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.
Chinese ink painting made with thousands of numbers, natural black, brown
By Peter Kramer
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
"Thank You" 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
Iain Baxter& "Reaching Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
By Iain Baxter
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with Ranch Fence 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
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 ...
C Print, Color
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...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin
Maria Lai (1919–2013) - Il Dio distratto - Book with interventions by the artist
Located in Varese, IT
Artist's book from the first edition of 1994. Limited edition of 1000 copies, numbered 176/1000. Direct interventions by Maria Lai as written in pencil on the last pages. The white t...
Paper
$5,950
Stripes from the House of the Shaman Rare print Hand Signed ink by Joseph Beuys
By Joseph Beuys
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Beuys Stripes from the House of the Shaman (Hand Signed), 1980 Silkscreen exhibition poster with offset lettering on wove paper; hand signed by Joseph Beuys Boldly signed on t...
Lithograph, Offset
Heartland I, Conceptual Etching by Charlie Hewitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charlie Hewitt, American (1946 - ) - Heartland I, Year: 1993, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: HC 4/6, Image Size: 35.5 x 24 inches, Size: 37.5 x 25.5 in...
Etching
Iain Baxter& "Kissing Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
By Iain Baxter
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with Sandwich Maker in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artis...
Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype
$2,125
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 4, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
Located in Darien, CT
Jo Yarrington’s photographs, prints, works on paper, glass sculptures and architecturally-based installations have been shown in exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Yale University, Cornell University, the Museum of Glass, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Artists Space, St. John the Divine Cathedral, Grounds for Sculpture, the Museum of American Glass and ODETTA, among others. International exhibitions have included Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow University, Galeria Sala Uno and Centro de las Artes de Guanajuato. She represented the United States at the Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates and participated in the Berlin Biennial. in 2010 she received the Bronze Prize, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Yarrington is a recipient of artist grants and Fellowships from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. She has received Residency Fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Museum of Glass, the Museum of American Glass, the Bridge Virtual Residency/ SciArt Center, the Lucile Walton Fellow/Mountain Lake Biological Station, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, the Anderson Center and the Ucross Foundation, among others. International grants and fellowships have included the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity/Canada, SIMS Residency/ Iceland, Cill Rialaig Artists Residency/Ireland, the Burren College of Art Residency/Ireland and the American Scandinavian Foundation. She is a Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University and lives and works in New York City. STATEMENT In site-specific exhibitions, public art commissions, collaborative and individual projects Jo Yarrington has used varied combinations of glass, waxed surfaces, found artifacts and experimental analog photography to investigate the way we perceive – searching for, experimenting with and developing throughout a sensory-based vernacular. Her mostly translucent materials function as physical framework and symbolic membrane. Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components. In the 6-part installation for the two-person exhibition Illuminated, Yarrington continues her interest in the connections between vision, sound and language. In Mute-ability: Compositions 1 – 6, her title for this light-based comprehensive work, she combines the words mute and malleability. The work focuses on found piano rolls, a music storage medium, originally conceived as coded notations or ‘note control data’ for music produced in pneumatic player pianos...
Steel
$11,000
Reinhard Görner: Beinecke, New Haven (Yale Rare Books and Manuscript Library)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner captures the monumentality of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale's principal repository for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books...
Lambda, C Print
$320Sale Price|20% Off
"Untitled Abstract Village with Horses, Color Lithograph, 20th Century"
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection of 20th Century -21st Century artists, many of which are from the School of Paris era. Pelayo produced this lithograph in colors. The Latin American spirit...
Paint, Lithograph
$9,500
Vintage Ektacolor Color Photograph Untitled Memory Projection Photo Shimon Attie
By Shimon Attie
Located in Surfside, FL
Shimon Attie (American, b. 1957), Untitled Memory (Projection of Marsha A.) Ektacolor photograph, 1998, from the Untitled Memory series, Gallery label to verso, Jack Shainman Galle...
Color
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Mixed Media
$738
Set of Three Framed Singapore Stamp Collection, Orchid Floral Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
30 Cents Singapore Orchid, from the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection. These historic postage stamps that make up the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection, Singapore Series 'Postcards fro...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
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
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...
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Nudo Azzurro - Etching by Lucio Fontana - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Etching with aquatint and embossing on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed and numbered Edition of 8/170 prints aside from 15 artist's proofs Printed by Stamperia 2RC – Rome. Publ...
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
$5,000
Pearl - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Love, Floral
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, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Symbiosis
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Symbiosis" is a captivating artwork that delves into the complexities of human relationships and the profound connection between individuals. This striking piece features a man carrying a woman in his arms, with her body gracefully turned towards him. The composition is not just a physical portrayal of the act of carrying, but a metaphorical representation of emotional support, intimacy, and interdependence. The choice of the title, "Symbiosis," underscores the idea that this connection is mutually beneficial, where both the man and the woman find strength and comfort in one another. The artist's use of color and texture adds depth and emotion to the work, creating a visual narrative that suggests a profound, nurturing bond. In "Symbiosis," Boluwatife Victoria...
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Ink on recycled paper, abstract and poetic expressionism, black on white
By TUSET
Located in Carballo, ES
Black And White Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2019. The work is unframed but has a rigid support on the back. The title of this works is "From the A...
Ink, Handmade Paper
Remarkable Day 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Couple Marriage Culture
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. About Artist Mic...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
By Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge
Located in Surfside, FL
Referencing immigrants and the disabled. Social commentary conceptual artwork. Provenance: Deaccessioned from a New York University. Condé + Beveridg...
