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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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Period: 1980s
Style: Abstract
Vintage American Abstract Expressionist Modern Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Vibrant color and confident composition.
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Systema Solar, Large Abstract Painting by Leonardo Nierman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Large early oil painting by noted Mexican abstract artist Leonardo Nierman (1932 - ), signed lower right. Systema Solar Leonardo Nierman, Me...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Masonite, Oil

Cosmic Energy Suite 3, Abstract Lithograph by Leonardo Nierman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Energía Cosmica 3 (Cosmic Energy 3) Leonardo Nierman Mexican (1932) Portfolio: Cosmic Energy Suite Date: 1980 Lithograph with embossing, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 31/2...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Bacon, Le Boeuf, 1986
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Title: Le Boeuf, exhibition poster Year: 1986 Medium: Offset Lithograph on premium paper Size: 30.75 x 18 inches Condition: Excellent Notes: Published by Foundation Maeght FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992) Francis Bacon has a distinctive style as a figure painter. In his mature style, developed in the 1950s, the paintings include images of either friends or lovers, or images of people found in movie stills...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph, Offset

VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Modernist Abstract, City Landscape, Collage, Flag
Located in Union City, NJ
VILLA NEUVE is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free. VILLA NEUVE is an imaginative modernist ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

"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

"Bird on a Wire" The Crow - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Bird on a Wire" The Crow - Acrylic on Canvas Playful depiction of a crow by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). The crow is shown with green and ye...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed by Mourlot in 1981 and published for the "Miro Lithograph IV" catalogue raisonne. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (318 x 245 mm). Not signed.
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Return, from the Octavio Paz Suite (unique signed position proof) Engberg/Banach
Located in New York, NY
Robert Motherwell Return, from the Octavio Paz Suite, 1988 Lithograph and chine appliqué on watermarked Japanese Gampi hand made paper applied on Arches paper Hand-signed by artist, ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Sérigraphie No. 18
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this color screenprint on white wove paper. Signed and numbered XC/CCC in pencil by Soulages. Published by the Olympic Games Committee, Lausanne. From the "Off...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Color, Screen

BLUE BOY Signed Lithograph, Abstract Figure, Blue Pants, Pink Yellow Stripes
Located in Union City, NJ
BLUE BOY is a limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel, printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. BLUE BOY presents a fant...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

QED Gravity #2 - large, colorful, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This intriguing colourful contemporary painting so impressively large in scale and architectural in form is by Canada’s Yvonne Lammerich. Recognized both nationally and international...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Time In A Most Tantalizing Space 1981 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Sharon Sutton Time In A Most Tantalizing Space - 1981 Print - Silkscreen print on Somerset Paper paper size 29.5'' x 29.5'' inches image size 24" x 24" inches Edition: Signed, title...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Screen

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier Kitakata à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main paper, as issued. Paper Size: 23.5 x 19 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Still life with sunflowers. Oil on cardboard, 38x38 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Keith Haring Artist Signed Exhibition Poster 'Into 84' for Tony Shafrazi Gallery
Located in San Rafael, CA
Keith Haring (1958–1990) 'Into 84' / Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1984 Lithograph in colors Plate signed lower right, signed in silver ink lower right on figures foot Sheet 35⅛ in H × 23⅛ ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Patches
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting, influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt, as well as by ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Landscape of a Face, Bold, colorful, large painting
Located in Boston, MA
Oil paint on Belgium Linen. The Artist is Joerg Madlener, The series is attributed to Gustav Mahler and has built up surface. You won’t be disappointed, this is a painting that is vi...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Oil

"Fast Sketch Still Life With Abstract" signed serigraph by artist Tom Wesselmann
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Fast Sketch Still Life with Abstract" abstract serigraph of a bowl of fruit with flower by artist Tom Wesselmann. Published by International Images. Printed by Steve Maiorano, Scree...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Screen

Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght) Poster /// Sam Francis Abstract Expression
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) Title: "Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght)" Year: 1983 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph, Exhibition Pos...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Garner Tullis, Large Painting with Collage by Tom Holland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tom Holland Title: Garner Tullis Year: 1988 Medium: Acrylic on paper, signed and dated in pencil Paper Size: 42 x 82 in. (106.68 x 208.28 cm)
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1980s Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

African Suite Monaco 1980 Limited Edition Silkscreen
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Pierre Clerk African Suite #7 Monaco - 1980 Print - Silkscreen, on Arches archival paper 30.5'' x 19.5'' Edition: Signed in pencil, dated and marked 173/200 unframed The images of ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Screen

