph-Vintage
By Patrick Nagel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Patrick Nagel's Commemorative Poster Series is a collection of fifteen iconic posters, numbered NC01 to NC15, created over a span of four years. These works perfectly capture the sle...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

'Brooklyn Bridge' Dyptich 1983 Celebration poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In 1983, artist David Lingwood created a diptych titled "Brooklyn Bridge" to commemorate the bridge's centennial. This two-panel offset lithograph, each measuring approximately 25.5 ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

OLYMPIC ATHLETES
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Published by Circle Fine Arts Ltd., Chicago, IL. Printed by American Atelier, NY on Somerset Paper. Edition...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

'Derrick Cross' 1982-
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original first edition poster by renowned photographer Robert Mapplethorpe captures the essence of his exploration of form, beauty, and the male body. The composition highlights...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

"Drawings 1970-80 (Cicada)" Exhibition Poster
Located in New York, NY
"Drawings 1970-80 (Cicada)" Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 1981 Exhibition Poster 30.5 x 22.5 inches Unsigned
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

WATER DROPS
Located in Aventura, FL
Water Drops, from The Official Arts Portfolio of the XXIVth Olympiad, Seoul, Korea, 1988. Silkscreen in colors on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Image size 3...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Urania
Located in New York, NY
Gregory Amenoff is a painter who lives in New York City and Ulster County, New York. He is the recipient of numerous awards from organizations including the American Academy of Arts ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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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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Stone Sculptures - Offset - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset poster realized in occasion of Pasquale Napoli's 1981 Exhibition in Campobasso. Very good condition.
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Fast Sketch Still Life with Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
Screen Print in colors on Museum Board, #15 from Edition of 100 Signed and Dated, Lower Right Published by International Images, Inc. Putney, Vermont Provenance: Private Collection,...
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Screen

Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
Located in Surfside, FL
SEASONS (1981) This is for the single print listed here. (not the outside folder or title sheet) Title: Bird (in flight). This one is hand signed and dated verso. Seasons explores the seasons of Man, Woman, Child, Civilization, Nature and Technology. First digital artwork purchased by the Metropolitan Museum. Date: 1980-1981 Medium: vintage color photocopy print. “I worked at The Metropolitan Museum in 1981, when they acquired [Lesley’s] SEASONS portfolio. We knew we wanted it, even though we didn’t have a category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. Lesley Schiff (born 1951) is an American fine artist. Schiff studied painting at the Art Institute Chicago before developing her signature practice using color laser printers to create images. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Mead Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other major museums, corporate and private collections globally. Lesley Schiff revolutionized the photocopier from being an office tool to just another instrument in the artist's arsenal. Rather than addressing the tool in her work, Schiff instead uses the photocopier like a paintbrush to realize her vision. Once a painter, Schiff says: “I never intended to stop painting. I just decided to start painting with a modern tool. Working with the color laser printer keeps you in your culture. It's like America. Plugged in. Electronic. Direct." Painting with light, Schiff's body of work outlines a cycle of life: man, woman, child, civilization, nature, technology. More recent works challenge the viewer to understand the concept of eye-levels and perspectives, reinventing the way we see. Schiff's work was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first digital acquisition, and most recently, was featured at the Whitney Museum of American Art in "Experiments in Electrostatics". She uses a color laser printer “like a paintbrush” to create her art. She has said about her work and her tool: “I never intended to stop painting. I just decided to start painting with a modern tool. Working with the color laser printer keeps you in your culture. It's like America. Plugged in. Electronic. Direct—but no matter how hi-tech my tools become, I’m a painter, but instead of painting with oils, I paint with light. The Whitney Museum will show Lesley Schiff's pioneering SEASONS portfolio in its entirety. Many prominent collections acquired SEASONS as their first digital artwork. She participated in the Punk Art show in the 1970's. Her work kind of relates to Fluxus and Dada. Leslie Schiff moved from Chicago to New York in the early 1970s. Much of her art involves collage and the Xerox photocopy machine. Her images are rooted in her personal psyche and have an intuitive meaning that is not always easily understood. In exhibitions, Xerox sheets are combined and displayed decoratively on the wall. Schiff has also created books; and made video and sound tapes. She was included in the seminal New York/New Wave 1981 exhibition show at MoMA PS1 along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, William S.Burroughs, David Byrne, Larry Clark, Crash (John Matos), Ronnie Cutrone, Brian Eno, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kenny Scharf, Steven Sprouse, Andy Warhol and Lawrence Weiner. She did a “visual biography,” comprised of portraits of Bob Dylan—depicted at different ages, from his 20s to his 60s—illustrations of his lyrics, and images of iconic objects like his sunglasses and harmonica. Schiff collaborated with Matthew Carter...
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Fodere Bemberg original vintage Italian fashion poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Italian poster: Fodere Bemberg. Occhio alla fodera!. Original Rene Gruau Italian fashion design. Size: 39" x 55". Original poster; r...
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Lithograph

