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.
Move IX, Dance Lithograph by Helene Guetary
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Helene Guetary, French/American (1957 - ) Title: Move IX Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Size: 26 in. x 37 in. (66.0...
Lithograph
Glastonbury from Wessex, Conceptual Etching by Joe Tilson
By Joe Tilson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joe Tilson, British (1928 - ) Title: Glastonbury from Wessex Portfolio Year: 1977 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: XXV Size: 19.5 x 13.75 in. (49.53 x ...
Etching
Study for Uppercut, Conceptual Art Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Study for Uppercut Year: 1998 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 89/150 Paper...
Lithograph
Move II, Modern Lithograph by Helene Guetary
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Helene Guetary, French/American (1957 - ) Title: Move II Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 200 Size: 36 x 25.5 in. (91.44 ...
Lithograph
$960Sale Price|20% Off
How to Grow an Onion, Conceptual Art Lithograph by Will Mentor
By Will Mentor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Mentor, American (1958 - ) Title: How to Grow an Onion Year: 1997 Medium: Lithograph and Chine colle, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition: 11/36 Paper Size: 36 x 28 in...
Lithograph
$2,500
Conceptual Moon Phases 8, Abstract Ink & Watercolor Collage by Shlomo Koren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Shlomo Koren, German (1932 - ) Title: Untitled - Conceptual Moon Phases 8 Year: 1965 Medium: Ink, Watercolor and Collage on Paper mounted to Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 15.5 in...
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Jobs and Employment Classifieds, Monoprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Jobs and Employment Classifieds Year: 1982 Medium: Monoprint Silkscreen, signed l.r. Image Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Size: 39 in. x 29.5 in. ...
Monotype
City 191, Geometric Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 191 Year: 1971 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: AP Size: 29 x 22.5 in. (73.66 x 57.15 cm)
Screen
City 381, Signed Serigraph by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 381 Year: circa 1971 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Image Size: 19 x 25.5 inches Size: 2...
Screen
Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 8 - Conceptual Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 8 Year: circa 1978 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 40 in. x 30.5 in....
Screen
$2,800
Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture White Skull Animal Bethany Krull Female Artist
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original hand built porcelain sculpture by contemporary conceptual American artist Bethany Krull. This work titled Extinction Stack is a prime example of the artist's commentary ...
Porcelain
Move III, Surrealist Lithograph by Helene Guetary
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Helene Guetary, French/American (1957 - ) Title: Move I Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 200, HC Size: 38 in. x 25.5 in. ...
Lithograph
Move X, Conceptual Dance Lithograph by Helene Guetary
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Helene Guetary, French/American (1957 - ) Title: Move X Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP Size: 38 in. x 25.5 in. ...
Lithograph
Sydney, Psychedelic Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: Sydney Year: 1973 Medium: Screenprint on BFK Rives, Signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 20 Size: 30 in. x 22 in....
Screen
"Two Ways to Skin a Cat", 1978, Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Two Ways to Skin a Cat Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 39 in. x 27 in. (99.06 ...
Lithograph
Melba by Malcolm, Illustrative Dog Etching by Malcolm Morley
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Malcolm Morley, British (1931 - 2018) Title: Melba by Malcolm Year: circa 1980 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Image Size: 18 x 24 inches Size: 22...
Etching
No. 776, Conceptual Geometric Screenprint by Shigeru Taniguchi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Shigeru Taniguchi, Japanese (1948 - ) Title: No. 776 Year: 1977 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 5/24 Image Size: 19 x 23 inches Size: 21 in. x 25 ...
Screen
Cage Screen Test, Conceptual Landscape Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Cage Screen Test Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Paper Si...
Lithograph
"Melba with Carrot" Etching by Malcolm Morley
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Malcolm Morley, British (1931 - 2018) Title: Melba with Carrot Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Image Size: 22 x 17.5 inches Size: 30 in. x 22 in. ...
