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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Period: 20th Century
Style: Abstract
Lynda Benglis, Gold Leafed Bronze Wings, signed lithograph by renowned sculptor
Located in New York, NY
Lynda Benglis Gold Leafed Bronze Wings, 1979 Lithograph on wove paper Hand signed, dated 1979 and numbered by Lynda Benglis on the front in bright green crayon. Bears publishers blind stamp Unframed and affixed to dark grey/black matting Hand signed, dated 1979 and numbered by Lynda Benglis on the front in bright green crayon. Bears publishers blind stamp. Published by Landfall Press; a rare limited edition print from the 1970s, depicting a sculptural installation by one of the most dynamic influential and important art world superstars of our time. The writing on the print: Gold Leafed Bronze Wings Black Concrete Obelisk...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Series 6, De Stijl Silkscreen by Bolotowsky
Located in Long Island City, NY
A silkscreen print by Ilya Bolotowsky circa 1970. A retro modern piece with an abstract geometric design. Artist: Ilya Bolotowsky, Russian/American (1907 - 1981) Title: Series 6 Yea...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

"Crescent Rose" Mixed Media Handmade Paper Watercolor Abstract by Bruce Weinberg
Located in Soquel, CA
"Crescent Rose" Mixed Media Handmade Paper Watercolor Abstract by Bruce Weinberg Soft lavenders, magentas and gray tones highlighted with purple thread and sheets of gold leaf mingle to create a soft and lovely abstract on handmade paper by California artist Bruce Weinberg (American, 1942-1994). Image is floated on a silk background. Pencil signed and dated "Bruce Weinberg 1980" lower right. Pencil signed title "Crescent Rose" lower left. Displayed in a giltwood frame with spacer. Image size: 24"H x 35"L. Framed size: 31"H x 43"W x 2"D. Bruce Weinberg was a long time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied Interior Design at the Philadelphia College of Art and Architectural Space Planning at Temple University. During the 1970s he studied printmaking and drawing at San Francisco's Fort Mason...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Nicholas Bodde Triptych Color Field on Aluminum
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Untitled" by Nicholas Bodde depicts vibrant layers of color on narrow aluminum strips. These pieces are interchangeable and can be hung in various ways. Each is signed on the verso and was created in 2013. All three are sold as a set. Each aluminum panel measures 39 " h x 2.5" w. Bodde was born in New York he lives and works in Germany. He considers himself a German painter, who uses lacquered aluminum to create works that are beautiful in their simplicity and in their joyful exploration of color. The artist drives upon the tradition of European constructivism as well as Colour Field Painting, noting influences by Mark Rothko and Barnett Newmann. Bodde claims that his paintings “reveal themselves differently from close up and from a distance. When viewed from a distance they clearly appear related to constructivist geometric tendencies. But from close proximity, one notices that my main objective is painting and not construction.” The artist has reduced his subject to parallel vertical or horizontal lines and fields that race across the hard surface in a controlled riot – as if the viewer were looking out of a fast moving car while driving by fields of colorful flowers. Bodde constantly questions the colors, focusing on creating a construction through using different colors. He sees his creations as a mode of communication with the world. He paints on aluminum plates by successive coats of painting that he applies with different utensils to finally obtain a result that imprints itself into the eye’s retina. The game of colorful stripes, more or less large, sometimes with the feeling of the brush, sometimes flat, reflects the light differently on each lap. The brightness of his palette, a willful choice, accentuates the vitality that emanates from this painting. His works hesitate between the vibrating and nearly irritating colors and the calm of a monastic construction.   Bodde received his formal education from the University of Arts in Bremen (1989) and has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows across the world, including venues such as the Yeh Gallery in Seoul, Planet Art...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Metal

Two People Looking at a Piece of Paper, Abstract Screenprint by Peter Young
By Peter Young
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Young Title: Two People Looking at a Piece of Paper from New York 10 Year: 1969 Medium: Screenprint and pochoir, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Edition: 67/100 ...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Screen

Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Levy was born in New York City in 1899. After retiring in 1951 from a career as president of E. Milius & Company, a textile company, Levy began a new career as a fine artist. ...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Oil, Canvas

