In 1967, artist Sol LeWitt wrote that in “Conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.” He was giving a name to an art movement that had emerged in the 1960s in which artists were less focused on their medium being something traditionally “artistic” and instead engaged in using any object, movement, form, action or place to express an idea.
LeWitt’s work was featured alongside an assemblage of notes, drawings and outlines by other artists in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” a groundbreaking show at New York City’s School of Visual Arts curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism. Building on radical 20th-century statements, like Fountain (1917) by French artist Marcel Duchamp, Conceptual artists around Europe and North and South America were not interested in the commercial art scene and rather directly challenged its systems and values.
Stretching into the 1970s, this movement has also been called Post-Object art and Dematerialized art. Conceptual art reflected a larger era of social and political upheaval. Pieces associated with the style range from Roelof Louw’s Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) — a work of installation art that sees fresh oranges stacked into a pyramid from which visitors are allowed to take one orange away — to On Kawara’s “Today” series, which saw the Japanese artist carefully painting a date in white acrylic on canvases consisting of a single color from 1966 to his death in 2014. Artists such as Ed Ruscha, who created the Twentysix Gasoline Stations book — a collection of photos of gas stations that is widely said to be the first modern artists’ book — made photography a major platform for Conceptual art, as did Bruce Nauman, who burned one of Ruscha's books and then photographed it for his own.
Conceptual art’s legacy of questioning artistic authorship, ownership and how to work with complex ideas of space and time had a significant influence on the decades of culture that followed, and it continues to inform art today.
The collection of Conceptual photography, paintings and sculptures on 1stDibs includes artworks by John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and others.
Four Color Quartets, Abstract Lithograph by Mel Bochner
By Mel Bochner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Bochner, American (1940 - ) Title: Four Color Quartets Year: 1990 Medium: Four Lithographs, signed and numbered verso Edition: 8/35 Overall Size...
Lithograph
$1,250
Cherry Kobler - Columbia, original French vintage poster full lithograph
Located in Spokane, WA
Evidently, Cherry Kobler was a woman who composed songs and sang them while accompanying herself on the piano. Why she chose a fruity dessert as a stage name is anyone's guess. According to the French files of Columbia Records...
Lithograph
The Kitchen Poster (Hand signed by Lawrence Weiner)
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Weiner The Kitchen Poster (Hand signed by Lawrence Weiner), 2017 Offset lithograph poster Signed by the artist on lower right front with blac...
Lithograph, Offset
Book: Selected Works 1967-90 And the Mind Grew Fingers (PLUS handwritten letter)
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Oppenheim Dennis Oppenheim: Selected Works 1967-90 : And the Mind Grew Fingers (with handwritten signed letter laid in separately), 1992 Softback book with separate hand signe...
Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Palm Springs 8
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Further to Fly is a series of Wet Plate Collodion Photograms that continues in my practice of using drawings on mylar layered with light-sensitive materials in the darkroom to create imagined landscapes. The illustrations used in the series are based on reference shots I took in Palm Springs...
Photogram
"Oasis 1", Conceptual Oil Painting on Canvas, Framed, 2010s, 26.5x88.5
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a conceptual oil painting by local San Diego artist, Perry Vàsquez. Its dimensions are 26.5 x 88.5. It comes in a wooden neutral frame. This painting depicts a palm tree against a blue sky background. The palm tree is ornate with fine details from the artist in the leaves and the tree trunk. The artist has employed bright colors like green, brown, and blue. Vàsquez focuses primarily on his exploration of various iterations of palm trees. Ubiquitous in Southern California, and historically viewed as a provider of nourishment, shelter, and bounty, the trees in Vásquez’s paintings are instead framed in peculiar or dire scenarios. Many of the trees in his work are ablaze, or are actually cell towers...
Canvas, Oil
$600Sale Price|62% Off
Clocher Roman Lithograph, Conceptual Style, Mid-20th Century, Signed
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection. It is limited in edition artist pencil signed lower right and is in very good condition . Jean Couty Epreuve de' artist an original ...