Etching
"Tank Skid", 1978, Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Tank Skid Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 39 in. x 27 in. (99.06 cm x 68.58 cm)
Lithograph
Sheep 8, Conceptual Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (b. 1932) Title: Sheep 8 Year: 1977 Medium: Etching and Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: 65 Size: 34 x 31 in. (86.36 x 78.74 cm)
Etching, Screen
Organism II, Minimalist Oil Painting by Liana Vassalou
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Liana Vassalou, Greek (1948 - ) Title: Organism II Year: 1979 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 56 in. x 48 in. (142.24 cm x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 56.5 x 48.5 inches
Canvas, Oil
Red Palm, Conceptual Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 – 2015) Title: Red Palm Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: WP (Working Proof) Size: 30.5 x 21.5 inches
Screen
Gold Palm, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 – 2015) Title: Brown Palm Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: WP (Working Proof) Size: 30.5 x 21.5 inches
Screen
$4,500
Forma Sobre Forma, Abstract Mixed Media and Collage by Josep Grau Garriga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josep Grau-Garriga, Spanish (1929 - 2011) Title: Forma Sobre Forma Year: 1968 Medium: Mixed Media and Collage on Paper, Signed Verso Size: 25.5 x 17.5 in. (64.77 x 44.45 cm)
Mixed Media
Pink Palm, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 – 2015) Title: Pink Palm Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: WP (Working Proof) Size: 30.5 x ...
Screen
Tree in Tree (Green and Purple), Conceptual Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Tree in Tree (Green and Purple) Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 125 Size: 41 x ...
Screen
Leo from the Constellations Series, Conceptual Screenprint by Charles Ross
By Charles Ross
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Ross, American (1937 - ) Title: Leo from the Constellations Series Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150, AP XX Image Size: 45 x ...
Screen
Jupiter 6, Minimalist Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Rafael Bogarin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rafael Bogarin Title: Jupiter 6 Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and titled in pencil Edition: 295 Paper Size: 28.5 x 22.5 inches
Screen
Diamond Brooch Series, Suite of 10 Etchings by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Les Levine, American (1935 - ) Title: Diamond Brooch Series Year: circa 1979 Medium: Suite of 10 Etchings, each signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Image: 18 x 11.5 i...
Etching
Paco and J.J., Abstract Lithograph by Glenn Goldberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Glenn Goldberg, American (1953 - ) Title: Paco and J.J. Year: 1987 Medium: Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 5/6 Paper Size: 35.5 x 29.5 inches
Lithograph
$675
Abstract with Animal Line Studies, Linocut Print by Eric Newton, circa 1955
By Eric Newton
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eric Newton, British (1893 - 1965) Title: Abstract with Animal Figures Year: circa 1955 Medium: Linocut Print, signed and numbered in pencil Edi...
Linocut
Absence I, Minimalist Contemporary Oil Painting by Liana Vassalou
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Liana Vassalou, Greek (1948 - ) Title: Absence I Year: 1979 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 56 in. x 48 in. (142.24 cm x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 56.5 x 48.5 inches
Canvas, Oil
Cobalt Vectors, Abstract Lithograph by Dennis A. Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Cobalt Vectors Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 41.25 in. x 29.75 in. (104.78 c...
Lithograph
Memories VI
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Liana Vassalou, Greek (1948 - ) Title: Memories VI Year: 1979 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 56 in. x 48 in. (142.24 cm x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 56.5 x 48.5 inches
Canvas, Oil
Target, Conceptual Abstract Lithograph by Dennis A. Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Target Year: 1981 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 41.25 in. x 29.75 in. (104.78 cm x 75.5...
Lithograph
A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash, Abstract Screenprint by Robert Morris
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Morris Title: A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 180 Paper Size: 32 x 26 inches Text Reads: A ...
Screen
It Happened II
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Liana Vassalou, Greek (1948 - ) Title: It Happened II Year: 1979 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 56 in. x 48 in. (142.24 cm x 121.92 cm) Frame S...
Canvas, Oil
Great Blue Courtship S.E.
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 5 Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso. Paper size: 42 x 34 1/2 in., Image: 40 x 3...
Archival Pigment
Eleusis Proscinemi, Abstract Aquatint Etching by Joe Tilson
By Joe Tilson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joe Tilson, British (1928 - ) Title: Eleusis Proscinemi Year: 1980 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 4/20 Size: 31.5 x 22.5 in. (80.01 ...
ABS, Etching, Aquatint
Memories VII
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Liana Vassalou, Greek (1948 - ) Title: Memories VII Year: 1979 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 56 in. x 48 in. (142.24 cm x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 56.5 x 48.5 inches
Canvas, Oil
Falling Coconut Setting Sun, Signed Folk Art Lithograph by Bill Beckley
By Bill Beckley
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Beckley, American (1946 - ) Title: Falling Coconut - Setting Sun Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 225 Image Size: 19 x 14 inc...