Signed Spero Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 43 by 33 inches overall and 40 by 30 painting alone.
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1960s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

'Large Bay Area Abstract', Smithsonian, San Francisco, CCAC, SFAI, MoMA, Milan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'B. Lauritzen' for Bruce Lauritzen (American, born 1934) and dated 1970. Framed dimensions: 46.25 x 46.25 x 2 inches A large and dramatic abstract by this notabl...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic

Large French 20th Century Abstract Landscape Gorges De Verdon Provence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed, inscribed verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 36 x 29 inches condition: overall ver...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Lush Grazing, North Park (Colorado) Rocky Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of the Rocky Mountains with Lush Grazing, North Park, an original oil painting by renowned landscape artist James Emery Greer, created in ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Oil

"Casper" Diana Kurz, New York Female Abstract Expressionist Gouache on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Casper Gouache on paper 11 x 17 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England and then ...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Paper, Gouache

20th Century French Geometric Abstract Composition Oil Painting 1970's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition signed and dated 70' by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French oil painting on board, unframed size: 10 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, Paris, France conditi...
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20th Century Abstract Art

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Oil

Large French 20th Century Abstract Landscape Rolling Hills & Lush Valleys
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed, inscribed verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 18 x 22 inches condition: overall ver...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Illuminations" (after) Zao Wou-ki
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1966 on Johannot wove paper for the "Illuminations" poftfolio, and published in Paris by Club Francais du Livre. Image si...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Offset

Greenwich Arts Council Poster /// Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell NY
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1992) Title: "Greenwich Arts Council" *Issued unsigned, though signed by Motherwell in the plate (printed signature) center right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on Strathmore paper Limited edition: 700. (There was also a signed and numbered edition of 42) Printer: Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY Publisher: Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT Reference: "The Prints of Robert Motherwell - A Catalogue Raisonné 1943-1984" - Belknap Appendix: No. 28, page 282; "Robert Motherwell - The Complete Prints 1940-1991" - Engberg No. 202 Sheet size: 37.25" x 23" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Some minor edge wear. In excellent condition Rare Notes: Printed in three colors: black, green, and cream. Poster produced for a special exhibition "Sculpture 76" at The Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT from June - October, 1976. The image featured on this poster is Motherwell's 1972 acrylic painting on paper "Greenwich Sculpture". Artist's copyright lower left and printer's imprint lower right. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Biography: Robert Motherwell was born January 24, 1915, in Aberdeen, Washington. He was awarded a fellowship to the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles at age 11, and in 1932 studied painting briefly at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Motherwell received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1937 and enrolled for graduate work later that year in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He traveled to Europe in 1938 for a year of study abroad. His first solo show was presented at the Raymond Duncan...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Colorful Abstract Waterfall by Johanna Secor
Located in New York, NY
Johanna Secor (American, 1920-1998) Waterfall, Late 20th Century Oil on canvas Framed: 35 3/8 x 29 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. Signed and inscribed verso: Johanna Secor "Waterfall" “Mrs. Seco...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Dance
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Hinman, American (1932 - ) Title: Dance Year: 1972 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150; AP XII Image Size: 12 x 16 inches Size: 14 x 18 in. ...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

Abstract Compositoin
Located in Columbia, MO
Gigi Ford Gigi Ford (American, 20th Century) was an innovative early collage artist, whose work is known for its intricate layering and bold use of mixed media to explore themes of i...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Mixed Media

Tricolor (from XXe Siecle)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Motherwell Title: Tricolor (from XXe Siecle) Medium: Lithograph Date: 1973 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 18 1/2" x 16 1/2" Sheet Size: 12 1/2" x 10 1/2" Signature: U...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Abstract Geometric Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Roland Martin Abstract Geometric Composition Medium: Color Silkscreen Year: 1972 Signed, numbered and dated by hand Edition: 15 Condition: Minor Defects Size: 23.2 × 16.4 inches COA provided Roland Martin (born July 29, 1927 in Tuttlingen ) is a German sculptor . As a 16-year-old Martin was used in 1943 as a Luftwaffenhelfer, towards the end of the war he was taken prisoner. From 1946 to 1951 he studied at the Bernstein School in Glatt with Hans Ludwig Pfeiffer and Paul Kälberer In 1950 he was for a short time at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Field Office Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau with Wilhelm Gerstel, from 1951 to 1952 he was a student of Fritz Nuss. Since 1952 Martin works as a freelance sculptor in Tuttlingen. Among his students is Jörg Bach...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

Multi-Color Abstract Expressionist Horizontal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold multi-color abstract expressionist oil painting illustrating vivid colors of gold, magenta, teal and yellows by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This high octane colorful hor...
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1990s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Miro original painting.
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original drawing painted in wax by Joan Miro. Certified by Jacques Dupin, official certifier of the artist's work. The work is a wax painted on two continuous pages of a book publish...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Crayon

Plate 19, from 1965 Peintures Sur Cartons
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Joan Miro Title: Plate 19 Portfolio: Peintures sur Cartons Date: 1965 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 21 1/4" x 17 1/4" Sheet Size: 15" x 11" Image Size: 15" x 11" Signature:...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Pillar of Zen #124, unique signed gouache painting Andre Zarre Gallery, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Charmion von Wiegand Pillar of Zen #124, 1959 Gouache on paper painting Hand signed, titled and dated on the front Unique Provenance: Andre Zarre Gallery, with label verso (Estate of renowned gallerist Andre Zarre, ne Andre Sowulewski) Measurements: Framed 26.5 inches vertical by 25.5 horizontal by 2 inches Artwork: 21 inches vertical by 22 inches horizontal Mid century modern, geometric, spiritual abstraction, mystical The Estate of the celebrated artist Charmion Von Wiegand has been represented exclusively by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery since 1998. From March 3 to August 13, 2023, Charmion Von Wiegand was the subject of an acclaimed retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Basel, and she has received major attention in the price, including a June, 2023 ArtNews feature entitled, "Who Was Charmion von Wiegand and Why Is She Important?". Her work was also featured in a solo presentation by Rosenfeld Gallery at the New York Art Show held at the Park Avenue Armory, which also received critical acclaim. Artists Biography - courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: Known for her vibrant, geometric paintings that originate a deeply personal language of spiritual enlightenment expressed through a constructivist mode of abstraction, Charmion von Wiegand (1896–1983) was born in Chicago but spent much of her childhood traveling. The daughter of a journalist for Hearst, von Wiegand eventually settled in New York in 1915 to attend Barnard College and Columbia University, where she took classes at the School of Journalism while nurturing a growing interest in art history. In 1925, von Wiegand realized that she wanted to be an artist and set up a studio in Greenwich Village, teaching herself how to paint while pursuing a career as a journalist. In 1929, she secured a position in Moscow as a foreign correspondent for Hearst, the only woman at the desk at the time. In 1932, von Wiegand returned to New York and married Russian émigré Joseph Freeman, who co-founded and edited the leftist journal New Masses. Von Wiegand began writing art criticism for New Masses as well as for other publications, including New Theatre, ARTnews, and Arts Magazine. When the Abstract American Artists (AAA) held their inaugural exhibition, von Wiegand reviewed it. An early champion of abstract art, von Wiegand became close friends with AAA founder Carl Holty. In 1941, Holty introduced von Wiegand to Piet Mondrian, who would have a profound impact on her art. Fascinated by Mondrian’s artistic philosophy, von Wiegand played a key role in the introduction of his work to American audiences, translating many of the Dutch artist’s writings into English and assisting in the composition of his influential article “Toward the True Vision of Reality” (1941). Through her friendship with Mondrian, von Wiegand re-kindled her interest in Theosophy (a religion established in the late 19th century that combines aspects of Hinduism, Buddhism, occultism, and esotericism) and embarked on an extended study of neoplasticism. In her artwork, she incorporated Mondrian’s iconic grid but rejected the constraints of pure neoplasticism and embraced a wide range of influences including surrealism and German expressionism. In 1942, von Wiegand became a member of the AAA, exhibiting regularly with the group and eventually serving as its president from 1951 to 1953. In the late 1940s, sculptor and fellow AAA member Ibram Lassaw gave her a translation of The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life, which inspired von Wiegand to immerse herself in a study of Buddhist art. She began incorporating Buddhist motifs such as stupas and mandalas into her paintings, and her spiritual practice steadily intensified throughout the 1950s. In 1953, her husband gifted her a copy of the Taoist I Ching Book of Changes, a guide for divining meaning from randomly derived numbers arranged in a hexagram—a form the artist readily incorporated into her painting. Von Wiegand’s study of Theosophy also intensified over these years, bolstered by her increased access to the religion’s primary sources composed by the religion’s founders and their successors at the New York Theosophical Society’s library. Von Wiegand’s search for the sacred and transcendent ultimately led her to Tibetan Buddhism and, in 1967, von Wiegand met Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, a Gelugpa monk who had recently arrived in New York, who would mentor her spiritual study in the tradition of Mahayana Buddhism until her death. Her travels in the 1960s and 1970s took her to Tibet and India, where she had an audience with the Dalai Lama, who was living in exile in Dharamsala. Many works from these decades incorporate symbols and schematics drawn from Theosophical prismatic color charts, Chinese astrology and tantric yoga. In 1978, she