Reclining Woman (framed hand signed lithograph)
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on paper. Hand signed, dated, titled and numbered lower margin by Will Barnet. From edition of 300. Image size 29.5 x 38 inches. Sheet size 33 x 41 inches. F...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Talavie, by Dan Namingha, Hopi desert landscape, village scene, blues, reds
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Talavie, Hopi desert landscape, village scene, blues, reds, by Dan Namingha hand pulled limited edition lithograph signed and numbered by the artist
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Cafe Noir
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Café Noir" is an original serigraph by artist Charles Lepas, created in the early 1990s as part of a series of decorative posters for Graphique de France, a prominent publisher of m...
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Screen

Red Flowers & Green Leaves, Separate -- Print, Homemade, Still-life by Hockney
Located in London, GB
Red Flowers & Green Leaves, Separate, May 1988 David Hockney Homemade print in colours executed on an office colour copy machine on two sheets of Arches ...
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Color

XIV Olympic Winter Games - Vintage Poster by Gabrijel Stupika - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
XIV Olympic Winter games  is a vintage poster realized by the artist Gabrijel Stupika, in occasion of the XIV Winter Olympics games in Sarajevo, in 1984. Very good condition. Gabri...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

SEVENTH TORII Signed Lithograph Japanese Landscape, Mountains Water Gold Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
SEVENTH TORII is an original, hand drawn(not a photo reproduction or digital print), limited edition lithograph with gold silkscreen printed using hand lithography and serigraphy tec...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