Festival di Spoleto 1987 - Lithograph after Emilio Vedova - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Festival di Spoleto 1987 is an original lithograph on paper, realized by Emilio Vedova. The incredible action of the Italian artist is clear in the abstract composition. In excell...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Ammonite and Erupting Volcano - Original Handsigned Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre ALECHINSKY Ammonite and erupting volcano, 1975 Original blood red pencil drawing Signed in pencil Dated April 28, 1975 On vellum 33 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) PROVENANCE: Colle...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Cosmic Energy Suite 3, Abstract Lithograph by Leonardo Nierman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Energía Cosmica 3 (Cosmic Energy 3) Leonardo Nierman Mexican (1932) Portfolio: Cosmic Energy Suite Date: 1980 Lithograph with embossing, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 31/2...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Lyrical Abstraction Acrylic Painting Ronnie Landfield Color Field Abstract
Located in Surfside, FL
Ronnie Landfield (1947- American) "Untitled" 1982 Acrylic on Paper Dimensions: Sheet 30" X 42" Frame 32 X 44 Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Denman Associates, Seattle gallery Ronnie Landfield (American, 1947-) is an abstract painter. During his early career from the mid-1960s through the 1970s his paintings were associated with Lyrical Abstraction (related to Postminimalism, Color Field painting, and Abstract expressionism), and he was represented by the David Whitney Gallery and the André Emmerich Gallery. Landfield is best known for his abstract landscape paintings, and has held more than seventy solo exhibitions and more than two hundred group exhibitions. Born and raised in Pelham Parkway in the Bronx, Landfield first exhibited his paintings in Manhattan in 1962. He continued his study of painting by visiting major museum and gallery exhibitions in New York during the early sixties and by taking painting and drawing classes at the Art Students League of New York and in Woodstock, New York. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design in June 1963. He briefly attending the Kansas City Art Institute before returning to New York in November 1963. At sixteen Landfield rented his first loft at 6 Bleecker Street near The Bowery (sublet with a friend from the figurative painter Leland Bell), during a period when his abstract expressionist oil paintings took on hard-edged and large painterly shapes. In February 1964, Landfield traveled to Los Angeles; and in March he began living in Berkeley where he began painting Hard-edge abstractions primarily painted with acrylic. He briefly attended the University of California, Berkeley and the San Francisco Art Institute before returning to New York in July 1965. From 1964 to 1966 he experimented with minimal art, sculpture, hard-edge geometric painting, found objects, and finally began a series of 15 - 9' x 6' mystical "border paintings". After a serious setback in February 1966 when his loft at 496 Broadway burned down, he returned to painting in April 1966 by sharing a loft with his friend Dan Christensen at 4 Great Jones Street. The Border Painting series was completed in July 1966, and soon after architect Philip Johnson acquired Tan Painting for the permanent collection of The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska. In late 1966 through 1968 he began exhibiting his paintings and works on paper in leading galleries and museums. Landfield moved into his loft at 94 Bowery in July 1967; there, he continued to experiment with rollers, staining, hard-edge borders, and painted unstretched canvases on the floor for the first time. Briefly in 1967-1968 he worked part-time for Dick Higgins and the Something Else Press. Landfield was part of a large circle of young artists who had come to Manhattan during the 1960s. Peter Young, Dan Christensen, Peter Reginato, Eva Hesse, Carlos Villa, William Pettet, David R. Prentice, Kenneth Showell, David Novros, Joan Jonas, Michael Steiner, Frosty Myers, Tex Wray, Larry Zox, Larry Poons, Robert Povlich, Neil Williams, Carl Gliko, Billy Hoffman, Lee Lozano, Pat Lipsky, John Griefen, Brice Marden, James Monte, John Chamberlain, Donald Judd, Frank Stella, Carl Andre, Dan Graham, Robert Smithson, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Kenneth Noland, Clement Greenberg, Bob Neuwirth, Joseph Kosuth, Mark di Suvero, Brigid Berlin, Lawrence Weiner, Rosemarie Castoro, Marjorie Strider, Dorothea Rockburne, Leo Valledor, Peter Forakis...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Paper, Acrylic

Beggar's Ladder, Large Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Kikuo Saito
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kikuo Saito, Japanese (1939 - 2016) Title: Beggar's Ladder Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 160 Size: 42 in. x 29.5 in. (106.68 cm x 74.9...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Screen

Richard Diebenkorn, Olympic Lithograph, 1984, Deluxe signed Lt Ed w/official COA
Located in New York, NY
Richard Diebenkorn 1984 Olympic Lithograph (Hand signed deluxe limited edition w/Olympic Committee COA), 1982 Offset Lithograph on Parsons Diploma Parchment paper 24 × 36 inches Edition of 750 Hand signed by Richard Diebenkorn in graphite pencil on the front (unnumbered) Published by Knapp Communications Corporation for Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher. This is one of only 750 hand signed lithographic posters, published in 1982 to celebrate the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics . However, the publisher is said to have destroyed many of the works that did not sell in the original marketing period, so only about 200-250 are said t remain. The Olympic Committee commissioned 15 nationally known artists, including West Coast artists like Sam Francis and Richard Diebenkorn, to create unique designs to promote the event. This was Diebenkorn's contribution to the portfolio. Hand signed Richard Diebenkorn prints (with the full signature) like this are extremely elusive and desirable. excellent provenance as it was acquired as part of the complete portfolio of limited edition hand signed Olympic prints, all held in the original box with colophon. All of the works in this rare portfolio, including this Diebenkorn lithograph...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier Kitakata à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main paper, as issued. Paper Size: 23.5 x 19 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Large Colorful Abstract Painting by Olympian Al Oerter
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by Olympic discus thrower Al Oerter for charity for the 1980 Olympics. This and other paintings he made would spark his love for painting, he would continue making art for the rest of his life. He later founded the organization Art of the Olympians, which showcased artwork by Olympians old and new. The charity produced this video about Al Oerter's painting and we can see possibly this very painting...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Radiance, Serigraph by Jon D'Orazio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jon D'Orazio, American (1942 - ) Title: Radiance Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, AP 45 Image Size: 23 x 23 inches Size: 25 in. x 26 ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Screen

Eroica A.P. 1 - smooth, polished, abstract, contemporary, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This modern bronze sculpture was inspired by music and made by David Chamberlain. As graceful as a dancer’s form, this contemporary bronze sculpture in a striking deep turquoise patina is by David Chamberlain. Created from one luminous piece the lustre accentuates the spiralling form and reflects light. Chamberlain’s sculptures...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Metal, Bronze

Figure Sur Rouge (Figure on Red) /// Contemporary French Painting Minimalism Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Pierre Marie Brisson (French, 1955-) Title: "Figure Sur Rouge (Figure on Red)" *Signed by Brisson lower right. It is also signed and dated on verso Year: 1983 Medium: Origina...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Paint, Oil, Handmade Paper, Rag Paper, Mixed Media

Vintage American Abstract Expressionist Modern Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Vibrant color and confident composition.
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Keith Haring Artist Signed Exhibition Poster 'Into 84' for Tony Shafrazi Gallery
Located in San Rafael, CA
Keith Haring (1958–1990) 'Into 84' / Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1984 Lithograph in colors Plate signed lower right, signed in silver ink lower right on figures foot Sheet 35⅛ in H × 23⅛ ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

House in Snow (Winter Landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Nicholas Maravell. House in Snow, 1989. Ink and watercolor on paper, 10.5 x 13.75 inches; 18 x 21.25 inches framed. Signed with artist monogram lower right. Gallery label affixe...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Abstract Landscape, original signed oil painting Sable-Castelli Gallery, unique
Located in New York, NY
Lynton Wells Landscape, 1984 Oil on Canvas (with original Sable Castelli Label back of frame) Hand signed, titled, dated 1984 with artist's copyright symbol and exhibition label from...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

'Dreamscape', Bolivia, Brazil, California, Sao Paulo Biennale, UNESCO
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Mario Cespedes' (Bolivian-American, born 1942) and created circa 1985. Matted dimensions: 24 H x 18 W x .25 D inches. Born in Bolivia, Mario Cespedes immigrated...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Untitled
Located in Madrid, ES
ESTEBAN VICENTE (1903-2001) UNTITLED signed and dated "1980 Esteban Vicente” (lower right) collage, watercolor and pencil on cardboard 14 x 17 inches (35.5 x 43 cm.) framed: 19-3/4 x...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

El llibre dels sentits
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Author: Joan Miró Title: El llibre dels Sentits Year: 1981 Technique: Engraving 21/50. Print run of 50 copies Sizes: 92 x 73 cm. Framed Edited by Sala Gaspar.
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1980s Abstract Art