C Print, Color
Iain Baxter& "Jumping Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
By Iain Baxter
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with Swiss cheese (or architectural frieze) in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pio...
Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype
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...
Ink, Handmade Paper
$2,215
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...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
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
$18,000
John Giorno LET IT COME LET IT GO Unique signed watercolor Framed, Rubin Museum
By John Giorno
Located in New York, NY
John Giorno LET IT COME LET IT GO, 2017 Watercolor on handmade paper Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back of the artwork. The frame features a die-cut window on the back t...
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
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...
Acrylic, Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Apple of Eden (Small) Conceptual Sculpture in Leather and Epoxy, 2025
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Apple of Eden (small)" continues the series of human duality exploration. The outer and inner, form and essence—rarely identical. This version introduces a different texture and col...
Leather, Textile, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
$3,500
Chris Ofili - print R.I.P. Stephen Lawrence UK racial violence victim Signed COA
By Chris Ofili
Located in New York, NY
Chris Ofili R.I.P. Stephen Lawrence 1974 - 1993, 2013 Lithographic print in 4 colours with silkscreened glow-in-the-dark text 17 7/10 × 14 inches Edition of 100 Accompanied by a numb...
Lithograph, Screen
$755Sale Price|20% Off
Coat for Sale: Figurative Oil Painting on Bamboo Paper, 2010+
Located in Oslo, NO
Through my artwork, I sought to capture the timeless allure of elegance and introspection. The rich oil on paper dance to create a figure robed in a coat radiating warmth and mystery...
Oil, Acrylic, Bamboo Paper
Meteorites, natural light, analog photography, star field, stones and geometries
Located in Carballo, ES
Color photography printed in high quality on matte photographic paper. The dimensions are 21 x 30cm. Claudia Ferreiro (Santiago de Compostela, 1996) explores memory and identity li...
Photographic Paper
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
Floor full of pink salt, yellow sponge, surreal shadows, coquette pop art.
By Maria Moldes
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...
Photographic Paper
Athena, Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
62.5 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 75 x 60 inches ed. of 5 $9,000 87.5 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format phot...
Lambda
$5,000
Tree Diva
By Kat O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Photograph of aged tree that is then brought to life through some acrylic touches. Photograph produced by Dye Sublimation - which means archival inks infused into aluminum. Abou...
Metal
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...
Metal, Silver
Silent Grace - 21st Century, Contemporary Oil and African Women Fabrics, Floral
By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The Silent Grace captures the serene profile of a woman, adorned in a bright yellow dress and matching hat, embellished with vibrant patterns. Her deep purple complexion contrasts be...
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
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...
Organic Material, Varnish, Canvas, Wood
$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
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Etching
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
Conceptual Artist Allen Ruppersberg Hand Printed Lithograph Prints & Photographs
Located in Surfside, FL
Allen Ruppersberg (American, 1944-) Lithograph, Mixed media From the Top Ten Historical Similarities (and Differences) Between Prints and Photographs. This sale is of one print not t...
Mixed Media, Lithograph
$3,200
Jo Yarrington, Ghost Girls Window Transparencies, 2018, Plastic, Digital Print
Located in Darien, CT
This series of five transparencies are in an edition size of 3. They are designed to be installed directly onto interior window areas to allow light to pass thru them. These transpar...
Plastic, Digital
$1,200
Elaboration Partielle, Conceptual Hand-Colored Etching with Collage by James Coi
Located in Long Island City, NY
James Coignard, French (1925 - 2008) - Elaboration Partielle, Portfolio: Song of the Broad-Axe, Year: 1982, Medium: Hand Colored Etching with Collage on hand-made Moulin de Larroq...
Mixed Media, Etching
$501
Dario Villalba UNTITLED 4 Limited Conceptualism Spanish Contemporary Grey Woman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dario Villalba - UNTITLED 4 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...
Paper, 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
Human nature, Documentary analog photography, 118 x 78 cm, Fred Langford Edwards
Located in Carballo, ES
Fred Langford Edwards turns what seems like documentary research (analogue photographs of curious objects that the artist finds on the beach) into an art of wonder. In this extensive...
Photographic Paper
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...
Etching, Aquatint
Human nature, Documentary analog photography, 118 x 78 cm, Fred Langford Edwards
Located in Carballo, ES
Fred Langford Edwards turns what seems like documentary research (analogue photographs of curious objects that the artist finds on the beach) into an art of wonder. In this extensive...
Photographic Paper
$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
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...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,500
Joseph Beuys, Blatt auf Karteikarte, from Columbus: In Search of a New Tomorrow
By Joseph Beuys
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Beuys Blatt auf Karteikarte (from Columbus: In Search of a New Tomorrow), 1992 Color silkscreen on vellum parchment paper, held in original portfolio sleeve Signed by Eva Beuy...
Vellum, Screen
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...
Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$12,500
Vintage Ektacolor Color Photograph Memory Berlin Germany Photo Shimon Attie
By Shimon Attie
Located in Surfside, FL
Shimon Attie (b. 1957) Joachimstrasse, Ecke, Auguststrasse, Berlin, 1994 Edition 3/3 Dye coupler print on Kodak Ektacolor paper 27 x 34 inches (68.6 x 86.4 cm) (image) 34 x 40 inc...
Color
$957
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
$4,400
TODAY - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph of a billboard signage against ultramarine blue night sky from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana signs...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée