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
1969 Paul Rebeyrolle 'Composition II-177'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
First edition double page lithograph on pages 4,5 of Derriere le Miroir (DLM) No.177. Fold down the center as issued.
""All my mysteries have remained intact. Nobody understands t...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Audrey Hepburn Holding Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in the sutdio, holding a Yorkie in her arms.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
1967 'Making Posters' Vintage Art Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Making Posters by Vernon Mills, 17-25 september . Published by Watson-Guptill.
Paper Size: 7.5 x 4.75 inches ( 19 x 12 cm )
Shipping and Handling: We ship Worldwide. For Domestic...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
The Print Collector (Portrait of Felix Mann)- 1960s - David Hockney - Lithograph
Located in Roma, IT
The Print Collector (Portrait of Felix Mann) is an original lithograph realized by David Hockney in 1969.
This beautiful artwork is from an edition of...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
New York City, Harlem, Black and White Photo of African Americans, Fire Hydrant
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 11.5" x 9.5" gelatin silver signed by the photographer Leonard Freed (on verso). Provenance: Freed Estate
LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Martin Luther King - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Martin Luther King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Martin Luther King - Vintage Photo - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Martin Luther King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1968.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria is a Vintage Photo photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bobby Lying in Bed
Located in New York, NY
Bobby Lying in Bed
from “Pink Narcissus” (Bobby Kendall),
late 1960s/2022
Estate stamped and numbered on label, verso
Digital C-print
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
$2,000
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Salvador Dali in Venice
Located in Austin, TX
Photo of Salvador Dali in Venice holding cane and looking up.
Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Terrorism in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Terrorism in Algeria- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria is a Vintage Photo photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ceremony for Martin Luther King - Vintage Photo - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Ceremony for Martin Luther King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1968.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Martin Luther King - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Martin Luther King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1967.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Anthony Perkins and Silvana Mangano - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Anthony Perkins and Silvana Mangano is a black-and-white photograph, realized in the 1960s.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe Birthday Cake
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Schiller, Lawrence
Marilyn Monroe Birthday Cake
1962 / 2007
Silver Gelatin Print
30 x 40 in.
Edition of 75
Signed & numbered ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria is a Vintage Photo photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City, Harlem, Documentary Photography, Fire Hydrant by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" limited edition photograph. The portrait is signed verso (back of photo) by the estate and Brig...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigmen...
Marilyn Monroe Wearing a Fur Stole
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of the always stunning and fashionable, Marilyn Monroe, candid and wearing a fur stole.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
~Framed~Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, London by Terry O'Neill - 2/50
Located in Chicago, IL
British actress Jane Birkin and French poet, singer, and actor Serge Gainsbourg around the release of their single "Je t'aime... moi non plus" in 1969. Taken at the Sunday Times Stu...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Supremes in the Snow
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Diana Ross, The Supremes, in the snow, circa 1965.
The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Buffalo Dancer Medallion, bronze pueblo buffalo dancer dark brown, Allan Houser
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Bronze medallion depicting a Pueblo Buffalo Dancer in relief form. Among Houser's first bronze work created and cast in the artist's lifetime at Nambe F...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Hong Kong – Women in Bar - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Hong Kong –Women in Bar is a Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s.
Good condition with consumed margins.
Stamped on the rear.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Robert Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, Campaigning in Indiana USA, Photography 1960s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Robert Kennedy (RFK) and his wife Ethel Kennedy, campaigning in a small town in Indiana USA in 1968 is a color photograph, 16” x 24,” an archival pigment...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
Jewish Diaspora 1950s, Yeshiva Students New York, Black-and-White Photography
Located in New york, NY
Yeshiva Students, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed is a black-and-white photograph of three young Jewish Youth, studying at a yeshiva. This is a gelatin silver lifetime print, 16...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Ben Hogan: Golf Master Letting it Fly
By Morgan Fitz
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1960s photograph depicting golf legend Ben Hogan at the Masters.
Ben Hogan was an American professional golfer who is generally considered to be one of the greatest players i...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Figure with Flowers - Original Lithograph by Sami Burhan - 1969
By Sami Burhan
Located in Roma, IT
Figure with Flowers is original lithography realized by Sami Burhan in 1969.
Hand-signed, dated and numbered, edition of 72/100 prints, on the lower left in pencil.
This print represents a figure with flowers inside an orangish window frame, with vivid colors, joyfully creating a dream-like atmosphere through yellowish fantasy.
Sami Burhan (Aleppo, 1929) was a Sirian artist, painter and engraver specialized in Arab calligraphy...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sonny Bono With His Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Sonny Bono was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and politician. In partnership with his second wife, Cher, he formed the singing duo Sonny & Cher. A member of the Republican Pa...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn in Hat for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey Hepburn posed in a wide-brimmed hat for her role in "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
The film received five nominations at the 34th Academy Awards: Best Actress (for Hepburn), Best ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jacqueline Kennedy with Skis - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jacqueline Kennedy is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
The photo depicts the American First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of John Fitzgerlad Kennedy, 35° Presi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mother and Child - Drawing - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and Child is an artwork realized by an unknown artist in 1962.