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Engraving

No. 217, Large Abstract Painting by Jeanick Bouys
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jeanick Bouys, French (1950 - ) Title: No. 217 Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed on Verso Size: 42 x 52 inches (106.68 x 132.08 cm)
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled" (1987) by Jack Youngerman is a bronze sculpture measuring 16 x 12.52 x 3.27 inches, signed and dated on the reverse. This piece exemplifies Youngerman’s mature exploration ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Offset Lithograph signed & warmly Inscribed to African American Arts prof Framed
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam Offset Lithograph Warmly Inscribed to Renowned African American Arts Educator, 1988 Offset Lithograph Card Hand written, signed and inscribed card with a warm personal message from the artist Frame Included Hand written, signed and inscribed offset lithograph card with a warm personal message from Sam Gilliam to Lindsay Waldorf Patterson. Measurements: Frame: 14 7/8 x 12 x 1/2 inches Card: 8 x 5 inches The inscription reads: To Lindsay: With Warmest Regards Sam Gilliam Lindsay Waldorf Patterson was an American English literature educator and author as well as a MacDowell Colony fellow (3 awards); Edward Albee Foundation fellow (2 awards); recipient award National Foundation on Arts & Humanities. Hand signed on the front Provenance: From the estate of Lindsay Waldorf Patterson. Lindsay Waldorf Patterson was an American English literature educator and author as well as an MacDowell Colony fellow (3 awards); Edward Albee Foundation fellow (2 awards); recipient award National Foundation on Arts & Humanities. Formerly an account executive, Harrison Advertising Agency, New York City, 1964; feature writer and columnist assistant to Langston Hughes, Associated Negro Press, 1965; special feature writer (film) Uptight,, Paramount Pictures, 1968; co-host Celebrity Hour program, Station WRVR-FM, New York City, 1974-1977; co-host Black Conversations program, Station WPIX-television, New York City, 1976-1979; assistant Professor of English, Queens College, Flushing, New York, since 1990. Adjunct Professor Afro-American & Caribbean literature, black theater...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph, Offset, Ink

Figures in Landscape - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Figures in Landscape is an offset and lithograph print realized on Fabriano Paper after a drawing by Willem De Kooning of 1967. The print suite was realized in 1985 in a limited edi...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Framed Abstract Encaustic Painting by Juhachiro Takada
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Juhachiro Takada Title: Untitled II Medium: Encaustic, Sand on Canvas, Signed in pencl Paper Size: 10.5 x 12.5 inches Frame Size: 19.5 x 20.5 inches
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1980s Abstract Art

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Encaustic

America Modern Art - Pink
Located in Houston, TX
Stupendous mixed media paintings in a kaleidoscope of colors and a paper collage technique by American artist Kismine Varner, circa 1990. Unsigned. ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Paper

