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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.

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Style: Conceptual
You Are Enough

You Are Enough

By Cabell Molina

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media. Round piece. Female centric. Birds as accents. About the Artist: Cabell Molina is a contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Where Cabell ...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Prince - 3D

Prince - 3D

By Reisig and Taylor

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...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lenticular

Sign Of The Time - large scale photograph of conceptual motivational billboard
Sign Of The Time - large scale photograph of conceptual motivational billboard

Sign Of The Time - large scale photograph of conceptual motivational billboard

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Large format photograph of a billboard signage in California desert landscape, from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana roadside signs and billboards cap...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Contemporary blue painting on paper, Seascape, Abstract Seaweeds
Contemporary blue painting on paper, Seascape, Abstract Seaweeds

Contemporary blue painting on paper, Seascape, Abstract Seaweeds

By TUSET

Located in Carballo, ES

This is an original artwork unframed realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm Original and unique piece 1/1. Includes ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper

Stahl - 3D

Stahl - 3D

By Reisig and Taylor

Located in New York, NY

Depiction of a kind of life. About the Artists: Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisig and Tayl...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lenticular

A Cut Above

A Cut Above

By Cabell Molina

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media. Female centric. Featuring Madonna. About the Artist: Cabell Molina is a contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Where Cabell has proved hers...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Crimson Contemplation - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

Crimson Contemplation - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

By John Ali

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Resist

Resist

By Cabell Molina

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media. Female centric. About the Artist: Cabell Molina is a contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Where Cabell has proved herself exceptional is ...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Wonderful World

Wonderful World

By Cabell Molina

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media. Woman on ladder in pool. Blue hues. About the Artist: Cabell Molina is a contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Where Cabell has proved herse...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media

URBAN MUSTANG
URBAN MUSTANG

URBAN MUSTANG

By Donna Bernstein

Located in New York, NY

The American mustang. Revered for his freedom, yet never truly free. Cast in a red glow of pain, his spirit is never taken, as his numbers are cut down. Created in acrylics, life-...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Ascending Joy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl

Ascending Joy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl

By John Ali

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Joseph Beuys, Order
Joseph Beuys, Order

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 ...

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20th Century Conceptual Art

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Offset

Garment of Hope Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Conceptual, 21st Century
Garment of Hope Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Conceptual, 21st Century

Garment of Hope Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Conceptual, 21st Century

By John Ali

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

"Garment of Hope," a poignant masterpiece crafted by the skilled hands of artist John Ali, invites viewers into a world where innocence and resilience converge. This evocative artwor...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vibrant Heritage - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

Vibrant Heritage - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

By John Ali

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Quiet Matriarch - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

Quiet Matriarch - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa

By John Ali

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

A Naturalist Cyanotype on Cotton Sateen, "Polyphony"
A Naturalist Cyanotype on Cotton Sateen, "Polyphony"

A Naturalist Cyanotype on Cotton Sateen, "Polyphony"

By Annalise Neil

Located in San Diego, CA

A 24" x 30" Naturalist Cyanotype on Cotton Sateen mounted on Wood Panel. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery. Neil’s cyanotype and watercolo...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Limited Edition Japanese Photography, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture
Limited Edition Japanese Photography, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture

Limited Edition Japanese Photography, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture

By Toshio Shibata

Located in New york, NY

The photograph Toshio Shibata, #189 Yunotani Village, Nigata Prefecture, 1989 by Japanese photographer Toshio Shibata is signed (on recto) by the photographer. The 13" x 19" print is numbered on recto (front of photo). Available: 87/100; 52/100. Printed in 2005, the photograph is from a portfolio of masters of Japanese photography...

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1980s Conceptual Art

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Pigment, Arc...

