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Abstract Art

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
Color:  Red
LOVE Drawing Fine Art Print Limited Edition
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Digital print, limited edition of 5, signed by the author.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Digital

Warming Up
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Please note the colors are difficult to capture and may vary due to different digital screens and settings. Brad Robertson has painted all his life. Born and raised in the coastal town of Mobile, Alabama, his earliest inspiration was the landscape- the indigenous pines and oak trees, and the waters of Mobile Bay...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Being and Becoming
Located in Detroit, MI
aluminum sculpture
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

Silver Man and the Tank - Primary Colors, Staged Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This is a straight photo without a photoshop strip in. The silverman is from a trophy and is being held in the left hand of the photographer while his Nikon is in his right hand. It's an on-location shot set against three colorful fuel tanks...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Rouge 20170 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Rouge 20170 (Abstract painting) Ink on paper - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canv...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Sunrise - an Expression (with original Washburn gallery label)
Located in New York, NY
Alan Cote Sunrise - an Expression, 1981 Acrylic Polymer (Aquatec) on Canvas (hand signed twice with original Washburn Gallery label) Hand-signed by artist, S...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Marrakech, MA
Mixed media on canvas 150 x 150 cm - frame thickness 10 cm Signed on the back
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic

Red Parrot
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce color lithograph on Arches. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 65. Signed and dated in pencil. Published by the Martha Jackson Gallery...
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph

French Contemporary Art by Audrey Margeridon - Entre Ferme et Moulin
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Framed 87 x 107 cm
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Morocco 1- acrylic on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensive...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

davidelvisandi
Located in Bloomington, IL
In this woodcut, printed in cadmium red and black inks on Somerset Satin paper, the artist riffs on the famous photograph of David Bowie in an outfi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Woodcut

Heart Thromb (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Heart Thromb (Abstract painting) Oil on wood panel - Unframed. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the horizontal bands from top to bottom of...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

French Contemporary Art by Audrey Margeridon - Entre Chien et Baleine
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Framed 87 x 87 cm
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Fountain /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Colorful Painting Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "The Fountain" Series: Rorschach *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2022 Medium: Orig...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Red Dream (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Red Dream (Abstract painting) Oil on wood - Unframed. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the horizontal bands from top to bottom of the surf...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

"Red Roses for Warhol, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 53" x 53"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract limited edition print by Sofie Swann features a square pattern composition in a deep red color, with abstracted, thin black line drawings of roses within each square. T...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Blue Embers - acrylic on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensive...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Morocco 2- acrylic on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensive...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Red Dream (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Red Dream (Abstract painting) Oil on wood - Unframed. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the horizontal bands from top to bottom of the surf...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Rolling Rock Red Eclipse
Located in Cleveland, OH
Black Outline Bunnies on Red
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Traveling Solo, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Traveling Solo takes place in a mysterious landscape of floating, energetic geometric and lyrical shapes. The direct application of textured oil paint over thin flashe paint ground c...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Vinyl

Red Composition - Print by Otto Hofmann - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Red composition is an original contemporary artwork realizedby Otto Hofmann in 1989. Mixed colored screen print. Hand signed on the lower right margin. ...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Canvas 047: American Flag, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The American Flag: Pride in the Red White and Blue. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Enter Here, Chapter 26
Located in Nashville, TN
Since the 1990s, Heinsohn’s work has addressed climate change, impending cataclysm, and cultural dysfunction in numerous bodies of work including his mixed media wall reliefs, his "Time Frames" series of photo-based abstractions, and his turbulent, thickly painted, cratered abstractions. However, as mentioned in his recent statement: “Given the current dysfunctional mayhem of our planet, I believe we need visual art that provides a place for the mind to transcend our calamity, to thoughtfully explore the multitude of unknowns connected to our daily lives, and to thereby refresh our optimism and our sense of urgency in the reimagining of our existence.” These new works channel the meditative properties of abstraction pursued by Kandinsky and Malevich, combined with intuitive approaches of accessing higher consciousness which guided Hilma af Klint as well as, much later, artists of Abstract Surrealism such as Gordon Onslow Ford, Roberto Matta, Wolfgang Paalen...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Burlap, Acrylic Polymer

Paradigm Red
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by artist Brad Ellis exists in an edition of 30. Paper size is 30"h x 24"w with an image size of 24"h x 19"w. Brad Ellis is a Da...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

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Cotton, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital...