was the subject of a PBS documentary titled The Circle of Charmion von Wiegand, which was scored by Philip Glass. In 1980, von Wiegand was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1982, the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach (FL) organized her first retrospective exhibition. She died the following year in New York, bequeathing her estate to Khyongla Rato and the Tibet Center of New York. In 1998, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery became the sole representative of her estate and has presented her work in four solo and multiple group exhibitions. Recent notable exhibitions that have included her work are The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 2009) and Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America (Newark Museum, NJ, 2010). In March 2023, the Kunstmuseum Basel (Switzerland) opened the first comprehensive museum retrospective of von Wiegand’s work in Europe. Von Wiegand’s work is represented in numerous museum collections including the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy (Andover, MA); Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY); Arithmeum, University of Bonn (Germany); Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama); Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin; Brooklyn Museum (NY); Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA); The Cleveland Museum of Art (OH); Indianapolis Museum of Art (IN); Fondazione Marguerite Arp (Locarno, Switzerland); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Massachusetts); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY); The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY); Newark Museum of Art (New Jersey); Seattle Art Museum (WA); Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC); Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN); Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College (Clinton, NY); Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY); and Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT). More about gallerist Andre Zarre A tribute in the New Criterion: Dispatch August 11, 2020 Andre Zarre, 1942–2020 by Dana Gordon On the late New York gallery pioneer. Art should never be aggressively explained; art should be felt. —Andre Zarre, 1977 Often, in the starlit New York cultural mecca, a longtime important figure fades away through the penumbra and dies without notice. Such was the fate of Andre Zarre, the contemporary art dealer, who passed away a few weeks ago. Andy, as he wanted friends to call him, opened his eponymous gallery in 1974 just off Madison Avenue on Sixty-ninth Street. He soon moved it to the omphalos of the art world in that era, 41 East Fifty-seventh Street, the Fuller Building. Over the years he moved to SoHo and then to Chelsea, as fashion and real estate prices pushed the art souk hither and thither. To understand his importance, all you need do is take a look at a list of artists who had solo shows at the Andre Zarre Gallery. This includes such names, from an early generation, as Sonia Delaunay, Nassos Daphnis, Sari Dienes, and Perle Fine. Among a subsequent generation are Pat Lipsky, Jay Milder, Thornton Willis, and Kes Zapkus.1 And this list does not include the many knowns and unknowns who were in his lively group shows. Zarre had a real “eye” and was a champion of abstract art from the moment he founded his gallery—even among the gathering storms of conceptual and political art, which he eschewed. He showed a good deal of figurative art as well. His galleries were always spacious and unpretentious, oriented simply to show the art. In the words of Dee Shapiro, who showed with the Zarre gallery many times, “He had a photographic memory and knew a lot about art and was always interested in the artist’s life.” Reliable biographical information on Zarre is scarce, but he said of his background that he was born in Poland in 1942 and that his parents were a diplomat and a socialite. He left home for the United States at the age of fifteen. During his decades as an art dealer in New York, Zarre did not appear to accumulate wealth, though he acquired a collection and lived on Park Avenue. “He was not personally aggressive in that way. People had to come to him,” Dee Shapiro said. He was honest in his financial dealings with artists, which not all art dealers are. For a long time while running the gallery he had a second job as a supervisor in an airline office and he kept little to no additional staff in the gallery. He supported a brother who remained in Poland. Among artists, Zarre was known to be quite ornery. After my show at his gallery in 1997, I refused to enter it for seventeen years. Then I ran into him in Chelsea and he offered me another show, an opportunity I gladly accepted, but he remained just as disagreeable. He showed the work of many women, probably more than any other gallery, save those devoted to showing only women. Collectors, curators, and writers found him mostly friendly. As Peter Reginato put it, Zarre was a “strange guy but I liked him. I think he was a dealer who was more interested in the art than in making money, but somehow he lasted forty-plus years.” Zarre is not known to have kept extensive or extant records of his gallery’s long history, though these may emerge in time. Scouring the Internet, one may compile a partial list of more than eighty artists who had solo shows at the Andre Zarre Gallery:Nancy Azara, Ellen Banks, Mary Barnes, Tony Bechara, Juan Bernal, Stephanie Bernheim, Randy Bloom, Elena Borstein, Michael Boyd, Fritz Bultman, Ed Buonagurio, Yoan Capote, Sonia Delaunay, Nassos Daphnis, Cathy Diamond, Sari Dienes, Joseph Dolinsky, Beata Drozd, Ronnie Elliot, William Fares, Perle Fine, Lynne Frehm, Ben Georgia, Mikel Glass, Dana Gordon, Juanita Guccione, Fred Gutzeit, Don Hazlitt, Amy Hill, Clinton Hill, Monroe Hodder, Budd Hopkins, Arlan Huang, Richard Hunt, Rhia Hurt, Buffie Johnson, Alexander Kaletski, Robert Kaupelis...
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1950s Abstract Art

