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Abstract Art

ABSTRACT STYLE

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

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

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

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

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

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Style: Abstract
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KIRA
Located in Milano, IT
Master glassblower Lino Tagliapietra is one of the world’s most prominent glass artists. Trained in traditional Venetian techniques, Tagliapietra is a key influence on the American studio glass movement. In 1955, at the age of 21, Tagliapietra received the title of maestro. He established himself with vividly colored sculptures, which often take the shape of elegant teardrops. Master glass artists Dale Chihuly and Benjamin Moore invited Tagliapietra to teach at Pilchuck Glass...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Glass

The Judgemental Lines
Located in Singapore, SG
Illusion is always on the other side of the line of reality. It changes reality into discovery with different perspectives. This discovery of illusion is reflected in the artist’s wo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Metal

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
2018 Watercolor and ink drawing on bamboo paper 19 x 15 in. (48 x 36 cm) Signed and dated in pencil Unframed, excellent condition
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2010s Abstract Art

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Ink, Watercolor, Bamboo Paper

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Cité de l'architecture 3, Paris
Located in BARCELONA, ES
To make the work owe only itself to itself is an old ideal of modern art: to cut the ties that bind it to natural reality and let it stand, all contained within its pure limits. To t...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Photographic Paper

Joyful Moments by Annemarie Ambrosoli, Geometric Abstract Color Pencil + Gouache
Located in Kiens, BZ
Joyful Moments (2019-2022), Color Pencil + Gouache on toned paper, 23x23 cm, by Italian contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli (ICA - International Certified Artist) The theme of ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gouache, Color Pencil

ET Pollination
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Momen is the creator of the Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, an 87-foot (27 m) sculpture resembling a tree in the Bonneville Salt Flats off of Interstate 80. He financed the project himself and built it from 1982 to 1986, afterwards donating the sculpture to the state of Utah. Known For remaining true to the initiation he received early in his career into the modernist paradigm that still informs his distinctive style to the present day. Momen is the most long-lived exponent of early twentieth century Geometric abstraction movement. bauhaus, futurism art...
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20th Century Abstract Art

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Oil

Stay Still, 2022, mixed media, oil on paper, figurative painting
Located in Izmir, TR
In several mystical traditions, there are common elements that are needed for spiritual metamorphosis and transitions to another, transcendent dimension. In Sufism, there is also an inner dimension to the law that has to do with repentance, the abasement of desire, and discipline of the self, or the elimination of the ego. Transparent figures emphasize the inner world of pure innocence which is the prototype human being, pure consciousness, one's true identity, to be contrasted with the material human who is bound by one's senses and materialism. Materialism is shown by also patterns in the paintings. The two different layers are against each other in a contradictory way. Feeling the need to go deeper into this inner, imaginative world, I began to set artworks from the past in less familiar contexts such as seas or patterns and combine the figure with them where they seemed to become like elements in some greater dream. With her small paper works, Ece Gauer...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Oil

Red Barn
Located in New York, NY
2022 Vinyl 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) Edition of 5 Signed and numbered in pencil, verso
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2010s Abstract Art

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Vinyl

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
original and certificated by gallery
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Paper, Ink

Stormy Weather I
Located in Nashville, TN
This stunning abstract by contemporary artist, architect, and designer Ana Carolina Mönnaco blends a beautiful variety of colors that make the piece jump off the canvas. This piece was made for the artist's exhibit, "Blurred & Fractured," at Modfellows Art Gallery - WeHo in Nashville, Tennessee. The piece is hand signed by the artist in the bottom-right corner and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by the gallery. Mönnaco’s history in architecture has pushed her to peer past the structured world in which we live, to convey the unbound world which surrounds us. She is interested in the continuous reaching of life. She says, “we live with this blurred and fractured vision of the world, yet inside each of us there’s an undeniable conviction that something beautiful and perfect still exists beyond our grasp.” In response to this, Mönnaco uses a sophisticated color palette and inspiration found in the beauty of the natural world to create rich environments which encapsulate the viewer by surrounding them with wonderment of the unknown. About the Artist: Ana Carolina Mönnaco is an artist from Curitiba, Brazil, where she developed a love of art and architecture. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating in 2002, she joined Morris Architects in Orlando, Florida. Mönnaco has won many prestigious awards including the International Watercolor Masters Merit Award, the AIP 24 Juror Award, and the AIP Hugh Ferris...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite

Highway
Located in Singapore, SG
A highway always seems never-ending. On its journey it comes across rivers, villages, cities, forests and mountains. It meets with different languages, different traditions, and many...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Cotton, Plywood, Paper

Dog Running on Galway Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Water's Edge I grew up spending entire summer days by the ocean. These outings were always a special event and the beach was a place of wonderment, fascination and exploration f...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Archival Pigment

One Plate, from We are the Jocular Clan
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph in colours, 2018, on wove paper, signed in ink and numbered from the edition of 300, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 47.6 x 47.6 cm. (18 3/4 x 18 3/4 in....
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2010s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Will Faber by Lourdes Cirlot
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1990s Abstract Art

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Paper

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
2018 Watercolor and ink drawing on bamboo paper 19 x 15 in. Signed and dated in pencil Unframed, excellent condition
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2010s Abstract Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Singapore Noon 1.3
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Late Afternoon in the Museum of Modern Art, from ‘In the Museum of Modern Art’
Located in London, GB
Soft-ground etching from one copper plate printed in black. On buff BFK Rives mould-made paper Signed, numbered and dated '79 in red crayon, lower centre Published by Petersburg Press Exhibition History: 'Howard Hodgkin Recollections’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 21 April - 14 May 2022 Literature: Jacqueline Brody, 'Howard Hodgkin, Alone in the Museum of Modern Art and Not Quite Alone in the Museum of Modern Art (1979)', The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 10, no. 3, July-August 1979, p. 93; Pat Gilmour, 'Howard Hodgkin', The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 12, no. 1, March-April 1981, p. 4 (ill.); 'Prints by Six British Painters: Stephen Buckley, Robyn Denny, Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland, Richard Smith, John Walker', Tate Gallery, London, 1981-82 (n.p.); 'The Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1980-82', London, 1984, p. 261; Mary Rose...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Etching

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media

Toxic
Located in Singapore, SG
The world is ruled by an elite class who control the lives of most people with big lies and media propaganda. Everything is displayed so convincingly that it's hard for us to see the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Listen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This piece is part of the Amrta Gold Series. These pieces are incredibly unique and cannot be replicated. The are multilayered mixed media abstracts all with 24k gold leaf on top. Th...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Flamenco
Located in Kailua Kona, HI
This limited edition sculpture is made using the lost wax method of bronze casting. The patina is ferric nitrate, which gives it a reddish cast, and the artist has chosen to leave to...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Marble, Bronze

Still Life
Located in London, GB
Screenprint from 18 screens. On Velin Arches mould-made paper Based on 'Still Life', textile dyes on hand-made Indian paper, 1978 Signed with initials and dated 1980 in pencil, lower...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Screen

Sharpcut
Located in Marrakech, MA
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Exterior black wood frame Framed dimensions: 115x185 (x5) cm Signed on the back
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

SHAPED PAINTINGS #017
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic paint on galvanized steel plates X2 107X132 CM, Thickness 5.5 CM, 2022 Signed on the back
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2010s Abstract Art

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Metal

Japanese Propaganda War Kimono
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Woman’s haori. Meisen (warp-dyed) silk with gold metallic threads in the weft, shibori (tie-dyed) silk lining, unique purple color, with an abstraction of the battleship Mikasa, 42 x 48”, circa 1934. Almost perfect condition. The rarest type of propaganda kimono. Japanese propaganda...
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1930s Abstract Art