Abstract Australian Post Modernist Sculpture Peter D. Cole Metal, Enamel, Marble
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter D. Cole (Australian, b. 1947) Symbols of Landscape, 1987 Mixed metal, enamel and marble signed P.D. Cole and dated 21 x 6 1/2 x 6 in (53 x 16.5 x 15cm) Provenance: Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, Australia, 1987. Sculptor Peter D. Cole was born in Gawler, South Australia and trained at the South Australian School of Art between 1965 and 1968. Since the 1980’s Cole has been based in the Kyneton District of Victoria, where he has established himself as one of Australia’s senior and most renowned contemporary sculptors, drawing on the landscape as a source of inspiration and recent research trips to Japan and India have added to his rich source material. As a public artist, Cole has made a significant contribution to the urban landscape and public spaces of Australia receiving the Australian National Trust Heritage Award and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Award of Merit for Foundation Park, a permanent work at The Rocks, Sydney. He is highly sought for commissions and his work is prominent in many public and corporate collections throughout Australia, including Parliament House, Canberra, the National Gallery of Australia, and Brisbane International Airport and recently Windsor Railway Station precinct. He was awarded the H.P. Gill medal for top student and the Contemporary arts Society award for drawing in 1968 and has exhibited regularly since 1969 with exhibitions in Australia and America, with notably a solo exhibition in 1995 at The Carpenter Centre, Harvard University USA. Peter D. Cole ranks as one of Australia's senior and most renowned contemporary sculptors. Graphic, minimalist and refined, his uncompromising aesthetic vision encompasses both large-scale structures, aerial works, and more intimate, witty ruminations. An accomplished water-colourist and draughtsman, Cole's vision translates easily into works on paper, valued by collectors for the insight they provide into his practice. Cole's robust materials- brass, bronze, painted steel and aluminium- vibrant colours and precise shapes articulate spatial, intellectual, and philosophical concepts. He is also interested in the notion of 'diagrammatic' landscapes, ones that express the transition between the flat plains of the Australian bush, and a more city-centric urban cacophony. Cole's work observes and recognises the boundaries of modern life without limiting its scale, or its scope. Cole is the recipient of the Australian National Trust Heritage Award (1996), the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Award of Merit (1995), and is highly sought for commissions. His work is prominent in many public and corporate collections throughout Australia, including Parliament House, Canberra, the National Gallery of Australia, and Brisbane International Airport. Hs work bears similarities to Peter Shire, Charlie Hewitt and Brad Howe. Cole lectured in sculpture between 1975 and 2001 and has worked continuously on his practice encompassing sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, design and architecture. His work is represented in many collections both private and public throughout Australia, America, Japan and Europe. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 A Modern Narrative, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2016 PLACE AND SPACE, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2013 Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney 2012 Lister Gallery, Perth 2011 New Sculptures, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne 2006 New works, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney 2004 Primary Structure, Calder Lister Gallery, Perth 1997 Steele Gallery, New York, USA 1995 Carpenter Centre for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA 1990 William Mora Gallery, Melbourne SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 This is Gippsland, with works by Sidney Nolan, John Wolseley, Anne Montgomery Trevor Vickers, Ann Greenwood, Tony Newsom, Peter Cole, Nick Mount, John Woollard, Cheryl Burgess, Kiyoshi Ino and more. 2019. Australian Galleries: The Purves Family Business. The First Four Decades, Book Launch and Group Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2019. papermade, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2017. Painting, sculpture and works on paper – Group exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2017. Sculpture: medium and small scale – Mixed Sculptors, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2016. Impressions, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne 2014. one of each, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne 2011. large exhibition of small works, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney 2006. Stock Show, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne 2005. End of Year Group Exhibition, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney 2003. This was the future: Australian Sculpture of the 1950s, 60s, 70s + Today, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2002. Tokyo Designers Block Idee, Tokyo, Japan PUBLIC COMMISSIONS Arts Victoria; Shepparton lake sculpture, Shepparton VIC 19 October 2019 Bank of Melbourne; in consultation with Bates Smart McCutcheon; large freestanding sculptural screen, Melbourne Brisbane International Airport; in consultation with Bligh Voller architects and Jean Battersby Art Consultants; large suspended sculptures...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Marble, Metal, Enamel

'Dreamscape', Bolivia, Brazil, California, Sao Paulo Biennale, UNESCO
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Mario Cespedes' (Bolivian-American, born 1942) and created circa 1985. Matted dimensions: 24 H x 18 W x .25 D inches. Born in Bolivia, Mario Cespedes immigrated...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Cosmic Energy 2, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Nierman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Energía Cosmica 2 (Cosmic Energy 2) Leonardo Nierman Mexican (1932) Portfolio: Cosmic Energy Suite Date: 1980 Lithograph with embossing, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 31/2...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Little Traces by Walter Valentini 1985 Pewter Abstract Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging artwork was created by the well known Italian artist Walter Valentini, in 1985. The title is "Piccole tracce" translated in Little Trace...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Metal

original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original color woodcut. Reference: Dupin 1289. Published for the Jacques Dupin catalogue raisonne "Miro Graveur I" in 1984. Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (320 x 248 mm). ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Woodcut

Abstract Expressionist Collage in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Collage in Acrylic on Paper Bright, saturated abstract painting with collage by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Bold red,...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Paper, Acrylic

Elegy, September 11, 2001, screenprint, signed/N, Framed abstract expressionist
Located in New York, NY
Jules Olitski Elegy, September 11, 2001, 2002 Silkscreen on wove paper Edition 103/108 Signed, titled and numbered in graphite pencil 103/108 on the front Framed Jules Olitski is hon...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Screen

Abstract still life. Oil on cardboard, 85x74 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Oil, Cardboard

III-8, Hand painted, signed Monoprint composition of two separate sheets, Framed
By Michael Heizer
Located in New York, NY
Michael Heizer III-8 (two pages), 1983 Monoprint on two individual sheets of white handmade TGL paper, hand colored with colored pencils, paint sticks, and liquid and spray acrylic p...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Color Pencil, Monoprint, Mo...

SINCRONIA ROSA - Angelo Palazzini Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting
By Angelo Palazzini
Located in Napoli, IT
Sincronia Rosa - Abstract Oil on Canvas Paintng , Angelom Palazzini, Italy Angelo Palazzini was born in Lodi in 1953 where he still resides and has his own studio. His encounter wit...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Blue Gesture (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Vintage Large Scale Picasso "National Galerie, Berlin" Exhibition Poster C.1989
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Large Scale Picasso "National Galerie, Berlin" Exhibition Poster c.1989 Fantastic vintage exhibition poster for works by Pablo Picasso at the National Gallery in Berlin. Th...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Ink

'Still Life At Night', Oil on Linen, by Robert Bonaparte
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed, 33" x 26" oil on canvas painting was completed by Robert Bonaparte in 1980. The painting presents a composition dominated by dark hues, creating a nocturnal atmosphere a...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Linen, Oil

"American - La France Variation VIII"
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Robert Motherwell American - La France Variation VIII Lithograph in colors from five aluminum plates with collage in Arches, 1984 Arches collaged on Oatmeal Australian Bemboka hand...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Large Original Abstract Colorful Oil Painting Israeli Kibbutz Landscape Shemi
Located in Surfside, FL
Life in Nature Canvas measures 31.5 X 39.5 (I believe this is oil it might also be acrylic.) Hand signed recto and signed and titled verso. Calman Shemi, sculptor and painter, was ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Elliptical Series, Hand-Blown Glass Sculpture by Ira Sapir
Located in Long Island City, NY
Elliptical Series Ira Sapir, American (1955) Hand-Blown Glass, dedicated to "Diane" Size: 4 x 13.5 x 13.5 in. (10.16 x 34.29 x 34.29 cm)
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1980s Abstract Art

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Blown Glass

Vintage Large Format Abstract Unique Color Photo Polaroid Photograph Ellen Carey
Located in Surfside, FL
Untitled, Unique photograph. Center panel from larger scale installation. Shot in the 20X24 format. (this measures about 20X20 inches) Ellen Carey, American artist and photographer. Ellen Carey resides in Hartford, Connecticut, and teaches at the Hartford Art School. She holds a B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri, and an M.F.A. from State University of New York at Buffalo. Her photographs have been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums, including the International Center for Photography, New York and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has received many grants from her home state of Connecticut as well as the Massachusetts Council of the Arts, New Works Grant, New York State Federation for Artists Grant; and a National Endowment for the Arts Award. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of The Art Institute of Chicago; the Baltimore Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum of Arts; Chase Manhattan Bank; Coca Cola Corporation; Fogg Art Museum; George Eastman House; International Center for Photography; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. Abstract photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental, conceptual or concrete photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials. Some photographers pushed the boundaries of conventional imagery by incorporating the visions of surrealism or futurism into their work. Man Ray, Maurice Tabard, André Kertész, Curtis Moffat and Filippo Masoero were some of the best known artists who produced startling imagery that questioned both reality and perspective. Both during and after World War II photographers such as Minor White, Aaron Siskind, Henry Holmes Smith and Lotte Jacobi explored compositions of found objects in ways that demonstrated even our natural world has elements of abstraction embedded in it. Beginning in the late 1970s photographers stretched the limits of both scale and surface in what was then traditional photographic media that had to be developed in a darkroom. Inspired by the work of Moholy-Nagy, Susan Rankaitis first began embedding found images from scientific textbooks into large-scale photograms. By the 1990s a new wave of photographers were exploring the possibilities of using computers to create new ways of creating photographs. Photographers such as Thomas Ruff, Barbara Kasten, Tom Friedman, and Carel Balth were creating works that combined photography, sculpture, printmaking and computer-generated images. Any boundaries that remained between pure artists and pure photographers were eliminated by individuals who worked exclusively in photography but produced only computer-generated images. Among the most well-known of the early 21st century generation were Gaston Bertin...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Polaroid

'Surrealist Abstract', Chouinard Institute, LACMA, MGM studios, Dr. Seuss, Osaka
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Inman' for Robert Inman (American, 1927–2016) and dated, beneath the mat, 'September, 1983'. Titled on old backing 'The Wanderer'. Pap...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache, Paper