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Paper, Gouache

Rhodes: modern Italian watercolor of abstract Greek landscape & architecture
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a minimalist watercolor painting depicting abstracted architectural features (windows & doorway) in red and blue with the landscape and ocean of Rhodes, Greece visible. The watercolor itself measures 9.5"x6.5" and is floated in a double-mat 16.5" x 13" narrow, contemporary wood (maple) frame. Signed, titled, and dated on the back of the watercolor paper. Diego Esposito...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Watercolor

Untitled abstract expressionist mid-century modern sculpture
By Thomas Morin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Thomas Morin (1934-2017) Untitled, 1962. Cast iron on wood base. Cast sculpture measures 24 x 7 x 5 inches and weighs 49 lbs. Overall measures 26 inches tall on wood base. Proc...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Iron

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Southwest Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 16H by 20L.
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1960s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

French Abstract Contemporary , Mount Fuji
Located in Greenwich, CT
This Mount Fuji inspired work is what Noel called a Palimpseste. Meaning like an ancient piece of papyrus paper, man would use the paper over and over again, making his markings. There is sand on the canvas and he worked on this wet to incise in and build up the surface so there is beautiful texture. It is elegantly framed in a gold leaf float frame - 24 karat gold. Noel is an avant grade artist that worked alongside Cy Twombly in his early years at Fachetti Galleries in Paris - both artists used writing/.graffiti to form their compositions. Beginning in the late 1950s through 2000, Georges Noël produced both canvases and works on hand-made papers inspired by palimpsests, 6th century manuscript pages...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Untitled (XX) (Abstract, Red, Grey) (25% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Barbara Keidel Untitled (XX) (Abstract, Red, Grey) Linocut 1996 Edition: 3 Numbered and dated by hand in pencil Size: 9 x 8.25 inches (22.86 x 20.95 cm) COA provided Tags: Abstr...
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1990s Abstract Art

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Linocut

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on thick board unframed: 8 x 8 inches condition: excellent provenanc...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Oil

Nitibos, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Omar Rayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Omar Rayo, Colombian (1928 - 2010) Title: Nitibos Year: 1968 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75 Image Size: 17 x 17 inches Size: 24 x 20 i...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Screen

