Contemporary Art
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Period: 1960s
Period: 1910s
Style: Contemporary
Duke and Duchess of Windsor - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Duke and Duchess of Windsor is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political ev...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Led Zeppelin at Chateau Marmont
By Jay Thompson
Located in Austin, TX
Incredible 1969 photograph of one of the world's greatest rock bands, Led Zeppelin. This photograph was taken by Jay Thompson during a memorable photoshoot at LA's Chateau Marmont. G...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Alberto Giacometti, 'Nu' original lithograph, 1961
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Alberto Giacometti
Title: 'Nu'
Year: 1961
Medium: Original Lithograph on vélin paper
Dimensions: 15in. by 11in.
Edition: From the rare limited edition
Reference : Lust, 148-1...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Alberto Giacometti 'Derriere Le Miroir - Cover' lithograph, 1961
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Alberto Giacometti
Title: 'Derriere Le Miroir - Cover'
Year: 1961
Medium: Original Lithograph on vélin paper
Dimensions: 15in. by 11in.
Edition: From the rare limited edition...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Steve McQueen in Go-Kart
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome color capture of Steve McQueen smiling in a go-kart.
Steve Mcqueen was the ultra-cool male film star of the 1960s, his nickname was "King of Cool. He rose from a troubled y...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dancer - Offset after Renato Guttuso - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer is an artwork realized by the Italian artist Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, 1911 – Rome, 1987) in 1954.
Phototype print.
Good condition.
Italian title on the back "Ballerina"....
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Steve McQueen Aiming Revolver
Located in Austin, TX
Great black and white capture of star actor Steve McQueen posed shirtless at home while pointing a revolver at the camera.
Terrence Stephen McQueen, was an American actor and his antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw during the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles. His other popular films include The Cincinnati Kid, Love With the Proper Stranger...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jayne Mansfield on a Swing
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Jayne Mansfield smiling while hanging from a swing.
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 196...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot and Roger Vadim - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Brigitte Bardot and Roger Vadim is a vintage photographic press print on single coated paper.
Photograph by Antonio Pantano.
A portrait of Roger Vadim an...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
At the Seaside - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel and watercolor on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 157.5x113.5.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on Mar...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cardboard, Oil Pastel
Onions - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signe.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his childhood years i...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fish - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his childhood years in Rome, in th...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fishes - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his childhood years in Rome, in th...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Pianist - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 44x34.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Peppers - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 44 x 34.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 192...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Celebration - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and oil pastel on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Claudio Villa - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Villa-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Harrison Ford at Home with His Dog
By Jay Thompson
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture by celebrity photogarpher Larry Barbier Jr. of actor Harrison Ford relaxing at home with his dog, circa 1967.
Harrison Ford s an American actor. Regar...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Sitting with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of actress Audrey Hpeburn posed sitting with a Yorkie.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and was rec...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dancers - Drawing by Nicola Simbari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Dancers is an original drawing in mixed media on paper realized by Nicola Simbari in 1960 ca.
In good conditions
Nicola Simbari (San Lucido, 1927) was an ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fashion Illustration with Two Leggy Models in Monochromatic Greys
Located in Miami, FL
Two elegant and leggy models are rendered and meticulously designed in this illustration for Geoffrey Beene. Miyake's composition is one model as two or two models as one. We see th...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Carbon Pencil
Contemporary Color Fashion Photography by Ormond Gigli, Lips
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New york, NY
Lips, 1960 by Ormond Gigli is a c-print. It is titled and dated in ink lower left margin recto (front of photo), signed lower right margin recto by the photographer. A contemporary color photograph, a close up of beautiful red lips, by a master of 20th Century photography, the work remains an iconic 20th Century fashion photograph, in an edition of 30. The print provenance is the artist's studio/archive and is available: 24" x 36"
Lips is another of Gigli’s iconic and popular works, created for TIME magazine, in 1960. It’s pop-inspired close-up of a woman’s brightly painted lips...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Color, Digital
Coretta Scott King and Richard Hatcher - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Coretta Scott King and Richard Hatcher- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Road - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Road- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (Concetto Spaziale)
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Very rare. From part of a limited edition bound catalog produced by Galleria Flaviana on the occasion of Lucio Fontana's exhibition in 1966, during the artist's lifetime. There are t...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Robert Kennedy (RFK) Campaign Trail, Black and White Portrait Photography 1960s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Burt Glinn’s black-and-white photograph of Robert Kennedy (RFK) documents a day-in-the-life euphoric moment from Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy’s (RFK) Campa...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Prague - Vintage Poster After Franco Fontana - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Offset poster realized in a limited edition of 1.000 by Galleria Rondanini in 1970s, after a photograph by Franco Fontana.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Berlin, Germany, African-American Soldier in Europe And Civil Rights Photography
Located in New york, NY
Berlin, Germany, 1961 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver print, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer).