Black Marker Pen on Cardboard
27.5 x 22.5 cm ; 60 55 cm with frame.
Unreadable signature in the lower part.
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Board, Pen
New York, Harlem, African American Children, Black and White Photo, Fire Hydrant
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 24" x 20" gelatin silver photograph signed by the photographer on verso (back). Provenance: Freed archive. LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Nude IV
Located in London, GB
ITZCHAK (ISAAC) TARKAY b.1935
Subotica, Yugoslavia 1935 - 2012 (Israeli)
Title: Nude IV
Technique: Original Signed Oil and Acrylic Painting on board.
size: 27 x 22 cm / 10.6 x 8....
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Three Children Playing, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by David Messer
By David Messer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Messer
Title: Three Children Playing
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 10.75 x 13.75 in. (27.31 x 34.93 cm)
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marilyn Monroe Sitting on Bed
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe on a bed.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Led Zeppelin Outside the Chateau Marmont
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of the band Led Zeppelin during their infamous visit to Chateau Marmont, circa 1969.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot in "A Very Private Affair"
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Brigitte Bardot posed in a sun hat for her role in "A Very Private Affair"
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an ani...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jean Rene Bazaine 'Composition V' 1968- Lithograph Vintage
By Jean Bazaine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This double-page lithograph from Derrière le Miroir (DLM) No. 170, created by the acclaimed French artist René Bazaine, features abstract forms and vibrant colors, characteristic of ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Passion is the Very Fact of God in Man
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Sister Mary Corita Kent
Passion is the Very Fact of God in Man
screenprint on Pellon rice paper
30 x40"
edition of 50
1963
signed
*Slight condition issues due to aging.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Sardinia, Italy, Contemporary Color Fashion Photography 1960s by Ormond Gigli
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New york, NY
Ormond Gigli's Sardinia, Italy, 1969, is a limited edition archival pigment print. A 22.5" x 20" print in an edition of 8 is signed recto (front of photo).
Provenance: the artist's...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film
1968 'L'imagination Prend Le Pouvoir'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This rare original poster by Pierre Alechinsky is a powerful artistic and historical document from the May 1968 Paris student protests. Printed on billboard paper using a home press,...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
New York City, Harlem, Fire Hydrant, Iconic Black and White Photography 1960s
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver print signed by the photographer on verso (back of photo).
Provenance: Freed estate
LITERATURE: W. A. Ewin...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Peggy Guggenheim - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Peggy Guggenheim is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cy Twombly Exhibition Leaflet - Galleria La Tartaruga 1960
By (after) Cy Twombly
Located in Roma, IT
Cy Twombly's Exhibition at Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome, 1960 is a very rare and precious exhibition leaflet.
The cover is a lithograph by Cy Twombly, with an interesting text by Pal...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Martin Luther King, Black and White Limited Edition Photograph of MLK 1960s
Located in New york, NY
Martin Luther King (MLK), 1964 by Leonard Freed is an iconic black and white documentary photograph, a portrait of one of the most influential African American personalities and civi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Italo Calvino - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Italo Calvino-Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bernard Buffet, 'La petite plage" plate signed lithograph 1966
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Bernard Buffet
Title: "La petite plage"
Year: 1966
Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate
Edition: open
Size: 20 in. x 26.5 in. (50.8 cm x 67.31 cm)
Condition: In excellent ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Audrey Hepburn Smiling with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Unique black and white capture of actress Audrey Hepburn smiling while holding a pet Yorkie.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and w...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Exotic Fishes - Etching by Kaiko Moti - 1960
By Kaiko Moti
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 95/200.
Image Dimensions : 24 x 34 cm
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Forced to Knees Before Emperor
Located in New York, NY
Forced to Knees Before Emperor
1960s/2022
Estate stamped and numbered on label, verso
Digital C-print
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
$4,500
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
John F Kennedy Smiling in Sunglasses
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of President John F. Kennedy smiling in sunglasses.
John F. Kennedy was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States f...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot in Bed with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Brigitte Bardot lying in bed with a dog under the sheets.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an anima...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
1960s Francis Bacon lithograph (from derrière le miroir)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1960s Francis Bacon lithograph from Derrière le miroir:
Well-suited for matting & framing, this original 1960's print is derived from Bacon's ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Natalie Wood Arriving at Heathrow Airport
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Natalie Wood arriving at London's Heathrow airport from Paris for holiday in 1969.
Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring role at age eight in...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Raquel Welch Bull Fighting
Located in Austin, TX
Color action shot of actress Raquel Welch fighting a mechanical bull.
Racquel Welch is an American actress and singer.
She first won attention for he...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
The Beatles Hit the Ski Slopes
By Chris Kindahl
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning and rare 1960's capture of The Beatles outside together, skiing in the snow.
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon,...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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