Lithograph
Blackpath Air, Contemporary Screenprint on Rice Paper by Joe Tilson
By Joe Tilson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joe Tilson Title: Blackpath Air Year: 1971 Medium: Screenprint and Collage on Japon Paper, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 9/70 Size: 38 in. x 26 in. (96.52 cm x 66.04...
Rice Paper, Screen
III from Plazas in Transition, Minimalist Aquatint Etching by Barry LeVa
By Barry LeVa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Barry Le Va, American (b. 1941) Title: III from Plazas in Transition: Foundations of Fragmented Perspectives Year: 1981 Medium: Etching with Aquatint on grey BFK Rives, si...
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled (Orgy), Digital Pigment Print by Peter Coffin
By Peter Coffin
Located in Long Island City, NY
A digital c-print by Peter Coffin. A conceptual work featuring a diptych of two pages from open books referring to the degrees of separation within the relationship between artist, a...
Digital Pigment
The Eye, Signed Conceptual Earth Art Lithograph by Colette
By Colette
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Colette Title: The Eye Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Image Size: 25 X 17 inches Size: 29.5 in. x 22 in. (74.93 cm x 5...
Lithograph
Die Ha from Bullet Space, Your House is Mine, Screenprint by Tom McGlynn
By Tom McGlynn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tom McGlynn, American Title: Die Ha from Bullet Space, Your House is Mine Year: 1990 Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil Image Size: 22 x 18 inches Size: 23 in. x 20 i...
Screen
The Patriot
Located in New York, NY
Horse portrait. Americana colors. Acrylics, mixed media on canvas, 60" x 48"x 2". Gallery wrapped, wired and ready to hang. In “The Patriot”, the harnessed strength of the wor...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Jackie Chavez
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, and dated. Gelatin silver print 20 x 16 in.
Silver Gelatin
$7,000
Vessel: Pierced III, Unique Wall and Table Art Sculpture by Sylvia Seventy
By Sylvia Seventy
Located in Long Island City, NY
This mixed media sculpture by Sylvia Seventy, from 1986, is a conceptual work in neutral tones. Materials include handmade paper, Apple Wood, Willow, Paint, Oil Pastel, Wax, Cotton ...
Cotton, Handmade Paper, Oil Pastel, Paint, Wood
"Verso sera" by Corrado Ferrante, oil on wood, 39x31cm
Located in Milano, MI
In the compositions, the gaze is attracted by an interplay of harmonious balances between full and empty spaces, which compel the regarding to an observation dynamic approach in orde...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board, Paper, Wood Panel
Meeting. 1998. Oil on canvas, 100 x 99. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Meeting. 1998. Oil on canvas, 100x99.5 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painte...
Canvas, Oil
Human Figure: Vince Carter Model
Located in New York, NY
Kobe Bryant portrait in abstract background. About the Artist: Jack Florczyk, known professionally as Jack Flo, is an American contemporary fine artist. Working with acrylic pai...
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
A provincial delight. Oil on canvas, 41 х 51 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A provincial delight. Oil on canvas, 41х51 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, gr...
Oil, Canvas
A walk in the village. Oil on cardboard, 45x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A walk in the village Oil on cardboard, 45x45 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer...
Oil, Cardboard
Still life. Oil on canvas, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life Oil on canvas, 60x80 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of...
Canvas, Oil
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Iron Teapot
Located in Columbus, OH
"Iron Teapot" 8x4 inches, two pieces. This surrealist sculpture is a ceramic teapot glazed to look like iron, with a female nipple and areola for a lid. Lighter than it looks but difficult to open, it is both an erotic and hushed commentary on female bodies, desire and strength. Signed. Tara Joshi...
Ceramic
"Un attimo", oil on wood, 22x22cm
Located in Milano, MI
This work by Corrado Ferrante, embodies the artist’s distinctive poetic language, where gesture, matter, and memory coexist in a refined balance. The composition unfolds as a layered...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board
"Solo per un attimo..forse!", oil on wood, 22x22cm
Located in Milano, MI
This work by Corrado Ferrante captures a moment of fragile suspension between light and shadow, sound and silence. The artist’s signature use of layered materials—paint, torn paper, ...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board
"Il dopo? è nell'ombra?", oil on wood, 19x23cm
Located in Milano, MI
This work by Corrado Ferrante exemplifies the artist’s distinctive material language and his ability to transform fragments into powerful visual narratives. Through layered textures,...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board