Lithograph
$9,500
Vintage Ektacolor Color Photograph Untitled Memory Projection Photo Shimon Attie
By Shimon Attie
Located in Surfside, FL
Shimon Attie (American, b. 1957), Untitled Memory (Projection of Marsha A.) Ektacolor photograph, 1998, from the Untitled Memory series, Gallery label to verso, Jack Shainman Galle...
Color
Liberalitas, Duke Humfreys Library, Oxford, England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Liberalitas Duke Humfrey's Library Oxford 50 x 40 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 62.5 x 50 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 87.5 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso ...
C Print, Lambda
"Un muro di parole, poi? un sogno!", M.t. on wood, 32x30 cm
Located in Milano, MI
In this work, Corrado Ferrante stages a poetic short circuit between surface and depth. The wall—compact, rough, almost silent—is pierced by an irregular tear that reveals pages of t...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board
Joan Brossa Spanish Artist, ¨Laberint¨, Silkscreen, 15.7x11.8 in
By Joan Brossa
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Brossa (Spain, 1919-1998) 'Laberint Poema visual de Joan Brossa', 1996 engraving, silkscreen on paper 15.8 x 11.9 in. (40 x 30 cm.) Edition of 150 ID: BRO1205-005-150_3 Hand-sig...
Paper, Engraving, Screen
Joseph Beuys, Order
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Hamburg, DE
Joseph Beuys (German, 1921-1986) Order, 1973 Medium: Order card, stamped Sheet dimensions: 15 x 10.5 cm Frame dimensions: 25.5 x 21.1 x 3 cm Edition of 120: Hand-signed and numbered ...
Offset
Greek Temple, Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Greek Temple, Pergamon-Museum, Berlin 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of historical architecture, gardens, and masterpieces. An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge. "Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm...
Lambda
Watch Series 10, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 10, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, ...
Etching
Description of Torino Exhibit (Castello di Rivoli)
By James Lee Byars
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Lee Byars, American (1932- 1997) Title: Description of Torino Exhibit (Castello di Rivoli) Year: 1989 Medium: Marker on Foil Paper Size:...
Foil
$6,000
Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Mixed Media Conceptual Painting by Anton Solomoukha
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anton Solomoukha, Russian (1945 - ) Title: Yoko Ono and John Lennon Year: 1990 Medium: Oil and Collage on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size:...
Canvas, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
$1,800
Color Iris Photo Print Conceptual Cartoon Toy Minnie Mouse Photograph Todd Gray
By Todd Gray
Located in Surfside, FL
From his series SHADOW CARTOONS. Color iris print, hand initialed in pencil, This is not numbered. It is on Somerset watermarked archival paper Paper size is 30 X 22.25, images 22.7...
Archival Paper, Color
$390Sale Price|29% Off
Canon (facsimile print in black and white)
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The facsimile print made on a paper with size of 100x70cm (39.3x27.5 in). The dominant colors are black and white with a greyish gamma. His pencil drawing is a technique so exquis...
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, Carbon Pigment
$800
RESIST XL T-Shirt (Hand signed and dated by Marilyn Minter, anti Trump protest)
Located in New York, NY
Marilyn Minter RESIST T-Shirt (Hand signed and dated by Marilyn Minter), 2018 Silkscreened Cotton T-Shirt (XL), hand signed in indelible marker Boldly signed and dated 2018 in indeli...
Cotton, Screen, Permanent Marker
My co-worker was always jealous of my blonde hair, 2013
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...
Archival Pigment
$18,000
John Giorno LET IT COME LET IT GO Unique signed watercolor Framed, Rubin Museum
By John Giorno
Located in New York, NY
John Giorno LET IT COME LET IT GO, 2017 Watercolor on handmade paper Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back of the artwork. The frame features a die-cut window on the back t...
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
$1,000
Jonathan Richman Live on stage at The Kitchen, (Hand signed by Lawrence Weiner)
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Weiner Jonathan Richman Live on stage at The Kitchen, non-profit artist's space (Hand signed by Lawrence Weiner), 2017 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Lawrence Wein...
Lithograph, Offset
Move VI, Lithograph by Helene Guetary
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Helene Guetary, French/American (1957 - ) Title: Move VI Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 200 Size: 38 in. x 25.5 in. (96...