"Ouverture, with Cypress Forms" Stephen Edlich, Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Edlich Ouverture, with Cypress Forms, 1982 Signed, dated and titled on the stretcher Acrylic paint, mixed media, and burlap on canvas 60 x 40 inches An artist who worked in the post-cubist and constructivist traditions, Stephen P. Edlich gained a considerable amount of acclaim in the 1970s and 1980s for his collages, sculpture, and paintings. His promising career was cut short due to his untimely death at age 45 in 1989. Edlich was born in New York City. He received his undergraduate degree with a major in fine arts studies from New York University in 1967. During his college years, he traveled to London, where he met the art dealer Victor Waddington and created his first white on white collage. In that same year, he attended a major exhibition of the work of Ben Nicholson, which would be influential source in his art. Edlich returned to England in 1967, where he met Barbara Hepworth and Patrick Heron in London and traveled to St. Ives, Cornwall, long a favorite artists' haunt. Edlich began creating acrylic reliefs...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Burlap, Mixed Media, Acrylic

untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated in pencil lower right; Annotated: Artist's Proof in pencil lower left; printer's chop mark lower right Edition: 18 impressions and 2 ar...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Untitled
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Untitled" (1986) by Jack Youngerman is a bronze sculpture measuring 16 x 15 x 4 inches, featuring a rich dark green patina that adds depth and texture to its organic form. Created d...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Joan Kahn Indigo Denim Blue Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil paint on heavy paper. (this might possibly be acrylic paint) This does not appear to be signed. Joan Kahn (USA 1953-) grew up in New York City; Princeton, New Jersey; and Vermont; in an environment that patronized the arts. At home her father, a professor, and mother, a state economist and homemaker, collected nineteenth and twentieth century drawings and prints, Middle eastern rugs, and ceramics, pewter, and old tools. Her grandfather, Max Westfield, was an academically trained portrait painter and her great uncle was a well-known gallery owner and art dealer in pre-World War II Germany. One of the influential experiences of Joan’s youth was visiting her grandfather in his studio in Tennessee where the family had first immigrated. Growing up near New York, and spending a year in Paris during high school, provided formative visits to museums and galleries. Joan was academically talented in grade and high school, but after her father’s death during her first years at university she found herself concentrating on studio and history of art. It was a subject above others absorbed and concentrated her focus. Influential in Joan’s development and later work are the historic movements of the Bauhaus and Modernist design and architecture, geometric art and design of diverse cultures, Color Field Painting. Many artists have had a impact on her work, such as Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian, Sonia Delaunay, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Antoni Tapies, David Smith, John McLaughlin, Tony Smith, Louise Nevelson, Robert Mangold, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Valerie Jaudon, Jasper Johns, James Turrell, Robert Irwin, Vija Celmins, Caio Fonseca, Peter Halley, Ed Moses, Juan Usle, and Nancy Haynes...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Oil

Untitled by Dan Christensen (silver and purple abstract)
Located in New York, NY
This large, abstract image celebrates the 13th Annual Community Holiday Festival, 1983 at Lincoln Center. It is signed and numbered by the artist from the edition of 144 (plus 18 APs) and was printed at Fine Creations, NY. This print comes directly from the publisher, Lincoln Center Editions...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Screen

Black Sun
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph with Chine applique. One of ten Roman numeral artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 50. Signed and numbered IX/X in pencil by Mot...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Color, Lithograph

Abstract Expressionist American Modernist Oil Monotype Monoprint Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Larry Brown Long-time established New York painter as well as faculty member the The Cooper Union, Brown works in oil on canvas and tempera paints on paper. He deals with themes of science and universality. EDUCATION: 1970 M.F.A. in Painting, University of Arizona 1967 BA in Painting, Washington State University SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Mixed Company: Women Choose Men, AIR Gallery, New York, NY Easy Breezy, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY From Stone and Plate: Contemporary Prints from Tamarind Institute, California State University Change of View Tamarind Institute Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Animal As Muse, The Norton Museum of Art, W. Palm Beach, FL Painting--Larry Brown, Joseph Haske, David Schoffman, Helander Gallery, New York, NY Paper Houses, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY Curators Choice, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY Current Trends in Abstraction-- Larry Brown, Bill Drew...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Monoprint, Monotype

Marigold Joy
Located in Toronto, Ontario
It is hard to reconcile Gershon Iskowitz's (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. Born to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish relig...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Oil

Red Samurai! (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

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