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.
$7,953
Chris Levine - EQUANIMITY_2022 70 Limited Queen Elizabeth II Photography Modern
By Chris Levine
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Chris Levine - EQUANIMITY_2022 70 Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Screenprint on Somerset Satin paper Edition number: 2/5 Size: 47 x 38 cm Condition: New in mint conditions, never fra...
Satin Paper, Screen
Black in Gold series
Located in Buffalo, NY
Black in Gold series, 2017 Camellia leaves and hand dyed thread 12 x 12 inches Hillary Waters Fayle is an artist from Elma, New York. Fayle received an MFA in Craft/Material Stud...
Thread, Organic Material
"Why Are We So Cruel" - 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
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Ink, Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Engraving
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Oil
1970s Italian Pop Art Tano Festa Signed and Dated Drawing
By Tano Festa
Located in Roma, IT
1970s Tano Festa Signed and Dated Drawing Important work in marker on cardboard by the great Roman artist Tano Festa, one of the major exponents, together with Mario Schifano, of th...
Paper, Permanent Marker
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Mixed Media, Oil
Cave paintings on paper, Indian ink, hand drawing, leather papyrus style
Located in Carballo, ES
Obsessive, meticulous, almost monastic, Kramer immerses us in a universe of graphic and sculptural repetitions. His drawings on kraft paper glued with rabbit glue recall both ancient...
Ink, Handmade Paper
Anatomical bodies in Indian ink on paper, antique papyrus, human being
Located in Carballo, ES
Obsessive, meticulous, almost monastic, Kramer immerses us in a universe of graphic and sculptural repetitions. His drawings on kraft paper glued with rabbit glue recall both ancient...
Ink, Handmade Paper
"Plovers" Conceptual painting of birds and moon rocket engine
Located in New York, NY
In this conceptual painting, New York artist, Thomas Broadbent presents five portraits of Plovers in 2 rows with a finely detailed rendering of a moon rocket engine...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$2,900
El Grito De La Gitana, from Corazon Sagrado series by Delilah Montoya, 1993
Located in Denton, TX
This image is a collotype print from Delilah Montoya's series, Corazon Sagrado, and is edition 1/1. It is signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print margin by Delilah Montoya. This collotype print features a woman in a dress dancing in front of a backdrop on a checkered floor...
Other Medium
Pont Neuf 1985 (1995-2020) (signed)
By Christo
Located in Woodbury, CT
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Pont Neuf, 2020 Lithograph, Edition of 450 Signed and numbered in pencil to margin Published to coincide with the artist's exhibition at the Centre Pompido...
Lithograph
$1,200
Large Contemporary Annette Lemieux Photo Etching Aquatint Censor Abstract Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Annette Lemieux (American, 1957-) Date: 1994 Medium: photogravure, aquatint (photo etching) and stencil Hand signed and dated lower right. Editioned lower left. Dimensions: Sheet: 22...
Etching, Aquatint, Photogravure
$508
Dario Villalba UNTITLED 5 Limited Conceptualism Spanish Contemporary Grey Woman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dario Villalba - UNTITLED 5 Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph and photolithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 95 x 68 cm Condition: In mint conditions and never framed Observa...
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Iain Baxter& "Containing Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
By Iain Baxter
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with snow capped mountains in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptua...
Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype
Suicide Note, Framed Conceptual Art Piece Assemblage Collage
By Barton Lidice Benes
Located in Surfside, FL
Size is without frame Barton Benes (November 16, 1942 - Hackensack, New Jersey – May 30, 2012 - New York) was an artist who lived and worked in New York City. He studied at Pratt Ins...
Mixed Media
Untitled, Conceptual Pencil and Ink on Paper by Lucio Pozzi
By Lucio Pozzi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucio Pozzi, Italian (1935 - ) - Untitled, Year: 2001, Medium: Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 12 x 9 in. (30.48 x 22.86 cm)
Ink, Pencil
Iain Baxter& "Recovering Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
By Iain Baxter
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with music record or disc in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual...
Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype
Flag of the Agricultural Revolution, Conceptual Woodcut Print by Mel Chin
By Mel Chin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Chin, American (1951- )
Title: Flag of the Agricultural Revolution
Year: 1997
Medium: Woodcut on Ysai woodgrain paper, signed, titled, numbered and dated i...