The photograph of an African-American soldier...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe in Black Swimsuit Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white full length vintage original photograph features starlet Marilyn Monroe posed smiling in a black bathing suit.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print fr...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Black and White
Audrey Hepburn Packing in Her Apartment
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1960s image featuring Audrey Hepburn opening up her luggage in an apartment. One of the most admired movie stars in history of cinema, Hepburn personified timeless elegance. Th...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jean Rene Bazaine 'Composition IV' 1968- Lithograph Vintage
By Jean Bazaine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This lithograph page, titled Composition IV, is part of the Derrière le Miroir (DLM) No. 170 series, featuring the work of René Bazaine. Known for his lyrical abstraction, Bazaine’s ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Steve McQueen at the Time of "The Reivers"
Located in Austin, TX
Steve McQueen at the time of "The Reivers", pictured smiling and looking left, hand in mouth.
Steve McQueen was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Protests and Disorder after the Murder of Martin Luther King -Vintage Photo-1968
Located in Roma, IT
Protests and Disorder after the Murder of Martin Luther King is a historical photograph realized in the 1968.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
John Lennon Skiing
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of John Lennon skiing at St. Moritz, circa 1965.
John Lennon was an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist. He gained worldwide fame ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Letter of Janez Bernik - 1960s
By Janez Bernik
Located in Roma, IT
In the letter Bernik, slovenian painter and graphic artist, writes the editor Nesto Jacometti about his regret about some issues, but still by his willingness to help. He hopes to be...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Fred Astaire - Vintage Photo - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo, realized in 1868.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cityscape - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1966.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 81x70
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Paper
Sophia Loren in Lingerie - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~
Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
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1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Le 8 - Lithograph by Erté - 1968
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Le 8 is a contemporary artwork realized in 1968 by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored lithograph on paper.
The artwork is from the Series "Les Chiffres"
Hand signed on the lo...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Queen Farah Diba and Shah of Iran - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Farah Diba and Shah of Iran is a photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged margins.
Stamped on the rear.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Gardeners (Personnages)
By Alfred Reth
Located in London, GB
ALFRED RETH 1884-1966
Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French)
Title: The Gardeners (Personnages), 1962
Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil and Collage Painting on wood
s...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Óleo sobre tela - Bodegón firmado y titulado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior
En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado y titulado
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
Buen estado de conservación el de la obra
Medidas ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Elizabeth Taylor in Fur Coat for "Butterfield 8"
Located in Austin, TX
The black and white portrait of Elizabeth Taylor features the star actress in a long fur coat for her role in "Butterfield 8", circa 1960.
Butterfield 8 is a 1960 American drama fil...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
David Bowie Performing in Bruxelles
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie Performing in Bruxelles
David Bowie was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Players of Christmas - play of Marchesi - Vintage Photograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Players of Christmas - play of Marchesi, Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in 1964.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Claudio Villa and the Kessler Twins - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Villa and the Kessler Twins-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jawaharlal Nehru - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jawaharlal Nehru- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sophia Loren - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~
Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
NASA, Gemini 4, First US Spacewalk: Ed White Over the Pacific Ocean, C-Print
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
In orbit above the Pacific Ocean in June 1965, NASA Gemini 4 Astronaut Ed White is the first to spacewalk (tethered by a 25 foot cord) outside the craft.
This is an 8" x 10" vintage...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
In the Atelier - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
In the Atelier is an original etching realized by Giacomo Manzù in 1968.
Hand Signed and numbered. Edition of 125 prints.
Excellent condition.
Giacomo Manzù (Bergamo, 1908- Ardea,...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Referendum for Algeria - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Referendum in Algeria is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1962.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Janis Joplin Drinking Backstage
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of musician and singer Janis Joplin smiling and holding up a glass backstage.
Janis Joplin was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and...
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1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor in Window Light
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features actress Elizabeth Taylor in full costume, posed elegantly in window light.
Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and...
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1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Otto Wols 'Galerie Alexandre Iolas' 1965- Lithograph
By Otto Wols
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 31 x 19.5 inches ( 78.74 x 49.53 cm )
Image Size: 24.5 x 19.5 inches ( 62.23 x 49.53 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Shipping and H...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Prince Charles III Skying - Vintage Photo - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Charles III Skying- Vintage Photo realized in 1964.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Raquel Welch Reclining on Sailboat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of Raquel Welch posed reclining on a sailboat in a white bikini.
Raquel Welch was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in Fanta...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Acrobats - Drawing by Cecilia Ferro Caporilli - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor on paper realized by Cecilia Ferro Caporilli in 1963.
Hand signed and dated .
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Hungarian Communist Party Congress in Budapest - Vintage Photo - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Press Photo Opening of the Hungarian Communist Party Congress in Budapest. Newsworthy Historical Images—Vintage Photo is a historical photograph taken in 1966.
Good conditions and a...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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