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Conceptual Art

CONCEPTUAL STYLE

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
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Located in Barcelona, CT

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

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Untitled

Located in Barcelona, CT

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Barcelona, CT

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Barcelona, CT

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Mare Veen - "No Title II" - fine art print - ready to hang
Mare Veen - "No Title II" - fine art print - ready to hang

Mare Veen - "No Title II" - fine art print - ready to hang

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Mare Veen - "No Title II". Of the series 'Free Fall'. Result of a personal journey, looking for answers to the question 'What is Being?'. This process was inspired by philosophers s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital

Original Cordial Topaze Bordeaux red wine, 1924 lithograph  vintage poster
Original Cordial Topaze Bordeaux red wine, 1924 lithograph  vintage poster

Original Cordial Topaze Bordeaux red wine, 1924 lithograph vintage poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Original French poster: CORDIAL TOPAZE; Marie Brizard & Roger Bordeaux wine; original lithographic French 1924 antique poster. Signed but an illegible signature. Size: 18" x 24"...

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1920s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Giving Last Respect 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Celebration of Life and Death
Giving Last Respect 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Celebration of Life and Death

Giving Last Respect 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Celebration of Life and Death

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

The celebration of life and death in Yoruba land is deeply connected to the use of Aso Oke, a traditional and cultural wear of the Yorubas. The ones used in Ondo to celebrate the liv...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Delicate Ecosystem, Conceptual Etching by Mel Chin
Delicate Ecosystem, Conceptual Etching by Mel Chin

Delicate Ecosystem, Conceptual Etching by Mel Chin

By Mel Chin

Located in Long Island City, NY

This thought-provoking 1996 etching by Mel Chin exemplifies Contemporary Conceptual Art’s engagement with environmental themes and ecological awareness. Chin’s intricate composition ...

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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Orthochromatic Positive - Black & White Photography of a Typewriter
Orthochromatic Positive - Black & White Photography of a Typewriter

Orthochromatic Positive - Black & White Photography of a Typewriter

By Samuel Field

Located in Cambridge, GB

Samuel Field's still life of an Olivetti Typewriter, is given depth in the orthochromatic process he has used. Isolated in monochrome you appreciate the details of this vintage utili...

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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin

Flora 12, 2015 - Viola Yellow Pansies with Ivy Leaves Frozen in Ice Color Print

Flora 12, 2015 - Viola Yellow Pansies with Ivy Leaves Frozen in Ice Color Print

Located in Brighton, GB

Flora 12, 2015 - Viola Yellow Pansies with Ivy Leaves Frozen in Ice Color Print Flora 12 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée

Ed Ruscha, Jet Baby, 2011
Ed Ruscha, Jet Baby, 2011

Ed Ruscha, Jet Baby, 2011

By Ed Ruscha

Located in New York, NY

2011 Lithograph in colors, on wove paper Sheet: 29 x 28 in. (73.7 x 71.1 cm) Signed, dated, and numbered 'CTP 4' (apart from the edition of 50) in pencil, lower margin published by H...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

In rhythm
In rhythm

In rhythm

Located in Zofingen, AG

This minimalist surrealist painting explores rhythm and movement through color and form. On a light blue background — symbolizing space and clarity — thin vertical red stripes occupy...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
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Untitled

Located in Barcelona, CT

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Category

1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Barcelona, CT

The painting is being offered with a work and an authenticity certificate

Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Corporate World - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Corporate World - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Corporate World - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Oluwatobiloba A...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Starry Night - Original Lego Creation
Starry Night - Original Lego Creation

Starry Night - Original Lego Creation

Located in New York, NY

Homage to Vincent Van Gogh. Made completely of legos. About the Artist: Joseph Kraham is an "engineering artist". He combines thousands of Lego pi...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Tatoo, Conceptual Softground etching and Aquatint by Alison Saar
Tatoo, Conceptual Softground etching and Aquatint by Alison Saar

Tatoo, Conceptual Softground etching and Aquatint by Alison Saar

By Alison Saar

Located in Long Island City, NY

Alison Saar (1956 - ) - Tatoo, Year: 1994, Medium: Softground etching and aquatint on BFK Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 20, EP, Image Size: 22 x 13 inche...

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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Kaddish, Conceptual Screenprint Monoprint by Unknown Artist
The Kaddish, Conceptual Screenprint Monoprint by Unknown Artist

The Kaddish, Conceptual Screenprint Monoprint by Unknown Artist

Located in Long Island City, NY

Unknown Artist - The Kaddish, Medium: Screenprint Monoprint, signed in ink lower right, Size: 44 x 30.25 in. (111.76 x 76.84 cm)

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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Monoprint, Screen

Painting made with a painter's cotton t-shirt and tissue paper, red and white
Painting made with a painter's cotton t-shirt and tissue paper, red and white

Painting made with a painter's cotton t-shirt and tissue paper, red and white

Located in Carballo, ES

Painting made by Peter Kramer with a t-shirt found on Malpica beach, belonging to a ship painter. The painting is made with handmade tissue paper. The measurements are 80 x 80 cm. F...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Cotton, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

A Bond Unspoken -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Men Love
A Bond Unspoken -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Men Love

A Bond Unspoken -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Men Love

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Floor full of pink salt, yellow sponge, surreal shadows, coquette pop art.
Floor full of pink salt, yellow sponge, surreal shadows, coquette pop art.

Floor full of pink salt, yellow sponge, surreal shadows, coquette pop art.

Located in Carballo, ES

The photograph measures 40 x 60 cm. It is printed on matte Hahnehmühle paper. The dimension of time for María Moldes (Pontevedra, 1974) is used as a weapon of resistance against wha...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Forever Young
Forever Young

Forever Young

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Radiance of Joy 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, African, Women, Happily Smiling
Radiance of Joy 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, African, Women, Happily Smiling

Radiance of Joy 1 - 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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media

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

Little Companion
Little Companion

Aba LinusLittle Companion, 2023

$1,960Sale Price|20% Off

Little Companion

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Hair
Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Hair

Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Hair

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Unknown Soldier - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Military, Veteran, Men
Unknown Soldier - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Military, Veteran, Men

Unknown Soldier - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Military, Veteran, Men

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic

Prisoner's Dilemma -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Oil, Women
Prisoner's Dilemma -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Oil, Women

Prisoner's Dilemma -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Oil, Women

By BEMI

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. Centered on mental health and its “invisibility”. This painting explores the mental and emotional conflict caused by dissociation between Imposed labels and self-identity. In the worthy pursuit of freedom from the endless constructs of this world, we hope to not become imprisoned by our minds. About Artist Gbemi Smart...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Silent Echoes
Silent Echoes

John AliSilent Echoes, 2024

$2,600Sale Price|20% Off

Silent Echoes

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Enduring Echoes 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters
Enduring Echoes 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters

Enduring Echoes 1 - 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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

MAYBE - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night
MAYBE - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night

MAYBE - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

large scale photograph of a billboard signage against ultramarine blue night sky, from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana roadside signs and billboards ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Archival Ink

Identical Twin - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous Art, Cultural
Identical Twin - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous Art, Cultural

Identical Twin - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous Art, Cultural

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. Having been nurtured by a Yoruba father who happens to be a twin was a major inspiration for creating this painting. In Yoruba culture, twins are considered a special blessing from God. They are mostly called ‘ibeji’ which means twins. In Yoruba society, twins are given special names, such as Taiwo (meaning “first to taste the world“) and Kehinde (meaning “second to taste the world”). It is mostly believed that twins have special privileges and are accompanied by several fortunes. About Artist Oluwatobiloba Amusan...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Still Waiting In Silence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love
Still Waiting In Silence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love

Still Waiting In Silence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Rare Abstract Judaica Hebrew Calligraphy Modernist Painting
Rare Abstract Judaica Hebrew Calligraphy Modernist Painting

Rare Abstract Judaica Hebrew Calligraphy Modernist Painting

By William Proweller

Located in Surfside, FL

Abstracted colorful painting of the first verse of the Shema Prayer. (VeAhavta... and you shall love...) William Proweller is an associate professor of art history at S.U.N.Y., Fred...

Category

20th Century Conceptual Art

Materials

Other Medium

Expectation - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Collage, Pregnant Woman
Expectation - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Collage, Pregnant Woman

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Athlete
Athlete

Athlete

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. About...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Billboard - large scale monochromatic photograph of iconic Americana road sign
Billboard - large scale monochromatic photograph of iconic Americana road sign

Billboard - large scale monochromatic photograph of iconic Americana road sign

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

a monochromatic photographic homage to artist Ed Ruscha from a series of iconic Americana roadside billboard signs and conceptual signage BILLBOARD by Frank Schott 48 x 76 inches...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)

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...

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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Dealer, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Asian Pop Art Color Photography
Dealer, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Asian Pop Art Color Photography

Dealer, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Asian Pop Art Color Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Dealer, street photography from Richard Heeps series, The Streets of Hong Kong. Richard's aim for his City series is to represent the fingerprint of a place, in this the street store...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

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.