Uris Library, Ithaca, Cornell University, Large Scale Architectural Photograph
Uris Library, Ithaca, Cornell University, Large Scale Architectural Photograph

Uris Library, Ithaca, Cornell University, Large Scale Architectural Photograph

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A mesmerizing portrait of architectural elegance and intellectual grandeur, Reinhard Görner’s Uris Library, Ithaca immerses viewers in the ornate beauty of Cornell University’s iconi...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Axel Crieger Audrey Hepburn Fotocollage Print "Fragility Adored" Ltd Ed
Axel Crieger Audrey Hepburn Fotocollage Print "Fragility Adored" Ltd Ed

Axel Crieger Audrey Hepburn Fotocollage Print "Fragility Adored" Ltd Ed

By Axel Crieger

Located in Detroit, MI

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Fragility Adored" a Fotocollage print on photographic paper by Axel Crieger (1955 - ) of an Audrey Hepburn publicity photo for "Sabrina" now placed in a cafe. It is mounted on upper edges of sheet under paste-partout, monogrammed and numbered #77/99 in a felt-tip pen on the lower right. He has signed it both on the photo and on the surrounding mat. Alex Crieger is a world-reknown artist, designer and photographer. He lives and works in Los Angeles. His digital paintings have a rich and profound pictorial space that invites the viewer into it and makes him/her a silent participant of the story. His digital collaged images depict celebrities in dreamlike settings as advertisement of luxury products giving the images an original new look. Alex’s digital paintings are composed of a variety of photographic quotes, designs, drawings and special effects to create photographic images he has not always taken but collaged into new uniquely composed settings. Crieger is a photographer who makes art photographs we wish to be real. He’s created compositions of Steve McQueen or Brigitte Bardot that are more beautiful than the truth. A combination of sketches, digital effects and a spectacular design yield classic photographs that have never been photographed. For example, Brigitte still exudes in Paris and an eternally young James Dean poses for a propeller plane. Crieger has already produced several exhibitions at international art shows and galleries. Many museums of contemporary art also exhibit his work.   He studied visual communications and has worked as a photographer, director and designer for international clients in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London and Milan. His work as garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards and is produced in small editions. In addition to photography, Crieger also worked as a director and designer for international clients in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London and Milan. He has created advertisements, exhibitions and a variety of designs and large paintings. Alex Crieger even published the book American Night...

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1950s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

All in My Head - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men, Love, Thoughts
All in My Head - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men, Love, Thoughts

All in My Head - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men, Love, Thoughts

By Michael Adetula

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Morgan Library II, New York
Morgan Library II, New York

Morgan Library II, New York

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Morgan Library II New York 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed n Morgan Library II, Rein...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Onileke Ara (Beaded in Style) 2 -21st Century Contemporary, African Woman, Beads
Onileke Ara (Beaded in Style) 2 -21st Century Contemporary, African Woman, Beads

Onileke Ara (Beaded in Style) 2 -21st Century Contemporary, African Woman, Beads

By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Regal and radiant! 'Onileke Ara (Beaded in Style)' celebrates the beauty and elegance of African culture Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bakare Babatunde, born in Ogun State, Nigeria, is a dynamic artist whose journey in the world of art has been shaped by a rich cultural background. Completing his higher education in Lagos State, Nigeria, Bakare earned a Higher National Diploma in Library and Information Science, laying the foundation for a unique artistic perspective. Bakare's artistic evolution began with pencil drawing, a modest start that eventually led him to experiment with various mediums. Among these, oil color, acrylic, and Ankara fabrics on canvas emerged as his favored mediums, allowing him to explore the depth of his creative vision. Primarily focusing on figurative painting and portraiture, Bakare's work delves into the intricacies of human expression and identity. His art becomes a canvas for the narratives of emotions and cultural appreciation. Bakare's artistic journey has been punctuated by notable exhibitions, showcasing his talent on both national and international platforms: Icreate Skill Festival Abuja (2017). Ijakadi Art Exhibition, Kwara State (2020). Kwara State Youth Fair 2.0 Art Exhibition Category (2022). 'Unconditional Love Is Not Beyond Us' An Online Group Exhibition by Constance and Sons...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Steadfast Gaze 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl
Steadfast Gaze 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl

Steadfast Gaze 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl

By John Ali

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Found Object Wall Sculpture/Relief by Gertie Lowe
Found Object Wall Sculpture/Relief by Gertie Lowe

Found Object Wall Sculpture/Relief by Gertie Lowe

By Gertie Lowe

Located in Long Island City, NY

Wall sculpture assemblage by Gertie Lowe, from 1978, is a conceptual abstract with everyday objects. Muted neutral tones are contrasted with vibrant accents. Signed and dated verso...

