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.
Love Letters to Cornwall I by Mary Scott, Landscape, Love, Cornwall
By Mary Scott
Located in Deddington, GB
Love Letters to Cornwall (I) by Mary Scott [2021] original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic and oil on wood panel Image size: H:40 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Wor...
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Cadenza by Gina Soden, Photographer, Photography, Documentary
By Gina Soden
Located in Deddington, GB
Cadenza by Gina Soden [2013] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Digital photograph on Baryta paper Edition number 5 Image size: H:87.5 cm x W:70 cm Complete Size of Unfra...
Paper, Digital Pigment
Pine Cut Down C, by Alan Turner
By Alan Turner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alan Turner Title: Pine Cut Down C Year: 1981 Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 40 Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches [55.88 x 43.18...
Lithograph
Krankenhaus by Gina Soden, Contemporary Photography, Travel Photographer
Located in Deddington, GB
Krankenhaus by Gina Sodden [2013] limited_edition Digital photograph on Baryta paper Edition number 4 Image size: H:40.64 cm x W:40.64 cm Complete Size...
Paper, Digital Pigment
Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 2 - Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 2 Year: circa 1978 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 40 in. x 30.5 in....
Screen
Pulley System, Surrealist Mixed Media Artwork on Paper by Zizi Raymond
By Zizi Raymond
Located in Long Island City, NY
A mixed media work by Zizi Raymond from 1988. A surrealist conceptual piece representing figures in a forbidding interior. Artist: Zizi Raymond, American (1960 - 2014) Title: Untitled - Pulley...
Paper, Mixed Media
Line Up, Set of 8 Photographs by Ligoranoreese
By Ligoranoreese
Located in Long Island City, NY
This portfolio of eight prints by the art duo, Ligorano/Reese portrays leaders from the Bush administration, photographed in a mug shot style. The date on the placard they hold is the date the artists feel they betrayed the public trust. This work is a bold statement on politicians and their duty to the public, and the ramifications of abusing their power. Three of the prints are already framed in black frames that measure 16 x 22 inches. Artist: LigoranoResse (a.k.a. Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese) Title: Line Up Date: 2005 Medium: Eight Archival Pigment Prints, each signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 18/50 Image Size: 9 x 14.75 inches Paper Size: 11 x 17...
Archival Pigment
Composition in Red and Black, Pop Art Lithograph by George Deem
By George Deem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Deem Title: Composition in Red and Black Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 40 Image Size: 26 x 18 inches Paper Size: 30 i...
Lithograph
Church, NJ - Abstract Aquatint Etching by Komar & Melamid
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Vitaly Komar, Russian (1943 - ) and Alexander Melamid, Russian (1945 - ) Title: Church, NJ Year: 1991 Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, dated, and tilted in pencil Paper Si...
Etching, Aquatint
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
$7,500
A Catastrophic Perspective, Colored Pencil and Watercolor by Richard Davies
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Davies Title: A Catastrophic Perspective Year: 1991 Medium: Watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, collage, signed in pencil Size: 60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm) Frame...
Watercolor, Color Pencil, Graphite
Primary Vermeer, Lithograph by George Deem
By George Deem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Deem Title: Primary Vermeer Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, AP 40 Image Size: 19 x 17 inches Paper Size: 25.5 in. x 2...
Lithograph
Primrose Hill: The View
By Jennie Ing
Located in Deddington, GB
Jennie Ing Primrose Hill: The View Limited Edition Print Edition of 40 Image Size: H 23cm x W 33cm Signed Sold Unframed Please note that in situ i...
Paper, Linocut
Violin Keys, Pop Art Screenprint by Arman
By Arman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arman, French (1929 - 2005) Title: Violin Keys Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 150, AP 30 Size:...
Screen
Sienna Vermeer, Pop Art Lithograph by George Deem
By George Deem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Deem Title: Sienna Vermeer Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, AP 40 Image Size: 19 x 21 inches Paper Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55...