Saw - Lithograph by Nicola Carrino - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Nicolas Carrino in 1970. Edition of 150 pieces plus 30 pieces in Roman Numbers. One of the 30 specimen in roman numbers. Excellent condition.
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition XVII, 1950-60 - oil paint, 112x92 cm
By Jean De Maisonseul
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas, signed on back. Jean Pandrigue de Maisonseul was born in Algiers on August 3, 1912. During the conquest of Algeria his great-grandfather, a naval officer from the Viv...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Oil

Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ms De Pinna was part of the Provincetown modernist art movement and was a student of legendary artist/teacher Hans Hoffman. Vivian (Foster) De Pinna was a su...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Oil

1958 Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Geometric Pathway
Located in Bristol, GB
GEOMETRIC PATHWAY Size: 64 x 81 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A bold and striking mid-century abstract landscape composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1958. The pa...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

French 20th Century Abstract Bright Geometric Fiery Orange Grid Pattern
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed, inscribed verso dated 70' oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 16 x 31.5 inches condition: overall very good, a few minor surface scuffs from being stored in the artists studio provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artists estate, Paris, France. Description: This vibrant abstract oil painting is a striking study of geometric pattern and color, featuring a richly textured grid in warm shades of orange, red, and yellow. The painting is centered around a rectangular motif composed of carefully aligned squares and rectangles in earthy hues, bordered by lines of teal, green, and soft pastels that create a stunning contrast against the surrounding warm tones. The artist has skillfully used varying shades to create depth and rhythm within the grid, giving each square a...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Perimeter, Minimalist Abstract Etching by Jack Sonenberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jack Sonenberg, American/Canadian (1925 - ) Title: Perimeter Year: circa 1965 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Size: 36 x 29.5 in. (9...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Blue Abstract Painting Mid 20th Century Oil on Board
Located in Arp, TX
Wanda Northen "Blue Abstract" c. 1960s Oil paint on board 20.25"x24.25" silver period frame Signed in paint lower right artists label on reverse
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Oil, Board

Pink Abstract Lithograph by Sybil Kleinrock
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sybil Kleinrock’s work straddles the borders between expressionism and surrealism. Colorful and soft pastels play together to suggest a composition that can be interpreted as both a ...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Cross Hatch) /// Abstract Geometric Jasper Johns Minimal Screenprint
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jasper Johns (American, 1930-) Title: "Untitled (Cross Hatch)" Series: Jasper Johns Screenprints *Unsigned edition Year: 1977 Medium: Original Scre...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen, Parchment Paper

Important Early American School Abstract Geometric Precisionist Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step into the enigmatic world of abstract art with this captivating original oil painting from 1945. This masterpiece, signed with a mysterious monogram by an unknown artist, embodie...
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1940s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Verde), Abstract Screenprint by Italo Valenti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Italo Valenti, Italian (1912 - 1995) Title: Untitled (Verde) Year: 1972 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 27 x 29.5 inches
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Sequins, Screen

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting on canvas - hand signed
Located in New York, NY
Gail Winegar Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting, ca. 1998 Oil on canvas painting Hand-signed by artist on the back This is a unique work Frame included in a strip frame Measure...
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1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Homage to the Square - P1, F15, I2
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Sweet Carburetor, from Series II
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Gene Davis Title: Sweet Carburetor Portfolio: Series II Medium: Screenprint on canvas laminated to board Year: 1969 Edition: 110/150 Frame Size: 36 1/2" x 26 1/2" Sheet Size:...
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Abstract Rooster Fight Philippines 1970
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and dynamic depiction of two birds fighting by Filipino artist JG Rivera (20th Century). Splashes of color surround a flourish of feathers. At the center of the composition, t...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Three Young Men
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1960 portrait by American artist, Vito Tomasello. Oil on sized illustration board measuring 21.5 x 30 inches. Signed lower right. A lifetime NYC resident, Tomasello ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American Abstract Expressionist New York School Circa 1940 Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Image size, 24L x 20H.
Category

1940s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

G.S. Came As An Artichoke, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Ray Elman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ray Elman Title: G.S. came as an Artichoke Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph and Collage, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 99 Paper Size: 38 in. x 3...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Newsprint, Screen