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1970s Conceptual Art

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Plastic, Wood

Set of 2 paintings / Natural pigment on canvas, pine wood, conceptual
Set of 2 paintings / Natural pigment on canvas, pine wood, conceptual

Set of 2 paintings / Natural pigment on canvas, pine wood, conceptual

By TUSET

Located in Carballo, ES

This series by the multidisciplinary artist TUSET (1997, A Coruña, Spain) titled "Land paintings (or what painting is not)", is a series of paintings that the artist had buried in th...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Organic Material, Varnish, Canvas, Wood

Exposure #19: NYC, Central Park, 04.01.03, 9:36 am Diptych by Barbara Probst
Exposure #19: NYC, Central Park, 04.01.03, 9:36 am Diptych by Barbara Probst

Exposure #19: NYC, Central Park, 04.01.03, 9:36 am Diptych by Barbara Probst

Located in Long Island City, NY

In her photographic series, Barbara Probst explores the ambiguities of the photographic medium and the subjectivity of truth and perception. At first, the groups may appear to be the...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photography, Paper, Offset

Jeff Becker, Flag Privacy, 2016, Archival Paper, Inkjet Paper
Jeff Becker, Flag Privacy, 2016, Archival Paper, Inkjet Paper

Jeff Becker, Flag Privacy, 2016, Archival Paper, Inkjet Paper

By Jeff Becker

Located in Darien, CT

Using his inkjet printer as a paintbrush, Jeff Becker creates watercolor-like imagery without Photoshop or filters. He refers to this process of dynamic chemical processes as The Sl...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet

Unique piece, Photography made without a camera, Rayogram, Water and plants
Unique piece, Photography made without a camera, Rayogram, Water and plants

Unique piece, Photography made without a camera, Rayogram, Water and plants

Located in Carballo, ES

Ana Paes (A Guarda, 1982) makes us aware of the interstices that exist between one plane and another, shows us that this apparent continuity of the image-movement is, in fact, only a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Yellow - Floral color photo
Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Yellow - Floral color photo

Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Yellow - Floral color photo

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

30 Cents Singapore Orchid Yellow, from the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection. This historic postage stamps that make up the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection, Singapore Series 'Postcar...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Enduring Echoes 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters
Enduring Echoes 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters

Enduring Echoes 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters

By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Enduring Echoes portrays a striking and vibrant portrait of a man, set against a bold and contrasting background. The artist uses a rich palette of purples, reds, and oranges, highli...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Artist Designed Signed Judaica Israeli Menorah Candelabra Sculpture Silver Plate
Artist Designed Signed Judaica Israeli Menorah Candelabra Sculpture Silver Plate

Artist Designed Signed Judaica Israeli Menorah Candelabra Sculpture Silver Plate

Located in Surfside, FL

N. Levi (signed in Hebrew and English) Menorah Done in a brutalist design with the Hebrew words "Seek the peace of jerusalem" Dimensions: 8 X 9 X 2.5 inches This appears to be silver plated as I do not see a silver standard mark or hallmark. There has been a resurgence of fine artists making Judaica, There was initial generation of the Bezalel School in Jerusalem and later Ludwig Wolpert at the Jewish Museum in New York City, whose spare, geometric, functionalist style was influenced by the Bauhaus school in particular and modernism in general, Moshe Zabari, Maxwell Chayat, in New York, Menachem Berman...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal, Silver

Set of 2 contemporary paintings, Minimalist Blue Sky on paper
Set of 2 contemporary paintings, Minimalist Blue Sky on paper

Set of 2 contemporary paintings, Minimalist Blue Sky on paper

By TUSET

Located in Carballo, ES

Set of 2 Blue Minimal Paintings. This is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2019. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The dimensions of each painting are 41 x...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper

Radiance of Joy 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, African, Women, Happily Smiling
Radiance of Joy 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, African, Women, Happily Smiling

Radiance of Joy 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, African, Women, Happily Smiling

By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Conceptual art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Conceptual art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Reinhard Görner, Kojun, Jose Sierra, and xulong zhang. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Conceptual art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $45 and tops out at $500,000, while the average work sells for $2,465.