BALLET VISIONS (PLATE 2)
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph in colors on paper. Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 275. Sheet size 32 x 22 inches. Image size approx 29 x 19.5 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. Please note our gallery has more than 1 of this artwork in stock and the exact edition number you may receive may be different than pictured. About the artist: Jane Bazinet...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Coscolina Con Muerto (Flirt With Death)
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Coscolina Con Muerto (Flirt With Death) 1986 Stone Lithograph Edition 35/50 Size: 26.75 x 21 inches Frame size: 44.75 x 39 Luis Alfonso Jimenez Born, 1940, El Paso, Texas, died 2006, Hondo, New Mexico. Statement: Luis Jimenez, in his work, celebrates the vitality of life. . . . Jimenez es un hijo de la frontera; he knows its people and the landscape. It is the transformation of these people into art that is his most important contribution to the art of this vast region which stretches between Mexico and the United States. His subject matter utilizes the popular images of the cultura del norte, and a large part of it is depicted and transformed in the rough and tumble world of la frontera. He is also a son of el norte, and so he uses its materials and explores its emerging, popular myths. The tension and attraction of Jimnez’s work is that he always creates within the space of his two worlds, the Mexicano and the Americano. He constantly shows us the irony of the two forces which repel, while showing us glimpses of the synthesis he seeks. What a gift it has been to us for this talented artist to reflect on the soul of our region. He gives meaning to our existence and history. Rudolfo Anaya (passage chosen by the artist), A View from La Frontera, Man on Fire: Luis Jimnez, pp. 1, 3, 6Biography: Luis Jimnez was born in Texas to parents who had emigrated from Mexico to the United States; he would later dedicate his 1989 sculpture Border Crossing to his father, who had entered the country illegally. The elder Jimnez was a neon sign designer in El Paso, and Luis worked with him as a youth. His experience working in the neon shop and his fascination with U.S. car culture would both become major influences on his art career. Jimenez studied architecture at the University of Texas, Austin (UTA), and also took art courses in which he first created sculptures with wood, steel, and fiberglass, choosing the latter because of its association with U.S. popular culture. He subsequently became one of the artists who made fiberglass an acceptable medium in the 1960s. In 1964 Jimenez received his B.S. in art from UTA, and he continued his studies at the Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mexico in Mexico City. In 1966 he moved to New York City and worked as an assistant to sculptor Seymour Lipton. Jimnez began to exhibit his art while in New York and in 1972 moved to New Mexico to focus on creating public sculptures, even as he maintained his diverse output of drawings, prints, and lithographs. Drawing on his early experiences, Jimnez creates works that come from a border perspective, one that draws upon the hybridity bred by culture clashes. Often socially and politically informed, his works speak not only in regional terms, those germane to the southwestern...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Alex Katz 'Julia and Alexandra' Signed Screenprint 1983
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This magnificent 1983 Katz portrait is pencil signed and numbered 59/75 from the edition of 75, on the lower left corner. This work comes beautifully frame...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Fast Sketch of Still Life with Fruit and Goldfish
Located in New York, NY
Screen Print in colors on Museum Board, # 12 from Edition of 100 Signed and Dated, lower right Published by International Images, Inc. Putney, Vermont Provenance: Private Collection...
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Screen

Earth Birth
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Judy Chicago (b. 1939) is a world-renowned American artist and preeminent figure of the Feminist Art movement of the 1970s. Throughout her career, Chicago has challenged the (male-d...
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Screen

Men Who Are Men
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Men Who Are Men" is a pseudo-documentary written and directed by Jeff Balsmeyer and Kirby Dick. The film was showcased at the Bleecker Street Cinema, a renowned venue in New York Ci...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Jardin d'Evasion, François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist from the edition of 80. This is a great example of the texture and tone that can be achieved with drypoint. In keeping with the best Italia...
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Drypoint

Untitled - Lithograph by Antonella Cappuccio - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph, on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 56cmx76cm, work size 47cmx66cm. Excellent condition, no defects. Artist, costume designer, after having created numerous scenog...
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Lithograph

The Archer, Framed Contemporary Lithograph by Sandro Chia
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandro Chia, Italian (1946 - ) Title: Untitled - The Archer Year: circa 1985 Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 197/500 Paper Size: 28 in. x 21.5 in....
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Lithograph

Coyote Gulch, Escalante River, Glen Canyon, Utah
By Eliot Porter
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A dye transfer print depicting the landscape scene of Coyote Gulch in Glen Canyon, Utah by contemporary artist Eliot Porter. Edition of 250. Signed lower r...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Dye Transfer

First Snow, Signed Serigraph by Kevin Red Star
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kevin Red Star, American (1942 - ) Title: First Snow Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150, AP Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55....
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Antonio Lopez Saenz Aquatint "Hombres y Sillos" (Men and Chairs)
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Antonio Lopez Saenz is a brilliant iconic creative artist from Mazatlan, Mexico. The aquatint “Hombres y Sillos” (Men and Chai...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Ark Interior III, four etchings by Arthur Geisert
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Title: Noah's Ark III Medium: Etching with hand watercolor Four plates, each one 14.5 x 20 inches Condition: new, never framed Date: 1981 This is a set of four etchings that make up...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Etching

Javacheff Christo Prints and Objects 1963-1987
By Javacheff Christo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Javacheff Christo Prints and Objects 1963-1987: A Catalogue Raisonné" is a must-have for any Christo enthusiast. Published by Abbeville Press and featuring 180 illustrations, includ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

JESSICA
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed & numbered by the artist. AP edition. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

"Bronx Zoo" lithograph and silk screen by Larry Rivers from "New York, New York"
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Bronx Zoo" lithograph and silk screen by Larry Rivers from "New York, New York" portfolio published by New York Graphic Society. Numbered 5/250, signed Larry Rivers and dated '83 lo...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

NEW YORK CITY GRAND HYATT Signed Lithograph, Grand Central Terminal NYC Landmark
Located in Union City, NJ
NEW YORK CITY: GRAND HYATT is an original hand drawn lithograph created in 1983 by the NY woman artist, Joan Melnick. NEW YORK CITY: GRAND HYATT was Inspired by the architectural des...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

JEANE Signed Lithograph, Fashion Portrait, Exotic Woman, Dark Sunglasses, Gloves
Located in Union City, NJ
JEANE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Nico Vrielink printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper 100% acid free. JEANE depicts an energetic contemporary female fashion portrait of a standing young woman dressed in a tight fitting black skirt, deep V-cut turquoise blue top, light pink gloves and large dark sunglasses...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Reading Pig /// Contemporary Pop Art Black and White Screenprint Animal Funny
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Reading Pig" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1984 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper Limited ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Alex Katz 'Man with Pipe' (Schröder 181) Signed Color Etching and Aquatint 1984
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) Alex Katz' 'Man with Pipe' is a color etching and aquatint, 1984, on Rives BFK paper, signed and numbered 163/185 in pencil, printed by Aldo Crommelynck, co...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

BLACK SWAN
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed & numbered by the artist. Edition of 250. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

Champion by Billy Schenck
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Champion 1979 Billy Schenck Serigraph Image size: 16 x 27 inches Billy Schenck has been known internationally for 44 years as one of the originators of the contemporary "Pop" wester...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Robert Longo 'Performance Works'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 26.75 x 12 inches ( 67.945 x 30.48 cm ) Image Size: 21.25 x 12 inches ( 53.975 x 30.48 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional D...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Gerhard Richter 'IBM (G.EL.2, 18.1.1984)' 1987 Limited Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"IBM G.EL.2, 18.1.1984" is an offset print created by renowned German artist Gerhard Richter. Based on a watercolor completed on January 18, 1984, this piece is notable for its vibra...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Graphite, Offset

"Vacance" framed, signed 1980 limited edition serigraph by artist Hiro Yamagata
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Vacance" serigraph by artist Hiro Yamagata. Hand-signed Yamagata in front lower right corner. Hand-numbered 217/300. Image size: 21 x 26 3/4 inches.
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Performing Arts Center" lithograph by R. B. Kitaj from "New York, New York"
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Performing Arts Center" lithograph of dancers and musicians by R. B. (Ronald Brooks) Kitaj from the "New York, New York" portfolio published by the New York Graphic Society. Signed ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Etude Du Corps Humain D'après Ingres, Lithograph
Located in Roma, IT
Etude Du Corps Humain D'après Ingres is a precious colored lithograph realized by Francis Bacon in 1984. Colored lithograph on Arches paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower r...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Mandala Black
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Jack Youngerman (American, b. 1926) Title: Mandala Black Medium: Pochoir in colors with screenprint and embossing Date: 1981 Dimensions: 37" x 36" Signed, dated and numbered ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

The Dance Of Horses - Original Lithograph by Jovan Vulic - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance Of Horses is a beautiful colored lithograph on paper, realized in the 1980s by the artist Jovan Vulic (b. 1951). Hand-signed and numbered in pencil on the lower margin. ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Zodiaco-Acquario - Etching by Ossi Czinner - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Burin engraving on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 39cmx29,5cm, work size 22cmx17,5cm. Excellent condition, no defects. OSSI CZINNER - Central European artist, graphic designer and...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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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