Lithograph
American Newsprint, Monoprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: American Newsprint Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen and Acrylic Monoprint on Paper, signed, dated and titled in pencil Image Size: 13 x 21.5 ...
Monoprint
Vermeer's Lacemaker, Pop Art Lithograph by George Deem
By George Deem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Deem, American (1932 - 2008) Title: Vermeer's Lacemaker Year: Circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 40 Image Size: 22 x 18 inches Si...
Lithograph
Dutch Portrait in Vermeer's Easel, Lithograph by George Deem
By George Deem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Deem Title: A Dutch Portrait in Vermeer's Easel Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, AP 40 Image Size: 20.5 x 18 inches Paper Si...
Lithograph
Hands of Mayakovsky, Pop Art Lithograph by George Deem
By George Deem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Deem Title: Hands of Mayakovsky Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, AP 40 Image Size: 19 x 17 inches Paper Size: 25.5 in. x 21 ...
Lithograph
Christo, Monuments: Portfolio with Ten Prints and One Sculpture, Signed Original
Located in Hamburg, DE
Christo's portfolio of 10 prints and a scale model sculpture of the ‘5,600 Cubic Meter Package’ for Documenta 4 in Kassel, 1968 (height 68 cm). Sold in white vinyl portfolio box. The...
Metal
Confetti Tiles, Pop Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Confetti Tiles Year: circa 1979 Medium: Screenprint, Signed in Pencil Edition: PP Size: 41 in. x 29 in. (104.14 cm x 73....
Screen
City 86, Abstract Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 86 Year: 1969 Medium: Serigraph, signed and titled in pencil Edition: 300 Image Size: 25 x 20 inches Size: 30 x 22 in....
Screen
City 36, Signed Abstract Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 36 Year: 1968 Medium: Serigraph, signed and titled in pencil Edition: 300 Image Size: 25 x 20 inches Size: 30 x 22 in....
Screen
City 86, Geometric Serigraph by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 86 Year: 1969 Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil Edition: AP Size: 25 x 19 in. (63.5 x 48.26 cm)
Screen
Sheep 5, Conceptual Pop Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Sheep Portfolio 4 Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint and Etching, signed in pencil Edition: 65, AP 5 Size: 33.5 x 31 in. (85.09 x...
Screen
Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus Heliogabalus, Cubist Etching by Enrico Baj
By Enrico Baj
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Enrico Baj, Italian (1924 - 2003) Title: Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus Heliogabalus Year: 1972 Medium: Aquatint Etching with Collage, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: ...
Mixed Media, Etching, Aquatint
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
Far Rockaway Seascape, Conceptual Oil Painting by Vladimir German
By Vladimir German
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Vladimir German, Russian/American (1940 - ) Title: Far Rockaway Seascape Year: 1988 - 89 Medium: Oil on Paper mounted on Board, signed verso Size: 18.5 in. x 26.25 in. (46.99...
Oil
$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
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
Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 7 - Conceptual Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 7 Year: circa 1978 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 40 in. x 30.5 in. ...
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
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
"Stretcher" Etching by Malcolm Morley
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Malcolm Morley, British (1931 - 2018) Title: Stretcher Year: circa 1980 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Image Size: 18 x 23.5 inches Size: 22.5 in...
Etching
Death Ramp, Conceptual Art Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Death Ramp 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
"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
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
Sheep Portfolio of 7 Conceptual Etchings and Screenprints by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Sheep Portfolio Year: 1981 Medium: Portfolio of 7 Screenprints with Etching, each signed in pencil Edition: 65, AP 5 Size of Each: 33.5 x 31 in. (85.09 x 78.74 cm) Printed by Jerusalem Print...
Etching, Screen
Prince - 3D
Located in New York, NY
Homage to the fabulous Prince. About the Artists: Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisig and Tay...
Lenticular
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
Without innocence how can there be wisdom, from Corazon Sagrado series
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 1/1 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print margin. Collotype print
Other Medium
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
Roller Disco, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Robert Morris
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Morris Title: Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 180 Paper Size: 26 in. x 32 in. (66.04...
Screen