In a French Restaurant (Knoedler Gallery) SIGNED poster colorful expressionist
By (After) Howard Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
A large scale abstract interior scene with bold black, white, red, pink, green, white and orange patterns and brushstrokes, based on an abstract oil painting. Pink and purple dots, y...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

"Cina" By Bruno Fael, mixed media
Located in Milano, MI
Bruno Fael begins as a figurative painter and is recognized today as the key figure of a renewed Abstract Expressionism based on color and as one of the most gifted and effective con...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Belarusian Contemporary Art by Dasha Buben - Control Attempt #9
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red Six IX - Original Lithograph by Lorenzo Indrimi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lorenzo Indrimi , an Italian contemporary artist who drew inspiration from the most primitive human feelings, created this elegant sfumato lithograph Red Six IX in the 1970s. It is ...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Gordon House, "Dial Set One, " Screenprint, 1966
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by Welsh artist Gordon House (1932-2004). House was a designer and painter whose hard-edged abstract works reflected the dramatic tensions of his graphic...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Enter Here, Chapter 25
Located in Nashville, TN
Since the 1990s, Heinsohn’s work has addressed climate change, impending cataclysm, and cultural dysfunction in numerous bodies of work including his mixed media wall reliefs, his "Time Frames" series of photo-based abstractions, and his turbulent, thickly painted, cratered abstractions. However, as mentioned in his recent statement: “Given the current dysfunctional mayhem of our planet, I believe we need visual art that provides a place for the mind to transcend our calamity, to thoughtfully explore the multitude of unknowns connected to our daily lives, and to thereby refresh our optimism and our sense of urgency in the reimagining of our existence.” These new works channel the meditative properties of abstraction pursued by Kandinsky and Malevich, combined with intuitive approaches of accessing higher consciousness which guided Hilma af Klint as well as, much later, artists of Abstract Surrealism such as Gordon Onslow Ford, Roberto Matta, Wolfgang Paalen...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Burlap, Acrylic Polymer

Autumn Glow, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Kajal Zaveri presents a vibrant abstract landscape with varying hues of fiery of orange. Inspired by the changing colors of the fall season, Kajal replic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Museum of Folkwang, Essen, Germany (Hand Signed by Peter Halley)
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley Museum of Folkwang, Essen, Germany (Hand Signed by Peter Halley), 1998 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Peter Halley) 33 × 24 inches Unframed Alpha 137 Gallery is honored to offer this historic offset lithograph of legendary American artist Peter Halley's 1998- exhibition at the Museum of Folkwang, Essen, Germany,which the artist hand signed in black marker. Shown here is a photograph of our director Nadine Witkin with the artist. Below is Peter Halley's official biography. What it doesn't mention is that Andy Warhol famously painted his portrait in 1986! Peter Halley is that legendary. According to Halley, he didn't realize until after Warhol's death that the polaroids Warhol took of him with his famous "big shot" camera were made into an original painting. Warhol's painting of Peter Halley was included in the recent Andy Warhol retrospective...
Category

1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Offset

"XX Siecle: Panorama 70: XXXIV" w/ Original Lithographs by Chagall and Soulages
Located in Bristol, CT
1970 12 1/2" x 9 3/4" Articles on Chagall, Vasarely, Gilioli, Soulages, Magnelli, Manessier, Crippa, Rothko and more. With both original lithographs by Chagall...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

T Series (Red), Serigraph by Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden, American Title: T Series (Red) Year: circa 1970 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 29 in. x 23 in...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

No. 49430 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 49430 (Abstract Photography) Archival ink print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag - Unframed. Artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Image size: 80 x 60 cm/31.4 x 23.6 inches Available on request - 2 weeks turnaround. Print can be mounted to 4mm Dibond, price on request. Larger sizes are available on request. The photographic artworks of Sebastiaan Knot...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Archival Pigment

Passaggi - Tempera on Paper by Paolo Cotani - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Passaggi is an original painting by Paolo Cotani (Rome, 1940-2011) in 1972. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right margin. Tempera on paper. Includes frame The artwor...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Tempera

'Levitation, ' by Dragana Milovic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting, 2021
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 40" x 40" acrylic on canvas painting, 'Levitation,' by Dragana Milovic depicts a fantastical abstracted landscape of geometric shapes and lines in...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

No Work Today Screenprint Abstract Figurative Signed and Numbered Pop Art
Located in Draper, UT
Parra "No Work Today" Signed limited edition screenprint (x/250) 50 cm x 70 cm Excellent condition
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Red Concealment
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This artwork explores the idea that something is concealed from view but may still be visible. In this case, the concealment is behind the red paint, and the emotions that this induc...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Red With Circles, Original Abstract Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Red With Circles, Original Abstract Painting, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 36"W x 24"H Signed by the artist Artist Commentary: Red is a favorite color of mine although I find it so power...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Summer Holiday, Abstract Geometric Acrylic and Canvas Collage, Red White Blue
Located in Denver, CO
Acrylic and canvas collage on canvas by 20th century artist Margo Hoff (1910-2008). An abstract geometric painting in Margo's signature style of canvas collage, laying bits of canva...
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20th Century Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Canto Pisan, 1972
Located in London, GB
ZAO WOU-KI 1921- 2013 Beijing 1921 -2013 Switzerland (Chinese) Title: Canto Pisan, 1972 Technique: Complete Suite of Eight Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etchings and Aquatints ...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Pressure, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Agate textures and formations painted in acrylic on stretched canvas. Celebrating the natural occurring colours, hues, shapes and patterns created through time and natural proces...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Serie "U no és ningú" No. 21 by Antoni Tàpies - Abstract painting
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Serie "U no és ningú" No. 21 by Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) Acrylic, felt and pencil on cardboard 50 x 65 cm (19 ³...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Cardboard, Pencil, Felt

"The Secrets in the Circle, " Oli Sihvonen, Blue and Red Hard-Edge Geometric
Located in New York, NY
Oli T. Sihvonen (1921 - 1991) The Secrets in the Circle, 1962 Oil on canvas 25 x 34 in Signed lower right; signed, titled dated, and inscribed "Box 563 Taos, N.M." on the reverse Provenance: Private Collection, Nyack, New York Known for large, hard-edged abstractions, Oli T. Sihvonen, a Brooklyn native of Finnish ancestry, grew up in Connecticut. He attended the Norwich Art School before enrolling at the Art Students League in New York between 1938 and 1941. During World War II, Sihvonen served in the United States Army as a sergeant, specializing, as he later said, in “camouflage and deception.” His tour of duty took him to Europe where he encountered the work of Paul Cézanne. In the summer of 1946, Sihvonen traveled to western North Carolina to study at Black Mountain College, which experienced a boost in enrollment following the war years. He was greatly influenced by the progressive color theories of Josef Albers, and, later, the thinking of Buckminster Fuller. After leaving Black Mountain in 1948, Sihvonen continued his studies under the G.I. Bill at Louis Ribak’s Taos Valley Art School in New Mexico from 1949 to 1950. A year spent painting murals in Mexico included work for the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico City, an early example of his large-scale proficiency. Returning to the East Coast, Sihvonen held a succession of teaching posts: initially in Washington, DC, and then in New York City, first at Hunter College in 1954 and the following academic year at Cooper Union. Drawn to the southwestern landscape, Sihvonen moved to New Mexico, where he resided in Taos from 1956 through 1967. There, he painted sizeable geometric compositions with exuberant colors, which was atypical of Taos painters...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Oil, Canvas

Red squares abstract by mid 20th Century French artist Claire Pichaud
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Claire Pichaud (French 1935 – 2017) Patchwork of squares Acrylic on canvas 31.1/2 x 31.1/2 in. (80 x 80 cm.) Signed (on the reverse on the stretcher) Further works by Claire Pichaud...
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20th Century Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mary Didoardo "June Bug" - Small Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Mary Didoardo June Bug, 2022 oil on wood panel 8 x 8 in. (dido095) This small abstract oil painting on wood by Mary Didoardo features her...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Composition in Red - Original Screen Print by Franco Giuli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Rainbow Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the contemporary artist Franco Giuli (1934-2018) Mixed colored screen print....
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

Cascade (Fine bone china plate, new in bespoke box, Limited Edition of 175)
Located in New York, NY
Loie Hollowell Cascade, for Coalition for the Homeless, 2020 Fine bone china in red gift box 10 3/4 in diameter Edition of 175 Signed in plate, Artists ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Porcelain, Screen, Mixed Media, Board

In SpeedIn Speed - Acrylic by Leo Guida - 1992
Located in Roma, IT
In Speed is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1992 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Acrylic on wood. Frame is included. Total D...
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1990s Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Red Eye #1, 2022, digitally made print, edition of 3, signed
Located in New York, NY
Red Eye #1, an edition of 3, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image and paper size is...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Archival Pigment

Em Qualquer Canto (Anywhere) The complete portfolio of 13 engravings
Located in San Francisco, CA
This portfolio titled "Em Qualquer Canto (Anywhere)" by Brazilian artist Marcio Perigo, b. 1949 is composed of 13 original engravings on German paper, all hand signed, numbered 4/20 ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Engraving

"Red Shift" (Large Contemporary Abstract Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

FAENA SIN TORO NI TORERO NI MUERTE Special Edition 022/109 Monotypes
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Des 109 monotypes aux petales de coquelicot constituant le Cinquieme Theatre de la memoire du Paon de Francois Righi, inaugure a Madrid le 6 novembre 2001 dans le cadre du Salon "Est...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper

"Fly" - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting - colorful - Hilma af Klint
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Fly" is a geometric abstract painting featuring hues of pink, orange, yellow and blue. Kate Hooray Osmond is inspired by the work of Hilma af Klint and Dami...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Red on Red
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An abstract oil painting. Diluted red oil paint poured and dripped directly onto raw canvas, oil pastels have been drawn on top while the paint was still wet, allowing it to seep int...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Joseph and His Brothers, Silkscreen by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000) Title: Joseph and his Brothers Year: 1971 Medium: Screenprint on Scintilla paper, sign...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

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