Woodcut
Petite Fleur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black and white photograph of a single rose just after the rain. Ajijic, MX. Petite Fleur Date: 2016 - Printed Later Size: 42” x 63” Edition of 7 Savannah Spirit is a visual artis...
Archival Pigment
The Relocation of Property by Natural Forces, with original colophon envelope
By Joe Zucker
Located in New York, NY
Joe Zucker The Relocation of Property by Natural Forces Rubber stamp print on Arches 88 paper Stamp made by Unity Engraving Company, Inc. Printed by Aaron Arnow Paper size: 8 x 8 in...
Lithograph
$4,000
Conceptual Text Based Painting "Paved with Gold" (tax the poor, feed the rich)
By David Kramer
Located in New York, NY
38"x28" signed by the artist, David Kramer. (oil, acrylic, enamel, pencil on gessoed paper) In this conceptual work on paper, the title: "Paved with Gold" counters the text which ov...
Paper, Oil, Pencil
$350
Juke Box Tune 2, Conceptual Etching with Aquatint by Natalie d'Arbeloff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Natalie d'Arbeloff, British/American (1929 - ) - Juke Box Tune 2, Year: 1989, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 32/150, Image S...
Etching, Aquatint
Tacita Dean, Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron - Contemporary Photography
By Tacita Dean
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tacita Dean (British, born 1965) Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac 16th of September 1998, 2000 Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper Dimensions: 21 x 26 cm (8 1/4 x 10...
Silver Gelatin
Iain Baxter& "Lettering Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
By Iain Baxter
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with framed house in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artist....
Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Mixed Media
$1,850
"Untitled 1.20" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.20" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...
Digital Pigment
$2,350
"Untitled 1.17" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.17" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...
Digital Pigment
$1,850
"Untitled 3.20" Photography 16' x 24' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 3.20" Photography 16' x 24' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...
Digital Pigment
$19,500
Diversity (Blue)
By Oleg Lobykin
Located in Napa, CA
Oleg Lobykin (Russian, b. 1966) is a sculptor. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Lobykin now resides in Silicon Valley and also specializes in the restoration of landmark architecture ...
Fiberglass
Japanese Contemporary Art By Kojun - Shiko 15
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Gold leaf, concrete, wood, copper wire W220 × D65 × H40 mm + W60 × D35 × H75 mm (concrete) This collaborative work, which began with a common interest in Buddhism, explored the idea of expressing the sacred within everyday life. As artist and Zen monk...
Concrete, Wire, Gold Leaf
Contemporary blue painting on paper, Seascape, Abstract Seaweeds
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 ...
Ink, Handmade Paper
Medaglia D Oro - Whiskers, Stallion Studio Portrait
Located in London, GB
Medaglia d'Oro (foaled April 11, 1999) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won several major stakes races including the 2002 Travers Stakes and the 2003 Whitney Handicap. He also finished second in the 2002 Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup Classic in both 2002 and 2003, and the 2004 Dubai World Cup. Since retiring to stud, he has become an excellent stallion whose progeny include 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, two-time champion filly Songbird and two-time Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty. Medaglia d'Oro - 'Whiskers' by John Reardon...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival P...
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Lithograph
Untitled (Pregnant Woman), Signed Limited Edition Color Coupler Print
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Since the late 1970's Cindy Sherman has donned an array of personas, disguises and costumes to explore how woman are perceived, presented and judged in Western culture. In this ico...
C Print
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Etching
$1,200
Large Contemporary Annette Lemieux Photo Etching Aquatint Censor Abstract Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Annette Lemieux (American, 1957-) Date: 1994 Medium: photogravure, aquatint (photo etching) and stencil Hand signed and dated lower right. Editioned lower left. Dimensions: Sheet: 22...
Etching, Aquatint, Photogravure
Barbie in a Box - 3D Ltd Ed 5/10
Located in New York, NY
An homage to the famed Barbie Doll. About the Artists: Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisig a...
Lenticular
Living Large - Original Canvas - Signed
Located in New York, NY
Homages to Mr. Monopoly. Conceptual. Vintage magazines in the background to create the narrative. One of a kind. About the Artist: NELSON DE LA NUEZ is one of the most sough...
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Newsprint
Revival Ramp (Yellow), Conceptual Mixed Media Print by Mel Chin
By Mel Chin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mel Chin, American (1951 - ) - Revival Ramp (Yellow), Year: 1996, Medium: Etching, Engraving, Photoetching and Lithograph on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: ...