Lithograph
I've always preferred my own birthday, 2013
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...
Archival Pigment
"You Are Enough" -Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication. This series "Word on ...
Metal
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
Canon (facsimile print in black and white)
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The facsimile print made on a paper with size of 100x70cm (39.3x27.5 in). The dominant colors are black and white with a greyish gamma. His pencil drawing is a technique so exquis...
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, Carbon Pigment
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
Facade, Conceptual Lithograph by David Richard Smyth
Located in Long Island City, NY
David Richard Smyth, American (1943 - ) - Facade, Year: 1972, Medium: Lithograph, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: Bon a Tirer, Image Size: 36 x 26.5 inches, Size: ...
Lithograph
Watch Series 9, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 9, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, S...
Etching
$7,000
Two Screenprinted pillow cases (one hand signed by Baldessari) in bespoke box
Located in New York, NY
John Baldessari Pillow Cases in Bespoke Presentation Box (one pillowcase hand signed by John Baldessari) for The Thing Quarterly Issue 22, 2014 Silkscreen on 100% cotton 320 thread count sateen pillowcases (Hand signed by John Baldessari) Boldly signed in ink by John Baldessari on one of the pillowcases (see photo) Unframed One of the pillowcases is hand signed in ink by John Baldessari: John Baldessari was one of the artists who were invited to contribute an object (or "thing") with text for a special project for "The Thing" publication (read on for more on "The Thing") ; the conceptual object therefore had to incorporate text. Baldessari's contribution in 2014 was a silkscreened pillowcase with text. A limited (unknown) number of these pillowcases were marketed and sold as a set of two in a bespoke box. However, exceptionally, Baldessari hand signed a very few of pillowcases in ink. This is one of the very special sets bearing one hand signed pillow case - purchased directly from "The Thing". (a copy of the 2014 receipt is shown here.) The rest of these boxed sets were not hand signed. The pillowcase is brand new, and will look gorgeous once pressed and framed by a professional framer. More about this boxed set: Issue 22 of THE THING Quarterly is by LA-based conceptual artist John Baldessari. It consists of two 100% cotton sateen pillowcases featuring an image of a woman clutching a pillow. The black and white image is taken from a Hollywood film still in Baldessari's collection and has been silkscreened on each pillowcase with environmentally-friendly, water-based ink. The pillowcases are standard-sized and envelope-style. For those who like their thread count high, the issue clocks in at a solid 320 thread count. Measurements: Box 10.5 inches by 13 inches by 2 inches Pillow 20 inches vertical by 26 inches What was The Thing Quarterly? THE THING was an experimental publication created in collaboration with Will Rogan as part of an artist residency. We saw it as a quarterly periodical in the form of an object. Each year, four artists, writers, musicians or filmmakers were invited to create an everyday object that somehow incorporates text. The object is reproduced and hand wrapped at wrapping parties and then mailed to the homes of the subscribers with the help of the United States Postal Service. It began as part of an artist residency in San Francisco’s Southern Exposure. Will and I had met in grad school at UC Berkeley and discovered our mutual affinity for quarterlies. He was a librarian at SFAI for five years and I had been a high school teacher for five years. WE were both interested pushing the boundaries of publication. Our plan was to create a 1 year publication with four artists, but from the very start the project generated so much interest and international excitement that we found ourselves running a publication complete with a brick and mortar storefront and a staff of four individuals. After 10 years, 34 issues, 59 projects and countless live events, we decided to end the publication in order to pursue our individual projects. We are still working together on a less ambitious new project, and hope to launch it at some point in 2021. CONTRIBUTORS: have included John Baldessari, Dave Eggers, Miranda July...
Fabric, Cotton, Screen, Ink, Mixed Media, Cardboard
"One Way - Heart" - Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication. This series "Word on ...
Metal, Steel
Portrait of Herb Tauss, Charcoal Drawing on Archival Paper by Byron Goto
By Byron Goto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Byron Goto Title: Portrait of Herb Tauss Year: circa 1975 Medium: Charcoal on Paper, signed Paper Size: 62 x 42 in. (157.48 x 106.68 cm) Frame Size:...
Charcoal, Archival Paper
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
By Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Deaccessioned from a New York University. Condé + Beveridge Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge Condé born in Hamilton in 1940. Beveridge born in Ottawa in 1945. Both live ...
C Print, Color
Les Femmes de la Revolution, After Anselm Kiefer
Located in Houston, TX
Ian Hamilton Finlay and Gary Hincks Les Femmes de la Revolution, After Anselm Kiefer, 1992 Offset Lithograph 27 1/2 x 32 in (69.9 x 81.3 cm) Edition of 250
Offset
Etoiles, Conceptual Etching by Arthur-Luiz Piza
Located in Long Island City, NY
Arthur-Luiz Piza, Brazilian (1928 - 2017) - Etoiles, Year: 1965, Medium: Etching on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 12/60, Image Size: 17 x 12 inches, Size: 26 x...
Etching
"Thank You" Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication. This series "Word on ...
Metal
Reinhard Görner: Phillips Exeter Academy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Phillips Exeter Academy Library 3 sizes available 60 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 70 x 58.5 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 80 x 66.8...
C Print, Lambda
$26,300
Kathleen Vance, Newtown Creek Waterway, 2017, Found Objects, Acrylic Paint, Wood
Located in Darien, CT
Kathleen Vance explores environmental issues such as water conservation and protection through positive stewardship of the land. She looks to convey an appreciation of nature and tra...
Wire
The Time of Our Time Has Come and Gone, 2018, Gaffer tape on floor
Located in Darien, CT
David Borawski lives and works in Hartford, Connecticut, and received his BFA from the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford. A multi-media installation artist, his work...
Tape
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
Before and After, Science art on paper, Triptych Manuscript
Located in Zofingen, AG
This triptych "Before and After" consists of three conceptual drawings on paper from the collection "Manuscripts". The size is 40x30cm of each artwork, high-density paper (360g/m2). ...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,000
Image Intervention project in Alaska poster (Hand Signed by Dennis Oppenheim)
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Oppenheim Image Intervention (Hand Signed), 1984 Offset Lithograph (hand signed and dated by Dennis Oppenheim) Hand signed and dated on the middle front 28 × 20 inches Unframe...
Ink, Lithograph, Offset
Earth Series 1, Conceptual Lithograph by Alan Sonfist
By Alan Sonfist
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alan Sonfist, American (1946 - ) - Earth Series 1, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP, Image Size: 24 x 18 inches, Size: 30 x 22 in...
Lithograph
$4,900Sale Price|57% Off
The Fig and Horn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has b...
Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
By Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge
Located in Surfside, FL
Referencing immigrants and the disabled. Social commentary conceptual artwork. Provenance: Deaccessioned from a New York University. Condé + Beveridg...
C Print, Color
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
Conceptual Artist Allen Ruppersberg Hand Printed Lithograph Prints & Photographs
Located in Surfside, FL
Allen Ruppersberg (American, 1944-) Lithograph, Mixed media From the Top Ten Historical Similarities (and Differences) Between Prints and Photographs. This sale is of one print not t...
Mixed Media, Lithograph
Boston Public Library
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Boston Public Library 55.4 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 66.5 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 77.6 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbere...
C Print, Lambda
Shining Wall of Books, Yale Beinecke Library, Interior Architecture Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A breathtaking homage to the grandeur of knowledge, Reinhard Görner’s Shining Wall of Books captures the luminous beauty of one of the world’s most rever...
C Print, Lambda
Embrace
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Two Men in an Embrace Printed to order Gay content Inquire about various sizing Comes unframed. About the Artist: Short Biography in a Nutshell: A fun journey My first foray into...
Photographic Paper
"Infinite Clearance" - Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication. This series "Word on ...
Metal
Fold-out PACE Gallery invitation (hand signed by Robert Irwin)
By Robert Irwin
Located in New York, NY
Robert Irwin Fold-out PACE Gallery invitation (hand signed by Robert Irwin), 2012 Offset lithograph fold-out invitation (hand signed by Robert Irwin) Boldly signed by Robert Irwin on...
Lithograph, Offset
"Begin"- Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for comm...
Metal
"One Day" - Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication. This series "Word on ...
Metal