Pictures and Borders II, Color lithograph signed/n Pattern & Decoration movement
Located in New York, NY
Joyce Kozloff Pictures and Borders II, 1977 Color lithograph on wove paper Signed, dated, titled and numbered "Artist's Proof XVI" in graphite pencil on the back of the sheet Editions AP-XVI of 50 30 × 22 inches Pencil signed, titled and annotated Artist's Proof XVI on the back; one of XX Artists' Proofs, aside from the regular edition of 50 Published by Judith Solodkin, founder of SOLO Impression, Inc Provenance: Provenance: De-accessioned from the corporate collection of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Unframed JOYCE KOZLOFF BIOGRAPHY Joyce Kozloff was born in Somerville, New Jersey in 1942. She received a BFA from Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA in 1964 and an MFA from Columbia University in 1967. Kozloff was a major figure in both the Pattern and Decoration and the Feminist art movements of the 1970s. In 1979, she began to focus on public art, increasing the scale of her installations and expanding the accessibility of her art to reach a wider audience. Kozloff has since executed a number of major commissions in public spaces, including Dreaming: The Passage of Time for the United States Consulate, Art in Embassies Program in Istanbul, Turkey; The Movies: Fantasies and Spectacles for the Los Angeles Metro’s Seventh and Flower Station, CA; Caribbean Festival Arts for P.S. 218, New York, NY; New England Decorative Arts for the Harvard Square Subway Station, Cambridge, MA; and Bay Area Victorian, Bay Area Deco, Bay Area Funk for the International Terminal, San Francisco Airport, CA. Since the early 1990s, Kozloff has utilized mapping as a device for consolidating her enduring interests in history, culture, and the decorative and popular arts. She initially concentrated on cities known to her, onto which patterns and images reflecting their colonial pasts were then overlaid. Subsequent series examined bodies of water and the inaccuracies of early maps from the so-called “Age of Discovery.” In 1999-2000, Kozloff was awarded the Jules Guerin Fellowship / Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, Italy. During her yearlong residency abroad Kozloff conceived and completed Targets, a nine-foot walk-in globe in twenty-four sections, each of which is painted with an aerial map of a place that has been bombed by the U.S. in the years since World War II. A 2001 residency at the Bogliasco Foundation in Liguria, Italy provided the genesis for Boy's Art, a series of twenty-four collaged drawings based on maps, diagrams, and illustrations of historic battles...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Italy 1980 Bruno Chersicla Black Painted Metal Sculpture Egitto
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certif...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

Derriere Le Miroir No. 141 Cover
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Derriere Le Miroir No. 141, Cover Year: 1963 Dimensions: 15" x 11" Published by Maeght Editeur Excellent condition
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1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Roland Garros French Open
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The 2000 Roland Garros poster by Antoni Tàpies is a compelling fusion of sport and abstract art. Its textured, abstract composition and philosophi...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Offset

Bread and Wine
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1964 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : /500 Publisher : Les Peintres Témoins de leur Temps, Paris Printer : Charles Sorlier, Paris Catalog : 206 72.50 cm....
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Icon
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Icon 1970 Oil on paper 12.7 x 17.7 cm Vertical orientation George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended with the artist’s death in 200...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Bruno Bruni - "Fiore"
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Edition: limited In great condition Minimal marginal defects A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially in the living room or bedroom Can be framed accordingly....
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20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled - Expression no. 2 - Screen Print After Jackson Pollock - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
JACKSON POLLOCK (American, 1912-1956) Untitled, CR1093 (after painting Number 9, CR340), 1951–printed 1964 Screenprint, on Strathmore wove paper, numbered in pencil lower left, and with the Estate of Jackson Pollock 1964 blindstamp lower left(?) From the second posthumous printing of 50 authorized by his widow, Lee Krasner in 1964 (there was also a lifetime edition of 25) Published by Bernard Steffen...
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Paper collage Abstract Expressionist painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful collage painting by unknown artist. Acrylic on torn paper segments, reassembled as collage. Art object assempled on rectangular sheet of hand made rag paper measures 12.5...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper

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