Etching, Lithograph
Revival Ramp (B&W), Conceptual Mixed Media Print by Mel Chin
By Mel Chin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mel Chin, American (1951 - ) - Revival Ramp (B&W), Year: 1996, Medium: Etching, Engraving, Photoetching and Lithograph on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition:...
Etching, Lithograph
Vintage Large Format Avant Garde Polaroid 20X24 Photograph
By György Kepes
Located in Surfside, FL
Sorry for the reflection on the plexi. In the early 1980s, the Polaroid Foundation invited Hungarian-born painter and photographer György Kepes (1906-2001) to use the 20x24 Polaroid ...
Polaroid
Shades and Substance - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
$55,250
Copyright
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
In 1967, General Idea was founded in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945-1994), and Jorge Zontal (1944-1994). Over 25 years, they made a significant contribution to po...
Mixed Media
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 an...
C Print, Color
$1,850
"Untitled 3.22" Photography 16' x 24' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 3.22" Photography 16' x 24' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gij...
Digital Pigment
$969
North Shore Motel Office II, Salton Sea, California - Architectural Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
North Shore Motel, from Richard Heeps Salton Sea series. Blue skies over this Californian classic mid-century modern Americana Motel exterior. Captured by Richard Heeps in the Salton...
Resin, Wood, Color
Painting on paper, lyrical abstraction, contemporary, music score
Located in Carballo, ES
Blue Minimal Painting. This is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2019. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The dimensions of the painting are 41 x 29,5 cm. W...
Ink, Handmade Paper
"Ghost Trip", 1978, Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Ghost Trip 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
African American Youth With Water Reflections - Self Reflection
Located in Miami, FL
"Self Reflection " In the early 1970's Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer of color photography. In this stunning portrait the photographer merges naturalism and representation with abst...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,200
Large Contemporary Annette Lemieux Photo Etching Aquatint Censor Abstract Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Annette Lemieux (American, 1957-) Date: 1994 Medium: photogravure, aquatint (photo etching) and stencil Hand signed and dated lower right. Editioned lower left. Dimensions: Sheet: 22...
Etching, Aquatint, Photogravure
$3,400
Verve 29/30, Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso. Nov. 28, 1953-Feb 3, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Verve 29/30 Author: Picasso, Michael Leris Year: 1956 Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company, New York Title: Verve 29/30. Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso...
Paper
$750
"Why Didn't You Tell Me About Your Bicycle" Ray Johnson, Drawing, Mail Art
By Ray Johnson
Located in New York, NY
Ray Johnson Why Didn't You Tell Me About Your Bicycle, Janurary 1968 Red ink on postcard 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches Once described as New York’s “most famous unknown artist,” Ray Johnson...
Mixed Media
Expectation - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Collage, Pregnant Woman
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Expectation is said to be the mother of manifestation. Expectations do come to reality if worked upon and not aborted. This painting depicts the posture of a woman in her gestation period waiting to be called a mother as soon as she puts to bed. A painting inspired by my wife during her second trimester, as she was overwhelmed by the joy of seeing her first child which later turned out to be a baby girl. About Artist Oluwatobiloba Amusan...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Revival Ramp, Conceptual Mixed Media Print by Mel Chin
By Mel Chin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mel Chin, American (1951 - ) - Revival Ramp, Year: 1996, Medium: Etching, Engraving, Photoetching and Lithograph on Arches, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: ...
Etching, Lithograph
Impromptu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Savannah Spirit’s photograph, a woman in black garters and a flowing green tulle skirt with pink flower accents is caught mid-motion, her delicate hand drifting into the frame as ...
Archival Pigment
Iain Baxter& "Regurgitating Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
By Iain Baxter
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with beach chair or lawn chair in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conce...
Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype
$798Sale Price|20% Off
Original SAS One Giant Leap vintage travel poster / Un Pas de Geant
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1950s SAS Scandinavian Airline System travel by air vintage poster. Linen backed in B+ condition. This poster was restored to the top and bottom left corners. Ready t...
Lithograph
American Girl, New York, NY - Contemporary portrait colour photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
American Girl, part of Richard Heeps street photography collection, capturing city's raw history before they change in the face of development. The picture is classic of his style of...
Resin, Wood, Color