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Fabric, Textile, Silk

Map
Located in New York, NY
2015 Monotype, ink drawing, and collage on Japanese paper 57 x 37 in. (145 x 95 cm) Signed and dated in pencil Unframed, excellent condition
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2010s Abstract Art

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Paper, Ink, Monotype

Untitled (SF-311), 1979
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Untitled (SF-311), 1979 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Tempest Tossed
Located in Kailua Kona, HI
This limited edition, abstract bronze sculpture is cast by the lost wax method of bronze casting, and finished by hand. The patina is black and green. ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Gradient Pink to Blue
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to shapes, patterns, geometry, and structure. Math was never my strong suit. So, I looked for other ways to satisfy my curiosity. I ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Archival Paper

Wooden Heads
Located in Wien, 9
Since Franz Ecker’s early death in 1999 his work has been newly appreciated, what is manifested in numerous exhibitions, catalogues and in the acclaimed film about the artist. He was extremely productive and left behind an almost unmanageable scope of works in various styles. Among them some of the top works that are unparalleled in recent Austrian art history and whose significance has not yet been adequately appreciated. After finishing his studies in 1966 in class of prof. Sergius Pauser and after receiving his two prizes, Franz Ecker moved back to Leonding where he developed his clear, abstract language of forms. Among his sources of inspiration are Cezanne and Picasso, as well as Martin Polasek who was one of his teachers. This led him to painting in a flat and abstract manner, which triggers a spatial experience through its exact color coordination and strict composition. The strongest period in his oeuvre is the time when his paintings are between figuration and abstraction. Only until around 1975 he additionally creates numerous watercolors, even though he restricts this medium to his more lyrical works. If Franz Ecker cannot be included in the avant-garde cannon of the 70’s, it is only because he witheld from presenting his works on the art market. Instead of using the opportunities that were offered to him in Vienna, he returned after his time at the academy to Linz where there was no appreciation nor market for his works. Distanced from the established art business, Ecker lives uncompromisingly the precarious life of a lonely genius. An artist myth, which in his case certainly is a bitter reality. Unimpressed by this, Ecker develops an increasingly broad language of forms within the clear line of abstract pictorial conception, which he emphasizes with constantly new forms of signature. At the end of the seventies his works became more gestural and expressive. His works like “Kafka” anticipate the “Neue Wilden”. When these are celebrated as the “return of painting...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Paint, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Abstract Landscape Painting by Victor Manuel Gomez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Format Abstract Pink & Black Mixed Media Painting by Cuban Artist Victor Manuel. Victor is an emerging talent born and raised in Havana. With a great sense of Havana’s always ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

"L'AU DELA DES MOTS" Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed at front and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics, carded wool , spray paint on paper, unframed. Title: L'au...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

Pearl Diver
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A graduate of The Art Center College of Design and The Claremont Graduate School, Couwenberg worked under the guidance of Karl Benjamin, one of the leading figures in the Southern Ca...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

June First
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Taking cues from the anti-figurative aesthetic of American Abstract Expressionists, Ripley’s process is one of spontaneity and gesture. Color is applied in broad strokes atop a black...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

City Party 3
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Artist Tim Harrier Museum Grade Archival Pigment Print. Hahnemühle Torchon Archival 285 gsm paper, 2021, signed in pencil. Numbered (there were also fifteen artist's proofs), with f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Archival Pigment

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 2019 Acrylic and graphite on hardboard 11 x 14 in
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2010s Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Board, Graphite

Inscription #07
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
Starting with inspiration from the visible world around him, Saleh Mohammadi reaches beyond the tangible and reproduces his own mind's eye. Geometric shapes with a reference to the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Textile, Acrylic

Big Flores Yellow
Located in Atlanta, GA
Archival pigment ink prints with silkscreened high-gloss varnish and diamond dust on Innova 315 gsm paper
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2010s Abstract Art

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Varnish, Archival Pigment

Improvisation
Located in New York, NY
Painted, Welded -Aluminum Kinetic Sculpture. Blue and red colors. About the Artist: Studied engineering and sculpture at Stony Brook University. Steve has created sculptures of welded bronze or aluminum and have installed them around the world, including Hong Kong, Tokyo, England, France, Germany, Israel, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Grand Cayman...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media

The Night Journey - Drip Painting like Jackson Pollock
Located in Miami, FL
In Byron Brown's "The Night Journey", 1947, Picasso meets Jackson Pollock. Here Brown strikes a balance between fanciful representation and abstraction. ...
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1940s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Waves of Blue
Located in New York, NY
Abstract. Painted, Welded -Aluminum Kinetic Sculpture. Blue colors. Moves in the wind. About the Artist: Studied engineering and sculpture at Stony Brook University. Steve has created sculptures of welded bronze or aluminum and have installed them around the world, including Hong Kong, Tokyo, England, France, Germany, Israel, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Grand Cayman...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media

The Nobles at the Trapdoor II, from: Series for King Ubu
Located in London, GB
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983 Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish) Title: The Nobles at the Trapdoor II, from: Series for King Ubu Les Nobles à la Trappe II, from: Suites pour Ubu Roi, 1966...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Red Twist
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
In her paintings, Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings wit...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Oil

Da Vinci diu
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1970s Abstract Art

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Paper, Ink

"LE CYCLE DE LA VIE" Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed atfront and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics and spray paint on paper, unframed. Title: Le cycle de la v...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

"THE STRUGGLE WE ARE INTODAY IS GIVING US STRENGTH WE NEED ..." Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed at front and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics, carded wool , spray paint on paper, unframed. Title: The ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Hoop-It-Up", David L. Deming, Stainless Steel Contemporary Sculpture, 80x25x26
Located in Dallas, TX
David L. Deming’s world of lively canine sculptures captures the artist’s love for dogs and presents a whimsical look at four-legged behavior at its best. His extensive and unique collection of painted steel and lacquered steel dog sculptures...
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1990s Abstract Art

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Steel

Flying Luminous Waves Abstract, red, yellow, Painting Wall Plexiglass Sculptures
Located in Miami, US
Flying Luminous Waves . 2022 These small sized Painting Sculptures are part of the Waves series. This mixed media wall sculptures are painted with acrylic paint, spray paint and past...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Plexiglass, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Graffiti Street Art Photograph in Red and Green
Located in Miami, FL
Graffiti-clad New York City Street scene with wall shot by veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk in his trademark colorful style. In Funk's oeuvre co...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Generations 10
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper 53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins) Edition of 35, Set of 24 Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London Prin...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Color, Etching, Aquatint

El Lado Obscuro
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on canvas 50 x 30 in Unstretched Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings ma...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media

Green Chateau II
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from one zinc plate printed in green with hand colouring in yellow gouache. On Velin Arches mould-made paper (300 gsm) Signed with initials and dated 78 in pencil, lower c...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Color, Lithograph

Fight over inheritance (i) & (ii), Elisia Nghidishange, relief print on paper
Located in Windhoek, NA
Fight over inheritance (i) & (ii), 2017. Cardboard block print on paper Elisia Nghidishange was born in Eenhana in northern Namibia. This printmaker, sculptor and mixed media artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Paper, Ink

untitle
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jean-François LARRIEU (1960) (France) is an artist born in 1960 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 1991, at...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Oil

Heart Breaker (diptych)
Located in New York, NY
2022, Encaustic on wood
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wood, Encaustic

"COMBAT SUPREME" Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed at front and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics and spray paint o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Femme Au Collant Rose", Rufino Tamayo, Figurative Abstraction, Etching, 30x22
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Au Collant Rose" by Rufino Tamayo is a Figurative Abstraction lithograph limited edition measuring 30x22 in. The piece is framed beautifully with a white mat in a gold and bla...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Etching

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